The following tutorials are intended to explain how to produce some of the more technical effects seen in Ranstall Keep. I found out how to do these things through a mixture of experimenting, reading others' tutorials and perusing the TEG forum. Please e-mail me if you have any tutorial requests.

Ranstall Keep

  • Making the Briefing - By Dan Todd
  • Magic Rock - Covers making the magic rock, altering the AI to be affected by it and adding the particle effect to the player.
  • Movable Ladders - How to make ladders that you can place in your inventory and attach to bars in the game.
  • Colour Palette Change - How to change the entire 8-bit palette by replacing just one (T1) or two (T2) pcx files.
  • Secret Passage - How to make the hidden entrance to the secret passage in Lord Dalkstan's private room.
  • Practicing AI - Making AI practice with dummies and targets.
  • Teleporting Garrett - Setting up a switch to teleport Garrett to another place in the mission.
  • The Private Bar - Making the bar in Lord Dalkstan's room.
  • The Art of Water and Lava - A demo and tutorial on all things water and lava.

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