"HUSH...HUSH, SWEET HARLOT"

April 15, 2000

Authors: Ithel, KGoodsell, and Kyloe (see note below)
Contact info: jiw2@lehigh.edu (Ithel)
Date of release: April 15, 2000

Description: A few yards outside the opera house where I'd been doing a job, I ran into an attractive seamstress on her way to join the opening night party inside. Her wry humor about being knocked to her feet caught my attention, and we parted on friendly terms. I saw her again last week and we talked for a long while. We decided to meet last night at my place. Her name is Chance. It turns out she's a professional of another sort--the oldest profession there is. Not your garden variety, mind you, but a courtesan. She's the mistress for a possessive merchant she wouldn't identify by name. When I woke up just after midnight, she was gone. Unfortunately, so was one of my lockpicks. Either she took it by mistake or she stole it. I hope the former, because I was beginning to like her. In any case, I need my tools back. While I don't know her exact address, I do know she lives in apartment #36 in one of the brothels in the Stew District. I'm not a paying customer, so I may have to find an alternate entrance. Although the authorities more or less "overlook" the indoor activities, a nightwatch patrols the streets to keep an eye on things, especially since the quarantine went into effect because of the syphilis outbreak.

Note: This was a team effort, as follows:
Ithel- story, design, architecture, texts, dialogue text, male voice-acting in conversations (English)
KGoodsell- conversations, objectives programming, AI tweaking, audio clean-up
Jonquil- female voice-acting in conversations, harlots' voices (English)
Kyloe- story, design critique, texts, German translations, male voice-acting in conversations (German)
Ylenia- female voice-acting in conversations, harlots' voices (German)
Thweepwood and
BiKi- harlot skins

Pre-Beta testers: Trickster, Mokkis, and Tels
Beta testers: Trickster, Mokkis, Kfgecko, Jonquil, and Apache

Special thanks to everyone who contributed to this project. I couldn't have finished it without you.


* Play Information *

Game: Thief: The Dark Project
Mission Title: Hush...Hush, Sweet Harlot
File name: Miss21.mis
Difficulty Settings: yes
Equipment store: yes
Map / automap: yes (no auto)
New graphics: yes
New sounds: yes
EAX support: yes
Multi language support: yes (English and German)
New Dark.gam: yes (old one is backed up by ThiefLoader 1.5)
Walkthrough: yes (Hush Walkthrough.txt)

Briefing : no (any volunteers?) ;-)

Difficulty level info: Normal, Hard, Expert

* Construction *

Base: From Scratch
Build Time: Since last June (350 hrs. actual build time--that's almost nine 40-hour weeks!)



* Loading information *

Place Hush.zip in the missions folder in your Thief directory. Install using ThiefLoader. This mission is compatible with both Thief:TDP and Thief:Gold.



* Copyright *

This level is (c) by Jeremy Ithel W., April 2000

Distribution of this level is allowed as long as it is free and the package is kept intact. You may not include this level in any map pack without my permission. No one may edit and re-distribute this mission without my express permission.

This level was not made and is not supported by Looking Glass Studios or Eidos Interactive.

"Love For Sale" performed by Shirley Horn (1963) courtesy of Verve Records. The recording is called "Night and Day, The Cole Porter Songbook."

One of the conversations was adapted from Ben Jonson's "The Alchemist" (1612).



We hope you enjoy this mission. Send us an email if you did. Don't forget to frob the signs!

-Ithel