Downloads: The Dark Island (Evil Temple)

After jumping into the well in Marsh Wastes, (You HAVE played Marsh Wastes, haven't you? If not, it is also in the Gold Edition, so go play it first!)
Sam is propelled down a seemingly endless underground river. At long last, he emerges on the other side...But has he really escaped?

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Instalation:

Unzip in to the directory you installed Serious Sam: SE.
Default is: C:\program files\Croteam\Serious Sam - The Second Encounter

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Title : The Dark Island
Filename : Evil Temple.gro, Temple music.ogg, Sam Mix.ogg,
Sam Mix2.ogg, Sam Mix2Alt.ogg,
Readme_Dark_Island.txt
Author : Trisk
Email Address : john3201@tc.umn.edu
Misc. Author Info : Author of "Canyon Run" and "Marsh Wastes" for
Serious Sam: First Encounter. Play Marsh Wastes
before tackling this level set, as the story
continues where that level left off.

The original "Island hopping" idea was one I
came up with months and months ago, after just
finishing "Marsh Wastes". This thing has been
a long time coming.

I have split what is essentially one mission into
several smaller levels, a la Half Life. Hopefully
this will shorten load times and keep framerates
high.

Description : After jumping into the well in Marsh Wastes, (You
HAVE played Marsh Wastes, haven't you? If not, it
is also in the Gold Edition, so go play it first!)
Sam is propelled down a seemingly endless
underground river. At long last, he emerges on the
other side...But has he really escaped?

***NOTE!*** at a certain point in the levels, you
will be given the option of which boat to ride.
Whichever boat you choose, you will head to a
completely NEW level, so once you've beat the game,
it's time to go back and try the other way!

Additional Credits to : -Croteam, The greatests! Thank you guys SO
MUCH for the opportunity to be on the Gold
Edition! Especially Thanks Roman, Davor
Tomicic for help with SE questions and being cool,
Davor Hunski for the excellent grass tutorial and
for giving me the boat, Petar, Damjan, Alen and
everybody else!
-Croteam again for the exclusive use of their
very sweet but never used boat. I hope you
like how I've used it!
-David Nottingham of Rockstar Games for helping
me get ahold of the beta of SE, as well as help
getting the levels to Croteam.
-Chris Chelgren for the awesome music. A gamer
after my own heart! Let's swap more Xbox stories!
-Caid: I've become a better mapper thanks to
your many excelent suggestions and opinions.
-My Beta tester and brother, Nathan Johnson
-My multiplayer Beta testers: Aaron, Emilee and
Jared Desilvey. Hats off! I hope you like what
I've come up with!
-The maker of the Gloom texture set. Next time
put a readme.txt in your texture set so I
know who did it and can give you proper credit!
-All the fans who have given me kind words
and encouragement! Your kindness has ment alot
to me: Earthling, Matrixmillion, Ratboy, Akuma
and many others.
-Shawntae Howard for permission to use "Spring".
Interested in finding out more about his art?
Email him at howart@erie.net.
-Tim Lyles for help on creating several of the
sound FX.
-Special thanks to John J Dick for taking the time
to do the original voice clips for me! I hope
you'll like how I've used them!
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* Play Information *

Single Player : Yes. Play on easy, normal, or hard.
Cooperative 2-4 Player : Yes. Try Serious! I wouldn't recommend more
than 4 players...many of the halls and areas in
several levels are too small for any more than
four at a time. Still, it's up to you. Just
a recommendation.
Deathmatch 2-16 Player : No.
Difficulty Settings : Yes
New Sounds : Yes, environmental sounds galore.
New Graphics : Yes. a few of my own, and the Gloom texture set.
Thanks, whoever you are! Credit yourself in a
readme file next time!
New Music : Yes, environmental spookyness and the great
music by Chris Chelgren.
Demos Replaced : 0

* Construction *

Base : New level set from scratch (About 6 months,
very disjointed)
Editor(s) used : Serious Editor, Cool Edit, Photoshop 6.0
Known Bugs : -The trees don't blow up awesome like Croteam's
trees. I just didn't have time to figure out
how they did it.
-The boat has a few bugs. *WARNING* some of these
bugs can be fatal to your character, so follow
these guidelines:
-1) Don't walk up the little ramp up the mast.
I know it is tempting, but you will most
likely NOT live to regret it.
-2) Don't push against any of the railings or
walls, if you can help it.
Either of these things can cause you to go sailing
right into the ocean. Not a pleasant bug. I think
it has something to do with the was the Serious
Engine handles moving brushes. It isn't something
I can fix, anyway, so just please be careful.


Dedicated to Davor Tomicic for his kind words of encouragement and help.

* Copyright / Permissions *

Authors (MAY NOT) use this level as a base to build additional levels. This level
set is for the Serious Sam: Gold Edition ONLY. Thank you again, Croteam!

You MAY distribute these files (.gro), provided you include this file, with
no modifications, AND obtain Croteam's permission to distribute.

* Where to get this file *

Serious Sam: Gold Edition