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Before I got into
rendering new worlds,
I drew maps. Using parchment papers and a variety of pens and paints,
I tried to create antique-looking maps that could be strange artifacts
of other worlds in the multiverse.
When
Riven
came out, my Bryce imagery picked up an immediate bit
of inspiration. Then I saw Doug Ingram's
Riven Hint Guide (link long since dead, sigh...)
where he made a call for original artwork maps of Riven. That
pretty much fit my charter, so I got started by making a
spoiler-laden map of the
Scarab Room.
Over the period of a couple months, I mapped out
all the islands of Riven using the mapping machine within the game. My
maps of Riven have been published in two different Mac magazines, one in
Germany and the other in Italy!
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Maps of Riven by Calyxa
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Sigh, it's over. "Problem user closes vault!" You know,
it was web referrer logs that did the vault in - the whole process of
replacing key words in urls without following links is what tipped
me off there. Direct links were prohibited and that's what a web
referrer tracks. Everyone lost out there when direct links were
made, but know also that anyone who followed those links from that
site are partially to blame. Remember, if you ever come across
that sort of prohibited link again, don't click it - and if you're
looking for my meager _tribute to an arachnid_, figure out what you
might replace 'maps' with.
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