Winter of the Ice Queen
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A Quake map for Arcane Dimensions
By: Redfield

Installation:
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1. Unzip the zip folder into your quake/ad (Arcane Dimensions) folder. (You must have the newest version of Arcane Dimensions installed.)

-Make sure to keep the file structure intact when extracting. Otherwise copy all the folders into your quake/ad folder following the same structure.

2. Launch Arcane Dimensions using your Quake engine of choice. (Tested in Quakespasm 0.93, Mark V and Darkplaces 2014/05/13 build.)

3. Choose your skill pillar in the ad start map. Or bring down the console (press tilde ~)and type skill 0, 1, 2, or 3.

4. In the console type: map xmasjam_icequeen

5. Enjoy!

Note: This map is designed for single player only. A co-op spawn is present but is untested.

The Story
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	So after Anna's birthday party Queen Elsa thought she could get some rest. The problem was her "cold" wouldn't go away and she continued to sneeze snowballs that transformed into pesky little living snow beings. As the tiny snowmen continue to wreck havock on the kingdom Elsa decides the only way to get over her fever is to return home to her ice palace. Normally warm weather and rest would make a person better, but Elsa's magic doesn't get along with warm weather. The Queen needs to get back to the frozen cold of the North Mountain. She heads off leaving Anna and Kristoff to clean up the mess.

	Things only got worse after this. Strange things started happening on the mountain as Elsa returned. Reports of strange noises and terrifying beasts appearing on the mountain start to spread around the kingdom. Could this have something to do with Elsa's magic? Anna and Kristoff decide to head up the mountain and figure out what is going on. Fortunately, they have a secret weapon: A bowl of ice cold Gaspacho soup! If anything is going to make Elsa's cold go away its this. That and they packed a shotgun, just in case any of those terrible monsters that have been sighted happen to appear...

Tools:
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-Trenchbroom 2.0 by Sleepwalker 
-Tyrutils v0.15.11 by Eric W.
-Texmex by Mike Jackman
-Compiling GUI by Necros
-mtPaint by mtPaint team for creation of textures
-Goldwave by Goldwave Inc. for mixing of sounds/music

Credits:
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Author: Redfield - contact: credfield099@gmail.com
Skybox: cottoncandy - by Chris Matz
Testing and Feedback: onetruepurple (OTP), mukor
Track 101 - Falling Through the Snow is mixed from Trent Reznor's Quake OST track 10 and a piano cover of "Let it Go" written by Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez
Some of the textures in the map are inspired by artwork from Disney's Frozen (TM) (2013) 
Special thanks to the Arcane Dimensions Team, sock and negke, everybody on func_message board, and everyone who loves Quake!

About the map:
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This map is ridiculous. It did not meet the 1024^3 dimensions required for the Christmas Jam and its theme is nothing you would expect from Quake. The layout is strange and some areas are very tight as I originally tried to fit them in the 1024^3 layout. The ice palace was not planned to be explorable, but I changed this which I think was a good idea in the end. As a result the interior of the ice palace was "carved out" of the brushes just like a cutting up a big block of ice. It also ended up being too small as a result and I didn't have time to fix this before the deadline. I am not happy with the combat on the map because I feel the canyon area is not the best space for fighting, but in order to resemble the film I had to work with it. Hopefully the player is able to forgive all these faults. I did have a lot of fun making it however, and love making pixel art for the new textures. I felt the Frozen theme would be suitable for the holiday jam and the amazing art from the film was obviously the inspiration for making this map. 

If there are fears holding you back in life, remember to let it go and be one with the wind and sky... 

Disclaimer:
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Frozen (2013) is copyright by Walt Disney Studios. I do not own any of the characters or artwork from this film.
This map is NEVER to be distributed for financial gain. The readme must always be included with the map files when made available for download.

Secrets Guide:
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Spoilers below!!!















Spoilers begin:

Secret #1: Pine Scented Secret - After climbing up the cliff face you will eventually come to face the ice palace across a snowy plain. Before crossing the plain you will see a small group of trees against the rocks, to the left when facing the palace. You can walk into these trees and you will find a nice surprise.

Secret #2: Secret of the Ice Queen - After decending into the caves to find a carrot you will come across an ancient ice temple. Inside the temple you will see two frozen guards and what looks like a wall of ice with something behind it. Look up in the temple to find a switch to open this secret.

Secret #3: Frozen Fever! - This is a super secret! When facing the bridge towards the ice palace look down the cliff into the chasm on the left side (opposite Olaf the snowman.) You will see a series of steps leading to a secret cave in the cliff. A frozen gate here tells you to find 5 snowflakes to unlock it. A portal nearby will take you to the surface. These 5 snowflakes are glowing a bright blue and are placed around the map. Shoot them to activate them. Hint: 1 is in the caves and 4 are in the ice palace itself. After shooting all five head back down to the gate for a Frozen secret!

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End spoilers
 