Thief Podcast - Inside at Last (Garrett Thief)

FILCHER is first person Stealth/Immersive Sim – and Stealth Docs and me had the honor to talk about the game and its development with the creator JOHAN HJÄRPE. It was really interesting to hear about the details and hard work he put into his one-man-project. Hope you Taffers enjoy it!

Find the game on steam: https://store.steampowered.com/app/1355650/Filcher/

Filcher on itch.io: https://johan-hjarpe.itch.io/filcher

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This time we talk about Thief 2s probably most famous mission “Life of the Party” and there will be a lot to discuss. Thank you Taffers for the many and interesting comments – frankly we could not include all of them during the episode – but here is a full list of all the comments: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1JqIS7uTnJqPKPlplEg-5JZxMO6YYxV9cqXIQxPADhU4/edit?usp=sharing

Special Thanks to the artists that gave us their permission to use their artwork for the episodes cover!

Portraits of Karras and Garrett: MyEpicRilla: https://www.deviantart.com/myepicrilla

Painting of Angel Watch Tower: Tarmo Johula: https://tarmojuhola.artstation.com/

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*TAFFERS - wanna find a never discovered TTLG EASTER EGG IN DISHONORED? THEN LISTEN*Again we had the honor to talk to Dana Nightingale, this time about her work at Arkane Studios for the Dishonored Series and Deathloop! We were also joined by Skacky and Stealth Docs who added some interesting insights/ideas to this discussion. Thanks to all the participants for taking part in this interesting discussion.

Afrogameuses: https://twitter.com/afrogameuses

We're done - Thief is over!

We are back with our new Podcast members – Seth & Jake – and to introduce them to you Taffers, we thought it would be a great idea to find out why we & you guys love THIEF. Also thanks to all the answers from the community, we hope we inserted them to your liking.

If you want to read through the community responses follow this link:

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1FGMUlkoH-697C1pPB5Cm3qSARgPYvEQ6qKnnYyLkiiA/edit?usp=sharing

The THIEF-like game that was mentioned:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8EQeIykLVMs

Another THIEF-like Game called “DELIGHTFYL” with a playable DEMO:

https://filly-the-owl.itch.io/delight-stealth

Since the Woods/Maw/Mew are very different to the rest of Thief 2 missions - we focused this episode around your opinions on this mission. Thank you Taffers for all the interesting comments that lead to some interesting points!

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Finally! This time we not only talk about Calendra’s Legacy – this episode is more about its creator: PURAH who joined us. Not only that he is such a great personality, he also told us interesting details about the creation of this FM and what impact it had on his life. Hope you taffers enjoy listening to it as much as we enjoyed talking to Purah a.k.a. Anthony Huso. So thanks again for joining us and all the best with all the great stuff you’re creating.

Since Psych0sis was hit by a pagan flew he sadly couldn’t join us but the builder shall bless him!

If you want to check out more of Purahs other interesting works:

https://www.thebluebard.com/ D&D related

http://www.lulu.com/spotlight/anthonyhuso

Or watch out for his books on amazon.com

Do you taffers have time? Maybe around 3 hours? Because PUKEY BRUNSTER had and was so nice to spend it with us to talk about her first released FM: MORBID CURIOSITY. Thank you Punkey Broomster :P to share this discussion and giving us so many interesting infos about that outstanding fanmission. Please enjoy Taffers 😊

(we did have some technical issues while recording so a lot had to be cut (no worries, it wasn’t any content just us saying “hello? Can you hear me? Ah okay I reconnect”) so don’t feel irritated if it sometimes feels a bit cut together, I tried my best)

Does this man really need an introduction? We don’t think so. If you are one of the few lost souls that don’t know who STEPHEN RUSSELL is, it’s even more important to get to know him in our newest episode where Stephen – the Voice himself answered our questions about his outstanding work on Thief (Garrett, Karras, Benny, etc.) and his huge portfolio in the games industry. It was a pleasure to talk to you Stephen. Thank you for being so kind to give us some of your time and your very interesting answers.
This time I was supported by our community member BRETHREN who actually made all of this possible and also joined this episode in person (even if you weren't able to take part until the end :( ). Thank you for that Mike! It was great to plan, settle, and produce this very special episode with you! Please enjoy this you taffers!

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CONTEST TIME! We share our thoughts and opinions about the Thief 2 – 20^th Anniversary Contest and discuss all the missions that were released for that contest. It was a very interesting discussion and it’s the longest episode so far. We are aware that maybe some of our opinions might seem a bit unfair, but please taffers, listen to our explanations. We appreciate every entry of the contest but a contest has to have ratings and individual opinions. Please share your thoughts about the contest with us here!

Contest Link on TTLG

Contest Rules on TTLG

This time we have outstanding guests for an outstanding topic – The ART behind THIEF -
I had the pleasure to be joined by Daniel Thron – who had a major role in the creation process of the Art for the original Thief Games – Also I was joined by the amazing, Thief inspired artist, Dominus and  Skacky who added so many questions and material to the discussion.

I’m personally very proud of the episode – my amazing guests made this possible – Thank you so much!

You will find all the links and files we used during the episode below:

Thief Logos:

https://ghqvsl.podcaster.de/download/thieflogos.jpg

Teaser Trailer – “The Dark Project”

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x9ZNmMqTbZ8

The PopEye Scene we talked about
https://www.reddit.com/r/gifs/comments/80loae/popeye_in_1936_impressive_3d_background_effect/

The missing robot/servant design:

https://www.darkfate.org/view/simple/files/images/sketches/thief2/t2-painting-mechbeast1.jpg

https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/thief/images/1/11/T2D_B11_08.jpg

https://www.darkfate.org/view/simple/files/images/sketches/thief2/t2-painting-mechservant.jpg

Mage Tower Old School Screenshot:

https://www.darkfate.org/view/simple/files/images/screenshots/thief1/old_dp/v04dkf02-Looking_up_at_the_mages_tower.jpg

Mordern Thief Concept:

https://vignette.wikia.nocookie.net/thief/images/4/43/Garrettsketchthief4concya0.jpg/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/250?cb=20080703004928

Artists:

zdzisław beksiński

Jennifer Hrabota

Welcome back Taffers, it’s 2021 and after a little break we are back with a new episode. This time I met with the Youtber “STEALTH DOCS” or the other Alex (check out his Channel here  ) who dedicates his Channel to analyzes of Stealth Games which was our topic this time. Stealth Games in general. It’s not totally Thief related but of course Thief plays a big role. Hope you Taffers will enjoy it :)

Here you can find the Trailer to "The Siege and the Sandfox"

You guys like creativity, interesting architecture and unique gameplay? Then NICKED is your man and was our guest this time. We mainly talked about his outstanding puzzle mission “Malazar’s Inscrutable Tower” – the inspirations, techniques and gameplay tweaks he added and also his work in general considering “Sturmdrang Peak”, “The Falling of the Leaves” or “The Violent End of Duncan Malveine”. It was a pleasure. We’re sorry that the audio/connection quality isn’t as great as we want it to be..but in lockdown times the internet seems to be a bit stressed out. Hope you can still enjoy it.

Get the mission here

The Turning of the Leaves

The Violent End of Duncan Malveine

Sturmdrang Peak

It took us over a year to go on with Original Missions…finally here we go. Hope you Taffers enjoy it.

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SPOILERWARNING - GO ON WITHOUT GLOOMWOOD: 01:05:25 CHAPTERS:

00:00:00 GLOOMWOOD EARLY ACCESS

01:04:47 DEVELOPERS AND FANS

01:40:21 SCARIEST MISSIONS

02:10:00 NEW GEAR FOR GARRETT

We tried to make the best of the given material :D

For our 30th episode we had the honor to talk to Dana Nightingale about her legacy on the Thief Community. Dana was very forthcoming and actually provided some very intimate emotions which make this episode even more special. Also skacky announced something that may make your jaws drop. Thanks to everybody participating in this and Special thanks to BRETHREN for doing the research - Taffers will appreciate it!

Links for research:

http://www.digitalnightfall.com/

http://www.southquarter.com/thiefpetition/dromed.php

https://www.ttlg.com/forums/showthread.php?t=49748&p=550008&viewfull=1#post550008

https://dananight.com/#

I recorded this in November, wasn't sure if I should release it. But....Why Not?! Thank you Taffers! For all the support, engagement and of course to everybody who joined us, especially to Nex,Seth, Jake, Psych0sis and all the amazing guests, on this amazing ride, I'm happy to see what the future brings :)

Document with the Links: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1IhO__I6xJ6aRkYkicFUVvkOLZNENSHC0oOac9hUO0YQ/edit?usp=sharing

STEALTH DOCS CHANNEL: https://www.youtube.com/c/StealthDocs

TOPICS:

Loneliness in Thief
Tired after Thief
Shopping List
Other Stealth Games
Truarts Dungeon

Skacky & Fire Mage were on our show and answered several of your questions! It was great fun - thank you everyone!

Download the Black Parade here: https://www.moddb.com/mods/thief-the-black-parade

FIND ALL THIEF/TDM FMS HERE: https://www.thiefguild.com/

Article from Adrian (on german): https://paidia.de/stealth-immersive-sim-und-atmosphaeren-eine-wechselseitige-infiltration-illustriert-an-hitman-3-und-thief-2-the-metal-age/

We had the opportunity to discuss Daniel Throns recently released Thief Fan Video "Cutscene Zero" with the creator himself.

Daniels Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VJ49pCVQaf8

ThiefGuild.com - https://www.thiefguild.com/

Back to the Lost City with mixed feelings......

Gameplay by Plutonia: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_x0FXZC-JE

Plutonias Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@Plutonia001

DANIEL THRONs Channel: https://www.youtube.com/@UCndbqkuPfRZAdghLoOVs-pg

Document with the Links: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1DskavPO76vfSrivfAT_OfYn32c05GItHywslAJ7D-8k/edit?usp=sharing

TOPICS:
Thief ip bought
Worst enemies
Original trilogy remaster
Navigation mod for Thief
Thief 4 a good game

We start the 2023 season with another treat. Another infamous early FM-Author that made it into the games industry and actually worked on Thief: Deadly Shadows. David Riegel is our guest and we discuss his work on the outstanding T2X campaign, his early 2000s TG FM "Inverted Manse" and of course his work at ION STORM for TDS. Brethren and Random_Taffer have been my cohosts on this episode, thank you guys for your contribution.

So Taffers it’s big brain time with TREFOILKNOT. We of course talked about his biggest mission yet: HEIST AT HILBERTS HIGHRISE HOTEL but we also talked a lot of his other impressive work Bertrand’s Forgotten Tomb and The Sunken Temple of Dielya – thank you Trefoilknot for all of your interesting answer and that you successfully explained those complex topics for everybody to understand.

Missions:

Sunken Temple of Dielya

Bertrands Forgotten Tomb

Heist at Hilberts Highrise Hotel

Math behind H@HHH Thread

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