When I initially saw this room, my thought was "oh shit". The room is another trap door puzzle, possibly one of the best in the game, considering you have to carve your way through the area, and leave a way to get back in order to get back once you've hit all the orbs.

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Since I just recently found DROD again, and have gotten most family and friends addicted as well, I decided to try my hand at short story writing and enter the May contest. I've already submitted my entry, which was fun to write.

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Believe me when I say, this level gives you one more reason to HATE the number 13.

After wandering around aimlessly in this 24 room maze, I decided I needed to take a bit more practical approach. I fired up Paint Shop Pro and used the Hints and Solutions screenshots of the DROD.net forums to make a complete map of the whole level.

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Yesterday, the original creator of DROD announced that a third release is in the workings. The title is DROD: The City Beneath.

Here is the original announcement, taken from the DROD.net forums.

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The folks over at DROD.net are running another contest for the month of May. Here are the details:

We know a lot about Beethro as an adult, but what was he like when he was younger? Was he a suave ladies man? An unpopular loser? A psychotic mass murderer who fed on the blood of small animals and young children? Why did he become a delver? Was it for the fame? For the money? Was it so he could support his craving for the blood of small animals? And what was Beethro's first job as a delver like? Was it a terrifying excursion into a deep, dark dungeon, filled with horrible monsters beyond comprehension? Or was it simply that time he stomped on some ants he found crawling through his pantry?

Well, here's our chance to find the answers to all of these (and many more) questions!

This month's contest is to write a short story based on Beethro's first job as a delver.

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