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== Overview ==
'''Déjà Vudu''' is a Source mod where the player is trapped inside a mansion with voodoo spirits and must uncover the mysteries hidden in the surroundings. Déjà Vudu was developed in a five-month period and uses adventure/puzzle game as its genre description.


A single player mod with a Voodoo theme.
The story begins when the player awakens inside a large abandoned plantation home on the outskirts of New Orleans. Armed with a possessed voodoo doll, the player gains the ability to travel through time. Inside the mysterious dwelling voodoo spirits, otherwise known as Loas, inhabit objects related to their personalities. Throughout the journey, the player uncovers tools that can be used to agitate the Loas. Once agitated, the Loas flee from the inhabited objects, thus allowing the player to capture them with the voodoo doll.


== Features ==
Déjà Vudu captures the essence of an environmental adventure. Every piece of the gameplay highlights the adventure aspect of the player’s experience, from exploration and discovery to tracking down and capturing spirits.


* 2 chapters
{{bug|The mod does not support saved games. However, since it's split into two chapters you don't have to replay the game completely.}}
* time travel
* 4 tools (weapons)
* adventure elements/riddles
* 3 loa spirits


=== Missing features ===
== External links ==
 
* The mod does not have a save/load function, however since it's split into two chapters you don't have to replay the game completely.
* Voice for the talking voodoo doll.
 
== Plot ==
 
You're trapped in a mansion and have to find and defeat three loa spirits before you can escape with the help of a speaking voodoo doll.


== Media ==
* [http://guildhall.smu.edu/Team-Games.55.0.html?tx_guildhallteamgames_pi1[singleItem]=36&tx_guildhallteamgames_pi1[CMD]=single Homepage at Guildhall]
 
* [http://www.locworks.org/locmirror/blog/download/8/ Download]
Check the download link below for media (pictures and YouTube video).
 
Navigation hint for the image viewer: Click on the "Pictures" button in the upper right for a picture index (thumbnails).
 
== Mod history & team info ==
 
As with all Guildhall mods, it has been developed by students of the Guildhall at SMU within a five month time frame and is the last team project before graduation.
 
The name of the team is "Deathosaurus" and the members are: Steve Baroski, Tony Biancardi, Craig Chanslor, Andrew Dethloff, Liz England, Jeffrey Hofer, Dave King, Walter Lucman, Rachel Maille, Ben McArdle, Dallas Middleton, Bailey Hall.
 
== External links ==


* [http://guildhall.smu.edu/Team-Games.55.0.html<nowiki>?&no_cache=1&tx_guildhallteamgames_pi1[singleItem]=36&tx_guildhallteamgames_pi1[CMD]=single</nowiki> Info]
* [http://students.guildhall.smu.edu/c7/26390862/Deja_Vudu.html Download]
* [http://guildhall.smu.edu/Student-Portfolios.37.0.html<nowiki>?tx_guildhallstudentportfolios_pi1[cohortselect]=17&tx_guildhallstudentportfolios_pi1[specselect]=all&tx_guildhallstudentportfolios_pi1[submit]=Go</nowiki> Student portfolios]


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Revision as of 14:42, 18 July 2009

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This single-player mod for Source has been released! Download it now.

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Déjà Vudu is a Source mod where the player is trapped inside a mansion with voodoo spirits and must uncover the mysteries hidden in the surroundings. Déjà Vudu was developed in a five-month period and uses adventure/puzzle game as its genre description.

The story begins when the player awakens inside a large abandoned plantation home on the outskirts of New Orleans. Armed with a possessed voodoo doll, the player gains the ability to travel through time. Inside the mysterious dwelling voodoo spirits, otherwise known as Loas, inhabit objects related to their personalities. Throughout the journey, the player uncovers tools that can be used to agitate the Loas. Once agitated, the Loas flee from the inhabited objects, thus allowing the player to capture them with the voodoo doll.

Déjà Vudu captures the essence of an environmental adventure. Every piece of the gameplay highlights the adventure aspect of the player’s experience, from exploration and discovery to tracking down and capturing spirits.

Icon-Bug.pngBug:The mod does not support saved games. However, since it's split into two chapters you don't have to replay the game completely.  [todo tested in ?]

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