The Mysterious Murasame Castle Stage: er, Murasame Castle
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Here it is: the titular Murasame Castle. It's mysterious. It's Murasame Castle. It's the Mysterious Murasame Castle.
Roll credits.
Anyway, this is the game's final dungeon - an ancient Japanese castle that's being haunted by an alien presence: one that is possessing the castle's statue, Lord Murasame.
So how do we approach this? After all, in the OG, the dungeon itself is a bunch of skulls and other than that, it's just a shadow...
So! I've decided to take elements from other castles in the game - elements that would also probably apply to this castle. This stage places quite some emphasis on atmosphere and a e s t h e t i c: the castle itself stands in the background, and will shift between several enviroments: whether it be a storm, harsh red skies or a night sky with an otherwordly combination of colors shining on the castle like in this artwork:
The stage layout takes place just outside the castle grounds: it's basically a combination of these two places, adjusted a bit in appearance:
TIME TO EXPLAIN!
So, ya got the path from da first image, right? Straight and flat, nothing special. Behind it are the bushes - sometimes a lil' ninja will pop outta one of them and throw out a shuriken. Behind the bushes is the wall from the second image. Those things on top of it - I can't remember what they're called for the life of me - serve as a pass-through platform: pass-through cause otherwise it'd just be an inconveniently-placed ceiling.
I'll show it off as a drawing/sorta blueprint that perfectly shows off my epic drawing skills:
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Of course, you'd be able to see more of the Murasame Castle background than this pic would suggest, but LET'S NOT WORRY ABOUT THAT