The DevTeam Office
| The DevTeam Office | |
|---|---|
| Location | Level 1 of The DevTeam Office |
| Bones | No |
| Mappable | No |
| Teleportable | No |
| Diggable floor | No |
| Diggable walls | No |
The DevTeam Office is a single-level dungeon branch in TNNT (the game), added in 2018. It is accessible via a second up staircase on the Rogue level. It is the home of the dev team and the associated quest.
Map
The layout of the floor is as follows.
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Mike Stephenson sits on a throne. There are two sinks in a small room with lockable doors, with a 1⁄5 chance of a novel generating in the smaller room beyond it. The marked statue is of a balrog named The RNG.
The marked spellbooks are a spellbook of detect monsters, spellbook of light and spellbook of detect unseen, shuffled randomly and randomly assigned the names 'grep', 'ls' and 'htop' - each spellbook has a 3⁄10 chance of generating. On the square marked ), a rubber hose, grappling hook and tin opener each have a 3⁄10 chance of generating. The snack area contains a candy bar, an apple and a banana. In addition to the marked monsters, there is a 1⁄5 chance each that a peaceful lizard named The Lizard of Yendor and a peaceful troll named MR SHOUTY are randomly generated. The upper hidden room contains a woodchuck named Carl, a little dog named Yermak and a kitten named Micka, while the lower hidden room contains a little dog named Rocky, a kitten named Poes, and another little dog named Fudd; each of these monsters have a 1⁄5 chance of generating, and will always be peaceful.
The marked chest contains a guaranteed blessed scroll of identify and 1-2 random uncursed scrolls, but accessing it requires either teleporting it away from the disposal area or crossing the lava.
The DevTeam's quest
If you chat to Mike Stephenson, he will ask you to find three scrolls of missing code scattered around the Dungeons of Doom. These scrolls have the non-randomized label of 'PLZ RETURN TO DEVTEAM' and can generate in any open space, including corridors and shops; you can encounter them before finding the DevTeam Office itself. Chatting with Mike again will provide a hint for which level a scroll is hidden on; chatting to him while carrying the scroll in open inventory or throwing them to him will safely return the scrolls and change the hint given. Giving him all of the scrolls rewards you with the Really Cool Shirt, an artifact T-shirt, provided you did not personally kill Izchak.[1]
Strategy
The office serves as a convenient location to branchport wraiths from the Valley of the Dead.
Like all other scrolls, the missing code scrolls are susceptible to fire and water - hiding them in a container is advised. Also, be very careful not to anger the Devteam members; they are extremely powerful and can displace monsters like the Riders do. In addition, if a devteam member dies, the game immediately ends, and life saving will not protect you.
Messages
- You hear a nearby typing noise.
- You hear people arguing about game balance..
- You hear a voice say "[next version]".
- You are on the Rogue level.
- You hear an infinite number of monkeys arguing about the script for Hamlet.
- As above, while hallucinating.
- You arrive to a place bustling with activity and excitement.
- You notice several people mumbling incoherently, something to do about 'the source code'.
- You entered the office for the first time.
History
In 2021, all objects and monsters marked on the map were guaranteed, and the chest contained two additional uncursed scrolls of identify instead of random scrolls. Most of them were removed to reduce the effect of this level on game balance and on how easy certain achievements were.[2] Additionally, only killing a devteam member yourself ended the game; instadeath did not occur if they somehow killed themselves or were killed by another monster.[3]
