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Purgatory Elementary
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Created by: Brandon Harmon-Moore

Time to create: About two months. The level went through four total rebuilds. I kept starting with something I thought I wanted, but I kept realizing it wasn't the true direciton I wanted the level to go. After restarting about four times I believe, I finally came up with this version.

***Thank you to the many helpful people on Tomb Raider Forums. Without all of their help and advice I would not have been able to complete this level! Special thanks to users KurtisandLara, DJ Full, Tombraiderplay, and Piega for giving me advice as I created the level. Also, special thanks to users Tombraiderplay, Simone, and KH1400 for being my beta testers.***

Finished on: 7/25/2016

Level Replaced: Playable Tutorial Level. 

Texture and WAD/Object set used: CITY texture set used. TUT1 WAD was used, but a new outfit and school WAD set were merged in. 

This is the third full, functioning level I have ever made with Level Editor. I put a lot of effort into making sure this is more advanced and unique than my first two levels. I really hope you all enjoy it. The journey of creating this level was a nightmare (read more on that in the KEEPINMIND.txt)

STORY: There was once a small, boys-only elementary school in the United States that thrived for many years. In the year of 2002, however, the school lost its funding from the government and was abandoned. Over time, a group of cultic assassins took over the abandoned school. They cursed the grounds with notes they enchanted with dark magic. These notes over time warped the inside of the school into a hellish vision. Deadly traps appeared, rooms twisted and changed into nightmarish designs, and people who wandered into the school became zombified after being unable to find their way out. Rumor has it that the only way to break the curse of the school is to remove the five cursed notes and destroy every last member of the cult. However, the local residents and even the police force are too scared to attempt this. After news of all this made its way to Lara Croft, she gathered up the courage to take the challenge on. Late one night, Lara enters the school through a window and begins her brave journey to break the school's evil curse.
 
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IMPORTANT NOTE
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This may be the last level I create. I feel I've reached my max potential with TRLE for now and I have other priorities that I must focus on (I'm in my fourth year of college and about to have two jobs). I also believe my trio of levels (Catacombs of Bellona, Mystery of London Zoo, and now Purgatory Elementary) show a good rate of progression, with Catacombs being a beginner job, London Zoo being intermediate, and Purgatory being more advanced. I hope you understand. I may come back to level-building some day, but making this level truly wore me out and I feel I need to back away for a while. Take care, everyone! Thank you for playing my levels :)   