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...WOW. I have been gone for almost 2 months. That is really, really sad. I'm sorry if it seems like I've been ignoring everybody; I haven't - college has kept me quite busy lately.

My entry for 's Zelda dungeon design contest. Other than its questionable shape (seriously, what idiot thought it would be a good idea to shape a dungeon like a backwards swastika?) this is one of my favorite dungeons. I love the color scheme, the enemies, and Manhandla is one of my favorite Zelda bosses. Since this is an old dungeon, I thought it would give me a good amount of room to be creative. I wanted to show the shape of the final hallway, but I wanted it to be longer, so I kind of cheated by adding an extra room. Since the dungeon seems a lot like a huge temple, but then the boss is a plant, I wanted the final stretch of the dungeon to be crumbled and overrun with life. I took a lot of inspiration from the Skyview Temple in Skyward Sword for plants (BTW that game is epic and you all should play it). If you look close, you can see Manhandla in the background. I made the entrance to his room look like the entrance to the dungeon as well.

My whole goal with this was to update the temple but make it instantly recognizable to hardcore Zelda fans. I think I failed miserably, but I hope you all like it anyway.

Description
...WOW. I have been gone for almost 2 months. That is really, really sad. I'm sorry if it seems like I've been ignoring everybody; I haven't - college has kept me quite busy lately.

My entry for 's Zelda dungeon design contest. Other than its questionable shape (seriously, what idiot thought it would be a good idea to shape a dungeon like a backwards swastika?) this is one of my favorite dungeons. I love the color scheme, the enemies, and Manhandla is one of my favorite Zelda bosses. Since this is an old dungeon, I thought it would give me a good amount of room to be creative. I wanted to show the shape of the final hallway, but I wanted it to be longer, so I kind of cheated by adding an extra room. Since the dungeon seems a lot like a huge temple, but then the boss is a plant, I wanted the final stretch of the dungeon to be crumbled and overrun with life. I took a lot of inspiration from the Skyview Temple in Skyward Sword for plants (BTW that game is epic and you all should play it). If you look close, you can see Manhandla in the background. I made the entrance to his room look like the entrance to the dungeon as well.

My whole goal with this was to update the temple but make it instantly recognizable to hardcore Zelda fans. I think I failed miserably, but I hope you all like it anyway.