HellFordge Open RPG

My upcoming Open RPG map: HellFordge, is now in a BETA1 stage.

Progress so far:
90% Terrain
75% Trigger's
50% Unit's
0% Spell's/Ablities (Will be added in BETA2, for testing)
0% Quest's (Will be in BETA2, for testing)
25% Balanceing (Balanceing not that good with BETA1, just testing)

I may have custom skin's (Depend's)

Current feature's in BETA1:
-----6 hero's to choose (Paladin, Archer, Barbarian, Mage, Warrior, Dwarf)
-----2 town's (Claimoria, Lorfail-NO SHOP'S IN TOWN'S FOR BETA1)
-----2 bosses
-----7 area's (Swampy Glades, Dusty Barren's, The Great Plains of Lorfail, Sandy Beach, Icey Wonderland, Underworld, Small Field of Calimoria)
-----NO item's in BETA1
-----NO custom spell's/ablities in BETA1
-----NO quest's in BETA1

Future Feature's for BETA2:
-----6 hero's (More advanced)
-----2 town's (Bigger, better, and will have shop's)
-----5 strong bosses
-----7 to 9 area's (May keep 7 untill future version's of full release)
-----Item's (Haven't figured out how many)
-----Custom spell's/ablities
-----Quest's (Haven't figured out how many)
-----NPC's (Non-Player-Character's, Haven't figured out how many)
-----Improved Terrain
-----More balanced

That's it for now (Will update in time)
Release Date for BETA1:
----------------------------UNDECIDED
Release Date for BETA2:
----------------------------UNDECIDED
Release Date for Full Version:
----------------------------Between 5-1-04 and 5-30-04

NOTE::::: Release Date's may varry

Sounds like a plan.

Wrong forum tho :\

I dont undestand why are you posting this? It doesent even sound pretty big..

...Why doesn't this belong in the forum? It's a map in development, so I don't see what the problem is. Again, it's a map in development, and regardless of how bad or good it may sound, it belongs here, and he has right to post it here.

Anyways, the map sounds like a normal open rpg, there just doesn't seem to be enough to set it apart from others. However, it can still be a solid game, so just go for it. :D

Sounds like a decent enough idea, but here are a few suggestions.

First: Fordge is not a word. Unless this is somehow a play on the words 'Forge' (Where a smith works) and 'Ford' (A place to cross a river, or a car brand), I suggest you change it.

Also, if you're going to make the map in English, do it properly. I've included a list of the obvious spelling mistakes in your post: You'll find a few things to look out for here.

Unit's -> Units
Spell's -> Spells
Feature's -> Features
Quest's -> Quests
Balanceing -> Balancing
skin's -> skins
Depend's -> Depends
hero's -> Heroes
SHOP'S -> SHOPS
TOWN'S -> TOWNS
area's -> areas
Barren's -> Barrens
Icey -> Icy
item's -> items
version's -> versions
NPC's -> NPCs
Non-Player-Character's -> Non-Player-Characters
varry -> vary

Next, you might want to give the heroes some more interesting names: Your map will stand out more if it doesn't have the 976th 'Archer' hero and the 2418th 'Warrior' hero. Consider things like Sharpshooter, Marksman, Swordsman, etc, etc...

And finally, please put some effort into it: Nothing makes me (and probably others, as well) leave a game as quickly as seeing something along the lines of "tHESES HEROE HAS TEH AGILITIE'S IN TEH HIGH'S AND SUPAR SPEL'S11!' for hero descriptions. There are way too many maps, many of them open RPG's, out there that suffer from this kind of problem.

I agree with all of your points, I also hate when maps are half assed :o

Come on, chillax fellas. You're making it hard just to tell the community about a map. Take it easy, nothing to have a heart attack about.

Anyway, just a few suggestions. As mentioned before, correct spelling is important for maps — and grammar, hehe. Otherwise it looks unprofessional, I guess you could say. Make sure to add some new aspect to the game that hasn't been done before. If you make a map with things people already have seen, it's more likely that they will find it repetitive. So try to come up with new ideas in there.

Now for my questions. What is the objective of the game? What are some things that you can do, and where are some places you can go?

Good points, good points. But don't make this place where only die-hard-hardcore-elitist map makers dare to tell of their projects, try to remember that everyone had to start from somewhere.

Question: Did you plan to make something for the camera, or will you keep the basic WC3 game camera?