Battle for Crystalvale Palace!

Battle of Crystalvale Palace (BOCP) focuses on fast phase offense game-play.
For now, i am still doin the closed beta, but people can register freely, and i will pick randomly so that you guys can participate in BOCP.

Thanks in advance!
- Jeff

**Forgot to put in the new beta test forum, can someone move for me? Sorry.**

Nice website, and it looks pretty good.

hope to see more of this soon.

Thread moved.

Regarding the site, after browsing it for some time, I still didn't find any description about what kind of map this actually is. Even if there is such a descriptions somewhere amongst all those forums, it would be nice if you included it in your post here as well.

Also, the falling snowflakes cause havoc on my browser, whenever a page is small enough not to require a scroll bar (which is the case with most of the forums), the scroll bar keeps appearing whenever a snowflake hits the bottom of the screen, causing the whole screen to flicker. Not nice.

I can't really comment on the map itself, all I saw was some screenshots, which told me nothing about how it's played.

Same problems as Anitarf basically, including the anoying snow problem.

EDIT: Incase it's helpful i am using Firefox 1.5.

The above is the description or FAQ for the map, is under the "Read me 1st" forum located at the top page of the forum.
If any of you guys interested in close beta testing, just register there and tell me who you are in the introduction forum. And i will add you in to the list =) So that u can enter a special forum..

Hm, about the snowflakes, i will look into it. Thx! =)
And Merry Xmas in advance!

Hmm, try using IE?

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EDIT: Good joke with the FAQ btw.



Incase you not aware AOS (and, nowadays, DOTA) are genre's of map. In other words you basically said: "This book is fiction, something like a murder mystery, but is not a murder mystery".

Great help that.

Infact the "FAQ" tells me nothing. But i'll take a stab anyway.

It's a generic Aeon of Strife. If you want people to *care* about your map you're going to have to actually cough up some information.

"Fast Phase Offensive game-play". That should describe all.
-Own quest
-Custom Spells
-Capture Flag or Destroy Base to win
-Items
-Similiar more to AoS

What do you want to know more about the map?
Tell me.
And here are some good and bad comments about the map:
(Its still a close beta map though)
http://www.leospirit.net/bocpforum/viewtopic.php?t=52

Spells screenshots:
http://www.leospirit.net/bocpforum/viewtopic.php?t=20

Etc Screenshots:
http://www.leospirit.net/bocpforum/viewtopic.php?t=58

Feedback from the forum seems to be good, actual work seems to have been done on the map, all seems to be fine, but I have to agree with Anitarf and BBDino.

For example, what can you tell about the map I'm trying to describe (based on an actual map of another name, so I'm not describing anything fictional).

Hi everyone. I'm creating a map called "Class of the Dead". It is a survival type game. It features:
- Custom Cameras
- Awesome environments
- Fast paced gameplay
- Teamwork and skill is required
- Custom spells
- Units which you can kill
People say it is a very good map.

Perhaps it is an excellent map. However, to those who have not yet played the map, they still have no idea why we should play it.

Granted, you do give more information than what you've given here, about buying spells, that you don't see in every AoS, as with quests, and the CTF mix. However, other than different heroes, is there anything unique, anything that will make the map stand out?

When people describe their maps, they first point out what stands out most, what differentiates their map. I'm not saying that every map needs to have a unique system to be good, if your map is just a generic AoS with really fun heroes, I reckon it won't be too bad, if it's really fun. However, if the most unique features of the map are that there are quests (which affect gameplay... how?), bought spells (which affect gameplay... how again?), and items (I know it's mean to say this, but HOW MANY MAPS DON'T HAVE ITEMS? I mean, we see "custom spells" and the like appearing once in a while, but this is the first time I've seen someone go "LOOK MY MAP HAS ITEMS").

Unlike Anitarf, I have a tendency to drag my points... so what I wanted to say was:
1) Tell us how it's different. You can give us every single spell screenshot in the world and we won't know how those are different (unless those screenshots look really pretty and have dead giveaway names like "Summon a Chair for you to sit on"). Now after you tell us how it's different, tell us how this difference makes a change, or how this system works. E.g. "the quest system gives you quests that reward you for doing a particular task to harm the opponent, such as assasinating an enemy hero, allowing players a choice of whether to embark on quests for rewards, or use their time for more efficient tasks, and even bringing the team together to fulfill an objective and giving them an incentive to do so."
2) Tell us what it's doing here. You seem secretive about the map, the map isn't radically different (from what we know), so what is it doing here? It's not looking for feedback, it's not describing any new idea, neither is it providing a map for us to admire. If you ask me, it's advertisement o.o which wouldn't be so bad if it didn't re-direct us to somewhere else.

P.s. I use firefox, the snowflakes work fine, if you ask me they fit really nicely into the layout.

P.s.s. Your map features items!!!!!! I had to repeat that :D

I got my 50th close beta tester yesterday. =)
So i will leave any special description out until i release the full version, because i have alot more to do.
Hmm, no, my 1st close beta map don't have any ITEMS =)
just plainly spells to test out for balancing =)

- Jeff

Double Post..
The open beta is coming. I will give some info about it. So i hope more people will test it out for me. For the release date (mostly at Chinese New Year), and more updates, visit my web through my signature.

Features:
- A fast phase offensive gameplay similiar to AoS in a small map
- Quests that helps you alot (gain exp, gold, additional armies etc.)
- Secret locations, cant tell ;)
- Hidden Heroes
- A total of 34 heroes with 17 to choose from each side mostly with custom spells
- Able to upgrade your unit's damage, armor
- Moving shops that sells random but rare items or drop items
- Quite a nice terrain
- Quite balance for now =X
- Supports up to 5 players each side
- Some custom models made by other people

Nice map overall for a beta, but it still needs alot of balancing and more items. Tested some heroes from the horde, i love the lich's ultimate!

Thanks for testing! The next version will be out soon. I will do something about the balacing.

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Okay.. if u consider that as advertising, i had nothing to say.
I read the rules before.
Anyway, to test my 2nd version of the map, you must go to my website following my signature, register there, so that u get the permission to download.