Strategic Wars - My first Project

CURRENT STATUS: Map Released (Get It Now!)



Strategic Wars ~ DeltaOne

Summary:
Strategic Wars is one of my very first maps in the warcraft universe, and is my first finished map. The map is all about the fight between two teams that battle for supremacy in an Arena-Style match.

Features:
- Locked View on your Hero
- Map not seen (To further enhance the feeling and the pace of the game)
(You can only guide yourself through your own sense of adventuring)
- Level-Up WHEN you kill an enemy Hero
(Also, for the newbies, +1 Level at certain Team Scores)
- A puzzling terrain, alot of ways from one team to another.
(Even though the map size is relatively small)
- A couple of Killing Sounds (for example, the Double Kill!)
(Taken from the Unreal Tournament game)
- A Radio System with a couple of usefull commands to your team.
(Enemy Players nearby can hear your commands)



Team:
Just me right now, as it's quite a simplistic map.
BUT, I'm open for interested people that want to participate in the making of this map.

Progress:
- Heroes: 100% (Heroes are set)
- Abilities: 100% (Abilities for the Heroes are implemented)
- Items: 100% (All Items have been Added)
- Terrain: 100% (The Terrain is completed)
- Triggers: 100% (Everything finnaly works!)

Future Plans:
- Adding computer to the game - Right now it's impossible to play in singleplayer
(I have no idea on the AI-things, if someone can help me it'll be great)

Misc.:
The Map is finnaly done, and it looks excellent! A nice innovation to the game, a map that clearly has potential!

I also decided that no screenshots are (yet) to be released because I feel that it will ruin the feeling of the game. After Beta Testing, the testers are free to submit their own screenshots.

How can the map be final beta stage when youve only finished about (more or less) 50% of the map? :S

Sounds good though.

Thanks for replying :D

Yeah, it's in a Beta Stage because it's playable, but not yet finished. I only need to kick in some heroes and their abilities, and almost everything is done!

But as I've said, I'm going to need some beta-testing in the near future so I'll get some input about what's good and what's wrong about it.

Also, thanks for pointing things out. I have edited the first post to better reflect the progress. And who knows, maybe I'll see you as a beta tester :)

It is most interesting, but calling strategic something with locked wiev on one unit is bit confusing. At least for me it looks like great paradox.

So, when we can await some playable version or screens?

sorry to have to say this, but to be honest it sounds a bit like dota with no spawns... The same hardcore pwnage care-only-about-your-own-success attitude (gameplay-wise). Not that this has to be a bad thing, look at the success dota has had.

Still i would advice you, for the sake of nubs, to implement something that will give straggelers a chance to keep up... Becouse if someone gets wtfpwned 5 times in a row, it creates an unbridgeable level gap between the two, and the one losing will most likely leave becouse quite honestly, its just not fun for them anymore.

True, true, thanks for pointing that out!
*fixed, first post edited*

Well I'm not yet sure on the title, I stated that the title is not yet locked. I'm open to suggestions. I started with Tactical Wars because I thought that there's a possiblity for you to use some tactics, but it sounded a little bit odd, so changed it to Strategic Wars.

I have to test it in a multiplayer session with a friend to see any bugs and then I'm going to start a new topic in the beta testing forum around here somewhere. As for the screenies, after the testing.
*Mumbles for not having his friend at hand to quickly test it*

Get a clan. Whenever i need to test my own maps i just enter b.net and ask in the clan channel =)

Become a site admin, whenever I need to test I just come on MSN and ask half the site to come.

Hehe :)

Yeah, I've got a couple of close friends that have the possibility of a quick war3 play, but neither of them is around as of lately.

Oh well, going to work on the heroes I guess...

Try the wc3c IRC channel if you want help testing.

I've finished some preliminary testing with a friend and it looks extremely good!

After I'll work to put Items to the game, I believe that my work is finished and I'll welcome everyone for the Beta-Testing!
*goes to work on the items*

I have taken the liberty of updating my first post, slightly changing some of the things there. Mostly the first 2 or so lines of text.

I haven't quite been working as of lately on the map because of other things, including some trigger difficulties I can't seem to overcome, but I have finished a semi-beta site page dedicated to the map. I'll supply the link when the map is ready. :)

Great news everybody!

Upon further testing, almost everything is finished!

Now everything that remains to be done are some triggers that won't work, and a few questions from my part, as I'm kinda new to the WE.

*fixed.. kinda*!

Good News!
(The First Post has been edited again)


'Strategic Wars' is open for a Map Testing!
Please check the appropiate topic here
Thanks! :)

The Map is now ONLINE for a Download!


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