Wc3 Style Billiards Idea

Hey community! I have been thinking about this idea for quite a while but I can't work on it because I already have 2 other projects going. I am offering this as a hope that someone else will want to either help me or will take it over themselves.


Basically it is a the Warcraft 3 equivalent of a classic billiards game.


1) It will be your original 8-ball billiards with most of the rules.
- Winning is done the same way, with the except that if you get the 8 ball in early you will just lose your hero for a set number of rounds or will lose most of your mana and health (explained later)

- Balls cannot leave the table so there are no fouls except getting the cue ball in a pocket.

- For those that know most of the advanced rules, none will be used. Only basic rules of 8-ball that nearly everyone knows will be used.


2) This is Warcraft 3 which means this will not be a normal game of 8-ball!
- There will be heroes which you can control to mess with your opponent(s) and help your self.

- This means that each specific hero will have his own set of spells. At first glance I would only want a small amount of heroes each with a rather large spell set (maybe 5 - 7). I want each hero to have many neat things to do, not all being a simple ball pusher or something.


3) Modes, modes, and more modes!
- My first thought was just a simple 1v1 but this can become so much more. So I was thinking a variety of player number variations as different modes. Including 2v2, 3v3, and possibly a free for all.

- I would also like to include special modes such as tournament with many teams or individuals playing in games leading to the final match to declare a total winner.

- Also special modes changing the gameplay to either turn based or real time for some true action!


4) Interesting spells and effects
- One of the funnest parts of this map would be the spells. My vision is of some nice speed changing and path altering spells.

- Examples:

a) Gravity at a point causing balls to tend to move to it.

b) A wall to block balls (no allowed a certain distance from a pocket).

c) Explosives at a point to push balls away.

d) A sort of mirror image but only for balls where the next ball that the cue ball hits turns into 2 balls (one fake, one real).

e) A slow down trap to hamper your enemy's ability to get somewhere.

f) A speed up point to really get your balls flying!


- These are only some examples, with enough creativity any number of interesting ideas can be made.



Hopefully I haven't bored you with all this talk of balls! But for those of you that want to take this idea and change it, go right ahead. I am putting this out there for anyone who wants to make this map. If you want help I can do a little bit but I don't wanna another full project to do so I'm giving this to the community!

-Thats it thank you for reading, and good luck to those that want this!

Also, elemental balls.

This sounds cool. Go for it!

Hmm, elemental balls would be cool, maybe hitting your opponent with ice could stun them for one turn or something. Interesting.

I can't start this project bymyself but if you want I could help you. I'm just overtaxed as it is. Two projects and grade 12 to pass before university!

I made someone a set of billiard balls a while ago. They don't have rolling animations though. Also, someone else made some balls and maybe those are animated. Check out this thread for the stuff:

http://www.wc3campaigns.net/showthre...light=billiard

Thanks FLUFF! Well there it is people all the hard work is done, for those that want the materials. Everything someone needs to start this!:


Pool Cue made by Xlightscreen
Billiard balls made by richie_lich
Billiards.zip


By FLUFF
Billiards Balls.rar


Apparently by richie_lich, hold tilesets and the table field it self. Not sure myself how to extract and use etc.
billiards.w3x


My suggestion would to not use a cue, it might look a little out of place if you make it too small or too big. I would use an arrow to aim and a bar to display strength.