[Defense / Survival] Ragnarok Absolute

[Chaosy]

Introduction Story Features Media Progress Special Thanks This is actually not a new project of mine, the map has been laying on my hard-drive for over a year. It was originally a terrain request from me to Heinvers because I felt like it was boring to create maps in medicore terrain (my own). Needless to say, I never finished it. I study at a college with focus on game creation and for my final year in collage I am supposed to create a game but I convinced my teachers to allow me to create mine in Warcraft III. So yeah, this project will see the light of day otherwise I fail school along with two classmates who I will develop it with, though I doubt they will drop by here. Regarding actual information about the project; It's a singleplayer survival map where you mostly focus on structures to survive the waves of enemies. As such, I personally consider it a borderline tower defense map as well. The map takes place in a futuristic apocalypse world which can hopefully be noticed in the screenshots. The main hero will be able to attack and have his abilities as well, however that will not work alone in the long run. If anyone was wondering what the name came from, Ragnarok is basically another word for apocalypse/end of the world, taken from the forn Nordic mythology during the dark age. With that said, the story which will not impact the gameplay is based on the Nordic mythology. As foretold, the end of the world, also known as Ragnarok came to pass. Many of the deities fell in order to protect Midgard (the world), very few survived the extreme event but as planned the strong survived they would be the ones to rebuild the world once more. However, as fate would have it no man survived, leaving the few remaining gods alone in a world of solitude unable to repopulate it. The world is now roamed by the Cursed Ones and most life has declined with their arrival. Midgard only has one more chance to avoid the absolute Ragnarok as one ice giant accidentally were raised from the dead and may impact the world, for better or worse. Ancient Scrolls There will be ways to obtain Ancient Scrolls which will make the player able to witness (flashback) scenes which describes the somewhat confusing introduction to the map. Three Games Modes We'll be aiming for three game modes, though they do not alter the gameplay completely. However the method to achieve the goal (survive) will be slightly altered. Tyr's Legacy Kill to win. Tome of Yggdrasil Protect the growing parts from corruption. Gullveig's Grimmore Make sure the Ragnarok suceed by empowering the cursed ones. Quickcast Skillshots All abilities of the hero will be quickcast skillshots. Intense Gameplay Fast-paced and intense gameplay. Terrain [95%] Gameplay [5%] Story [25%] Special Thanks Heinvers - The terrain Forsaken - Banners used in the thread ​

 

[Chaosy]

Reserved for something just in case.

Also, thread is not completely finished so cut me a small bit of slack please.

 

[Flux]

You mispelled college.

 

[Silva]

Liking the atmosphere, looking forward for the demo. I'm more interested in which department you study though.

 

[Chaosy]

You mispelled college.

That's quite ironic. Thanks for pointing that out.

Liking the atmosphere, looking forward for the demo. I'm more interested in which department you study though.

Well I study game creation, with focus on programming.
Though I have to do math and all that boring stuff as well.

Also, thanks.

 

[Flux]

Though I have to do math and all that boring stuff as well.

"I don't need math in making games" said no successful game developer ever. If you don't like Math, then guess what? Math doesn't like you either.


I'm obviously kidding here, don't take it personally.

 

[Silva]

Despite the math. I think ur study field is fun. Wish I was studying game creation.

 

[Chaosy]

What if I told you that Yggdrasil, Ragnarok and Asgard are actual terms from the norse mythology and the animes you mentioned simply stole the names?

Systems, not really unless I find it noteworthy. I use a DDS and all that stuff but quite frankly every map does that and so I do not consider it a feature.
As of now, I only have one hero planned because that will be easier for balance. It's highly possible that I allow the user to select among a number of spells though.

 

[WhiteFang]

What if I told you that Yggdrasil, Ragnarok and Asgard are actual terms from the norse mythology and the animes you mentioned simply stole the names?

Yeah,Asgard is some realm of the Gods,Ragnarok is the end of the world and Yggdrasil is some tree of life.Maybe that's where blizzard got the name for the original tree of life,Nordrassil

 

[Chaosy]

WF actually made me realize a mistake in the story part. Asgard and Midgard are easily confused.

 

[WhiteFang]

I do believe Midgard is the world humans live in.Ill need to make sure

 

[Chaosy]

That's indeed correct, and I wrote Asgard instead of Midgard.

 

[Heinvers]

As I was mentioning in the Hive Chat, I'm damn surprised that you thought of continuing this.

Hit me up sometimes if you're in need of tips/help(I'm currently trying to get back into the terraining spirit).

 

[Chaosy]

What can I say, I don't have many properly terrained maps to choose from.

I shall, I shall. Though I doubt I will edit the terrain much if at all.

 

[Spellbound]

I like the idea of this map being single-player, and the fact that all skills are going to be skillshots. Will there be an active dodge mechanic?

 

[Chaosy]

Thanks.

I doubt that will be enough enemy skillshots to be considered active dodging.

 

[NearbyHermit]

This looks fun, the teachers wouldn't know what's coming for them.

 

[WhiteFang]

Anyway,good luck yoloswaggins.May the swag lords be with you xD

 

[Chaosy]

I've been working on a Fullscreen Ability Selection system which is finished.

If anyone want to suggest ideas for abilities, that would be helpful. Only requirement is that it needs to be a skillshot of some sort. And preferably not super-mega complex.

Once a bunch of them are coded the tooltips will be added to the main post.