Zephyr Challenge #7 - Nature

[TriggerHappy]

Contest Theme: Nature


Description: Contestants must create a spell which fits the theme of nature. Meaning the nature element must be incorporated into your spell somehow and it must be fairly obvious. An example of a blizzard made nature spell would be "Force of Nature", where it turns surrounding trees into treant summons.

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  Usual Rules:
• No submission may violate any of the site rules.
• If a submission does not follow the spell submission rules the creator will be disqualified.
• All submissions must follow the current theme. If any model does not fit, a moderator will tell you as soon as possible as to avoid confusion.
• Your submission must be posted before the deadline. The post containing your final submission must also contain the following:
  • An in game screenshot showing your submission in action.
  • The file in the appropriate format.
• Your submission may not be started/made before the official launch of the contest.
• Judges and/or hosts may not participate.
• Your final submission must be bug free.
• Teamwork is not allowed.
  • Finding testers to help you with your submission is not considered teamwork.
• Imports may be used in the map, however they must all be credited.
• Either GUI or JASS may be used to create your spell; you will not be penalized if you use GUI over JASS.
• Spells must be able to be casted by multiple units without bugging. (Otherwise known as "MUI")
• Third party editors may be used in the creation of your spell, but you must clearly state which editor you used to create the map. If a third party editor is necessary to use your spell, add a link, along with your spell submission, to download the editor.
  
  Examples of third party editors are:
  • World Editor Unlimited
  • JassNewGenPack (or Grimoire)
  • UMSWE

First Place: 40 reputation points and a special award icon Second Place: 30 reputation points Third Place: 10 reputation points

Berb & Deaod

• Coding	Is the code leakless, organized, MUI, multi-level supporting?	30/100
  The Big Idea	Is the spell balanced, unique, and useful in game-play?	30/100
  Visuals	Do the visual effects match the spell? Do the effects provide unnecessary clutter (too many), or are the not enough? Do the visual contribute in a positive manner?	15/100
  Presentation and Polish	Is the spell bugless; does it work? Is the tooltip well-written, and is a fitting icon chosen? Does the spell fit into WC3?	15/100
  Legal	Does the spell follow all contest rules?	10/100

• 70 % of the winner shall be determined by the contest's appointed judge(s).
• 30 % of the winner shall be determined by the results of a public poll.

If you would like to enter the contest simply make a post in this thread, stating the information about your entry.

All submissions must be complete and submitted 4 weeks after the contest is started. The contest shall begin on June 21st, 2010 and conclude on July 21st, 11:59 PM, 2010 GMT

 

[Cweener]

Got this approved? good.

Anyways, I haven't had the chance to compete in this kind of competition so

Either GUI or JASS may be used....

vJass is okay? (since technically it is just an extension to jass)

 

[WherewolfTherewolf]

I'll join

 

[N1ghthawk]

Pharaoh give the rest of us a chance and don't enter this one, K?

 

[Etzer]

Lawl July the 21st is after my holidays .
Anyways, is 21st of June today?
I'm in

 

[Pyritie]

I'm in!

Since when do you make spells? :0

vJass is okay? (since technically it is just an extension to jass)

duh

 

[Cweener]

Grah I didn't knoess
I may compete. I am expecting a 2 week vacation starting next week, so I'd have a lot less time -_- which is stupid...

Pyrite, you have too many damn rep gems.

 

[Etzer]

Pharaoh give the rest of us a chance and don't enter this one, K?

That would be awesome.
Pharaoh_ is like the god of awesome spells xD

 

[PurplePoot]

Grah I didn't knoess
I may compete. I am expecting a 2 week vacation starting next week, so I'd have a lot less time -_- which is stupid...

Pyrite, you have too many damn rep gems.

When people say Jass these days they mean vJass almost exclusively.

 

[xxdingo93xx]

Good Luck to all contestants. The theme covers a wide area of possibilities so I hope we get to see a lot of different spells

I wish especially you two good luck, Berb & Deaod. Judge better and more fair than I did before!

 

[Dratz]

Nature, hm ? This includes the elements,correct? ? Fire, Wind, Water, Earth, Wood or Spirit ? I'm just curious because some elemental spells would be a great benefit to the resources which THW has to offer
I'm expecting a "Duh." answer but, hey, just making sure .

I hope the contestants come up with some awesome ideas, the better everyone is, the more fun it is, right ? Oh and I also hope that there aren't like .. 5 entries


*GASP* I talk too much.. W/e..

 

[xxdingo93xx]

Nature, hm ? This includes the elements,correct? ? Fire, Wind, Water, Earth, Wood or Spirit ? I'm just curious because some elemental spells would be a great benefit to the resources which THW has to offer
I'm expecting a "Duh." answer but, hey, just making sure .

I hope the contestants come up with some awesome ideas, the better everyone is, the more fun it is, right ? Oh and I also hope that there aren't like .. 5 entries


*GASP* I talk too much.. W/e..

I think this kind of nature is more related to grass, trees and alike. Fire, Water,Spirit etc. is actually another element. They have some similar properties, true, but I think it's obvious what is meant here

 

[Cweener]

in other words. Nature with grass and greens and stuff... DUH! J/K

 

[Kercyn]

I think I'll join, though I have no chance of winning. FOR TEH LULZ!!

 

[Eccho]

Subscibed, to make sure I follow this.

I might, only might, even join. I do even have an idea.

 

[Klingo]

I think i'll join.... if i find an idea ^^ , thats always the problem...

 

[Garfield1337]

I'm in. Now just to get an idea

 

[real138]

Hmm i might join, depends on how much time i get/if i get an idea.

 

[EMPerror]

count me in. I have some ideas about special effects, i only need to think of what will he spell actually do...

 

[Berb]

I had two ideas, though I am not allowed to compete. Perhaps others can try to execute these ideas as their own:

Warhawk
Summons several hawks from the nearby forestry to aid the Druid in combat. Each hawk attacks nearby enemy units, and has a percent chance to blind the attacked enemy; causing it to miss all of its attacks.

Overgrowth
Causes tremendous overgrowth in the roots of a target tree, allowing the vines to grow rapidly through the earth towards a target enemy unit and entangle it.

• If the enemy gets too far away from the overgrowth it will stop.
• This ability would have two targets, first a tree and then an enemy ground unit.

If anybody is really stumped for ideas, and still wants to compete, I suppose you could harvest those ideas and see what you come up with.

 

[Lomuto]

Though I haven't ever made skills for a contest, I'll try. Count me in!

 

[watermelon_1234]

Good luck to all the contestants and the judges!

I won't participate since I don't have any good idea for a spell...

 

[Klingo]

watermelon, you have 4 week to submit something... you got enough time to find one

 

[Narogog]

I think i will enter it, i have an idea

 

[xD.Schurke]

I might join if I am able to finish judging the hero contest in the next 2 weeks ^^, for nature I have some nice ideas

 

[Kercyn]

One question. Are elements considered "nature"? I mean, I want to create a spell based on wind. Would that be allowed? Or by "nature" you mean only grass, forests, druids etc. ?

 

[TriggerHappy]

Or iby "nature" you mean only grass, forests, druids etc. ?

This.

 

[Kercyn]

Another question (I keep forgetting things ^^). Is it gonna be a melee spell or an RPG spell? How many levelZ? I generally like spells with one level, does it have to have 3?

 

[Freyleyes]

I'm in, goodluck to all

 

[Etzer]

Yep. I'm totally in. I were considering it since my last post, and I would use GUI and I got a great idea already.
Where can I list what downloads I use?

 

[-Kobas-]

Hey I want to ask something, can this spell be mix of few!
For example you cast some spell than hero get new icon (ability) that can do something with first one etc etc?

 

[WherewolfTherewolf]

Another question (I keep forgetting things ^^). Is it gonna be a melee spell or an RPG spell? How many levelZ? I generally like spells with one level, does it have to have 3?

It says in the rules that it must support multiple levels.
Also I think they're judged as melee spells but I could be wrong.

 

[Deaod]

How many levelZ? I generally like spells with one level, does it have to have 3?

Spells should be able to have an arbitrary number of levels. You can make your spell have only one level, but you should detail what a user would have to do, should he decide to add additional levels to the spell.

Where can I list what downloads I use?

Please list them in the post of your final entry to this contest. Please also put in links to where you can download them.

 

[WherewolfTherewolf]

Hey, shouldn't you just remove WEU from the list of accepted third party editors?
Either that or enact some huge penalty for using it.

 

[Vengeancekael]

Uff i'm joining this.

 

[Sheephunter]

I might to... but IF it have to be MuI, forget it
I know how to get it leak less and stuff,but not MuI.

 

[WherewolfTherewolf]

The golden secret to MUI:
Hash tables

 

[-Kobas-]

You are ignoring me grrrrrrrrr:
Hey I want to ask something, can this spell be mix of few!
For example you cast some spell than hero get new icon (ability) that can do something with first one etc etc?
Can this work?

 

[Sheephunter]

The golden secret to MUI:
Hash tables

Have NO idea how to use them :/

 

[Klingo]

sheephunter , Legal is just 10% of the final score so... you still have chances ^^

Edit: Hummm seems like i'm wrong ^^ because MUI enter in legal and coding so it's 40%?

 

[Kercyn]

It says in the rules that it must support multiple levels.
Also I think they're judged as melee spells but I could be wrong.

I think "multiple levels" is referring to MUI, no?

 

[Klingo]

I think "multiple levels" is referring to MUI, no?

hummm Multiple levels and MUI aren,t same , MUI mean that more than one unit can cast the spell in same time and it will work.

 

[WherewolfTherewolf]

I think "multiple levels" is referring to MUI, no?

Nah, it must be MUI and support multiple levels
Look there's a separate rule for the two so yeah

 

[Kercyn]

Hmm, I still find it confusing. Very well then, I will proceed accordingly, thank you both.

 

[Sheephunter]

Oo and one more question, does it need to be more then one spell? or can it be 1 just?

 

[Klingo]

Oo and one more question, does it need to be more then one spell? or can it be 1 just?

It's one spell

 

[Sheephunter]

ok, thanks.

 

[Gamecrafter_DK]

So... we don't have to post a WIP? ... I'll possibly join :3

 

[xD.Schurke]

we have to post a WIP? (=

 

[WherewolfTherewolf]

Well I'd think a lot of people would post WiP's anyways to either get opinions on their spell or advice on how to make/code it better.