Darkness And Light/Battle of Shadows REBORN!!

[IronForge]

Original post on Asiasoft Forums under the name of SilverLEaf:

Anyone remember Darkness and Light aka Battle of Shadows?

Well I need your help for Project Resurrection.

I'm starting this reconstruction iniative on the Warcraft 3 platform to irk DotA even more.
For now, our home is The Hive.
http://www.hiveworkshop.com/

Lets do this!! Email me at [email protected]

OK Heres what I need.

I need at least one or two folks to form a DEVELOPMENTAL TEAM. I should have a simple terrain template done by the end of the week. Custom units will come later, for now I will use whatever unit models The Hive and retail Frozen Throne can provide me. Substitute Werewolf King with giant Dragonhawk Rider, Vampire lord with Obsidian Destroyer etc.

What I need now is people with ANY skill at all at mapbuilding in Warcraft 3.

This project is aimed at replicating DaL as we know it to the finest detail. Sadly we all remember only a little. Therefore, YOU DON'T HAVE TO BE IN THE TEAM TO HELP BRING THE DREAM TO REALITY!!! Just list heroes and skills and mail them to me. I don't know how long more before this thread is deleted because they removed the general discussion I had to post in here.

So lets do this!!! Email me at [email protected]

Email heroes and their abilities as well as applications to join me in my epic quest!!! This game has been dead long enough, and I can't stand DOTA any longer!!! I should have a working demo with non canon units within the week. Keep updated on the hive.

This will be our home for development.

 

[IronForge]

As you know, its a dead game. Do you think its a better idea to rebuild DAL exactly as it is, or create a non canon DAL ?
For those who don't know, I'm trying to rebuild Darkness and Light, my fav game of all time, on Warcraft 3. I have only basic mapmaking skills, but I have made maps before. I'm sure the folks on The Hive will be as helpful as they have always been.
My idea is that... definately the Werewolf King and Vamp lord will stay, as will the 30 minutes timer. The creeps will stay too.
However, it is almost impossible to replicate the entire map. Therefore I will try to replicate the buildings as closely as possible, but its impossible to get it done precisely. Also the artwork will differ a bit, but just take it as an updated DaL.

However, heroes will be hard. Warcraft 3 does NOT support the skills in DaL, I've looked over the skills avaliable. It also does not have an approperate replacement model for all the heroes, some I can make do, but some I can't find a model. While it is my goal to restore as many heroes as possible, it won't be easy. Plus, I may have to throw in extra heroes. The experimental heroes for my alpha test will definately be non canon. Please help out by mailing me ([email protected]) and meet me at The Hive under map development.
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