Dualism BETA

[Sverkerman]

Dan made a playthrough of him playing Dualism! Check it out!

 

[bisnar13]

Yey! Now I would know how to get past the forest lol.

and also one problem in the game
When you play in single player then you click the menu button, the surroundings become lighter, or unfogged, allowing players to see without using the lamp.

 

[bisnar13]

by the way, whats the blue player for?

 

[Sverkerman]

@bisnar13
The blue player is just so that you can start the game.

 

[bisnar13]

but you are able to start it in singleplayer right?
and what will the blue player see?

 

[Sverkerman]

multiplayer maps cannot be larger than 8Mb. Dualism is around 100 MB.

 

[bisnar13]

multiplayer maps cannot be larger than 8Mb. Dualism is around 100 MB.

except in garena, lol. you can play games even above 8mb

 

[Sverkerman]

Orly? I had no idea lol.

 

[Grey Nightmare]

I'm pretty sure that limit applies to LAN games as well, and Garena simulates a LAN? There are ways you can bypass the limit but they involve registry changes so war3 can access local files.

Nice map anyway, can't wait to try it.

 

[Sverkerman]

Visit our official homepage created by Hashjie:
http://www.projectdualism.com/

 

[Orcnet]

Dualism (Version BETA)

Rate	Score	Percent	Letter
	5/5	91-100	A

Rate	Score	Percent	Letter
	4/5	81-90%	B

Rate	Score	Percent	Letter
	3/5	75-80%	C

Rate	Score	Percent	Letter
	2/5	70-74%	D

Rate	Score	Percent	Letter
	1/5	50-69%	F

Overview:

Gameplay

"Dualism [BETA]" is a Horror type of Role Playing Game that takes place on an area of Germany where their is no population and its only up to you what has caused this story.

"This is a very amazing piece of work, you somehow re-imagined the game 'Amnesia' and building it in a wacraft 3 engine which is very unique and I guess this took so much work and effort to accomplish every detail, the game play itself is like the said game of walking, picking up items, and staying away from monsters, I find this game very challenging and yet user-friendly."

Terrain

"By using the doodads that is very realistic and making up an outstanding terrain especially the forest, and inside halls of a house I find the game very good and adding a horror type of music and atmosphere combines everything in a most beautiful manner."

Management

"Even though I see this game as a BETA stage, I played it and tested it and it feels very casual now but I don't know much about your limitations in adding more objects in-game, I had no problems encountering along the game and so overall, this is greatly recommended for single players who just likes this types of games and getting ready to scream their lungs out, good luck with the incoming updates."

Total Score:

Rate	Score	Percent	Letter
	5/5	100%	A

 

[Sverkerman]

@Orcnet
Thank you!
Just out of curiosity, did you actually complete the map? If not I highly recommend it since Dualism's quality goes from 1-10 rather than 5-5 or 1-1. In other words the map evolves and becomes more beautiful over time.

There is one part of the game that I'm unhappy with that I will change. It is the journal updates. I believe that especially the cogwheel part can make a player way too confused to continue playing. Was this the case for you?

 

[BallisticTerrain]

Dualism Incomplete Review (Haven't Finished)
My grading scale:
Story: maximum of 1.5 stars
Creativity: Maximum of 1 star
Terrain/Atmosphere: Maximum of 1 star
Fun Factor: Maximum of 1 star
Game Features/Presentation: Maximum of .5 stars

Story
If you don't watch the dualism trailer, then you really wouldn't know what is happening or where you are. However, the map does an exceedingly good job of telling the story without telling the story. The voice acting helps, and the journals lying around are a very good addition. My one suggestion is adding some more backstory to what you are doing in the journal.
Rating: 1.25/1.5
Creativity
Certainly something that hasn't been done in warcraft 3 before, on this scale. Although the story is not as unique as I may have liked it to be, it is still a effective and well told one.
Rating: 1/1
Terrain/Atmosphere
The terrain is well done and intresting, although It could have used a few more ground doodads. It does blend very well with the map. The atmosphere is masterfully done.
Rating: .75/1
Fun Factor
I was to busy being scared to have fun. The reason I haven't finished the game yet is because last time I played it, it was dark, and this is not a game to play in the dark. It has some legitimate scares and surprises. It makes you nervous, and immerses you. Good job.
Rating: 1/1
Game Features/Presentation
The presentation is professional, and the game feels professional unlike the vast majority of maps. Contrary to others, I think the bear traps were a valuable game addition. The game is simple and fun. Good job.
Rating: .5/.5

All in all, dualism is one the list for top warcraft three maps. A few improvements, and it'll be all the way there. Outstanding job.
+rep
Overall rating: 4.5/5
We always round up for hive.

 

[Sverkerman]

@BallisticTerrain
Thank you for the kind words and the effort and time you've spent into your review! I agree with that the terraining can be improved and I had in mind to make many more journal updates and general updates as to what to do and why you are doing it.

I hope to see you play it through, please let me know if you are stuck.

Dualism will be finished btw. I have a lot of things going on in my life at the moment but eventually I will find time to finish this, perhaps at Summer.

 

[Statharas]

@Orcnet
Thank you!
Just out of curiosity, did you actually complete the map? If not I highly recommend it since Dualism's quality goes from 1-10 rather than 5-5 or 1-1. In other words the map evolves and becomes more beautiful over time.

There is one part of the game that I'm unhappy with that I will change. It is the journal updates. I believe that especially the cogwheel part can make a player way too confused to continue playing. Was this the case for you?

I alt+f4'd after the ghoul appeared behind me maaan...

 

[BallisticTerrain]

Hey Sverker.. I have a question. How did you make the terrain all black and dark? I need that effect to a lesser degree on my map.

 

[Sverkerman]

@Statharas
ROFL XD

@BallistiTerrain
something like this: call DayNightModels(, ,)
It is hard to use tho since you need to manually use light sources.

 

[BallisticTerrain]

Custom script then, so what goes in the parenthesis? The doodad name? Like Tree 1 453?

 

[Sverkerman]

I have no idea. I'm not a JASS type of person ;P

 

[BallisticTerrain]

Did someone else do it for you then? Do you have the trigger?

 

[Sverkerman]

call SetDayNightModels("","")
try that

 

[BallisticTerrain]

Ok, that works. +Rep an thanks.

 

[daverave1212]

Tell me,the game Nosferatu inspired you ????
5/5 epic

 

[daverave1212]

1.In my opinion it is horrible because it does not sounds like some narrator instead it sounds like a nerd person wich makes the game feels bad.I also sugest adding some kind of smoky fog effect on the lateral parts and up and down of the screen this would make it seem more cool.Also the ghouls in the darkness are way too big in my opinion.I believe they should be smaller in order to make a little logic matching their movement speed and things like that.Also I do suggest that when you reach light havens sounds should calm a bit and monsters attacks the same(if any).And I believe 3rd person camera would work even better for this genre you got in here.Nevertheless it's a cool map!

2.If you build something thinking on the profit it would result in a superficial project...like this one ... like there's no need for us to know how much money you spent on it and I dont really believe you know what is a good game and how to make one properly. This map is a ripp-off of amnesia mostly combined with silent hill and all other stuff, if im straightforward. Every vjasser + art modeller knows how to do this and i think even better it's just about time.The thing wich harrases me is that you keep telling people about you spent 550 dollars and 1100 hours and keep tellimg them this is a director's cut. It's like you push down their throats to eat it.Well if you play this from bottom to the end this ain't no dirrector's cut project. Director's cut result barelly have a bug or two. This map has lots of bugs and most of them are because you wanted to do the imposible in order to impress. "Few people can do the impossible and survive" and you ain't one of them , this map is the proof.I find this map replayability zero to me.Kitabatake is right about everything he is saying about your map and I do like his comment alot on this map.

3.You were too desperate to have succes and to make money over this and you've failed in my opinion!Good luck and happy map making!

aawwww
but look who's jealous!! ;D

PS: double post,sorry again ^^

 

[Sverkerman]

@daverave1212
Nosferatu? Never played it I'm afraid ;P

 

[Drunken_Jackal]

Its actually a german horror movie.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nosferatu

 

[Talavaj]

It is really depressing to see how few downloads this has compared to primitive arena/AOS/kill-stuff-add-to-leaderboard garbage that the community gushes every day.

Well I guess that is the reason why there are so few worthwhile modifications for wc3.

 

[maddeem]

It is really depressing to see how few downloads this has compared to primitive arena/AOS/kill-stuff-add-to-leaderboard garbage that the community gushes every day.

Well I guess that is the reason why there are so few worthwhile modifications for wc3.

No updates=no downloads.

 

[Nyhmbo]

I thought this was awesome. I have never played anything like this in warcraft before. It was truly something new. The only thing i think you should change is the the amnesia sounds. otherwise I think it's great and i think you can make it even better. Love to see more of this good job!

 

[LiverMonster]

Too Large?

My WC3 says that the map is too large. Is there any way to fix that.

 

[Sverkerman]

@LiverMonster
You can't play it in Multiplayer.
Press single player -> Custom game and it should work fine.

 

[LiverMonster]

Too big?

When i try to start the map it says the map is too large how do i fix that?

 

[Phrike]

Honestly, what is this map about? Don't say it's a horror map -_-

 

[maddeem]

Honestly, what is this map about? Don't say it's a horror map -_-

Yeah this map definitely doesn't give a proper description. Yeah man, reading is for losers.

 

[Sverkerman]

hahahaha this actually made my day XD

 

[ianskie]

Cool, like this game!
It's like Slenderman hahaha

 

[Bugz]

Really well made, m8.

 

[shinji]

Found a bug. I don't know how I did this. Luckily, I was recording it when it happened.

Video:http://youtu.be/vNn4oWwcP0M

 

[BandolXD]

The Download Takes a 1 Hour xD My PC is Crap ! But nice map ;D

 

[Sverkerman]

I'm going to start working on a huge update for Dualism shortly after Satyr vs Draenei is released to the map section here on Hiveworkshop this Sunday which I've been working on for the past 1 year and 4 months. The update will include a lot of bug fixes, more journal updates to make the game friendlier, some modifications to the major systems to reduce lagg and an ending to the journey of Stephen Smith.

Get yourselves excited by re-watching the trailer!

 

[APproject]

Really good news. Looking forward to it.

 

[edo494]

I dont want to be dick but Im very surprised this is approved, this is in beta, has many bugs and author made no effort to update the map since release

I didnt thought hive was supporting unfinished maps without updating, I will sure use this feature as well

 

[Statharas]

I dont want to be dick but Im very surprised this is approved, this is in beta, has many bugs and author made no effort to update the map since release

I didnt thought hive was supporting unfinished maps without updating, I will sure use this feature as well

It's an exception. This map is very polished in its genre, simply one of the best we've seen so far.

 

[Bloody Wolf]

I'm going to start working on a huge update for Dualism shortly after Satyr vs Draenei is released to the map section here on Hiveworkshop this Sunday which I've been working on for the past 1 year and 4 months. The update will include a lot of bug fixes, more journal updates to make the game friendlier, some modifications to the major systems to reduce lagg and an ending to the journey of Stephen Smith.

well you can count on me to review that bad boy (havent played this for quite a time but i remenber the basics)

 

[edo494]

Again, I dont want to be dick but I even saw people using this to make things not approved:

No matter how good the resource is, if the submission does not contain all of the requirements (Specific Resource Rules) it will not be accepted for the main section.

Original Work
Maps must be significantly worked on, or entirely created, by their submitter.

 

[shinji]

Any updates about Dualism?

 

[tony1509]

How is this map now?
It is awsome but... Is it still BETA version? =.=

 

[Sverkerman]

haha yeah, I'm not modding at the moment, sorry.
If I feel like starting again Dualism is most likely what I'm gonna be occupied with tho ;D

 

[tony1509]

Ok... I look forward to that day. =P

 

[Bloody Wolf]

Ok... I look forward to that day. =P

guess we both are