[Role Playing Game] Laid to Rest

[Stormvarsel29]

An RPG for Warcraft 3 Reforged by Storm

This is a single-player scenario map for Warcraft 3 Reforged. It is set in an alternate universe where vampires, werewolves and other evil gothic creatures subsist. You play as an inquisitor, Jack Morrison, where you will have to both fight, talk and explore your through various storylines, landscapes and dungeons. The story consists of three acts, each with new enemies and bosses to fight, items to find and landscapes to explore.

As some people may know, the title and main plotline is based on the quest from TESV: Skyrim with the same name "Laid to Rest".

RPG style gameplay
Unique abilities/traits
Unique items
Character building
Focus on exploration
Gothic setting

You are Jack Morrison an inquisitor. As an inquisitor you concentrate your efforts on destroying evil wherever it might reside. You have received a letter asking for your assistance in a small town called "Shirefall". The townsfolk believe that something sinister and/or evil is a work in their town, and you must help them resolve it.

Note: As the acts are completed they will be released here. When the whole map is completed it will be avaliable in the map section.

(1-100 completion in %)

Act I (Breezewind Farm) - Completed!
Act II (Shadow over Shirefall) - 10%
Act III (Lord of the Night) - 0%

Spoiler: ACT I

Spoiler: ACT II

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Spoiler: ACT III

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[The Nightmare Book]

GothicMusic.mp3
Nice looking concept! What about music? Do you will use music from Vampire:Bloodline or other vampire-themed projects? If you want, I can recommend some WoW Gothic-like music:

 

[Stormvarsel29]

Thanks man!

I did consider some music, especially from "Drustvar" in battle for azeroth - but Gilneas music would fit great, if not better, as well.

The only problem is I'm not good at making sure it's the only music played in the map.

 

[Stormvarsel29]

Screenshots for ACT I released !!!

 

[INDIVID]

I really liked your campaign Journey into Darkness, so now I'm looking forward to this story of yours as well.

 

[Stormvarsel29]

Glad to hear it! You will get to soon enough.

 

[Stormvarsel29]

ACT I is now available for download under attachments!!!

If you try it, make sure to report any improvements and/or issues. I would be most appreciative.

Thanks!

 

[The Nightmare Book]

Well, I've played whole Act 1 and first of all - I like it! Avaliable storyline is well, but have a one moment -

Spoiler

from where we know that Reyes are werewolfs?

For whose, who didn't played and want to know story -

Spoiler: HEAVY SPOILER

All except main hero dies.

I liked the usage of black mask and spell at all - althought they're based on standard, you make them more appropriate for our hero playstyle.
But I have encountered some small issues or things, which I want to list below:

• Item "Silver Bullet" says that my NEXT "Quickshot" would be improved, but it applies not to only 1 "Quickshots", but to atleast 3-5 next "Quickshots". It's a one bullet, right?
• If Delliah Reyes should give me some optional quest, so I don't recieved it. Or she shouldn't, dunno;
• In "Fireflask" learn spell description LVL 5 replaced with LVL 1;
• Seems that potion doesn't increase it's restore effect while I've special item for it, huh? Or I'm dumb?

Good starting story - clicked follow and await Act 2 & 3!
Also some screenshots from gameplay and replay:

 

[Stormvarsel29]

Thanks for the feedback, man!

I gotta say, these are some very weird bugs. That I haven't seen before.

I would love to get access to the replay. Do you know where to import it in the warcraft 3 folder?

EDIT:
Nvm I got it to work.

 

[Stormvarsel29]

To answer the question asked:

Spoiler

We know the Reyes' (Gabriel Reyes and Delilah Reyes) are werewolves because Delilah transformed into one in the mine, after telling Jack that herself and Gabriel were cursed. Also, I try to hint it in the books and diaries on the map.

Now for the other stuff:

• The Silver Bullet item issue is because I forgot to mark "Sir Kimberbrave" as an unholy creature. Fixed!
• Delilah should not have a side quest. The quest you saw on screen, was given by Sir Alfred.
• Fire Flask has been fixed!
• From what I saw in the replay the ring seems to work fine regarding the bonus restoration

And just for the record:

Spoiler

Everyone doesn't actually die, Coleman survives. He was standing by the farm, as you ran past after killing the werewolf in the cave.

I really appreciate your testing. It's very useful to see how other people navigate the map, so I can make changes.

Overall, I'm glad you liked it! And thanks again for taking your time to share these issues/bugs with me, it means a lot!

 

[The Nightmare Book]

To answer the question asked:

Spoiler

We know the Reyes' (Gabriel Reyes and Delilah Reyes) are werewolves because Delilah transformed into one in the mine, after telling Jack that herself and Gabriel were cursed. Also, I try to hint it in the books and diaries on the map.

Now for the other stuff:

• The Silver Bullet item issue is because I forgot to mark "Sir Kimberbrave" as an unholy creature. Fixed!
• Delilah should not have a side quest. The quest you saw on screen, was given by Sir Alfred.
• Fire Flask has been fixed!
• From what I saw in the replay the ring seems to work fine regarding the bonus restoration

And just for the record:

Spoiler

Everyone doesn't actually die, Coleman survives. He was standing by the farm, as you ran past after killing the werewolf in the cave.

I really appreciate your testing. It's very useful to see how other people navigate the map, so I can make changes.

Overall, I'm glad you liked it! And thanks again for taking your time to share these issues/bugs with me, it means a lot!

Spoiler

I agree, but before mine encount seems nothing clears up to their "hunger". Only note is in wolf cavern, but it could hint on anyone else

• About ring - I'm dumb, because seems that ring says "flasks restore 50% of HP", not "they restore additional 50% of HP in addition to 20% HP effect"

Wish you best regards - keep going!

 

[Stormvarsel29]

The ring actually works like this:
It increases Lifeline potions effect by 50%. I might need to rephrase that, but it means that a potion that normally restores 20% maximum hit points is increased to 30% with the ring (20 * 1,5 = 30).

And yeah I will!

 

[AlanSpirand]

Hello, I've played this as a part of checking out Warcraft Maporino (!) submissions. I gotta say, the map's pretty solid. I feel like the balancing is on point right now, especially the way your mana regeneration works. It's a neat feature that needs to be added to more maps because it makes usage of abilities much more prominent and the combat feels more interactive. Also, nice to see a map not taking place in the Warcraft universe, go original lore.

My only real complaint is that sometimes the blackmask effect may impede exploring quite a bit. There were a couple of instances where I had trouble finding my quest objective or getting back to the main location (I memorized the layout later, but at first it was a bit confusing). I get that it's realistic to not have an obvious map, but I can see this feature becoming a problem when future acts are added and the map grows larger.

 

[Stormvarsel29]

Thanks for checking it out! I really appreciate it.

It's great to hear I'm on the right track.

You make a good point regarding the blackmask effect. I will have to think it over for the next act.

 

[The_Messenger]

I gave the map a try and I was pleasantly surprised. The models are nice. The action is brief but delivers enough to keep you interested in what's happening. And the map has a good environmental storytelling like when I decided to explore the forest and found the camp one of the characters mentioned.
There are a few things that bugged me a little bit during this adventure and it goes as this:

• When/If Jack discovers the Old Shrine in the mine he has nothing to say about it although he could be knowledgeable of "unholy" things
• The Lose Cannon Rune is broken, I killed the end boss of the first act with three shots and a bottle of fire. It makes other skills obsolete. Not that it's necessarily "bad" but I think it spoils the fun in trying to develop other skills or Rune combinations.
• There is a small grammar error during the lines where it says "Gabriel bastard" when it should be "that bastard Gabriel"

Overall it was a good experience and I am looking forward to what the rest of the story has to offer.

 

[The Nightmare Book]

Any news from development?

 

[Stormvarsel29]

I gave the map a try and I was pleasantly surprised. The models are nice. The action is brief but delivers enough to keep you interested in what's happening. And the map has a good environmental storytelling like when I decided to explore the forest and found the camp one of the characters mentioned.
There are a few things that bugged me a little bit during this adventure and it goes as this:

• When/If Jack discovers the Old Shrine in the mine he has nothing to say about it although he could be knowledgeable of "unholy" things
• The Lose Cannon Rune is broken, I killed the end boss of the first act with three shots and a bottle of fire. It makes other skills obsolete. Not that it's necessarily "bad" but I think it spoils the fun in trying to develop other skills or Rune combinations.
• There is a small grammar error during the lines where it says "Gabriel bastard" when it should be "that bastard Gabriel"

Overall it was a good experience and I am looking forward to what the rest of the story has to offer.

Thanks for playing!

I'm glad you had a good experience, and I'll definitely look into what you've stated once I resume development.

Any news from development?

I'm taking a bit of a break from warcraft 3. So, nothing yet.