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Mansion Murderer 0.54 Beta

Mansion Murderer is not your average murderer map. This game is far more fast paced than other murderer maps and instead of only having the goal of "run away & hide", the players can also gather various items, attempt to kill the murderer and try to find the mansion key and then escape the mansion.

Gameplay
One of the players (chosen randomly) is the murderer and his goal is to kill everyone else.
The other players must survive, find the mansion key and then escape through the front door (at the start).

There is a timer displaying the killers life at the upper right corner of the screen. Once this timer reaches zero, the killer dies and the game ends. When the killer kills somebody the timer resets to 3min (unless he has more time remaining).

The game ends when all victims are either dead or have escaped the mansion or when the killer dies.



- Custom chat system

Normal chat messages are floating texts above your unit.
You can also shout to all players by typing "-s" at the start of your message. However, shouts are anonymous.

- Quick-communication skill

No need to stop and type the basic stuff anymore.
You can just click on the icon and blurt out the "Hi", "Who are you?", "HELP!", "OH NOES!", etc... phrases

- Many items scattered around the mansion

Weapons, armor, weird mushrooms... They can save your life!

- Every weapon and armor can be seen on the wearer

Attachments!

- Game and Player statistics at the end of the game.

The whole course of the game will be revised at the end. The revision will show who was chosen as the murderer, who killed who, and also personal stats for each player (such as kills, items used, status)

- Custom user interface & loading screen

- Custom background music

Make sure to turn your wc3 music and sound on!

- Blood effects & Sound effects

When your character is low on health he will bleed. When your character is very low on health he will bleed more and express his pain with sound effects

- Custom lightning models & fog to make the mansion dark & ominous

You'll probably need to switch off the lights in your room to see properly

- Creatures that wander around the mansion trying to kill everyone

Don't even try to fight them without a weapon. Unless you really want to spectate

- Random murderer chosen every time!

It could be YOU!

- The mansion key is always hidden at a different location!

See how fast you can find it!

- Secret rooms

Actually they're very easy to find. Just keep your eyes open for levers sticking out of bookshelves

- Spectator mode

Once dead, you can use the left and right arrow keys to switch between players you wish to spectate

- Anti-camp system

Don't sit in one place for more than 15 seconds or you will face a nasty surprise!

- Anti-spam system

If you spam, you will be silenced for up to one minute.



Q: What kind of game is this?
A: A murderer game. One player is the killer and must kill others. The others must find the key and escape the mansion or kill the killer or wait until the killers time runs out.

Q: How many keys are there? Where are the keys?
A: There is only one key and it is always at a random location. However there can be fake keys that look like the real one but they do not open the gate.

Q: How many killers are there?
A: One. He is chosen randomly

Q: What happens if killer dies?
A: The other players (that are still alive) will win the game. But if the killer dies very early in the game (before 3 minutes of gameplay), another killer will be chosen.

Q: I can't see anything!!
A: Switch off the lights from your room and you should be able to see just fine. Also make sure your brightness settings are reasonable.

Q: How to change camera?
A: The camera is locked to your unit and you cannot change that (at least not in the current version).
Besides, if the camera would be like the default wc3 camera there wouldn't be any challenge or feeling to the game.

Q: How do I know if I'm the killer?
A: You're told in the beginning of the game. Also, if you find your character having the skill "Killer Form" and "Shadow Run" then you most definately are the killer.

Q: How to shout?
A: Just type "-s <your message>"

Q: What if the killer finds the key?
A: Doesn't matter. The killer cannot pick up the key and it is indestructible.

Q: Where can I get a weapon?
A: They can be found on the floor scattered around the mansion

Q: Is this map protected?
A: No, from version 0.49 onwards this map is open source for anyone to edit!


1) Like said before, switch off the lights in your room to be able to see properly
2) Keep an eye out for various items scattered around the floor. They can save your life!
3) If you're the killer, use human form to travel faster and collect items
4) If you die, don't leave the game. You can stay and spectate the other players and learn from them. Also, after the game you can see the game and player statistics


Screenshots: |[Click here to browse the screenshots!]|

If you find any bugs or have any suggestions, let me know!


== UPDATE 0.49beta - Map is now UNPROTECTED and open for anyone to edit! ==



Update 0.53 beta:
Single player mode
Fixed wall model lightning
3 creature types added
Murderer model fixed (thinner, taller, new fx)
Player hitpoints can now be set by host (50-200)


Update 0.54 beta:
Several major bugfixes
Single player mode removed (it caused massive problems with the multiplayer game)
Player hitpoints are now solid 100 for balance purposes

You can download the singleplayer version of this map here.

Keywords:
Mansion, Murderer, Murder, Horror, Multiplayer
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Mansion Murderer 0.54 Beta (Map)

Reviews
16:14, 6th Apr 2009 by bounty hunter2: Needs more terrain variation, better Object Editor Work, else a quite fun "tag" game, Approved with a 3/5 (Useful) rating. You can find my full review Here.
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What a nice job!
Cool map,cool model,Especially the Murderer.
I really want that model. =0=
 
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ehh... there is a unbalance thing... when you got 3 lifes and fullhouse, killer is imba to kill em all, because they get the key easy because it spawns then too early... i didnt lose any lifes when i was just running in the mansion...
i belive you dont got any trigger witch will check the life/player ammount and will set the time when the key spawns

eh... when u put 2 lifes.. and is the killer get killed,,, you lose all the killer skills... oh noez... bare handed tried to defend the gate :D but i died
 
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Kita is evil, i got no time to talk with friends at the end of the game... because 5,4,3,2,1 boom!
Cud u remove it or something :() please? :D
or i will start to be evil!


MAKE RATS!!!! like 5 dmg xD so u can kill em and they show in the end statics :D
 
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View attachment LastReplay.w3g
Check Riksus... He saw something weird as the killer after round
edit: Ah nvm... you cant see the killer vision in replay...
View attachment wtf mansionbug.w3g
eh ill explain this one later... gotta play next game :D
check the statics very clearly,.... i can be blind too ... but you can see our funny gaming xD



mmh when i played these i didnt have murder map at the download area...
so i belive you cant watch em...
 
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Boh... another bug, killer died on the last round(out of time) and he still respawned... wtf?, got 2 screenshots of it but i post em later!

HAVE TO PLAY MOAAAR
Zomfg... i have spammed to this map area... ill stop it for few days ^^
EDIT: I GOT MY FIRST FATAL ERROR! WHEN KILLER KILLED A VICTIM! HE GOT A LEATHER ARMOR !!! AND A HERB
Killed had nothing
 
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I think I'm gonna test it this weekend with some friends in Northrend =D
spreading it a bit and give you, kitabatake, a reason to work faster ;D

I liked the way it looks and one "minor" thing that made me turn on the sound for the first time for years:
i read in the questlog that you used "Beyond the Wasteland" - it really fits somehow =D
I love Uematsu, I love your work, and I love the atmosphere =D

Suggestions:
-"Enter Room"
-Creatures like rats or ghosts that cause fear (like "Oh my god, there's something in here!")
-bigger!

-maybe a place where you can watch some kind of minimap, cause i got lost somewhere in the mansion too often x'D maybe you could put a map on some table that you can use and then trigger some vision layer (don't know what it's called in the english version of the editor^^"), you know, that "black mask/whitemask/Pow!" thing

-maybe you could make some painting for giving the mansion some characteristics, so it't not "some" haunted house

+rep
 
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Tarrain:5/5-A nice spooky scary (creapy) mansion,what more do you want ^^
Gameplay-5/5-Very interesting gameplay :thumbs_up:
Buggs-4/5-When you were a killer and transformed to him,in the next game you stay with the night vision and attack you allies.Also the zombies cant curt you.Please fix that.The last version i have played was 0.47 and you might have fixed that bug,but if you havent-please do!
Overall:5/5
The music is a killer 2!
I hope that a non-beta version will come out realy soon :cute:
 
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He retired man. Kitabatake went to the finnish army. The map is now unprotected and free for everyone to edit and continue his job. Well, as long as they don't make it lame >_> Kitabatake legacy of excellent murder maps must go on!
 
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And THAT was just frustrating in single player, you tricked me!
Got tricked then just stood with the door trying to get out, just trying to smash the door until it break of frustration, then creeps appear, they die, later the murder comes and cuts me open! (Tried to spoil it ass less as possible)
I like that :thumbs_up:
 

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Looks superb. Creep, scary, dark and morbid. I like the screenies.

Dumb question: AI works? Cuz I wanna try and don't have friends interested atm.

Testing, but from what I can see I'll love it
 
Looks superb. Creep, scary, dark and morbid. I like the screenies.

Dumb question: AI works? Cuz I wanna try and don't have friends interested atm.

Testing, but from what I can see I'll love it
The singleplayer functionality was removed in the last update since it destroyed the multiplayer game with some serious bugs.


However, you can download the singleplayer version of this map here:
http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/maps-564/mansion-murderer-singleplayer-185526/


Note that this game is primarily meant to be played with as many players as possible.
 
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Easily the most developed murder map I have ever seen! You've created a strong scary atmosphere through the terrain and doodads, the camera angle of which you play in, and how you travel room by room. I played with sound and music off also, so can't really comment on that, but the visual aspect is enough to tell it's scary (and I was too scared LOL) ;o

Maphacks are ineffective for this map (except for clicking a unit to check it's skills, and to check if it has the killer form skill) because of how you play.

One thing I found annoying is the -s to shout, perhaps you should allow players to set shout as default without the -s, and with -s as texttag. Idk.
 
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