MineralZ

[maddeem]

MineralZ Website!

MineralZ is a survival tower defense that requires players to cooperate with each other in order to survive. With every night being a new wave of hungry monsters, no single person can survive alone. It is vital for every base to have two or more people, each with a specific role.

Mineralz are special resources that are necessary to build, and so necesary to survive. The mineralz spawn randomly across the map, so every game provides a new challenge and no game is the same.

Mini-Map	Nights
	When is it is night time, your base should be secured and impenetrable. Every 10 waves bosses come. As of right now there are currently 30 waves. After each boss wave though, the waves following will have different strategies then the one before. Going from simple ground zerglings, to massive tentacle beasts.

Building a base takes time, and a lot of resources. There are four vital parts to a base.

1. Walls: To block out the invaders.
   
   
2. Wall Regenerators: To keep your walls alive.
   
   
3. Turrets: Used to kill invaders before they can breach your base.
   
   
4. Power Generators: Power is vital to nearly every building, including turrets and wall regenerators.
   
   

These are all the current monsters that you will face on different nights. Though it may not look like much, these monsters will keep you occupied for a very long time.

I thank the following people for their resources, and support:
Kimberly, Kitabatake, Frankster, Thrikodius, Zombie, Maker, Bribe, The_Witcher, Tonex, Loveforever, MrMaestro, sgt.blackbird, hele, death_god, Red Shift, Magtheridon96, Celestea, inhuman89

If you like what you see and would like to support this map I ask that you use the MineralZ signature to spread the word!
Simply copy this and paste it into your signature and then you are an official supporter!
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More information is soon to come...

 

[sonofjay]

Looks great especially the minerals, will wait for more update.

Off-Topic
You don't really want to continue your spell workshop? I'm your first customer there.

 

[Reaper51]

So when can we expect a beta release?

 

[sonofjay]

So when can we expect a beta release?

C'mon man, the thread only been posted today. I guess he still don't have a beta released date.

 

[Tonex]

Holy crap you defied your own words, "This map will only be between us" Finally the world can benefit from this awesome map. You gonna link to the most current map?

 

[maddeem]

Holy crap you defied your own words, "This map will only be between us" Finally the world can benefit from this awesome map. You gonna link to the most current map?

Lol I know, shame on me... I couldn't resist. But as for linking the map, I don't think I will till it's in beta, because I wouldn't want to ruin anyone's first impression

 

[Tonex]

Maybe you should put info on different kinds of buildings?

 

[maddeem]

I've been working hard and I've added a few new concepts into the map.
I posted some new pictures, and I've done some bug fixes with MineralZ.

-Second build menu, for additional structures
-Added factories, which are buildings that are placed on mineralz to extract that mineral and give you income over time. (Currently 2 tiers)

 

[Chaosy]

Really like the idea, the visual effects from the pictures is nice and suiting. Good job rep+

 

[maddeem]

I'm going to post some updates soon so be ready for some amazing stuff

Really like the idea, the visual effects from the pictures is nice and suiting. Good job rep+

Thank you

 

[Tonex]

For the wall regenerator image, you should move the cursor onto the wall regenerators, as the cursor is currently on a wall which may cause confusion. Btw I might not be on WC3 for a couple days cuz I'm trying to beat the SC2 Campaign.

 

[maddeem]

I might just redo that image soon anyway, and alright.

 

[maddeem]

Updates!

-Added a sell feature to buildings, you can now sell buildings for 100% of what it cost you to upgrade to that building.
-Improved the AI
-Added building/tech cancellation refunding
-Made the mineralz spawn in clusters
-Made the rocks spawn closer together for easier basing

Expect a beta version very soon!

Any Suggestions are greatly appreciated

 

[maddeem]

Check out the MineralZ website for quick news, hot fixes, or to give suggestions. I have released I private beta on this website for anyone who wants to download it.
MineralZ Website

 

[maddeem]

I have completely revamped the look of mineralz!!!

 

[sonofjay]

Looks nice.

 

[maddeem]

Thanks, I put a lot of time into the revamp

 

[frostloh]

Will this lag on older computers? The pictures seem to contain a lot of nice zap, detailed models etc.'

edit1:
Tried it, the monsters were weak at the start and I used my worker to solo the first night. Didn't lag much for me.
Is the unlimited crystals on night time a bug or on purpose?

 

[maddeem]

When playing alone it goes into "sandbox mode" disallowing saving but giving unlimited mineralz

First night mobs are meant to distract people from mining on night 1, the mobs get increasing harder

 

[Tonex]

We are kicking off a Mineralz Forum. Feel free to come by, make an account, and share some ideas!

 

[maddeem]

Now... I present to you, the MineralZ loading screen!

 

[Bugz]

Isnt this a sc2 map?

 

[maddeem]

Yeah, it is. I am remaking it in Warcraft 3 ;p
Though it is almost completely different from the original mineralz.

 

[Bugz]

Alright.

 

[maddeem]

Check out the new UI!

 

[Foronisus]

i really like the new ui i havent tried this map on wc3.... but i played it on Starcraft 2 i dont know why but on Sc2 it was bugged after level 10 but havent played starcraft 3-5 months so maybe its repaired now. Just to ask is this map hosted on Garena? becasue i really want to play it its fun

 

[ImperialShadow]

maddeem the larva damage is 1-0? or 0-1?and also the big thing in the center just not in center anymore.I try the latest version.

 

[maddeem]

1-0 damage means that they will hit 1 damage 100% of the time,

i really like the new ui i havent tried this map on wc3.... but i played it on Starcraft 2 i dont know why but on Sc2 it was bugged after level 10 but havent played starcraft 3-5 months so maybe its repaired now. Just to ask is this map hosted on Garena? becasue i really want to play it its fun

No sadly it is not, but if you come on b.net I could set up a few games for ya (east)

 

[Foronisus]

hmm give me link to create acc for battle net(damn cant join battle net ;( )

 

[maddeem]

Check out the new lighting system!
Now including a lamp system as well.

 

[Tonex]

2 things, you should update the first post and add lamp info and publish the map under the "Maps" section here on Hive.

 

[maddeem]

Not quite there yet, but its almost publishable

It saddens me that so few are really taking interest in the game, it contains so much custom content, and is pretty well polished. Well, guess I'll give it more time

 

[frostloh]

I am quite certain that this map will be popular when it's released.
Less people look at the Maps Development section compared to the actual Maps.

 

[Dr Super Good]

So this is a port of the StarCraft II map with the same name to WarCraft III?

 

[maddeem]

It is a remake of Sc2 MineralZ, many things are different, yet some things are the same, the overall genre is the same (build towers n walls to survive) but with a whole different type of gameplay. Like in the original mineralz there was no air, and no real special units. Just units with more health and more damage with different models. In Wc3 MineralZ there is air, mobs that destroy brick, and bosses with special abilities. The only thing they really have in common though is the use of 4 minerals and the name.

 

[Foronisus]

i hope when its published it will be hosted on garena so i can play it

 

[ImperialShadow]

i will fully support this map

 

[maddeem]

I am learning vJass and I am currently making Mineralz more efficient! Expect faster loading time and near flawless gameplay

i will fully support this map

Thanks, glad to hear it

 

[xXxMKDxXx]

ExcelLLenT_T map!
But,.. There is a problem. Played the map .. like 10times, survived the night 19, and at night 20 comes "TOO OP" Wave, which cannot be killed! Tried to kill them like 6 in 10 times, but all failure!
..
Almost Forgot! Please next time improve the sounds,.. they are horrible

 

[maddeem]

I use default warcraft 3 sounds, I can't do much to change them, if I were to change them the file size of the map would increase drastically
And yes wave 20 is quite hard, but you should see wave 30

I plan on revamping the page 1 thread, so much new gameplay has been added so it might take a while

 

[maddeem]

It has come to my attention that loading in mineralz can cause desync

but i dont understand why when host type -load xxxxxx and can built the credit house but as for the players when they do so with their own code, they got dced ? why .....

Ok so I've been working on the mineralz save/load system quite a bit, and I've reduced the code by nearly 90%, got rid of redundant functions and overall improved it's performance.

I've also been working on some concepts for flying unit repulsers
And Next version will include 10 brand new waves!

 

[Tonex]

Is it a code wipe D:? I can't use my 99 credit code?

 

[maddeem]

Unfortunately yes, but with the updates the code now compresses data to an extraordinary amount. Saving 999 credits will only result in a 4 character code.

 

[Tonex]

Nuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu

 

[maddeem]

The new 0.80 beta version is out!!

10 new waves added!
New save/load system!
Furthest night reached now saves!
Minor bug fixes and overall gameplay tweaks!

Hope that everyone who follows MineralZ enjoys the updates

 

[Reaper51]

great update, +rep for u

 

[maddeem]

4 pages of comments >

 

[ImperialShadow]

maddeem u should put the website in page 1 to let other people join the websites.

 

[maddeem]

Alright.

 

[Marsal]

Woah, when will it come out?