[Development] Recreating WC3 in Dota 2's Source 2 Engine

[berenoune]

Valve's Dota 2 allows creation of custom games through the Workshop Tools.

Progress so far:

 

[berenoune]

Also, there is a RTS custom game named Radiant Tribes RTS where I test out different RTS game mechanics. You can play it from the Dota 2 Arcade now. It is 1v1 and there is bot support if playing alone.

 

[Napoqe]

User @Noya already tried to recreate Warcraft 3 gameplay in Dota 2. I think he ended up giving up. Here is the source code of his project.
Just warning you that several good Dota 2 Custom Game projects died. Most of these were I think for Dota 2 updates break many of these Custom Game, requiring the developers of these Custom Game to fix the new bugs that came out of the update.

The source code from Custom Game Castle Fight maybe may be useful for you. Since the Custom Game uses some skills and mechanics equal to Warcraft 3.

 

[berenoune]

User @Noya already tried to recreate Warcraft 3 gameplay in Dota 2. I think he ended up giving up. Here is the source code of his project.
Just warning you that several good Dota 2 Custom Game projects died. Most of these were I think for Dota 2 updates break many of these Custom Game, requiring the developers of these Custom Game to fix the new bugs that came out of the update.

The source code from Custom Game Castle Fight maybe may be useful for you. Since the Custom Game uses some skills and mechanics equal to Warcraft 3.

I saw DotaCraft and was sad it was discontinued. Thank you for sharing but going to be coding all the mechanics myself.

Some of the Dota 2 updates break custom games which can get pretty tiring to fix. The recent one was "The Summer Client Update" which caused a crash when starting a game.

 

[berenoune]

Added Botacraft RTS Alpha to the Dota 2 Arcade if anyone wants to give it a try.

Here's the latest progress so far:

 

[Dr Super Good]

It is my understanding that the DotA 2 engine uses state streaming, like League of Legends or games like Diablo IV, rather than lock step. This would limit its suitability for RTS gameplay, especially if the server it is run on has resource constraints. It might work for small 1v1 or 2v2 Warcraft III style melee play, but I would imagine it having technical issues with 6v6 or if players spam low food units or if all units end up in the sight range of each other.