Omg!
To enter a name the player has to write in all chat! < very important (this took me some time to figure out)

How to progress after using the phase skill succesfully to cross the river in the east?
The beginning of any given map shouldn't be too vague, so players can acquaint themselves with its mechanics.

 

I had no idea about the all chat thing!

Do you mean after the cutscene? I'm trying to give hints on where to go in the NPC dialogue (I could have made that part a bit more clear)

EDIT: To avoid confusion I made an updated character creation screen, where it states that you have to type in the "all chat".

 

Alright i'll give it a second try later.

Ok i went past the wolf boss, some things coming to mind:
-gold coins are too hard to click
-where to put all those items? with their vague descriptions it's hard to tell if you need them to advance
-why can you kill most of the npc characters?
-what is it with this trend of removing the minimap?
-takes pretty long to complete for a "minimap", not necessarily a bad thing

All in all the voice acting and graphical design make this one pretty unique. I think the gameplay feels a tad too sluggish. The orb system is neat in concept, but rather tedious to pull off constantly.
- it actually speeds up somewhat with new spells and bran scrolls

 

Thanks for the feedback! And thanks for testing my map.

You brought up some solid points:

- Gold: I'm really torn on this issue, as I agree that they're hard to click. I dislike the original gold coin model and prefer this - more diabloish - version. If I knew how to edit the hitbox (?) of the model, I would very much like to make it larger.

- Items: In the main chapel there's a ring which spawns Soul Echoes upon the death of a Soul Orb. Picking up items with this Soul Echo teleports them to the chapel. As for inventory space, you unlock additional slots (in the spirit's inventory) with each crystal you find. Could you elaborate on when you felt unsure about a certain item?

- Killable NPCs: I really like having this option, as none of the killable NPCs are necessary to complete the story. I know for a fact that some people enjoy playing the "bad guy" in games, i.e. "no mercy".

- Minimap: The minimap served little purpose aside from taking up visual space. Removing it also calls for the players to familiarize themselves with the layout of each area. This take may not be for everyone, and that is completely okay.

- Length: Haha, yeah, I was worried that it may be too long. When I play through it I usually complete it in around 50 min, but if you really take your time, read everything and explore each area, then the playtime may be around 1-2 hours.

- Gameplay: I understand that it can become a bit tedious -- I suppose that I wanted to create a more strategic combat with slower pace, rather than going for faster action. My goal was also to ramp up the speed as you progress (introduce more spells, items which spawns orbs, etc.). I will however continue to polish the gameplay.

 

This looks really interesting. It has a very “dark souls” vibe. I loved diablo 2 and dark souls for their gothic theme and I think you nailed it. I will check this out when I have some time to play through it.

 

Witcher meets Darksouls in Warcraft?

 

Haha, I suppose you could call it that! With a nice touch of Soul Reaver, of course

 

Is there not-reforged version? I'd love to play but I don't have reforge.

 

The map should work for anyone using the current WC3 patch (or at least 1.32). This map was made with standard graphics and is locked to that mode. You don't have to buy reforged, only patch the game. If I'm wrong on this, please let me know!

If you're asking for a version compatible with 1.31 (or earlier patches), I'm afraid this version is the only one available.

 

Update?
Sweet!

 

Yeah, I took much of what you said into consideration and found some pretty good solutions (the gold coin model's hitbox still needs more tweaking though). It feels great to finally have the map in a good place!

 

Wow what an amazing work! I really enjoyed my time with it.
But did I miss any mechanic to refill the mana.
Some enemies seem to be impossible to overcome without a big mana pool, so I often found my self dieing on purpose, to get my mana back.
Overall, very cool game!

 

@Calciumcarbonat Thanks! That's awesome to hear.

There are currently two ways of refilling your mana: either by attacking a Soul Orb (your F ability), which gives you 70 mana, or by leveling up, which fully restores your mana.

I didn't want to include items such as mana potions as I feared that they would become a necessity throughout the whole game, and thus fill up an inventory slot.

Thanks for playing my map!

 

Fantastic work on the atmosphere both with visuals and sound!

Also like the character selection + gameplay with unique abilities (compared to standard Wc3).

One thing I found hard though was the unclear beginning. Took me a while to figure out where to go since I might have missed important details in the intro.

Specificially, the yellow rune marker plays a sound but doesn't do anything else like the others. It's probably a puzzle and not a bug but I'm not sure.

 

Thank you so much! I'm glad you enjoyed it.

Ah, that yellow rune is like a thorn in my side haha. Unlike other runes, I made this one timed so that players could learn the concept of switching places with their Looking-glass self. The only problem is that the gate is not in view when you touch the rune, thus making it more difficult to connect the two. That is also why the rune doesn't disappear, unlike other runes. I only added the 'ticking' sound later to make the player understand that the rune, in fact, is time-based. I'll have to come up with something else, I think.

When you say "unclear beginning", was it only this part of the tutorial area that you had issues with? I would love to know! And it seems that you eventually managed to figure it out? What made it finally click?