StarCraft: Cartooned

[deepstrasz]

Blizzard Entertainment has just released a game mod based on CarbotAnimations for StarCraft: Remastered.

Players can enjoy ladder with friends and strangers without the need for the latter to have bought the mod.

The visual artistic style of the mod is on par with CarbotAnimations videos. Every unit, building, UI, you name it, even the briefing rooms have been recreated in the image of CarbotAnimations.

Spoiler: screenshots

The mod, like StarCraft: Remastered, isn't free but the core game is through Battle.net (which can be accessed signing in or up on their main site: Blizzard Entertainment):
Windows download: https://battle.net/download/getInstallerForGame?os=WIN&version=LIVE&gameProgram=STARCRAFT
Mac download: https://battle.net/download/getInstallerForGame?os=MAC&version=LIVE&gameProgram=STARCRAFT

StarCraft: Cartooned can be bought from here: StarCraft® Cartooned - StarCraft | Blizzard Shop

General requirements:

• Requires internet connection, Blizzard® account, and Blizzard® Battle.net® desktop app to play.
• Requires StarCraft® Remastered to play
• Any applicable VAT included
• System Requirements
• Product Details

Windows requirements:

Spoiler

Minimum Requirements
Operating System
Windows® 7 / Windows® 8 / Windows® 10

Processor
Intel® Pentium® D or AMD™ Athlon™ 64 X2

Video
NVIDIA® GeForce; 6800 (256 MB) or ATI™ Radeon™ X1600 Pro (256 MB) or better

Memory
2 GB RAM

Storage
8 GB HD space

Internet
Broadband Internet connection

Input
Keyboard and mouse

Resolution
1024 x 768 minimum display resolution


Recommended Specifications
Operating System
Windows® 10 64-bit

Processor
Intel Core 2 Duo E6600 (2.4 GHz) or AMD Athlon 64 X2 5000+ (2.6 GHz) or better

Video
NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GT (512 MB) or ATI Radeon HD 4850 (512 MB) or better

Memory
4 GB RAM

Storage
8 GB HD space

Internet
Broadband Internet connection

Input
Keyboard and mouse

Resolution
1024 x 768 minimum display resolution

Mac requirements:

Spoiler

Minimum Requirements
Operating System
OS X® 10.10

Processor
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo

Video
NVIDIA® GeForce® 8600M GT or ATI™ Radeon™ HD 2600 Pro

Memory
2 GB RAM

Storage
8 GB HD space

Internet
Broadband Internet connection

Input
Keyboard and mouse

Resolution
1024 x 768 minimum display resolution


Recommended Specifications
Operating System
macOS® 10.13 (latest version)

Processor
Intel Core i3 or better

Video
NVIDIA GeForce GT 650M or ATI Radeon HD 5670 or better

Memory
4 GB RAM

Storage
8 GB HD space

Internet
Broadband Internet connection

Input
Keyboard and mouse

Resolution
1024 x 768 minimum display resolution

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CarbotAnimations is known to make various 2D short animation videos based on Blizzard Entertainment game universes, their first uploaded video being set in the first StarCraft game's universe:

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CarbotAnimations has also released such a mod in 2016 for StarCraft II called StarCrafts Mod, free of charge.

StarCraft II: Wings of Liberty is free and so is the Arcade which this mod is played through.

To play StarCrafts Mod:

1. Download StarCraft II for free here: Blizzard Entertainment
   
2. Once it's installed go to the Arcade tab and search "Star Crafts Mod" (*note: there is a space between Star and Crafts, the search engine is kind of specific so that's important).

Quick start if StarCraft II is already installed:

• North America: battlenet:://starcraft/map/1/279403
• Europe: battlenet:://starcraft/map/2/195516
• Asia (Korea/Taiwan): battlenet:://starcraft/map/3/110625
• Southeast Asia: battlenet:://starcraft/map/6/25176

StarCrafts Mod features an original soundtrack by Gianni Chiarparini which can be found on iTunes.

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Main source: StarCraft: Cartooned – Available Now

 

[Anaxie]

Free on Sc2

$10 on Sc1

Because Bli$$ard the puppet satalite studio of activison that has been aborted in 2019.

 

[deepstrasz]

Yeah because it's official but I wouldn't say it's all Blizzard just yet.

 

[Anaxie]

Yeah because it's official but I wouldn't say it's all Blizzard just yet.

2 founders and most senior staff have left.

Beggining of 2019 activison sent one of their CFOs there to take over xutting costs and she bailed for a more lucrative deal elsewhere.

However we have more then enough info in recent year . Blizzards #1 priority is customer explotation in the modern day which is the motto of their parent company aswell.

It doesnt need to be danced around considering the how predominant this topic has become in recent years with the fabulous customer explotation
EA, Ubisoft, 2k, WarnerBrothers, take 2, Activision Blizzard, Bethesda Softworks has contributed to the industry as of late.

 

[deepstrasz]

Maybe you are right and it was the "only" way to port it as a mod on this older game since it might have been easier on SCII, hence why it was done free.
Or Blizzard just commissioned CarbotAnimations to do the mod.

 

[Anaxie]

Maybe you are right and it was the "only" way to port it as a mod on this older game since it might have been easier on SCII, hence why it was done free.
Or Blizzard just commissioned CarbotAnimations to do the mod.

Well yeah all about those quarterly finacials.

Activison has fuck all releasing in 2019 they have to do what they can.

 

[pyf]

I am under the impression that Cartooned gets downloaded whether you want it or not.

 

[Anaxie]

I am under the impression that Cartooned gets downloaded whether you want it or not.

Prob so just pay to activate

 

[deepstrasz]

Prob so just pay to activate

Yeah, that's how they've been doing it for some time now for some reason, I guess so that you could play against/with those who actually bought that material.

 

[Deleted member 238589]

Just shows that people will buy anything associated with blizzard brand, regardless of quality.

 

[deepstrasz]

Just shows that people will buy anything associated with blizzard brand, regardless of quality.

Cartooned is a different kind of quality.

 

[Deleted member 238589]

Not really.

 

[pyf]

As I personally will never pay for Remastered nor for Cartooned, I would appreciate that Blizzard does not pre-download any paid content for any of their games. The StarCraft Anthology data folder is shock full of stuff I will never run (=> more than 4GB of wasted HDD space imho).

Starting with Patch 1.23.0, Blizzard removed the legacy MPQ files along with the original Editor; but because Cartooned got forced down our throats HDDs at the same time, there is overall no HDD footprint gain for the computer user. At some point in the future, the 32-bit version of the game will be gone for good, hopefully saving overall another 100 MB of data and executable code. Maybe.

 

[deepstrasz]

The StarCraft Anthology data folder is shock full of stuff I will never run (=> more than 4GB of wasted HDD space imho).

Pertinent. A thread about this should be opened on their official forums.

 

[pyf]

The StarCraft Team already has published their official roadmap for 2019, and unfortunately I am guessing this is not part of what they will consider, since I am understanding they already have their hands full:
2019 Priorities - StarCraft General discussion Forums


Off-topic: Now, if only the WC3 Team could do the same...
Does StarCraft get all the love and communication efforts and hotfixes, or what?
@Kam