[Campaign] Tales of Silventria

[Razorfang]

Hey what happened to Siler's Rivenhall intro post?

 

[Colonel Aster]

Blake made him delete it since it was basically a major spoiler.

 

[Leo Akastenix]

Letme guess.... from the picture of that 3 cities... Silverenta is the one with the castle.... Milirean(or something) is the one with the port and that dukedom is that arcane observatory on the mountain.. emiright?

 

[Lord Siler]

@Leo Akastenix
Everything in that pic is Silventria

From what Blake told me

Silventria - Everything in focus at 0:15

Milrein - Everything shown at 0:32

Nesmene - The castle and town shown ontop the icy mountain at 0:35

 

[Leo Akastenix]

So that is the world map... interesting...

 

[Lord Siler]

So that is the world map... interesting...

Part of the world map, there are other continents also

Blake showed me a map of another continent, its inhabited by some smaller nations, murlocs, forest druids, satyr and other creatures

world map

 

[Blake8]

Yea, each continent has its own map, besides two continents which are connected and only need one, that's the long one to the right

 

[Leo Akastenix]

Following the project.

 

[Lord Siler]

So are we just in limbo right now?

 

[Blake8]

Limbo?

 

[Lord Siler]

Like I mean we're not really working on anything?

 

[Blake8]

Ye Im sorta busy

 

[Lord Siler]

Ok, let me know when you'll free up

 

[Blake8]

you could start working on the world map for the 3rd continent if you have free time

 

[Lord Siler]

3rd continent?

 

[Razorfang]

What about the aerial battle, are you guys not making it?

 

[Lord Siler]

Idk ask Blake, it's his project after all

 

[Razorfang]

Didn't u make a map? what happened with that

 

[Lord Siler]

He said it wasn't big enough...Idk man, I have my idea, Blake has his, I try to compromise...he just wants everything the way he sees it

 

[Razorfang]

i see..but you guys have the concepts down right?

 

[Lord Siler]

Concepts?

 

[Razorfang]

what youre' trying to create, e.g. the final vision of the map

 

[Lord Siler]

it's somewhat blurry at the moment, at least for me

 

[Razorfang]

what about the mission where he's trying to have the enemy HQ protected from air raids?

 

[Lord Siler]

well we got many solutions to the problem of air raids

but Blake isnt sure which one to use

 

[Razorfang]

well whats the problem

 

[Lord Siler]

He wants a huge battle in which you get like 200 food and get to use everything in your arsenal, at the same time he wants to make sure that the player cannot win by building a large air force and throwing a huge raid at the HQ building

 

[Razorfang]

have lots of aa around the hq?

 

[Lord Siler]

that would not fully guarantee that an air raid would not take out the HQ building

 

[Razorfang]

LOTS of aa

 

[Lord Siler]

well Blake said he wants a solution in which the player simply cannot destroy the HQ building with an air raid

 

[Razorfang]

interesting, so what sort of solution would he like

 

[Lord Siler]

well what I had in mind is simply giving the HQ a special armor type which cannot be damaged by magic, or piercing attacks (the two of the most common attack types of aerial units) I don't think the side the player is playing as will have any aerial units with siege or any other attack types

 

[Razorfang]

very effective solution, however the player can air raid everything else and then just roll 1 catapult over there and destroy the hq

 

[Lord Siler]

It's a long level, you start at the southern tip and have to progress through enemy lines to the HQ at the northern tip, basically for this to happen the player would have to air raid and destroy all the bases on the way to HQ

 

[Razorfang]

how long

 

[Lord Siler]

I'm not sure about the exact dimensions, but it's length is probably 3x its width, I like the level design though

 

[Razorfang]

so its a rectangular map where you have to fight your way up a hill?

 

[Lord Siler]

From what blake mentioned the map is pretty flat, the HQ and the surrounding base is on a hill but everything else is on flatground, but there are lakes and mountains running through the map

 

[Razorfang]

interesting, where did Blake get this idea

 

[Lord Siler]

From a level in another game, but I think this is a very good idea for a final level, we just have to figure out all the minor details and it will be epic

 

[Razorfang]

wow originally I thought it would be like twilight of the gods only backwards, with you (the player) going up a mountain and having to go through many enemy bases

 

[Lord Siler]

lol I imagined something very similar originally but I stand behind Blake's idea...we just have to straighten out a few things and it will be good

 

[Razorfang]

I can't wait to test it

 

[Lord Siler]

 

[Blake8]

Siler, I got a couple of options on the table, but you were right, making it have a special armor type is the most practical one.

 

[Apostle]

Really cool looking project, also very unique with the world map. Ill give it a try later on today and tell you what i think

 

[Lord Siler]

Thanks, we're making different maps for each continent, here is a preview of what the main continent looks like

 

[Blake8]

I always thought that a world map would enhance the feel of the campaign, otherwise you just hear names of place and have no idea how where things are going down, I mean look at Shar's Arkain series, it would be so much better if he had a map of the world, yet he doesnt even have a simple sketch of it, kind of a shame really

 

[Apostle]

Ok so I beat the mission not too long ago, heres what i think: overall the map has a nice design, i really liked how you have 3 floors to explore and the layout is pretty neat, feels like a puzzle with battles thrown in, however the heroes are not balanced the older paladin is pretty much invulnerable while the one with the arthas model goes down way too fast, you may want to balance them out. I feel like youre just pushed into the mission, you need to make a much longer intro telling us whats going on. Make some sort of sidequest for instance those "iron giants" on the 2nd floor take enormous damage from dispells, create a sidequest to find dispel stones or something similar. There are unused rooms on the 1st i suggest you use them for the wide quests. The area on the 2nd floor filled with priests and soldiers is really brutal i suggest you lower their numbers. That councilman with the thorns aura and the 2 giants give you quite a beatdown, up to you what to do there. I feel like that archmage battle would be been more appropriate somewhere in the middle of the level, but that's up to you. You may also want to reduce the number of guards unless youre trying to make it a real pain to get past them. There is also way too much room to fight the demon so your heroes can run away, is this intentional? Demons abilities make him pretty op, especially his aura (good creativity there ) I also really liked how you have to find a spellbook to disenchant the stairwell door, again very unique. It could become a great mission if you just polish it up