[Campaign] Tales of the Scarlet Crusade

[tobyfat50]

News?

 

[Edge45]

So, what happened here?, i'm not been able to check this thread for a while

 

[Chaosy]

I has been busy the last weeks. Had to put an alpha release of my own game up. After that I decided to read some fantasy books for inspiration about the quests, so I got my hands on the Eragon series which was about 2k pages (4 books) which took me a while to get through. I will finish the chapter 4 during this easter I am sure of that.

 

[Theoden of KoMe]

Because i have read all 4 of them , i can honestly tell you you will not be disapointed.By the way in which book you are on?

Ps: its Book 1:Eragon 650 pages
Book 2:Eldest 780 pages
Book 3:Brinsigr 870 pages
book 4:Inheritance 1010 pages

Have a nice reading cause you will not miss a single word of theis amazing novels by Cristofer Paolini.

 

[muzzel]

1010 pages - yea well inheritance is not an easy topic, things like multiple inheritance were the reason for many conflicts between different languages.

 

[Theoden of KoMe]

Well im greek and the translation from english to greek sometimes takes more pages than the original and official language.Just imagine that one word in english some times its 3-4 in greek when translating

 

[Chaosy]

first book - 520
second book - 677
third book - 789
last book - 900

Finished it a day or two ago. Very good books. Heard there is more books about eragon incoming. The author said so in an interview. (atleast google said so)

 

[Chen]

Just looked at the gameplay, It's great!

 

[Theoden of KoMe]

Yeah i read that too that paolini is planing to write more books about the same Land and legend.We will see...

 

[Heinvers]

Yeah i read that too that paolini is planing to write more books about the same Land and legend.We will see...

Anyway he has a lot to take inspiration from now. Good to know that people check the thread once in a while.

 

[MiniMage]

I personally dislike the Eragon series. I do recommend the Wheel of Time series though.
Artemis Fowl is also a great book, although that would probably serve as inspiration for my goblin map more than it would inspire your map.

But anyhow, Wheel of Time is pretty great.

 

[Chaosy]

Artemis Fowl, read a little on the first one..

wasnt that a really young theif or something?

 

[Kyrbi0]

Artemis Fowl is also a great book, although that would probably serve as inspiration for my goblin map more than it would inspire your map.

But anyhow, Wheel of Time is pretty great.

Artemis Fowl is awexome; gotta get a hold of that newest one ("Atlantis" something).

Wheel of Time is, of course, even more awexome; I'm on 12 currently on my first read-through, and I'm loving every bit. Gogo Robert Jordan & Brandon Sanderson!

 

[bethmachine]

So what are you planning on doing after you read those books for inspiration?

 

[Heinvers]

So what are you planning on doing after you read those books for inspiration?

Developing the story-books=inspiration ring any bells?

 

[Metalbear]

Mista Chaosy, is this gonna be Warcraft approved storyline, or just phony stuff?

 

[Heinvers]

Mista Chaosy, is this gonna be Warcraft approved storyline, or just phony stuff?

What exactly does phony mean for you. As I think this will be, ahem, no phony stuff here. I suppose you already read all the thread eh

 

[Edge45]

What exactly does phony mean for you. As I think this will be, ahem, no phony stuff here. I suppose you already read all the thread eh

lol, its a storyline dude, eh... is it a main storyline or optional storyline

 

[Gekigengar]

Subscribed because the terrains is a work of legends!

 

[Arthas_the_Mad]

Any news regarding the campaign's development ?

 

[Heinvers]

Not at the moment. The story is still developed by Chaosy. I don't have other news sadly.
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We're still on it.

 

[Chaosy]

I am back!

So, development has been going slow the past weeks mostly due me being a lazy.. whatever I am. It was my intention to plan story and/or brainstorm for inspiration and ideas until easter when I had one week of free time to finish chapter 4. However, I got surprised with a skiing trip to north Sweden, (I live in south Sweden) I didn't bring my computer obviously so I was unable to work up there and didn't have internet to inform everyone about it either. I guess I should have done that before I went there but I actually thought there would be some computer I could lend for a minute but no.

now to the future for the project.

with grades coming up as we close in on the summer I doubt I am able to make great progress on the map. The previous reason together with the fact that I am quite a multitasker when it comes to games, I play hearthstone, LoL, WoW (retail), WoW(private server for RPing) and then wc3 from time to time.

So with that said I will (more or less) put the project on hold until summer break, however since Heinvers worked hard on the terrain I feel guilty for leaving his work. So if anyone wish to continue with the map meanwhile that would be fine by me. If anyone would be interested in doing that you can just thrwo a PM over to either me or Heinvers as he should be working with that person afterall. To clearify, I wont leave the project or throw the "leadership" away if I may call it that I would lend it to someone else for a while. The person would ofc be credited for his/her work and hopefully being able to work with us even when I am ready for action again.

Hopefully you all understand and accept my reasons.
//Chaosy





EDIT:

@story questions

It is a alternative story of a real warcraft events, main characters do exist in Warcraft lore etc.

 

[Stachu]

That's ok, Chaosy. We all been there done that. Looking forward to see you going back to the project because from what I see on the screenshots it is a one hell of a good job there.

 

[Heinvers]

Thanks Stachu^^
We will continue this for sure.

 

[Edge45]

So, whose the boss now?

 

[GrandApothecary]

This looks beautiful. If you need any assistance Chaosy let me know I love the scarlet crusade and I am a seasoned Map Editor although I may be rusty as its been years since ive done anything of note

 

[Arthas_the_Mad]

sooo, any news ?

 

[Chaosy]

@edge
no one has shown interest so nothing has changed.

@grand
I will try to remember your name until the moment I resume the project.

@arthas
nope, stuff's standing still.

 

[Chaosy]

Aighty, I have started to work on the campaign. However I wont work a lot on it until the 12th. But progress is still progress. I will make sure to upload new gameplay screenshots from one of the sub maps of chapter 3 in a few days. Chapter 4 is being worked on but I think I will have something ready in 1-2 weeks.

 

[Heinvers]

It's refreshing to know that people like this, oh and can you ask a moderator to close the poll down? I think we already made a rough guess of what the people around think about our project. It's pretty useless to still have the poll anyway.

 

[andreariona]

Oh, I forgot to ask, is Alexandros Mograine making an appearance? Or the campaign story start after he's vanish? Anyway, good luck! I haven't seen any campaign with Alexandros Mograine on it.

 

[Chaosy]

@andreariona
You will see him in the campaign, but in a different way. No spoilers intented.

@heinvers
While I agree that you have a point I feel like it doesn't hurt to have it there. The statistic will be better if more people vote so..

 

[Garodar]

I've watched scarlet crusade on internet not long ago. Quite a cool lore 'tho. This isn't custom, right?

 

[Chaosy]

@story questions

It is a alternative story of a real warcraft events, main characters do exist in Warcraft lore etc.

there you go.

 

[deepstrasz]

There are not many details in the lore section but it seems to be about something between good and evil.
Names like Brigitte and Alexandros are a bit out of WarCraft in my opinion.

I will not say more for I have not yet tried any of the maps.

 

[Amargaard]

Names like Brigitte and Alexandros are a bit out of WarCraft in my opinion.

Fortunately, this campaign is, as far as I know anyway, completely based on actual Warcraft events. I assume you know the lore from the Warcraft III campaign has been constantly expanded by Blizzard Entertainment since the game's golden era ended, through other games, comics, novels and whatnot.
Both Brigitte and Alexandros are actual Warcraft-characters who have appeared in numerous stories in the Warcraft-world. Take a look at their Wowpedia-articles yourself: High General Brigitte Abbendis & Alexandros Mograine the Ashbringer

 

[deepstrasz]

Fortunately, this campaign is, as far as I know anyway, completely based on actual Warcraft events. I assume you know the lore from the Warcraft III campaign has been constantly expanded by Blizzard Entertainment since the game's golden era ended, through other games, comics, novels and whatnot.
Both Brigitte and Alexandros are actual Warcraft-characters

Hey thanks for the info. I hadn't put myself on the search to check them out before. I knew something of the Ashbringer but not about that guy's name.
I'm more into the pre WoW and not after TFT lore.
I'm hoping the campaign will have the most enjoyable results.

 

[Heinvers]

WE will do our best to ensure that this campaign will be most enjoyable.

 

[Binsu]

How is the campaign going here? Pretty much interested to know, any overview?

 

[Chaosy]

@deepstrasz
Well I am sorry to hear that, if I am not mistaken the campaign will feature a few pre-wow events as well. (I am not really sure about the exact time it happend, that's why)

@hellmaster
As I said before, I will not be able to work fully on the campaign until tomarrow. (12th) Since that's when my school ends. However I am making progress on chapter 4 and I expect it to be finished withing 1-2 weeks time and after that I will release a public version of the campaign.

 

[deepstrasz]

One more question about the lore. Is it a transposed story into WarCraft III as Amargaard made me understand or is it fan fiction based on original WarCraft lore?

 

[Chaosy]

As sated before, it is an alternate story of real warcraft events. 50% of the story posted in the first post is directly copied from wowwiki. So I'd say it's the seccond of those two you mentioned.

 

[Chaosy]

Just coming by with a slight update to show that I am working. This is one of the spells that I plan to use for Darion. Minor changes will be applied. I started and finished with this today, I did some work on chapter 4 too but that's not progress that I can show.

http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/spells-569/holy-shock-1-0-a-253494/

 

[youness]

which time this campaigne will realised?

 

[Heinvers]

The coding part is still worked on as is the questing part. Chaosy could give a date I assume but it will take some time.
Edit: We just came back to this campaign after a resting period. (everybody needs that sometimes)

 

[JCarrill0]

which time this campaign will realized?

I think it's best to assume this is going be be released:

Release Date

Spoiler

Soon..ish

Release date Tip

I personally would not give a specific date. Maybe a predicted date like game companies "We plan to have it released before 12/31/2014". Then if its released before then, everyone is happy compared to it being late where they are disappointed. Set a clear date that would defiantly be reachable, and then add a month.

 

[Heinvers]

Well, he said he's working on chapter 4 now (the city chapter). That one contains a couple of interiors so it will take some times to include them into a storyline. He already took inspiration from some books, so I'm sure he'll handle that. I know the impatience factor around xD So, just stick by folks

 

[JCarrill0]

I know the impatience factor around xD So, just stick by folks

Needs a demo then.
I'm one who can wait though.

 

[Heinvers]

Indeed. He said he'll release a demo when he'll be done with these four chapters. The campaign is longer tho of course

 

[Chaosy]

Release date.. well, not soon. I predict that I can finish chapter 5 this summer without a problem. (unless heinvers is too busy to make some terrain)

If it only was about triggers I could finish 6 and maybe 7 if I really tried, but terraining takes time too. I doubt I will be finished before christmas, no promises though.

demo version should be out in a week (max 1.5) though.