Techtree Contest #6 - No Imports!

[Pharaoh_]

Create a unique race, without importing anything! The only imports allowed are dummy.mdx and a hero glow (can be found at our Models section). Your challenge to create a race with unique look and features, unlike any other we've known thus far, has just begun!

• No submission may violate any of the site rules.
• If a submission does not follow the map submission rules the creator will be disqualified.
• Your submission must be posted before the deadline. The post containing your final submission must also contain the following:
  • Several screenshots of race in action.
  • The file in the appropriate format.
• You must show at least one unfinished preview of your submission, before the deadline, as proof that its yours.
• Your final submission must be bug free enough to test and play.
• Teamwork is not allowed.
  • Finding testers to help you with your submission is not considered teamwork.
• Imports may not be used in the map, except for the dummy.mdx and a hero glow (can be found at our Models section).
• The features that may be edited are:
  • Gameplay constants
  • Game interface
  • Object editor
  • Trigger editor
  • Sound editor
• The map's terrain may not be edited. The current four melee races may not be edited; copy and paste the default units you are about to edit.
• Participants must download the (to be provided) template map, edit it and then resubmit it as their entry.
• The resulting map may not exceed 5 MB in size.
• Your submission may not be started before the official launch of the contest.
• The final submission must bear the contest's number and type, along with your nickname, e.g. Techtree Contest 6 - [Nickname]

• First Place: 50 reputation points and your entry on the award icon
  
• Second Place: 35 reputation points and an award icon
  
• Third Place: 20 reputation points and an award icon

None yet! If you are interested in judging, please contact me.

Gameplay	How fun the gameplay is; does the race itself offer various features to experiment with?	/15
Balance	How easily can the race stand against the default races? Is it particularly easy to wipe out or too hard to confront?	/10
The Legion	Are the roles of the warriors shared in a flat manner, are they getting too repetitive or each of them plays a unique and significant role in the battlegrounds?	/10
Originality	Considering that there are no imports available, how creative is the race from every aspect, technical & conceptual?	/10
Appearance	How does the final output look? Did it achieve to surpass the common appearance that the contestant had to suffer?	/10

• 70 % of the winner shall be determined by the contest's appointed judge(s).
• 30 % of the winner shall be determined by the results of a public poll.

• The contest shall begin on 15th of March, 2012 and conclude on 30th of March, 2012 -> 3rd of April, 2012 ! GMT

Map File

http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/...3994911-techtree-contest-4-8-plainsofsnow.w3m

 

[Pharaoh_]

The contest will last 15 days this time. There will be no extension, no matter how desperately people will ask for. It's sort of a speed one; you don't have to waste time on the quest for searching models anyway. Gather your ideas soon, for it will begin tomorrow!

 

[Vengeancekael]

Oh god this is the second time I want to join a contest and it only lasts for 15 days! xD
Fine time to stop studying for my tests and make something for this contest.

 

[Malcous]

Im in !

There will be no extension, no matter how desperately people will ask for.

We will see

 

[boomwolf]

15 day, no imports?

Na...i gonna sit this one out...no reason to even try...

On a general note I suggest to allow heroglow model as well, and to remove/limit the appearance judgement because making a noteworthy appearance with only whats already in the game is outright impossible without being a replica of the base races....

 

[Mechanical Man]

Already the thread?

And no import has already been done, it was first contest :/ http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/contest-archive-227/techtree-contest-39381/

 

[Pharaoh_]

It's ok, who refrains us from creating a similar contest? Plus, that one was made ages ago.
What is more, it was that "popular" demand that brought it back to the scene.

 

[Wazzz]

ah excellent, i'm in!

thinking undead might be a fun race to play around with :3

 

[boomwolf]

See what my point was? you are forced to do remakes of the original races, because you have nothing else to work with here...

You make a human variant, an orc variant, an undead variant, an elf race, a demon race, or a random mix. there is nothing else...

 

[Wazzz]

i wasn't forced to do a remake of the original race, no one is. there's lots of creep models after all.

i had several ideas for races, i just chose to do undead for this particular contest. nobody forced me into it. i just had some really cool ideas that i liked for them.

 

[Freyleyes]

When can we get started I am thinking of a Tree/Ent race with the night elf buildings as units

 

[Wraithling]

I think it has started Xiliger 15th March GMT time is 11 and a half hours ago. Good luck!

As for me, I might do a Procrastination Race. Or just procrastinate.

EDIT
Oh, I just noticed we don't have a map template! Include one in Pharaoh_!! And I suggest we add something like http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/...es-2-3-a-186851/?prev=search=race&d=list&r=20 for everyone's convenience.

 

[Wazzz]

ooooh it's already started? then i'm going to try and make some wips asap

perhaps my undead race will interest a lot of you

 

[Mechanical Man]

ah excellent, i'm in!

thinking undead might be a fun race to play around with :3

Thats because it's easiest to twiddle with build animation. Real men play around with human race.

 

[rcshaggy]

Orcnet told me I should join this and I shall.

 

[Wazzz]

okay, so here's some ideas for my race in a nutshell:

Skeleton Warrior: Basic melee unit, has Skeletal to reduce damage from piercing attacks.

Skeleton Archer: Basic ranged unit, has Skeletal. Can be upgraded with Flaming Arrows.

Dullahan: Anti-caster melee unit, has Magic Mirror, which has a 50% chance to reflect any offensive spell (heroes and Possession excluded) back on the original caster.

That's a teaser of what I have in store. I also have a lot of zombie related stuff, because zombies are cool.

When a Flesh Golem dies, it spawns 4 zombies.
When a Wraithlord dies, it spawns 3 spirits that raise a zombie each.
The Human Sorcerer can raise Zombies.
The defensive tower will resurrect Zombies from corpses whenever enemies are near.
One or more of the hero abilities will involve Zombies.

Zombies just attack things and lose health rapidly over time. They're pretty cool.

 

[Vengeancekael]

So, about that template.

 

[Sin'dorei300]

I join!

 

[Pharaoh_]

The reason why I didn't upload the map is because the contest wasn't officially started. ;]

Good luck everyone!

 

[Sin'dorei300]

Sorry guys, i don't have enough time to participate!

 

[boomwolf]

Well, at least its short, so the next one will come quickly...though I doubt we will even have 3 participants this time...

Maybe next contest will allow a bit more room to work with...

 

[Freyleyes]

here is my first wip, its just a few things, nothing big

 

[Wazzz]

my first wip

Skeletal: Reduces damage from Piercing attacks by 50%

Flaming Arrows: Burns buildings on attack, causing damage over time

Control Aura: Regenerates the health of your Undead units

 

[boomwolf]

These two made me inspired enough to try to think of something...

Will tell if anything comes up...


EDIT: i wonder if I can do a remake of my elemental idea from last contest (who was never quite down) as a no-imports...will probably need massive edits, to heroes at least...

Maybe attempt to extend the normal "high elf" to include some unused things to make them more special...maybe a bloodelf-demon army?

Extended naga?

Once again, I ask for the simplest addition to the "imports"- http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/models-530/heroglow-129462/?prev=search=glow&d=list&r=20
It should really have been an obvious in-game option to add/remove heroglow from units from the firstplace, and it will simply make heroes look less good not allowing it, not actually influencing the races.

 

[Wraithling]

Quick WIPs of Teh Procrastinatorz

Seems like your race is going to have some competition from me boomwolf

My race will heavily feature the destructive force of the..... Question Elementals!!!!

secret pic 1

Here's an explanation of how the race works. Units start with a procrastination timer on top of their head, and until the timer ends they can't be arsed to do anything for you. The end of their procrastination will render that unit into a state of PANIC, that is when their head will start burning, giving them double move speed and attack speed!

secret pic 2

Oh I almost forgot, nice wips xiliger and wazzz. But first place is already mine

 

[rcshaggy]

Me neither BloodElf, but I really wanted to join and show a lot of people my awesome ideas. :3
Well anyway I'll be looking forward to the contest getting into action.

 

[Wazzz]

checked out your wip xiliger, i think it was when you mentioned that you were doing a treant race of this nature that i had a similar idea to what you have there for the race

anywho, looks pretty cool so far, although i'm sure you know overgrowth does nothing and the treants don't turn into the higher up creatures properly (yet)

so what i'm wondering is what overgrowth is actually meant to do

 

[boomwolf]

I am wondering WTF wraithling is talking about x_x

 

[Freyleyes]

Atm overgrowth does nothing yeah, nor can you "train" any other units, still very early wip, wanted to create more units and such before working on the training mechs, still allot to sort out there

As for overgrowth it is an AoE healing spell that also regenirates trees, so far

 

[Malcous]

I am wondering WTF wraithling is talking about x_x

Ya...

nice wips guys !

 

[PROXY]

Meh, I had some neat ideas for this one, but somehow my WE got a problem, that I can't test maps. Every time I get an error when I want to test them :O Anyone got a solution for this? It appeard out of nowhere.

 

[boomwolf]

Weird....

The natural solution is "reinstall your WC3", but i think you should first try to save your map elsewhere, and open it directly with the WC3, while the editor is closed.

 

[Wazzz]

depends. if you're only trying to test via the 'test' button, i recommend going ingame and testing it manually

otherwise you could possibly try saving it in a different location

 

[Orcnet]

Le wip:



finally my brain starts working for this contest, although the buildings, upgrades, and heroes idea is still out, might start it off today

 

[boomwolf]

clockwork/drenai? interesting....

 

[Orcnet]

clockwork/drenai?

yeh, but I don't want to call them draeneis anymore, maybe the BUSSHES or BASHHEZ or the bush

 

[Wazzz]

hence where imagination comes in :3
so you have two worker units and a summoning unit? i'm wondering where this is going, although i have an idea

i'll stab a guess at you have a gatherer, a builder, and the summoning unit is used for bringing in units rather than recruiting them from a barracks

either that or summoning unit means it summons in the buildings and the two workers take one resource each respectively

 

[boomwolf]

Ok, my ideas so far, help me pick one of the three to work with:

Elemental army take 2

The empire of blood (elves) and (hell)fire (demons) or-the blood elves, now with 100% more demon halfbreeds.

The viral-alien race that grows by corrupting others (using pretty much anything "corrupted" in the game. or in a way, everything purple that makes no sense...)

 

[Orcnet]

actually the summoned unit is linked with the spellcaster's ability or might be reworked for a hero, although my building concepts are pretty rough right now, I have to finish all of the units, before I start working with the buildings, upgrades then heroes

 

[Vengeancekael]

Oh god, I was planning on joining this and the cinematic contest... And I haven't even started!+"!!+"!
Welp, time to stop moderation and my own projects and focus on this and make something in the last 8 days.

_{My brainstorming level is over 9000 anyway..... No? okay....}

 

[Wazzz]

felt like sharing my new hero

 

[Orcnet]

exams + enrollment for summer + no money + this = grrr!

looks like I have to start finishing my entry tomorrow

 

[Skycraft]

felt like sharing my new hero

it's a horrible hero but please continue with your techtree i would like to see further improvements
perhaps a worker?

 

[moyackx]

I have one idea.... I just.... hope to have the time to finish it.

 

[Pharaoh_]

Make up your time, because 30th of March is the final day.

 

[boomwolf]

I still did not choose an idea...this goes south very quickly...

And all three of them are silly as hell x_x


EDIT:
You know what? silly is what I got, silly is what I'll do...

Slight spoiler: stealth melee guard tower, multiple builders and technical multiple races, while effectively only one.

 

[Drunken_Jackal]

I might consider joining.

My base concept is that you use the builder units to make all units.
All unit production buildings have abilities o turn them.

 

[WerePhoenix]

I might join if I can finish it.
But before I join I have some questions:
1. Can I join in 2 contest at the same time?
2. The map submission rules says "No WIP" but here I need to post one. So what do I have to do?

 

[Wraithling]

1. Sure. You may join as many contests as you like.

2. The "No WIP" rules on map submission means you cannot submit your map in a WIP state over there. However on this contest, you need to provide at least one WIP (it can be a screenshot, or the map itself) showing any partial progress of your submission. Here are a couple of WIP examples:

Xiliger's WIP

Wazzz's WIP

 

[WerePhoenix]

Thank you for the answer.
Now then I upload my WIP.