Techtree Contest #6 - No Imports!

[boomwolf]

Yea..I'm out...cant do anything, not with this time, not with zero resources to work with...I just cant tie up anything that resembles a race without relying too hard on the core ones...

 

[Ender]

I am joining this contest,
Here is a wip of my entry, "The Gnomish Confederacy"

they will feature, flying buildings, turreted tanks and much more.

"History"

after the Carnage of the 2nd war the Gnomes decided that the ground was to dangerous for creatures of their minuscule size, so using their vast intellect they built flying cities.
They haven't been involved in much of the goings on since they left the ground. But recently they have become more prominent and strangely they seem intent on wiping out the Orc civilization...

Edit: can we import hero glow? its just for making non hero, hero units look hero-ish, I don't think i can, 'cause no imports means no imports, but incase you feel like adding another exception, it would make all non here based hero units look better.

 

[Pharaoh_]

That you can as well, yes.

 

[Wazzz]

i see so far the theme has made it difficult for those who rely on imports to create anything 'note worthy' :3

AND it has so far brought out some pretty creative WIPs ^^

 

[kari0003]

kari0003 final entry: Ogre Village

Is it allowed to do triggers for abilities and effect stuff?

 

[Ender]

That you can as well, yes.

thanks!

 

[Pharaoh_]

Is it allowed to do triggers for abilities and effect stuff?

Of course it is.

 

[Chaosy]

im intrested will see if i can join

 

[kari0003]

Does triggers have to be in gui?

I may join, if my time lets me.

 

[boomwolf]

i see so far the theme has made it difficult for those who rely on imports to create anything 'note worthy' :3

AND it has so far brought out some pretty creative WIPs ^^

Creative-yes
Unique looking-not so much.


Seriusly, every third unit idea I get is shot down because I lack any model that in any way resembles something that might fit for the role, others are shot down because the only thing I DO have to use, is already in use anyway. and repeating a model sucks...

 

[kari0003]

Add them sfx, and tinting. They will look different enough, noone will complain about it.

 

[Wazzz]

Add them sfx, and tinting. They will look different enough, noone will complain about it.

pretty much hit the nail on the head there

 

[boomwolf]

True enough, but I simply don't like it...and doing something you don't like is doomed to fail...

 

[Pharaoh_]

I am not fond of it either, but it's just another contest. People who want to join, will; otherwise, wait up 'till the next one ;o)

 

[Jazztastic]

Wow I didn't even know this had started until today when I read the announcement. Nevertheless, I plan on submitting something.

My idea: Sea dwellers. More will come once I finish plotting it out. Time to rush to try to finish in 3 days.

 

[overcold_ice]

another 3 days constestant :3

hope i can do this fast . . .

edit:
how i implement the race in the map?
(by placing the unit at the map directly for player 1, and fix player 1's start position)
(some init for player 1)
(something else?)

 

[Windu]

I"m probably gonna try myself here, too. Starting - now xD

 

[overcold_ice]

here's a screenshot for the basic buildings

 

[Windu]

Here is my WIP1:
MERCENARIES

Image

And so we have:
Headquarters: No building tier upgrade - instead a 3-lvl research.
Tent: Primary unit production facility.
Altar of Profit: Altar. [Forgot to add on the pic, will add in next screen]
Market: Tier upgrade facility. Also exchanges resources and serves as a lumber drop point.
Ballista tower : Defensive building, can be upgraded to Advanced Ballista tower, which fires at 2 enemies simultaneously.
Golden Vault: Shop building.
Camp: Advanced unit production facility.
Tower of Sorcery: Caster production/upgrade facility.
Dragon Rock: Ultimate building, produces and upgrades mighty dragons.

 

[Drunken_Jackal]

Well the Mercenary Camp would be a better choice than the House (HQ Model).

 

[Windu]

Did u look at thhe picture? It's already used, but not as an HQ.

 

[Drunken_Jackal]

Well, I was just telling that it was more fitting.
I saw that.
You could always change that Mercenary Camp model to something else.

 

[kari0003]

So Im not gonna finish this till the deadline, but i wanted to share my idea with you. Also i will post wips, for a case of a miracle.

So here is the main idea: Fire nation with a Big PimpAble Volcano, lava spawns, and fire monsters. Units are strong, but because of the cold whether, they lose hp. When they die,they turn into a reviveable ash unit.

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Edit
Alright, first wip finished, sorry for the double post. This is how a main Fire base will look like.

Wip

Suggestions and feedback are appreciated

 

[Pharaoh_]

Due to the announcement being posted later than expected, the contest shall now end on 3rd of April!

Good Luck!

 

[Jazztastic]

Oh thank you Pharoah_, now I can participate without rushing. I'll hopefully have a WiP by the end of today.

 

[overcold_ice]

Due to the announcement being posted later than expected, the contest shall now end on 3rd of April!

Good Luck!

God thanks !!!

 

[Drunken_Jackal]

So Im not gonna finish this till the deadline, but i wanted to share my idea with you. Also i will post wips, for a case of a miracle.

So here is the main idea: Fire nation with a Big PimpAble Volcano, lava spawns, and fire monsters. Units are strong, but because of the cold whether, they lose hp. When they die,they turn into a reviveable ash unit.

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Edit
Alright, first wip finished, sorry for the double post. This is how a main Fire base will look like.

Wip

Suggestions and feedback are appreciated

Aargh! A fire themed race was what I had in mind.
Well, back to the drawing board.

 

[kari0003]

Aargh! A fire themed race was what I had in mind.
Well, back to the drawing board.

Sorry dude . I make you sure, you wont disappoint in my ideas
I can help you find a new theme if nothing comes to your mind

 

[boomwolf]

So Im not gonna finish this till the deadline, but i wanted to share my idea with you. Also i will post wips, for a case of a miracle.

So here is the main idea: Fire nation with a Big PimpAble Volcano, lava spawns, and fire monsters. Units are strong, but because of the cold whether, they lose hp. When they die,they turn into a reviveable ash unit.

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Edit
Alright, first wip finished, sorry for the double post. This is how a main Fire base will look like.

Wip

Suggestions and feedback are appreciated

While the concept seems pretty nice, I would suggest NOT to have it "lose life because of cold weather" as the race is not meant to be map-specific, just fluff it as "they burn out", phoenix style...

And whats rong with plain red dragons?

EDIT: no, I was wrong. teamcolor heroglow still works, just not with the sphere ability...

 

[Kingz]

Im joining this, probably.

Seeing as 6 days is enough for the theme i got in mind.

Will post wip-s if i do commit to this.

 

[moyackx]

My idea is the simbiote, a big huge organic entity which creates appendixes which can train units according on how they evolve. The "town hall" doesn't have tiers, as more appendixes the simbiote has, the more strength and defense the core will have.

Killing a appendix weaks the simbiote core and any child of it will die too.

There will be 4 types of units: a melee land unit, a ranged land unit, a siege land unit and a flying unit. they will have upgrades which give them abilities, more than usual from the standard melee races. These upgrades will be slower than normal units in order to make them balanced.

 

[Kingz]

ZEEEEERG.

Kidding, sounds nice.

Edit:

My theme is: Demons.

 

[moyackx]

Inspired on it, but I'll try to put a WC3 style to it

 

[Astaroth Zion]

I will be joining this contest now, just been working since monday for my first WIP...

A human base race, that can turn into several (but branch exclusive) humanish races.
So you would need to play a couple of times to see all posible units...

 

[Ender]

here is another wip of The Gnomish Confederacy

 

[Kingz]

I liked the gnomes flying concept. But i have to ask, are floating platforms targetable by ground units melee units?

Edit:

Nvm, found out.

 

[boomwolf]

Well, its beginning to shape up (my work it is)

I managed to put up some sort of odd 3-tier building with multiple models, but tier 2 and 3 are way too similar, need to think of ways to spice it up.

Also, two of the heroes are halfway done ("The Faceless" and "Hunter"), and some of the units are too...(that is, the "Indoctrinated", the lumber gatherer, and his 3 evolutions: "Devourer", advance lumber gatherer and actual combat worthy, "Tosser", a siege-style temporary unit (timed life) and "Strider", a fast-moving hard-hitting unit)

EDIT:
Hero 3 ("Skrimmer") is also close to finish, and I am quite proud of what I thought to use his model...its quite odd, but amusing...

And the "Hunter" now has the most snowballing ultimate in the history of warcraft. because while its not very strong, it IS abit spammable, and If you manage to get kills with it, it just gets worse really quick... (a single level 6 hunter should be capable of taking down a player alone if they don't set up proper defenses against him...and get away with it! on the balancing side-you can counter it's snowball effect, if you keep tabs on it.)

 

[Ender]

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I liked the gnomes flying concept. But i have to ask, are floating platforms targetable by ground units melee units?

Edit:

Nvm, found out.

sadly they currently are,
I am going to change that, but haven't gotten around to it yet.

 

[overcold_ice]

well . . .
ender, the building looks so . . . .
thick maybe?
this is just my critic, but please give more spaces between each buildings

 

[kari0003]

Im about to finish the "Burn Out" system. However I still have a huge work in front of me. I will upload a Wip, when the 3tier Volcano is ready )

 

[Windu]

Here is ho far I have gotten till now. The barrels are demo charges that can be detonated from afar or set to detonate when enemy gets close.

 

[Ender]

well . . .
ender, the building looks so . . . .
thick maybe?
this is just my critic, but please give more spaces between each buildings

okay i will.

thanks for your suggestion.

 

[boomwolf]

Im about to finish the "Burn Out" system. However I still have a huge work in front of me. I will upload a Wip, when the 3tier Volcano is ready )

Might be a bit of trolling, but won't it be easier to simply...give them negative HP regeneration?

 

[kari0003]

Might be a bit of trolling, but won't it be easier to simply...give them negative HP regeneration?

Right, but that way Auras like unholy aura and other regen bonus auras would give bad effect. Or correct me if im wrong .
This way you can decrease the amount of loosed HP with life regeneration increase. Also i wanted to prevent ashes from move, this way i can set the animation speed to 0% which is a necessary effect imo...

The only question left behind for me: How should other races behave with these ash units? Maybe Ashes should be invurnerable, and they get an expiriation timer or they have little hp, and they can get killed easy, after the battles? Also It would be good if UD could use them as cropses ^^

One more thing you should know; an unit only turns to ash, if it burns out. If it get killed by other units, it simply dies. (Maybe i should turn out decay to be fair)

 

[Kingz]

What are the rules about modifying existing resources (gold/lumber/food) into different ones?

Do we get penalty points for doing so?

Is the race meant to work only on default resources?

 

[Pharaoh_]

Nop, do whatever you please, just don't import anything, except the two models mentioned in the rules.

 

[Kingz]

WIP of my Infernal Mine.

The screenshot does it no justice, the orbs of energy rotate ingame.

 

[boomwolf]

As far I understand it you need to maintain the playability of the original races...so you can't mess with globals like how harvesting works from the firstplace, but you CAN give them different resources types of gathering methods...

Keep in mind that if you forgo/change the gold and lumber however, balance would be difficult to achieve...

 

[Kingz]

That is why i asked if i am gonna get a penalty for swapping out an existing resource (lumber in my case) into another resource.

Example being, the icon and description are different as well as the message (Not enough lumber => Not enough XXX)

 

[Pharaoh_]

You can't change default abilities, such as Harvesting, but you can create custom ones and edit them, otherwise the enemy/allied races won't follow the AI script correctly.

The thing about this contest is the race's concept, we can't give up on our ideas, just because Warcraft 3 fails to own a mechanism that allows us to build a completely custom race. Just don't mess with features used by the default races.