The Great Race v1.5

[Moderator]

21:54, 1st Aug 2010
ap0calypse: Rejected

 

[ORLYowl]

NOTE TO ALL

I have no idea why the terrain looks like this in the display picture.

It is not like this in the game.

So don't judge the terrain by the display picture

Even though the terrain is not very good because i suck at doing terrains.

I'm still finding a terrainer

 

[Cyper95]

ai???

 

[ORLYowl]

No AI for now.
Until i find someone that knows how to do it?

 

[Cyper95]

just guessing its not that good in single player then xD
so i will prolly test when it gets ai or the next lan i go to

 

[ORLYowl]

:]
Don't know if anyone knows how to implement AI for games like this.

EDIT:fIXED

 

[LieroBoy]

Great, it's released!!

I'll check it out later..

 

[TheHunterKiller]

Sounds awesome, i'll try it!

EDIT: That was pretty fun. The terrain could have been a lot better, though. The music fitted the map and abilities were balanced, i think.
Hm.. Maybe add a remake option? It was kinda short, :/. Or more rounds-option.

 

[ORLYowl]

Yes,i've been finding a terrainer,so far i'ved asked The World Is Flat and another guy,i forgot his name.They are currently busy and i will get the terrain to be better in later versions.Choices of lap will be out soon too.

@LieroBoy hey tthere

 

[Bogdan-x]

Is super this game and very fun , but runner (beep beep) is not balanced because he is too fast and can't be stopped.
You can add this spell for H2O :
http://www.hiveworkshop.com/forums/...lls-120324/?prev=search=morphling&d=list&r=20

And You can add a "Mirana" hero which have spells : Stomp , Leap , Arrow(Like DotA) , And a AoE Spell(maybe a tornado )

 

[ORLYowl]

Thanks for the comments.
I will think about it on the next version.

 

[Own-]

nice a

 

[ORLYowl]

Thank you i presume.

 

[Ironside]

THW Description: Long and well colored (+4)
Map Description: Could be better (+1.5)
Loading Screen: Is colored, and provides some information, but i'd say you could include more information. (+1.5)

The terrian seems ok for a minigame map type and the fact it beeing a race (+9)

Gameplay offers 3 modes, each one seems to get its own small extra description if choosed. Further more, maybe , but i think some heroes are a little to overpowered, but that's my thought. in complete i'd say the gameplay is good. (+10)

Quest menu: Contains all neccesary information (+5)
Hints: A lot hints, colored hints (+5)

+ Your map has a multiboard.
+ Your map has many heroes to choose for a minigame.
(+10)

0%-49% = 1/5 vote for rejection
50%-60% = 2/5 but i vote for reviewed
61%-70% = 2/5 but i vote for Aproval
71%-80% = 3/5 vote for aproval
81%-92% = 4/5 vote for aproval
93%-100% = 5/5 vote for aproval

Total: 46/50
= 92%

Vote for Aproval?= Yes
Vote for Rejection?= No
Vote for Reviewed?= No

 

[ORLYowl]

Thanks!

 

[Chronohell]

Heya xVinz. Just wanna say that your map is good. Again. Keep up the good work!

 

[DoctaRoxka]

aye!not a bad map,wereguy2 n devinearmy has god map too!

 

[saphiree]

Hmm. Well first off, this was not what i expected. I wont say this is a crappy map. But it could really be improved. The terrain in the first place looks really ugly. The gameplay is somewhat ok. But you usually just find yourself walking to try to stop the first place. But you never catch up on him. The idea is great, but as i say. It gets boring because u dont really get to use your abbilities when someone got in front. If he gets out of range he almost certainly win, and thats kinda boring. So improve it somehow.
I do not have any suggestions on how to make the race more intresting. But it really has to be improved.

 

[ORLYowl]

I've already mentioned that my terrainer is currently busy and will be terraining for me some other day so the terrain was did by myself which i really sucked at that part .

Secondly,you can cast spells through fences to stop them,i've seen people doing that and caught up.

 

[saphiree]

Yeah. But not if they get too much in front. I was in front 1/4 of the game. But then i got stopped by the second place. He kept stunning me. Then when i was finally about to go and stun him. I was stunned by the third place, then i stunned him to get in front. And after that, the "new" first place, couldnt get caught. So it got kinda boring. And no. After that, me and the other dude dint attack each other, we just wanted to get rid of first palce.

 

[ORLYowl]

How many people did you played with?
The map is meant for playing with many people though.

So far i've hosted this on bnet people would want a remake :/

But oh well thanks for giving comments +rep

 

[saphiree]

Ohh we were only 4. But that was cus 3 people left under the countdown -_- What nubz

 

[ORLYowl]

Lulz,for more fun prob play fullhouse ;O

 

[LieroBoy]

Sooo fun especially in fullhouse alliance mode

but can u make an AI for this? it'll be great if it has!!

 

[ORLYowl]

I would,if i can find someone that knows how to do it

 

[wereguy2]

This is a well made map, the abilities are more or less original, however there were a couple of bugs, and the concept really needs some work.

Minor Issues
It is hard to read the loading screen text, change the text colours.
You should lock the players cameras on their units, otherwise it is extremely hard to use hotkeys effectively.
When I played Hostile Mode, I was attacked by Trolls at the very beginning, while I was paused...
You should make the Fire Wall more flashy, it looks boring...
You should turn up movement speeds, it would make gameplay a lot more exciting.
The [Player] is leading message should have a space in it.
Put some more shops around the map.
Why did so many trolls spawn outside of the actual track?

Major Issues
The terrain is very boring, you really need to put in some texture variation and doodads, as well as obstacles. Without these, gameplay would be rather dull (I tested this in single player, so I may be wrong), which leads onto my second point.
I imagine that gameplay would be very dull and somewhat imbalanced. If one person gains a lead, he has pretty much won. You should implement some sort of sliding system, make movement coordination just as important as using spells.

Other Suggestions
This could prove to be pretty hard, but if you pull it off it would make gameplay very cinematic; how about a dynamic camera system that locks onto the direction of the part of the track the hero is going along (though not the hero's actual facing direction), follows the hero, and changes angle when you turn a corner. I assume this could be possible with some effort, and a lot of Regions. I will send you a gif of approximately what I mean.

Despite that last point, this is still a very good map. As I have already stated, adding a slide system in conjunction with obstacles to slow players down would be a very good idea.
3.5/5 Voted for Approval

 

[ORLYowl]

I already know the terrain is dull because i cant find a terrainer so far and i'm still trying to look for a terrainer.

Thanks anyway +rep.

 

[wereguy2]

Just scatter random doodads around...

 

[ORLYowl]

I'd try,btw as you said about the camera thingy.
I'm trying to add in the mode called Camera mode and it will do as what you said.(Most likely)
Fixed the trolls too,

Wait for version 1.4 ^_^ should be released later on today.

 

[TWL.xViNz]

wow ORLYowl i must say this is a good map.
rated 4.5/5 n vote for approve!

 

[Own-]

elloh owl,i just plyed agn n thot it was good,when ist the next version????

 

[TheHunterKiller]

Bomb Mode... There were no bombs D:.

 

[ORLYowl]

Really?
I'd check it out tomorrow,right here its getting late. x_x

 

[Valo]

is it with keyboard movement ô^^o?

 

[wereguy2]

No, keyboard movement is very laggy.

 

[cowboyha]

I found a bug, you know an enemy with racer like Doom have a skill which drain my HP?When I'm in that skill's affect ,the race have a winner, then the host remake, I die when everybody at the start line, then I am revived,and I'm now able to use skill and run before the race start.
And one more, Bomb Mode with no bomb?

 

[ORLYowl]

Thanks for noticing that.
I will fix the bug and bomb mode in the next version hopefully by today

 

[wereguy2]

The loading screen is still hard to read.
The terrain is better, but obstacles still dont make much of an impact on the gameplay.
The camera mode is not what I meant, the camera shouldnt turn with the hero, but stay along the path, going forward and turning only when the path turns. Otherwise it is very disorienting.

 

[ORLYowl]

Well.what colour do you suggest then
Camera mode camera was the best choice >.>

 

[TheHunterKiller]

Hey. I remaked and i can't win (i mean the win thing does not work) Also, you could give a speed buff to heroes who die, else its kinda impossible to win.

 

[ORLYowl]

Hmm,i'll check on it.

 

[Rangerdeaths]

Hi guy. I really like your map, it's really great.

But these are things i notice which could improve it a lot :
-The player who is first cannot be reached most time. I think that player in late position should have passive speed bonus (+100 for the 10th, +90 the 9th, +80 the 8th etc...) so everybody will still have a chance to win. I think this point is important. (of course, if you change position you change of bonus speed everytime).
-Most spells are interesting and balanced. But one spell in all the game totally fuck up it : One spell from the "witch" exchange position with the target. As you can do it through wall, you can be last and become first, so it's totally unbalanced, and it's frustratring for the first player who will become last... Just remove it, or change it so you cannot cast it through walls. By the way, the animation of this spell doesn't disapear once it's over (animation leak).
-Stomp might sometime be casted without activating the cooldown.
-It could be a good thing to be able to read spell description of your hero during 60 first second of the race, so you don't begin the race using your spells randomly .
-Maybe add runes of speed on the way ?
-Be able to change the game mode between "-remake"
-The camera isn't moved at the good location when you tape "-remake"
-Start as first in initial position is a huge advantage because of instant stomp at begining. No idea how to correct it.

Good job for your map, i hope you will change this ^^

 

[Cweener]

Mass Purging Template Version 4.0
Rejection

Reason for not approving:
function PurgeV4.0 takes Terrain(fail) Description(win) Gameplay(meh) returns Rejection