Caught in the midst of a bloody civil war, the noble heroes Goffrey and Fidela undertake a perilous adventure
to unknown shores in order to restore peace to their home and thwart a nefarious plot of world domination....
STORY
The Heart of Zoraan takes place loosely within the WarCraft universe with many artistic liberties taken, shortly prior to the events of Reign of Chaos. The characters and factions most closely involved in the story are original, for the most part. Our story begins in the independent nation of Arrinor, which shares its eastern border with Stromguarde, where the young paladin Goffrey is tasked with escorting the Grand Master of his order to an important conference intended to ease political tensions as the Arrinoran people become increasingly divided on the question of joining the Alliance of Lordaeron. When the conflict unavoidably boils over and launches a full civil war, Goffrey and his fellow paladins set out on a journey to locate and retrieve the holiest of relics, the titular Heart of the First Paladin Zoraan, in the hopes that the people of Arrinor can be reunited by their common faith in the Holy Light.Throughout their quest, Goffrey and his partner Fidela travel to eerie abandoned ruins, bustling port cities, and uncharted foreign wilderness, forming tenuous alliances along the way with all manner of colourful characters from sleazy goblin oil barons and swashbuckling pirates, to all-powerful warlocks and mysterious silent assassins.
GAMEPLAY
While The Heart of Zoraan maintains the classic WarCraft 3 gameplay throughout - base building in most levels with a handful of micro-missions, I've come up with a few gimmicks to introduce some unique twists to the formula.SIDEQUEST TAVERNS
In several levels the player can find a tavern which acts as sort of a "mission board" for sidequests in the area. The player can get sidequests either by stumbling upon the questgiver, or by reading their public notice at the local tavern. The idea here is to make the world feel a bit more alive.BRANCHING PATHS & VARIED FACTIONS
Midway through the campaign, Goffrey finds himself in a situation where he must find a way to travel overseas. Depending which path the player takes, the next level will contain unique characters, locales, and challenges.• Captain your own ship - command a vessel in naval combat using arrow keys to steer, firing broadsides and adjusting sail like in Sid Meier's Pirates!
• Tag along with a pirate crew - search for buried treasure and fight off sea monsters from the decks of a ship
• Hitch a ride on a Goblin zeppelin - fend off flying enemies like dragons and air pirates
• Stow away on your enemy's ship - sneak around belowdecks, keeping to the shadows and sabotaging enemy plans.
Throughout the campaign, the player will command multiple armies including a lightly modified Human tech tree, a custom Bandits tech tree, and Night Elves.
HERO ABILITY HOT-SWAP
Making creative use of the Goblin Tinker's Engineering Upgrade ability, our hero Goffrey is able to switch out spells for alternate variants on the fly. For example, if the situation dictates that friendly forces are more in need of mana than armour, Goffrey can switch out his Devotion Aura for Endurance Aura. Similarly, Holy Light can be replaced with modified versions of Healing Wave or Rejuvenation as needed. Embedded below is a demo of this system in action. In the completed campaign, each alternate ability will have to be unlocked by finding its corresponding Glyph in each level.This campaign is being developed on client version 1.27b.
Earlier versions cannot be expected to work; later versions have not been tested.Discord for occasional updates, screenshots, etc.
Attached is the very first alpha version, which contains only one level. It's very rough around the edges but I'd appreciate anyone taking a look and giving feedback! I make no claim to be the best at this, and 90% of what I've done in this map was learned on the fly so I'm sure there's room for improvement.
CREDITS
Currently implemented sound sets voiced by:
•Grand Master Archibald - Jadehope
•Lunara Quicksilver - Amisometimes
Models & textures by
•Ujimasa Hojo
•republicola
•Mechanical Man
•BROAD_SIDE
•Geekio
Many thanks to the community for providing the tutorials and resources that helped me get started.
•Grand Master Archibald - Jadehope
•Lunara Quicksilver - Amisometimes
Models & textures by
•Ujimasa Hojo
•republicola
•Mechanical Man
•BROAD_SIDE
•Geekio
Many thanks to the community for providing the tutorials and resources that helped me get started.
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