[Campaign] V A L I A N C E

[Deleted member 212788]

Valiance is a series of blizzard-style mini-campaigns that take place in the hand-crafted world of Amara. I've planned to release them in faction-based expansions with the first one being Lions of Lassaria, which is based on the Elven kingdom of Lassaria. Due to my busy schedule, however, work is slow and thus I've gone ahead and released a demo to gather public feedback and see whether the users like the idea or not.

The features of the campaign series include but are not limited to:
- Customized inventory system
- Tightly-wound story with plenty of cloak-and-dagger affairs
- Challenging gameplay designed for slow and methodical play
- Many secrets and hidden areas
- Semi-open World - the quests are designed to be more modular and you can go about completing them in a random order

DISCLAIMER: My coding skills are rather poor so expect minor inconveniences such as non-skippable cinematics. As a piece of advice, save frequently.

A Piece of the World Map

• Lions of Lassaria DEMO

 

[Deleted member 212788]

Reserved.


Huge thanks to General Frank, Anvil, HellGate and many others - will post detailed credits soon.
People who might be interested @Keiji @hell gate @Mechanical Man @MiniMage @Apheraz Lucent @General Frank @tomoraider @Marshmalo
@Mr.Goblin

Last but not least, the inspiration for this @Jayborino

EDIT: Full Credits List.


Old Paper stock - ftourini

Grass – Fingolfin
Green Buildings - Fingolfin
Celtic Barracks – Fingolfin
Towers - Mike
Bell Tower – HerrDave
Watch Post – HerrDave
Red Banner – Anvil
Crate – Deolrin
Worgen Walls – WoW model
Crag Rocks – Talavaj (From S&S)
Wall – Illidan(Evil)X
High Elven Units – Fingolfin
Sindar Units - Fingolfin
Battlemage of the Crimson order – Denu
Ranger – HappyTauren
Spell Thief – shockwave
Round Log Pile – funkid2
Village_CobblePath – xXm0RpH3usXx
CW_Gilneas_Buildings – CloudWolf
DoC Azerothian Footman – John_Drake, ZeroX, Blizzard, Antihero
Gems – General Frank
Gem Icons – General Frank
BTNWardenGlaive - -Berz-
Sword – HerrDave
Gold Armor Watcher – Murlocologist
Helmet - -Grendel
Bronze Dragon – Pinachet
Castle Stairs – Tranquil
BTNMagicShield1Small – Merenko
Improved Mage Armor – LiOneSS
BTNGDPunchSythe1 – Golden-Drake
Heavy Armor – Blizz/Darkfang
BTNWarriorPlate - KaplanHorus

 

[hell gate]

its released! congraz. i really enjoyed to see this map come together over time. really liked playtesting this map even if i died in many runs

 

[Celaquil]

I'll certainly check it out when I get the time to do so

 

[Deleted member 212788]

@Keiji Awesome, I'm really looking forward to hearing your thoughts as your project has been very inspirational as well (Incidentally, the title match wasn't intentional, hope you don't mind)

@hell gate couldn't have done it without you and @NewReborn - you guys made this possible.

 

[Apheraz Lucent]

Sounds interesting, lore wise especially.

Will keep an eye on this one.

 

[dell]

is one good proyect i cheer you men is cool

 

[WarcraftLiterature]

Well that demo was amazing, to bad it had like no ending to it, just the victory screen. But the amazing story, awesome terrain and good models make up for it.

 

[Deleted member 212788]

Thanks for the feedback - I'm glad you like it thought sadly it takes too long to make a chapter currently - the first one took about 3 months due to my limited time. I suspect I may need to make adjustments to many things or flat out change my approach going forward. Otherwise, the soonest I can see this whole project being finished is the year 2020 with a 4-chapter expansion coming every 8-10 months and nobody wants to wait that long. I'm still undecided on what to do though I have a few ideas in mind currently.

For starters, I could do the obvious - severe downgrade in visual fidelity so as to move it along much, MUCH quicker. It would also be closer to Vanilla style and recapture that distinct "warcraft"feeling. Though it would come at a cost of, well, fancy visuals. Mind you, this will NOT impact level design the slightest - I still plan on including multiple solutions to each problem.

Another option would be to streamline the design - basically, make it linear and reduce complexity so as to make designing the actual levels quicker and thus save a lot of time. I'd really hate to have to "dumb down" my design values though with only 1 hour per day for this project, desperate times call for desperate measures.

Lastly, I could also simply cut it much shorter though that would mean butchering and taking out large chunks of story.

Any thoughts or suggestions are appreciated. I simply MUST find a way to reduce the time it takes to make a single chapter by 50-60%. Otherwise, this project is as good as dead.

 

[MogulKahn]

Game of Thrones in Warcraft? Sounds great!

 

[Lord Siler]

I'll try this out later on this week, it looks very interesting

 

[subzz]

@don_svetlio where can I download it. I am new to hive so I need some hand holding.

 

[Deleted member 212788]

@don_svetlio where can I download it. I am new to hive so I need some hand holding.

Lions of Lassaria DEMO" - click it.

 

[PrinceOfThaWest]

Looks really interesting, will give this a try when I get back home.

 

[Sclammerz]

Played it many hours ago. I must say the story is intriguing and the factions are well done.
Though I think camera work could be improved. Also I find the priest's model in the cinematic rather unfitting with the rest of the models, I know it is still too early but I just want to mention it lol. It has rpg style gameplay with the items and all. I like what you did with the jewels or orbs or whatever that have different effects. After I freed all the remnant soldiers, the map ended already without ending cinematic or whatnot (yeah, i know it is still an early version). Also one last thing the text in the loading screen seems too long.

I really like the campaign though it's short. I would love to play more of it.

 

[cleavinghammer]

From what I've played so far:
* Priest model doesn't mesh well with the rest of the units.
* Gemstones should stack with each other.
* Skybox is visible on the eastern edge of the map.
* Some borders don't have trees or cliffs to limit them.
* ... Did you really name one faction solely so you could use Maiev's line?

Intriguing campaign, I look forward to the rest.

 

[Deleted member 212788]

Here everyone, I just came across this LP of my Demo map and I had to post it. Give it a like and support the author!