Vlad's Catacomb - Alpha Version.

[Ham]

Greetings dears mortals, i have written to you to let you know about the vlad's catacomb, i've been working on it for a month now, it's an unprotected map (for you to learn) just when i release beta i doubt it will be unprotected. let me explain how is this map.

Vlad's Catacomb

Storyline:
The explorers: Some adventurers have been exploring a forest for a time now, but they find out they are lost there, and they are in fear something is following them, they believe it's a creature from another realm, they begin to run all over the forest until they reach this large door, with some levers around it, to feel safe from that creature that have been stalking them they come in~

The curse: Careless they come in the catacomb about what is in it, disturbing's vlad's ethernal rest, sealing it's entrance, the curse will not let them leave until's vlad is set once again to rest.

GamePlay:
A multiplayer game where Explorers must find in the catacomb materials and bones walking around, to be able to build, research, and improve themselves, for them to be able to kill vlad breaking the curse, and survive, while Vlad Tepes Dracula can't hurt them, he can still drain their soul, which will turn them in harmless units for his guardians to kill them. (explorers can become back to normal, if another explorer sacrifice some of his soul points [at least 2] and transfer it to them using a sacrifical´s pit)

Objetive:
Breaking it's curse will allow the explorer to break catacomb's celling so the sunlight will burn all the unholy creatures, before they kill them.

ScreenShots:

The Forest

The Catacomb - A Greeting

A New Realm - The Curse

Gratering Resources


Guardians - Traps

Buildings - Survivance

Vlad Tepes Dracula - The Impaler

Sunlight - The Salvation

Maze

Developing


The Curse Begins~

 

[Super-Sheep]

Soz the terrain burns my eyes. >_<

 

[~Void~]

The terrain is... boring, there are too many empty spaces and no eye candy whatsoever. I'm assuming you will work on that.

 

[Linaze]

Agreed, the terrain seems very unfinished. You should add some more doodads and shit to it to make it look more appealing.

 

[Ham]

yes, this is alpha version, with many unfinished things, including terrain, buildings, spawnings, drops, items, spells and triggers, i could tell the map is about 60% done or so

 

[Super-Sheep]

The thing in your signature says, that terrain is 90% done.

 

[Ham]

yeah it was when i was making the maze, but now i set it to the right values (now it's including doodads)

 

[Zelda.Alex]

i downloaded the attachment(the map). these are the things about which i wanted to know or wanted you to know:
1.....Is this map playable in single player?
2......the loading screen uses I but according to the story there are explorers. so should it not be we or something else?
3......the terrain does need improvement.
4......the soul rift can be used over Vlad but it does nothing to him.
5......placing a little explanation about what we have to do should be placed. Are you going to place that later?
6.....if i use panic then how long does it increase the attack rate,speed etc.?
7......what's with the cross in the middle of the map?
8......give explorers names. it appears

Explorer
Level1 Explorer

the level1 explorer is O.K. but the 1st explorer should be replaced by names. it would appear to be better.
9......the buildings need description.

 

[Ham]

Hi Zelda.Alex, let me answer you these questions, this game is not playable in single player, it has no AI, i had another loading screen but i was testing them, i am actually working on the terrain, adding doodads and some effects, the soul rift has not been improved yet, i need to add abilities, it was meant to be vlad uses soul (mana) as money to buy spells / minions / upgrades, but that needs improvement (working at that after i finish terrain) many skills / buildings are not really working yet, they does need descriptions, and like witchcraft and medic center needs to add other uses, the cross in the middle of the map is just for a better looking for the map, and it will be used for alchemy and regain soul points, (will explain it later) explorers doesn't have name yet, well i could tell it's alpha, it's not beta, so it's not even playable.