Zephyr Challenge #2 - Divine

[Xarwin]

Greetings everyone!

Welcome to The Hive Workshop's

Zephyr Challenge #2

Like in the previous Zephyr Challenge your goal will be to prove you're a worthy and creative spell maker meanwhile having fun and respecting other people's their work. The Zephyr Challenge is not only a challenge, but also the opportunity to receive constructive feedback, and/or improving your skills.

Like the previous Zephyr Challenge, this one shall also have a theme. Based on that theme you may proceed to create any spell based on it, as long as it follows the rules below. The theme of this challenge shall be: Divine Your spell must target one or more units, including the caster himself if you want.

What are divine spells?
Divine spells tend to focus on healing and protection. They tend to be less flashy, destructive or disruptive.


Rules:

1. The theme is followed by a brief explanation over the effect of the spell. Follow that explanation because the name of the challenge does not always explain what you have to do.
2. You may use either GUI or JASS. Third party tools are allowed. If you use any, mention WHICH tool and from WHERE everyone could get it.
3. You may use any systems you want (that includes Caster System, Armor Detection System and SetUnitMaxState System).
4. You may not use custom textures or models for anything else but the effect of the spell. The effect must be entirely made by you (or Blizzard).
5. The spell must be made specifically for the contest (you may use it anywhere else but you must have started it only after the challenge begins).
6. WIPs are encouraged as they increase the activity of the challenge.
7. Attach your map to a post into this thread once you have finished it.
8. Maps may be modified it as often as contestants want but maps edited after the deadline will be disqualified.

Prize:

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The winner of this Zephyr Challenge shall receive:

• An official medal beneath their avatar
  
• 40 reputation points

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Judging:

• 100% of the score is to be determined by a public poll.
• Failure to give good reasons why a person voted for a certain spell shall make the vote invalid.
• Contestants are also allowed to vote but may not vote for their own spell.

Deadline:

• 20 May 2007 (0:00 AM, GMT)

Good luck & have fun.

~- Heero

 

[HeretoDLstuff]

40 reputation points

IM IN!!

Lol....That will be enogh to rep people!! Im SURE ill lose though.

 

[Diablo-dk]

FINNALY! i have been waiting for this contest for ages. Count me in.
One question, you mention Divine as healing/protective, does this mean we are only allowed to make Defensive/supporting or are spells which has some offensive effect allowed?

 

[moyackx]

You know.... I'm addicted to this kind of contest, so I'm in.

 

[Jacek]

erm

Your spell must target one or more units, including the caster himself if you want.

so no AoE or self-cast (like divine shield) spells?

 

[moyackx]

I suppose AoE spells are allowed.

 

[Xarwin]

One question, you mention Divine as healing/protective, does this mean we are only allowed to make Defensive/supporting or are spells which has some offensive effect allowed?

Like I mentioned before :
Divine spells tend to focus on healing and protection. They tend to be less flashy, destructive or disruptive.
-> This includes no offensive spells, since this is not reffering to any holy spell that could possibly damage an undead.

so no AoE or self-cast (like divine shield) spells?

Your spell must target one or more units, including the caster himself if you want.
-> This may include also to target AoE, but it will need to affect possibly units in that AoE.

 

[UchihaSasuke.gr]

ok i am in!!!!This is my chance to earn rep!!!

 

[Jacek]

still didn't answer my question, are non-targetable spells like Windwalk (no target) and Immolation (on/off) allowed?

 

[Xarwin]

still didn't answer my question, are non-targetable spells like Windwalk (no target) and Immolation (on/off) allowed?

Oh sorry Jacek, I didn't saw that one.
Well yes, same reason here.
Since Windwalk = self-casting, just like Immolation.

 

[Jacek]

how are you giving the points? will making the spell in jass give additional points?

edit: ah I see, public poll

 

[Kixer]

Finally another spell contest! I just hope i get my new PC in time so i can make my Spell...
Question :
Why are there no rewards for 2nd or 3rd place? Seems kinda hash saying, congradulations on coming Second! And nothing else, no rep ect... Maybe 20 rep for 2nd place and 10 for 3rd?

 

[Xarwin]

This is just an awakening, Zepyhr Challenge #3 will include more options.
Like you see This Zephyr Challenge has been evolved.
ZC #1 granted +25 reputation and 1 icon.
ZC #2 will grant +40 reputation and 1 icon.
ZC #3 will grant a better bonus, to even a secondary and third place.
In a kind of way this is also to see how much talent is here, and who has been awakened to work.

P.S : Please PM questions to me.

 

[PurplePoot]

In unless I can't think of any ideas in time. However, I probably will, so in.

 

[Deathclaw24]

Hey can I join in too!

 

[Aoen]

Can I post more than one submission?

 

[1)ark_NiTe]

I think I'm going to have to join this one. Also, I don't think we should be able to submit 2 and have the judges choose which one is best. I think we should get one chance. What do you say? By the way he double posted.

 

[Aoen]

It's not really a double post... you can't add attachments to posts once you've already submitted them as far as I know... And why can't we have 2 ideas? If worst comes to worse you can just make another account and submit one idea on that one, but really what's the point?

 

[Xzife_TD01]

Idc how bad i get blown away by some of the other contestants, contests are about fun, it'll be nice to get feedback on my spell from more than one person...I'm in

 

[Kiun]

yeah i guess ill go in if i have time to make it

but when u say divine do u mean ur restricting it to healing and protection only? and if so could i make a spell thats like that but has an undead base so i could make a spell called chaos aura that has evil look but still heals protects etc? (plz note im not actually gonna make chaos aura...)

 

[Xarwin]

Aoen,

You can post more idea's,
but like I pmed to you,
only one spell can be submitted.

Also :

Both of these spells are from my cleric hero in my soon-to-be released RPG

the spell must be made specifically for the contest (you may use it anywhere else but you must have started it only after the challenge begins).

 

[Equal]

i will join this too, mh lets be creativ^^
As Aoen said it would be better to have multiple chances,
but condition is condition.

 

[Kiun]

can the spell be divinly evil?

 

[Jacek]

SMITE

Calls the power of God to resurrect fallen warriors and heal living ones.

 

[Gost]

Thats a lot of rep, im in if i have enough time definently!\
EDIT: We can only have 1 spell? Hmmm that limits alot of things i was hoping to make a hero but il start working on a spell.

 

[UchihaSasuke.gr]

i just finished my spell map by i am not going to submit it because other ideas might come....
So i wanted to post my idea:The user starts healing himself and then he chooses 25 friendly/enemy units and heals them to 100%.Then the user gets +100 to all stats for 10 seconds and then they become normal again.

 

[Mini-Me]

[*]100% of the score is to be determined by a public poll.

Damn. I guess I wont be entering . On a side note: bad idea. This is more of a popularity contest now. "Noobies" will disregard clearly better spells and vote for their favorite person (but who says a "pro" wouldnt do the same).

 

[Jacek]

Damn. I guess I wont be entering . On a side note: bad idea. This is more of a popularity contest now. "Noobies" will disregard clearly better spells and vote for their favorite person (but who says a "pro" wouldnt do the same).

I find it better, because original concept can give you a lot of points and it isn't a witch hunt "OMG LEAK UR OUT OF THE PLACE KEK

 

[Diablo-dk]

I think we should make some kind of Voting template to avoid everyone just voting on the persons they like.
some of the template could be something like:

Leaks:

Originality:

Eye Candy:

Clean code(for jass):
etc. etc..

 

[Kixer]

Jacek the thing is is that many people will judge the spell solely on what it looks like in game, having experianced spell makers checking for leaks or badly done code is much better and fairer, also the whole favorites things would be an issue.

 

[Xarwin]

can the spell be divinly evil?

Well NO.

Could you all PLEASE read the whole post before submitting any question?
And again, PM me if you have any question.

Diablo-Dk thats a nice idea.
I'll see on it when we are far enough.

Jacek, nice.

 

[Jacek]

Jacek the thing is is that many people will judge the spell solely on what it looks like in game, having experianced spell makers checking for leaks or badly done code is much better and fairer, also the whole favorites things would be an issue.

so you think that someone makes a spell, which is a triggered Holy Light, everything same, leaks cleared, so this should win flawlessly with my spell for example because I forgot to clear one leak in the function I don't know I have?

there are many factors that make spell "good", concept and eyecandy are two of them, of course coding/triggering is also important.

 

[Kixer]

Im not saying that the others are important, its just that people may just look at the spell in game and not bother looking at the coding/triggering,
and that Holy Light would get a 0 for origionality!

 

[Jacek]

Im not saying that the others are important, its just that people may just look at the spell in game and not bother looking at the coding/triggering,
and that Holy Light would get a 0 for origionality!

if they want to check ingame only, they can

 

[burned]

Here we go. I hope simple is nice. I cant get better idea with this hard subject..

http://hiveworkshop.com/resources_new/files_img/spells_943_screenshot.jpg

Spell name:
Touch of the Angels

Description:
Touch of the Angels is ability known only by the greatest paladins. Its divine power heals nearby allies withing range of 500 around the hero. While the skill heals allies when activated it also drains paladins mana.

Description(to simplify):
Heals nearby units around hero while draining mana same time.

Download link:
http://hiveworkshop.com/resources_new/spells/943

 

[Aoen]

(you may use it anywhere else but you must have started it only after the challenge begins).

I did start the abilities after the contest started... Oh well, too much of a hassle, too many rules I don't like, public voting, guess I'm out. Deleted my suggestion post.

 

[Gost]

A great way to avoid popularity votes would be for the spell makers not to say wich spell they made but instead all spell makers send there maps t mod wich namelessly lists them to be voted on.

 

[Herio-san]

I might enter this just to try it out. As far as the rule on importing goes. I could import a 5x5 white texture as long as its made by me correct? I would use it for an effect on a unit after a spell has been cast on them. Also, are we limited to making only one spell? Because I really wanted to make more than just one.
Also, are icon imports allowed? (I would make my own of course)

 

[Fulla]

This looks interesting, now to come with a super cool idea

 

[Herio-san]

Kk. I worked on mine a little. I like the spell idea its just the mechanics of it that are causing a little trouble. The effects arent quite right yet but the ability itself works. Heres a wip image.

About the spell:

Holy Flood
Calls upon the power of the lord to flood the land around the Hero for 30 seconds. The flood waters slow enemy troops movement speed by 35% and heal allied troops.

The effects:
Light comes from the sky and touches the ground in a circle around the hero
After the light touches the ground the terrain raises
slowly the flood water raises within the surrounded area
Enemy units within the flood water area are slowed
Allied units within the flood area are healed
Units that leave the flood area gain no bonus

 

[Chaos Overlord]

Wow, there is a lot of entries already, and the deadline is still 17 days away. can't wait to see more, and hopefully I'll get mine done too.

@Herio: You can change the terrain with triggers?!?!? Is it possible in GUI? If so, please tell me, I would love to learn that. Overall, the ability sounds cool.

 

[Ken Christopher]

Oh........new contest. Please count me in. I want to try in this contest. Can I?

 

[1)ark_NiTe]

Oh man I'm so psyched about my spell, it's going to be sweeeeeeet!

 

[Xzife_TD01]

lol so will mine. I came up with my best idea ever, and ill probly never have another stroke of genius like this again.

 

[Jacek]

herio-san, how is your spell working with A LOT of doodads?

 

[HyperActive]

Must the spell be MUI?

 

[Jacek]

it doesn't have to, but someone might not give you a vote just because of it

 

[1)ark_NiTe]

Mine is in MUI... I would recommend it.

 

[Chaos Overlord]

MUI is JASS right? I know GUI but what is MUI?

 

[Kixer]

Multi Unit Instanceable or sumthing like that
means it can be cast by an unlimited amount of units belonging to the same player at the same time.

I've got my idea, just hope sumone dusnt use it before me...