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Edit (October 29th).. A lot of progress has been made. So expect the open beta to start tonight or by tomorrow night. Latest public build is here:
http://vilegaming.com/strife.x
To add for beta release..
- Full managing of teams/units
- Fighting specific teams
- Battle calculations accounting for all stats (right now it's just a simple HP & primary attack combo).
Edit (October 24th).. I'm in the process of connecting my back-end code (which is for the most part completed) with the new front-end design, so in a few days the open alpha stage of the game will be released. The open alpha will not have any graphics, but be solely text-based. The beta/final releases will have graphics for all the units. The front-end design is already done and you can see it live here:
http://vilegaming.com/strife.x
Mods, I posted this in Sports & Games since.. well.. it's a game I'm trying to make, but if you think this deserves to still be in blogs then go ahead and please move it. Thanks.
Okay.. so now that I've finished Blight I've moved onto a new project. The art for this project is going to be undertaken by my brother. You can see what to expect, here:
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=82795
The new project is targeted at being a mix between MyBrute and SC, so a browser-based game. Only instead of having 1 character and getting random weapons/abilities/pets, you can choose multiple units, which you can customize, to make up your micro squad. These squads can range anywhere from a 6 Marine mass to a 2 Zealot and 1 Dragoon combo, or a hybrid 4 Zerglings and 2 Marine squad. Yes, that's right, you will be able to mix races.
For the nerdy, I'll be using PHP/MySQL/JS(jQuery) to power this browser-based game. No flash at all.
So what will differentiate this from MyBrute? As I hinted at earlier.. this will have actual strategy to it and not randomization like MyBrute has. Users can make up their own squads (of course there will be a squad limit system, similar to how many units you can fit into 1 transport unit in SC) and manipulate their attributes (strength/speed/agility/mental). There will be no armor/weapon customization in this. However, there will be 2-3 classes for each unit, such as a light/normal/heavy Marine (we're only sticking to SC1 units). Grenades, heals, and other abilities will also be available.
The only element of "randomization" is the actual fight sequence. Squads will perform based on the attributes of unit. So just like in MyBrute, when you fight another squad it will show a new screen where you can watch the sequence and all the attacks (and even share the fights with other people through the links). Here is a skeleton example of how the fight scenes would look animation wise (of course without the graphics for now):
http://vilegaming.com/sandbox.x
I actually have good chunk of the game done, the server side code is at about 30%, the client side is at about 20%, and the UI is at a whopping 1% (1 meaning it's all sketched out on paper already).
For anyone wondering about the legal issues, I've already contacted a few people at Blizzard and explained what I'm trying to do and they said it would be okay. A few reasons are because I'm not selling it, not using the StarCraft name, not attempting to change the lore of the game, and so on.
Summary..
- Plays like MyBrute.
- Micro squad based instead of single character based.
- No weapons like MyBrute, instead several classes per unit (light/normal/heavy Marine).
- No air units.
- Customization instead of randomization like MyBrute.
- Attributes can be manipulated per unit.
- Some spells like grenades or Dark Swarm.
- Watchable and shareable fight scene links.
But yeah.. the reason why I'm posting this thread is because I'm looking for any input on any of the current stuff I mentioned, on new ideas, changes/suggestions, demotivation/motivation (motivation preferred ^^), or examples.
Poll: What do you think?
(Vote): Sure, sounds like it'll be fun! I'd play it.
(Vote): Don't even try, just quit while you're ahead.
(Vote): Stop posting links to your site, Spartan.
(Vote): With some tweaking to the idea, this should be fun.
Edit: Fixed a broken link.
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On August 27 2009 13:20 Nitrogen wrote:
cool story brah
On August 27 2009 13:21 Elemenope wrote:
LOOOOOOOOOL OH WOW
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is awesome32281 Posts
On August 27 2009 13:24 MYM.Testie wrote:
n1
deja vu
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You guys are brutal. 
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If you wanted actual feedback, I wouldn't have included that option in your poll.
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Braavos36402 Posts
he tried editing out the "Stop posting links to your site, Spartan." but by that time already 9 people had voted for it loooool
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lolololol
so mean
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But then for people on TL to play, I think you would first require another forum/large userbase to play the game, so that TL would enjoy owning them.
Owning people on TL isn't as fun as owning GG.net and Sc2GG guys, amirite?
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Braavos36402 Posts
This game sounds kind of fun though, I'd definitely give it a try.
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I love both games, but definitely would need some tweaking (though I'd still try it out regardless)
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On August 27 2009 15:07 Hot_Bid wrote:
he tried editing out the "Stop posting links to your site, Spartan." but by that time already 9 people had voted for it loooool
Haha, so rude.
On August 27 2009 15:21 OmgIRok wrote:
But then for people on TL to play, I think you would first require another forum/large userbase to play the game, so that TL would enjoy owning them.
Owning people on TL isn't as fun as owning GG.net and Sc2GG guys, amirite?
You can always own other TL members, like with this:
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=91430
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Some of your projects have been decent, and some of them have been ... less decent, but seriously, props to you for keep trying. Personally i think that all your projects are actually aimed toward entertaining this community rather than trying to get free commercial, so thats why i keep looking at them no matter wether i liked the end product of the previous one or not.
I mean - yes, you have spammed vilegaming to the extent that hte third poll answer has the possibility of becoming a TL-meme, but i really think that noone here honestly dont like what you do to some extent...
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what starparty said, pretty much^^
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On August 27 2009 18:24 Starparty wrote:
Some of your projects have been decent, and some of them have been ... less decent, but seriously, props to you for keep trying. Personally i think that all your projects are actually aimed toward entertaining this community rather than trying to get free commercial, so thats why i keep looking at them no matter wether i liked the end product of the previous one or not.
I mean - yes, you have spammed vilegaming to the extent that hte third poll answer has the possibility of becoming a TL-meme, but i really think that noone here honestly dont like what you do to some extent...
Hehe, thanks. I know some have been under par, but that's why I always ask for input on TL since there are many intellectual minds on here.
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I hereby initiate the STOP SPARTAN movement.
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a forum is for sharing ideas, and especially since its in the sports and games sections(which has very, very little activity) I dont know why people mind so much
keep doin your thing
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On August 28 2009 04:06 fanatacist wrote:
I hereby initiate the STOP SPARTAN movement.
this is MADNESS!
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Can you please remove the bots spamming your website every minute on battlenet
Thanks.
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On August 28 2009 04:44 inertinept wrote:
a forum is for sharing ideas, and especially since its in the sports and games sections(which has very, very little activity) I dont know why people mind so much
keep doin your thing
Haha, their comments were detracted from this (a dupe I accidentally made):
http://www.teamliquid.net/forum/viewmessage.php?topic_id=100721
..thanks though!
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I agree about the bots, they are annoying as fuck. No one will like you more just because you spam like every other group of 15 year olds who make a clan on East.
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On topic, I would definitely try this out. I say you go ahead with it.
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On August 28 2009 05:00 AuraCoMO wrote:Show nested quote +On August 28 2009 04:06 fanatacist wrote:
I hereby initiate the STOP SPARTAN movement. this is MADNESS!
This is Spartan?
Edit: Couldnt resist
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Canada7170 Posts
StarBrute or MyCraft obv.
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Okay, messed with the animations a bit, tell me what you guys think:
http://vilegaming.com/sandbox.x
The sequence is of a 3v3 brawl. When you see a dummy go right next to an enemy and the enemy's head flashes yellow that means they got attacked through melee. When you see a dummy go half the distance and in front of their target and then the target's body flashes yellow that means they got attacked through ranged.
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I'm in the process of connecting my back-end code (which is for the most part completed) with the new front-end design, so in a few days the open alpha stage of the game will be released. The open alpha will not have any graphics, but be solely text-based. The beta/final releases will have graphics for all the units. The front-end design is already done and you can see it live here:
http://vilegaming.com/strife.x
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You know the poll will fail when you put "stop posting links to your website."
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cool 
which unit combo is best? (pm me)
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