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thedz
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States217 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-05-08 14:36:57
May 08 2011 14:24 GMT
#1
(Crossposted at http://wellplayed.org/forum/1/thread/2409655/show)

The Video

I've been watching Game of Thrones on HBO recently, and I'm a huge fan of their intro. One of the first things I thought of when I saw it was that it reminded of StarCraft somewhat.

I had some free time earlier this weekend, and figured I'd try my hand at a custom map in the StarCraft II Editor to try and recreate a similar feel (if not look).

No post-processing was done beyond converting the Fraps video to something Youtube likes. All effects were done within StarCraft via the editor.

The camera movement is jerkier than I'd like, but it was my first time with the editor so... live and learn, I guess.



Here's the custom map in case anyone else wants to run it locally: GameOfThrones.SC2Map

To do, open up the SC2Map file in the editor and choose to test the document. Note that you'll probably need to set things pretty high. Specifically, iirc, depth of field effects are only applied when post-proecessing is set to Ultra.

My computer (or specifically, my hard drives) weren't fast enough to keep up with the required ultra settings. So if anyone else wants to upload a smoother version somewhere, go for it :D

Screenshots

It's easy to overlook some of the really nice visuals that the SC2 engine is capable of creating. Here're some screenshots straight from the editor:

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Mobius_1
Profile Blog Joined April 2011
United Kingdom2763 Posts
May 08 2011 14:33 GMT
#2
That is really, really cool!

Dothraki are really imba though.
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eazo
Profile Joined March 2008
United States530 Posts
May 08 2011 14:46 GMT
#3
Wow, man this is pretty awesome. Like not only did you do a great job with (btw i thought the camera felt fine, not really jerky at all), but I'm really impressed with the SC2 map editor.

thanks for sharing it. really really liked it! Would be cool to see some more stuff if you continue to play around with this style!
Jakalo
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
Latvia2350 Posts
May 08 2011 14:58 GMT
#4
Awesome man, Game of Thrones rules.
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bITt.mAN
Profile Blog Joined March 2009
Switzerland3693 Posts
May 08 2011 15:01 GMT
#5
Wow what looked really nice. What would be really cool if you could include the exact same battles, but also having a sort of First-Person view of the thing, like you're a marine or zealot. You could probably pull it off by simply watching each battle unfold a few times, and finding out which units survive 'till the end, then putting the camera in their heads
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thedz
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States217 Posts
May 08 2011 15:04 GMT
#6
On May 09 2011 00:01 bITt.mAN wrote:
Wow what looked really nice. What would be really cool if you could include the exact same battles, but also having a sort of First-Person view of the thing, like you're a marine or zealot. You could probably pull it off by simply watching each battle unfold a few times, and finding out which units survive 'till the end, then putting the camera in their heads


I've been thinking about doing a first person-ish picture series of what a unit might be seeing during the average game. You know. Marines staring up at collosus. Marauders looking at phoenixes while lifted. Lings staring at a depot wall. Banelings staring at dirt while burrowed. Etc, etc.

I'll play around with the editor some more and see if I can get good enough to get those shots.
Darpa
Profile Blog Joined March 2010
Canada4413 Posts
May 08 2011 15:11 GMT
#7
Really cool man,


Ive been following this for a while now, but I'm not really sure what to think of it at this point.

http://pc.ign.com/articles/116/1166459p1.html
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thedz
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States217 Posts
May 08 2011 15:15 GMT
#8
On May 09 2011 00:11 Darpa wrote:
Really cool man,


Ive been following this for a while now, but I'm not really sure what to think of it at this point.

http://pc.ign.com/articles/116/1166459p1.html


It's a game based on a TV show based on a book. I'm suspicious of it on principle :p
Swwww
Profile Blog Joined July 2010
Switzerland812 Posts
May 08 2011 15:41 GMT
#9
Is that tilt shift effect built into the editor as well or was that something you did afterwards?
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chobopeon
Profile Blog Joined May 2003
United States7342 Posts
May 08 2011 15:41 GMT
#10
your post to awesome ratio is shockingly high. TAKE IT DOWN A NOTCH, MAN. you're making the rest of us look bad.

:D
:O
Gokey
Profile Joined November 2006
United States2722 Posts
May 08 2011 15:42 GMT
#11
Wow, this needs to be Spotlighted!!
thedz
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States217 Posts
May 08 2011 15:47 GMT
#12
On May 09 2011 00:41 Gfox wrote:
Is that tilt shift effect built into the editor as well or was that something you did afterwards?


It's built into the editor. SC2 in-game cameras have depth of field controls, which you can modify to get that effect.
Hot_Bid
Profile Blog Joined October 2003
Braavos36387 Posts
May 08 2011 16:10 GMT
#13
Moved this out of blogs.

I love the Game of Thrones Intro so this was super cool.

Great job!
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th3_great
Profile Joined March 2011
United Kingdom429 Posts
May 08 2011 16:14 GMT
#14
i love that the character models look like little moving warhammer miniatures in that view, reminds me of my childhood playing tabletop games :D
did you read the script?
OopsOopsBaby
Profile Blog Joined June 2010
Singapore3425 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-05-08 16:16:18
May 08 2011 16:14 GMT
#15
very nice. just disappointed that nukes and mothership didnt make an appearance.
also unclumping the units might it look bettr for some of the battles.
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thedz
Profile Blog Joined March 2011
United States217 Posts
May 08 2011 16:15 GMT
#16
On May 09 2011 01:14 OopsOopsBaby wrote:
very nice. just disappointed that nukes and mothership didnt make an appearance.


There was a mothership in that last battle with the collosus and ultralisks, though it was probably hard to see.

As for nukes, I tried (you can even see a single ghost in the final battle in the top right corner), but after spending 45 minutes trying to script a ghost so that it launches a nuke, I gave up :p
LordofAscension
Profile Blog Joined September 2006
United States589 Posts
May 08 2011 16:17 GMT
#17
This is so awesome! Great work man! I would love to see a smoother version, but this is just so cool!

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tarpman
Profile Joined February 2009
Canada719 Posts
May 08 2011 16:18 GMT
#18
whoa, sick! how long did that take you to put together? how much of the fighting is scripted vs ai amoving? (e.g. I saw scripted storms in one screenshot)
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Bobster
Profile Joined January 2011
Germany3075 Posts
May 08 2011 16:19 GMT
#19
Disregarding the original intention of recreating that TV show intro....

using the tilt-shift photography technique on Starcraft II shots works surprisingly well! I love it, great job.
Encrypto
Profile Joined August 2010
United States442 Posts
May 08 2011 16:19 GMT
#20
Wow, it looks real. It's almost like it's some kind of miniature Starcraft model set. If you made a real life one, I'd buy it.
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