Don't just watch StarCrafts, PLAY IT! Support the StarCrafts mod in SC2 arcade, play for FREE!
Hello everyone! It's Jon Burton creator of CarBot Animations. We've been creating StarCrafts episodes for almost 3 years now, and after many requests and comments we've decided to finally put the lovable characters in the actual starcraft game!
Thats right a STARCRAFTS MOD! That is FREE to access for anyone! What we are setting out to do is have all the StarCrafts characters and art in StarCraft 2 as a mod in the Arcade (again which is FREE!). The mod will include all units in StarCrafts 2D glory, as well as reskinned landscapes and doodads (props) everything from a tree to a battlecruiser will be revamped into the cartoon world of StarCrafts.
On May 30 2015 01:39 ZombieGrub wrote: 70k is suuuupper high, but that SC2 MMO got around that. With all the really fun perks I think it's possible. :D
Contributed, mostly because the perks really are super cool.
To be fair redrawing all that amount of 2D sprites is INSANELY high amount of work, that's why you don't see a lot of pure 2D art games nowadays.
On May 30 2015 01:39 ZombieGrub wrote: 70k is suuuupper high, but that SC2 MMO got around that. With all the really fun perks I think it's possible. :D
Contributed, mostly because the perks really are super cool.
To be fair redrawing all that amount of 2D sprites is INSANELY high amount of work, that's why you don't see a lot of pure 2D art games nowadays.
Yes, I'm aware how much goes into 2D animation, hopefully most people are. That doesn't change the fact 70k is a high number. It's necessary, but still intimidating.
If people are complaining that the work doesn't add up to the money (and some already are on the reddit thread ]: ) they need to take another look at the sample sprite sheet that was zoomed out on in the video, hot damn.
Is having this as an Arcade mod the only option? Like if it's just a graphics replacement, would it ever be possible to play with this stuff on ladder?
On May 30 2015 03:09 goofyballer wrote: Is having this as an Arcade mod the only option? Like if it's just a graphics replacement, would it ever be possible to play with this stuff on ladder?
Blizzard would have to change the assets for ladder. They are probably waiting for this to finish so they can apply it to ladder, announce the technology is there, and get all the karma.
They should honestly invest into this as a skin you can use on ladder and whatever. I assume it's possible to do some trickery so that maps can automatically replace assets for people wanting to have the carbot look, but could be wrong.
I was earlier going to complain about the sum, but had a 2nd look at the zoomed out spreadsheet and added some good will since I probably underestimate the time it actually takes. Now I'll just say that I can understand that alot of digital work is outsourced, shit's expensive. ;P
OH MY GOD!!!!!!!! it's so cute, all colorful and whatnot, the battlefield with little flowers and stuff... haha, looks so awesome!! Would be cool if they could like, make the game playable on a phone, not just a mod... like take it a step further.
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