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[UMS] Lurker Defense... in Space!

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TheFish7
Profile Blog Joined February 2012
United States2824 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-09-01 22:30:54
September 01 2012 22:30 GMT
#1
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Greetings TL!

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Rawr!

You might know me from doing some melee maps, but I decided to do some UMS maps. SC1 UMS maps like Turret Defense in Space and Lurker Defense (I can't find the original anywhere) are actually what got me into mapping in the first place, years back.

I wanted to create a Lurker Defense map because there are none on the arcade at the moment and that is a tragedy! I set about creating a new Lurker D map, trying to preserve the simple style of old school defense maps (even before tower defense was a thing!) while introducing some new concepts that I think add to the fun and strategic depth of the map.

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In the original map, it was simple. Don't let any terrans or protoss get by or you lose! FFA survival. This map is also FFA survival, but you get 50 lives. You can also upgrade your Hydralisks into more than just lurkers, I've added Hunter-Killers, Baneling Launchers, Infested Marines, Sniperlisks, and Kerrigan.

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Here is your arena.

Other than that, its pretty straightforward, simple - but hard to beat! I have only gotten to level 35 out of 40 so far. Let me know if you manage to finish it.

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MasterReY
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
Germany2708 Posts
September 01 2012 23:39 GMT
#2
yaaaay, finally another one of the great BW maps are remade in sc2 !!!
And it sounds like you even improved it with the sc2 editor possibilities.
Good job, i will test it as soon as i get back from holidays in 6 days.

Ill surely report back to this thread then

Keep it up!
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FlaShFTW
Profile Blog Joined February 2010
United States10399 Posts
September 01 2012 23:47 GMT
#3
looks great. another BW classic!
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Gene(S)is
Profile Joined May 2010
Sweden419 Posts
September 02 2012 01:48 GMT
#4
Is it on EU yet?
For the swarm
TheFish7
Profile Blog Joined February 2012
United States2824 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-09-02 16:44:16
September 02 2012 15:42 GMT
#5
I don't have an eu account

I'm still tweaking things and fixing bugs, maybe once I have a more finalized version and someone offers to host it on EU.

edit - Watched someone get to level 38 today!
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Meta
Profile Blog Joined June 2003
United States6226 Posts
September 02 2012 15:47 GMT
#6
Oh my god, I wasted so many hours on Lurker D in Space a decade ago. If anyone can find the original, link it here :D
good vibes only
killamane
Profile Joined May 2010
United States138 Posts
September 02 2012 17:59 GMT
#7
fyi baneling launchers are imba. you can target your own units and they mass up banelings without detonating, than attack the waves like 10 banelings per launcher. i just rushed for 5 bane launchers and won game so ez spending all money on upgrades / hydra snipers. great game but def need to fix this
TheFish7
Profile Blog Joined February 2012
United States2824 Posts
Last Edited: 2012-09-02 20:31:02
September 02 2012 19:30 GMT
#8
On September 03 2012 02:59 killamane wrote:
fyi baneling launchers are imba. you can target your own units and they mass up banelings without detonating, than attack the waves like 10 banelings per launcher. i just rushed for 5 bane launchers and won game so ez spending all money on upgrades / hydra snipers. great game but def need to fix this


Thanks, I fixed this; you can no longer target friendlies with the baneling launcher.

other changes 0.8

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- Added centrifugal hooks upgrade for baneling speed
- snipe can now target all unit types
- reduced initial baneling damage from 20 to 18


0.9 & 0.10

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-Buffed Kerrigan damage, range, and psi storm
- Increased sniperlisk range
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Muffinman53
Profile Joined November 2010
571 Posts
September 02 2012 19:50 GMT
#9
Ahhh I can't wait to play this! I love lurker D <3
MasterReY
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
Germany2708 Posts
September 07 2012 19:55 GMT
#10
Any news about getting this to EU????

I would really love to play it :D
https://www.twitch.tv/MasterReY/ ~ Biggest Reach fan on TL.net (Don't even dare to mention LR now) ~ R.I.P Violet ~ Developer of SCRChart
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TheFish7
Profile Blog Joined February 2012
United States2824 Posts
September 07 2012 22:52 GMT
#11
I'm up to version 0.19 now and the major bugs have been ironed out. If someone wants to host it on EU, or another server, send me a PM!
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Zergrusher
Profile Joined November 2011
United States562 Posts
September 07 2012 23:29 GMT
#12
this map is great!

did you guys actaully add the Forcefields on the sides so that mazing is possible?
TheFish7
Profile Blog Joined February 2012
United States2824 Posts
September 07 2012 23:35 GMT
#13
Without the forcefields, you could just make a wall of hydras, and the units are too stupid to attack like in BW. The forcefields are invisible and only enemy units can pass through them.
I've been looking for ways to allow true mazing - there are methods which prevent walling when buildings are involved, but no method exists for stopping units from making walls. I had to innovate, and thats the best I could do. (the problem is that the triggers I've tried don't recognize that routes become unpathable when units are the things doing the blocking, only buildings.)
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MasterReY
Profile Blog Joined August 2007
Germany2708 Posts
September 16 2012 14:12 GMT
#14
This map is now public on EU !

You can search for "Lurker" to find it in the arcade section.
https://www.twitch.tv/MasterReY/ ~ Biggest Reach fan on TL.net (Don't even dare to mention LR now) ~ R.I.P Violet ~ Developer of SCRChart
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X3GoldDot
Profile Joined August 2011
Malaysia3840 Posts
September 16 2012 14:50 GMT
#15
meh, just mass kerrigan can take you to wave 39 ( thats where i died ), spam razorswarm everywhere
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MeanAuntRena
Profile Joined February 2018
1 Post
February 17 2018 18:27 GMT
#16
I absolutely suck at this map, perhaps I have too many lurkers?
SwedenTheKid
Profile Joined July 2014
567 Posts
February 20 2018 12:12 GMT
#17
we're reaching levels of necro that really shouldn't be possible
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