Nope, sorry but not possible for me, both because I don't have the extra time to do this, and because I don't believe in an rpg without story.

I'm definitely going to try. At the very least I'm going to up the reward per battle from what it is now so you have to grind less.

I think I will end up dropping teleport's mana cost by at least 10%.

Unfortunately no, but there may be some battles happening in other areas now, like boss battles. Basically, you would fight on the world map and get locked in an arena about the same size as the normal arena (due to the location that gets moved when you enter a battle) with a boss or something -- a possibility that seems likely.

I think you were, but unfortunately a "Thanks to TiKels" is currently out of the question. I have to conserve string/character count as much as possible, and you're towards the bottom of a long list of helpers at the moment. This could change though.

Just posting to let you guys know that even if I don't make the RPG Contest deadline, this map is still getting done. Currently I'm working on a system to keep track of the character's position for use in other systems, like disabling the PvP mode in towns and shops and stuff. Also introduced a new character who will pop up frequently throughout the map.

I'm going to make you finish this.

Post has been edited 1 time(s), last time on Aug 15 2009, 5:23 am by DevliN. Reason: Was that supposed to be funny...?

I don't know if anyone cares, but I'm still truckin on this.

Just an update or two:
-Finished 2nd main story cutscene (seems to be bug-less but chances are someone will find some)
-Added a spell "entangling" (kinda like Entangling Roots from WC3, holds in place + damage)
-Second story item works, "svilrinthir" gives a damage aura
-first story item will now transfer correctly when you loot a corpse
-fixed some obscure glitches

For those of you who want me to finish this, nicely, (VERY NICELY, MIND YOU) bug SI:
SI, PLEASE MAKE COMMENTING SYSTEM (NON-STRING-CONSUMING) FOR TRIGGERS

I am very glad to see this still being worked on. Congrats on your achievements Vrael.

A (hopefully) finished system: The Dragon

If you kill the dragon hiding in the mountains you can steal its egg. You get a zergling (dragon hatchling) which will evolve into an Ultralisk, which will evolve into a mutalisk, which you can then mount and fly around on. Be careful not to get it killed though, it won't revive. As long as it's alive it should be a big advantage to the player that owns it however.

This should work completely, but it's the kind of system where I expect obscure bugs because of the whole mount/dismount part.

Hey, I think I'll use that idea in my RPG!

Not really, only kidding. Although, when I tried to play this on single player a while ago, after the first cutscene my character dissappeared, and I had vision of a certain town. After that, nothing happened. I couldn't figure out what to do and assumed I screwed something up, or something was wrong with the map. Any idea what happened?

Hrm. I haven't heard of/seen this glitch before. Can you describe it more accurately? The vision of the town is intentional, to show you where to go, the dissapearing of your character is not, lol.

Are you talking about the introduction cutscene? Where you talk with the king and all?

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I really like your cityscapes.

GG with u and King man so far so good just keep knocking off those bugs.

Yayy! Your still working on this map Vrael . Keep up the greattt work. Love to play this through >:). With cheats of course! Kidding :S

Updates:
Level 16 Spells:
Decoy: Spawns a tough civilian which distracts foes, mana cost: 25
Cripple: surrounds a foe (or foes) trapping him, and disables his attack (auto-dweb), mana cost: 25
Firebolt: launches a firebolt at a foe, dealing concussive damage to anyone along its path, and exploding on contact for a powerful hit, mana cost: 45
Cocoon: your hero encapsules himself in a defensive cocoon for about 10 seconds, during which he gains about 200 health and cannot be damaged. Good for avoiding spells like Entangling or Firebolt. mana cost: 25

Undecided level spell:
Slow: severly slows down enemy heroes and confuses normal units, mana cost: 50

As for the story, still working on it. I've finally decided on an ending to the main story (previously had been writing story as I went along) so hopefully that will help with making the story.

I think it unlikely that I will be finished by the end of the contest, so I'm shooting for a playable beta, essentially, main story complete, most of the items and spells done, by the end of the contest. I will continue to work on this afterwards until true completion though.

Good boy.

i dl this attachment but it wont open in starcraft O_o

like it doesnt know the filetype or something

Did you use this link from the 1st post?
http://cid-681c2250300dd052.skydrive.live.com/self.aspx/Public/Tenebrous%20RPG.scx

ya but it wont show up in the folder when i try to launch it in SC. also i cant open the map with SCMDraft. It opens with staredit though. so strange.

Yayaya! Gogogo Vrael . I'm loving the spell effects and whatnot :0.

Offtopic :0 : The other day I was looking through my maps, I came across this :0. I decided to play and I and I fell in love again :0. Go Vrael! Fuck Team Jacob! Team Vrael!

Just change the bar terrain (replace these scouts pl0x ?) and this is gunna be awesome

ya the bar is iffy. I like to use either bunkers or the Ghost covert ops addon as a table. addon is best imo

I really like where this is going. Hope you get some decent story in the short time that's left. Anything of the story you feel like revealing?

Man, the hero and the king are so grumpy in the intro! Why can't they just get along? Also, what's with the random centerview after you look at that castle-looking thing in the intro? It center-viewed right under where the cutscene took place. That first quest was hard, those bandits totally owned me, and I can't re-do it? =( Also, are quests independent for each player? Also, maybe some sort of pinging sound or any sound when people talk? That's just purely preference, I've always liked some sound to go with dialogue. Also, I like how the medics disappeared randomly in the middle of the bar, they didn't even bother to use the door! Also, invisible heroes rock.
The golem was kinda hard, lol, he like 6 shot me. Also, is magic shot supposed to transfer through battles? It lasted for at least 3 battles for me every time I used it.