Diplomacy Fantasia
Diplomacy Fantasia is a Diplo-type map set in a fantasy world using popular mythology names. The objective of the game is to expand and conquer the world. Players start off with a pre-placed Terran base and must expand to neighboring nations. For every city a player controls, they will be given a resource bonus every 3 mins. Each nation lets players produce a special hero unit from their factories. As players conquer more nations, they will be able to produce more kinds heroes.
Official Unit Names
Unit Descriptions (Mission Objective)
Titania - Queen of the Fairies. A very proud creature and as much of a force to contend with as her husband Oberon. Due to an enchantment cast by Oberon's henchman Puck, Titania magically falls in love with a rude lower class laborman.
Abaddon - A being that personified the abyss, depicted often as a large human-sized locust and leads a swarm of locusts and other insects that carry infectious diseases. In this respect, he is often associated with the swarms of locusts that sometimes destroy entire crop fields. Was said to be called upon by Moses to cause the great rains during the Ten Plagues of Egypt.
Thor - A much revered god of the ancient Germanic people. He is the thunder god, son of Odin. He wears the belt Megingjard, which doubles his power. Lightning flashes whenever he throws his hammer, Mjolnir.
Sandman - A fairy in German folklore who carries a bag of magical sand, which puts humans to sleep when thrown into their eyes. If the victim resists, the Sandman will sit on their eyelids.
Pyro Jack - Also known as Jack O’Lantern, he was an Irish farmer who persuaded Satan not to take him to hell. When he was refused entry into heaven, he wandered earth as a pumpkin-headed soul.
Fenris - The Asgardian monstrous wolf that bit off the hand of Tyr. He is the son of Loki and is foretold to kill the god Odin during the events of Ragnarok.
Ra - Ancient God of the Sun. At the end of each day Ra was thought to die and sailed on his night voyage through the Underworld, leaving the Moon to light the world above. The boat would sail through the twelve doors, representing the twelve hours of night-time. The next dawn, he was born again.
Alice - A ghost who appears as a young girl. She seems young, but has formidable magic powers. Some say she's the ghost of a poor English girl who died an unfortunate accident
Frankenstein's Monster - Frankenstein was a Swiss student who discovered a way to create a living man. His "monster" was actually timid and gentle, only turning to murder when people, repulsed by its ugly appearance, attacked it.
Hades - Lord of the Underworld. Although King of the dead, Hades was actually more altruistically inclined. Like his brother Zeus, he is usually represented as a vigorous bearded man. Of Olympian blood, he spents most of his time in his dark realm. Formidable in battle, he proved his ferocity in the famous Titanomachy.
Baset - The daughter of Ra and the guardian of women, children and domestic cats. She is depicted as having the body of a woman and the head of a domestic cat. In ancient times, Baset was turned for protection and blessing, as she was a renowned and beloved goddess.
Balrog - Balrogs are described as menacing humanoid beings, with the ability to shroud themselves in fire, darkness, and shadow. They frequently appeared armed with fiery whips and occasionally used long swords. Only dragons rivalled their capacity for ferocity and destruction.
Atlas - God of Weightlifting and Heavy Burdens. During the war of the Titan, Atlas stormed Olympus and threatened the Gods. And as punishment for this war crime, ZeuS sentenced him to hold up the heaven and earth and bear their weight on his shoulders forever.
Lucifer - A fallen angel whose name signifies "Morning Star." Primarily known for defying God, but also worshipped as a bringer of light to mankind. Lucifer is depicted as a beautiful angel with 12 wings.
Sir Lancelot - Regarded as the first and greatest of King Arthur's legendary knights. His knightly adventures include A quest for the Holy Grail and the rescue of Queen Guinevere from the evil Meleagant. His long relationship with Guinevere ultimately brings about the destruction of King Arthur's realm.
Lord Shiva - Represents the aspect of the Supreme Being that continuously dissolves to recreate in the cyclic process of creation, preservation, dissolution and recreation of the universe. Lord Shiva is the third member of the Hindu Trinity.
Draconian - A beast about 6-9 feet tall, that resembles a small dragon without the ability to breathe fire and cannot fly very far because its wings are not very big. Draconians are usually in groups or with their families. Dragons are sometimes guarded by strong draconians, who will usually arm themselves with very large weapons.
Captain Nemo - Scientific genius who roams the depths of the sea in his submarine, the Nautilus, which he helped build on a deserted island. Nemo tries to project a stern, controlled confidence, but he is driven by a thirst for vengeance and wracked by remorse over the deaths of his crewmembers and even by the deaths of enemy sailors.
Zeus - The ruler of Mount Olympus and the god of the sky and thunder. Usually represented as an older, vigorous bearded man. He wields the power of lightning holding it like a staff. Presiding over the Greek Olympian pantheon, he fathered many heroes including Herculeus.
Odin - Chief of the Aesir gods, father of Thor and ruler of Asgard. He lost his eye in exchange for a drink from a sacred well full of knowledge and learned songs and runes by hanging onto Yggdrasil for nine days. Odin is also known as Woden among the Teutons.
Osiris - A god of the Afterlife or dead. He wears the Atef crown and carries the crook and flail. Kings of Egypt were associated with Osiris in death — as Osiris rose from the dead they would, in union with him, inherit eternal life through a process of imitative magic.
Sekhmet - Legendary warrior goddess. Depicted as a woman with the head of a lioness. She protects the pharaoh in battle, stalking the land, and destroying the pharaoh's enemies with arrows of fire. It was said that death and destruction were balm for her warrior's heart and that the hot desert winds were believed to be her breath.
Jesus of Nazareth - He who came to provide salvation and reconciliation with God by his death for peoples sins.
Bahamut - The altered and magnified beast of Behemoth. Bahamut is a giant fish, described as so immense that a human cannot bear its sight.
Old Man Kronos - Resides in the place with no era to call its own. This confluence of time's streams transcends spatiotemporal boundaries. The 'End of Time' is inhabited by this solitary old man who serves as a guide on time's treacherous roads.
Jack Frost - A winter fairy of European descent. Normally an innocent creature, but if provoked, he will kill his victim by covering him in snow. It is said that he is the one that who leaves those beautiful icy patterns on windows in the morning blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah blah Cyan Yellow grey red green remove beyond blue tea There once was a man that had a farm.
Azure Dragon - One of the four symbols of chinese constellations. It represents the direction east, the season of spring, and the element of wood. It is a guardian spirit that protects cities.
Freya - a Vanir goddess of sex, fertility, war, and wealth, daughter of Njord. She was taken in by the Aesir, perhaps as hostage. Her attributes include a famous necklace named Brisingamen, acquired from the dwarves by sleeping with them, a cloak with the property of allowing her to transform into a bird, and a chariot driven by large cats.
Anubis - The god deity of mummification. He weighs the hearts of the dead to determine their final destination. Portrayed as a half human, half jackal, or in full jackal form wearing a ribbon and holding a flail in the crook of its arm.
Raphael - Within the hierarchy of angels, Raphael is one of the four Seraphim, the highest rank. His name means "One that heals." He is said to be the guardian of the Tree of Life, opposite the Tree of Knowledge in the Garden of Eden.
Daisoujou - Monks who preformed self-mummification by starving themselves for about three years and entombed alive. A thousand days later, the body would be exhumed. If it was preserved, it was revered as a god.
Loki - The giant trickster, the god of thieves and adopted brother of Odin. Loki tricks the blind god Hod into shooting Balder. As punishment for his role in the permanent death of Balder, Loki is bound to a jagged cliff until world's end, Ragnarok. Loki is malevolent, cunning, clumsy, magical, and eloquent.
Oberon - Was cursed as a child, and has not grown any larger since. Oberon is the king of all of the fairies who feuds with his wife Titania, the queen of the fairies. They fight over a baby that Oberon wants to raise as his henchman. Because Oberon and Titania are powerful fairies, their arguments affect the weather.
Headless horseman - Supposedly the ghost of a Hessian trooper who had his head shot off by a stray cannonball during the American Revolutionary War. He rides forth to the scene of battle in nightly quest of his missing head.
Jormungand - The sea serpent of midgard. Child of Loki, this serpent was tossed into the great ocean that encircles Midgard. The serpent grew so large that he was able to surround the Earth and grasp his own tail. When he lets go the world will end.
Aphrodite - Goddess of love and beauty. Aphrodite rises from the foam of the waves of the sea, enchanting anyone who sees her and inciting feelings of love and lust wherever she goes. She is a contender in the story of the Golden Apples, when Paris chooses her as the fairest of the three goddesses.
Medusa - The serpent demon. She is depicted as having a broad round face sometimes showing tusks, with hair made of writhing snakes. One of the trio Gorgon sisters, she will turn anything into stone, including those who see it by accident.
Tyr - The brave, martial, Norse sky god. This invincible warrior of the Nordic pantheon sacrificed his right hand to help bind Fenrir, the wolf who, when set free, is destined to devour the Sun. Tyr was closely associated with Odin and like that god, received sacrifices of hanged men.
Mr. Edward Hyde - Dr. Jekyll’s evil alter ego who indulges in various undisclosed vices. After extensive work in his laboratory, Dr. jekyll devises a formula that allows him to alternate between two completely different personalities. It is not long before the personality of Hyde begins to dominate and take over Jekyll's affairs.
Imhotep - As punishment for killing Pharaoh Seti and sleeping with his mistress, Egyptian priest Imhotep was mummified alive and cursed. He is represented by a big-eared animal with red hair resembling a donkey. The God of the desert, storm and violence, he is the evil deity of the fertile, properous, narrow valley of the Nile.
SPECIFICATIONS
* Players
Requires at least 1 player. Recommend 5 player
* Map Tileset
Jungle, etc.
* Map Size
256x256
FEATURES Comparison to Diplo - Infinity 2.8a map
* Terrain is fictional (more room for creativity than actual continents)
* Phantom mode included
* 2x countries included
* Insane Comp Stomp included
* At least 25 pre-placed nations
* More neutral nations
*Set enemy/neutral/allie triggers (like in diplo 1939)
*Slighty expensive upgrades up to 12
*50% decrease in income
*Comp defends - Each city a player invades they will be ambushed by a small comp militia.
*Diplomacy Research - In the pic above, players will have to utilize these areas to help expand their nations. Starting from the left, the 1st beacon is for building more CCs costing 1k? (more or less). The max is 8 cc. The robotics is for purchasing militiary unit capacities. You start with 20 and goes up +20 each purchase. Max is 160. Crash BC is for purchasing upgraded dropships. You start with Dropship, then 1st upgrade is Toss Shuttle then 2nd/last upgrade is Ovie high hp. The last one, the cerebrate, is the status info beacon. Move to this beacon to display your current purchase status to keep track on # of CC unit cap (yes im willing to use tons of strings for this). There are also restrictions on these Techs to prevent one from just upgrading one aspect. For example, in order to upgrade unit cap to 80 you need to have purchase at least 4 CCs. In order to get shuttle upgrade u need to have at least 100 unit cap.
Idea - Maybe when players buys all upgrades, their turrets upgrade into spore colony, higher hp and lil more damage. Also maybe players can acquire a probe to build pylons and cannons for a hefty price.
Decription
A group of diplo players I know wanted a new kind of diplo map. They wanted one that encourages slower/challenging grind expansion and fun modes like 2x nation. I started editing diplo infinity 2.8a and added those rules; soon after, map idea evolved to Diplomacy Fantasia.
This map is intentionally made to have a slow tempo and prevents it from accelerating. Players will have a 50% decrease of resources. Players will also not be able to exponentially expand fast because of the Comp unit spawns in each city. Upgrades cap is on 12 now and research speed is a little slower to equally match the tempo of the map. I want players to be able to have an expanding challenge without running into another player in the first 20 mins of map.
If anyone would like to participate in this project please feel free to post. I will be needing some assistance in organizing nation borders, improved terrain and creative unit hero stats/names.
PROGRESS
* IDEAS (80%)
* TERRAIN (80%)
* UNIT PLACEMENT (80%)
* TRIGGERS (50%)
Update:
3/4/10 I created this thread.
3/11/10 Basic terrain/unit placement completed.
3/28/10 Stable countdown and income flow and final names/city
[color=#CE091D]What are your favorite Mythology figures you like to see in this map?
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