This is essentially a classic probe/ultralisk Cat & Mouse map with a lot more room for flexible play from both players. I only had a few hours to make it so it's by no means perfect, but all the triggers work as intended and it plays to completion.

There is a unit purchase system in place for both cats and mice, cats have drones to farmine for them but they cost a lot of minerals, and any money spent on drones is not spent on other units which can be used to kill mice.

NOTE: Cats cannot walk through dark grass (although infested terrans can). Hiding in the large patches of grass for extended periods of time causes the cat to gain minerals.

The tech tree is virtually unrestricted for both terran and protoss, giving room for much development.

FEATURES:
-Custom cat's paw doodad
-Trading minerals between mice
-Cat may mine minerals with drones and may purchase more drones
-Usage of terrain to create mouse holes rather than civilians
-A C&M that actually requires skill aside from A-move
-Both sides grow significantly in strength as time passes; no one side ever reaches a "cap" on strength and lose
-Balanced upgrade times
-Having 2 cats is not phenomenally more imbalanced than only 1 cat, unlike typical C&M
-Using terrain height levels as a significant advantage
-HUGE assortment of units for both sides

STARTING CONDITIONS:
-Cat: 9999 hp, 14 armor, 8+1 attack
-Mouse: 4 hp, 4 shields, 0 armor, 120 attack

Cats start with 200 minerals and 4 drones to mine. Additionally, 2 minerals is rewarded for every 150 kill score, and a mouse kill gives 250 minerals.
Mice start with 50 minerals.

All upgrades go to level 255.

STORE PURCHASES:
-object (cost in minerals): hp, armor, damage, energy. (active spells, spells that need to be researched*)

Cat purchases:
-2 scourge (150): 10 hp, 0 armor, 500 damage.
-1 medic (800): 2000 hp, 12 armor, infinite energy. (heal, restore, optical flare)
-1 infested kerrigan (1200): 1500 hp, 0 armor, 1+1 damage. (cloak, ensnare, consume, psi storm)
-3 infested terran (600): 40 hp, 0 armor, 2000 damage. (costs 75 if manufactured from infested CC)
-1 infested terran (200): 40 hp, 0 armor, 2000 damage. (costs 75 if manufactured from infested CC)
-1 drone (40): mines minerals at the top-right corner of the map.
-7 spider mines (75): 3 hitpoints, 250 damage, created at 7 locations near the mouse unit purchase point.
-1 torrasque/baby cat (750): 5000 hp, 7 armor, 4+1 damage.
-1 comsat station (400): 200 energy (comsat sweep-15)

-1 sunken colony (50): 20 hitpoints, 2 armor, 15 damage.
-Kill all flying buildings (300): Kills all flying terran buildings.
-1 observer (150): 20 hp, 20 shields, 0 armor.
-1 devourer (225): 600 hp, 6 armor, 40+20 damage.
-1 overlord (100): 150 hp, 0 armor. (speed*, sight range*)
-1 science vessel (600): 80 hp, 0 armor, 250 energy. (defensive matrix-25, EMP-50, irradiate-40)
-1 queen (400): 80 hp, 0 armor, 250 energy. (parasite-75, ensnare-25, spawn broodlings-250, infest CC)

Cat upgrades:
-Ultralisk speed: 150 minerals, 60 seconds to research
-Ultralisk carapace: 50 minerals, 60 seconds to research

-Melee attacks: 20+5 minerals, 1 seconds to research
-Carapace: 20+5 minerals, 1 seconds to research

-Flyer attacks: 50+10 minerals, 1 seconds to research
-Flyer carapace: 50+10 minerals, 1 seconds to research

-Overlord speed: 60 minerals, 60 seconds to research
-Overlord sight range: 40 minerals, 60 seconds to research
-Overlord transport: 1800 minerals, 300 seconds to research

Mouse buildings/manufactured units: (build times are negligible for most buildings)
-Nexus (0): 20 hp, 1 shields, 5 armor.
-Pylon (0): 10 hp, 10 shields, 0 armor.
-Assimilator (25): 80 hp, 0 shields, 0 armor.
-Gateway (15): 25 hp, 0 armor (Produces: Zealot, Dragoon, High Templar, Dark Templar)
-Forge (10): 55 hp, 0 armor (Researches: Ground Weapons, Ground Armor, Plasma Shields)
-Photon Cannon (5): 15 hp, 15 shields, 0 armor, 30/10 ground/air damage
-Cybernetics Core: (5): 35 hp, 0 armor(Researches: Air Weapons, Air Plating)
-Shield Battery (150): 25 hp, 75 shields, 0 armor (Casts: Shield Recharge)
-Robotics Facility (15): 50 hp (Produces: Shuttle, Reaver)
-Stargate (200): 200 hp, 150 shields,
4 armor (Produces: Scout, Carrier, Arbiter, Corsair)
-Citadel of Adun (10): 25 hp, 25 shields, 0 armor (Researches: Zealot Speed-200)
-Robotics Support Bay (10): 15 hp, 15 shields, 0 armor (Researches: Shuttle Speed-200)
-Fleet Beacon (300): 300 hp, 300 armor, 8 armor (Researches: Carrier Capacity-250)
-Templar Archives (20): 50 hp, 0 armor (Researches: Maelstrom-300, Hallucination-750)
-Arbiter Tribunal (35): 60 hp, 20 armor (Researches: Recall-250, Stasis-400)

-Command Center (25): 25 hp, 2 armor (Attaches: Nuclear Silo)
-Nuclear Silo (30): 20 hp, 0 armor (Creates: Nuclear Missile)
-Supply Depot (5): 5 hp, 0 armor
-Refinery: 80 hp, 0 armor
-Barracks (10): 20 hp, 0 armor (Creates: Marine, Firebat, Ghost)
-Engineering Bay (30): 45 hp, 0 armor (Researches: Infantry Weapons, Infantry Armor)
-Missile Turret (40): 100 hp, 0 armor, 75 damage
-Academy (20): 30 hp, 0 armor (Researches: Marine range)
-Bunker (160): 500 hp, 12 armor
-Factory (200): 200 hp, 24 armor (Attaches: Machine Shop) (Produces: Vulture, Tank, Goliath)
-Machine Shop (20): 20 hp, 0 armor (Researches: Goliath Range-60)
-Starport (60): 35 hp, 0 armor (Attaches: Control Tower) (Produces: Wraith, Dropship, Battlecruiser, Valkyrie)
-Control Tower (30): 20 hp, 0 armor
-Science Facility (40): 55 hp, 0 armor (Attaches: Physics Lab, Covert Ops)
-Physics Lab (120): 20 hp, 0 armor (Researches: Yamato Gun)
-Covert Ops (80): 20 hp, 0 armor
-Armory (40): 35 hp, 5 armor (Researches: Vehicle Weapons, Vehicle Plating, Ship Weapons, Ship Plating)

Mouse purchases:
-3 zergling (90): 120 hp, 0 armor, 15 damage. Speed and adrenal glands researched. (burrow)
-1 zergling (30): 120 hp, 0 armor, 15 damage. Speed and adrenal glands researched. (burrow)
-3 civilian (360): 400 hp, 8 terran infantry armor.
-1 civilian (120): 400 hp, 8 terran infantry armor.
-1 hydralisk (110): 160 hp, 0 armor, 24 damage. Speed and range researched. (burrow)
-1 siege tank (100): 30 hp, 0 armor, 40+2/80+10 damage. Siege mode researched.
-1 vulture (55): 20 hp, 0 armor, 10+2 damage. Spider mines are disabled.
-1 archon (120): 1 hp, 200 shields, 200 armor, 48+6 damage.
-1 dark archon (85): 10 hp, 5 shields, 0 armor, 250 energy (feedback-0, maelstrom*-50)
-1 lurker (80): 30 hp, 0 armor, 40+2 damage. (burrow)
-1 zealot (70): 10 hp, 10 shields, 1 armor, 96+16 damage.
-3 zealot (210): 10 hp, 10 shields, 1 armor, 96+16 damage.
-1 firebat (40): 80 hp, 0 armor, 20+3 damage.
-1 shuttle (200): 20 hp, 80 shields, 0 armor. (shuttle speed*)
-1 guardian (80): 250 hp, 60 armor, 60 damage.
-1 carrier (150): 200 hp, 200 shields, 8 armor, 10+2 damage. (carrier capacity*)
-1 dark templar (100): 20 hp, 20 shields, 2 armor, 60+8 damage. (dark archon meld)
-1 arbiter (400): 350 hp, 100 shields, 0 armor, 20+2 damage, 250 energy. (recall*-150, stasis*-150)
-1 mutalisk (150): 60 hp, 0 armor, 35 damage.
-1 comsat station (200): 250 energy.
-1 goliath (60): 75 hp, 4 armor, 16+4 ground, 16+8 air damage.
-1 ghost (80): 20 hp, 0 armor, 20+5 damage. (cloak-25+1 per second, lockdown-50, nuke)
-1 reaver (110): 5 hp, 300 shields, 50 armor. Cannot make scarabs.
-Revive all mice remotely (400): Resurrects all dead mice, without regard for whether or not enemy units are in the area.
-1 defiler (65): 60 hp, 250 energy. (dark swarm-25, plague-150, consume, burrow)
-1 high templar (125): 10 hp, 20 shields, 250 energy. (psi storm-50, hallucination*-250)
-3 SCV (150): 10 hp, 0 armor, 5 damage.
-1 SCV (50): 10 hp, 0 armor, 5 damage.
-1 marine (10): 5 hp, 0 armor, 5+1 damage.
-3 marine (30): 5 hp, 0 armor, 5+1 damage.
-1 broodling (60): 40 hp, 20 armor, 0 damage.

Mouse manufactured units: (All purchased units can be manufactured for the same price)
-Dragoon (80): 20 hp, 20 shields, 0 armor, 30+3 damage
-Scout (275): 50 hp, 200 shields, 0 armor, 10+2/60+6 ground/air damage
-Corsair (120): 40 hp, 200 shields, 0 armor, 0+1 damage

-Wraith (225): 80 hp, 0 armor, 10+2/10+10 ground/air damage
-Dropship (1000): 1250 hp, 50 armor
-Battlecruiser (450): 500 hp, 0 armor, 60+5/0+20 ground/air damage
-Valkyrie (550): 1050 hp, 0 armor, 2+2 * 8 air damage

Mouse upgrades:
-Protoss weapons: 100+20 minerals, 1+1 seconds to research
-Protoss armor: 75+15 minerals, 1+1 seconds to research
-Protoss shields: 50+25 minerals, 1+1 seconds to research

-Protoss air weapons: 50+20 minerals, 1+1 seconds to research
-Protoss air plating: 20+5 minerals, 1+1 seconds to research

-Zealot speed: 200 minerals, 150 seconds to research

-Shuttle speed: 200 minerals, 120 seconds to research

-Carrier capacity: 250 minerals, 300 seconds to research

-Disruption web (disabled in current version): 400 minerals, 200 seconds to research

-Hallucination: 750 minerals, 300 seconds to research

-Maelstrom: 300 minerals, 60 seconds to research

-Recall: 250 minerals, 20 seconds to research
-Stasis field: 400 minerals, 40 seconds to research

-Marine range: 20 minerals, 20 seconds to research

-Terran infantry weapons: 40+10 minerals, 1+1 seconds to research
-Terran infantry armor: 40+10 minerals, 1+1 seconds to research

-Terran vehicle weapons: 40+10 minerals, 1+1 seconds to research
-Terran vehicle plating: 40+10 minerals, 1+1 seconds to research
-Terran ship weapons: 40+10 minerals, 1+1 seconds to research
-Terran ship plating: 40+10 minerals, 1+1 seconds to research

-Goliath range: 40 minerals, 25 seconds to research

-Yamato gun: free, 300 seconds to research

How does it play? Download it and find out.

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Post has been edited 7 time(s), last time on Mar 8 2010, 9:43 pm by doomedrusher.

THIS LOOKS AWESOME AND I AM EXCITED TO SEE PROGRESS.

TYPICAL "CHEESE" STRATEGIES NOOBS WHINE ABOUT: How to counter them

-=CATS=-

Infested Terran Rush: Since an infested terran can kill probes in 1 hit and each one costs less than the probe gives upon death, it seems as though cat can start off by purchasing an infested terran and repeatedly kill mice with only infesteds.
-Counter: Probes outrange infested terrans and kill them in 1 hit. With proper hold position micro they can kill infested terrans without problem (and yes, I have seen it done extremely well, much to my dismay)

Devourer Rush: By abusing the powerful upgrades of the Devourer the cat can potentially take complete air control by massing devourers (which also give scouting)
-Counter: Ground units. Duh.

Observer follow: By following a mouse with an observer the cat can never lose track of the mouse, making it impossible to hide.
-Counter: You have 5 mineral PHOTON CANNONS. USE THEM.

Sunken contain: By making a sunken colony probes cannot be saved conventionally.
-Counter: Buy a single hydralisk. Or tank. Or anything that has nonzero attack. Sunkens are weak against everything except probes.

Medic usage: OMIGOD HE HAZ MEDIC WE CANT KILL CAT GG NO RE
-Counter: Heal is very slow when you consider the massive HP of the cat and the amount of damage you can inflict. It takes a very long time to heal a cat and it only makes a difference if you leave cat alone. This C&M map is meant to encourage mouse aggression. You can't win by turtling into lots of units; you have to attack the cat.

Parasite usage: OMFG I R PARASITED U EFFING FAG *ragequit*
-Counter: Does it matter that much? If you put your mouse in a transport he has no vision, and if you wall in properly it wouldn't make a difference whether he can see you or not.

Infested Kerrigan usage: SCREW YOU CAT WE CANT WIN AGAINST SMALL UNIT AND PSI STORM
-Counter: It's called DON'T LEAVE YOUR MOUSE IN THE OPEN. You can put it in a dropship or shuttle and storm dodge. Kerrigans are also easily killed by many ground units.

Spider mines: WTF WE CANT BUY UNITS DAMN YOU
-Counter: You can make your own units... Alternatively, a-move a single marine into the mine field to kill all of them.

Overlord drop: WTF U WENT THROUGH MAH WALL HAX
-Counter: If cat has 1800 minerals to spare then something is seriously wrong here. Plus, the overlord has 150 hp. A bunch of any unit can massacre it with no problem.

Scourge rush: An attack with defensive-matrix'd scourge against the mouse-carrying transport, destroying it immediately.
-Counter: Upgrade shuttle speed and you can outrun scourge. Also, antiair units; d-matrix only lasts 250 damage.

-=MICE=-

Armored zealot-goon contain: By using the high damage potential of zealots and dragoons in conjunction with upgraded shields, the cat is rendered helpless as nigh-invincible zealots surround and kill it.
-Counter: Upgrades are expensive for mice, and you should keep up your own carapace/weapon upgrades. Additionally, psi storm will murder massed zealots and dragoons in literally 1 second for only 50 energy.

Shields Galore: By maintaining a strong economy it is possible to pass the cat in shields upgrades and be dealt 0.5 damage and safe from cat offensives.
-Counter: Buy...more drones. I really have nothing to say here.

Wall of Jericho: By upgrading as much as possible and blocking with any of the following, the cat cannot get in.
1. Civilian + DT covered by CC
2. DT behind building wall covered by CC
3. Fleet beacon with massive shields
4. Pure civilian wall with highly upgraded infantry armor
5. Continuously repaired bunkers/factories
6. Broodling contain: Broodlings have 20 armor and 40 hp as well as regeneration, making it impossible for cat to break it.


-Counter: D-matrix'd Infested terrans, EMP, irradiate, anything... you name it. Many spells are accessible which will allow wall-breaking.

Massed carriers: Carriers murder cat air units if critical mass is reached.
-Counter: Devourers have ungodly antiair upgrades. Upgrade them and carriers will explode like fireworks.

Massed battlecruisers: With their extremely powerful ground and air attacks they can dominate the scene almost without mishap. The 75 energy Yamato Gun will also utterly destroy cats.
-Counter: Just like starcraft: Psi storm and devourer/scourge. But if mice can get battlecruisers... again, it's your fault.

Maelstrom/Stasis Nuke: By freezing the cat and timing the nuke you can destroy the cat with two nuclear missiles.
-Counter: ...allowing mice to get nukes or constant maelstrom is disgraceful.

Arbiter abuse: By abusing stasis and recall the cat can never kill the mouse.
-Counter: EMP, scourge, devourer, etc. Arbiters die pretty easily.

COMMON MISTAKES:
-Massing photon cannons: Photon cannons only do 30 damage. Cat upgrades catch up fast, and they only really deter the cat early game. Late-game cats with huge carapace will not care about 0.5 damage.

-Turtling and getting 0 offensive units: Okay mice, if you don't kill the cat YOU CANNOT WIN THE GAME. Buy some offensive units.

-Putting splash damage units near the wall: Oh god.

-Relying on the shuttle to save you from the cat: Shuttles are not bulletproof, and there are many ways to kill them. It only makes you safe from the ultralisk but

-Not purchasing the comsat: Intel is super important in C&M. Not buying it mid-game is just asking to be killed.

-Camping inside the dark green grass patches: Every second you camp the cat gains minerals, and every second you camp you are not mining.

-Not upgrading shields: ...

-Building 50 nexus to slow down the cat: Don't feed the trollscats.

-Buying 9000 SCVs: You can't win just on econ...

-Not using half of your tech tree: You can't consistently win the game on only one tech tree. It's important to use most of the units that the game can give you.

-Going AFK after walling in with 1 fleet beacon: There is no perfect wall against the cat. We can always get in.

-Delaying tactics by constantly running away and keeping the cat in 1 position: Cat can mine, so delaying does not hurt the cat too much. It may help if your teammates are on 6 geysers full of SCVs and pumping BCs/wraiths/goons, but if everyone does it... the cat will win in the end.

That's absolutely right... in my map I always own noobs and they just don't assume they got pwn'd by their fault.

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(It's like testbug going "hey take a look at my super special awesome map instead" XD)

But really, it's no big deal, I was joking.