SC2Mapster

Well, I have always like the ideas of playing as a Dark Templar.

Soo yeah, I'd say go for it.

@ksnumedia: Go

The video you posted is not working.

Also, you say that The Forgotten Ones is complete, but do you plan on making any changes / fixing anything that myself or others mentioned? I feel like the campaign is off to a pretty good start, but definitely needs to be polished. For example, things like 3 of the Starport units having the same hotkey to build and the sharing resources bug that I mentioned in M2. Just by fixing some of these minor things can make your campaigns more enjoyable and accessible.

You have all these plans for campaigns, but I really feel like you need to spend more time on each one. I'm not saying that you need 5 years worth of work that shows in SOTX, but why not spend a little more time polishing some of these maps before moving onto the next one.

I'm really just trying to be helpful. Also, in response to your poll question, don't worry yourself about if people look forward to a Nerazim campaign. As long as you are passionate about something, spend the time making a fun to play campaign, and promote it well, people will play.

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Well put. If you're making maps and not trying to make them playable/intuitive/fun for the community (ie, just for yourself) then TFO is done whenever you say it is. But if you really want to impress people with an exceptional campaign that people love to play - which seems like your goal because you'r polling us right now in order to make a popular set of maps - then I think you're jumping the gun.

It's incredibly easy to get stuck in "idea lock." We've all been playing vidya games for probably our entire lives. Novel gameplay mechanics and cool storylines are easy to dream up. But the slog of getting it absolutely right, and making your mechanics easy, your actor events well-timed and your dialog flow is what separates the "Did anyone even bother to play test this?" maps from the "I would pay good money for this." maps.

@ksnumedia: Go

The video works now. Looks like TheUltragon fixed it. Before it was just a white image.

Glad to hear that you are still working on updates for TFO and that you are proud of what you've made for this new campaign. But my question is why release stuff that you say is "filled with crap in every direction"? How do you expect others to enjoy your work if this is indicative of what you feel about the stuff you create? You have talent, you just need to focus it, be proud of your work, and stand behind it. Looks like you are off to the right start with your Nerazim campaign.

@ksnumedia: Go

Don't worry man. That's how most people start out with stuff like this. My first like 50 maps were failed attempts that weren't worth playing, but with each map I got better and better. All of it was practice and learning which has come in handy for Discord which is likely the first thing I've made which was good. Basically, don't get discouraged if your first dozen or two dozen maps aren't very good. With time and effort they will get better. :)

@deltronLive: Go

Unfortunately, a lot of people are never happy with their creations. Even now I sometimes think that my maps are terrible and I need to work really hard to make them decent. Obviously that's not true, a lot of people really like my maps and think they're good. His maps are definitely rough around the edges but I think with a little bit of work they could be great. Our friend here just needs to learn how to polish up his maps better, and that will come with time.

@ksnumedia: Go

Definitely. With the editor you will mostly learn by doing. tutorials can help, but in the end, the more you do the better you will become. Eventually, you get familiar with the editor and avoid problems like units without actors or upgrades which don't disappear after being researched. Also level design and game feel has always been the kind of thing you don't really teach so much as grow into.

Anyway, I wish you good luck with your campaign. I'm excited to see how it goes. :D

@Baelethal: Go

I agree with you that he needs to polish his maps. That's why I was asking if he was completely done with TFO or if he was planning to continue working on those 3 maps. Because with some work, those maps could be very fun to play.

Hey ksnumedia, if you have the time I'd suggest to try and play other people map. See how they do their terraining. enemy positioning , triggers etc.

You can learn alot by just playing them and maybe even get fresh ideas on how to do your map.

I agree with Baelethal , if their is one thing I've learn about the editor is the longer you spent time with it the better mapper you'd be.

So you really need not to worry, you'd get better in time.

Anyway, goodluck and have fun with your map making. Hope to see more from you soon.

@ksnumedia: Go

It's funny that the hold out mission near the end is only hard whereas the mission right before it is supposed to be significantly harder.

Why not just stick to one difficulty or let players choose? Bouncing all over the board throughout the campaign seems like it will be frustrating for players.

With that logic, it should be really easy then.

Something like completing a mission like Death from Above in the HoTS campaign in six minutes because the solution to the "puzzle" was to ignore most of the enemies and just head straight to the objective with Kerrigan. Or Devil's Playground in WoL where the "solution" isn't to mine anything but to collect all the mineral pallets on the map so you finish in eight or so minutes. Or Amon's Reach where the "solution" is to ignore all the enemies and run your DTs straight to the objective and finish in less than four minutes.

The problem I see is that, most of the time, "puzzle" missions like what you are describing are just that way so your players can't play in a certain way. It sort of locks people out of possible strategies they may have otherwise tried. Granted, not many people would use strategies like what I just mentioned so I guess I'm the only one who dislikes that kind of design.