This is my RPG project, which is also a learning process for me. Through it, I've discovered I'm more of a data/terrain man than a trigger/galaxy kind of guy. Despite this, I hope you guys (and gals) can at least have a fun playthrough once it's completed. I plan on splitting it into multiple 'episodes'.
Story
Note that what I have created around Blizzard's story is not canon, nor do I claim it to be.
The game is set in the StarCraft universe, directly after the events of Wings of Liberty. If you've read about some of the lore of Heart of the Swarm, you might want to skip ahead a few lines. For those that haven't, I'll quote from the StarCraft Wiki.
Quote:
During the Invasion of Char, the zerg were recalled to Char, and were in route aboard leviathans when Kerrigan was deinfested. The broods aboard the leviathans died or scattered over the Koprulu Sector, according to Izsha.
My RPG is centered around one of these crashed leviathans, which carries a brood known as the Lurk Brood. (After my main tester and idea contributor, iLurk). During the events of the Brood War, it was assumed that all the cerebrates had been killed. In fact, several had been hiding from Kerrigan's deadly wrath on a barren moon in a star system far from any colonized worlds. Sensing Kerrigan's defeat, they mobilised their remaining forces and hijacked a leviathan that was heading back to Char. What they didn't anticipate was the frenzied attack from the leaderless Zerg still inside the gigantic flyer. The resulting fight left the leviathan wounded and crazed, and it proceeded to crash on the planet which Aftermath is set in. The cerebrates were flung from the leviathan on entry, and they landed on the peak of an active volcano. This resulted in their brood becoming molten (some fancy texture selct by id, kudos to DrSuperEvil and BorgDragon for discovering this). The cerebrates were gravely wounded, and they knew the only way they were to survive was to merge into one, creating a new Overmind.
During the Brood War, the Protoss decided they needed to create a group dedicated to destroying all the remaining cerebrates. This group, called the Khotoss, were augmented to be the best the Protoss could offer. After Kerrigan destroyed every cerebrate she could find, the Khotoss had no purpose and were used as powerful shock troopers. With the reawakening of the remaining Cerebrates, they have a new goal: to neutralise the fledgling Overmind before it can begin the Zerg nightmare all over again.
Heroes
Our heroes are Khotoss elites. You can pick at the start of the RPG whichever class you would like to be. Currently you can pick from Zealot (Tank), Dark Templar (Melee DPS) and High Templar (Caster DPS). Others may be added. While on a recon mission, a Zerg ambush took you out of the sky and you landed in a small Terran village known as Oasis Outpost. You must fight your way through the map, fighting desert critters, Seraphs and the Lurk Brood.
More will be added to this section when the heroes become finalised.
Features
All the information in this section is subject to change.
Heroes with 20 levels, 5 abilities with 4 levels each. (More will likely be added).
Inventory, equipment and loot.
Custom UI. (Still to be implemented).
Quests. (Credits to Doubotis for the QuestLine library. If this was a very serious project I might make the quests myself with dialogs, but I thought that that was a time-consuming and difficult process and there is no point if someone has already gone to the trouble of making a library for the quests and releasing it. Again, thank you Doubotis).
Boss fights which I shall endeavour to make interesting and not just tank and spank.
At the moment, it is only 2 player. I might add support for more players, although I'm not sure. Feedback would be great on this topic.
Pictures
Below are a few pictures of the incomplete terrain.
The volcano on which the cerebrates have landed.
Strive Valley, just outside Oasis Outpost. Home to lovely desert Hounds and Serpent Beasts.
A Seraph expedition on the Daggertip Strand, featuring a minor boss fight.
The Den Mother's Lair, also situated on the Daggertip Strand, is your next boss fight.
Anchorage, the main Terran city in the game.
The inhospitable Acidlands, with acid rain, acidic water and acid spewing monsters. Sensing a theme? Also has a major boss fight at the end.
Khotoss Base Camp (will probably be named). Major quest hub in the game.
The beginning of the infested leviathan crash site, the zone is still to be named.
The crashed leviathan, which is a boss fight with nice lewt.
So, what do you think? This is my first ever real project. :) Feedback much appreciated.
Aftermath: Landfall
This is my RPG project, which is also a learning process for me. Through it, I've discovered I'm more of a data/terrain man than a trigger/galaxy kind of guy. Despite this, I hope you guys (and gals) can at least have a fun playthrough once it's completed. I plan on splitting it into multiple 'episodes'.
Story
Note that what I have created around Blizzard's story is not canon, nor do I claim it to be.
The game is set in the StarCraft universe, directly after the events of Wings of Liberty. If you've read about some of the lore of Heart of the Swarm, you might want to skip ahead a few lines. For those that haven't, I'll quote from the StarCraft Wiki.
My RPG is centered around one of these crashed leviathans, which carries a brood known as the Lurk Brood. (After my main tester and idea contributor, iLurk). During the events of the Brood War, it was assumed that all the cerebrates had been killed. In fact, several had been hiding from Kerrigan's deadly wrath on a barren moon in a star system far from any colonized worlds. Sensing Kerrigan's defeat, they mobilised their remaining forces and hijacked a leviathan that was heading back to Char. What they didn't anticipate was the frenzied attack from the leaderless Zerg still inside the gigantic flyer. The resulting fight left the leviathan wounded and crazed, and it proceeded to crash on the planet which Aftermath is set in. The cerebrates were flung from the leviathan on entry, and they landed on the peak of an active volcano. This resulted in their brood becoming molten (some fancy texture selct by id, kudos to DrSuperEvil and BorgDragon for discovering this). The cerebrates were gravely wounded, and they knew the only way they were to survive was to merge into one, creating a new Overmind.
During the Brood War, the Protoss decided they needed to create a group dedicated to destroying all the remaining cerebrates. This group, called the Khotoss, were augmented to be the best the Protoss could offer. After Kerrigan destroyed every cerebrate she could find, the Khotoss had no purpose and were used as powerful shock troopers. With the reawakening of the remaining Cerebrates, they have a new goal: to neutralise the fledgling Overmind before it can begin the Zerg nightmare all over again.
Heroes
Our heroes are Khotoss elites. You can pick at the start of the RPG whichever class you would like to be. Currently you can pick from Zealot (Tank), Dark Templar (Melee DPS) and High Templar (Caster DPS). Others may be added. While on a recon mission, a Zerg ambush took you out of the sky and you landed in a small Terran village known as Oasis Outpost. You must fight your way through the map, fighting desert critters, Seraphs and the Lurk Brood.
More will be added to this section when the heroes become finalised.
Features
All the information in this section is subject to change.
Pictures
Below are a few pictures of the incomplete terrain.
The volcano on which the cerebrates have landed.
Strive Valley, just outside Oasis Outpost. Home to lovely desert Hounds and Serpent Beasts.
A Seraph expedition on the Daggertip Strand, featuring a minor boss fight.
The Den Mother's Lair, also situated on the Daggertip Strand, is your next boss fight.
Anchorage, the main Terran city in the game.
The inhospitable Acidlands, with acid rain, acidic water and acid spewing monsters. Sensing a theme? Also has a major boss fight at the end.
Khotoss Base Camp (will probably be named). Major quest hub in the game.
The beginning of the infested leviathan crash site, the zone is still to be named.
The crashed leviathan, which is a boss fight with nice lewt.
So, what do you think? This is my first ever real project. :) Feedback much appreciated.