SC2Mapster

Patch 13 - Map Publishing

Zarhym from Blizzard just updated the patch thread with the Patch 13 notes. It is not yet on applied on the servers but it is going to be huge for the mapping community: Map Publishing is there! We will be updating this news when it goes live!

Quote:

• Map Publishing is now enabled: Using the map editor, you can upload your custom maps to share with the Battle.net community.
• Facebook feature is integrated: Here’s a quick way to expand your social network by seeing who among your existing Facebook friends also has a Battle.net account.
• 3v3 and 4v4 formats are now enabled.
• Numerous updates have been made to the Leagues & Ladders system:
• Removed identifier from the character naming process and added the ability to refer friends for invitation into your party or lobby.
• As with previous data wipes, magic 8 ball predicts it will coincide with the release of a patch.

Read Full Patch 13 ...

Tutorial Listing

You've been writing tutorial since the Galaxy Editor release. However the forum is not really the best way to display all of them, they get lost when they are after the page 3. This is why I've made a wiki article that lists them all. You can now easily browse the 79 tutorials made so far! Thanks for everyone who did them, that's a precious resource for map makers!

Diablo 3 UI by Tehwildcard

We've seen many people use the dialog feature to make a custom UI, this time Tehwildcard made a 100% graphical interface. He choose to reproduce the mana / life display system of Diablo and even recreated a scene from the Diablo 3 first presentation.

Assault on Planetary Boss Fortress by Bounty_98

Bounty_98 made a well made 3rd person map with atypic gameplay. You have to spawn broodlings in order to take damage and backstab units to finish them. He made a video featuring the first boss but the map contains more bosses! If you are bored this week-end this is a map to test :)