March 31, 2015

Rising Tides - The Journey?

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Warcraft  |  Warcraft 3  |  RPG  |  Work in Progress
So, new blog series. Not story-related, thank God.

I've recently gotten back into Warcraft III, what's not to love! As in the past, I've gravitated towards the World Editor for making my own maps. This is where Dota started, and while I am certainly not following in Icefrog's footsteps there's no reason I can't make an RPG!

Hence the blog.

My latest project, started only yesterday, is a single-player RPG called 'Rising Tides'. It follows in the footsteps of the half-elven Augur Rogue Anya Sundancer. (Augur Rogue is a Hero class that basically combines elements of the rogue and the mage - think TA cross OD. No spoilers on the story yet, as I have only a vague idea of where it's heading, but this is going to be a long campaign over multiple maps, where we follow the lovely Anya's battles with various evil forces and dark conspiracies.

Already this thing has raised numerous challenges. The trigger editor is making my head literally hurt. The terraining is taking forever due to the det…
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