Minigame Critter Race

[prismpirate]

Critter Race


Last Update: 1st August 2009 9pm
A 12 players, free for all, quick race to the end. Kill other critters or hinder them in your bid to kill the Ancient Protector at the end. Designed to provide some laughter filled moments of craziness.​

Instructions:​

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Choose your desired critter model
Wait for the game to start
Use your spells to help you win the race

Time Taken: 1 minute
Repeat- You can unlock better critters and upgrades if you play often
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Features
Included in this map are

1. 40 Destructive Spells
2. Dynamic Terrain
3. Crazy Weather System
4. Save/Load Code that allows you to continue from your last game
5. Powerup System (Coming)
6. More Race Tracks (Coming)
7. Different Game Modes (Coming)

Change log

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++ Changelog
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1st August (Late @ Night Bug Fix Version)
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##Balance Changes:##
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*Tornados during the weather Wind now last for 10 seconds only.
*Reset Round Countdown increased from 5 to 10, allows more mayhem

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##Bug Fixes:##
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*Fixed a fatal error regarding nether ward.
*Fixed a serious flaw in the multiboard system. Now works correctly, but looks ugly.
*Fixed countdown going into negative
*Change Owner of Novice Tavern to Neutral Passive

1st August (Night)
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##Features:##
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*Introduced and reorganized many critters[1]
*Introduced powerup system. Runes now appear throughout the map.[2]

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##Balance Changes:##
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*Nerfed Windwalk. Does not give invisibility or damage but still gives 0 collision.
*Minimize is now 8 seconds, down from 15 seconds. Now turns critters into turtles
*Each Serpernt Ward now deal 10 damage instead of 23 previously
*Nerfed Volcano's ability to stun-lock a single critter for a long period of time
*Reduced Heat Seeking Missle's Mana Cost, Cooldown & Damage.
*Reduced Knockback on Forceblast by 500. Total knockback is now 500.

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##Bug Fixes:##
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*Fixed problems with multiboard
*Hopefully fixed problems with score not registering.
*Rewrote several GUI Triggers in vJass
*Fixed Several tooltips that were wrong
*Fixed Heat Seeking Missle not working properly
*Fixed Draw Detection
*Tornado has been removed for the time being due to fatal errors, finding fix ASAP.

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##Details###
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[1]Added an extra tavern.

Basic Tavern now stocks Sheep, Pig, Fel Boar, Dog, Raccoon, Rabbit, Rat, Seal, Frog, Skink, Crab and Dune Worm for free.

Novice Tavern now stocks Penguin, Chicken, Snow Owl and Sea Gull for 10 rank, Scout, Avatar of Vengeance, Bear and Autumn Tree for 20 rank.

[2]Runes appear once every 10 seconds around the map. Runes include:

Haste: Increases movement speed by 200% for 5 seconds
Invisibility: Turns the critter Invisible for 10 seconds.
Dizzy: Makes everyone's camera sway for 10 seconds.
Instant Heal: Heals 200 hp instantly
Mana Restoration: Heals 200 mana instantly
Regeneration: Heals 50 mana and hp per second for 10 seconds. Dispels on Attack.
Slow: Slows all critters on the map for 5 seconds.

Progress
The map is almost done, but there are still a few things I need to iron out.

1. Balancing- Fixed many bugs, hope they're eliminated. People please try them and comment.
2. Weather- Done, need suggestions on more weathers.
3. Critters - Again, too lazy to add more critters. Will do so by today
4. Powerups, Different Race Courses and Game Modes- Coming soon

Screenshots

Christmas Presents!

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Eruption

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Rushing Through The Snow

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Mayhem

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Recruiting:

• JASSer: Optimizing triggers and help coding spells.
• Terrainer: Although terrain is dynamically generated in my map, future race tracks will have fixed terrain, meaning it has to be well terrained.
• Beta Testers: People to report bugs and comment on any flaws of the map.
• Artist: I need a loading & Preview Screen

 

[Jun]

Suggestion (A little advanced, but you can just ignore this.)

How about you make a trigger text :

The weather seems to have gotten windy...

It should be a little more harder to win...

Then make a buff on the critters making them slow down, and change the weather condition to rainy or something.

 

[Zack1996]

Totally entertaining and funny xD The spells are so cool and fun
Would be cool if you removed/fixed Life Drain, is useless from what I know (doesn't even drain life). And Volcano can pretty much stun-lock the enemies 0_o

 

[prismpirate]

I will fix the two. Its hard keeping track of spells. What do you mean by changing weather to rainy?

Update: I'm learning how to use Structs and Timers at the moment to fix some MUI bugs, so the update will be later tonight.

Update 2: Its not 24 hours yet, so I'm posting here again. Released a new map update, working towards powerups and more critters by tomorrow. People please download and comment. Games last ~ 1 min.

 

[prismpirate]

If you downloaded the map please comment.

Big update to map, received positive response when hosting it. Will try to get screenshots, although I got lost in the fun.

In short, I added more critters, balanced a few spells, improved trigger efficiency and added a powerup system. Will be polishing for the next few versions. Screenshots will be uploaded shortly.

Changelog:

Spoiler

Critter Race Beta: 1st August (Night)
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Features:
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*Introduced and reorganized many critters[1]
*Introduced powerup system. Runes now appear throughout the map.[2]

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Balance Changes:
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*Nerfed Windwalk. Does not give invisibility, but still gives collision and damage.
*Minimize is now 8 seconds, down from 15 seconds. Now turns critters into turtles
*Each Serpernt Ward now deal 10 damage instead of 23 previously
*Nerfed Volcano's ability to stun-lock a single critter for a long period of time
*Reduced Heat Seeking Missle's Mana Cost, Cooldown & Damage.
*Reduced Knockback on Forceblast by 500. Total knockback is now 500.

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Bug Fixes:
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*Fixed problems with multiboard
*Hopefully fixed problems with score not registering.
*Rewrote several GUI Triggers in vJass
*Fixed Several tooltips that were wrong
*Fixed Heat Seeking Missle not working properly
*Fixed Draw Detection
*Tornado has been removed for the time being due to fatal errors, finding fix ASAP.
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Details
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[1]Added an extra tavern.

Basic Tavern now stocks Sheep, Pig, Fel Boar, Dog, Raccoon, Rabbit, Rat, Seal, Frog, Skink, Crab and Dune Worm for free.

Novice Tavern now stocks Penguin, Chicken, Snow Owl and Sea Gull for 10 rank, Scout, Avatar of Vengeance, Bear and Autumn Tree for 20 rank.

[2]Runes appear once every 10 seconds around the map. Runes include:

Haste: Increases movement speed by 200% for 5 seconds
Invisibility: Turns the critter Invisible for 10 seconds.
Dizzy: Makes everyone's camera sway for 10 seconds.
Instant Heal: Heals 200 hp instantly
Mana Restoration: Heals 200 mana instantly
Regeneration: Heals 50 mana and hp per second for 10 seconds. Dispels on Attack.
Slow: Slows all critters on the map for 5 seconds.

 

[LurkerAspect]

I did download the map, but it doesn't appear in my maps list. What version is it made with?

 

[prismpirate]

I use JassNewGen. If you're referring to the map version, its still in Beta so I'm not putting version numbers. Strange, I just played the map. Uploaded a new version. See if it works now.

 

[LurkerAspect]

Oh, never mind. Haha, very entertaining game! I find it really frustrating to get in front of the other racers.

Overall, I think this is a great minirace, although I think some abilities might be a bit overpowered (like restart), and the combat is frustratingly slow, although the racing part of it is great.

 

[prismpirate]

I NEED A LOADING & PREVIEW SCREEN

Hmm, compared to other damaging skills, restart is underpowered. Killing critters gains you 1 score as well, and some AOE spells are overpowered. I acknowledge that skills such as meteor strike own, will have to look into that.

What do you mean by combat? Hitting people with normal attacks wasn't intended, at least not now. Its only to finish off that critter with 10 hp =).
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Late Night Update:

Several Bug fixes. Read change log for more info.
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To those who Vote Down, at least comment so I can fix?