Tutorial Cool spells

[chopperpope]

I'm goiing to teach how to create good spells, that are FUNNY, and at same time good.
I'll give examples and will give opinions about how do a spell can be created.

1st example
fire breath
first steps:
1- created a dummy unit called fire breath user with: locust, and put all animation times of this unit to ZERO!.
2- create a spell called, dummy breath, using shockwave as base. (putm mana cost to zero, and anymation to a fire one)
3 - create a HERO spell called fire breath, using shockwave as base,(put targets allowed to NONE! put no animation)

explanation: put this on hero spell.
call a strong inner fire to burn enemies in your front spawning one breath every second during some seconds.


the trigger

event - a unit starts the effect of an ability
condiction - ability beeing cast equal to fire breath.
action - set BFuser = triggerinjg unit.
- turn (Xtrigger) on.
- wait ((level of ability (fire breath) for (triggering unit)) x 5) seconds.
- turn (Xtrigger) off.

Xtrigger
event - every 1 second.
condiction - BFuser is alive
action - create 1 fire breath user for (owner of (triggering unit)) at (position of (triggering unit)).
- order (last created unit) to shockwave at (position of (BFuser)) ofset 100 facing (BFuser's facing angle).
- set 2 seconds expiration time for last created unit.





THE END

that was a cooll spell because of:
1 - special effects.
2 - its not channeling but have periodic events.
3 - its good for killing targets when following them.

BUT, THERE ARE MANY OTHER WAYS OF CRETING FUNNY SPELLS.

so, what players like on FUNNY SPELLS?
in my opinion:
1 - fast cooldown.
2 - special effects.
3 - long duration spells.
4 - SPAMMING THINgs.

"OMG! to create a funny spell I'll need a lot of knowlege about triggering! but I hate triggers!"
NO, YOU'RE WRONG, funny spells don't want to be always using triggers, or complicated triggers.

I'll show two examples of FUNNY spells that are not complicated ones:

spell without trigger

first step: create a new magic using "fan of knives" as base spell.
2nd: put magic's cooldown to 1 second.
3th: put mana cost to 10.
4th: put damage to low number.
DONE: the spell isn't rigger, and can be used lots of times SPAMMING lots of knives, and special effects.

spell with easy trigger

first step: create a new spell based on "bloodlust"(the one that automatically casts on yourself)
2nd: put magic cooldown to 3.5 seconds. and effect time to 2 seconds).
3th: create thjis trigger:
event - a unit starts the effect of an ability
condiction - ability beeing cast equal to "bloodlust".
action - create special effect overhead of triggering unit using "fan of knifes animation".
- pick all units withing 300 range of triggering unit matching (owner of (matching unit)) is an enemy og (owner of triggering unit))
action - make triggering unit damage picked unit (you chose the rest)

THE END

like U have seen, funny spells don't want to be complicated or full of triggers. you just must to do what playerss want.

remember to:
1 - never create rigged spells.
2 - never create long cooldown magics.
3 - never create useless spells.




TO finish this topic i WANT TO PUT A quiz:
please, answer it:


1) what do you thing a spell must have to be FUNNY?
2) have u ever created a funny spell? if yes, show us!

 

[Flare]

1) If you're going to post 'examples' (and you should have a demo map for those as well), use proper code, not hand-written stuff.

2) Your freehand code leaks...

3) What exactly is this supposed to be? If it's meant to be a tutorial, it really shouldn't be so sloppy looking

that was a cooll spell because of:
1 - special effects.
2 - its not channeling but have periodic events.
3 - its good for killing targets when following them.

1) [SARCASM]Wow, whoop-dee-doo, nobody has ever seen special effects before, how original and cool[/SARCASM]
2) Same as above, just change special effects with periodic events
3) That doesn't really make the spell 'cool' - may make it useful, but useful and cool aren't the same thing (maybe if the shockwaves chased down a nearby target, then it'd be pretty cool )

EDIT: Damn, [SARCASM] tags aren't working

 

[dannyboydude]

LOL sarcasm tags , id thought i herd everthing but now youve made my day flare , i dont exactly find this as a good tut to help people into making good spells .

Offtopic : My comp broken.... [ at library ] i wish i could help ...

Oh well farewell people.:thup:

 

[Kazuga]

First of, fix the grammar... Such as a capital letter in the beginning of a sentence. Also there are a lot of misspellings.

never create long cooldown magics.

Long cooldown fits some spells. It depends on what it does. For example, in one of the Footman maps there is an ultimate that instantly kills it's target, even heroes. But this at the cost of all the casters life (the health is set to 1%), and a very long cooldown.

 

[shinami]

Now why do people think that what they know ( when they obviously know not much,, emm.. well... near nothing ), other people will need it ? I learned that kind of stuff you just wrote here on my own withuot reading any damn tuts.

Also @flare's sarcasm.

Absolutely right... Cool spells cus it uses special effects! W00t?!?! Wtf? I mean even normal blizz created spells have special effects <_<

"OMG! to create a funny spell I'll need a lot of knowlege about triggering! but I hate triggers!"
NO, YOU'RE WRONG, funny spells don't want to be always using triggers, or complicated triggers.

Depends, if your trying to create a STUPIDLY funny spell, then your right.

Example of a stupidly funny spell would be : W00t pew pew i'mah shootin mah lazerz.

Kills everyone on the damn map.

If you want an interesting spell, which in my opinion would be fun to use, then you'll have to have a bucket full of triggers.

Also OMFG LOL @ THIS

funny spells don't want to be always using triggers

?!?!?!? Spells can actually want to be triggered or not?

Lets try it out.

10 minutes later.

Woa. I asked a storm bolt did he want to be triggered. And he said YES! Well since i don't want to be rude i'll trigger him.

 

[Jagan]

so, what players like on FUNNY SPELLS?
in my opinion:
1 - fast cooldown.
2 - special effects.
3 - long duration spells.
4 - SPAMMING THINgs.

1 It really depends on the spell and its use.
4 While it is true to some extent, I don't think I'd enjoy having my screen clogged up with so much eyecandy I can barely see anything else, let alone play the game.

remember to:
1 - never create rigged spells.
2 - never create long cooldown magics.
3 - never create useless spells.

2 *Agrees with Kazuga*
3 A spell one finds useless could actually be cool and useful to another. It's all a matter of preference, really.

 

[Man-o-Bomb]

Some time ago, i created this really cool treant spell called ''Regrow''.

The range was globall and the cooldown long.

It basicly summoned a new treant at target point, created 2 special effects Entangling Roots at casters position and target position. Then the new treant grows from 1% size to 100% and the other from 100% to 1% (and then it gets removed.

Very cool teleporting spell.

 

[chopperpope]

I like ur idea

 

[free_killing]

I like ur idea

Well , if you really do, why dont post the demo map?

And I know this thread is old

 

[Viikuna]

Long cd spell is cool, if same Hero has some spell with low cooldown. I myself like spells that take some aiming and can be spammed, so it doesnt hurt too much if you miss your enemy.

 

[Psiblade94122]

you have ONE example, why use 1st example?

Also, about your only example, It leaks like a bitch and its single instance too, if another unit uses that skill during the time your useing that skill, then youll stop useing that skill because you only give room for one user
The leak in question is a point leak that happens every second because of the unit creation trigger

in the spell making process, your opinons dont matter, the guy whos reading this unorganized peice is in charge of his or her own map, he or she can choose to do whatever he or she wants of his or her map.

really, if your gona submit something in this section, please include screenshots and or code tags. Not just blobs of text and your opinons, a tutorial is suppost to help the reader make something, not to convince the reader to belive in your ideals

 

[Ryuu]

If you want to create a tutorial, post with a proper headline.

Cool Spells​

The headline must make users interested, and must relate to your topic. You mentioned funny spells, but not cool spells.

Making Funny Spells​

that was a cooll spell because of:
1 - special effects.
2 - its not channeling but have periodic events.
3 - its good for killing targets when following them.

BUT, THERE ARE MANY OTHER WAYS OF CRETING FUNNY SPELLS.

You're funny. First you said "that was a cool spell". Then you suddenly mentioned "BUT, THERE ARE MANY OTHER WAYS OF CRETING FUNNY SPELLS."

Makes no sense, does it? First you said cool, then you said funny. You also have a lot of spelling errors, like cool (you spelled it as cooll), creating (you spelled it as creting)
I fixed them up for you:

That was a funny spell because of:
1 - special effects.
2 - its not channeling but have periodic events.
3 - its good for killing targets when following them.

But, there are many other ways of creating funny spells! Let's take a look at some of them

Also try not to use too many capital words. I know it's good for attracting attention, but too much is an eyesore.

Lastly, I want to add that you really need to improve on your English. What are you taught in your school days?

The first letter in every sentence must be a capital letter.

You must check your spelling, grammar and vocabulary in every assignment/test.

If you fail to do what I told you to do, you will result in a penalty.

Please apply simple English rules. Before you can post anything in legitimate English, you need to apply simple English rules.

It's nothing wrong to do something wrong. But the good thing about the Forums are, you are able to edit your posts. If you really want it to get approved or at least get it be read by someone, please make the following changes above.

It's human nature to ignore criticisms, as like what you're doing for the criticisms above me. But you can change that attitude. Because when we are criticising (criticizing for non-British English) you, we meant well.

If you ignore us, you're ignoring the good.