chopperpope
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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!
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!