Speaking of change of plans. Does anybody remember blizzard warcraft 3 pre-release version? See screenshots [1][2]
That was entirely different gameplay, with more RPG and less strategy. I remember how I read about it in some magazine and was greatly excited. When it came out, I liked it even more than I expected, that was one kick-ass game.
And then I found World Editor. Needless to say, I was stunned, I spent all my free time playing with JASS (wc3 scripting language), and that was very probably a deciding factor in me becoming a programmer. Hell, even now, I think I could make a decent map if paired with a good landscape designer/storymaker. I haven't finished many maps and projects in my time but the process of creation/programming was so incredibly enjoyable, that end result didn't even matter.
I wonder if there are any other world editors on HN.
I am just sad that they scrapped the RPG / adventure game they were making with Thrall as the main characer. It seems a lot of his storyline took place behind the scenes somewhere between Warcraft 3 and World of Warcraft. But again, an adventure might have failed spectacularly with no prior experience and the genre in general losing popularity.
There have been videos of leaked Warcraft Adventures game walkthrough published relatively recently, if you are talking about it. I reckon that the guy who published this refused to give/sell his copy of the leaked beta.
Blizzard definitely struggled with what they were trying to accomplish in attempting to create genre-busting character-centric RTS.
WC3's a great game, but the released product seems to be a backtracking from what they were trying to accomplish. DotA strikes me as having gameplay closer to what Blizzard was striving to create.
That was entirely different gameplay, with more RPG and less strategy. I remember how I read about it in some magazine and was greatly excited. When it came out, I liked it even more than I expected, that was one kick-ass game.
And then I found World Editor. Needless to say, I was stunned, I spent all my free time playing with JASS (wc3 scripting language), and that was very probably a deciding factor in me becoming a programmer. Hell, even now, I think I could make a decent map if paired with a good landscape designer/storymaker. I haven't finished many maps and projects in my time but the process of creation/programming was so incredibly enjoyable, that end result didn't even matter.
I wonder if there are any other world editors on HN.
[1] http://www.scrollsoflore.com/gallery/displayimage.php?album=...
[2] http://www.scrollsoflore.com/gallery/albums/war3_prerelease/... also click arrows on the page, there is more.