Warbell - private playtest #2 (new pics added)

[McNite]

Hey guys,

after the tons of feedback and inspiration we got from the last playtest Kach and me incorporated quite some ideas (and still have a huge todo-list). Now its time for the 2nd playtest. Here are the facts:

Second Playtest of Warbell[/color]

day: Saturday 25th of Feb
time: 4pm Texas/Winnipeg-time / 5pm NY-time / 10pm UK-time / 11pm Stockholm/Hamburg-time
server: ]UBC[ |TheRiver| 9maps
IP: 194.105.135.3:27960
pw: ask McNite on saturday
playtesters: all clanmembers and others that are interested

The map will STILL NOT be finished by then, and look odd in several places. Main testing is about gameplay.

Major changes from maptest #1:
a) the caves of the first stage got more space and a 2nd route to the breakable wall
b) several roofs in the Monastery got slippery surface now
c) 2nd exit from the tunnels in 2nd stage which is more covered
d) a teamdoor in the Guardhouse
e) Allied spawn in Monastery changed to make spawncamping not that easy
f) its obvious now which spot to jump on as the last objective

some inofficial screenies:

The main entrance hall of the Monastery:


Entrance to the caves of the first stage


View in the caves of the first stage from the breakable wall

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This time, I will be there to

[McNite]

Here comes Der'Saidin's feedback (for some strange reason he couldn't connect to the forum:

my feedback
its looking good
I think you should try to make it faster
the wall to teh scret room should be satchelable
the side gate should be satchelable
the crypt gate should be satchelable
if possible, remove a couple of rooms in the monestry where you can get lost
I'd say make the roof slippery in more places
and with the allied spawn (in the monastery) the doorway is kind of annoying
sometimes you want to go strait out but fall down the stairs
everyone has spawn protect there
what would happen is they'ed have spawn protect behind the wall, then when they go out slowly they'd lose it
then they'd get panzared
if theres no wall they could kill the panza/spread out more

McNite sagt:
what about first stage?

Der'Saidin sagt:
yeah, not bad
I cant think of any specific improvements
except make the secret room wall satchelable
McNite sagt:
its more diff to defend than supply2
Der'Saidin sagt:
I think supply is much easier to defend, because its smaller (...)
and I think axis shouldnt be able to destroy the bell

[dersaidin]

Hey, reason I couldnt get on forum before is my ISP was having DNS problems... I fixed mine :>

But yeah, what I already said.

[McNite]

As Kach and me started again on this... here are some new screenies of the changes. Its mainly making the environment and the caves look real and good.
On the last pic you get an impression of how the area in front of the main gate building will look like, its in heavy development.

We also need some ideas for what to put into the caves for decoration... some kind of "interior"... so if you have an idea, plz post it.















I also announced the making of Warbell at SD forums

[dersaidin]

Saw the pics on SD, latest version is looking good.

Could you mail it (or a link) to me, I'd like to see if you've made any changes to the objectives.

[McNite]

Hi Ders,

no we haven't so far. Only new thing with regard to gameplay is a 2nd exit for Axis from the flag room (highest level in the Guardhouse), so they don't all need to go out through the hidden room with the docs.

Since I wasn't able to come up with a real good idea for improving the Abbey buildings while maintaining the ideas on the objectives, we decided to finish everything, have more playtests and hope for either the result that the Abbey is playable enough or for enlightenment during one of the playtests ;D

Btw do you know the dotproduct2-technique?

[schlauch]

looks quite promising! - I'll keep myself updated when you do the next map test

[McNite]

Next maptest is coming soon...