Hey Kids, Are You Ready for StarCraftKart?

[oppp7]

Would be MUCH more impressive if it wasn't for the fact blizzard made a Warcraft III Mario Kart on Frozen Throne.

Yeah, my thoughts exactly. Still, I have full faith the galaxy editor can do much more than the Warcraft 3 World editor could, but this hasn't shown us anything War3 didn't do already.

Edit: Go Thor, you can do it!!!

I haven't tried Starcraft 2 yet, but if the editors are as good as Warcraft 3's then I'd say this kind of thing will become commonplace.

I'm not that great with editors (heck I'm struggling immensely right now) but I can safely say that the Starcraft 2 Editor is better than the Warcraft 3 editor. I can tell that there are more/better options all over the place. To use a simple example, weapons are now separate from a character, which grants you a million more possibilities over WC3's editor.

Plus, you can convert Legacy maps, which means Starcraft + expansion and Warcraft 3 + expansion maps can be converted into SC2 maps. Right now this is buggy though, understandably.

Don't forget that this isn't even the final version of the SC2 editor. Like the game, it's in beta form and people are still rocking with it. Like Blizzard's previous RTS games, SC2 is set to take the world by storm, whether you like playing the campaign, competitive multiplayer, or custom maps/mods.

whoa wait did they patch the beta with the editor or do you need to get it separate?

It was patched in. You will receive the editor in your SC2 folder when you patch up. It is launched separately by navigating to this folder and opening the SC2 editor.

Are there heroes for it? I want to play futuristic DotA.

 

[YurdleTheTurtle]

Are there heroes for it? I want to play futuristic DotA.

We're guaranteed to see AoS style games (AoS stands for Aeon of Strife, which was actually the original "DotA" game and was made in the original Starcraft).

I believe someone already posted tutorials for making inventory and hero systems. I've already spotted experience levels and all that in the editor too.

Seriously, don't worry. Every kind of genre of a video game can probably be made through the SC2 editor. It's more complicated than previous Blizzard editors, but it's also more powerful.

As for newbies like me...Well, we get to struggle with the editor wondering "WHY IS IT SO HARD TO LEARN!?!?!". My ultimate goal is to make a challenge mode map similar to the Challenge Modes Blizzard plans for full retail SC2 (The challenges that allow inexperienced players to train for multiplayer, or veterans to practice). But it's so effing hard to learn the editor, I'm making little progress. Still, it's cool stuff.

 

[Irridium]

I'm waiting for them to release a map editor for BC2 for this very reason.

What? Are you telling me that C4, quadbikes and a racetrack doesn't sound totally freakin' awesome to you?

Helicopter jousting.

That is all.

OT: Man I love modders. Always a hotbed for creativity. And some more disturbing things, but lets ignore that.

 

[dex-dex]

this is just like wacky racers i use to watch as a kid aw awesome and dick dasterly! always trying to cheat!

 

[The Rogue Wolf]

When the race started, I was hoping for an, "and there they go, on the way-out Wacky Races!"

...I'm not sure the Internet could contain so much awesome concentrated into a single point.

I'd love to see it try anyway.

 

[tzimize]

I'm just wondering one thing...

"Why?"

Because. It's. Awesome. Or because. They. Can.

Both answers work pretty well. I'm pretty interested in the Third Person Shooter too, now. I never got my Starcraft : Ghost, dammit!

Holy shit yeah! Oh my! Here's to hoping some enterprizing fan makes a fantastic Starcraft: Ghost! Or that blizzard finally gets around to doing it with the mountain of gold they have amassed from WoW.

 

[Mr. Mike]

hehe, the creativity of some people will never seize to amaze me.

Nice work!

I can see this becoming a massive time sink for me. I never actually played the real WC3 online. I sunk my countless hours (well into the hundreds) into the custom games and never looked back. Honestly, I'm tempted to pick up SC2 for these custom games alone.

 

[Volafortis]

Well, I'm assuming they didn't change the architecture *too* much from Warcraft 3 (there are definitely changes, but I've no doubt that there are many similarities), and they already had Azeroth Grand Prix in WC3 to build off of. Not surprised in the slightest, and I've no doubt that far more drastic things will be done with the map editor.

 

[chozo_hybrid]

This has officially sold me on the game. Make it happen, Blizzard!

Just curious, but it took a Kart game to officially sell you on an RTS?

 

[Jaebird]

This has officially sold me on the game. Make it happen, Blizzard!

Just curious, but it took a Kart game to officially sell you on an RTS?

No. It was sarcasm that sold me the RTS. Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm off to ride the unicorn to Super-Extreme-Awesome-Happy-Rainbow Land in Dimension XY3.

 

[chozo_hybrid]

This has officially sold me on the game. Make it happen, Blizzard!

Just curious, but it took a Kart game to officially sell you on an RTS?

No. It was sarcasm that sold me the RTS. Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm off to ride the unicorn to Super-Extreme-Awesome-Happy-Rainbow Land in Dimension XY3.

I couldn't tell if that was sarcasm ^^; It can be a little harder on the net.

 

[Jaebird]

This has officially sold me on the game. Make it happen, Blizzard!

Just curious, but it took a Kart game to officially sell you on an RTS?

No. It was sarcasm that sold me the RTS. Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm off to ride the unicorn to Super-Extreme-Awesome-Happy-Rainbow Land in Dimension XY3.

I couldn't tell if that was sarcasm ^^; It can be a little harder on the net.

No worries. I didn't quite make it witty enough to come off as sarcastic.

 

[PurpleSky]

There was this map in warcraft 3 where you played in the same manner as Battlefield games,you had a soldier(not first person),could stay like that or go inside vehicles,including air and fight the other team.

Can't wait to see what rpg maps will be made,sc2 will need items though.

 

[James Raynor]

Sadly the ultralisk would just slice anyone who would pass him.

Love how so many people are remaking lots of maps from Wc3 into SC2. I'm remaking Vampirism.

Give it a zerg theme?

 

[microhive]

Sadly the ultralisk would just slice anyone who would pass him.

Love how so many people are remaking lots of maps from Wc3 into SC2. I'm remaking Vampirism.

Give it a zerg theme?

Am doing that.

 

[Joe Matsuda]

I like the big slow guy...

too bad he kinda lost...

a lot...

 

[blankedboy]

Epic win! That looks epic
Next step is to make it like the Death Race custom map from SC1.
Man, I want SC2.

 

[Scumpernickle]

This is better than the time people figured out how to stack missile launchers in tower defense for SC:1!

 

[Sevre]

Can't wait for the Gundam themed maps!