I'll have the Blizzard with a Side Source Code please!

hey guys, GREAT NEWS.


well, ive managed to throw a team together, i got 2 programmers who make a living coding C++, and an artist whos pretty damn good at sketching, and drawing on the computer.


we are going to basically make a package to send over to blizzard which will consist of drawings, ideas, and most importantly, a demo/scenario of SC1 that will hopefully demonstrate some of our concepts for SC2, with the 2D sprites in SC1.

so i was wondering,

how available is the source code for SC1 for this type of thing? should we go direct to blizzard?

any suggestions on how to go about getting out hands on something so special would be AWESOME.

btw, the ideas we are working on right now are.....



Ghosts having a HITCRIT % chance to instant kill units who cost 1 supply to build.

Tunnelling Zerglings (maybe hydras also) over a limited distance by giving them a limited bar of stamina.
Adv.Burrow aswell, (undetectable - even by detectors, but unable to tunnel while Adv.Burrow. However, they o also get a preemptive strike against ground units with Supply Cost 1 who tread unwearily above =] )

Making it so the creep Slows Down ALL non-zerg ground units.

Making it so Zerg heal 250% faster on the creep.

Giving a Zealot VS Zealot fight a chance to instant kill once the shields are removed (kinda make for a cool mechanic the Programmers thought, like a situation where your zealot has lower shields to begin with, but can win due to that hit % insta-kill

and....



Perhaps a Gambit GUI (Graphical User Interface) as well as an EMP and Irradate Nuke....

anyways.... thanks again!

the H.A.T. Crew........ (btw, H.A.T Stands for Hopefully Alpha Testing lol... last minute, we know)

 

Dude seriously, I like some of your ideas, but I hope you're not seriously considering to spend your time doing that? Blizzard will get loads of ideas and they won't do anything with it, they will not even consider using other stuf, they just stick to their own ideas.

Best bet you have is make your own mod.

 

Exactly, not only will they not take your ideas from the waves of ideas that are thrown at them, they have teams of professional game developers, producing their own waves of ideas. Also, game companies do not accept external submissions without the submissions being clearly places into the public domain, or granted to them as IP: they do not want to deal with you suing them for stealing your idea after you send it to them. In the games industry, ideas, even good ones, are a dime a dozen, so you can't expect them to really care about them. Like coalescence said: just take your ideas and make your own mod, or even your own game with them. They won't otherwise see the light of day.

About the SC1 source: I am pretty sure it's not available anywhere. The mods done to the game were done with crazy hacking abilities. Even the approved expansions were done using the limits of the campaign editor. Don't expect to be able to play with the game engine unless you know one of the groups that had already cracked it, or are willing and able to do it yourself.

 

holy crow, little pessimistic..... rationalist though, you both have been.



thanks.

 

so you guys dont even thing that they would be willing to give us like 5 minutes? just 5.... after all, ive been playing the game for like 8 years, have bought over 3 copies of both bw and original...... i dunno

i just think it would be cool to have a link to the outside world, y'know? maybe they might LOVE some of the ideas we have to share with them....

 

well if you want to do it, within the next 2-3 months is essential otherwise itl be to late lol. I would suggest going over to blizzard forums and posting some of your ideas, karune monitors the threads pretty well and im sure if you have ideas that they like they would take it on board

 

wow, you are a serious person man, im really impressed, of course take it to blizzard, but be prepared for them to turn you down, like ive kept saying develop the idea out of starcraft, and then you may end up with your own game/game company, which would be far better than blizzard using your ideas.
but still take it blizzard, get thier opinoins on your work, and i think everyone here would be happy to help with concept drawrings or small game ideas.
go for it
=)

 

You won't get the source code. period.

Hacking is still an issue with starcraft 1, if they just let random peeps from around the world view it, hacking would be a much bigger issue.

Otherwise, I recommend you go ahead and just try and program it from scratch, 2d engines are very easy to make nowadays with all the varieties of SDKs available to you. You probably still will not be able to program the network code anywhere near SC1 lvls... hell, most new games still coming out can't even compare to how well SC1 was coded network side.

And I think if you really pursue it, and work hard and get a great presentation together, blizzard might give you some time. Hell, depending on how much you wow them, they could offer you a career. Despite all that though, I think SC2 is very far into development, the drawing board (which you speak of) was completed 3 years ago. They're probably working mostly on balancing, features, campaign and smoothing the game. Additionally, if you do want to actually impress blizzard, making your demo in 3d would be a better option if you have the artists to do that. Otherwise, goodluck with your endeavour.

 

All i recon outta zerg buildings and units, and protoss unit's shields and building's shields should regenerate 2 times faster

 

thanks for all the great feedback guys...

i'll try to hit the Blizzard forums.

any suggestions on which forum they check most often?

thanks again! you have been very insightful and good.



ps. i know the source code would be a figgen chalice, but it would just be SOOOO RAAAD... lol. id be a good boy....heh heh heh.

 

Don't waste your time dude..

You should try to make a great and playable map for SC2..

THink multiplayer and replayability..

 

I think your Ideas should be a bit more unique than % to kill. I do like the creep slowing idea. Just be creative. Also, you could just ask Blizzard about job openings =P.

 

id really like to emphasize the words COULD, and ASK, lol.