2013-04-12, 17:56:04
Hm, I guess I'm a really bad person for necroing this over a year old thread....
Anyway, with the release of HotS there seem to be more people actively playing SC2 again. Plus, not too many maps for HotS have been released and there should be some more useful content by way of models, effects, etc.
Now to my point: I think if BT for SC2 is ever going to be picked up and developed again, it is to a key time like an add-on release. I have no clue about the editor whatsoever, but it's not like you couldn't learn stuff (and then there's help forums as well, like sc2mapster etc.)
If we get a crew of maybe 3-4 people, things might start rolling again. I am by no means going to be a main/lead developer, I simply lack the in-depth knowledge of the editor, but I would gladly help out with some more basic (and repetetive) unit, item and trigger creation.
There is a spin-off map on the arcade, Desert Tankballte Beta which is being updated frequently, but IMHO differs too greatly from the original BT.
So, if anyone still cares and thinks he/she has time to devote to this map, I would gladly join a dev team. I will not even consider starting to work on this on my own, I know I'd never even get close to a releaseable pre-alpha state alone, but with three or more people involved (each specializing in one aspect maybe, so we don't get into each others' way) BT might finally make it into SC2.
I am writing this because I found the arcade has some really intresting maps around, like complete remakes of Dungeon Keeper and stuff, but (in my eyes) no map that really hooked me or had a lot of replay value (compared to wc3 BT). I was about to work out a map idea and thought, why not give a BT clone a shot, and why not take a look at the official forums first. If no one cares or wants to join after all that time, I'll just play around with some other stuff in the editor.
Anyway, with the release of HotS there seem to be more people actively playing SC2 again. Plus, not too many maps for HotS have been released and there should be some more useful content by way of models, effects, etc.
Now to my point: I think if BT for SC2 is ever going to be picked up and developed again, it is to a key time like an add-on release. I have no clue about the editor whatsoever, but it's not like you couldn't learn stuff (and then there's help forums as well, like sc2mapster etc.)
If we get a crew of maybe 3-4 people, things might start rolling again. I am by no means going to be a main/lead developer, I simply lack the in-depth knowledge of the editor, but I would gladly help out with some more basic (and repetetive) unit, item and trigger creation.
There is a spin-off map on the arcade, Desert Tankballte Beta which is being updated frequently, but IMHO differs too greatly from the original BT.
So, if anyone still cares and thinks he/she has time to devote to this map, I would gladly join a dev team. I will not even consider starting to work on this on my own, I know I'd never even get close to a releaseable pre-alpha state alone, but with three or more people involved (each specializing in one aspect maybe, so we don't get into each others' way) BT might finally make it into SC2.
I am writing this because I found the arcade has some really intresting maps around, like complete remakes of Dungeon Keeper and stuff, but (in my eyes) no map that really hooked me or had a lot of replay value (compared to wc3 BT). I was about to work out a map idea and thought, why not give a BT clone a shot, and why not take a look at the official forums first. If no one cares or wants to join after all that time, I'll just play around with some other stuff in the editor.