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Galactic Federation Trooper Squad Bravo is missing; their last transmission-- a distress call from a rogue planet called Aether, located in the Dasha region.

Enter legendary bounty hunter Samus Aran. Her mission: Locate the Federation troopers and render assistance. But what begins as a search and rescue mission becomes an intense, haunting sojourn to save a species from total genocide in a world caught in the maelstrom between dimensions of light and darkness.

Light Aether is the domain of the Luminoth, gentle beings with a unique and highly developed civilization. But when a great cataclysm tore the fabric of space and time, the Ing Horde were unleashed from Dark Aether, a dimensional echo of Light Aether. Now the Luminoth are under siege. The Ing send armies into Light Aether, absorb its lands into the clutches of Dark Aether, and possess the Luminoth's warriors. Only the Luminoth's four gigantic energy generators keep the Light World from collapsing. If the Ing seize control of the generators, the Light World will be extinguished forever. Samus embarks on her mission to defeat the Ing and restore peace to Aether.

But, as Samus will soon learn, an ominous shadow lurks in the darkness, a shadow which stealthily hunts the hunter...

Features

• New Battle System: Work with various and upgradable weapons from the
  Power beam to the Annihilator Beam, using a Dropship to select and fire
  the selected weapon. (Working on typing all of this out)
  
  
• Weapons:
  • Power Beam
  • Super Missile (Expasion to Power Beam)
  • Light Beam
  • Sunburst (Expasion to Light Beam)
  • Dark Beam
  • Darkburst (Expasion to Dark Beam)
  • Annihilator Beam
  • Sonic Boom (Expasion to Annihilator Beam)
  • Missile
  • Seeker Missile (Expasion to Missile)
  • Boost Ball (Needs to find out how to put this into the map)
  • Morph Ball Bomb
  • Power Bomb
• Upgradable Stats: find Energy Tanks, Missile Expansions, Power Bomb Expansions,
  and more when traveling through the harsh world of Aether.
  
  
• Scenery Detailed to the Smallest Spot: Some the best skills terrain
  has been worked with, from legit doodads to invalid and even to tweaked units
  and placements, and even unit interaction (any unit).
  [NOTE: Might make some non-story line buildings interactive such as homes]
  [NOTE: There will be a Switch to turn ON or OFF the unit interaction, incase it gets annoying ]
  
  
• Series of 12 Maps: 6 huge new titles and concepts of Metroid!:
  • Part 1: The Essence of Light
  • Part 2: Tales of Lake Shride
  • Part 3: Wastes or Light and Echo
  • Part 4: Flooded Forest of Torvus
  • Part 5: From Santuary to Hive
  • Part 6: Nine 10ths of the Sky
  Each new map introduces new Suits, Beams, Other Weapons, and items.
  After each part, you return to the main world, setting off to your next journey.
  
  
• Shop System: Using your Overlord to unload a selected unit, activating
  the chosen action, from selecting what category of items.
  
  
• New (I think) Reply System: Sometimes, a civilian or a shop worker will ask
  a question, you can select up to 3-4 different replies! having the questioner
  reply back in the condition you set him/her in.
  
  
• New Special Condition System: Special ground based objects such as Phazon,
  Poisoned Water, or even the very air of the Dark Dimension, will slowly or rapidly
  subtract health from samus, depending on the suit. That's only if Samus is touching
  the object.

Map Dimensions

• Dimension: 128x128
  
  
• Players: 1
  
  
• Computer Players: 6
  [NOTE: All other player(s) are Nuetral]
  
  
• Characters:
  • Samus Aran: Young women who is sent to rescue the lost crew.
  • U-Mos: Luminoth Leader, he looks after the Great Temple.
  • Emperor Ing: The leader of the Ing Horde, very well protected and inteligent.
  • Dark Samus: Phazon based form of Samus, created by the very fabric of time and space when
  Samus first entered the atmosphere of Aether, the Echo of Samus Aran.
  *• [NOTE: There are are 3 Luminoth Hologramed Guardians i will post them when i get their names]
  
  
• Tileset: Badlands

Enemy List

Ground Enemy List

• Splinter:
  HP: 40
  Attack: 2
  Health Regeneration Rate: 1HP per 2/s
  
  
• Sandigger:
  HP: 60
  Attack: 1
  Health Regeneration Rate: 1HP per 2/s

Flying Enemy List

• Shriekbat:
  HP: 5
  Attack: 10
  Health Regeneration Rate: N/A
  
  
• Tallon Metroid:
  HP: 100
  Attack: 1 p/.5s
  Health Regeneration Rate: 1 p/s

Boss List

• War Class Drone
  HP: 2500
  Attack: 5-15
  Health Regeneration Rate: 5 p/s

(more to come...)

Other Information


I'm not on Starcraft as much anymore, but...
I will post more information as i progress with the map.

If you complete this trilogy, it'll out do the Death Knights trilogy.

I hope, Death Knights Series is outstanding though
Anyways heres some Screen Shots of some of what i've got done so far.

Here, is where you activate the portal to the main light world.


Here is the lake on the bottom of the partially abandoned ruins of Haven.


Here is the central area of the ruins of Haven.


Here is some of what will be the Harbour, it isn't quite complete yet.


Here is close to where you start off your big journey, the Plains.


[NOTE: I will be coming out with some more better screen shots as i progress with scenery]

Glad you're going 125x125, instead of like 192 or 256. Because like you said, you won't be on sc as much now a days. Really good move. Most ppl outdo themselves, and don't truly realize it until way later.

Lol, and another reason why i chose 125x125 is cause i dont want to over-do myself on my First RPG, cause i'm done bounds, im adjusting roughly to advanced RPG triggers and systems, and i don't want to start by doing to much.

It's like working out, if you're just starting (making a first rpg), you better exercise (get used to the ways of the triggers) or you'll pull a muscle (or you'll come up with big problems) easy.

125x125, strange choice, why not 128x128?

lol good point Coko...
Good job Archon can't wait to play it

Maybe he did 125x125 so he could grid the terrain to a number divisable by 5...? I'm sure it's easier for some people that way.

Well; maybe you find that easier, but i find using the division by 32, or lower 2^x digits of create use myself, since they are similar to binary functions.

125x125 just sounds better to some people. It's like a buck and a quarter

When i created the map in SCXE it said
Width: 125
Hight: 125
Err so...might have been a glitch, i'll fix that.

Everytime a new movie or video game comes out, some poor soul thinks he's going to make a map for it. He starts it.. writes about it.. never makes a damn thing. Save yourself the trouble and quit now, unless you are ABSOLUTELY sure you are going to do this. Especially true for you VoidArchon as you aren't even that interested in SC as you once used to be.

Haha that sounds like me Sala, I never finish anything unless im pushed to do it lol. Thats why I never write about something unless it is complete (except a couple of my post, but i've learned my lesson ).

People like you are the reason i'll quit a map...
Cause some people just have no faith, some people think i can just make bounds, but im going to show those who's bigger and make a series that will be remembered through battle.net... That's the only reason im continuing this map.
And i know i don't play Starcraft as much, but i don't really care if this series takes me as long as i'm on battle.net, but i will keep making it.

And because i love Metroid games...


[ ON TOPIC ]

I currently have no Story-line triggers, for i am working out all the terrain, shops, systems, before i touch the story-line, i will soon be coming out with some more Screen Shots, you can make suggestions if you want.

neat screenshots you changed it completely when i first tested it

Because the old one....hmm.
Wasn't really that good, until i put my skills to the test, i'm adding much more detailed structure combo's to make buildings
and towns look much better, and it might seem that i'm doodad crazy, but i'm just making it look as real as i can.

hey void, you gotta let me test that asap!

Avalon(MC)

Looks promising; I really like the terrain so far.

Yes, but that portal to the light world blends in with the wall. I would suggest making it stand out a little more. Otherwise, it looks really neat. I like the ruins. Are you going to put ruin terrain there?, just a thought, don't know of it would look good or not.

I know it blends into the wall so far, i'll put a little text of samus's thoughts through out the map, for help. And the Ruins terrain requires alot of space, but i'll try that.

Heres some more Screen Shots, mostly aiming at the Interaction effect.

[ SCREEN SHOTS ]


[NOTE: Interaction Screen Shots are taken in the small town of Lumin]

Here is 1 of many messeges the male pedestrian will say. (Vantiza is the world of my other RPG; Legions of the Void)


Here is the entrance to the Luminoth Fortress which you will go to later in the map (Leads to a seperate map)
Area Name: Sanctuary Fortress


Here is 1 of many messeges the female pedestrian will say.


Just a peek at 1 more message, looks like Samus likes to make Convo.



[ OTHER INFORMATION ]

• Interaction News: Unit Interaction has just 1 glitch, which will soon be fixed. The
  glitch consists of repeating text messeges even when the interacted unit is'nt near you.
  
  
• Terrain News: I'm done the terrain around the entrance to the Sanctuary Fortress. Now i
  am working on making The Ruins of Haven more real, by making the roads Temple Grounds
  terrain, instead of Dirt.
  
  
• System News: I have done the Custom HP, I am now currently working on Shop Systems.
  All is working on fine.

How are you dealing with Lag issues currently, and will the upgraded weapons be the important part, or the units.

Have you fought of enabling the opponents to cast similar spells themselves from time to time, and even the option to counter-spell for both sides.

With Computers i'd mix a Random system, with a percentage chart, so that with certain units/levels the level is creater, therefore the chance of the computer doing things are higher.

Computer
Condition:
Switch 1 Set
Switch 2 Set
Switch 3 Set
Something is at least x
something is at most y
action
computer does a spell

also have it for counter spells, either constantly have it randomise, or else have it for when a player casts. and remember you can make it work for other random amounts as well...

Looking good Void, keep up the good work. If ya need tester i'll help =)

Yay! I like the town name . The terrain looks pretty great. Just don't overdo the doodads . This almost makes me want to get out the SC CD again... almost.

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I think it looks good so far. Keep those updates coming.

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Void, have you decided upon a battle system? I remember testing several...
If so did you finish it?

In any case, I think you're doing a great job with the map for a game-based map. It's hard to accomplish something like that, so keep up the good work dude.

ADDITION: qPirateKing, get that out and finish the sequal to Legacy of Haean.

We're all still waiting dude.