Will this game be big?

[Siiteri]

What potential does Id have? Is anyone expecting it to take off and eventually have a stand alone client? Or perhaps a revitalization of wc3 player base? I've been thinking about starting a campaign on reddit to get people back into this game. Might be worthwhile. Will report back if there's any success.



coulda sworn i was posting this to ID general not guides. trying to figure out how to move or take down

[Humik]

I think someone is working on standalone.

[Merex]

@ShadowZz

[Neco]

There's also someone called Onahail who is working on Island D for Dota 2.

[Stealer]

I don't think theorchero counts.

[Neco]

I don't think theorchero counts.

No one even mentioned him. Onahail != theorchero, they're just friends.

[Stealer]

They aren't working together?

[Burn]

Dis Gon B Gud.

-Burn

[ShadowZz]

@Siiteri Now that I think about it there's quite a lot of things ID related going on at the moment from Onahail making Dota 2 ID and me making ID Standalone.

[Burn]

Would be great if you guys posted more updates!

-Burn

[Ultrasonic]

Can anyone explain me what is standalone id compared to wc3 id? im confused sorry

[ShadowZz]

@Burn Updates will be posted as and when they happen for now it's just the boring part of ensuring all the basic game mechanics work well enough for model, unit and ability testing and implementation.

@Ultrasonic Warcraft 3 ID is a custom game run on the Warcraft 3 game engine. Standalone ID would be it's own game. Like instead of buying Warcraft 3 and installing it to play ID. You would buy ID. Like buying any other game like Diablo or Starcraft. It will simply be it's own game on it's own game engine designed specifically for it. Better graphics, better implementations, no limits that ID has in Wc3. Opens it up for Customizations etc and models to be changed.

For the record I stand by the fact that Island Defense Standalone WILL be free to play for all.

[Burn]

I think free2play is a great idea, it'd potentially give more popularity to the game. Just a few questions:

How will standalone earn money? Cosmetics like DotA2/TF2/LoL?

-Burn

[ShadowZz]

Yeah, all the money is going to come from cosmetics, but not just that. As for actual builders I plan on having a few basers, 2 supports and a few other builders unlocked when you start after doing mandatory tutorial. After that the other builders can ever be bought to unlock them early or earned via leveling up and earning them over time - adds more depth to the game and prevents people new to the game being bombarded with selections and races to learn.

[ShadowZz]

@Burn @Ultrasonic Opened a new topic for any ID SA related questions. Feel free to ask them there