Vrael's The Tenebrous won first place for the judge's pick. I don't know who won second and third place. xYoshix's Fallen Memories won the user's choice award.

That sounds stupid, I don't need gimmicks to make my map good. I was thinking about making the map awesome based purely on a story driven narrative, full of betrayal and heroism I don't want to use EUDs and key press detection.

String limit is something to be wary of. I found I had to butcher my storyline pretty badly in order to not go over the limit.

You should really prioritize gameplay over storyline imo. One of my clan members/testers summed it up quite well actually. "If we want to read a book, we'll friggin read a book. We are here to play games!"

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Thankfully, there are at least a few ways to lessen the impact of the string limit...

My solution for Starline is borrowed from a fairly well-known EV Override plug-in. Those who know what I am talking about will know what I mean. I'm sure plenty of people will hate my map for using it, but as such people would probably find other reasons to hate it anyway, I'm not bothered.

brood war cdkey? there is none just original starcraft cdkey.

Um...why exactly are you posting that here? o.o; And yes I believe there are BW cdkeys =3

Along with minerals, there's been a Starcraft key added to a pot. And no, there is no Brood War key. It's just the original Starcraft that comes with a key. That's what lil-inferno meant when he posted it in the OP; he just wrote it wrong. ;o

Yeah but it speaks volumes about your creativity and skill if you can evoke emotion through such a simple medium such as a Starcraft I map. Anyone can make a fun map, but not everyone can make an emotional story. Keep in mind that it's still an RPG, but it'll be heavy on emotion and drama.

http://www.staredit.net/topic/11881/

Having an inventory system that works on key press would be better than having to hotkey a unit or units located in a corner of the map. My comment was saying that you could improve gameplay if needed by implementing these single-player triggers if you're working on a single-player map. I don't know if you took what I said the wrong way or if you took offense for some reason (such as not knowing how to use EUDs), but you shouldn't shun possibility.

"My solution for Starline is borrowed from a fairly well-known EV Override plug-in. "

????

I thought there was no way to bypass the string limit save modding?

I never said anything about bypassing it entirely, only about reducing the effect that it has on the amount of text you can have for your storyline. If you want to know any more than that, you'll have to try and track down the source that I was referring to...well, that, or wait until next January and see it in Starline.

You can't pass the string limit and save the map, IIRC.

You can bypass the string # limit (1024), you can't bypass the string byte limit.

Saves just fine.

2000 string story here I come!

I am happy to announce, I will return to the good ole map editor to enter this contest. And finally complete my Magnum Opus RPG. I Have No Mouth And I Must Scream.

A map based on the short story by Harlan Ellison, of a super computer named AM that has obliterated the human race and takes the last 5 humans on earth and tortures them for 109 years. The humans don't know why AM hates them so much, but they're about to find out, AM has constructed a game for each of the 5 characters for them to play where they must confront their personal demons and their fatal flaws.

It will be an epic tale full of disturbing and mature themes I'm sure you'll like it

We got a lot of good entries this year. I'm looking forward to playing all these before the world ends in 2012!

You're going to play all three finished maps?!

Hey! They don't have to be finished to be playable!

Damn straight. In fact I think the winner of last years Last Stand RPG Contest was Tenebrous which wasn't even complete. There were other pearls as well such as Catalycsm, Wonder, Lost Souls Ultimo, Lost Souls Cecil. All highly cool RPGs, all incomplete!

My plans are for a map with 3 story lines tied around each other yet still individual from the others, most of the map is done, just gotta get triggers done :S.