I’m the programmer of "Hypercoven". It’s a little RTS that draws much inspiration from StarCraft, but also has many unique features. I wrote a bit about it on TL.
I’m looking for mappers that would create maps that ship with the game.
And mapping in Hypercoven is quite interesting for a number of reasons!
Maps can warp around
Meaning, a map can "loop" endlessly, somewhat like a planet.
Short video demonstration: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nRW-cZqsWf4
This can enable very crazy designs, but it’s entirely optional. Not every map works well with it.
The map is the balance
There are no fixed races in Hypercoven, rather every map has "Coven" strewn across it that can be conquered. Each Coven has 2 unique units that it produces.
Currently there are 22 different Coven in the game, and it’s up to the map to choose some and place them. So really every map makes it own balance – there’s the possibility of creating extremely unbalanced / asymmetric terrain, and balancing that by placing specific Coven.
I can do the Coven part, though, if you prefer to only build terrain.
Green Field
No clue what makes a map "good" in this game, it’s just about experimenting, trying different things. There is no need to really playtest the maps or super-polish them, just map a bit and see how it turns out.
All that being said, the tooling to create maps is yet a bit wonky. There is also no money in this currently.
Looking for someone who’s in it pour l’art, like I am.
If you’re interested, just send me a DM. Thanks for reading!
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