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The Starcraft 2 modding is incredibly in-depth* and that scene is slowly dying. * I am pretty sure that Blizzard actually made an entire other game, Heroes of

The Starcraft 2 modding is incredibly in-depth* and that scene is slowly dying. * I am pretty sure that Blizzard actually made an entire other game, Heroes of the Storm, using those same tools

dogma1138 10y ago
HoTS uses a different engine and completely new netcode to SC2.
- ferdbold 10y ago
  It does use the same engine as StarCraft II. It originally started as Blizzard All-Stars and was supposed to be a custom map for the SC2 arcade, but the team ran into technical roadblocks that pushed them into making HotS a separate game.
  - fuckthis 10y ago
    >the team ran into technical roadblocks The "technical roadblocks" were no easy way to monetize it as a map.
  - NTripleOne 10y ago
    Just to take you back even further, it originally started as "Blizzard DOTA".
- niftich 10y ago
  Do you have sources on this? The conventional wisdom in the community is that it's the SC2 engine -- a view backed up by the game's origins as an SC2 map, similarities in internal file formats, folder structure, the nature and availability of video settings, and this 2014 article by Polygon that confirms it outright [1]. Other articles from 2014 [2][3] talk about how the same team handled the development-until-release of SC2 and Heroes of the Storm. [1] http://www.polygon.com/2014/5/21/5735230/heroes-of-the-storm-casual-dota-league-of-legends-complex http://www.polygon.com/2014/5/21/5735230/heroes-of-the-storm... [2] https://www.icy-veins.com/forums/topic/6778-heroes-of-the-storm-interview-with-kaeo-milker/ https://www.icy-veins.com/forums/topic/6778-heroes-of-the-st... [3] http://heroes.blizzplanet.com/blog/comments/heroes-of-the-storm-developer-qa-part-2-jan-22-2014-transcript http://heroes.blizzplanet.com/blog/comments/heroes-of-the-st...
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And all of those mods are available to play for free! There are a lot of fun multiplayer mods. http://us.battle.net/arcade/en/ http://us.battle.net/arcade/en/ The paid product is for competitive multiplayer and the single-player campaigns.
- fuckthis 10y ago
  Those are NOT mods. Those are custom maps. >MedianXL is a mod. Desert Strike is a map.

The Starcraft 2 modding is incredibly in-depth* and that scene is slowly dying. * I am pretty sure that Blizzard actually made an entire other game, Heroes of the Storm, using those same tools

dogma1138 10y ago

HoTS uses a different engine and completely new netcode to SC2.

ferdbold 10y ago
It does use the same engine as StarCraft II. It originally started as Blizzard All-Stars and was supposed to be a custom map for the SC2 arcade, but the team ran into technical roadblocks that pushed them into making HotS a separate game.
- fuckthis 10y ago
  >the team ran into technical roadblocks The "technical roadblocks" were no easy way to monetize it as a map.
- NTripleOne 10y ago
  Just to take you back even further, it originally started as "Blizzard DOTA".
niftich 10y ago
Do you have sources on this? The conventional wisdom in the community is that it's the SC2 engine -- a view backed up by the game's origins as an SC2 map, similarities in internal file formats, folder structure, the nature and availability of video settings, and this 2014 article by Polygon that confirms it outright [1]. Other articles from 2014 [2][3] talk about how the same team handled the development-until-release of SC2 and Heroes of the Storm. [1] http://www.polygon.com/2014/5/21/5735230/heroes-of-the-storm-casual-dota-league-of-legends-complex http://www.polygon.com/2014/5/21/5735230/heroes-of-the-storm... [2] https://www.icy-veins.com/forums/topic/6778-heroes-of-the-storm-interview-with-kaeo-milker/ https://www.icy-veins.com/forums/topic/6778-heroes-of-the-st... [3] http://heroes.blizzplanet.com/blog/comments/heroes-of-the-storm-developer-qa-part-2-jan-22-2014-transcript http://heroes.blizzplanet.com/blog/comments/heroes-of-the-st...

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2600 10y ago

And all of those mods are available to play for free! There are a lot of fun multiplayer mods. http://us.battle.net/arcade/en/ http://us.battle.net/arcade/en/ The paid product is for competitive multiplayer and the single-player campaigns.

fuckthis 10y ago
Those are NOT mods. Those are custom maps. >MedianXL is a mod. Desert Strike is a map.