Starcraft: Ashfall

209 points - today at 1:18 AM

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ggnore7452 today at 9:47 PM
Wow, thanks to whoever posted this! I made this game.

Like many, I was frustrated there's no new StarCraft coming till 2030, so I half-jokingly made the mini-game those mobile ads always promise and never deliver. Something you can play with one hand, that your friends who've never played StarCraft can just pick up.(Turns out you can squeeze a lot of extra gameplay/design on top of it.)

Also, if you're going to copy Blizzard you might as well copy the whole package right, so there's a CG trailer too: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rVDao71LC7A

Honestly didn't expect people to grind this. I designed the endgame to be layer 50 and thought ppl can get at most ~70 if they really try, and somehow there are people on the leaderboard past 100 (without cheating). That's StarCraft players for you.

gbnwl today at 7:34 PM
Reddit thread from about a month ago where creator introduced this: https://www.reddit.com/r/starcraft/comments/1wqdabw/i_made_t...
neko_ranger today at 3:04 AM
Wow someone made the youtube ad game!
bulbar today at 7:36 AM
Cool visuals, but doesn't count as a game for me. Can you do anything that make sense, except selecting the upgrade?

Could be a nice little game, though. Strip the IP and let the AI implement a bit more for the user to do.

sharkjacobs today at 9:51 PM
It's not a fun game, but it's cool anyway
an0malous today at 7:34 PM
I've been seeing a lot of Pokemon games recently as well, are companies just not enforcing their copyright/trademarks anymore?
temp0826 today at 8:00 PM
This is the second (probably vibecoded?) game in the last few days that I've seen using blizzard ip (the other being d2survivors.lol)
mastax today at 3:18 AM
Game basically plays itself but fun nonetheless
buf today at 3:15 AM
Saw Starcraft, spent 30 minutes living the nostalgia playing this.
j7ake today at 8:53 PM
Game crashes when trying to fuse units
andai today at 6:48 PM
Fun game.

I have to pick a new upgrade every 3 seconds. I thought they did that to stave off boredom, but actually it increases decision fatigue. (I just wanna shoot!)

no-name-here today at 3:09 AM
I did not touch the controls at all, and I still won with zero losses on the first level - that does not inspire confidence.
nafey today at 3:08 AM
Is this AI generated? Pretty impressive if that is the case
dmix today at 3:59 AM
Great game. It took me way too long to figure out I could use keyboard to control the positioning instead of mouse.
lai today at 8:24 PM
So what's the meta?
butlike today at 6:45 PM
It's nice to know Stimpack marines still roll face.
theogravity today at 7:28 PM
That was pretty enjoyable. Definitely like the ads you see online but with IP people care about.
marvstazar today at 3:16 AM
I was wondering why there was a dragon there, is it from Wrath of the Lich King?
tdhz77 today at 3:03 AM
Lots of fun! Wish StarCraft would come out every year
spicyusername today at 2:48 AM
Ah, the music is so nostalgic. Really takes me back.
ReptileMan today at 9:04 PM
Big game hunters Terran vs 7PC zergs. Same feeling.
karim79 today at 12:00 PM
Cool game, but isn't this going to make blizzard bring out the big guns?
jmcdonald-ut today at 3:00 AM
Great work on this, had a blast!
kixpanganiban today at 3:43 AM
Perfect, who needed to be productive anyways
gigel82 today at 7:54 PM
Fun, but... how is this not already taken down by copyright strikes? I mean straight rips of audio assets, music, 3d assets, graphics, even the damn name...
lofaszvanitt today at 2:25 PM
A mix of everything. Stolen from everywhere. We have AI, but people are still the bottleneck. They lack creativity and ideas :D. lol
noah640090 today at 3:58 PM
This was really fun!
seattle_spring today at 7:19 PM
Holy moly, just hearing those sound effects gives me a giant wave of nostalgia.
jonenst today at 8:27 PM
Wake up, Hank. That game ain’t gonna play itself. Oh wait it does.
johng today at 1:56 AM
Really cool game. Spent about 30 minutes playing it. Very fun!
lgessler today at 7:30 PM
This is, respectfully, slop piggybacking on nostalgic associations with stolen assets.
bigwheels today at 9:11 PM
See also: D2 Survivors https://d2survivors.lol/

The AI games mashups are starting to heat up.

jdw64 today at 7:33 PM
nice game
cyh555 today at 5:18 AM
so nice!
theylieeasieral today at 9:12 PM
slop
pavluu today at 8:27 PM
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