Review Crypt Wars

CryptWars

A team-based capture the flag game with PvE elements. Teams must fight their way through the crypts, collecting loot from chests along the way, up the tower to retrieve the flag and bring it back to their own base. They must keep it in their capture area for 2 minutes in order to win.

Check out this trailer made by Tresikaideka, but please note the footage is from an in-development version and so some features have changed slightly before release.

Features

Flag

The flag is the item your team must retrieve in order to win. It looks like a floating black banner, and can be picked up by walking into it. It will attach to a player in this way until thier death. When the flag is picked up it blinds the person carrying it, leaving them vunerable to attack. Green particles will point the flag carrier in the general direction of thier base, and they should follow these home. In order to take the flag off the opposing team you must kill the person carrying it, at which point it can be picked up again.

Capture Area

When the flag is in a teams capture area a countdown begins. If the flag remains there for 2 minutes then that team will win. The capture area is the square area between the two middle towers of a teams base and does not include thier spawn or side towers. It is marked by gold particles when the flag enters it.

Crypts

The tower that houses the flag at the start of the game must first be accessed by venturing though the crypts. They contain monster spawners and have a randomised layout, but also contain lots of loot chests. The tower itself also contains loot and mob spawners, but has the same layout each time. Doors that can let players in from outside can be opened from the inside to allow a quick route inside for team members that die.

Loot Chests

In the interior of the tower and crypts players can find chests that contain better equipment to use in combat. The quality of this loot becomes better as the game progresses, starting out with fairly basic gear and ending up with extremely powerful diamond weapons and armor. Various items are available, including swords, bows, axes, armor and potions. Music discs can also be found which can be played using the jukebox in a teams base.

Treasure Items

Occasionally you may find items on the ground that have very special and powerful effects. They can turn the tide of battle, and thier effective use can snatch victory from the jaws of defeat.

Easter Eggs

There are a few easter eggs hidden in the lobby, can you find (and complete?) them all?

Contributors

• Dax23333 (Main author and generally cool guy)
• Zedwick (Helped with some technical stuff)

Links

For more in-depth detail, including suggested tactics, read Crypt Wars' page on the Zedwork wiki: https://zedwork.co.uk/wiki/Crypt_Wars

Crypt Wars was created for Zedwork to be hosted as a ZestyGame. ZestyGames are run by a player for all to join. Learn more about the ZestyGames here: https://zedwork.co.uk/wiki/ZestyGames