Path of Exile Talent Competition

Talent Competition submission: Izaro - how low can YOU go?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTaUbKjRIJs

Hey, here is my participation with metamorph league ;)



GL all !

3D Model of the Badge of the Brotherhood Amulet. Casting with 10 Frenzy charges was alot of fun this league :D

https://www.artstation.com/artwork/Ya0ZY6

Here's my submission.

A mixture of live recorded and synthetically produced sounds, crafted together with the aim of capturing my interpretation of the Path of Exile, or Diablo 2 aesthetic.

https://soundcloud.com/solarcyanide/jasperlyons_ruminations

My Second submission - Izaro 8 kill
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MM2Z4er0K28

My third submission - World First Level 6 Izaro Kill
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hP78zVPZxoc

Three artworks for the Queen of the Vaal in her ancient pyramid,
Seven soundtracks for the Nightmare in his chamber of sins,
Nine videos for the Azmeri doomed to die,
One spreadsheet for the Elder on his dark throne
In the Land of Wraeclast where the Shadows lie.
One spreadsheet to rule them all, One spreadsheet to find them,
One spreadsheet to bring them all and in the absence of value and meaning bind them
In the Land of Wraeclast where the Shadows lie.


I absolutely adore all the fine artworks, crafting, music and videos posted so far in this thread. Unfortunately i don't possess such a talent.

Shortly after this talent competition was announced i had an idea how i could contribute anyway: as a side job i sometimes write some code in VBA for different companies that use MS Excel (mostly for reporting and database stuff).

So what if i made a version of Path of Exile that could be played in Excel?

I'm not a trained software engineer and not a game designer at all.
Still, with about two weeks of work i was able to come up with a playable version. Needless to say this "Path of Excile" is far less complex than the real game and there are some... well... graphical limitations.
Since i wanted to write all the algorithms by myself some of them probably have a rather terrible complexity (looking at you, map generator!) but for the small number of inputs in this case it doesn't affect the runtime that much.

It includes a random map generator with three different map types, random item drops and enemies of different rarities, level and item progression until level 100 and a UI that really doesn't look much like Excel anymore.

With the tight time constraints for this competition i had to cut some features. So it does not include skill gems, a passive tree, unique items, flasks, jewels, league mechanics and probably much more.
It only has one game mode (hardcore), one playable character class (Marauder) and one type of weapon and armor (two handed Axes and Armour).
For balancing reasons i had to change some values (damage on weapons and the strength of some affixes) to better fit this game mode. Some affixes simply do not exist for the sake of simplicity (i know, not something Path of Exile is known for).

Starting a new character you will be placed on a random map with the monster level matching your characters level. When you find and kill the boss a portal opens.
Whenever you enter it there will be a new map waiting for you (after a short loading screen) again matching your current level.


There are two versions of the document: one will be the game and the other one a developer version where all the triggered events the game needs to actually work are disabled.

Both versions can be downloaded here:
https://github.com/tathagatagarbha/Path-of-Excile

If anyone wants to continue working on this project feel free to do so. However VBA is a rather terrible programming language so i can't really recommend it.
It was a good exercise and i had quite a lot of fun bending Excel to my will. I just hope you like it.

Good luck to everyone participating in this event! :)

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P.S.: I am aware that MS Office documents with macros do not have the best reputation ever for reasons named Laroux, Ethan, Melissa and so forth. So if you are concerned (and rightfully so) about the security on your machine please don't download the game. Or download and open it with macros disabled to take a look at the code first just to be sure it doesn't contain any malicious code (you can open VBA using alt+F11).

My entry for Path Of Exile Talent Competition :)


https://imgur.com/a/gpGxY8Y

My second entry for this competition
May i present to you all: the Watcher's Eye

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OjlOM9OE9jI


also a quick thumbnail from the video clip :D