StarCraft II Map Making and Level Design

The ultimate guide to using the amazing StarCraft II mapping tool In addition to being one of the world's most popular real-time strategy games, StarCraft II offers a powerful tool for creating your own custom games that anyone on Battle.net can play. Because it's so powerful, the Galaxy Editor is also complex. Kevin Carlino, an expert on Blizzard maps who was awarded the MVP title on the official Battle.net Forums by Blizzard, has created the ideal guide to using the Editor. Whether you're a complete novice or a veteran of other mapping tools, this book is your ideal resource for StarCraft II map-making.* Introduces the Editor and guides you through the complexities you need to master in order to create custom game designs* Covers developing Trigger, Galaxy scripting, and editing the user interface* Provides details on editing GameData, ActorData, TerrainData, and AdvancedData* Explores other modules in the Galaxy Editor and shows how to publish your map StarCraft II players who enjoy creating their own unique game content will feel the power as they learn to use the Galaxy Editor with the help of this guide.