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You may not have known it, but Blizzard Entertainment's latest strategy game, WarCraft III, came with two distinct products: the game, of course, and the World Editor.. Apple has posted a new article concerning this powerful tool, in high hopes of getting gamers to take advantage of it.

The article covers a general summary of what the world editor has to offer. Different features and ease of use. The article also includes a subsection with a detailed tutorial on how to make your very first level (as well as the finished product available for download), so you can get started right away. Here is an excerpt:

The trigger editor also allows you to play cut scenes or display character dialogue at the appropriate times during the mission, which means that you can tell your own Warcraft stories and add to the game’s mythology. You can build your maps for either single-player or multiplayer action and send them to your friends or upload them to PlanetWarcraft.com, where you can also download other gamers’ maps. Or you can use them to create custom games at Battle.net.

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