A windy story game

[Otay]

Those are 2D sprites? What software did you use to draw them? Or did you draw them on paper and scan them? Are you going to animate them?

yeah I draw super light, then commit some hard lines, then scan and trace it by mouse in photoshop

 

[jewboy]

You are a much better artist than I am, and it isn't like I haven't tried. I read Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain and took an Intro to Drawing course at uni but I find it almost impossible to make line drawings like you have here. The Minatour, Ghoul, and Mage are particularly good for 'programmer art'. I think there are much better learning materials nowadays though, and I want to spend some time trying yet again to art. Are you at all intimidated by having to show those creatures from different perspectives to animate them? Seems particularly challenging because obviously they have to look like the same creature just viewed from a different angle. Yet another reason why 3D character modeling is so much easier for non-artists.

 

[Otay]

You are a much better artist than I am, and it isn't like I haven't tried. I read Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain and took an Intro to Drawing course at uni but I find it almost impossible to make line drawings like you have here. The Minatour, Ghoul, and Mage are particularly good for 'programmer art'. I think there are much better learning materials nowadays though, and I want to spend some time trying yet again to art. Are you at all intimidated by having to show those creatures from different perspectives to animate them? Seems particularly challenging because obviously they have to look like the same creature just viewed from a different angle. Yet another reason why 3D character modeling is so much easier for non-artists.

yeah all my sprites are static like youre playing dragon warrior monsters.

in terms of difficulty, static sprites are definitely easier than 3d models, because 3d characters need both 3d modeling and rigging / animating of their bones.

its way out of scope for me to care too much about my characters, i just love building worlds and designing stat / skill systems.

people will always have feedback for what better path this game could take, but something ive done flawlessly is picking a path ill enjoy.

 

[Otay]

just spent like 3 hours making an instagram

https://www.instagram.com/bramblegatestudios/

really feels like throwing my life away but it also looks pretty cool

pls follow to help mend my fragile self esteem

 

[Abu Antar]

just spent like 3 hours making an instagram

https://www.instagram.com/bramblegatestudios/

really feels like throwing my life away but it also looks pretty cool

pls follow to help mend my fragile self esteem

Make a twitter account and I'll follow you there. I think twitter is much better for game devs, but I am far from an expert.

 

[Otay]

just spent like 3 hours making an instagram

https://www.instagram.com/bramblegatestudios/

really feels like throwing my life away but it also looks pretty cool

pls follow to help mend my fragile self esteem

Make a twitter account and I'll follow you there. I think twitter is much better for game devs, but I am far from an expert.

https://twitter.com/BrambleGate

 

[kaisergeddon]

This game looks fantastic, bro. You have an amazing imagination, and I echo what others said about your style resembling the best of the late 90s 3D era with its surrealness and simple dark elegance. The colors, lighting, geometry, etc. remind me of the 3DFX glide era specifically, the scene demos and such from that era. Keep it up!

 

[Otay]

This game looks fantastic, bro. You have an amazing imagination, and I echo what others said about your style resembling the best of the late 90s 3D era with its surrealness and simple dark elegance. The colors, lighting, geometry, etc. remind me of the 3DFX glide era specifically, the scene demos and such from that era. Keep it up!

Thanks man I super appreciate it

 

[Otay]

Haxlyn is being born

new item shrine

 

[Abu Antar]

I followed on twitter and downloaded the demo. My plan is to try it out this weekend.

 

[Otay]

I followed on twitter and downloaded the demo. My plan is to try it out this weekend.

oh helllllll no, download 1.2.2

theyre all free, i just keep old versions up in case people want to specifically beat old speedruns

 

[Abu Antar]

Yeah, I have 1.2.2 downloaded.

 

[Otay]

Yeah, I have 1.2.2 downloaded.

Oh okay cool cool, 1.1.0 is the one I call the demo

Just making sure because 1.1.0 is trash compared to the current version.

 

[AdolfSatan]

That shrine looks amazing. Probably getting a new computer next week, will look for a controller while I'm at it.

 

[Otay]

That shrine looks amazing. Probably getting a new computer next week, will look for a controller while I'm at it.

Thanks man heres a progress pic

got a few more donations this week, feeling hopeful about this project actually taking off one day

 

[Otay]

my loyal QA team has pointed out that 1.2.2 is crashing in Etzland / Rhunia citadel, will be releasing a patch tonight

super sorry about the inconvenience, im pretty embarrassed

edit: new patch will include the teaser area for haxlyn :]

 

[Otay]

New patch, 1.2.2b is out now.

- Fixed crashes from some weird editor error, no clue how they happened but rebaking my maps fixed it.
- Fixed attack time on Demolish (goliath skill)
- Fixed missing selector when selecting self in combat
- Haxlyn teaser area added with an invisible wall (but you can probably find a way around it if you wanna look around the incomplete area, wink)

 

[Otay]

Itch page looks a lot more professional now

https://otay.itch.io/realm-of-the-tempest

 

[Otay]

Homepage is looking better now too.

http://www.realmofthetempest.com

but i have to say i really fucking hate html, its so absurd that something as simple as centering something can have code so obfuscated with 4 reasons why it might not work:
https://stackoverflow.com/questions/4955122/what-exactly-is-needed-for-margin-0-auto-to-work

its so irresponsible to allow something so simple to be that complicated. nobody outside of the web dev world is going to recognize that "margin: auto 0" means center, and wtf @ having to check these conditions not only in the html youre writing but in the css that defines it, like thats so insane maybe im just too sleepy but i literally cant figure out how to do it LOL

can you imagine making an elaborate RPG by yourself, and then not being able to center an element in html?

search engine optimizer says i have a lot more work to do, so wish me luck.

 

[Otay]

play a drinking game where you drink every time an html website says "it might not work if..." and see if you get hospitalized

its so so embarrassing that this exists

look at the harsh artifacting aesthetic this modern html tutorial * wAHT * tHE FUcKK *

https://www.instructables.com/id/Make-your-HTML-Website-suitable-for-Mobile-Devices/

 

[Abu Antar]

Playing 1.2.2 not 1.2.2b.

I'm playing this right now. I'm typing as I play. Nice first impression, but please, for the love of God, if you're going to only allow controller support, let me use the d-pad and not the stick when I choose dialog options. The d-pad can be used for other things, like in combat and menu.

The atmosphere is cool and what little of the writing that I have seen works well. I almost get a Shin Megami Tensei feel to the world.

Spoiler

Kaley has one error where the dialog says you're instead of your, I think.
The cleric has dialog where the word are is used twice.
There were a couple more but I have already forgotten..

Combat is okay, the glyph system is interesting. If used correctly, it breaks combat.
On the other hand, random encounter rate is very high. I feel like this should be looked at. I'm fighting every few seconds, which is too much in this kind of game.
Praying/singing/crawling idea is nice too. Not that I am using them much, but they could be useful in the final release.

In my opinion, you have nothing to be ashamed about when it comes to not getting picked for whatever that crap was. You have a solid foundation to build on, and I hope that you don't abandon your project.

 

[Prehistorik]

Just realized why the game name is so familiar. Due to the "Lure of the Temptress" adventure game.
Both sound slick I think.

 

[Otay]

but please, for the love of God, if you're going to only allow controller support, let me use the d-pad and not the stick when I choose dialog options.

Ahaha damnit I keep breaking this feature, its been reported as a bug and fixed multiple times

I'll take care of it today

Playing 1.2.2 not 1.2.2b.

Spoiler

Kaley has one error where the dialog says you're instead of your, I think.
The cleric has dialog where the word are is used twice.
There were a couple more but I have already forgotten..

Thank you for this, fixed Kalev and Salus dialogs for the next update

Combat is okay, the glyph system is interesting. If used correctly, it breaks combat.
On the other hand, random encounter rate is very high. I feel like this should be looked at. I'm fighting every few seconds, which is too much in this kind of game.
Praying/singing/crawling idea is nice too. Not that I am using them much, but they could be useful in the final release.

The "breaking" of combat might be intentional, you are suppsoed to break through battles by collecting glyphs, and minimize the work required to do so for the fastest possible run (if speedrunning).

Random encounter rates are cut in half by praying, so try using that. I always have singing / praying on at all times unless battles get too hard.

In my opinion, you have nothing to be ashamed about when it comes to not getting picked for whatever that crap was. You have a solid foundation to build on, and I hope that you don't abandon your project.

Thank you so much for the feedback and support!

 

[Otay]

New patch 1.2.2c is out, most if not all the feedback has been addressed, thank you to everyone that played the game

I did a speedrun in < 30 minutes, and I'm happy to report there were no crashes (finally)

 

[Otay]

im going to make it so when you crouch in this pit you teleport into the woods, stole that idea from mario 64

new color variations for our monsters,

still working on haxlyn wilderness