Indie Lurking II: A Madness

[Merlkir]

It does look unique. Have you fully switched from poly trees to bilboards? That moves it towards the Daggerfall aesthetic, somewhat...
(not sure the 3D grass matches super well. It could be that I'm influenced by seeing the previous screenshot.)

 

[oklabsoft]

Have you fully switched from poly trees to bilboards? That moves it towards the Daggerfall aesthetic, somewhat...
(not sure the 3D grass matches super well. It could be that I'm influenced by seeing the previous screenshot.)

No... just trying to feel out some different options. I started with the trees. I liked it so I planned to try switching the grass over as well to see what it looked like. It is simple to switch back and forth so I am just trying to find a look that suits.

 

[BlackGoat]

Looking pretty cool. Have you checked out what Call of Saregnar is doing art-wise? Might be some things to crib

http://www.rpgcodex.net/forums/inde...ar-a-betrayal-at-krondor-inspired-rpg.121602/

 

[oklabsoft]

Looking pretty cool. Have you checked out what Call of Saregnar is doing art-wise? Might be some things to crib

Thanks and Yes! Been following his thread at rpgwatch for a while. Love everything he is doing (except for photo portraits of npcs).

Edit: thanks for the link to the thread here btw. It's much better.

 

[Slimu]

Any news about the Steam release?

 

[Jinn]

Any news about the Steam release?

For the first one too

 

[oklabsoft]

Any news about the Steam release?

Thanks for asking. It has honestly fallen off my radar. Interest in the Lurking games has been generally low and even less seem willing to donate. The money part doesn't bother me as I just really enjoy making games in my limited free time but the red tape and time involved to put them on Steam has caused me to shy away, especially now that it is an uncurated site. Now that I know at least two people care about this though, I will revisit this. Sorry for dropping the ball on that.

 

[Don Peste]

Random thought: Could contacting a few curators like these help promoting the game?
Low Spec Games
Turn-based games
IndieGames.com
Roguelikes
AdventureGamers.com

There are probably better examples.

 

[oklabsoft]

A little competition open to new players. Be one of the first five players to post a screenshot demonstrating win of Lurking II: A Madness on the oklabsoft discord (link on oklabsoft website) and win $10 delivered via PayPal.

https://oklabsoft.itch.io/lurking-ii-a-madness

 

[ShaggyMoose]

Click to view full size!

Oh, new players? Awwww.

 

[newtmonkey]

Hello oklabsoft
I did donate for Lurking 1, but I would buy it again on Steam if you put it up there. I dunno if it would be worth your time and expense to do so, but I think it would at least increase your exposure.

I'd recommend GOG instead, but they seem hostile to indie games for some reason.

 

[oklabsoft]

Hello oklabsoft
I did donate for Lurking 1, but I would buy it again on Steam if you put it up there. I dunno if it would be worth your time and expense to do so, but I think it would at least increase your exposure.

I'd recommend GOG instead, but they seem hostile to indie games for some reason.

Thank you! I tried gog early on but they passed.

 

[oklabsoft]

 

[ShaggyMoose]

Nice silhouettes in the background.

 

[ShaggyMoose]

Is this still being done with VB6? Is my hint the FPS of 18?

 

[oklabsoft]

Nope. C this time. My bottom of line CPU/GPU is averaging around 40fps. Pegged at 60 on my Bros better equipment. I have not even thought of optimizing anything yet and performance seems ok despite the frame rate dipping depending on the view. If anyone has an aged system and willing to check out performance pm me.

 

[V_K]

Just how aged are we talking about? I have a 2012 toaster, though thinking of upgrading next month.

 

[oklabsoft]

Just how aged are we talking about? I have a 2012 toaster, though thinking of upgrading next month.

That would be perfect... Win7 right?

 

[newtmonkey]

oklabsoft bringing incline to blobbers

Turn-based combat with 3d movement would be lovely!

 

[V_K]

Just how aged are we talking about? I have a 2012 toaster, though thinking of upgrading next month.

That would be perfect... Win7 right?

Yep.

 

[V_K]

Is this still being done with VB6? Is my hint the FPS of 18?

Just FYI, on my toaster it stayed at 59fps 95% of the time, the biggest dip was to about 43fps, and only for a moment.

 

[oklabsoft]

Ahh. Don't know why I never realized this. Frame rate jumps all around with vs debug tools running which is when I took the screenshot (all of them actually). Thanks again for trying that V_K. I have been concerned about it for while and my mind is eased a bit.

 

[oklabsoft]

I now see the allure of using photo textures of actors for NPCs. Should be done in like... 20 years. Hopefully I can set up something similar to what I did in L2 with the overlays. Time to make the break from Ms paint too. Anyone have a recommendation? Something with a mild learning curve preferably and def with layers?

 

[ShaggyMoose]

Paint .Net is free, reasonably powerful and easy to use (I find).

 

[YanBG]

Thank you! I tried gog early on but they passed.

You might try again but yeah they make weird choices sometimes.