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Recent content by Joonas
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Zorbus (D&D-inspired roguelike)
December '23 tournament Running from 27-Nov-23 to 31-Dec-23. In this tournament anyone can win! $50 Steam / Amazon eGift Card for the ascended Overgod with the highest score. $25 Steam / Amazon eGift Card for the ascended God with the highest score. $25 Steam / Amazon eGift Card for the...- Joonas
- Post #294
- Forum: General RPG Discussion
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Gold Box SSI's Gold Box Series Thread
My reasons for doing it this way probably was just incompetence. GBC was the first thing of this kind that I've ever done. The first versions didn't even use pointers, just offsets to identifiers. I calculate a base address and base everything around that. With the Steam GBC I found an easier...- Joonas
- Post #4,753
- Forum: General RPG Discussion
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Gold Box SSI's Gold Box Series Thread
The memory footprint of that DOSBox version is different, and GBC can't find identifiers in the expected places. GBC doesn't just use offsets to identifiers to read / change stuff in the game's memory, but also uses pointers and linked lists. I tried some non-standard DOSBox at some point, and...- Joonas
- Post #4,746
- Forum: General RPG Discussion
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Bringing D&D/AD&D campaign settings to life with Stable Diffusion
Somewhat related... I generated a big sketch art & lore book for my roguelike game Zorbus (thread here). The images are generated with Microsoft Bing (DALL-E 3). Contents, some sample images, and a 140 megabyte PDF available here: lore.zorbus.net Online flipbook: lore.zorbus.net/flipbook/- Joonas
- Post #245
- Forum: The Gazebo
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Zorbus (D&D-inspired roguelike)
Released a 400+ page sketch art & lore book for Zorbus. The images are generated with AI (DALL-E 3). Available from here as a PDF (140 megabytes). lore.zorbus.net Or as a online flipbook here: lore.zorbus.net/flipbook- Joonas
- Post #288
- Forum: General RPG Discussion
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Zorbus (D&D-inspired roguelike)
Effect strength / DC vary with the caster's Magic skill. If the effect doesn't have a source, then the strength is calculated from the current dungeon level depth. I've thought about an ingame monster manual, but haven't figured out a format / UI for it yet. Also, ability scores for most...- Joonas
- Post #285
- Forum: General RPG Discussion
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Zorbus (D&D-inspired roguelike)
Update 59.6 out on Steam. Finally got around on adding companion images into character sheet pages and inventory screen. In inventory, right clicking on the companion panel / list titles switches between Equipment & Backpack- and exchange items -modes. With the keyboard, you can now use...- Joonas
- Post #279
- Forum: General RPG Discussion
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Zorbus (D&D-inspired roguelike)
Still thinking of those 1 level special levels, but in reality, this is probably pretty much the final layout.- Joonas
- Post #273
- Forum: General RPG Discussion
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Zorbus (D&D-inspired roguelike)
June 2023 update 25% off on Steam Some new options during character creation: Spirited Learner is a talent that can be chosen only on the 1st experience level and only during ability adjustment. It costs 1 talent point. You might not be the smartest but you sure are spirited. You learn new...- Joonas
- Post #271
- Forum: General RPG Discussion
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Gold Box SSI's Gold Box Series Thread
The GBC homepage has progression tables under "Level progression tables". Direct links to the files: Pool of Radiance Curse of the Azure Bonds Secret of the Silver Blades Pools of Darkness Champions of Krynn Death Knights of Krynn The Dark Queen of Krynn Gateway to the Savage Frontier Treasures...- Joonas
- Post #4,705
- Forum: General RPG Discussion
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Zorbus (D&D-inspired roguelike)
The creatures you fight on the endgame level are actually avatars of the ruling gods. The game's Discord channel have some experienced players that could help with specific gods. Some heavy spoilers...- Joonas
- Post #269
- Forum: General RPG Discussion
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Zorbus (D&D-inspired roguelike)
You might be a bit underleveled, but good luck! Yeah, 10 dungeon levels. For dungeon structure & endgame spoilers, see the last page of the PDF manual.- Joonas
- Post #230
- Forum: General RPG Discussion
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Zorbus (D&D-inspired roguelike)
Yes, their Health, Stamina, and attack skills get boosted when you level up.- Joonas
- Post #219
- Forum: General RPG Discussion
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Zorbus (D&D-inspired roguelike)
Find the 3 books (This is the Zordiac speaking, vol. I-III), solve the cipher. First one to solve it will get a $50 Steam gift card as a reward! When reading books, press TAB to switch between the script font and a plain font. Book text can be copied into the clipboard with CTRL + C. Check this...- Joonas
- Post #217
- Forum: General RPG Discussion
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Zorbus (D&D-inspired roguelike)
The game is now on sale on Steam, 25% off. There's a tournament with Amazon / Steam gift card prizes ($50, $25, $25) coming in December, see more at tournament.zorbus.net.- Joonas
- Post #216
- Forum: General RPG Discussion
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