Incline WORLD'S GREATEST GENERIC RPG BLOBBER ENGINE : "VAULT OF TERROR"

[Caim]

Every time I see this thread I think "Alpha Protocol" till I reach the fifth syllable.

Imagine if Cleve did an Alpha Protocol remake.

 

[Zed Duke of Banville]

Imagine if Cleve did an Alpha Protocol remake.

Creating a game similar to Alpha Protocol would be a grotesque waste of Cleve's unique talents.

 

[Cleveland Mark Blakemore]

pig can you have 6 of those?

One pet per party purchased at the stables. You have to return one animal or release them in order to add a new pet.

Pets include birds, cats, dogs and horses.

Pet will probably move to circular slot either side of text window to make room for full party of six players. I already have this working but was testing dynamic add-subtract of any party member including pet.

 

[Agesilaus]

I was going to shit talk blobbers, but that pet pig looks cool and I would buy a game if Wilmer the Pig is in it. Carry on, king

 

[KeighnMcDeath]

Oh! I bet someone will fix it so you can be all parrots or pigs or horses or w/e.


Polly & the Parrot Pilfering Pirates. SQUAWWRRRRKKK!! Crrrrrackers... YARRR!!

or the pigs wear cop uniforms and run into a certain Duke.

 

[TheDiceMustRoll]

and now I've got it running in Unity
I ditched 2D
3D

UNITY+3D
WHAT SAY YOU CODEX?

i thought you were Exidium II and got excited. I miss that fucking asshole.

 

[Cleveland Mark Blakemore]

Been saving these backdrops for nearly 6 years anticipating using them in a blobber modeled after the original wizardry.

I find it really appealing to think I could supplant Sir-Tech as the foremost producer of Wizardry style games of all sorts of genres in the modern era. That's what I am working towards.

 

[Viata]

One pet per party purchased at the stables. You have to return one animal or release them in order to add a new pet.

Does pet come with extra functionality(dogs nose helps you find hidden treasure, find more enemies[aka more random battles], etc) or they are just one more char in your party?

 

[Viata]

and now I've got it running in Unity
I ditched 2D
3D

UNITY+3D
WHAT SAY YOU CODEX?

i thought you were Exidium II and got excited. I miss that fucking asshole.

He found his fat gf, he has no use for the internet anymore.

 

[Dorateen]

Does pet come with extra functionality(dogs nose helps you find hidden treasure, find more enemies[aka more random battles], etc) or they are just one more char in your party?

This is what was suggested previously:

I realized it would be a great storyline to have each of the pets be able to do something completely special that you could not otherwise do without them, as well as things like :

1. Find secrets buttons, switches and walls in the dungeon.
2. Explore the dungeon ahead of the party to push back fog of war on the map. (Cat runs around a while then reports back, same for falcon, etc.)
3. Ferret out things like stuff buried in the woods or at the top of a mountain peak the party cannot reach.
4. Distract enemies in combat (Dogs harry opponents resulting in confusion condition and lowering armor class, etc.)
5. Increase carrying capacity of party inventory (horse) or restore morale (dog, chicken)

And of course, turtle for crossing bodies of water.

 

[Cleveland Mark Blakemore]

Getting aspect ratios and perspective correct on the shop figures and cutscene NPCs. (You won't be able to kill NPCs in this game which keeps many things MUCH simpler.)

Most figures in the cutscene are supposed to fill the frame as in this innkeeper.

 

[Cleveland Mark Blakemore]

The correct aspect for the monk in the temple. This required a bit of fudging to get it to look correctly on any device sized to the height of the game window, whether it is running on mobile or a Nintendo Switch.

 

[Cleveland Mark Blakemore]

The weapon/armor shop with correct aspect ...

 

[Viata]

"NullReferenceException". Already have some microissues, it seems.

 

[Cleveland Mark Blakemore]

"NullReferenceException". Already have some microissues, it seems.

Already the pig is causing problems. Pets lack a pointer to a character advancement data file because they do not advance like regular party characters.

(I hate pointer checking hacks but it is easier than writing a new subclass just for pets with all the logic inherited but the character advancement.)

 

[TheDiceMustRoll]

and now I've got it running in Unity
I ditched 2D
3D

Good on him

Fuck you Cleve
I hate raki so much its unreal

UNITY+3D
WHAT SAY YOU CODEX?

i thought you were Exidium II and got excited. I miss that fucking asshole.

He found his fat gf, he has no use for the internet anymore.

 

[Cleveland Mark Blakemore]

Should be obvious I am a great fan of Elminage Gothic. I like the heavy reliance on narrative, the strict adherence to original Wizardry doctrine, the unashamed indulgence in storytelling with some passive enjoyment. It's not Grimoire, it's not Might & Magic, it's not quite Wizardry ... it was really fun for me to play through.

I am using the "narrator," a mysterious host who appears at the start of the game and whenever the tomes near the map icons are clicked upon (as well as other places) to focus most of the exposition through. If I really like it I will use exact same mechanism in POST-ATOMIC and the other genres. It suits the notion of these games being brief, enjoyable and very accessible by newbs. Sorry purists but I will use this approach until I move the engine to true 3D creatures and I think the style suits the particular game play.

 

[Cleveland Mark Blakemore]

I had planned to integrate a complex Dialogue engine for in-depth conversations then I realized I could just use the current cutscene generator with a few simple options in speaking to NPCs to cover all the possibilities required for the game. This immediately made things less complex like Elminage Gothic which is all that is needed for this particular game.

I have started to realize the only way I am getting this out by Christmas is to keep slashing at the complexity and keep it as simple as Elminage.

Biggest hurdle to putting the screenshots up of the dungeons is that I keep experimenting with toon shaders to give the 3D the anime look. Still working on this.

 

[Contagium]

Can't wait to see some gameplay footage. The screenshots look wonderful.

 

[Darth Canoli]

I have started to realize the only way I am getting this out by Christmas is to keep slashing at the complexity and keep it as simple as Elminage.

I can't say i'm a Elminage fan but if you stay away from Elminage dungeon design and UI, it might be alright.
Town UI, spells and character management from Elminage was such a waste of time.
Also, ghost NPC in dungeons all looking the same, didn't help at all, and the map management thingy was a pain too, that's about it, i think...

Hum, the underwater tunnels was a good idea but i didn't like how they implemented it either.

 

[Cleveland Mark Blakemore]

Got rid of the placeholder for the title screen. Striving for old skool D&D Supplement feel with comic book graphics.

 

[ERYFKRAD]

Got rid of the placeholder for the title screen. Striving for old skool D&D Supplement feel with comic book graphics.

View attachment 21368

Looks ace, will the portraits be in this style too?

 

[Cleveland Mark Blakemore]

Got rid of the placeholder for the title screen. Striving for old skool D&D Supplement feel with comic book graphics.

View attachment 21368

Looks ace, will the portraits be in this style too?

Samples of the portraits can be seen in previous screenshots.

 

[ERYFKRAD]

Got rid of the placeholder for the title screen. Striving for old skool D&D Supplement feel with comic book graphics.

View attachment 21368

Looks ace, will the portraits be in this style too?

Samples of the portraits can be seen in previous screenshots.

Right, missed those.

 

[Zed Duke of Banville]

Got rid of the placeholder for the title screen. Striving for old skool D&D Supplement feel with comic book graphics.

Nice artwork, but surely the two fighters shouldn't be lurking behind the other three party members.