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Indie Call of Saregnar - a Betrayal at Krondor-inspired RPG
- Thread starter Rhuantavan
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I just got around to playing the new demo. I had previously played the first backer demo when it was released.
It is astonishing how many things you're getting right.
For people that wonder why Betrayal at Krondor was ranked so highly in a recent poll here, Call of Saregnar will explain all the reasons.
Can't wait for a cold winter night in 2033 to curl up with a roaring fire and this game.
Thank you so much for making this happen.
It is astonishing how many things you're getting right.
For people that wonder why Betrayal at Krondor was ranked so highly in a recent poll here, Call of Saregnar will explain all the reasons.
Can't wait for a cold winter night in 2033 to curl up with a roaring fire and this game.
Thank you so much for making this happen.
Thank you very, very much! I'm glad you like the progress!
Reader
Scholar
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Just played the demo.
Just what Dyspaire said
The atmosphere is great.
A little feedback.
1. Thanks for gamepad support. I honestly didn't expect that. Left stick(movement) somehow glitchy though. Character(s) move in random directions I'm not sure if the problem with a deadzone or it's some bug. Right stick (mouselook) works fine. I use xbox360 wired controller.
2. Way more important than gamepad. Please make a bigger font. My native resolution is 1360x768. But it seems that demo runs in 1980x1080. UI scaling doesn't work for me. It would be very nice to have font options and resolution options.
Other than that - really waiting for release. I'll buy booze and meat, take a shower, put a new pants on and then celebrate and play this game all over.
Just what Dyspaire said
Aside of systems i want to praise this pixelated graphics style you choose. I love the trees, i love the road, i love the lamp near the road.. And everything else.
The atmosphere is great.
A little feedback.
1. Thanks for gamepad support. I honestly didn't expect that. Left stick(movement) somehow glitchy though. Character(s) move in random directions I'm not sure if the problem with a deadzone or it's some bug. Right stick (mouselook) works fine. I use xbox360 wired controller.
2. Way more important than gamepad. Please make a bigger font. My native resolution is 1360x768. But it seems that demo runs in 1980x1080. UI scaling doesn't work for me. It would be very nice to have font options and resolution options.
Other than that - really waiting for release. I'll buy booze and meat, take a shower, put a new pants on and then celebrate and play this game all over.
Darth Canoli
Arcane
Just don't animate them, please?
Or add and option to turn background animation off.
For those who would like to know the reason(s) for switching to 3d trees, here you go, an excerpt straight from patreon (I am a lazy bum, so copy-paste does the job):
You might have either loved or hated the flat 2d billboard trees, but the news is they are going away as I write this. As you can see from the screenshot above, I have created several models of oak trees + an apple tree (you know what they say about having one apple a day) and I think they look gorgeous in the game. Being 3d, they are physically more embedded in the world, and they don't induce nausea when looking around like billboards do.
It's not all about looks though. With billboards you need to space them out evenly so they don't overlap when rotating. While time consuming, this is not an issue by itself, but if you want to make a dense part of a forest you can't do that with billboards without making a mess. With 3d trees, no problem. Also you don't need that many different trees as with billboards, as they can look different by simply rotating them around. 3d trees can also be easily painted down with a tool, which isn't true with billboards as you need to be careful of aforementioned spacing. I can literally see myself blazing through foresting the land with 3d trees now.
You might have either loved or hated the flat 2d billboard trees, but the news is they are going away as I write this. As you can see from the screenshot above, I have created several models of oak trees + an apple tree (you know what they say about having one apple a day) and I think they look gorgeous in the game. Being 3d, they are physically more embedded in the world, and they don't induce nausea when looking around like billboards do.
It's not all about looks though. With billboards you need to space them out evenly so they don't overlap when rotating. While time consuming, this is not an issue by itself, but if you want to make a dense part of a forest you can't do that with billboards without making a mess. With 3d trees, no problem. Also you don't need that many different trees as with billboards, as they can look different by simply rotating them around. 3d trees can also be easily painted down with a tool, which isn't true with billboards as you need to be careful of aforementioned spacing. I can literally see myself blazing through foresting the land with 3d trees now.
Berengar
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The older I get the more I value devs taking the nausea shit into account. You rule for this! Keep up the fantastic work dude!
Rhuantavan Just wanted to ask when will you stop posting on Codex, add pronouns to your twitter bio and chop off your dick? Before or after first 100.000 units sold on Steam? Iron Oath devs did it before selling single unit. They seemed cool and normal. You seem cool and normal, too
Says a guy, with smug smirk and in ironic tone, implying that normalizing cutting off your dick and cosplaying as woman society-wide is normal and that rebeling against insanity is something normal people don't do. How was your bar mitzvah?
notpl
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Yes, that's what you're doing in this thread about Call of Saregnar - A Betrayal at Krondor-inspired rpg. You're rebelling against insanity.
InspectorRumpole
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Whoa whoa, don't get ahead of yourself now.
cyborgboy95
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cyborgboy95
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i thought the 3D trees looks great. i always dislike 2D foliage in 3D space. they look so weird and creepy always facing you as you turn direction
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They know
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