Vapourware Codexian Game Development Thread

[LESS T_T]

Some brushes are yet to find appropriate textures. There's a small computer maze inspired by DM3 map (and partially by E1M2 of Doom), I was tempted to make a giant maze but I restrained myself as I realized the map is big enough already.

But it sure goes some places.

 

[zwanzig_zwoelf]

delicious, delicious

 

[zwanzig_zwoelf]

Kept HD version of Phantom 3D as a backup plan in case things start going downhill, might as well release it once the addon for DG is out.

Spent last evening reading posts on how people used to ward off evil spirits as means to gather inspiration for new mechanics.

 

[zwanzig_zwoelf]

fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun fun

 

[ProphetSword]

Started a separate thread for my game, Magic & Mercenaries: The Curse of Eternal Darkness, so I'll likely move discussions and screenshots about it there. Before I go, though, here's a video I created showing off a demo of the engine:



Warning: The video is an hour long. Also, I am not a professional narrator. And, for some reason, it seems to be in 360p at the moment (I'm told it will go to 1080p once YouTube stops processing it in the background).

 

[Molina]

All graphic assets are mine.
I use dialogue system for unity (Pixel Crusher) and Inventory Pro, because fuck C#.

There is Attribute (Str, Dex.. and so on, not defined), Skill (Not defined) and Knowledge (You earn it by exploration, discussion ...).
I try to plagiarize Morrowind, so, same battle system, with a miss system because fuck the world (but I add a miss animation !).
I would like to add a magic system as Arcanum. But, not now, I'm not good enough with inventory pro (which can manage active skill).

 

[zwanzig_zwoelf]

After talking to aweigh about built-in dungeon mapping functions I couldn't resist the urge to prototype one real quick.

I'm yet to add edge markings to denote walls, thin walls, forcefields, doors, etc, but this could be a useful tool to avoid alt-tabbing between the game and Grid Cartographer (or distracting yourself to scribble things down on graph paper).

CryptRat, Grauken rejoice.

 

[aweigh]

man that looks pretty

 

[zwanzig_zwoelf]

Even prettier now.

 

[zwanzig_zwoelf]

Doublepost, but you have to see dis.

 

[pat]

My pure Roguelike Spirit has been further tainted by letting players have a choice of 50 graphical avatars

 

[CryptRat]

I like this tileset, for example The Temple Of Torment looks great.

 

[pat]

I’ll have to double check but I think they’re actually slightly different tile sets. I think Temple of Torment uses an official Angband set and mine uses an earlier prototype which I think the creator himself didn’t even like and was embarrassed about haha. I like that they’re a bit goofy and rough though.

Edit: here’s the ones I use: http://files.sablab.net/Games/Angba...16x16.bmp?utm_source=share&utm_medium=ios_app

 

[Mastermind]

My pure Roguelike Spirit has been further tainted by letting players have a choice of 50 graphical avatars

Did you make these? What is your process?

 

[Nathaniel3W]

My pure Roguelike Spirit has been further tainted by letting players have a choice of 50 graphical avatars

Unlockable characters are a big part of roguelikes. They let the player feel like there has been some progress even though you still have to start at the beginning every time.

 

[ProphetSword]

Those icons look a lot like the icons Dan Autrey created for use with Forgotten Realms: Unlimited Adventures.

 

[pat]

Did you make these? What is your process?

Nah, I didn’t make them. They’re pretty old public domain assets which I don’t think have been used all that frequently. It’s a coincidence that they fit almost perfectly with what I wanted for this game - a pseudo gold box goofy vibe.

 

[pat]

Those icons look a lot like the icons Dan Autrey created for use with Forgotten Realms: Unlimited Adventures.

I’m curious but couldn’t find these ones - do you have a link for them? I definitely considered using FRUA graphics at one stage

 

[ProphetSword]

Looking at them again, I realized that some of them are similar in style, but aren't the icons he created (to be fair, the icons in the image above are quite small). You can find the icons in question here:

https://ua.reonis.com/index.php?topic=3122.0

 

[Joonas]

Those tiles are made by Adam Bolt. I think Angband has used them from the early 90s or so.
https://www.reddit.com/r/gameassets/comments/6tkhqj/sprite_16x16_rpg_tile_sprites_created_by_adam/

 

[LESS T_T]

This is months old, I guess many of you already saw this and I think this was posted on other thread, but anyway, a website that lets you navigate 3D maps of old console games, mainly Nintendo ones: https://noclip.website/

Very educational, personally, for my Quake maps

 

[zwanzig_zwoelf]

After spending a day grumbling 'fuck Python' and 'fuck Blender' and 'fuuuck I accidentally put a semicolon at the end of the line' I'm finally victorious.

Now I can generate lines from Blender data, which bypasses the need to write my own line editor and since the new line rendering method is almost 20 times faster than the old one, I might be able to invest more into enemy and environment graphics.

 

[zwanzig_zwoelf]

I get the feeling I'll be working on this after DG2.

 

[Ysaye]

I get the feeling I'll be working on this after DG2.

Please don't post things like that Zwanzig-zwoelf! - it only gives me and others who yearn for a return to Wizardry hope where there is none.... better off just ruining it now by setting it alight with in-game purchases or feeding it the worms of of the procedurally generated map mould....

 

[zwanzig_zwoelf]

I get the feeling I'll be working on this after DG2.

Please don't post things like that Zwanzig-zwoelf! - it only gives me and others who yearn for a return to Wizardry hope where there is none.... better off just ruining it now by setting it alight with in-game purchases or feeding it the worms of of the procedurally generated map mould....

Come on lah, don't you want to see how a faithful spiritual successor to Wizardry causes butthurt to 14 years old players who came in expecting romances and C&C?