Since my other project is on hiatus at the moment, I thought I could put some of the design and assets into use in a simpler project.
Coincidentally, I backed the IceBlink Engine and thus have access to their alpha releases. So I'll use that for this.
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Concept:
The game will be mainly a proof-of-concept for the combat system I'd envisioned. The scope will be limited, focusing on more the basic character systems and NPC scripting.
The game will cover one lifetime. Being the youngest son in the family, you get thrown out to the wilds with only a sword on your hip and a pack on your back. You settle on a remote plot of land and try to make your fortune out there.
The setting is low fantasy early iron age.
Game itself:
One over-game turn covers one year.
The game turn is split into three parts:
1.) Planning stage (spring) where you make choices about improving your holdings, visit the nearby village etc.
2.) Combat stage (fall) where wandering wildlife, monster and raiders may decide to attack you
3.) Character development (winter) where you get to advance your characters
You start with a single character, but later in the game you can get a wife and start producing offspring. Your wife and children will join you in combat once/if/when they are able.
Your farm is the only game map you'll ever get to see (with the exception of some occasional special encounters). Throughout the game it will change based on your decisions. As your estates expand, you'll face more difficult combat encounters.
The game will be linear, branching at specific points based on your choices in the planning stage. The wife you pick influences the characteristics of the children you get. As an example, only one of them will produce a child with potential for magic.
Turn-based combat for the combat stage (d'uh!), King of the Dragon Pass style CYOA segments in the planning stage.
Current status:
Creating assets, playing with the toolset. At the moment I am running with the default combat and character systems of IBE, hopefully future updates will allow me to take the system apart and implement my own system. No animations, nothing fancy. Though I'd like to animate, so that'll probably mean a complete sprite overhaul.
I'd love some concept drawings to use in the story segments, maybe if I get drunk enough at some point, I'll commission them. But for now the future of this project depends on the future development of the IBE.
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Oh, and tasteful rape.
Coincidentally, I backed the IceBlink Engine and thus have access to their alpha releases. So I'll use that for this.
---
Concept:
The game will be mainly a proof-of-concept for the combat system I'd envisioned. The scope will be limited, focusing on more the basic character systems and NPC scripting.
The game will cover one lifetime. Being the youngest son in the family, you get thrown out to the wilds with only a sword on your hip and a pack on your back. You settle on a remote plot of land and try to make your fortune out there.
The setting is low fantasy early iron age.
Game itself:
One over-game turn covers one year.
The game turn is split into three parts:
1.) Planning stage (spring) where you make choices about improving your holdings, visit the nearby village etc.
2.) Combat stage (fall) where wandering wildlife, monster and raiders may decide to attack you
3.) Character development (winter) where you get to advance your characters
You start with a single character, but later in the game you can get a wife and start producing offspring. Your wife and children will join you in combat once/if/when they are able.
Your farm is the only game map you'll ever get to see (with the exception of some occasional special encounters). Throughout the game it will change based on your decisions. As your estates expand, you'll face more difficult combat encounters.
The game will be linear, branching at specific points based on your choices in the planning stage. The wife you pick influences the characteristics of the children you get. As an example, only one of them will produce a child with potential for magic.
Turn-based combat for the combat stage (d'uh!), King of the Dragon Pass style CYOA segments in the planning stage.
Current status:
Creating assets, playing with the toolset. At the moment I am running with the default combat and character systems of IBE, hopefully future updates will allow me to take the system apart and implement my own system. No animations, nothing fancy. Though I'd like to animate, so that'll probably mean a complete sprite overhaul.
I'd love some concept drawings to use in the story segments, maybe if I get drunk enough at some point, I'll commission them. But for now the future of this project depends on the future development of the IBE.
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Oh, and tasteful rape.
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