Runesword 2 / Runesword open source

[Martin]

http://www.runesword.com/rs2.html

http://runesword.sourceforge.net/

Does anyone have any experience with the game(s) and/or the game/world editor?

 

[oldschool]

Haven't heard of it, but downloading now. Looks interesting.

 

[Lord Rocket]

Pretty typical D&D 'heartbreaker' ruleset if I recall correctly. I also recall the editor was kind of a pain in the arse to use but it's been a few years so I may be misremembering. I definitely wasn't impressed though.

EDIT: recall recall recall recall

 

[Luzur]

i remember trying Runesword some 10 years ago, but didnt like it at all.

 

[SCO]

Look at this freaky guy trying to do a editor alone:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ac4sV4TlLsY

 

[Martin]

What is he making? What software is he using?

 

[mondblut]

I played the default module. Was moderately fun, although the HOMM-like combat wasn't impressive.

 

[SCO]

What is he making? What software is he using?

He is making a node system, to be used by his future game engine (that isn't even written yet).

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scene_graph

But if you want to make simple 2d games, i either counsel you to look at either http://slick.cokeandcode.com/ or http://www.pygame.org/news.html considering if you're either a static typist or dynamic monkey.

 

[SCO]

Forgot a interesting one, full of visualization examples: http://processing.org/exhibition/

 

[pernyblom]

Look at this freaky guy trying to do a editor alone:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ac4sV4TlLsY

He he, I am that freaky guy

 

[Elzair]

Look at this freaky guy trying to do a editor alone:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ac4sV4TlLsY

He he, I am that freaky guy

What kind of game engine are you creating? Will it be open source?

 

[pernyblom]

The engine will probably be open source if I manage to make it general enough. It is actually working quite well right now and the game SpringWorld Challenge (http://www.springworldchallenge.com) was made with a very early version of it.

There is also an editor (http://www.springworldchallenge.com/swc_editor.zip) that features weapons and bots but it is not that user friendly.

The node system I am building is an attempt to improve the graphics, sound and music and my own skills in these areas + procedural content generation. I don't know if and how I am going to release the node system though.

 

[Andhaira]

I played Runesword when it first came out. It was pretty fun, and I had a blast. What killed the experiance for me though, were the gamebreaking bugs.

 

[SkeleTony]

I did some graphics for the newest Runesword(handful of skill picture/icons IIRC). It is in some ways very impressive(especially being a 'game creator' programmed in VB 6) as you can almost totally change the entire game system mechanics, create your own world settings(the game comes with like a half dozen game worlds as it is...everything from Middle Earth to Glorantha to a superhero world) adn so forth.

The drawbacks are that the default system is completely fucking crappy. it is only like D&D in that it features a stupid, nonsensical and cumbersome magic system(maybe WORSE than the 'fire and forget' crap) and very dumbed down mechanics aside from that magic system.
The default system(for the default game world of "Eternia" but also used for ALl teh packaged worlds that come with it) is more like a set of board game rules, ala HeroQuest or some such, than a RPG.

So if you really wanted to make...for example a REAL version of Glorantha/RuneQuest(or whatever floats your boat) then you are looking at a shit ton of fucking work(creating/replacing/adding attributes and how they function in game, a new magic system, better skill systems etc.).