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RE: Neverfall 1.0

Author: sonrisu
Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2012 10:18 pm (GMT -8)
Topic Replies: 12

Yeah, the gravity is a bit high. I played around with this for a while, and ultimately chose to keep it this way. It's totally ingrained into me while I'm playing that I don't even notice it. Hopefully the more you play the game, the more used to it you'll get.

Reminds me kind of Castlevania, with that insane quick dropping.
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Development Log - Gaunt's Dungeon

Author: Skywise
Subject: Development Log - Gaunt's Dungeon
Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2012 6:47 pm (GMT -8)
Topic Replies: 0

I was looking through some old files, and found a demo for a Gauntlet-style game I had started working on back in 2001 (at least, judging by the timestamps). Despite a ton of obvious gameplay flaws and occasional segmentation faults, I found the thing kinda super fun and ended up killing about an hour playing it. So the natural thought is - resurrect the thing!

Here are some screenshots from what I'll be calling "the prototype:"

The eyeball guys in the second picture shoot projectile weapons, which can break down those crumbled walls the same way the player's does. They're also generally dangerous and cool.

You can try the demo at http://www.rowf.net/gaunt/GauntProto.zip if you'd like, but no guarantees it will run anywhere. It happens to be playable under my wine configuration, so maybe it will still run elsewhere.

Some aspects of the gameplay that I really like:
- The enemies are really stupid, and the collision detection is rudimentary. This opens up some neat ways to kill a ton of enemies at once, whereas the hordes will normally just destroy you.
- The "colored keys" system is lifted straight from Doom, except you can collect as many keys as you want. This allows for some interesting map design decisions.
- Run-and-shoot is sufficient to kill pretty much any horde of enemies. But if you get caught from both sides, or run out of space to run, it can get intense.
- The collision detection system effectively turns spaces between diagonal walls into murder holes. You can use this, and so can your enemies.

I also remember having a later version of this where each character had special abilities - priest could heal, wizard could do some kind of splash damage-y thing, thief could pick locks, and fighter just had some kind of lame fire-in-all-directions thing. I don't know if I still have such a version, but I like the idea.

Anyway, since the game is so simple and easy to extend (new monster is basically just four sprites and some stats, maybe a projectile) I think this would be the perfect little side-project. It could also be a lot of fun with on-line cooperative multiplayer. [/img][/url]

RE: Development Log - Kingmaker

Author: arvidsson
Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2012 12:41 pm (GMT -8)
Topic Replies: 30

Ok, so the first little milestone is approaching. My goal is to restructure the code so it's nice and clean, so I don't have to think about that when it's time to actually implement the game logic. Next update will contain a release (mac only for a while) where a map is randomly generated, being rendered in a minimalistic fashion but hopefully in an aesthetically pleasing way, with populated provinces that are clickable. I'm hoping to include a fixed zoom-feature too which means the map has to be scrollable also. This might take a while though because life is getting in the way right now. But I have a reachable, set goal which is always a good thing. Until then!

RE: Okay, so what are we playing right now?

Author: Hard Rock
Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2012 11:47 am (GMT -8)
Topic Replies: 208

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My only concern is that when in 4-player mode there are times when the players are only a few pixels in size, and even with my projector we were frequently getting lost on screen.

I wonder if Kirby will have a similar issue?
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Kirby four player doesn't let you get that small, it sort of always warps you to player 1.

That's not to say it isn't confusing, everyone kept getting lost (we died lots of times when people forgot who they were in a kerfuffle and fell to their doom) and boss battles were just absolute madness. Lots of fun though.
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RE: Offtopic - Winter 2012

Author: PoV
Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2012 11:24 am (GMT -8)
Topic Replies: 54

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RE: Okay, so what are we playing right now?

Author: Sirocco
Posted: Sun Feb 05, 2012 9:28 am (GMT -8)
Topic Replies: 208

Rayman Origins is good; at least 4-player. I'm not sure about single player. Musically and visually it's a real treat, and it has a good variety of gameplay. My only concern is that when in 4-player mode there are times when the players are only a few pixels in size, and even with my projector we were frequently getting lost on screen.

I wonder if Kirby will have a similar issue?
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RE: Development Log - MyRPG like game....

Author: yodhe
Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2012 7:57 am (GMT -8)
Topic Replies: 43

Currently I am doing my yearly refactorization of the code-base.
I hope to have a playable stable version out later this year.
Probably maybe have it finished in the next year or two.

Look there's another bug.. *sqwuiish*

RE: Neverfall 1.0

Author: Gil
Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2012 7:41 am (GMT -8)
Topic Replies: 12

Sirocco wrote:

It might break the level's designs, but I'd like to see a little more hang time at the top of a jump. The jumps and movement are relatively fast, like some old NES games. Not necessarily a bad thing -- probably just not what I'm used to.

I think he can keep the level design if he only reduces the fall speed. A little feather on the fall smoothens the jump. I don't seem to miss ledges when jumping, so the going up is fine, but it's the sudden speed-up going that that tends to throw me off and make the jump feel a little... harsh?
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RE: Neverfall 1.0

Author: Sirocco
Posted: Sat Feb 04, 2012 6:19 am (GMT -8)
Topic Replies: 12

It might break the level's designs, but I'd like to see a little more hang time at the top of a jump. The jumps and movement are relatively fast, like some old NES games. Not necessarily a bad thing -- probably just not what I'm used to.
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RE: Neverfall 1.0

Author: Gil
Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2012 10:47 pm (GMT -8)
Topic Replies: 12

Just one gripe, the gravity is a bit too harsh; when you fall, you fall REALLY fast
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RE: Neverfall 1.0

Author: Sirocco
Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2012 5:34 pm (GMT -8)
Topic Replies: 12

Nope, no crashes on the Win version.

I did encounter areas early on that introduced some slowdown, which I guess was related to sprites on screen? Perhaps not... I didn't see a clear correlation between what was on screen and slowdown.

And you already knew about the sound lag bug, but that's also non-critical. It is kinda neat to stop moving and hear the player's footsteps catch up a second or two later :)
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RE: Neverfall 1.0

Author: sonrisu
Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2012 5:07 pm (GMT -8)
Topic Replies: 12

Thanks! Hope you guys are having fun and it's not crashing on you. ;]

Of course, feel free to share progress, complaints, compliments, whatever here. I probably won't be doing any heavy patching, but it's always good to get critique so that I can either fix what's wrong, or take it into consideration for whatever comes next.
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RE: Okay, so what are we playing right now?

Author: sonrisu
Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2012 5:06 pm (GMT -8)
Topic Replies: 208

Soul Calibur 5. Not sure what it is, but out of all fighting games out there to choose from, I really do enjoy some SC.
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RE: Okay, so what are we playing right now?

Author: BadMrBox
Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2012 2:32 pm (GMT -8)
Topic Replies: 208

While I wait for SSX Deadly Descent I played some SSX3 today. It's still a very fun game.
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RE: Development Log - Kingmaker

Author: arvidsson
Posted: Fri Feb 03, 2012 12:40 pm (GMT -8)
Topic Replies: 30

But how do I find the surrounding voronoi vertices?

Hmm:

Code:

for each "center" point C
for each triangle where C is a vertex
store the triangle's circumcenter point (what I refer to as a voronoi vertex)

This way I can get all the points that should be in the polygon. Somehow I must ensure that they are added to the polygon or triangle fan in the right order though.

Perhaps not the most efficient way, but a convex hull algorithm might work. My implementation of Graham's scan was not in vain! :)

Thanks for the suggestion! Just what I needed to start thinking about the problem.