Archive for the ‘engine’ Category

You press i and the inventory opens

You press i and the inventory opens. This is one of those wonderful Written in Stone things in computer rpg’s.  Inventory is good, its filled with tiny pretty items that will help you go on and conquer the world in front of you. And it’s so simple to use! You just click an item in [...]

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Keys

I added a locked teleport/key feature. It’s still bit limited, but makes good addition to feature list. Any item class can be set to be a key to a teleport instance, so for example you could set  BlueKey to to be key item for teleport01. Then when player steps on teleport01, a check is made [...]

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Garden of (unpolished) delights

Although I have had very little time to spend on the project, I have made good progress. I have introduced several new features to the engine, and everything is starting to come together.  It is actually starting to feel like playing a game. Marvellous!

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Never ending Dungeon

After little rest, Im back on the project. Next big thing to do is to make the whole area system completely dynamic, so I can have multiple “campaigns” using the game system.

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First version out!

I just managed to get first sneak peak version of the game/engine out, you can find it  in Latest Build section, check it out!
Im pretty satisfied overall, but naturally there is lots and lots of things to improve. But now basic game mechanics are fleshed out, so it will be  easy to continue from here.

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Alpha release nearing…

I have been crashing bugs and cleaning up stuff so I could release first sneak peak version of the game engine. There is still some work to do, but hopefully I get the thing out next week.

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More Loot!

I have been on summer vacation, and travelling, so i haven’t had much time to code. But now I’m back =)
I’ve been working on area loading and saving. Saving is not complete yet,  but I probably get it ready quite soon. All collectibles (items that can be picket to inventory) and npc’s will be saved, [...]

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Open sesame

Well, sometimes the code just writes itself, nearly. I have made good progress, and now all collectibles (potions, etc), npc’s and containers (like chests) all come from area data, which can easily be manipulated, and will be easy to create from editor mode of the game also.
There is is also basic alertbox that can be [...]

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Minimum game requirements

Creating a professional level (well, nearly so anyway..) rpg alone is quite a big task, so my plan is to make a limited featured game first, and then proceed with more features.

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AS3 Depth sorting made easy

The plot thickens and you find yourself in a dense forest and pack of wolves surrond you…
And if you are a neophyte Flash coder you are in middle of depth sorting nightmare. How does one make wolves and trees look correct so that when a wolf moves behind a tree, it disappears, and when a [...]

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