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 p.o -wouldn't that be a bit to fancy and complicated?

Well, it could be like duke nukem forever where its been over ten years...
I will hopefully get something to show on the project in the next few weeks.  I have a whole host of new things I want to try code wise first to see if substantial improvements can be made to the underlying game code.

Further, I am thinking about moving from game maker's gml to c# as it would open up a lot of possibilities.  I am currently testing the drawing functionality of direct x, though opengl may also be possible in the future.  I also plan to learn about xna.

well, a little update...

I've been working on a few board games at least one of which I hope to eventualy get published (and which has some novel mechanics imo).  Further, I've been doing some programming experiments and I've been trying to makes some music.  Since this project is so complicated and has so many loose ends, I think I'll probably pick up some of my older, simpler projects and try to get a few of them done since I lack completed projects.  I find I keep coming up with new things I want to do, and as such I never finish the old so hopefully I can break the habbit over the summer.

Eventualy, I plan to cut down some of the things from Lorn that haven't ever worked well and get cracking on getting more game content, levels, and enemies done. Things like paralax scrolling and lighting, while suported by the code, may get cut if they seem to be takeing up to much time to implement well.

Actual board games with paper bits and glass stones for units and such (a shot of one of the player cards, though they don't print nearly that well)


As well, I am thinking graphically that itd be nice to use segmented sprites for animation like the more modern castlevania's do.  For instance, this enemy is made out of several parts layered on each other since it seem animation would be far easier this way.

Leather Golem (minus smoke effect), again made of several parts

Eventually, I plan to make some scripts handle animations with these and a program to actually make the animations, but I haven't found the time yet. The way it would work is using a node system like that shy guy demo I posted a while back, each part of the object would have a sprite that has a rotation, frame, etc as well as a coordinate, and then on any number of points on it, other sprite sections could be attached.  So for instance, the golem's head and chest are one piece, the shoulders, upper arms, and torso connect to it, then they have parts connected to them, etc. so that a breathing animation would involve simply moving the sprites around for instance.

I really like this idea. WIth each parts of the body being separate this could be useful for the making of some RPG where you create your character at the beginning

Wow this is impressive, how many articulations could a huge boss have before slowing down too much? I am curious if bosses like Rydley in Super Metroid could be possible