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« on: April 21, 2018, 03:10:36 pm »
I've added smooth scrolling, after much request for it. After two RPGs that handle only screen-sized maps, I have finally added a much-requested feature! As well, I have added @_iPhoenix_ 's overworld music, fully integrated the map-pack toolchain, and more! Music is almost done. I need one more track. The engine is almost done. I need to implement one more type of script, fix any bugs, and a few more things. The toolchain is almost done. I need to implement a few more features and allow two more script types to be fully edited. The only facet of the game I have any substantial amount of work left for is map-packs. Again, I have lagged behind making maps. Not because it's hard, but just because every time I go to make maps, I remember a feature that I wanted to implement before making the map 
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« on: April 18, 2018, 02:50:06 pm »
Wowzers, I really wish I had a color calculator.
Haha thank you very much! Like Streetwalrus said, though, this is a PC game. However, if you have a PC, you can still play!
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« on: April 05, 2018, 07:59:50 pm »
Thanks to my friend, I have released a new update video for Gateway to Legend! I've added music! The main theme plays upon launching the game. There will be 3 overworld pieces, at least some provided by @_iPhoenix_ . The boss theme plays upon triggering a boss. We also have plans for more tracks than just those! As well, I added some new graphics, including particle effects, a splash screen, and more. Finally, I merged the former toolchain program into the main executable. Watch here: As it turns out, I'm getting scarily close to releasing, without realizing! I've completed most of the main engine work. Music is chugging along nicely, sound effects are nearly complete, the toolchain is almost done, and game design work is almost finished! I have to finish creating some map-packs, and then I should be extremely close to being finished!
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« on: March 25, 2018, 11:59:18 am »
It's always good to see progress.  I like the character animations as he's walking around the map. It's simplistic, but it works. 
Thanks! I have another method to animate characters, and I'll be using it for my next project, but seeing as players will be able to make their own tilemaps and use them in their own map-packs, sprites were the simplest method. The fewer the sprites needed for a walking animation, the better. It's a shame that AoC is the only one who has replied to this thread so far.
I'll admit that this doesn't appeal much to me (at least in its current state), but it's clear that you're putting in a lot of effort to make something good, so I'm still rooting for you.
Thanks! I appreciate you deciding to comment despite not really being interested. As well, honesty is always appreciated too! That just drives me to make this something that will appeal to you, or at least make something else that will catch more eyes.
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« on: March 17, 2018, 11:34:38 pm »
I've been working on this still, even though I've been rather silent. What's here isn't even a big update, but I've been preparing the engine for several more big things. After those, almost all work on the engine is finished, and then off to map-pack making, which should hopefully be easy after all the work I did on the toolchain program. I did a lot of "grease" work, aka lots of engine work for things you won't directly see. I've been working to ensure the Linux/GNU version actually runs, reorganizing some code I made before this project, and more stuff. Here, I actually get to show it off. I've added text input, so instead of having to input various data in the command line, you no longer need that. Another thing I did was revamp the Gateway transition slightly and added a boss into transition.
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« on: February 25, 2018, 10:26:30 am »
Gateway to Legend gains an important feature today: Programmable bosses! Bosses have now been implemented, which exist as script objects. They can be virtually any size (although largest I recommend is 4x4 or maybe 5x5), use any tiles from your tileset, and move in any pattern! Boss movement is programmable, so you can define any way that the boss moves! An easy one would be back and forth, which is: [(6,0) for 20 frames / (-6,0) for 20 frames]. Although in the script it would look like this: (6|0|20|-6|0|20) For this video I defined a 2x2 boss that moves in a square. Bosses don't have to be square too, they can be any rectangular shape. In the video, I also show off the new menu "click" sound, the dialogue script, the hurt/healing field script (which was where I got damaged randomly in the ice world), and older features as well. Here's what my progress list looks like now:* Redoing the menu palette* Script editor; "scripts" are lines of data that dictate where and when certain things like warping, etc. happen, so a easy-to-use editor for myself and other map-pack creators is coming! (just needs one more feature to be fully functional) * More sound effects * Music * Currency and the currency store, as well as potentially Exp * Actual options to change the FPS, volume, etc.* Bosses and customizable boss behavior* Local saves holding more data so that some sort of permanent state is kept between rooms * More types of events such as dialogue, scene scripting (!), etc.* More engine work * Probably redoing some of my 48x48 tiles Here's my goals for the long term:* Release a beta version with a complete toolchain to give everyone a head-start on making maps * Finish the main map-pack * Release the finished version alongside a few more map-packs (secret projects!)
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« on: February 10, 2018, 09:59:40 pm »
I have taken a long break and got pretty sidetracked. I recently fully implemented dialogue boxes, and now there are two types: infinitely available, and one-time-read boxes. One-time-read boxes reset when you save & quit out of the map-pack, but I probably won't leave it like that. All you have to do to see the dialogue is stand inside the script's bounding box and press Interact (default Space) and you get a nice text box! However, I have been working on something a little better. I'm making a webpage for my game! So far it's extremely basic and a little bit void of interesting things. I'm adding screenshots, information, my personally-authored map-packs, and more. If you want to see what it looks like so far, I've got it right here: https://123outerme.github.io/Gateway-to-Legend/
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« on: January 21, 2018, 10:45:48 pm »
I finally finished my work on my tileset after a weekend of working on it, so here it is! I took what little art talent I have and upscaled the graphics. I previously used 8x8-sized tiles for the "main" map-pack, but figured I could do better. After all, if the game can display up to 48x48 tiles, why limit myself? I agree that some things may need work, and I will continue to look at and improve the tileset. Another point of potential ugliness is the maps I'm using right now; the maps will soon be remade and will look better than they do now! Here's a list of things that are coming up in the somewhat short-term, in no particular order:* Redoing the menu palette * Script editor; "scripts" are lines of data that dictate where and when certain things like warping, etc. happen, so a easy-to-use editor for myself and other map-pack creators is coming! * More sound effects * Music * Currency and the currency store, as well as potentially Exp * Actual options to change the FPS, volume, etc. * Bosses and customizable boss behavior * Local saves holding more data so that some sort of permanent state is kept between rooms * More types of events such as dialogue, scene scripting (!), etc. * More engine work * Probably redoing some of my 48x48 tiles As well, here's my goals for the long term, in the same unordered fashion:* Release a beta version with a complete toolchain to give everyone a head-start on making maps * Finish the main map-pack * Release the finished version alongside a few more map-packs (secret projects!)
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« on: January 20, 2018, 04:35:11 pm »
So right now, I'm reworking the main tilesheet to be 48x48, instead of 8x8 (upscaled x6). I figured I might as well show off everything the engine can do, including the resolution it can play at. I haven't made every tile yet, but I have done a few. I updated the spike tile in the upper left, the heart icon, the portal sprite (although I may not be done with that one), the sword, and the grass. I still have most of the tileset to do, but I figured I'd show off this progress. Here's some of my work so far:  I intend to keep this cartoony style for the most part. It's not only easier for someone who isn't really an artist, not only the way my 8x8 tiles looked, but I think it fits pretty well. I would like to hear any criticisms or suggestions you have to offer! Any praise is welcome, as well  As for work on the engine, nothing crazy has been added or removed, yet. I have big plans for features, such as fully-customizable boss behaviors, implementing new events and puzzle mechanics, adding dialogue, and more. The maps featured right now in the Main Adventure map pack are mostly test maps. The work on the real Main Adventure will come in time, mostly once I'm finished a lot of the big features. RPG mechanics will most likely be present. I'm thinking pretty much just money and Exp as the two point systems in place, but probably nothing more, if just that. I don't exactly know if I even want Exp in the first place, and I'll have to see how it will play out. The money will for certain be in, and will most likely be used to buy techniques, items, and other goodies I haven't yet decided on.
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« on: January 17, 2018, 04:27:38 pm »
Here I've implemented sound effects! No music yet, that's coming real soon, though! I bitcrushed royalty-free sound effects and did other wacky things to give them the feel I wanted. I have sound effects for doors, gateways, sword swings, selecting menu options, walking, with more coming soon! Finally, no more silent-treatment from my PC games. Let me know which sound effects you like and dislike, and I'll do my best to make them better.
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« on: January 13, 2018, 10:49:36 pm »
I have successfully implemented my own home-grown (yet not really unique) pathfinding algorithm! Enemies 1 and 3, or the bird and the stone giant. The 2nd enemy, the specter, can walk through collision. They (mostly) take the shortest path to the player from their starting position, and do it pretty fast too! With 2 enemies utilizing the routine, and a 3rd one moving without it, I get an uncapped FPS of about 450, which I find very impressive.The algorithm I used was just a flash-fill that takes data from the eventmap and plots a path through without colliding with walls, although I may extend that to not collide with other things such as portals, spikes, etc. I'm really proud of it, as in 8 hours I went from not knowing anything about pathfinding to implementing my own into my game. I'm glad I could get it to work and the euphoria after realizing it worked was gold.
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« on: January 12, 2018, 07:47:09 pm »
Here's my new update! I finally bit the bullet and implemented enemies in their entirety, after months of practically radio silence on the matter. Yes, if you're wondering, POTY 2017 did motivate me to get working again, among other things. Enemies can collide with you, knocking you back and dealing damage, collide with the sword, dying (although in the future I will have some enemies have more HP, taking damage and getting knocked back as well), and not shown here and not implemented quite yet, collide with the environment. Every enemy will have some sort of special attributes. For right now, the implementation of the special attributes is: the bird does not collide with the environment and does minimal damage, while flying straight at the player. The stone ent attacks like a rook; it tries to line itself up with the player's left-right, then attacks, does good damage, and moves rather slowly. The slime enemy has yet to be implemented fully. I think I may change this around, especially as map-packs will be using different tiles for the enemies. I would like to make each enemy's behavior individual, yet generic enough so that a multitude of enemy appearances can fit the same type.
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« on: December 02, 2017, 11:57:38 pm »
Congratulations! I have been lurking around project boards for some times, slightly jealous of CE owners, and I have to say, I would be using ICE in a heartbeat if I had a CE! It looks like a very adaptable and simple compiled-language, and it seems to have a solid implementation to boot! I'm sure it feels great to finally hit that v2.0.0 milestone, so keep on going and don't forget to look back on the leaps you made with this project!
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« on: December 01, 2017, 05:42:00 pm »
Looks like this is coming along quite nicely. Nice work!
Thanks! I took quite a bit of a break, so I haven't made huge leaps in progress, but I do have something to show! Here's a look at a little bit of work I did on this today! I added an HP display, removed FPS counter (you can bring it back by pressing a certain key, although I haven't decided which key yet), and added the functionality to spikes! Spikes reduce 1/4 of a heart in damage per contact, and you are also thrown back in the direction you moved. This is done by increasing your velocity so that you are automatically moved. This velocity system I put in place will also be used for enemies and maybe some more puzzle mechanics.
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