Action RPG Prototype

Devlog

• Delays
  March 24, 2024 by br0nco640k

  Lately I've been spending less time on this particular project, so that I could focus on a much smaller game that I can possibly get launched in a few months. This will push out the launch of this gam... Continue reading
• Moving Ahead, One Feature At A Time
  March 07, 2024 by br0nco640k

  I'm gradually reintroducing features that the old 2D version had, as well as what the Unreal Engine version had. While 2D was initially simpler to work with, due to being superficially less complex, e... Continue reading

  
• Health Bars
  March 02, 2024 by br0nco640k

  Every time that I implement a new feature, it has been an opportunity to learn a little more about the engine, and how to use the tools that it provides to do fun new things with it. In the last two d... Continue reading

  
• Back On Track
  February 28, 2024 by br0nco640k

  My first public build of the 3D version is live! It's still very much just a prototype, with the goal of learning what makes this type of game fun, or as it may be, not fun to play. The last week has... Continue reading
• Reintroducing Sanity
  February 23, 2024 by br0nco640k

  I spent the entire last month trying to learn Unreal Engine so that I could reboot my game with that engine, but alas, that particular path proved to be somewhat of a dead end. The blocker proved to b... Continue reading
• Growing Pains
  February 14, 2024 by br0nco640k

  It's been a bout two weeks since my last post, but I've been hammering away at the project in Unreal Engine. There have been a few bumps in the road along the way, as expected. I have faced performanc... Continue reading
• Unreal Progress
  January 31, 2024 by br0nco640k#Unreal Engine

  A few weeks back I began to rebuild the game in Unreal Engine. I've been making a lot of progress on it lately, so I'm here to share the status once again. Here's what is already working with the new... Continue reading

  
• State Of Flux
  January 17, 2024 by br0nco640k

  There has been some turmoil with the project lately, and I thought I'd take some time to discuss it. The really short version is that I'm considering moving to a new engine, and I have been experiment... Continue reading
• Particle effects, audio fix, stamina system
  December 21, 2023 by br0nco640k

  Today I added a fun little particle system that displays when a teleport node is activated, along with a label that displays the name of the teleport while holding down the "alt" key. A shader also dr... Continue reading
• A few audio bugs
  December 20, 2023 by br0nco640k

  I noticed a few audio bugs that appear to be in the Windows version of Godot Engine 4.2.x today, so they might affect my Windows build of the game prototype. The first one was causing the teleport act... Continue reading
• Working Teleport Fast Travel System
  December 19, 2023 by br0nco640k

  Today I got my teleport based fast travel system working! The gist of it is that you open the teleport window by hitting "t", and it offers up a selection of teleport nodes that you have activated on... Continue reading
• Navigation nodes, and a slow week
  December 18, 2023 by br0nco640k

  This past week hasn't been the most productive I've ever had. A business trip took a few days out of my schedule, and then I spent a day or two rebuilding my development system with a different Linux... Continue reading
• Weekend Progress Report- Combat
  December 10, 2023 by br0nco640k

  Quite a bit has happened since last time. I have implemented a knock back effect when the player performs a melee attack. This is limited to the first melee attack, as it led to a situation where you... Continue reading
• Random Enemies, Damage System Added
  December 09, 2023 by br0nco640k

  For today's update, a number of things have changed. There's an actual system in place for inflicting damage to enemies, so they no longer die from a single hit. Enemies can now aggro on the player if... Continue reading
• Navigation Fix, Enemy Movement
  December 06, 2023 by br0nco640k

  Today I spent some time solving a minor issue with player movement (navigation). Previously it would simply stop moving if you told it to go to a place that was unreachable, and now it will continue m... Continue reading
• Music, Sound Effects And Collecting Loot
  December 04, 2023 by br0nco640k

  Today was really productive. I added background music, with a mechanism for shifting over to more intense music during combat that will activated soon. I added sound effects for most actions. I added... Continue reading
• Super Basic Loot Drop Added
  December 03, 2023 by br0nco640k

  Today I have added a really basic "loot drop", using some art I made. It will appear in a slightly random place near the enemy each time. I have added a shader to it that gives it a glint effect, as i... Continue reading
• Examining Combat And Loot Drops
  December 03, 2023 by br0nco640k

  My most recent upload fixes camera issues that cropped up as a result of allowing the player to zoom out, and filled in some tile zones that became visible as a result of that change. I had also found... Continue reading