Under The Tower
il y a 6 ans
Under The Tower is a turn-based RPG that I have been working on in my free time for a while now. It's finally done, and I'm excited to be able to share it!
I decided to not use the SD card to store data to avoid feature-creep, so all the game contents are contained in less than 32 KB. I still have tried to add a lot of game features in that small space:
-A 64x64 tile overworld
-10 randomly generated dungeons
-An epic main quest
-5 side quests
-An inventory system with 6 unique items, each with their own combat effects
-Three playable characters
-Nine unique abilities
-32 unique enemies
-Over 800 words of dialogue
-A save and load system, so you can save your progress
Please let me know what you think! I ended up spending way more time on this than I expected, so I hope that you enjoy the result.
NEW il y a 6 ans
I just noticed, that you didn't provide the sourcecode - is there a reason for that?
wuuff
il y a 6 ans
I will be releasing the source code, but I wanted to get an initial round of feedback first, plus I wanted it to be Gamebuino exclusive for a short time. However, I will end up making the source available.
wuuff
il y a 6 ans
The source code is now available, including the commit history. I hope someone will find it useful or interesting. It can be found here.
@MicroGames, I ended up compressing a lot of the game data, which helped give me more space. I used huffman compression on the game dialogue, and run-length compression on the map data. I used different compression techniques because they were better for those kinds of data. The map had a lot of repeating tiles, and the dialogue had varying frequencies for different symbols. I also randomly generate the dungeons, which means I can create a lot of areas without having to store anything.
I had to cut out a lot of features and areas I was originally planning on putting into the game, though. The map and dialogue still use up a large percentage of the available space.
NEW il y a 6 ans
Sorunome
I will be releasing the source code, but I wanted to get an initial round of feedback first, plus I wanted it to be Gamebuino exclusive for a short time. However, I will end up making the source available.
NEW il y a 6 ans
WOW how did You fit that game in 32K!
I didn’t fully fit EPIC MINI GAMES but this is 100 times more advanced :O
NEW il y a 6 ans
Sorunome
The source code is now available, including the commit history. I hope someone will find it useful or interesting. It can be found here.
@MicroGames, I ended up compressing a lot of the game data, which helped give me more space. I used huffman compression on the game dialogue, and run-length compression on the map data. I used different compression techniques because they were better for those kinds of data. The map had a lot of repeating tiles, and the dialogue had varying frequencies for different symbols. I also randomly generate the dungeons, which means I can create a lot of areas without having to store anything.
I had to cut out a lot of features and areas I was originally planning on putting into the game, though. The map and dialogue still use up a large percentage of the available space.
dreamer3
il y a 6 ans
I had to cut out a lot of features and areas I was originally planning on putting into the game, though. The map and dialogue still use up a large percentage of the available space.
I'd use the SD card for large maps and dialog... and then just page them in as you need them.
MicroGames
il y a 6 ans
Ok,
Thanks for the anwser. (The compression method will help me make games)
NEW il y a 6 ans
wuuff
I had to cut out a lot of features and areas I was originally planning on putting into the game, though. The map and dialogue still use up a large percentage of the available space.
I'd use the SD card for large maps and dialog... and then just page them in as you need them.
wuuff
il y a 6 ans
I actually have other projects in which I'm doing exactly that. For this game I challenged myself to fit everything into the .HEX. Part of the reason I did this was to force myself to limit the scope of the game.
NEW il y a 6 ans
dreamer3
I actually have other projects in which I'm doing exactly that. For this game I challenged myself to fit everything into the .HEX. Part of the reason I did this was to force myself to limit the scope of the game.
NEW il y a 6 ans
You can always make a v2 later with extended world / dungeons and data if you want later after having complete your other projects or someone can propose it as it's open to modify as long as you keep author as source if i don't make error
NEW il y a 6 ans
wuuff
Ok,
Thanks for the anwser. (The compression method will help me make games)
NEW il y a 5 ans
I would really like to see a port of that game to the Meta. I think it has a lot of potential...
Zockeromi
il y a 5 ans
I did play the arduboy port - great game