by NihilVulture » Thu Aug 19, 2010 12:20 pm
Hey guys, right now, I am closing the text adventure known as Crown of Xoth, but hold up! I am making a more interesting way of Xoth. It will a CRPG, more like One Man Alone Ultima but hopefully with good modern graphics. The Engine is Just BASIC 1.01. I am hoping for a seminal Diablo look. But the fighting is all Melee, no projectile attacks. The fighting is simple for me and possibally easy for the player. You fight a-la Ys Books 1 and 2. I am a fanboy of Ys series, but also love traditional old skool CRPG. It's like Rogue, but with terrain rather then a dungeon. Like ADOM, but more graphical. I am hand creating the sprites. The theory is, I paint the scene, like if it is a forest, I will make it the trees part of the background, but not a sprite! It will have invisible boxes for collision detection on these trees. And the enemies are sprites, and the character is too. So it shouldn't take but three to four months to make a decent demo.
I have not sworn off IF totally, it is just I feel Crown of Xoth should be more CRPG. I might make a yahoo group for the game, but I want to be clear as to if I am serious of this project. I love the Just BASIC, very simple to use. If only I can use Play BASIC >_<I>_<
Until next time!
NihillVulture
Hey guys, right now, I am closing the text adventure known as Crown of Xoth, but hold up! I am making a more interesting way of Xoth. It will a CRPG, more like One Man Alone Ultima but hopefully with good modern graphics. The Engine is Just BASIC 1.01. I am hoping for a seminal Diablo look. But the fighting is all Melee, no projectile attacks. The fighting is simple for me and possibally easy for the player. You fight a-la Ys Books 1 and 2. I am a fanboy of Ys series, but also love traditional old skool CRPG. It's like Rogue, but with terrain rather then a dungeon. Like ADOM, but more graphical. I am hand creating the sprites. The theory is, I paint the scene, like if it is a forest, I will make it the trees part of the background, but not a sprite! It will have invisible boxes for collision detection on these trees. And the enemies are sprites, and the character is too. So it shouldn't take but three to four months to make a decent demo.
I have not sworn off IF totally, it is just I feel Crown of Xoth should be more CRPG. I might make a yahoo group for the game, but I want to be clear as to if I am serious of this project. I love the Just BASIC, very simple to use. If only I can use Play BASIC >_<I>_<
Until next time!
NihillVulture