Jolt Country

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

Alright, I finished a barbarian model for Ages of Dragon Wars, which is the main title of the Crown of Xoth. I came to a conclusion. Like ACK by good man Chris Hopkins, the sprites will be static tiles, but with transparent colors as well. I think I can add projectile weapons as well. I am hoping to make a very interesting graphical Roguelike (I been like crazy trying to figure out how to make an old skool ASCII version of it through BASIC for the longest time) but for me, it transcends any of my other games I have made when I was younger in the 1990's. Anyways, there's several combinations to your character, such as gender and nation of the world of Ages of Dragon Wars. Yes there will be dragons. I am using collages to finish my models. As soon as I get done with a good many of them, I will showcase on my website, which will be up soon!

Take Care,
NihilVulture

I might just make this CRPG project into a First Person old skool... just depends, I must delve further in my studies of the esoteric teachings of Just BASIC :razz:

I might as well use over heard as a way to make the game rock. But it will still have static tiles. Now for members of the party, they will computer moved, weapons for the characters differ. But it is just upgrades you get if you want stronger weapons (like David "Topaz" Wicker's Scenario RPGMaker when you level up weapons at a shop)... And you get a certain number of spells. The game will be HUMAN centered, so no playable dwarves and elves... And the title might change from Ages of Dragon Wars (since there is a game called Dragon Age) to a newer idea: Thousand Swords. The premise to my character stats are my system I call ORAR. Thousand Swords premise is to be a dark fantasy rpg. But Crown of Xoth will be the first game, and the current project I am wrtiing on. I hope this isn't confusing.

Adios
Thee Vulture ov Nihil