Fantasy RPG #58
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This is a minimalist console-style RPG. I have boiled the Console RPG genre down to its core elements.
This is my first game jam.
The game was made with HaxeFlixel. I can compile a standalone Windows version of the game, if there is demand for it.
I made the sound effects with bfxr.
Most of the text is Press Start. The other text on the title screen was written by hand in an image editor.
Making this game was very taxing. I spent nearly every waking hour working on the game. The majority of that was engine code. For some stupid reason, I thought it would be a good idea write a scripting language to encode cutscenes, treasure chests, and random battles. It worked, but I'm hard-pressed to say why I bothered. Toward the end, due to time pressure, I started hardcoding more and more. This is my second major Haxe project and I still don't feel entirely comfortable with the language. Please don't look at the source code; it is a disaster.
Nonetheless, this game is more or less what I envisioned when I started writing code, plus or minus a few details. If I'd had a little more time, I might have added a few more bells and whistles, but the concept is intact. Adding much more to the game would either fundamentally contradict the concept I was going for, or simply constitute filler.
Even minimalist RPGs are very difficult and time-consuming to make! Next time I'm going to make something way simpler.
CONTROLS:
Arrow Keys - Move
X - Confirm, attack with first party member
C - Menu, attack with second party member
V - Attack with third party member
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UPDATE (2013/04/29):
Based on your feedback, I have made the game more difficult!
http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/2013/04/29/to-address-compaints-about-my-ludum-dare-game/
This is my first game jam.
The game was made with HaxeFlixel. I can compile a standalone Windows version of the game, if there is demand for it.
I made the sound effects with bfxr.
Most of the text is Press Start. The other text on the title screen was written by hand in an image editor.
Making this game was very taxing. I spent nearly every waking hour working on the game. The majority of that was engine code. For some stupid reason, I thought it would be a good idea write a scripting language to encode cutscenes, treasure chests, and random battles. It worked, but I'm hard-pressed to say why I bothered. Toward the end, due to time pressure, I started hardcoding more and more. This is my second major Haxe project and I still don't feel entirely comfortable with the language. Please don't look at the source code; it is a disaster.
Nonetheless, this game is more or less what I envisioned when I started writing code, plus or minus a few details. If I'd had a little more time, I might have added a few more bells and whistles, but the concept is intact. Adding much more to the game would either fundamentally contradict the concept I was going for, or simply constitute filler.
Even minimalist RPGs are very difficult and time-consuming to make! Next time I'm going to make something way simpler.
CONTROLS:
Arrow Keys - Move
X - Confirm, attack with first party member
C - Menu, attack with second party member
V - Attack with third party member
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UPDATE (2013/04/29):
Based on your feedback, I have made the game more difficult!
http://www.ludumdare.com/compo/2013/04/29/to-address-compaints-about-my-ludum-dare-game/