I planned to make an RPG, made an engine in Java from scratch in 72 hours, but again I set my goals way too high! Anyways this little RPG is about exploring the small world and killing creeps to level up to fight a strong scripted boss! However you discover things throughout the game that end up making you a monster! Make sure to interact with the people in the world to learn about everything. Also your progress will be saved, so don't feel like you need to level up to max and beat the game in one play through :)
Controls:
Move: WASD
Change Weapon: Mouse Wheel
Focus Target: Right Click the mob
Talk: Click 'F' when near an NPC
Interact/Open-Door: Right Click
Attack: Left Click
Pause: Escape Key
Known Issues:
FullScreen when not in your native resolution breaks the game
Visual bugs on the little mobs spawned from the boss (knight looking guys)
Performance/Stutter sometimes
Very rare crash
Hope you enjoy the game or think it has potential! I did this over the weekend from scratch in Java and I have like 20 thousand lines of code. I am going to go take a break now. However I do plan to make a full RPG after my break from Ludum Dare, and it will play just like this game but instead you will have armour, money, a ship and a crew, and there will be a questing system and dungeons and more!
java.lang.NegativeArraySizeException at org.classpath.icedtea.pulseaudio.PulseAudioClip.open(PulseAudioClip.java:449) at sfx.AudioPlayer.<init>(AudioPlayer.java:40) at sfx.AudioPlayer.<clinit>(AudioPlayer.java:11) at gamestatemanager.SplashState.init(SplashState.java:19) at gamestatemanager.GameState.<init>(GameState.java:13) at gamestatemanager.SplashState.<init>(SplashState.java:14) at gamestatemanager.GameStateManager.<init>(GameStateManager.java:20) at game.Game.start(Game.java:81) at game.Game.<init>(Game.java:75) at game.Game.launch(Game.java:188) at game.Game.main(Game.java:175)
Thank you jrhee! It definitely shows that I only had a weekend, because the game is missing content like lots of mobs! However the boss fight I feel is where the game shines, however it takes a good 10 minutes of prep before you can do it :)
That's what I was trying to accomplish ripter :) I will probably continue to develop the game, but add questing and ship combat and such! Also a gear system and raids and such :P
Felt nice to play, but there was no feedback on if my attacks were doing any damage! I spent about 3 minutes just running in circles shooting at that demon boss in the cave before finally giving up. I don't think I was ever doing damage to him, but I honestly couldn't tell.
BitDecayGames try right clicking on the mob to focus them :) You cansee there health and level :) Shooting also does no damage to the boss, it just stuns him :)
Started the boss fight at level 6 and finished as a level 8 pirate, couldn't have done it without the heal provided by leveling up ^^. Walking around was pretty slow but still bearable because the distances weren't that great. Probably didn't experience all of it, because I don't know what you mean by shooting the boss for instance. The aesthetic is pretty basic, but at least it's not ugly.
It's a great engine for a RPG game, though the menu could be better. I liked the graphics but I had trouble finding the cave (and I didn't kill the boss, too hard). Apart from that it's pretty good, nice job!
Wow, the boss is hard, I got to the 3rd stage(shots + spawning things) but I couldn't beat him... The character's and enemy graphics were good, however the tiles and the screen tearing or stuttering(I don't know which of both) made my eyes bleed. Music was great, even after it remained stuck on the boss theme.
Our entry in the last Ludum was also an RPG, so we feel your pain! RPGs seem very simple to implement but truth be told they are full of small traps for implementation. Anyway, great job in the implementation and solid entry!
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java.lang.NegativeArraySizeException
at org.classpath.icedtea.pulseaudio.PulseAudioClip.open(PulseAudioClip.java:449)
at sfx.AudioPlayer.<init>(AudioPlayer.java:40)
at sfx.AudioPlayer.<clinit>(AudioPlayer.java:11)
at gamestatemanager.SplashState.init(SplashState.java:19)
at gamestatemanager.GameState.<init>(GameState.java:13)
at gamestatemanager.SplashState.<init>(SplashState.java:14)
at gamestatemanager.GameStateManager.<init>(GameStateManager.java:20)
at game.Game.start(Game.java:81)
at game.Game.<init>(Game.java:75)
at game.Game.launch(Game.java:188)
at game.Game.main(Game.java:175)
Linux x86_64
amazing graphics!
like the level up effect!
cool nice!
The character's and enemy graphics were good, however the tiles and the screen tearing or stuttering(I don't know which of both) made my eyes bleed.
Music was great, even after it remained stuck on the boss theme.