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[GAME] Felinity

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Started 10 months ago by skyhawk
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skyhawk
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So currently Felinity is a work in progress for the http://uDevGames.com contest. I am keeping an active blog up at http://hkasoftware.blogspot.com/

A few overall notes:
- Uses Cocos2D 1.0
- Uses HKTMXTIledMap for fast rendering of large maps http://www.cocos2d-iphone.org/forum/topic/17945
- Uses Texture Packer for in battle animation One of the best decisions I made for creating the animations in my game. The Map entities don't use this for animation however.(they could probably be converted and save me a few k of memory
- Uses Glyph Designer for super sweet fonts (seriously really pro tool)
- Almost completely data driven. Leveling, character stats, maps, triggers, scripts, dialog. None of it's hard-coded into source. The only thing that is tied to source are the special moves used in battle, and even those can be tweaked via data.
- Complete source will be released after the contest is over.
- Easily portable back to iPad (but not so much iPhone)
Screenshot:
(car is placeholder)
in game Characters:
Rat

Tandy (our main protagonist):

Demo can be found here
Posted 10 months ago #
skyhawk
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So a crucial part of Felinity is now done: The ability to save a game and load your saves.

So there are a few different save models in RPGs.
- Save at dedicated spots. Such as at an inn or church. This doesn't well for Felinity as she spends the majority of the time in the "wild" and I don't think she's particularly religious, being a cat and all.
- Save absolutely at any time. My approach is similar to this, but not entirely. You can save anywhere on the map portion of the game. Exceptions are when you are in the middle of a Dialog, or "actions" are running. I also do not allow saving in the middle of a Battle (I feel the potential to cheese here are far too great).
Probably the best part of having Save and Continue implemented is that I can now test different parts of my game more easily. At the very least, I can hack save files together to be where I need to be!

So what comes next:

I need to do some artwork for the post office (where you find the rat king), I need people in the post office (ya know, that's one thing that's horribly absent from my game. Cars and people).

After that I will be putting in more work into the Park. The Park is where we'll be meeting the next enemies. One of the things I have to keep in mind is level progression. I want people to level moderately quickly as this is a somewhat short game, but I must be careful not to progress the enemies too quickly, or Tandy may find herself overwhelmed if she decides to forego leveling first. The game rewards you modestly for fighting things much too hard (simply beyond your level), so that you're always brought up to the correct level for the area swiftly. The game also rewards you less so for staying in one area and grinding up. I don't want anyone to feel they need to stay in an area and level because "the next area is too hard".

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Posted 9 months ago #
skyhawk
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A video of saving and loading (handy special effects) http://hkasoftware.com/fileserve/Felinity/FelinitySaveLoad.mov

Posted 9 months ago #
skyhawk
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Latest Version:

Technical Engine Side:
- define character progression via Excel sheet (converted via tool to game format) so that you can easily view and map out progression
- Numerous memory bug fixes
- Battle Moves can now generate special effects in addition to normal animations
- Basic AI uses all moves available to them
Game Side:
- Overhauled graphics (still very much work in progress)
- Added park battles
- Drastically decreased leveling curve needed for early game as resting is not something your character can do till later in the game
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Posted 9 months ago #
skyhawk
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With uDevGames ending in only a day left, I am ready to release the source code back to the community under the DBAD License (Apache 2 license, with the clause, Don't Be A Dick). This is not a FULL featured RPG, but it's pretty damn close! =)

Since last post almost every system got an overhaul, but most noticeably tons of additional scripting powers were added (like following other characters, full screen effects, popping to the main menu, and a few others I can't remember off the tip of my tongue).

On graphics side / game side, the story has been fleshed out up to the point where I had to call it quits (aka as much story / content as I could pack for such a short contest)

Source Code and full playable can be found here: http://udevgames.com/entries/185

Or Directly from my site:
Source Code
Full Game

Feedback (source or game wise) is always appreciated, and of course as come this weekend, vote for me in the contest!

Posted 7 months ago #

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