Dungeon Lord! - An RPG-ish game!

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#1

This is a little project I have been working on for a while now, I call it Dungeon Wars (Any help on a better, less expected name?). It’s a RPG-ish shooter/slasher I am working on, I’m taking A LOT of inspiration from Prelude of the Chambered (Engine wise, at least).

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I have many ideas in mind for the HUD, I’ll try to add more and more features into it, it’s hard to pack a lot of GUI functions onto a 640x480 screen.
Similar to PotC, the engine is 2.5D.

So far you can kill enemies and earn kurlacs, I’m in the middle of adding the Kurlacs economy system.

What I plan on doing with this:

  • Add an economy system that allows the player to trade items using a currency system called Kurlacs.
  • Add multiple kinds of weapons, they won’t be straight upgrades of eachother, each one will have their own merits.
  • Add a map editing system.

I want this to be a game that people can mess around with, you know, create maps with, add extra tools, etc.
It’s not supposed to be anything huge, just an idea that I turned into a game.

Any suggestions are welcome.

#2

looking like a solid start :slight_smile:

do those wall textures have bump maps or is it just a trick of the texture? either way well done.

#3

This reminds me of my old doom days. Really nice start! Keep up the good work and maybe it will become a cult game itself! :slight_smile:

#4

Thanks! I was going for a Doom-esque feel, I also thought about putting the shotgun in the middle of the screen, similar to Doom.

A bit clueless on the gameplay though, any ideas? :clue:

#5

I would go for a lot of NPCs (in sprite style) and include a lot of hidden rooms. Maybe that should be in fact the objectiv - to find all hidden rooms? Just a thought …

#6

Looks good and I bet that will be a fun project to work on. :slight_smile:

Your game should have a good feel to it. How come you have the floor/ceiling and wall textures at different resolutions? It’s interesting but a little confusing. Perhaps you have placeholder graphics.

The other thing that is odd is your gun placement - how it does not point at the cross-hair. Maybe it does when You fire?

Not intending any critical thoughts, just curious as I like the look of it and am quite intrigued.
I love the gun graphic, and the colours, It looks like it will be atmospheric. Nice job of that. :slight_smile:

#7

I tried making a 64x64 texture for the floor, and it came out a bit weird, so I went with a few basic 16x ones.

SADLY I ended up losing my hard drive, so now I’m having to re-develop the engine, which won’t be too hard, now that I know what I am doing.

And as for the crosshair, the gun is in a different position as a fasion choice, and the bullet shoots out directly from the crosshair, not the gun sprite. I must say, this has actually been the most fun I have ever had programming in forever.

I’ll try to stay updated ;D

Cheers!

#8

As for NPCs, before I lost my hard drive, I was working on adding a merchant.

You could pay up a certain amount of ‘Kurlacs’ to get something.

As for items:
I don’t want every weapon in the game to be a direct upgrade of the previous weapon, instead I’ll balance it out so you would have to use a certain weapon in a certain situation. A bit similar to TF2.

#9

Yes programming can be so much fun.

Do a google search for quake 2 textures - lots of inspiration there! Amazing array of art to draw inspiration from.

Also the weapon balance in a game like quake 2 - every weapon can be as good as every other weapon - like you say depending on situation…oh…and skill with it!

Maybe you could buy armour, regeneration, as well…or bullets?

#10

Yup, I thought about adding exactly all of those :smiley:

I’m not going for your average old-timey RPG feel, but a bit more of a doom-ish feel mixed in with a few RPG assets, so the armor and such might be very odd…

#11

I managed to finish the AI, and I FINALLY mastered the kurlacs system.

Soon I will add a merchant, and after that, I, I, I… Go into the dark side.
Multiplayer.

Really though, any ideas for how the multiplayer game will be?

#12

I managed to finish the AI, and I FINALLY mastered the kurlacs system.

Soon I will add a merchant, and after that, I, I, I… Go into the dark side.
Multiplayer.

Really though, any ideas for how the multiplayer game will be?

#13

That has to be one of my favorite zombie graphics ever, great work!

Cheers,

Kev

#14

That has to be one of my favorite zombie graphics ever, great work!

Cheers,

Kev

#15

Also note, this is only a placeholder :).

I have the original sprite for it somewhere, it was a lot more detailed, just never got the time to put it into the game.

#16

Also note, this is only a placeholder :).

I have the original sprite for it somewhere, it was a lot more detailed, just never got the time to put it into the game.

#17

wow, this looks nice. keep up the good work!

#18

wow, this looks nice. keep up the good work!

#19

Thats looking very good. Nice zombie. Would be interested to give this a play when its ready!

#20

Thats looking very good. Nice zombie. Would be interested to give this a play when its ready!