I know what your probably thinking, god another 2D tile based game, but let me explain. Over the last year i worked on a 2D game with a friend to see if i could make a retro version of for example WoW but with infinite free roam and multiplayer, but there were a few issues, the core engine i made had issues disposing of mobs, tiles, old items etc…so it was kinda crap, then through no fault of my own i lost all the code due to stupid github syncing issues -.- (i really hate it but im still using it for this project, guess im a fool), so i wanted to restart the project and take the core features of my old game but make it run better and feel more smooth.
The team:
- Myself (JohnGreen): Developer
- Neil Dady: Artist
What is done so far in terms of the project?
- I have re-made the render engine and made it more flexible for my needs allowing for multi layer tiles, movable block etc
- Faster rendering of tiles since now it is handled on a diffrent thread
- Chunk based system to save and load tiles (the math was hell but you can look at the code if you so wish in my github)
- Max map size of 68,719,476,704 X 68,719,476,704 (Boosted in V0.0.1_11)
What is planned?
There is ALOT planned for this project and its only just been started! Im currently seeking artists to help design; Tiles, players, mobs , items, clothing etc for the game to make it visually appealing whilst keeping its retro feel.
- Randomly generating Mobs, Npc’s, Quests, Citys, etc
- Fully customisable characters.
- Skills (Some skills like woodcutting will have a cap but things like attack can continuously be trained)
- Random dungeons
- Story line based on Randomly generated factors in the game but the core story wont differ much
- Underwater loot, citys, etc
Everything described in this article is a long way away from being finished but i am keen on keeping everyone up to date on what is going on in terms of development and if anyone has any questions feel free to ask! and development screenshots of the game are included below but currently most the work is in the background! (remember i am a coder and i’m not good at design so textures in the game currently are very basic)
Consept art for new textured being developed!
Game fully recoded and working with OpenGL
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V0.0.1_1 (7/12/14)
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First build of game
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V0.0.1_2 (8/12/14)
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Created player and started work on map rendering
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V0.0.1_3 (8/12/14)
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Added Tile rendering and player rendering on tiles
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V0.0.1_4 (10/12/14)
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Added Map and Minimap
Added player controle’s and other keyboard bindings
Added Tree generation
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V0.0.1_5 (11/12/14)
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Updated how Tiles were saved and changed it to save 16 x 16 areas into chunks
Fixed math problems
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V0.0.1_6 (12/12/14)
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Added basic inventory
Discontinued Map, Minimap and tree generation code
Allowed negative quards and extended max map size to 160,000 x 160,000
Re added Map code with new chunk saving
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V0.0.1_7 (14/12/14)
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Fixed several math problems
Knowen bug - the map seems to break (some parts duplicate due to a math error somewhere and it makes the map look like it tareing)
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V0.0.1_8 (14/12/14)
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Fixed Map Tarring
Added Player Animations
Multiple layers of the map working simultaneously
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V0.0.1_9(19/12/14)
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New Map handling methods now capable of having 9BillionX9billion in size maps
Added Inventory contaners
Added basic Biomes (Desert, Beach, Ocean, Forest, Jungle, etc)
Added new debug information
Added Trees
Added multi tile layering to allow for 2.5D effects (2.5D is forced protective of a 3D world in a 2D plain)
Added entity health
Hit Boxes
Block detection
Tiles now have a metadata value
Bug-fixing
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V0.0.1_10(25/12/14 Woooo burning that christmas oil)
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Added better map generation
Fixed Trees being chopped in half with chunks loading in and out
Optimised render methods
Idle player animations
Basic particle effects when running
Known bug: Chunks are not being disposed so causing Tick lag
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V0.0.1_11(1/1/15)
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Multiplayer update!
Basic server client system setup!
Cross client chat
Max possible map size now is 68,719,476,704 X 68,719,476,704 that is if you can walk that far 
(physically impossible for me to make it bigger xD)
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V0.0.1_12(31/1/15)
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Started from scratch with LWJGL
Added Map Generation
Added Inventory’s
Added Spawning entity’s
Added npc’s
Added Basic sound
Added particle effects
Added local map saving
Added Animated tiles
Added Npc chat
Known bugs : When generating the merge blocks between 2 biome’s (for eg sand and grass) there is fps loss due too allot of processing
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V0.0.1_13(25/2/15)
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Added NPC’s
Added Dynamic AI that allows NPC’s to be more unpredictable but make them seem more human
Added Multi World’s (Again) and support for houses (No textures yet)
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To Do
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Clean Up code
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