Kev, have you tried Realm of the Mad God? It is much different from your game, but has many of the same sprites. It reminded me of Legends of Yore.
Thats a pretty neat game there Eli
Ya, played it for half an hour, quite nice 
Mike
Yeah I’ve seen several games using the same base set of sprites - they’re from Oryx as I’m sure you already know.
As with Legends of Yore though, the tile set has been extensively extended for the game in RoMG. Wondering if we could get them altogether in one large collection for future use.
Kev
Did there used to be a fishing pole in 1 of the stores? I swear I used to see it in there and now I never do.
Do any of the stores change what they have? I feel like I used to see 1-2 more items I don’t anymore
edit:
also sometimes when I am using the onscreen arrows on the iPhone, the “center” version, when I hit in the bottom right(about where the “right” version keys would be, I still seem to hit them? even though I can’t see them?
Its like the “right version” buttons are still there in “center mode” but the right ones are invisible?
Fishing pole is still in the shops - gombard I think.
Stores don’t change what they have.
I’ll check into the on screen cursors things. Thanks for the feedback. You’re the first person I know of that uses the “Center” cursors mode.
Kev
I found I didn’t like the center, I am using the “right” cursor mode right now.
I must say one of my most personal favorite feature is the fact that when I am at work I can play on my phone, but when I go home. I can play on my computer(shared saved)
I am always having issues trying to get internet connectivity things to work well. This seems to work perfect. Could you by chance when you have some free “tutorial writing” time, is to maybe make a little tutorial or SCCE(short compileable code example) that utilizes the set/get you are using for your saves? if its not too much trouble, or perhaps a link to something close to your method? HTTP post/get? mysql direct access?
edit: I found the fishing pole, at the city you said
I could have swore it used to be in the newbie starting town
edit 2x:
You said that I am the first person to use the center thing that you know of.
Have you ever considered adding some sort of anonymous basic logging of functions used.
i.e.
That sends in data whenever they save.
how many players use keyboard vs point and click
which control, left/center/right do they use.
Probably the best statistic to look at, look at all the saves there are of the game. Look at the highest point(level/area) they reach before it seems they stop playing(for more then a week or more?) Then focus on adding more content/quests/faster level or something to that area.
I personally feel it slows down a lot around lvl 6 or 7.
Like there should be a quest from main town that has you go to another town, to “suggest/guide”(aka force) the player to explore more.
ingame statistics would be neat too.
how many monsters of each type slayed.
how many bosses you killed.
how many times died.
total money ever earned, highest money at one point, items sold, gold found vs sales
how many times did you reach the end of the dungeon(is it always 7 levels deep?)
I know a lot of people love mini achievements, which could tie into those statistics and other areas.
Cool game, I like it
Did you draw the sprites by yourself? by what tool?
They are from Oryx:
http://www.oryxdesignlab.com/sprites/
http://forums.tigsource.com/index.php?topic=8970.0
I think this game deserves to be featured!
Mike
yup, but alas there are no more showcase moderators.
Agreed. About that Oryx sprites, are they free to use? there’s also Desktop Dungeons (another game that I love) sprites set.
Back to the game. I am already Lv11 Archer with awesome DEF point. Finished quests: kill zombies on graveyard, fishing 10 fishes and collect pelts, on what is city of the next quest?
Yup, they are free to use
Great game Kev, it’s eaten up a lot of my time ;D My only suggestion is maybe making it possible to hold down the buttons on the D-Pad because movement is a bit clunky otherwise, at least on the iPhone. Movement is great on the computer though, clicking works a lot better then tapping where you want to go. That’s just my opinion.
Z-Man
Erg, whats the deal with that then.
Back from holiday - back to work on the game!
Kev
FEATURED
Is there intentionally a white border on the right, and bottom of the game window? It doesn’t always do it but most of the time I see a white border on both sizes of the game.
Large size: LegendsOfYore 800x600.jpg
Normal Size: LegendsOfYour Normal.jpg
Na, there isn’t meant to be a border, I’ll check into it.
Kev
What java are you using to get that?
The canvas is pack()ed into the grame with a preferred dimension etc. So it should be snug.
Kev
What version of Java? Java 6 update 26. I have both the 32 and 64bit versions installed because not everything works with the 64bit version :cranky: Maybe it has something to do with the fact that I have a 3rd part skin for windows, but I use a canvas, setPreferredSize(), and pack() too and don’t have problems.
Hi Kev . I finally rooted my HTC Hero :persecutioncomplex: and installed 2.3 and now I can play LoY .
I’ve played until level 10 so far, and I must say I had fun with it .
However, I have a suggestion for the beginning of the game . I’ve seen in the bestiary that there are a LOT of different monster types, but in the first dungeon (when player will decide if he keeps playing or just delete the game), you only present a skeleton, a slime and maybe another one that I don’t remember.
Maybe it’s just me, but I think it would be better to present some other monster types (even if they are basically skeletons but with a different sprite), for the benefit of the eye candy . It is kinda monotonous to go to thru 5 floors of the same tiles and same monster type .
In my opinion, you should spend a little more of your resources in this beginning to keep player enticed enough, and when he’s already hooked you can safely save a bit of your resourcers and repeat more .
Right now you’re doing exactly the opposite : when I left Aria (and had met 3 or 4 monster types) I’ve then encountered a lot of different enemies in a very short while .
Keep up and good luck !