So lets have a minor(major) content update. Iambian has been working on the underdeep, an optional dungeon in E:ToR that is required to get some of the better equipment and loot in the game.

It is a psuedo-randomly generated dungeon each floor is randomly generated based off of a deterministic algorithm to ensure that all of our map requirements are met.

We were uncertain if the maps were being generated randomly enough. To verify this I wrote a small python script to extract some of the randomly generated maps. I exported 20 maps for you all to see




More of them are in this album.
http://imgur.com/a/7Tgwj

The player is randomly placed on these floors. They have a moderate encounter rate, All of which will be with the strongest enemy formations in the game. The dungeon has 8 floors with a dungeon boss as the end. Each map will have an emergency exit and stairs to the next level. Dispersed randomly will also be treasure chests and pots.


For those of you interested in the python script. It is view-able here.

It reads out the raw tileset data and tilemap data from a wabbitemu instance then using the com object wabbitemu exposes. Then use Pillow mangle it into a PNG for your pleasure :p

They are pseudo randomly generated. There are 9 quadrants of which have 3 versions of each section. It then randomly assembles them on calculator following a set of rules to ensure that the dungeon is feasible.


So its half and half

The Underdeep is home to one of two superbosses that can be found in the game. The idea behind the dungeon was to give the player something to do post-game. Since the floors and loot are dynamically generated, it's a slightly different experience every time the player enters. Incidentally, it's also a good spot to grind since the dungeon houses the strongest enemies in the game, and stat-up potions are littered throughout most every floor.

There are numerous other side-areas besides the Underdeep, and many of those can be completed much earlier in the game. In fact, game balance will sometimes require the player to do some exploring and retrieve equipment upgrades from optional areas before they'll be strong enough to advance through story areas.

So, where are we now?

· All maps designed and implemented
· All warp points integrated so that we have a fully connected world (aside from the Feywood, which Geekboy1011 has been drafted assigned to finish when he gets a sufficient amount of free time)
· Designed and implemented a randomly-generated dungeon
· All menu elements implemented
· All equipment and magic inventories implemented
· All shop inventories implemented
· Actual shop / inn routines implemented
· All villager NPCs and their dialogs have been implemented, and they can be interacted with by the player
· Party swap feature implemented
· Several minor cutscenes and sidequests implemented
· Working save system that actually keeps track of flags such as treasures and sidequests
· Some major cutscene elements implemented (but are actively being redone by Geekboy1011 since there were recent changes to the script system)

Alpha is imminent.

This is looking really cool! I always love looking in this topic for new screenshots to be amazed by. Unfortunately, I don't personally own a monochrome calc but I will definitely reccommend this to friends.

Lol bugs. Character I was talking do did not have all of the facings so it loaded a dead person >.>

So got a little board. Everyone likes color so we decided to slap mono2color support onto E:ToR. Mateo did a wonderful job with his software. The port to the CSE took less then an hour!



I choose the funny colors. I think it looks cool

That aside it runs about 75% speed as of now. But is definitely still playable. Nothing like adding another piece of hardware you can play this game on