Author Topic: TLM Screenshot (Read 9687 times)

jsj795 · « **on:** December 10, 2009, 07:47:18 pm »

Okay here is the screenshot for the side scrolling in action.
btw [ * ] is supposed to be a portal that will bring you to other parts of the map, like forest, desert, other cities, etc.

ztrumpet · « **Reply #1 on:** December 10, 2009, 09:15:13 pm »

That looks really nice! Does it run faster on calc like the other screenshots? Also, are you still using [A] for colision detection?

jsj795 · « **Reply #2 on:** December 10, 2009, 09:21:46 pm »

Viewing under firefox, it is pretty same on calc tho. I think all other screenshots ran same speed as calc on firefox...

And it still does use [A] for collision detection, and string for fast output.

DJ Omnimaga · « **Reply #3 on:** December 10, 2009, 10:29:46 pm »

Nice, for the house, though, I would change all walls to the char "L" and the roof (including the diagonal lines) to "F", or something like that

jsj795 · « **Reply #4 on:** December 10, 2009, 10:39:55 pm »

Well, I tried making the objects as realistic as possible using ASCII, and somehow using Ls and Fs for the house doesn't look like a house... Also that will make the name of the building harder to see, especially if the name of the building contained L or F. However I will test them out to see which one looks better and easier for recognition ^^

DJ Omnimaga · « **Reply #5 on:** December 10, 2009, 10:44:06 pm »

oh yeah true

I just didn't really like how the | and = for example can't be aligned with the other ascii chars used for walls and roof.

However, in my RPGs (like Illusiat 13) I didn't use names for buildings like INN so it wasn't a big issue if I used the following as house:

FFFFF
FFFFF
LLLLL
LLALL

(and sometimes some "+" symbols for windows)

jsj795 · « **Reply #6 on:** December 10, 2009, 10:52:49 pm »

yeah that's true... and I know about u r buildings from I13. The thing is that I think my maps will have many similar maps (since it will be side scroll) that i should define what each building is for. Using

FFFFF FFFFF
FFFFF FFFFF
LLLLL LLLLL
LLALL LLALL
EEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

might confuse people which building is which, especially if there are multiples of them in a row

I am still trying to find the combination to make the house look better

DJ Omnimaga · « **Reply #7 on:** December 10, 2009, 10:57:59 pm »

well, usually, I just use symbols for building types

In most cases, / will be weapon shop (/ is often used in ASCII games for sword slashing in battles), Theta will be item shop, another symbol might be magic shop, and so on. These are defined in readme. It makes it easier. For buildings where you just talk to NPCs I use no symbol and for ones that are locked down, I just have the door be a H instead of A, for example.

jsj795 · « **Reply #8 on:** December 10, 2009, 11:02:13 pm »

Since there will be many types of buildings, and the NPCs and their quest stories will involve in getting into random buildings in different cities, I think using symbols for each one of those will be pretty hard. I like the locked down door "H" tho, i guess gotta experiment with different characters and such. I realized that I never really tried using lower case letters and numbers :X

DJ Omnimaga · « **Reply #9 on:** December 10, 2009, 11:05:07 pm »

yeah ASCII requires a lot of experimenting. It might be easier to use since you don't need to draw sprites, but you need to try multiple combinations of chars

jsj795 · « **Reply #10 on:** December 10, 2009, 11:08:47 pm »

I'm thinking about making better graphic TLM using Xlib or something either as a sequel or a remake

Well, now that walking and event engine seems to be pretty much set, gotta work on my battle *groan

jsj795 · « **Reply #11 on:** January 10, 2010, 09:31:27 am »

Okay, here's the screenshot with the battle scene. The battle doesn't do anything except run, b/c I didn't implement any magic, items, and animations and monster AI... The menu system is almost done, except the party menu needs some finishing touch, and I think it's gonna be similar to ROL4 menu.

Now, I gotta work on the magic and item system, party menu, and the animation for the battle

{AP} · « **Reply #12 on:** January 10, 2010, 09:35:38 am »

Wow, I'm loving EVERYTHING except the Help menu. It was kinda hard to read, but good enough for it's purpose, I suppose.
Regardless, great job. That menu at the bottom of the screen thing is genius. =D

jsj795 · « **Reply #13 on:** January 10, 2010, 09:52:59 am »

Okay, I think I'll change the help menu. anyway, it wasn't finished. I plan to implement the tutorial on the battles, menus, and other things like that^^

ztrumpet · « **Reply #14 on:** January 10, 2010, 10:43:30 am »

Wow, that looks great! I really like the character change feature. I agree that the Help Menu needs some Help (Sorry, bad pun), but everything else looks AMAZING! You've done an awesome job!

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