Just Like Make Game

It’s a keeper

Added weapon and enemy stat systems, so now I can pretty easily define different guns and monsters. Enemies also make use of the weapon stat system, so I can give them any guns. Currently the enemies use the same weapons as the player, so they can be a bit overpowered at times. Also chests to loot.

Couldn't resist resurrecting this project with new engine tech. Spent the whole day creating the lighting system, and gotta say I'm pretty happy. "Dynamic" per-pixel lighting with normal/specular mapping and stylized dithering. Runs ok, considering it supports up to 15 simultaneous light sources at the same time.

A playable demo has been released. You can try it out, although there isn’t that much content. If you do play it, I’d appreciate some feedback (about how it runs, mostly), either on the Itch page or here.

The game is nearing a state where I’m considering releasing a (tech) demo, mostly to see how the game performs on different systems. Maybe tomorrow...?

Another feature I’ve been planning and finally added is the TOMBSTONE. When the player dies, the current floor number and seed are stored along with the player’s death position. When you enter the same floor in a new game, the level is built from the seed loaded from the dead file, and a tombstone is placed in the level. Might as well make the player spew some of their inventory or weapons as pickups near the tombstone.

Saving & loading is also barely working. I haven’t added a check to see if the save file is valid (eg, player hasn’t died) so it’s possible to load the game with 0 HP, resulting in what you see in the vid.

The spider enemies now walk on the ceiling and drop down on an unsuspecting player. “Poison” status effect is in, and spider bites will poison the player (purple flashing). The levels can have water in them, complete with water particles, and falling down a chasm also kills the player.

Been busy with actual work, so haven’t really devved in a while. A little bit of progress has, however, been made. The game now has a functional loop, complete with a rudimentary main menu and level progression. I suspect I’m starting to get VRAM issues with the game, since if I try to record the level generation with OBS, the level gen (which relies on surfaces) fails almost always. When not recording, it works as it should.

“Let’s just climb on these torches to escape that abomination of a spider and then dodge roll into the sunset”

In the meantime I noticed you can jump on the torches. Naturally the torches now set you on fire.

Also, the game “loop” is now functional, meaning I can actually find the level exit and proceed to the next floor while stuff like exp, gold and items stay the same. (Mermory is leaking with the level gen, though...)

Also tweaked camera collisions, torches and pillars no longer affect camera movement.

made a comfy starting area for the levels also made the map get revealed as you explore, so I can have a map item that shows the entire level, zelda-style. maybe a compass to show chest locations once I make chests

Pillars no longer individual instances