Anyway! Internet is up, and no more typing on that crappy phone! Huzzah! (And typing on a keyboard feels really awkward now, lol!)
Doing finishing touches on the Blog now (adding a few things to the Wiki also) as well as updating the posts I have on the forums!
As for the state of the games:
For Alteratio: Again, I'm amazed I've done this much with only your moral support guys! *Free Hugs for everyone!* I am a first-time game developer, and I've coded in C++ with minimal knowledge about 4 years ago when 'MUDs'(Multi-user-dungeons) were still somewhat popular.
Now, as it currently stands, I have it figured ALL out how to do dynamic menus with a point buy-system. I'm only hung up on one thing, which is testing and playing around with a thing called 'Format String'.
Read More of my Technical Rambling as well as other things by clicking READ MORE!
Thanks for reading :) It means a lot!
What the [Quest-Online] lacked was the ability to make a thing called 'Attributes', which means that I can MAKE things such as
~Your Attunement is X+Character Creation Choices.
~Your Coordination is X+Character Creation Choices.
~Your Fighting is X+Character Creation Choices.
~You Ability is Attunement + Coordination + Fighting / 3
These are made.. but the numbers (as well as Addition, subtraction, multiplication, division) are not working - that's what I'm stuck on, and I'm confident it is to do with the 'Format String'.
When I make a Attribute, you must do 3 things:
- What type of 'object' are you making? (I'm pretty sure it's a String, aka a line of text/code that does not change but can have variable in the text/code)
- Name it (Ability, for example)
- A box appears Titled 'Value' and a input line is inside of with, sub-titled 'Format String'
I'm sure I'm just missing a " or an extra space is somewhere, or that I might not be using the right type of 'object'. Its taking experimentation, which is why it's taking so long.
The awesome thing though, is as soon as I figure this one part out (how to make things Dynamic, Variable, and Interact with each other) I will have FIGURED OUT THE ENTIRE GAME!
So, it's not that I'm trying to halt the progress of the game. I'm figuring how how to do the rest of the game from the get go, to see if its even possibly, and to let you all know if my dream of Alteratio will come true or not :)
In other news, my Disability Game is... well, expanding?
It's called Life is but a Moment, and it's goal is to immerse you in a similar way as I wish to do with Alteratio. It's secondary goal is to invoke some sort of emotion into the reader/player. And it's final goal - to inform people of the worst (IMO) disabilities out there.
I had initially started out with a goal of 30/40 pages in Twine 2. After noticing how slowly I was going (7 pages in a few days ago, haven't count since then) because I had to come up with the next path then-and-there, I decided to map out all of the choices that you could do until the end of the game (plus or minus a few for pacing purposes) and for all paths, female and male, we're looking at around 120. That's Triple/Quadruple the work I sent out for!
And it's not some 'Oh, Copy Paste from here to here a lot' shenanigans. I'd slit my wrists before I did something like that - that's doing you all an injustice. Each path is uniquely written, but mare share some similarities. Only about 8 or so pages are actually the same (they serve as 'junctions').
It'll be an awesome Story/CYOA, but I doubt that a majority of you will like it. It's not a game of 'enjoyment' since I believe its a serious, harrowing topic.
All I can say is that it'll be an experience.
One you enjoy? Time will tell.
As a final note, I'll be putting up another poll on Tuesday after most of these end, as well posting their results. Be on the look out!
Oh, and I don't have the Flu so much as Pneumonia anymore! So, I'm only HALF crippled in my speed now, since I don't have to spend so much time in the bathroom! Huzzah!
Questions? Comments? Concerns? Leave them below or in the Question / Comment Section!
hi. i don't know if you are on www.futanaripalace.com or not, but i made a post in their "game development" section to let folks there know about this project. i provided links to this blog and to your forum post on the TF game site. made it very clear that i was not the owner of the project in any way, shape, or form.
ReplyDeletemaybe you should pop in and tell folks there about your game.
and if you don't appreciate me starting a thread about it on their forum, i do apologize and will remove it if you request.
my post on your project can be found here: https://www.futanaripalace.com/showthread.php?58992-Alteratio-A-Dungeon-Beyond-Worlds-NOT-MINE
I just made an account when you mentioned this.
DeleteI've been aware of Futinari Palace (and Fenexo) and have not posted on them because, again, this is an incomplete game.
I don't know why, but people think I've done all of this work as some sort of 'publicity stunt', and that isn't my intention. I'm just laying the foundation of what I've been eagerly looking forward to and informing people of what I have, what I'd like to do, and how I'd like to do it.
When I get a more 'finished' intro area, then I'll begin posting on other sites, but I don't mind that you made a post. I appreciate the initiative that you and others have done on Fenexo by getting this game out.
I'm just not going to do it - yet :P
So, no need to remove anything unless you feel compelled to; it's your post after all!
Thanks for helping! I am thrilled that others want to help ^.^
totally get why you hadn't shared yet, people do tend to get impatient waiting for something, a demo or a finished project, and so few projects get finished that some people get a little jumpy. still, i thought it might excite some people to see a new game in the works. i know i was, and that's why i shared. best of luck
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