My Newest Creation

[Doan the Nado]

I began my newest creation just over a week ago, and I am pleased to say that I am very happy with my progress so far. I don't want to give too much away, and for that reason I do not plan on putting out any demos. I also do not plan on giving a detailed update on my progress. I will merely say this:

I am making a game that consists of basically a collection of games. I am not sure what games, nor how many there will be, but you can be sure that there will be a sort of progression, where you acquire new games, unlock bonus levels, and in the process, advance in the "shell game" that encompasses the entire thing. If that sounds confusing, good, because that is about as clear as I want it to be.

I do not have this game very well-planned, but the beauty of this project is that it doesn't have to be. Right now I am simply taking one game at a time, making a sample level, and then working on a game engine for that game which can be easily applied to all levels. In this way, it will be very easy to expand the games once they are all in place by simply building new levels.

I will give a little more info about the games: some will be classic games, some will be internet-inspired, others will be based on board games, and still others will be completely original. I have a few scraps of ideas here and there that I will combine into games that will be not necessarily visually stimulating, but should be fun to play regardless.

As for the "shell game", I plan to go all-out with that and try to make some great cutscenes and good environments. That's all I know for now, however, because I don't know exactly what I'm doing myself, as I said before. I will detail my progress in a strictly numerical fashion so that you can see how I am doing so far.

Current Progress:
Shell Game: 0%

Total Games: ? (1 in progress)

Classic Games: ? (1 in progress)

• Classic Game 1:
  • Game Engine: approx. 75% (barring major problems)
    
  • Levels: 10%
    
  • Other Elements: 0%
    
  • Overall Status: 50% complete
    

Overall Classic Games Status: 5-10%

Internet Games: ?

Board Games: ?

Original Games: ?

Total Games Status: 2-3%

Overall Status: 1%

Yeah, so it doesn't look like there's a whole lot right now, but none of those numbers are concrete at this time. Whenever I get a chance, I will continue to post my progress so that both you and I can see where I stand.

[Dungeon Warden]

Welcome back, Doan.

I like your idea of putting a lot of mimi-games together into a collection. My first impression is that you are making a game like Mario Party, except you are using complex game designs instead of the simple games of Mario Party. Since you haven't said what your core design will be I don't know how close my quess is. Sounds interesting whatever you have planned. I look forward to seeing this game in the future.

[doyleman]

A week and at 1%, multiply that up, and its about 2 years till its 100%

Nah, I realize that some parts will be slow on creating, while others will be a breeze, but either way, nice to see that you have a game going, I was beginning to think that you kicked RPGM2 to the curb

Well, I await more info and such on this game title

[Deleted]

This sounds cool. Glad you're back.

[Doan the Nado]

Bad news: the "(barring major problems)" thing that I said in my first post has occurred, which means I will have to rewrite much of the game engine. Thankfully I won't have to start from scratch, but I will have to write a complex action script to control 5 moving events on the map. I'm pretty sure I can do it, but it will not be easy. The problem came up because all events share the same X/Y variables and because I had 5 events with action scripts that were loading all at once, and unfortunately one script was over-writing the variable as it was being used in another script.

The good news is that I am almost positive that I have come up with a way around the problem, and it should cause my game to run much more smoothly with no freak bugs whatsoever. Another positive is that in writing the movement scripts for 4 of the events (which are controlled by an AI system that I created), I found a good way to write your own random movement which avoids walls. It may be something that has been done before, but more will come on this method in the Technical Help section, in case it might help anyone else with what they are trying to accomplish. No more will you have to worry about an event stopping its action because it has run into a barrier. Just keep an eye on the Technical Help thread for more details.

[Rodak]

I like the idea of non-traditional games made with RPGM2. I look forward to your tips as I am trying to script a PONG recreation for a mini game and had the same problem of 2 events sharing the same X,y coordinate system.

I was just going to load event info, and make unique x and y variables for equal to the coordinates of each of the events.

Is that generally the approach you used?

Anyway, add mine to the chorus of voices singing Welcome Back, Doan.

Peace.

[Dungeon Warden]

The problem came up because all events share the same X/Y variables and because I had 5 events with action scripts that were loading all at once, and unfortunately one script was over-writing the variable as it was being used in another script.

I had the same problem with my Waitressing mini game. I just set Event Name to a specific name when the events were created and put in a condition that the current event is that save one I want to save info for. It's a little complex but it works. I also used a wait command so that each event cycles through the action scripts at different times so that loading and saving game info never happends at the same time. Everything seems to work fine and there can be as many as 10 duplicate action scripts running at the same time. There is a lot of slowdown, however.

Good luck with your redesign. I hope everything works out.

[Bigfoot]

Just wondering, how is the progress on this so far?

[Doan the Nado]

Since I got back to school, started working again, started classes, and began work on finally updating the message board and Domain website, I have actually had no time at all for working on or playing any games. Yes, I know, that really sucks, and I just wish there was a little more time in the day, but with where I'm at now, I really have no other options. That is, I bought a new car a few weeks ago, and my insurance doubled to about $1300 every 6 months, so I have to work to pay that and to pay the car off so that I can drop back down to liability.

Once all that happens (January or February I hope), I'll finally be able to work a little less and have more time for RPG stuff. Until then, well, I'll try to squeeze stuff in wherever I can.

[The Final Rune]

Nothing in the world will kick you when you're down more than life itself.