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[NinthPower]

D R A G O N S + Friends (pronounced "dragons and friends") is a procedurally generated hack n' slash rogue-like with an emphasis on the push and pull of competitive and cooperative multiplayer.

Here's some gifs of enemies and weapons I've been working on for the past month or so:









I'm taking inspiration from multiple places, for the combat a bit of Momodora and Smash Bros, the procedural generation and a few of the mechanics a bit of Nuclear Throne, and the multiplayer Final Fantasy Crystal Chronicles and Zelda: Four Swords Adventures. Ok ya all that stuff for sure haha.

Some of you might know my other game Script Kiddies which you can check out here. Script Kiddies is on hold for right now as I work on D+F. Anyways, lots more to come but I hope you'll follow along!

ARTWORK/LOGO AT TOP by dReW gReLLA: @Drewisdrawing

[Savick]

Looks like a cute and fun game, but the style is a little too simple for me.

[NinthPower]

ouch

[alvarop]

what do you mean ouch?
this has a lot of potential, and I want to see where you take it. Following. 

[NinthPower]

sorry, I appreciate what you said Dragonoir 

Thanks I appreciate it

[NinthPower]

This is what the character lineup looks like so far. I'm leaning toward symmetrical gameplay kind of like Samurai Gunn where the characters are simply cosmetic...



And I really really love the way Drew rendered them in his drawing. Look at Monique she's so flippin cute!

[NinthPower]

New enemy type I came up with last night: Swordodo. Still very early and WIP but main idea is there.



I was thinking he would shield attacks and the player has to do something interesting/meaningful to attack him other than just roll behind him. Any ideas?

The goal right now is to get a get mix of enemies and have their basic patterns working then get in on the tower generation stuff. Right now I have 5 enemies coded and 1 boss. Goal is 2 bosses and ~8 enemy types before moving to proc-gen stuffs.

[Eldan_Knight]

So cool man!!  I love the idea and the gameplay looks just super fun! The minimalistic graphic style is also lovely. Keep on with the good work! 

[adrian.bedsheet]

looks awesome, dude.

[NinthPower]

Thanks guys 

[NinthPower]

physics is weird...



still working on getting the gravity for their attack right. I've had physics in for a few weeks now and changing these little guys ' attack to physics based instead of x/y based is taking more work than i thought and it's hilarious

[NinthPower]

new swordodo sprite. I think this fits a lot better with the other enemies and obviously the feather in his cap makes him look more threatening!



Still not sure of what his combat style should be like. Any ideas would be much appreciated

[NinthPower]

So the game is still in a very malleable state. Originally I was thinking there would be a bow n' arrow as a main weapon like knife or lance, but I think it would be a lot more fun if it acted as a secondary weapon.

So the plan now is that each player has a melee weapon (knife, sword, etc) in their ATTACK slot, and then a variety of things can go in the SPECIAL slot. This could be a secondary weapon like a bow n' arrow, or a bomb which could be used with a cooldown (kind of like special abilities in RISK OF RAIN), or they could be something with status effects like a sacred instrument that can be played to give an attack+ to all players or put every enemy on-screen to sleep for a little while.

Here's the bow n' arrow animation I did last night. TURNED OUT SO GOOD I'M SO HAPPY! 


One of the special slot items I'd like to add are faeries:

Faeries will fulfill a similar role that they do in the Zelda games when you have a faerie in a bottle. It will work like an extra life--if you die it will bring you back to life.

Anyways, small steps but the game is feeling better and better

[Vitali Kirpu]

Simple but powerfull. Nothing to add. 

[NinthPower]

Thanks

[dynasty9]

I always love local-multiplayer! There is something very satisfying about yelling at your friend across the room.

[NinthPower]

Thanks dynasty. I think I may include a single player but the emphasis will be on co-op. Kind of like how you can play Four Swords Adventures by yourself but it's not really that fun...

[NinthPower]

new arrow stickiness.

the way I implemented it is only a quick fix though. I think what I need/want to do is when the arrow hits a solid or an enemy, it changes physics to become a joint to the thing it hits.

[NinthPower]

Ok YES! Having the secondary weapon option adds SO MUCH! I'm so happy the new arrows work perfectly! Especially in conjunction the roll-counter for the sword and shield: attack --> roll counter --> arrow in the face is looking like a super good combo


The combat is starting to feel much more fluid so it's heading in the right direction I mean, look at that, I just ripped those guys apart. Didn't stand a chance 

[NinthPower]

Got some smoother movement (especially through the air) and showing off the bats path-finding


For some reason I was setting the movement to 0 when you attacked in the air but now it's more fluid.