Changed the name of the game to "Blue Saga", "Blue" representing the oceans you will travel as a player and pirate, "Saga" for the adventures you will experience.
Changed the battle system so instead of being turn-based on a separate screen like Final Fantasy it will all take place on the same screen like regular rpgs. I have also added the support of projectiles so you can both attack something/someone with melee while shooting at something else at the same time. This makes the PvP more fun and that is the main reason I changed it.
Other things added to the game:
- Skill system in place, now you earn skill points (SP) when using skills effectively, this will level up your skill eventually, making it possible for you to equip better weapon requiring that skill or use more powerful magic
- When moving to the edge of a map, the camera stops following the player so that you start moving to the edge of the screen
- Added a spell shop where you acquire new spells
- Ability system works now, with instant abilities, sticky abilities and more
- You see stat changes when equipping items and see info about them (see screenshot)
- Monsters can use abilities now
- Added a range for abilities, so you can't cast spells across the whole screen, different abilities have different ranges
- Added lightning effects on projectiles in dark areas (sewers, dungeons...)
- Tiles can get damaged
- Monsters drop loot on the ground, and can get picked up
- shared XP from kills, is distributed to those who have dealt damage (%)
- Abilities and stats system are set now, existing monsters have been balanced a bit
- Actionbar with abilities
- Cooldown on abilities
- Potions are automatically stacked on the actionbar (will add drag n drop later)
Made a site for the game:
www.bluesaga.orgNeed to make a newer video to put on the site, since the game has changed quite a bit since the battles are not turn-based anymore.
I am now working on a bounty system for the pvp to make it more fun to play while I add content. Will put up a client soon for both Mac and PC.