It's a Frickin' Cave!

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It's a Frickin' Cave!

« on: December 25, 2010, 03:17:20 PM »

It's a Frickin' Cave! started as my Ludum Dare #19 entry, but I felt it might have the potential to be turned into a full game, so here I am! I've wanted to make a game with realtime roguelikeish elements for a long time, but because I want to make this casual player friendly, most of the deeper interaction has been quite much ditched and I've emphasized the action (like no other game does). I think the result is a pretty nice action game, a bit like gauntlet or Shoot First perhaps; though there's still a lot of work to do and content to add.

The game is divided to five areas, which are in turn separated to 4-5 levels. Here's a little graph to explain the level structure (which isn't very complicated to begin with, heh):

The Netherworld will be like a bonus area, something you’ll sometimes find portals to. In the Netherworld you’ll find a lot more portals, each either sending you further to the Netherworld or sending you to some level in the other areas. To avoid looping, it’ll probably always send you to a later level than the one where you entered the Netherworld.

I'll probably be updating this devlog quite frequently since I want the game to be ready in a couple weeks (I'm quite sure I'll get bored of the concept eventually anyway, huh). For further information you can also check my blog.

Pictures galores:

Everything is very much WIP, so all feedback will be warmly welcomed!

Current to-do list:

More items, enemies and overall content
Refining of the generation and making the different areas distinct
More complicated structures (Statues? Altars? Portals?)
Bugfixin', of course
Enchantments to items (fire enchantment + sword = fire sword etc)
Balancing

Known bugs:

Sometimes the player/chests appear inside walls
Sometimes the only road to the goal is blocked (this and the one above should be pretty rare!)
Enemies face strangely sometimes, I'm not sure if I can fix this
Enemy placement is a bit wonky, sometimes there are tons of enemies in one large room and so on
Helmet of Numbness and Enchanted Sunglasses do nothing

The newest version of the game can be played at any time in
THIS ADDRESS!

It's flash!

Changelog:
V 0.36 (35 skipped for unknown reasons)

Added a new enemy type and all of its variations
Added new items
Increased the range and usefulness of the spin attack (probably not enough, still!)
Added a new spell (gotta add a lot of these and items when I feel like that, I have a couple ideas ready)
Fixed some visual issues

V 0.34

There's another new enemy variation
Added a new spell, again
Added the spin attack familiar from Zelda
Added some synergy between things

V 0.33

Added a new spell
Made the control changing actually work
Added a new enemy type properly!
Added a new 'item'
Made the 'floor cleared' -screen show just where you are (This'll be improved on later!)
Added a version number to the corner of the game

V 0.32

Fixed the bug mentioned above
Smoothened the generation a bit (still not happy)
Added a new enemy variation (which doesn't do much at the moment, just look interesting)
Added the possibility to sitelock the game (which doesn't really matter currently)
Small fixes here and there


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