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Procedural landscapes are coming together, can use the same texturing and populating systems that the dungeons use to add details.

I got the UI down, but the input is completely non functional. The main menu items work. But I can't seem to back out of it. The game is ignoring my back button presses. There is no input response in game, and it updates about once every 30 seconds graphically.

I managed to level up somehow though.  

What model of phone is that?

[K1lo]

wow, that looks freaking great!

[Seiseki]

That looks awesome..
But you're gonna have a hard time blending the textures together..
Unless you actually blend the textures together using some kind of alpha painting with two layers.

I think you should keep the tiles because the transitions between rock and grass looks better..

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That looks awesome..
But you're gonna have a hard time blending the textures together..
Unless you actually blend the textures together using some kind of alpha painting with two layers.

I think you should keep the tiles because the transitions between rock and grass looks better..

I don't plan doing any alpha blending, I'll need to go old school and make some transitional textures for things like going from grass to dirt.

Some outtakes:

[fylth]

I got the UI down, but the input is completely non functional. The main menu items work. But I can't seem to back out of it. The game is ignoring my back button presses. There is no input response in game, and it updates about once every 30 seconds graphically.

I managed to level up somehow though.  

I'm using a Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo V and I too have this problem occasionally, where I seem to be getting about 1 or 2 frames a second. I find that restarting the game tends to fix it for me.

[Seiseki]

Well true, you could do diagonals to fill in those jaggy transitions..
Actually that's probably the only thing you need.

Also, you can paint some mountains, perhaps add an evil castle or wizards tower to the skybox..
Would give you an epic feel if those are actual dungeons too :D

[whitewolfmusic]

Okay folks, here is my Texture Pack update for delver-alpha-10-29-12:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/fda6t5cevqes46v/whitewolfmusic%20Delver%20Textures%200.7.zip

My eyes were quite dry and a bit sore in the last few days, so I was unable to pixel stuff, sorry for the delay.

[wy477wh173]

I got the UI down, but the input is completely non functional. The main menu items work. But I can't seem to back out of it. The game is ignoring my back button presses. There is no input response in game, and it updates about once every 30 seconds graphically.

I managed to level up somehow though.  

I'm using a Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo V and I too have this problem occasionally, where I seem to be getting about 1 or 2 frames a second. I find that restarting the game tends to fix it for me.

I used to have this problem With GFX at max (Cyanogen moded Samsung Galaxy S GT-1900)but i put it down to half and its pretty flawless now.

[gimymblert]

The skull guy in black coat is the final boss? Can't believe I manage to get this far only using the w key for forward on azerty layout :D, I was stuck on floor 1 and once I manage to get the "cowardly-hit-and-run-and-hide-behind-corner-to-avoid-projectile-and-to-ambush-AI" I could progress quickly.

Cant wait to see the game with overworld and village implemented.

[Neat]

I got my laptop back so I can play this game now. Looking good, liking it.

Though i've ran into a little thing which I think is silly: Teleport pads in straight corridors, with no way around them. I had one teleporting me away from the corridor I needed to go down to get to the next floor ladder. The game should never plan a dungeon so that you can't get to the exit by walking, the difficulty should be in the monsters, not dumb luck.

[whitewolfmusic]

I got my laptop back so I can play this game now. Looking good, liking it.

Though i've ran into a little thing which I think is silly: Teleport pads in straight corridors, with no way around them. I had one teleporting me away from the corridor I needed to go down to get to the next floor ladder. The game should never plan a dungeon so that you can't get to the exit by walking, the difficulty should be in the monsters, not dumb luck.

Hint: You can disable traps. They are triggered by pressure. And YES, you can disable teleporter traps as well. Good luck. 

[Mef]

Finally managed to sort out my gfx card problems with
 Delver and got it running.

The game is incredibly entertaining with only one major
flaw. That is, not pausing when inventory screen is
brought up. It's a nightmare trying to swap wands that
have been saved for lategame, and forces the player to
abuse dumb AI by corner-hugging instead. This and the
potions seem to have totally random effects. I've drank
the same coloured potions and sometimes they heal me,
while on other occasions they either poison or produce
the "you feel (magical was it?)" whch doesn't seem to
do a thing.

All in all, whole thing is great, just a little bit too
fast-paced when enemy spells start flying around, tho
I do suck at shooters.
 

Btw, tried both the version posted here as most recent
and one on the official Delver page and I think those
diagonal "ramps" instead of chunky stairs kinda ruin the
voxel feel.

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I got the UI down, but the input is completely non functional. The main menu items work. But I can't seem to back out of it. The game is ignoring my back button presses. There is no input response in game, and it updates about once every 30 seconds graphically.

I managed to level up somehow though.  

I'm using a Sony Ericsson Xperia Neo V and I too have this problem occasionally, where I seem to be getting about 1 or 2 frames a second. I find that restarting the game tends to fix it for me.

I used to have this problem With GFX at max (Cyanogen moded Samsung Galaxy S GT-1900)but i put it down to half and its pretty flawless now.

I've been testing some more on an old Droid 2 I have sitting around, and I think I've found the issue here. I had the logic locked at 60fps, and if the game was running slower it'd have to run more logic steps to catch back up. At a certain point when the updates are slow enough, it is never is able to catch up and the performance spirals into a pit of despair.

I've been working tonight on having one update per render which fixed things on my Droid 2, pretty neat as it's running at 1200 fps on my laptop now without the 60fps lock. Should be putting out an update soon to the Google Play store with these fixes.

I got my laptop back so I can play this game now. Looking good, liking it.

Though i've ran into a little thing which I think is silly: Teleport pads in straight corridors, with no way around them. I had one teleporting me away from the corridor I needed to go down to get to the next floor ladder. The game should never plan a dungeon so that you can't get to the exit by walking, the difficulty should be in the monsters, not dumb luck.

Hint: You can disable traps. They are triggered by pressure. And YES, you can disable teleporter traps as well. Good luck.  

Maybe I should just disable trap rendering for hallways, this seems to trip everyone up.

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http://www.intrrpt.com/downloads/delver/delver-alpha-11-03-12.jar

Final release candidate, fo realz this time

* Game updates are no longer tied to 60hz, this should make the game smoother on devices that couldn't keep up with that
* Gave wands a slight cooldown
* The item pickup text that displays on hover is now tied to the UI size option

Didn't run into anything terribly buggy, except for perhaps an instance near some stairs that seemed to teleport me back to the beginning of the level my first run. If there was something on the floor, it wasn't too obvious. Later I ran into traps and other teleports and saw them fine, so maybe something was generated underneath the stairs? I also had problems trying to hit enemies with a bow and arrow. Do you need to be a certain distance away? I shot at an enemy 12 times in several places (mostly point blank) not doing any damage, or do some enemies have immunity from this weapon? Maybe it's not written yet. Overall the controls were responsive.

Odd, was it a specific enemy type that you were having problems hitting? May be a hitbox issue.

[Leonick]

Hint: You can disable traps. They are triggered by pressure. And YES, you can disable teleporter traps as well. Good luck. 

Well, you can't truly disable the teleport trap just trigger it to give you some time to get past. Really wish there was an actual way to permanently disable all traps.

For the record though, bows are an amazing trap disabler, just fire an arrow without "charging" it. Sure you can place any other item but nothing is as easy as using an arrow.

Maybe I should just disable trap rendering for hallways, this seems to trip everyone up.

Or give us a way to permanently disable them. Or add a hint as to how you can disable them, seems like some people don't figure that one out (good opportunity to add all the help text as a menu item rather than displaying it every time a new game is started).

Wouldn't it be fun if traps where more than just plates, or rather, odd markings on the floor that cast a spell on you? Where are the classic arrows/fire from walls and spikes from the floor? :p

[whitewolfmusic]

Hint: You can disable traps. They are triggered by pressure. And YES, you can disable teleporter traps as well. Good luck. 

Well, you can't truly disable the teleport trap just trigger it to give you some time to get past. Really wish there was an actual way to permanently disable all traps.

I did not want to spoil, but just let any item teleport through and *while the trap is activated* place a second item on it. It will stay lit and is disabled.

[whitewolfmusic]

http://www.intrrpt.com/downloads/delver/delver-alpha-11-03-12.jar

Final release candidate, fo realz this time

Bug report: I get quite often arrows that shoot out turned by 90°, so they fly across towards the enemy :D

[MrDaaark]

Int, it's a LG-E617G.

Play is telling me there is an update out, and it errors out when trying to download it. Odd.

[Connor]

the slimes incredibly hard to hit with a bow and arrows btw

[Leonick]

Hint: You can disable traps. They are triggered by pressure. And YES, you can disable teleporter traps as well. Good luck. 

Well, you can't truly disable the teleport trap just trigger it to give you some time to get past. Really wish there was an actual way to permanently disable all traps.

I did not want to spoil, but just let any item teleport through and *while the trap is activated* place a second item on it. It will stay lit and is disabled.

Huh. Why did I never try that? Guess I figured it wouldn't stay permanently lit. Thanks.

the slimes incredibly hard to hit with a bow and arrows btw

Yes, smaller targets are generally harder to hit :D