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[Phoobs]

Lorn Vale  is a systems driven top-down action *buzzword* roguelite set in a low-fi/fantasy universe.

Alot of the features are still up in the air, but the core game is:

• Character advancement through traits, that are gained on character creation and through gameplay, similar to Crusader Kings II. Traits allow you to go from a generic human to a 3 eyed Wizard-barbarian with claustrophobia. There're also randomly generated weapons and "pre-built" item/artifact system massing not unlike that of BoI.

• Each pseudo-randomly generated level has a little eco-system, ie. A merchant hired pack of greedy mercenaries want your head, in another part of the level some sewer fishmen have emerged from a well, looking for prey, but have disturbed a nest of mutant cultists and are now running for their lives. Meanwhile, you're in the thick of it and looking for your target.

• An overworld map of the city (Explored either freely, node by node or per region)

• Some sort of persistence on top of unlockable items, characters, level segments, etc.

Fun is also a feature.*


_skellingtons

We’re a team of 2 people, me on the programming side and my buddy - Achrileg doing art and animations.

Will add gameplay as soon as I figure out how to record and convert to webm with decent frames. I'd appreciate any suggestions regarding screen capturing and converting software, thanks!


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[dszordan]

I really dig the color palette and the overall theme. Almost like a Mad Max or Fallout.

Check out OBS for some free screen recording software. I wouldn't know what to make gifs or webms with just yet, but OBS may even have that feature and I'm not aware of it.

Are you developing from scratch?

[Phoobs]

@dszordan

Thanks! Will check out OBS. And the game is being made in GM:S.

[Netsu]

This looks really REALLY cool, I dig the environments, the animations and everything you said so far about the mechanics! Looking forward to more updates

[Pezomi]

@dszordan

Thanks! Will check out OBS. And the game is being made in GM:S.

Have you made any games in GM:S before? How long have you been working on it to get to the state it is at now?

[Kyle O]

I don't know much about webm but licecap by cockos is the go to for gif capturing.

This game sounds neat and I can't wait to see it in action.

[Phoobs]

@Netsu

Thanks, man.

@Pezomi

I've been working with GM:S for a year now. I've made a couple of prototypes, but this is my first game and we've been pursuing this concept for around 2-3 months.

@Aldo

Appreciate, it. Also - I've been tinkering with licecap, but I just can't get smooth fps from it. Might be due to my rapidly ageing pc, though.


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[binaryboi01]

Posting to follow 

[Phoobs]

Everything is very WIP, ofcourse.


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[jctwood]

The colours are wonderful. The particle effects look beautiful too! What platforms will you export to from your copy of GM:S?

[premonster]

@OP: You do realize you're making a game, right?

As much as it looks pretty, could you please tell us how it is going to PLAY?

What buttons do i push and what happens on the screen when i do so?

[Phoobs]

@JctWood

Thanks! The game is developed with PC m+kb in mind, but we're open for controller support and other platforms down the line, so who knows.

@premonster

It's a fast-paced m+kb action game with permadeath, lots of loot and character traits/perks. Combat is important and Bounty hunting is the central mechanic. If you're looking for arbitrary game comparisons - dark souls + hitman + something from Bullfrog.

[premonster]

Should be turn-based. Too similar gameplay to Nuclear Throne.

[binaryboi01]

Should be turn-based. Too similar gameplay to Nuclear Throne.

You mean every 2d roguelike with guns is similar to Nuclear Throne and should be changed because of that? I strongly disagree with you.

[TinyAngryCrab]

Should be turn-based. Too similar gameplay to Nuclear Throne.

I'm pretty sure there is more than enough room for another real time action game... big world out there.

[premonster]

Set in a post-apo desert setting.

[dszordan]

Should be turn-based. Too similar gameplay to Nuclear Throne.

As an indie development forum, I would figure indie developers would makes games without needing to desperately concern themselves with market saturation. I would hope that as an indie developer, yourself, that you would realize that if you enjoy something, just do it. I found your comment pretty rude, maybe there's a language barrier here, but to assume that developers shouldn't make games because there may be overlap from another game and to bluntly say they should change direction feels rude.

[Canned Turkey]

Should be turn-based. Too similar gameplay to Nuclear Throne.

As an indie development forum, I would figure indie developers would makes games without needing to desperately concern themselves with market saturation. I would hope that as an indie developer, yourself, that you would realize that if you enjoy something, just do it. I found your comment pretty rude, maybe there's a language barrier here, but to assume that developers shouldn't make games because there may be overlap from another game and to bluntly say they should change direction feels rude.

[premonster]

Oh sorry i was thinking that as an indie community we should be trying to make slightly original games. Sorry!

[kruxus]

I for one didn't think of Nuclear Throne at all as a first reaction. The art style reminds me slightly of Hyper Light Drifter though, in a good way. I really like the setting, and the smoke effects and explosions looks really cool.