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[J. R. Hill]

I didn't have any problem playing as the warrior class, but if you want to change it I'd say give the warrior an even shorter range, slightly stronger attacks, and an armor point that absorbs one hit then recharges after x seconds.  That would make the warrior's objective to wait between attacks, rush up and slice away before he takes more than one hit.

I offer this idea since right now the idea for warrior is to stand slightly out of range and slice with your slightly larger range attack, and to me it still feels like a ranged class.

[Endurion]

Quite nice but a few niggles:

It's constanstly slugging at 6 to 9 FPS. Are you using shaders mayhaps?

Also, if you can, please do not block the X on the window. If I click that I want the window to close.

Maybe have the warrior a sword to slash with, so he has to stand near the opponent?

[Widget]

I didn't have any problem playing as the warrior class, but if you want to change it I'd say give the warrior an even shorter range, slightly stronger attacks, and an armor point that absorbs one hit then recharges after x seconds.  That would make the warrior's objective to wait between attacks, rush up and slice away before he takes more than one hit.

I offer this idea since right now the idea for warrior is to stand slightly out of range and slice with your slightly larger range attack, and to me it still feels like a ranged class.

For what it's worth I started playing this way with the warrior but with the handy placement of health powerups and huge hp pool I found the most effective style was to jump literally on top of the enemies and whack away as fast as possible. As a melee class it's loads more fun so maybe the range reduction would encourage a more unique identity. I've not tried the mage yet so I'll have a quick bash with that.

EDIT: Yeah, the mage feels balanced but also individual. Loads of firepower but having to take lots more care. On the whole I think they all stack up pretty well as different classes. Finding it really entertaining so far 

[Sos]

It's painfully slow.... about 6fps here, which is way too little as for what is shown on the screen.
I suggest:
Eat RAM, not CPU

[LarderOwl]

Is it supposed to only run at 10 fps?

[Galaxy613]

Is it supposed to only run at 10 fps?

Yes. It's when it gets to 3-5fps that it gets unplayable, but that should only happen on netbooks...

[Mikademus]

Is it supposed to only run at 10 fps?

Yes. It's when it gets to 3-5fps that it gets unplayable, but that should only happen on netbooks...

I heard that on a 3.33Ghz Quad Core with a 3+ GB DX11 GPU you can get closer to 15 FPS. Time to upgrade, people! 

[Syniphas]

There are some platform issues, such as getting stuck in blocks mid-fall.

For example, when you're falling off a ledge and push back into it mid-fall, you stop at the wall as if a floor supported you.

[Galaxy613]

There are some platform issues, such as getting stuck in blocks mid-fall.

For example, when you're falling off a ledge and push back into it mid-fall, you stop at the wall as if a floor supported you.

Thanks for reminding me. :D That bug allows you to wall-jump.

[Galaxy613]

I think the holidays took us all by surprise, though I'm happy to say I will be making the deadline. 


^ The beginnings of the boss battle.

I'm working on core features that MUST be in, and then I'm going to go back and spend the rest of the time designing the levels. Almost done with the engine!

[Ivan]

This is looking good! Really digging the style. Though I almost wish it was more zoomed out so there is more of a stragegy/maneuverability. Currently in many cases it just comes down to standing in front of an enemy and jumping to avoid their shots while shooting at them. I mean, that describes 80% of the games out there, but since this is so zoomed in and slow-paced, it lacks some strategy as far deciding where and when to jump, etc.  Maybe you could play around with timing and pace to make it feel a bit snappier.

[Galaxy613]

This is looking good! Really digging the style. Though I almost wish it was more zoomed out so there is more of a stragegy/maneuverability. Currently in many cases it just comes down to standing in front of an enemy and jumping to avoid their shots while shooting at them. I mean, that describes 80% of the games out there, but since this is so zoomed in and slow-paced, it lacks some strategy as far deciding where and when to jump, etc.  Maybe you could play around with timing and pace to make it feel a bit snappier.

Here's how it looks with a more Gameboy-correct size:



I think I actually like this better. I will have to do some resizing/recentering of text and stuff though.

*Edit* And here is how it looks at true 160x144 gameboy resolution:



As 90% of images are drawn staticly (no per-pixel effects) I'm going to add even more pre-cached images. This will hopefully help it run better..

[Galaxy613]

Because no one responded, I assume everybody LOVES the new resolution and I can continue on.

Today is the last day of signifgant work, and I still need to make a entire level and finish level 2. Plus finish the Centaur and Dragon bosses X.X Plus that new Gameboy-correct size is having slow-down problems on level 2... I think I'm going to try to hunt down the problem of that first and then work on the levels later.

LET'S MAKE THIS TRANSPIRE

*Edit* Fixed the Centaur, polished level 1.. Finished the Character Select Screen.



Now onto actual level designing!

[Galaxy613]

IS RELEASED!

Windows is compiled and uploaded, and Intel Mac OSX version coming real soon! Linux version when I feel like it tomorrow! As-always, see FIRST POST for links!

This was intense.

*Edit* I've encounted a sound-bug while compiled on OSX... I can not release that yet. Sorry Mac-owners I'll try to fix it as soon as I can.

[Galaxy613]

All 3 platforms are supported now. Happy gaming!

[Melly]

Got to try this one out. It's awesome how you made it feel like a really old-school portable game (with a really big screen) and the game's actually fairly fun.

The first boss fight was just ridiculously easy though. The last one was a bit more challenging but only if you're not careful. They could use a bit more oomph to them.

Played as the mage. I was surprised that his special was a high jump. I was expecting something like a screen clearing attack. The level design is also pretty good.

[Galaxy613]

Thanks. :D

The bosses were REALLY hard to balance, they are the easist for the Mage, but for the Archer and Warrior they are harder, and Warrior is the hardest. BUT! Archers and Warriors can get criticals on the bosses. (1 in 10 chance) That said, I'm still uneasy about how they turned out, but I think I tried my best that I can right now.

[Melly]

I think the trick would be to give them more attacks and patterns, with different patterns fit to give different classes a harder time. For example, against the mage the first boss could have slightly guided projectiles to predate the mage's lack of mobility.

[Virus610]

Played through it as an archer. I did encounter that collision bug with getting stuck, but aside from that and the camera, everything went smoothly. Love the Gameboy look and feel. Well done. :D

[Mikademus]

Can't download, MediaFire crashes my browser. Got an alternative download location?