Topic: 2D Online RPG - In the works
Readers,
Yes, I know it's not a very interesting subject line. Let's see if we can help to generate your interest!
Tamnk's Test Game(TTG known from here in) is an Online RPG. I have worked on and off for around a year now. Now confident that i am coming up with a decent product i want to show others and get some feedback as i prepare to a few others to help me test.
Here is some basic information:
2D Online RPG game engine designed with DirectX 8.0 and Winsock
Art:
I have borrowed art from the following sources:
Tiles/Trees - I got these from a resource pack which i believe were ripped from maybe mirage? They seem to be that style and they were in the same format at first too.
Some of the Features already implemented:
Player movement
Player Communication
NPC movement
Shops
Basic Spells
Player vs. Player combat
Player vs. Monster combat
Items - drops,wear,inventory
Stats
Levels
Guilds(very basic, will be adding alliances and declarations of war)
Groups
Scripting(more and more of the game is being implemented or changed to scripting)
Large Scrolling Maps
Full screen/Windowed Mode options
Multiple screen resolution support
Skinable GUI which you can drag around the screen with saved positions
Inventory items are movable inside your inventory bag
Random Prefixes and Suffixes on items
Client Patcher
Roofs that disappear over player on map when walked under.
That is just a short list of the ones people are most interested in. If you have a question on something you did not see on the list feel free to ask if it has been implemented or ask to have it implemented.
When will the game begin its open alpha testing?
That's a hard one to answer. I program in a very limited time each week and progress can be anywhere from slow - extremely fast. I would like to say however that if somebody offers to host the game and has a reliable server and I feel I can trust them I would send them a limited operation server. I program on a laptop which I will not keep on 24/7 nor want to host from it. Anyway I would most likely be ready near the end of Feb or start of March.
That's about all the info you might need except for:
Too lazy to go to the site for a screenshot?
This is just a quick shot with my game, shows a few npcs running around(art not mine will be taken out when testing opens). The skinnable player sprite(items are crude i just did them this morning when i added my own player sprite). and a few crude windows i have put in for teseting.
I have actual gui windows in the works now. As well as npcs and tiles of my own.
A link to my site:
If you are interested make sure you register and you will receive information when it is time to test. If you don't then you won't. Simple enough.
For those of you wondering who i am...
Well i used to play a long time ago with ken03 and gready and the rest of the odyssey classic / BC players. Anyway hope i didn't offend anyone too bad posting here.
As you can see by my join date...which i'm pretty sure was earlier than shown looks like it's the earliest possible date..maybe from a forum upgrade or something. Anyway..i haven't just shown up out of nowhere.