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The Progress So Far
🕑 Added 2019-01-27 19:23:46 +0000 UTCBeen working on the new dungeon system, here are some of the new things so far.
The first is a rework of the transition system. This is kinda hard to explain without going into technical details. But basically, under the old system, the game simulates all zone that the player have visited. So the game may be running the village area, the tent area and the dungeon area at once. This have a couple of problems, such as poorer performance and oddities such as villagers falling into the camp and so on.
Under the new system, only one active zone is run at once. If you visit the village, the tent area is “frozen” into data and removed from memory. When the player visit the tent from village, the village area is “frozen” and the tent area is loaded into memory.
So why isn't this done in the first place? Well, basically, the game had some issues in saving units information. So the village cannot be “frozen” and brought it back. If done so, it would be a ghost town.
That brings us to the second feature. Which is maps now saves (some) unit information, in addition to some other stuff required for the next feature:
Feature three, a new dungeon generation algorithm.
The main change is that instead of generating everything procedurally, this new algorithm will take a list of existing premade pieces (map files), and sew them together to make a dungeon.
Here are a couple examples: The individual dungeon building blocks are on the left, the generated output is on the right.
Compared to the first algorithm, the new algorithm generates more linear dungeons instead of maze-like. think this is an improvement because running around/ backtracking in a maze really isn’t that interesting.
Also note that the “walls” are a pure development tool to distinguish between the building pieces. The algorithm only cares about where the connections can happen (those are in blue) in each building block, it is entirely up to the creator how each block should look like.
Finally, I added “blueprint” items. These can be used to place objects in the environment. How it works is similar to Minecraft, you acquire the item (through shop, drop, etc), equip it, and it will bring up the preview model on the cursor. Move around, look around, then press LMB to confirm placement.
The end result is similar to what you can accomplish via the “terrain_editor,” but this is much better in my opinion. The interface is a lot cleaner and it takes advantage of the hotbar system so you can quickly access to the objects you are interested in. But the biggest reason is that the “terrain_editor” is too powerful for regular gameplay, it’s basically a cheat. However, these individual blueprint items can be fine tuned in terms of what type of objects the player can construct, their accessibility, and their cost.
Still a bit more work to do. Need to implement some additional meta information/placement information, etc which are required for turning the 2d sewed-together dungeon blueprint into reality. I should be able to get the features working sometime near the end of next week. However, actually making the individual map files (dungeon blocks) and create a new dungeon will probably take some more time to do. So what I might do is release the next build with the new features but without any new dungeon/content. It’s probably going to be somewhat buggy and it’s probably more for the modders rather the players. Caution is advised. :D
Comments
Wake
Hey there =) I found your game completely by accident and I do not regret downloading it for a second :D It's very kinky and fun! I love it! :D Thank you for gracing this Earth with this WIP <3
Offshore - Adult Games Developer
Looks nice, keep up.
Enlit3D
"Is each dungeon room a prefab you will have to construct from hand?" - yes. "I wonder if you might be able to make partial-room tiles to still generate a room procedurally and populate it with props (tables, chairs, etc.), obstacles, and enemies." - What I will probably do is add a way to define regions within a zone and randomly spawn predefined objects in that region. "I wonder, does completely enclosing the rooms (as opposed to being able to see the sky in your previous build) allow for better culling? " - its not for culling, doesn't really make much of a difference there. It's open ceiling because the game only had 1 light source and the open ceiling allows the overhead directional light to be used and cast some nice shadows.
Icarus Media
You know, you're randomly chilling in the camp with the rest of the crew and you stop, hearing a faint cry somewhere distant getting closer and louder until SPLAT! Then you go back to toasting marshmellows and arguing who has jumped Ludas more. :-)
Icarus Media
'Villagers falling into the camp' I laughed! Please keep that in as a deliberate easter egg bug. :-)
Anarchitect
Nice work, there was a post on /r/proceduralgeneration a little while ago that showed a dungeon generator somewhat similar to what you have there. I'm working on some stuff in Unity, myself. Is each dungeon room a prefab you will have to construct from hand? I wonder if you might be able to make partial-room tiles to still generate a room procedurally and populate it with props (tables, chairs, etc.), obstacles, and enemies. On the other hand, a fully hand-crafted room would inevitably look more cohesive artistically and make more sense. I wonder, does completely enclosing the rooms (as opposed to being able to see the sky in your previous build) allow for better culling? Or does it make no difference?
Dvspuss
Also is there any tutorial in the game ? Because I played the game for a little bit and I didn’t know what I was supposed to do
Dvspuss
Hey I just started pledging this month after playing your wrestling game and I really like the idea of your new one game, just wanted to ask a few questions, does this game have (or will have) a controller support? And will there be a mode where the game will play itself like the wrestling game, thanks a lot and once again really like your games
Terebonkoff Game Studio
Cool! Good work!
