Only 5 (I think) of the 9 planned stages were finished. I can send you that pre-released build of the game if you're interested, it's sort of a mix between a shmup and a mega man clone.
It's not very good tho, as it is one of my earlier games. But still fairly enjoyable.
How are you handling hills and such, and the entire 3D height-map that Settles has running beneath its 2D buildings and other objects?
I would prefer not to render it in real time, but it kinda seems like a neccessity, if I render it to a flat image, it would be impossible for objects behind hills to appear as it they're actually behind them. Therefore I guess Settlers itself rendered the terrain in real time, but only the part of the map which was actually on screen. Then there are the thing with the terrain textures blending seamlessly into each other, that means I have to write shader code, and I've NO IDEA how to do that.
SO yeah, I've just bought Settlers II and played around with it for about an hour, just to see what I was getting myself into makng a clone of this game style (I only played I, III,IV , V , and VI before)
And yeah its way too complicated for me to make in a short amount of time. And the interface is from hell, I mean the first game had kinda the same interface but the game itself was very simple, and later entries had their UI much streamlined and much better imo.
So, any suggestions to how I can simplify the design and make it manageable?
This is my original story which I wrote about 4 years ago, it's supposed to take place in a post apocalyptic world where society has become medieval again. And there are monsters and stuff.
It's pretty cringy, but I really like it for some reason:
In 1945, the worst crisis known yet to humanity happened.
Japan, desperate to end The Second World War after being hit by more than 18 atomic bombs, devised the ultimate plan for victory. Drawing on the arcane powers of the Kami, they created a race of sea creatures, in the shape of common fish and crustaceans, but with enough power to destroy 7 conventional infantry brigades or an aircraft carrier each. They dubbed them the 'Gyokaijuu', meaning 'seafood monsters'. In the end, they were far too powerful for the japanese monks who had created them to control them, and the necessary fight to put them down again forced the Axis and the Allies to cooperate, lest they would both be destroyed. Still, it was not until the year 1957, following 12 years of unimaginable horrors, that the Gyokaijuu were finally defeated.
In 1985, the worst crisis known yet to humanity happened.
The Gyokaijuu were awoken once again. It started as a feud between internationally renowned German seafood chef Oleleoelo Ibbobiob and the Pakistani kebab vendor Swindler, whose greed for equal fame and glory lead him to the mad scientist 'Dr. Lyn'. 'Dr. Lyn', who was himself an early Gyokaijuu experiment that had managed to survive the war, had knowledge of the technology necessary to resurrect them, and promised Swindler to do so, for an unknown price. Swindler instantly saw an opportunity to become the most powerful man on Earth and pleaded 'Dr. Lyn' to resurrect them, promising him half the world. He agreed and embedded Swindler with the power to control the Gyokaijuu. A large fight commenced. Swindler went directly for Oleleoelo Ibbobiob first. The two fought for a long time. Gradually police forces and the military were called in. In the end, Oleleoelo fled, and Swindler went on a massive world conquest spree with a huge army of Gyokaijuu under his command. Meanwhile, 'Dr. Lyn' melted the antarctic ice cap and flooded all land masses on the southern hemisphere, in hopes of creating an utopian society where Fish and Man are equal. 2 Billion people died as a result.
Now the year is 1986.
Human resistance has been almost eradicated, and nearly all humans have become slaves of the Gyokaijuu, though it is uknown whether they still are under the control of Swindler or 'Dr. Lyn'. The few humans who still possess the will to fight are rapidly uniting under a new leader, one who has finally shown to be capable of fighting back, if still somewhat undecidedly. He is known as The 32nd God-Emperor of The Kingdom of Golden Poopydog.
I could also go with an isometric grid, to simplify it a little bit, it's a lot easier than full 3D.
Drawing something sexy is actually pretty hard for the most part...
Water added to it
Those do look nice, but I'm gonna do them myself I think. This is how far I've come with my terrain renderer.
Now I gotta make it zoom and pan.-
Thank you!
And yes, sorta.
Only 5 (I think) of the 9 planned stages were finished. I can send you that pre-released build of the game if you're interested, it's sort of a mix between a shmup and a mega man clone.
It's not very good tho, as it is one of my earlier games. But still fairly enjoyable.
How are you handling hills and such, and the entire 3D height-map that Settles has running beneath its 2D buildings and other objects?
I would prefer not to render it in real time, but it kinda seems like a neccessity, if I render it to a flat image, it would be impossible for objects behind hills to appear as it they're actually behind them. Therefore I guess Settlers itself rendered the terrain in real time, but only the part of the map which was actually on screen. Then there are the thing with the terrain textures blending seamlessly into each other, that means I have to write shader code, and I've NO IDEA how to do that.
SO yeah, I've just bought Settlers II and played around with it for about an hour, just to see what I was getting myself into makng a clone of this game style (I only played I, III,IV , V , and VI before)
And yeah its way too complicated for me to make in a short amount of time. And the interface is from hell, I mean the first game had kinda the same interface but the game itself was very simple, and later entries had their UI much streamlined and much better imo.
So, any suggestions to how I can simplify the design and make it manageable?
This is my original story which I wrote about 4 years ago, it's supposed to take place in a post apocalyptic world where society has become medieval again. And there are monsters and stuff.
It's pretty cringy, but I really like it for some reason:
In 1945, the worst crisis known yet to humanity happened.
Japan, desperate to end The Second World War after being hit by more than 18 atomic bombs, devised the ultimate plan for victory. Drawing on the arcane powers of the Kami, they created a race of sea creatures, in the shape of common fish and crustaceans, but with enough power to destroy 7 conventional infantry brigades or an aircraft carrier each. They dubbed them the 'Gyokaijuu', meaning 'seafood monsters'. In the end, they were far too powerful for the japanese monks who had created them to control them, and the necessary fight to put them down again forced the Axis and the Allies to cooperate, lest they would both be destroyed. Still, it was not until the year 1957, following 12 years of unimaginable horrors, that the Gyokaijuu were finally defeated.
In 1985, the worst crisis known yet to humanity happened.
The Gyokaijuu were awoken once again. It started as a feud between internationally renowned German seafood chef Oleleoelo Ibbobiob and the Pakistani kebab vendor Swindler, whose greed for equal fame and glory lead him to the mad scientist 'Dr. Lyn'. 'Dr. Lyn', who was himself an early Gyokaijuu experiment that had managed to survive the war, had knowledge of the technology necessary to resurrect them, and promised Swindler to do so, for an unknown price. Swindler instantly saw an opportunity to become the most powerful man on Earth and pleaded 'Dr. Lyn' to resurrect them, promising him half the world. He agreed and embedded Swindler with the power to control the Gyokaijuu. A large fight commenced. Swindler went directly for Oleleoelo Ibbobiob first. The two fought for a long time. Gradually police forces and the military were called in. In the end, Oleleoelo fled, and Swindler went on a massive world conquest spree with a huge army of Gyokaijuu under his command. Meanwhile, 'Dr. Lyn' melted the antarctic ice cap and flooded all land masses on the southern hemisphere, in hopes of creating an utopian society where Fish and Man are equal. 2 Billion people died as a result.
Now the year is 1986.
Human resistance has been almost eradicated, and nearly all humans have become slaves of the Gyokaijuu, though it is uknown whether they still are under the control of Swindler or 'Dr. Lyn'. The few humans who still possess the will to fight are rapidly uniting under a new leader, one who has finally shown to be capable of fighting back, if still somewhat undecidedly. He is known as The 32nd God-Emperor of The Kingdom of Golden Poopydog.
That's you.
I guess so. That's what always happens anyway, pretty much.
Is it an android game?
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