WIP Solo project requesting feedback: 2d RPG info and link within

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Web Player Demo LINK

Please post your least favorite and most favorite things about the demo, thank you for reading.

Credits:
Music by DST Deceased Superior Technician. SFX by various artists on freesound.org (full credits OTW)
Art and programming by myself and Unity :stuck_out_tongue:

Controls:
WASD Movement
Attack - LMouse
Bow - Space
Activate-E (door, talk, container)
Abilities -1-0
Open Inventory - I
Options - O

2/1/2013
-fixed player not being able to attack unless moving first
-fixed some UI issues: menus now set to work at 960x600 unity web player default
-added more equipment slots: ring, necklace, shield, legs

2/17/13
-FIXED add cohesive facial expression to all attack angle sprites
-FIXED resize pickups to fit proper scale
-FIXED add missing equipment slots to inventory system
-FIXED remove trigger from opening text, only use close button
-FIXED (changed key)remove right click bow and make it swappable for weapon attack
-FIXED keep weapon from fireing when clicking GUIs
-FIXED increased speed for chat typing sumulation
-FIXED add idle animations
-FIXED address sliding movement (changed vertical and horizonatl input ā€˜gravityā€™)
-FIXED add close button to all menus
-FIXED add button to open containers/NPCS/doors instead of collision
-FIXED remove all but front symmetrical profile standard type profile pictures
-FIXED fix building meshes interior (scale)
-FIXED fix building meshes exterior (scale)
-FIXED (removed) implement or remove spell list from inventory screen
-FIXED move controls to top of page
-FIXED make inventory slot squares brighter/contrast
-FIXED somthing wrong with unequiping/changing tunic
-FIXED made hp mp bar smaller
-FIXED move door teles further so colission/clipping doesnt occur
-FIXED change A D on container to ATK DEF
-FIXED add collision to beds
-FIXED resize animals to fit proper scale
-FIXED resize monsters to fit proper scale

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The GUI seems totally messed up and makes the game unplayable.
You probably didnt use relative sizes/coords and made it for a higher resolution.
And i wasnt able to attack (do i need to equip a weapon first?).

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There are some stand out elements with the visual style. I think if you get the game play mechanics more evolved it could be a very engaging experience.

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This attack problem should be fixed now and itā€™s set to display correctly at 960x600 the webplayer default.

5

Thanks for response as well. Glad it stood out. The game is under heavy construction. Which elements stood out the most?

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Thatā€™s right I think to use non-billinear filtering or trilinear filtering(whatever itā€™s called), and to opt for the old pixelated blocky style textures is a bold move yet gives the game a much more fluid feel suprisingly. Also, being that it playā€™s like ā€œ2.5Dā€ but its using 3d geometry is cool. I noticed some clipping, not sure if you intended for that to help the player be seen behind objects but Iā€™m guessing not since it didnā€™t happen on a consistent basis.

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Iā€™m using 256x256 textures with point filtering and 16bit color on unlit diffuse materials to create the ā€œspritesā€. There are dynamic lights like sun and candles but they only effect certain geometry/materials. Low ambient lighting to make the sun create a shadow effect. All animations are 4x4 sprite sheets and they will be updated/improved with increase to tiles to ā€˜tweenā€™ between the anims a bit better.

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Iā€™m familiar with that most of those except 4x4 sprite sheets. I didnā€™t make it to the candle lit area but one thing I forgot to mention was the glowing colorful transparent shapes a wizard was shooting at me at one point. The color lerping and layering really made them seem to glow.

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Updated 2/17/13. Could I get some more feedback from you fine folks?

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I ran straight at the bottom of the map, bounced off what appeared to be a boundary and flew into a black screen where i just float around.

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That would be the edge of the map you found. Iā€™ll raise up the boundary, try to stick the center of the map (m is map).