Indie Call of Saregnar - a Betrayal at Krondor-inspired RPG

[Wayward Son]

Looks pretty branch-filled. Me like.

 

[Mustawd]

In case you need some additional assets.

http://opengameart.org/content/medieval-house-pack

Too bad the textures are crap, but I'm sure you can easily replace that.

 

[Rhuantavan]

In case you need some additional assets.

Thanks, but they are too high-poly.

Anyway, I don't want to use 3rd party assets at all.

 

[Mustawd]

oh ok. Well, that's p. cool.

 

[Rhuantavan]

After a longish period of illness I'm back into development. I'm working my way into designing various place insides, like inns, temples, shops. Yesterday just implemented the barding system for inns. Basically BaK's mechanic.

 

[Rhuantavan]

Reading a note.

 

[Rhuantavan]

A mockup of the camping screen. You can use the sundial to set the time to rest to, camp until dawn or until the party is healed. In dangerous territories you may also opt for a cold camp (no campfire) and/or set up guard shifts.
All is WIP of course, and subject to change.

 

[V_K]

In dangerous territories you may also opt for a cold camp (no campfire)

And what effect does that have mechanically?

 

[Wayward Son]

In dangerous territories you may also opt for a cold camp (no campfire)

And what effect does that have mechanically?

I'd think it doesn't rest you as much but has lower encounter rate. Am I right Rhuantavan ?

 

[Rhuantavan]

In dangerous territories you may also opt for a cold camp (no campfire)

And what effect does that have mechanically?

I'd think it doesn't rest you as much but has lower encounter rate. Am I right Rhuantavan ?

Bingo! I still need to figure out the specifics, but that's it in a nutshell.

 

[V_K]

What's the difference from guard shifts then?

 

[Rhuantavan]

What's the difference from guard shifts then?

Guard shifts prevent the party from getting ambushed and/or getting equipment stolen. The party members will not get a full night sleep (will guard 1/3 of the night in a 3-member party).

A cold camp lowers the regeneration rate of the party, does not keep beasts away, but drastically lowers the chance of enemies finding you.

This is all WIP, I'm still brainstorming on it. I realise both options perform a somewhat similar role, so I may drop one, or merge them, something. I'm open for suggestions though.

 

[Guy de Incognito]

This is all WIP, I'm still brainstorming on it. I realise both options perform a somewhat similar role, so I may drop one, or merge them, something. I'm open for suggestions though.

Both options would add a bit of strategic depth to camping, given that an area could be more/less lawless/populated/infested etc, but I think the main benefit would be adding flavor to the game even if the differences between these options are minimal. You are giving player agency and that's a good thing, they'll feel like they have more control over the outcomes.

But I thought you wanted to add all combat encounters yourself, meaning they wouldn't be random. Did you change your mind on that?

 

[Rhuantavan]

This is all WIP, I'm still brainstorming on it. I realise both options perform a somewhat similar role, so I may drop one, or merge them, something. I'm open for suggestions though.

Both options would add a bit of strategic depth to camping, given that an area could be more/less lawless/populated/infested etc, but I think the main benefit would be adding flavor to the game even if the differences between these options are minimal. You are giving player agency and that's a good thing, they'll feel like they have more control over the outcomes.

But I thought you wanted to add all combat encounters yourself, meaning they wouldn't be random. Did you change your mind on that?

They are all hand-placed, but I plan on having semi-random special encounters while camping, to make the camping experience a bit more interesting and deep.

 

[Snorkack]

Looks great! Now please add the option to send party members hunting/collecting herbs, too

 

[zwanzig_zwoelf]

I think I might be stretching it a bit and it's unnecessary for your game, but The Fall had a nice touch -- you could see your party members doing their stuff while camping. Reading, cooking, playing cards/musical instrumets, etc. I think it's a nice idea to look into this -- either text or still images with silouetters, whatever. It could add a bit more flavor to the camping mechanic, but at the same time throw additional challenges when it comes to the implementation (writing some flavor text should be ok, silouettes -- gonna be doable, but full 3D with animations and stuff is probably unnecessary and hard to pull off just right).

 

[Rhuantavan]

Looks great! Now please add the option to send party members hunting/collecting herbs, too

Believe me, it was in my design, but I've dropped it (for now). It made sense when the game had map travel, like Star Trail, but now that the game has 3D exploration it sadly doesn't anymore. I am still working on adding herbology and related goodies into the game, but we'll have to see. Fact is, that I'd like the player to pick herbs in nature, which clashes with the "automated" camping method. Same with hunting. As always, I am open to suggestions though.

I think I might be stretching it a bit and it's unnecessary for your game, but The Fall had a nice touch -- you could see your party members doing their stuff while camping. Reading, cooking, playing cards/musical instrumets, etc. I think it's a nice idea to look into this -- either text or still images with silouetters, whatever. It could add a bit more flavor to the camping mechanic, but at the same time throw additional challenges when it comes to the implementation (writing some flavor text should be ok, silouettes -- gonna be doable, but full 3D with animations and stuff is probably unnecessary and hard to pull off just right).

That is nice, but it might just be overkill. I'll think about it.

 

[V_K]

Fact is, that I'd like the player to pick herbs in nature

Don't. It usually ends up a horrible chore.

 

[Reinar]

You can use the sundial to set the time to rest to...

There's a reason hourglass is the typical time-measuring device in games depicting old times. You can't use sundial to measure time at night.

 

[zwanzig_zwoelf]

Fact is, that I'd like the player to pick herbs in nature

Don't. It usually ends up a horrible chore.

Could be circumvented by a 'Search and pick up items' button with skillchecks.

 

[Rhuantavan]

There's a reason hourglass is the typical time-measuring device in games depicting old times. You can't use sundial to measure time at night.

Of course you can. It's a MAGICAL sundial. Besides, making an hourglass clickable to set the time is kind of cumbersome.

Could be circumvented by a 'Search and pick up items' button with skillchecks.

Will have to think this through.

 

[Rhuantavan]

 

[Reinar]

I'd change the title "set up guard shifts". It looks like it lets you do something more than just toggle the shifts. Maybe just "guard shifts" would be more clear.

 

[Rhuantavan]

I'd change the title "set up guard shifts". It looks like it lets you do something more than just toggle the shifts. Maybe just "guard shifts" would be more clear.

You're right. I need to change that. All the UI widgets will have a tooltip though, which may help the issue.

 

[Rhuantavan]

The first interior scene for an inn. Still missing props and of course people. I still haven't decided how I'm going to represent NPCs in this game. Probably low poly 3D... probably.