KickStarter Monomyth - A first person action RPG/dungeon crawler - now available on Early Access

[Üstad]

Seems nice. Make UI and item folder look more oldschool like Diablo that'd be nice.

Clockpunk and gothic architecture&atmoshphere is nice combo, don't give up on that.

Haven't tried the demo yet but I'll give it a shot some time, it seems promising, will continue to monitoring this thread.

 

[cyborgboy95]

 

[Skdursh]

No way in real life

*ahem*
IMMERSIVE SIM

 

[DJOGamer PT]

Granted
But as a game it still needs to inform players about the AI's condition, and Barks are IMO a better way to do that then having a UI indicator
Besides having a soldier charging at you with murdeous intent while shouting "HAVE AT THEE!!!" is pretty dope

 

[GentlemanCthulhu]

I wish I could throw money at this game.

 

[Bad Sector]

This looks nice but i wonder if it'd be better to have a bit more "fluid" interaction like with (IIRC) Amnesia where you can grab and rotate things freely (in general i'd put Frictional's approach to world interaction as among the best IMO). Assuming it doesn't mess with other systems of course.

 

[Üstad]

You should make this more like Da Vinci style, like this. It'd be very cool.

Bonus on medievalesque old parchment(?) effect on the edges of the paper. Details like this can make a game an urforgettable classic. It really helps with game atmosphere.

 

[garren]

This looks nice but i wonder if it'd be better to have a bit more "fluid" interaction like with (IIRC) Amnesia where you can grab and rotate things freely (in general i'd put Frictional's approach to world interaction as among the best IMO). Assuming it doesn't mess with other systems of course.

When I played the demo I thought it'd be fun to open the doors the amnesia way too, so you could swing them open fast or slowly to carefully see if anything is behind them. Just grab and hold and move your mouse, simple.

 

[cyborgboy95]

 

[Raghar]

The video is weird, he didn't defeat him without weapon.

 

[Whisper]

Impressions from Beta, anyone?

 

[DJOGamer PT]

It was good

 

[Wunderbar]

No way in real life some guy running at you with a sword would be bothering to spout dumb shit like "Have at you, knave!" while trying to plunge a sword into your throat.

i do this all the time.

 

[garren]

I just discovered that there is actually monster infighting, really nice, though it seems to need some work. I got a rat to attack one of those zombie humanoids, but the zombie just kept trying to run after me while the rat beat it down. I also could not get the slimes to fight with the rats or humanoids no matter how hard I tried, everything kept coming after me.

 

[Whisper]

I just discovered that there is actually monster infighting, really nice, though it seems to need some work. I got a rat to attack one of those zombie humanoids, but the zombie just kept trying to run after me while the rat beat it down. I also could not get the slimes to fight with the rats or humanoids no matter how hard I tried, everything kept coming after me.

Do you have Backer new beta?

How is it, impressions?

 

[garren]

Just the old steam kickstarter public alpha, sorry should have said that.

 

[Infinitron]

Whisper FYI, only 34 people in the entire world pledged enough to the Kickstarter to gain access to the beta.

 

[curds]

Why didn't you guys just buy the cheapest tier (125 Euros) that grants access to the beta?

because it's 125 euros.

 

[Whisper]

Whisper FYI, only 34 people in the entire world pledged enough to the Kickstarter to gain access to the beta.

And noone is willing to share impressions? I understand that out of this 34 people some do not read RPGCodex, but many do.

 

[Narushima]

When is beta release?

How much game content is in beta?

Ok, please post here also when beta starts.

Who from 'Codex will get backer demo?

Interesting in impressions when this happens.

So, when is beta?

Maybe someone can put Beta on torrent? There is no way now to get beta to play.

Can someone post Beta impressions?

Please post impressions, when you can.

Give it a rest.

 

[Lutte]

Give it a rest.

At least the vatnik tag suits his station as internet beggar.

 

[RatTower]

I just discovered that there is actually monster infighting, really nice, though it seems to need some work. I got a rat to attack one of those zombie humanoids, but the zombie just kept trying to run after me while the rat beat it down. I also could not get the slimes to fight with the rats or humanoids no matter how hard I tried, everything kept coming after me.

RatTower Are you aware of this issue?

Oh yes. This had various reasons in the demo (which was basically a different code base than the one I am using now). Infighting was technically possible but not a very well-known feature for the stated reasons. The AI did not really have any kind of threat management (i.e., aggression decay that would make it switch its combat targets). There were basically three AI states (peaceful, alarmed, and attacking). That's technically fine, but without threat management, infighting could only be triggered in the peaceful and the alarmed state. Once NPCs would see a target they would relentlessly attack it until it's either dead or they lost it. In the old code base, there is even a bug in which enemies wouldn't stop attacking dead combat targets. In some cases they had a problem with looping back into their peaceful state - that's basically what you get when you don't have a proper state machine in place, so AI was also one of the major reasons why I did the refactor. Another aspect of infighting is faction affiliation - I believe in the old code slimes and rats were in a faction called "Hostile Nature", whereas the humanoids were either "Lysandria" or "Wasteland". That aspect is still in the new code, but now I tend to link certain enemy types to a dedicated faction. I still have to rework a couple of things (also wrt threat management) but the setup of the new perception system is much more modular and adaptable, so that isn't as much of a big deal as it was with the old code.

And noone is willing to share impressions?

It's bugged!


But seriously, it's still a good bit of work. I just patched in the reworked demo content and dropped a level blockout from last year, because its realization was no longer in the scope of the project.
Besides, it was so-so in terms of design and what I am replacing it with is not only significantly more manageable but also just plain better in terms of verticality, aesthetics, mechanics, etc. In fact, it's quickly becoming one of my favorite areas.
For those that read my monthly ramblings: I am talking about the area that I would have originally worked on during update 3 but I actually went and switched updates 2 and 3 around. It's coming along very well, even though I am - surprise, surprise - yet again behind schedule. I might go into a bit more detail on all of this in the coming update.

 

[The Wall]

Have you thought about opening door of Beta Testing a little bit more, so that more testers can give you feedback? We could arrange fights to the death in Codex Shoutbox Arena for the Ultimate Prize: Monomyth Beta Key RatTower

 

[mediocrepoet]

When is beta release?

How much game content is in beta?

Ok, please post here also when beta starts.

Who from 'Codex will get backer demo?

Interesting in impressions when this happens.

So, when is beta?

Maybe someone can put Beta on torrent? There is no way now to get beta to play.

Can someone post Beta impressions?

Please post impressions, when you can.

Give it a rest.

Hey, what do you guys think about the beta?

 

[Whisper]

I am just interested in game, i do not have currently that much money to become backer.

Sending all spare funds i have to support our guys who fight ukranian neo-nazi (and their NATO masters).