Mystic Land: The Search for Maphaldo - Old school RPG inspired by W7 and EoB

[SirBlabsAlot]

Not bad. I like the munsters going 'poof' as they die

A Wizardry 7 homage to be honest.
The gfx effect will most likey change into something more "spell poof like" if you know what I mean

 

[Jermu]

whats going on with character creation attributes, random amount allocated into random attributes?

 

[CryptRat]

Looks super cool, I love everything about this, the combat UI seems specially pleasant to use.

 

[Abu Antar]

I feel like I am being threatened by this game. Threatened to have fun.

 

[SirBlabsAlot]

whats going on with character creation attributes, random amount allocated into random attributes?

Yes, you get a few attribute points assigned automatically (random) but the selection is "weighted" towards the skills for the chosen profession (so fighter is more likely to increase STR while Mage is more likely to increase INT, etc...)

 

[Viata]

Can you change the font size? I'm an old man now and that font is too small for me, sadly.

 

[Abu Antar]

I agree with that request, if possible.

 

[Anomander]

Can you change the speed of combat animations?
It is a must. In this 10 minute video I already wanted to skip those. It would be best to have some 2x,3x,5x,10x, etc options.

 

[Dorateen]

In Grimoire, you could hold down the Enter key to speed up combat. Maybe something like that.

 

[SirBlabsAlot]

Can you change the speed of combat animations?
It is a must. In this 10 minute video I already wanted to skip those. It would be best to have some 2x,3x,5x,10x, etc options.

You will be able to skip the text delay in the final version.
I was also toying with idea of "fast auto combat".

 

[SirBlabsAlot]

Can you change the font size? I'm an old man now and that font is too small for me, sadly.

I agree with that request, if possible.

Hm, any particular text/text area you guys are referring to?
The search/combat window?

I can see what can be done, though it's a bit more diffucult as the fonts are bitmap (not true type) and are basically part of design, so can't promise anything, but I'll see what I can do.

 

[Viata]

The search/combat window?

The search window. The combat window is good and I can see without any problem, but the search one has a smaller font, apparently. Or perhaps it's a different font.

 

[SirBlabsAlot]

The search/combat window?

The search window. The combat window is good and I can see without any problem, but the search one has a smaller font, apparently. Or perhaps it's a different font.

Ah, ok. I think I will be able to find a solution for this (if nothing else, maybe some "zoom" function for this text).

 

[lvl 2 Blue Slime]

What is the game's native resolution without upscaling/stretching?

 

[SirBlabsAlot]

What is the game's native resolution without upscaling/stretching?

640x360
You can upscale it to 720p, 1080p or 4k fullscreen/windowed (but without any filters - so pixel becomes larger pixel )

These videos are usually shot in 1080p

 

[CryptRat]

Can you change the speed of combat animations?
It is a must. In this 10 minute video I already wanted to skip those. It would be best to have some 2x,3x,5x,10x, etc options.

You will be able to skip the text delay in the final version.
I was also toying with idea of "fast auto combat".

Yep, preferably I think it's good to have both auto combat and advance through combat resolution as fast as you press a button.

 

[SirBlabsAlot]

Can you change the speed of combat animations?
It is a must. In this 10 minute video I already wanted to skip those. It would be best to have some 2x,3x,5x,10x, etc options.

You will be able to skip the text delay in the final version.
I was also toying with idea of "fast auto combat".

Yep, preferably I think it's good to have both auto combat and advance through combat resolution as fast as you press a button.

Yes, to make it clear - I meant both options, not auto-combat replacing the "skip text delay" function

 

[SirBlabsAlot]

Just posted another small video showing the "game over" screen (and a bit of fight before it where our party got absolutely slaughtered by Razorleaves and Shkra Warriors).
Also, the "press ESC to speed up combat text" feature was implemented already (though not shown in this video).

Also, there is slight error in text with Shkra attack - we are aware of it and, of course, it will be fixed.

 

[Abu Antar]

I (still) love the look of this. Is it possible to hear any of the music in your next video?

 

[SirBlabsAlot]

I (still) love the look of this. Is it possible to hear any of the music in your next video?

Thank you!
Music is mostly not ready yet. You can hear one song in a "gameplay video", when I rest the party.

 

[Dorateen]

Carnivorous plantlife, the most ignoble bane of an adventurer's career.

 

[agris]

SirBlabsAlot do you plan to animate grid transitions? So as we walk, turn etc there is some movement shown and it isn’t just a sharp camera reposition?

I know I’m showing my casual-ness, but I think it would be a nice touch. LoL1 had this iirc.

 

[Lady Error]

I always turned smooth scrolling off in Grimoire.

 

[SirBlabsAlot]

SirBlabsAlot do you plan to animate grid transitions? So as we walk, turn etc there is some movement shown and it isn’t just a sharp camera reposition?

I know I’m showing my casual-ness, but I think it would be a nice touch. LoL1 had this iirc.

I did consider it, but the answer is "probably not".

I just never liked those 2.5d "smoothed" movements and, as Lady Error wrote above this post, I always turned it off when available.
Plus, Mystic Land is inspired by early 90s RPGs like Wizardry 7, EOB... and those didn't have 2.5D smooth movement.

My take on this is - if the game wants to have this kind of movement, the game needs to do it in 3d (like Legend of Grimrock).
It's doable, but (for now) out of the question for me, as I would go bankrupt if I hired a 3d artist/modeller as well.
I'm gonna be close to bankruptcy even with hiring 2d artists/musicians only, as I'm well into 5 figure numbers already, and as I mentioned, I'm funding this myself, out of my own pocket

 

[ERYFKRAD]

I always turned smooth scrolling off in Grimoire.

It looked weird in grimwah though