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RetroBlit 2.1 is out now! This update adds support for Sprite Packs! You now have the option of storing folders full of individual sprite images and then letting RetroBlit stitch them together into Sprite Packs for you.
If you're considering using RetroBlit but would like to evaluate it first then please send me a private message.
FES 1.5.0 is out now. This release includes fully commented source code to a new demo game, BrickBust:
Try BrickBust out at: https://pixeltrollgames.itch.io/brickbust
Or free on Google Play: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mcietwie.brick_bust
New:
- Added BrickBust complete brick-breaker demo game!
- Added FES.Ticks and FES.TicksReset APIs
Bug Fixes:
- Fix game FES.Effect.Slide not clipping to FES.Display bounds corrects.
- Fix FES.PaletteSwapGet not return the same value as set by FES.PaletteSwapSet!
- Fix Tilemap rendering issues when -FES.HardwareSettings.MapSize is not a multiple of the internal chunk size (16)
Some more updates recently,
- Redesigned the look of existing dungeon proc gen, new floors
- Added exterior forest map which kinda ties into the title screen! For fun I added clouds that fly by on this map
- Added cave map which at the moment is pretty similar in layout to forest map
- Added support for animated tilemap tiles, used right now to animate water and lava
- I consolidated all the existing UI into the side bar, so now the inventory and equipment is visible all the time. I initially resisted this idea but I think it is significantly better and more user friendly, at some cost of screen realestate
- You can now drink potions! The UI mechanism for this is currently experimental. When you pick up a potion from your inventory the character portrait changes expression and a little "DRINK" label bounces on top of the portrait, you drink the potion by dropping it on the portrait. Its a little gimmicky, but at the same time works very well on touch devices, which I'm always keeping in mind as I design the UI
- While messing around with procgen I added a Unity Editor extension that lets me dump maps in ascii form at various stages of their creation. This is purely for debugging purposes, but I thought it might be interesting to share. Unity lacks a good monospaced debug console, so I might develop this console further and add it to the FES offering in future releases
itch.io Community » Game Development » Devlogs · Replied to Bitterly Indifferent Studios in Merl - A Roguelike
Recently I worked on inventory/equipment, you can now equip items. Still need to add special handling for 2H weapons. Equipping items also has no actual effect yet...
- Added minimap
- Added a simple healthbar
- Added outlines to characters and items to make them pop a little more, I found that previously they were blending with the background too much. I would really love some feedback on this change!
Monsters now drop any items that they're carrying upon death. Since crates are a type of monster they drop items too!
Currently they drop a crazy amount of items, as part of a loot & inventory test.
When dropping an item the surrounding 3x3 area is checked and the "most empty" tile is chosen. This helps to prevent too much item stacking. If there are too many items in the area they are stacked and upon stepping on a stack the player can pick which item from the stack to grab.
The inventory screen mostly works, it lets you organize items and drop them on the ground, can't equip anything yet though.
Hello all,
I'm working on a new roguelike project called Merl. I'm a big fan of dungeon crawlers and RPGs in general and I'm very excited to be working on this project. It is still very early in development and a lot is still undefined, but clearly there will be dungeon crawling, and looting, and there will be 16bits!
You can already play a very early version of Merl in WebGL, Desktop, and Android formats:
https://pixeltrollgames.itch.io/merl
Merl is made using the FES Retro Game Framework:
https://pixeltrollgames.itch.io/fes
itch.io Community » General » Release Announcements · Replied to leafo in RetroBlit - A Retro Game Framework
itch.io Community » General » Release Announcements · Created a new topic RetroBlit - A Retro Game Framework
Hello all,
I'd like to introduce you all to RetroBlit Retro Game Framework:
https://pixeltrollgames.itch.io/retroblit
RetroBlit - A Retro Game Framework is a different take at retro game development in Unity. RetroBlit aims to provide a simple hassle-free API for a frictionless pixel perfect environment in which to develop 1990s era true retro games. What makes RetroBlit different is that it does away with the Unity IDE almost entirely, opting out instead for a code-only classic game-loop based environment. There is no scene management, no game objects, no fiddling with camera and asset importing. With RetroBlit you don't need to worry about how to cram that perfect retro feel into Unity, retro is what RetroBlit does. RetroBlit has its own rendering pipeline, and its own audio and input APIs.
Here are some of RetroBlit features:
- Pixel perfect rendering
- Primitive shape rendering, lines, rectangles, triangles, ellipses, pixels
- Multi-layered tilemaps with extensive TMX file support which includes support for infinite maps, objects, and custom properties
- Rendering to and from sprite sheets
- Unicode text rendering, with text alignment, overflow settings, and custom pixel font support
- Sprite packing support
- A set of 30 tweening/interpolation functions
- Clipping
- Custom shader support
- Sound and music APIs
- Simplified input handling
- Optional wide and tall pixel support (think 1980s computer games)
- Post processing and transition effects, such as scanlines, screen wipes, screen shake, fade, pixelate and more
- Garbage Collection aware code, for smooth play without hiccups!
Here is what a simple "Hello World" app looks like in RetroBlit:
public class HelloWorld : RB.IRetroBlitGame
{
public RB.HardwareSettings QueryHardware()
{
var hw = new RB.HardwareSettings();
hw.DisplaySize = new Size2i(320, 180);
return hw;
}
public bool Initialize()
{
return true;
}
public void Update()
{
}
public void Render()
{
RB.Clear(new Color32(128, 128, 128, 255));
RB.Print(new Vector2i(137, 80), Color.white, "Hello World");
}
}
If you're interested in developing Retro games then RetroBlit may be for you. If you think fantasy consoles are great but wish they were more commercially viable and portable then RetroBlit is definitely for you!
Never used Unity, don't want climb that Unity learning curve? No worries, you only need the very bare minimum Unity knowledge to create a RetroBlit project, and I've got you covered with this guide: http://www.pixeltrollgames.com/RetroBlit/docs/unity.html
But that's just words, have a look at the link above for a live WebGL demo, and a number of stand-alone builds for various platforms!
itch.io Community » General » Release Announcements · Replied to Takusan in Core Fall - Ludum Dare 38 - Compo
itch.io Community » General » Release Announcements · Created a new topic Core Fall - Ludum Dare 38 - Compo
Hi all, this is my first LD game, and itch game for that matter.
The theme was "A Small World", so that's exactly what's going on here. Fall from Canada to China in mere seconds!
