New version now available! There are now 2 game modes, story and sandbox (original demo). The story mode is currently the tutorial for the game and the first few missions. Story mode goes back to the title screen after completing all current missions.
Currently the planned gameplay loop for the main game is to fly around an island and do various missions (attack villages, steal chests of gold from villages, help villages by bringing them animals and more) to gain XP. XP is spent to level up (increased health, stronger fire, faster flying and turning) and each time you level up the player grows in size. Each island will have a enemy dragon controlling it that when you defeat it you gain control of the island and can move to the next one. Any comments or suggestions are welcome.
Hi, I don't have a Mac so couldn't test it. I can look into whether I can compile for Mac without having to make a lot of changes. Honestly it's a 'we will see' depending on how complicated it is to do.
Demo version updated to V0.04f fixing a couple bugs that did not happen in the editor but only in the build including the enemy dragon frequently vanishing after unpausing.
New demo version available V0.04 includes an enemy dragon to fight! He will attack if you get too close or breathe a firebolt that passes close enough to him.
Flight turn speed has also been increased for more maneuverability. Turn speed will be soon added to the upgrade menu.
I marked the file as being for Windows again - maybe each time I upload a new file I have to do it... I also tested the download and was able to download it - can you try again?
New demo version available adding in moving around on the ground, a visible dragon head and body while on the ground and you can move the head into enemies to bite and eat them.
The new demo is nearly ready - it essentially is ready however I want to do more testing and maybe tweak a few last things to clear out the current 'to do' list.
There will be a new demo available for download soon!
After a long hiatus I can now concentrate on adding more to this game. The new demo will still be a sand box style, however there will be many graphical upgrades and some functional upgrades.
Glad you had fun with it! In another month the game I am currently working on should be launched and I can get back to this one and turn it into a real game with levels and progression.
I will definitely be buying the early access version as soon as it is available. I must admit I really want the latest version all the time but will make do with this till its ready for sale. Keep up the good work! PS - if you release on the Unity asset store just the bits for weapon blocking and bending (just the basic weapon physics) I bet that will sell well and others can make their sword fighting games more realistic as well.
Quick minor update today, reduced peasant movement speed a bit to make it more reasonable and stopped them from immediately wandering to another location in the village the instant they put out a fire.
There are now two villages, one over the hill in front of the starting spot, and one to the left of starting spot. There is also a hoard of gold coins right near the starting location - find the chests in the villages and drop them onto the hoard to increase its size.
New button - left grip while holding an edible object will eat it increasing healing the player.
Archer's have been added. Their arrows are not as dangerous as the catapults but can still bring a dragon down.
Peasants have been added, they will wander through the villages and put out any fires that the player starts.
Peasant path finding and firefighting has been implemented! At least a basic version that will be fleshed out. Archer enemies have been added as well. A large new release will be available in hopefully the next 2 weeks.
any suggestions on new features to add? I am working on damage models for most things and proper debris, red flashes when hit, enemy archers and peasants who can use a water source to fill buckets to put out fires.
Not sure on what else to add before mission design.
Enemy catapults that can kill the player in 2 hits. Various buildings. Burnable objects now require various amounts of fire to be applied before they catch, this meter will lower over time if the object takes some fire but not enough to catch. Certain objects (mostly trees, buildings, catapults) that cannot be picked up are instead now damaged by claws. Destroyed/killed objects vanish, this will be replaced in the future with instead changing textures or similar. When killed the player respawns. Fixed a bug with pausing.
Main change was addition of an Interactable class for essentially all non-player objects allowing faster and easier addition of new features. This also has support for addition of damaged and burnt textures for objects for future implementation.
Unfortunately multiplayer is unlikely on the roadmap, but its not completely off the list. Multiplayer is REALLY hard to implement - There is a lot of fiddly bits to get working just to have client connections (vs the host where it just works like singleplayer) to be able to affect anything. My tests so far with just picking up rocks don't work with multiplayer. I am going to focus on adding more game play elements ( just got enemy catapults mostly working) but if I stumble across the multiplayer solution it may make its way in.
Constructive criticism here because I want this to end up being a great and successful game
First off, the chopping off of limbs and slicing the heads in half or just shaving the top off depending on the sword swing is awesome! I also liked swinging the morningstar around and getting momentum and hearing the whooshing sounds increase as I got it going.
What needs fixing - while physics based movement is awesome (I have no idea how you got that working) it seems to trip up the enemies more than it lets them walk. I saw a bunch of times they could barely walk because they were literally tripping over their own legs.
Picking up the sword needs to be fixed, it has a weird angle when you grab it. may be best to have the angle it is in your hand correspond to its and your hands orientation when you pick it up.
