Dark & Under II - another dungeon crawler

[luxregina (cyril guichard)]

Hello everyone!
If you enjoyed Dark and Under, you might be interested to know that @filmote and I started work on a much bigger sequel
We’ll share some work in progress very soon as we are close of hitting a big milestone, but in the meantime, here’s some screenshots!

[PineappleComputer]

Cool! But why images are grayscale?

[luxregina (cyril guichard)]

ah! You’ll see! I’ll let @filmote explain this one

[Ard_Flamingo]

Whoever did the artwork did a super great job! Can’t wait!

[raspberrybrain]

Wow! What a great surprise. @filmote just never takes a break.

[filmote (Simon)]

He is taking a break for the Australian winter … he is heading to Europe for a while. This game will not be finished until August some time.

@PineappleComputer

But why images are grayscale?

Ahhh … so you need to look at @brow1067’s ArduboyG library!

We have grey scale now … its a little tricky and may only work on ‘genuine’ Arduboys or those home made ones using the exact same screen, but its worth it!

ArduboyG, grayscale library

I think the best way to explain it would be to break down the expected order of operations. Also, to differentiate between ‘frame’ and ‘plane’ - if I understand correctly, a greyscale ‘frame’ is finished when 2 to 3 1-bit frames have been drawn, and this is effectively a form of bitplaning, right? In which case, I would presume nextFrame returns true 2-3 times before needsUpdate/nextUpdate does, because nextFrame would return false until all the necessary ‘planes’ have been drawn, right? Or a…

Untitled Grayscale RPG Dev Log

Inspired by @filmote’s thread, I want to share progress of an FX-powered RPG I’ve been working on. Hopefully this will produce design feedback or story ideas to make it a better game. The working title that I’m not entirely happy with is “Return of the Ardu”. [recording_20230214202500] The story so far is full of tropes: it features a boy who discovers that he is descended from an ancient people called the Ardu (so he is an “Ardu boy”, right??) who had magic/technology that only a fellow Ardu…

[luxregina (cyril guichard)]

Thanks! That would be me

[luxregina (cyril guichard)]

Here’s a quick capture of our prototype map and functionality >

[brow1067 (Peter)]

That is so cool! I love the transition to the forest outside.

[filmote (Simon)]

Of course, you will not be able to move when in ‘map’ mode.

[raspberrybrain]

@filmote

He is taking a break for the Australian winter … he is heading to Europe for a while. This game will not be finished until August some time.

If you happen to be going to Paris, take an FX that has Prince of Arabia and hand it to Jordan Mechner!

[filmote (Simon)]

We have a bear!

[PineappleComputer]

100% retreat

[luxregina (cyril guichard)]

Maybe he just wants a hug?

[luxregina (cyril guichard)]

In addition to Dark dungeons, and sinister forests, been working on sprawling towns lately!
We really want to go “all -in” on the scope of this adventure!

[drowsy_oak]

this looks incredibly good! the atmosphere feels a lot stronger with the grays!

[PineappleComputer]

Looks like Realms of Arkania for Arduboy

[luxregina (cyril guichard)]

@drowsy_oak

this looks incredibly good! the atmosphere feels a lot stronger with the grays!

Thanks! Yeah, it allows me to be a bit more subtle in the shading, thus allowing for extra detailing!

@PineappleComputer

Looks like Realms of Arkania for Arduboy

That’s absolutely the intent ( and is a reference, along Ishtar, Eye of the Beholder, Bard’s Tale, etc)
Glad to see that the inspiration surfaces, even through Black and White, those games had such wonderfully rich graphics!

[televandalist]

Looks like I’ll be making RetroAchievements for this, too

[filmote (Simon)]

Hopefully this version dies not have the ‘under flow’ issue the last one had!