Deed of the Dead: Ambidextroid's WIP game

[Ambidextroid]

This is a thread for a game I'm trying to make, and if I do it'll be the first I ever actually finish.

The title and plot (and pretty much everything) are subject to change, but the basic story is about a Lich who summons an army of ghosts. While the majority are under the spell of the Lich, you managed to retain your cognisance and so it's your task to take him down and set your and everyone else's souls free.

The gameplay is inspired by a mix of The Legend of Zelda and Megaman, where each "dungeon" is a small-scale Metroidvania type level with a key item.

Here's a playlist with the progress so far, none of the graphics are final and everything is placeholder for the time being: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=P ... PC3XxTcuqO

[Steo]

Looking good

I see now what you meant by the camera

Edit: This phone keyboard like seriously

[The Jonster]

I can't wait to see how your game turns out! Good luck Ambi~!

[Aaron]

Good job on your game, man! It looks nice so far! Keep it up!

[PluMGMK]

Those spinny arrows look really cool! Are you going to bring in a larger sprite for the bomb explosion?

[Ambidextroid]

Thanks lads

I've made a little more progress with the other side of the size changing mechanic:

Those spinny arrows look really cool! Are you going to bring in a larger sprite for the bomb explosion?

Yeah, I'm pretty much just getting the core mechanics out of the way first and I'll sort out the details once I'm done. The red circle that appears is just the explosion radius (which still needs tweaking), but in the final thing I'll have nifty sprites overlaid over everything.

[Ambidextroid]

I haven't made a whole lot of progress since last post but I've decided it's about time to start making the actual map, so I'll stick to 6 items instead of trying to think of all 12. I've fixed a few bugs and changed the pause menu a little to include an infobox which describes the currently selected item:



I've also got a playable demo if anyone wants to try it out: https://www.dropbox.com/s/pja6t31fziy89 ... 8.exe?dl=0

[Steo]

I might give this a try later when I'm not doing anything but it looks well.

I feel like I would rather make a retro looking game when I start messing about and I may even use 8 bit sound because I just love the retro feeling

[The Jonster]

Oops I got ninja posted for being too slow!

Well done Ambi! I just tried it, good stuff!
I find it a bit amusing that "The End "was really an endless drop to doom since there wasn't really anything else past opening the gate.

[Ambidextroid]

Thanks!

What did you think of the controls? I've been thinking they're a bit finicky and might need tweaking but my brother said they were alright

[The Jonster]

The controls were good, but that's up to you if it needs tweaking. The only thing that probably threw me off was when I was trying to open all the treasure chests and I died like twice trying to open the first one only to realize I just had to click Space.

[Ambidextroid]

I've finally decided to start working on this again. Not much progress but it's something at least.

[Steo]

Nice work! You seem to have the engine working pretty well

[Ambidextroid]

Thanks

Here's another update:


Also I decided to stop including my awful intro

[Aaron]

Don't say that! I liked your intro.

Btw I like how your game looks so far

[Ambidextroid]

An intro isn't really necessary when the videos are only 40 seconds long anyway

Another update:

[Aaron]

Oh, well that makes sense then.

Btw I like that idea, it's like the ones in Super Meat Boy!

[Ambidextroid]

I've decided to ditch the Megabear idea, simply because I couldn't make a small enough sprite that still looks like a bear

So now he's a ghost. Basically the same story as before, except the Lich kills you and you're out for revenge, or something like that.

I've added some nicer graphics and a few important features like randomly dropped health and checkpoints.

[Steo]

Nice work you've done getting all of those things working, especially on those rope physics

I had no idea how to get that to work efficiently the last time I was messing around on Game Maker

[Ambidextroid]

I'm not sure if Game Maker allows this but in the engine I'm using you can rotate objects. I used a sin function of time multiplied by my maximum angle to rotate the rope sprite and then constantly set the player's position to the end of the rope.

Another little update, I've added a map screen reminiscent of Ocarina of Time's pause menu and a minimap that expands as you explore.