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Re: Roadwarden [Fantasy/RPG Elements/Pixel Art] [DEMO]

#16 Post by Andredron »

Aureus wrote: Mon Jul 15, 2019 5:35 am Hi there! I wouldn't recommend doing any translations right now, especially since the demo is going to be updated in a couple of months and the currently existing version requires more work from translators than the one that's going to be made. It's nice to be asked, though, thank you!
Ок Well, can you tell me when the version will be relevant for translation? Тhank

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Sure, I'll let you know, I just can't predict when it's going to happen. : )

Anyway! I’ve made a huge progress as far as the graphics go. I now have enough material to spend a couple of weeks writing dialogues, encounters and modifying the game’s features. I need to make some large changes, and all of them are going to be great.

Here are some examples of the latest advancements:
1. The druids’ cave, locked behind a metal door. What can be found inside? Is it just a shelter, a prison, a treasure chamber? After all the first things you see when you get nearby, are the garden patches with herbs and veggies.
And you can see how much your feedback can impact the picture.
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2. The shop screen is looking much better now, though it still needs some work. Next stop - adding a separate icon to display the money in player’s possession, replacing parts of the item descriptions.
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3. A camp in a destroyed building, a part of the ruined village presented here last week. Iron and steel are rare and valuable resources, no wonder that someone would try to scavenge for them in an old, abandoned settlement.
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I don’t have enough time to take care of all the ideas I want to pursue right now, but there’s a good chance that a new version of the demo is going to be available in August, Though maybe not, maybe I should focus on developing all of the core areas that the player can visit and quests they can be a part of.

I would love to know what you think!

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#18 Post by FerventWriter »

The newer graphics look amazing, great work! The shop screen looks very clean as well-but maybe just a bit crowded?

I can't wait to see where this goes, as well as play the demo when it comes out.

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FerventWriter wrote: Sun Jul 21, 2019 8:53 pm The newer graphics look amazing, great work! The shop screen looks very clean as well-but maybe just a bit crowded?

I can't wait to see where this goes, as well as play the demo when it comes out.
Thank you so much! I finally figured out how to add the "how many coins are in your possession" icon to the screen and I hope it doesn't look so overwhelming anymore. : )
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It’s difficult to decide what to showcase today, I hope it’s fine if I drop a whole bunch of pics:

Here are some of the latest advancements:
1. The Roadwarden's world is growing! New areas are now also visible on the traveling map.
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2. I'm currently writing a detailed scene for the ruined village that I've shared here before. The overall "exploration" system of this area is all set and done, and works completely fine. My later edits will surely change various areas and add some new content, but I'm happy about where this is going.
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3. The shop screen is now much easier to comprehend and simply prettier. Thanks to the "Trade" button in the quick menu, you can also open the shop without having to choose a specific dialog option during a conversation.
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4. The new section of the journal will now include NPC descriptions and, even more importantly, names. It's a solution born from necessity - I can't expect that everyone is going to remember all the character names and detailed information about them.
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5. The dialogue I'm currently working on... Is referencing Scottish accents too cliche for fantasy writing in 2019? : P
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And, of course, new rewrites, bug fixes, new content, quests...
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#21 Post by Aureus »

After over 3 weeks of writing new dialogues, events, items, interactions and one large side quest for Roadwarden, all of this content is finally a part of the actual game.

Here are some of the latest advancements:
1. An example of how combat looks in the game. As well as the “escorting” quests. No grinding for XP, no following a character for 5-10 minutes. A couple of simple clicks, decision making and if you can, you prepare yourself before the encounter happens. Nice and sweat, with an open field for role-playing.
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2. Time is going to matter, just as intended. If you postpone the quest for too long, you can still complete it - but it won’t be a happy end for the quest giver. Also, you can express how your character is perceiving this situation.
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3. My English improves with practice, and I have in plans taking a huge step back and editing the entire tutorial section. Yikes.
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4. IDK, I just really like this NPC. : P So far, I like all of my NPCs. You will be able to recognize which ones I don’t like by measuring how little to do and dialogues they have attached to them.
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5. New inventory section! It still requires some improvements, but it’s not too bad!
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I’m really getting better at adding the content to the game files - in the beginning, I was spending days fixing broken code and trying to figure out how it should be actually organized. Now? A couple of mistakes, some oversights, a couple of hours and bam, everything works just fine.
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#22 Post by Zelan »

Aureus!!! This game looks so, so amazing, as usual. I feel guilty that I haven't gotten the chance to play any of your other games yet >.< it's been so busy and I haven't had the time to commit to sitting down for long game playthroughs.

Still, I will keep cheering you on with this project because it looks so cool! I absolutely love the option to end the game whenever you want, the problem that I tend to have with make-your-own goal games is that I never feel "finished" and I grow bored of them and just drop them before I've even done much. Having all of my achievements summarized for me after a completed playthrough will help me to avoid doing that, I think. ^_^

Keep up the good work! (and cross your fingers that I'll get some free time lmao, university is starting up soon but I do have a long winter break and I am determined to experience something you've created!)

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Would you like to make an offering?
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#24 Post by Aureus »

Hi there!

I’m currently editing some of the older scenes in the game, including the tutorial-prologue scenes, preparing to share the current version of the game with some testers. There’s so much new content that needs some additional feedback, and I keep finding (and fixing) annoying bugs... I’m both excited and terrified. : P
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#25 Post by Aureus »

It’s time to share something larger than a picture. The music presented in Roadwarden’s demo was waiting for replacement. Now we have quite a massive list of original tracks that still need a couple of adjustments, yet are already very close to the game’s heart.

It’s difficult to select and highlight a single track, but here’s the one that I love the most: The Edge of Night. It immediately takes me to a wild, dangerous forest. I want to keep the sounds a bit anxious, emotionally vague, without directly telling the players what they are supposed to feel.

I really like it when fantasy video games don’t sink into the usual epic orchestras.

So, do you love it, do you hate it? Let me know, I’m so excited to upload it today!
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#26 Post by FerventWriter »

I absolutely love the track! It has just the right amount of eeriness and uneasiness to keep you on edge-which is goo, because from what you said, it sounds like its for a more frightening scene/part of the game. I might be a bit biased because I love this type of music anyway, but even so, keep it up! I can't wait to hear the rest when the game comes out.

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#27 Post by Aureus »

I’m back! My health is fine now, and I finally had a good week in the realm of Roadwarden. I’ve drawn a new area, the abandoned watchtower, and I’m really proud of it. Originally, it was meant to be a destroyed tower, but once I’ve drawn it, I haven’t have the heart to turn it into ruins. xD
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I’ve also set up a new area, the road blocked by a fallen tree. The player can investigate this place for clues, trying to figure out what happened in this place. The later part of the quest is not written down yet, mostly because the NPCs related to it are not yet in the game, but it’s a fun little side-activity, that requires a bit of deduction.
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The game’s world keeps growing... And it makes me super happy. ^^
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#28 Post by Aureus »

October is moving forward really well. The major part of the watchtower scenes is already in to the game.
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There’s so much content already, and it seems to be almost bug-free so far (...though it involved fixing hundreds of mistakes), and the music works so well! There’s a good chance I’ll update the demo sometime next week, just to give you a chance to see how much has everything changed since the release of the old version. : )

During the last couple of days I’ve drawn a couple of new areas that are going to be used as minor stops and the “loading screens” - small bits of narration that precede arriving to a new area.
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And also, I’ve added two new tracks to the game’s Soundcloud. They’re worth checking out. ^^
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#29 Post by Aureus »

I’m too sick to write dialogues, but I still have enough patience to draw, and drawing is fun. Here are some new areas that I’ve been working on - some of them are meant to be memorable and interacted with...
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while others are going to be used more like loading / transition screens. Creating one of those takes me much less time than it used to, but still, it’s so great that podcasts exist.
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Also, I’ve decided to return to some of my older pictures and update them to the new style that I’ve adapted through the months of learning. My military camp, one of the oldest pictures I’ve ever made (in February), has changed so many times, and it’s all thanks to the feedback and criticism that kind people share with me on-line.
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The new version of the Roadwarden’s demo is going to be available in November. The introduced changes are going to be huge, so I personally recommend to not play the older demo - though it’s still available on Itch.io.
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#30 Post by Aureus »

Today’s illustration has a little story behind it.
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The oldest design document for Roadwarden was written in the first months of 2018. I knew from the beginning that I wanted to make a game with a place like this one - an isolated dwelling, in which the magic crafter stays away from other people, obsessed with her trade, surrounded by her creations.

Originally, I planned to place the game’s prototype among these walls.

I prepared my software, but I barely even started. I “realized” I *won’t* be able to make pixel art, maybe even ever. I had to postpone the project anyway, so I accepted that I failed and moved on.

When I started working on the game in January 2019, I knew that I still wanted this place to be a part of my fantasy realm. I was slowly learning the basics, and focused on some other areas - those that the player sees in the first stages of the actual game. Most of these areas are going to be available in the new demo.

But I finally decided to give it another shot. And now, here it is. The residence of magic crafter. The exterior went from “impossible,” to “finished in two days.” The interior took another day. I’m not gonna lie - I’m moved.

For now, enough of drawing. Recently, I’m focused on programming and writing. And it’s going pretty well. ^^
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