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Game Discussion => Early Dev => Topic started by: abcgi on May 09, 2007, 02:46:11 AM

Title: CastleVaniaRL
Post by: abcgi on May 09, 2007, 02:46:11 AM: CastleVaniaRL is a great fun fully playable new RL under development.

Worth checking out at:
http://www.santiagoz.com/web/news.php (http://www.santiagoz.com/web/news.php)

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Title: Re: CastleVaniaRL
Post by: Lavastine on May 10, 2007, 02:11:24 AM: Is discussion of Slash's games going to mover over here since this is made by him? or will it stay at his actual game site?
Title: Re: CastleVaniaRL
Post by: Slash on May 10, 2007, 03:09:50 PM: A hard question :)

I guess we could keep detailed discussion on the official CvRL website (like RFEs, Bug Reports, playtesting waves) but the game could be discussed here (mortems, new version announcements, etc).
Title: Re: CastleVaniaRL
Post by: Lavastine on May 15, 2007, 09:05:16 PM: I've been playing some CastlevaniaRL lately(1.25) and have been getting smashed as a soldier by the bone throwing skeletons, I just keep getting swarmed by them and shooting them with my crossbow is costing too much monies. I'm wondering which guys I can kill and make some money from?
Title: Re: CastleVaniaRL
Post by: Adral on May 15, 2007, 09:28:09 PM: Quote from: Lavastine on May 15, 2007, 09:05:16 PM
I've been playing some CastlevaniaRL lately(1.25) and have been getting smashed as a soldier by the bone throwing skeletons, I just keep getting swarmed by them and shooting them with my crossbow is costing too much monies. I'm wondering which guys I can kill and make some money from?

Ranged attacks in CastlevaniaRL are particularly god-like. 100% ranged hit-rate is just insane. I have already told Santiago this, as we have talked extensively about RLs, and CvRL in particular :P

You might want to check version 1.26, it's ready for playtesting in the website, and it is slowly getting balanced.

About the money issue, I often wandered the town at night or the first area at day to get some gold for equipment, it is a fairly easy area, plus you've got the shops nearby.
Title: Re: CastleVaniaRL
Post by: Lavastine on May 15, 2007, 09:40:08 PM: I haven't registered on his site and thus couldn't download the newest test version, so I just stuck with the 1.25 version so far. When either the third playtest is released or the actual new version(which ever comes first) I'll probably download that.
Title: Re: CastleVaniaRL
Post by: Slash on May 16, 2007, 01:37:47 PM: The Third Playtest is released, just in case you wanna give it a go.
Title: Re: CastleVaniaRL
Post by: Lavastine on May 17, 2007, 01:38:53 AM: It's giving me the message that I don't have permission to download the the game, or any of the test versions. However I can download the 1.25 version. This is while logged in.
Title: Re: CastleVaniaRL
Post by: Slash on May 17, 2007, 02:46:11 AM: Yeah, you need to be a playtester to download the Test Versions...

... here you go, you are a playtester now ;)
Title: Re: CastleVaniaRL
Post by: Lavastine on May 17, 2007, 05:50:07 AM: Thanks, wow its alot different from the previous version. The leveling seems quite a bit faster. As a RFE I would like to see a option to change volume levels for sound effects and music because the music seems a bit loud for me(i have the volume so low that if i lower it anymore it muted and the music is still rather loud while the SE are just about right)

edit because I said REF instead of RFE and I was tired of looking dumb :(. Also I think I'll be able to win within the next 6 games or so with a knight :).
Title: Re: CastleVaniaRL
Post by: Slash on May 17, 2007, 02:08:34 PM: Yes, it is a bit troublesome to control volume in Java (I tried to implement that RFE for 1.26ptIII), but definitively needed. I will look forward to do this.