Random Realms (general discussion)

[guest509]

Agreed.

[getter77]

I'll third that---certainly a much more...less-insane...thing to shoot for with a project still just starting out as opposed to one with a certain degree of maturity/things locked down around a certain mindset to it like RR here, no need to hurry per se.

[IBOL]

yeah, ok i know i missed my own projected release date,
but today i added "throwing potions". it was easier than i thought.
(in practice, i find that it actually takes me less time to "program" something
 than it does to just think about it and waffle and describe it endlessly...)
so, coming soon, rr009, no sound, lots of little improvements.

[IBOL]

ok, it's done, and available for download.
RR009
http://forumfiles.thegamecreators.com/download/2172907

[getter77]

Awesome gain for a Friday, congrats!   

[IBOL]

it was recently pointed out to me that throwing potions has a sort of bug (does ~1000 damage to the king!) so there will be a new version coming again.
i honestly didn't take too much time on throwing potions, so i'lll try to make it better.

i was also told that the monster list was coming out different on different loads.
i will look into that also, and wonder if anyone else has seen it?

[IBOL]

OK, so 5/26/12, and a new version!
download it here:
http://forumfiles.thegamecreators.com/download/2132881
or visit the TGC forum page to see the thread (but no new info is there...)
http://forum.thegamecreators.com/?m=forum_view&t=178942&b=5&p=0

unfortunately , it will not fix existing saves.
(you can still play them, but the monsters you faced
 might not be the same)

please report any further issues here,
or by email to me personally,
which can be found in the readme
(hit F1 while playing)

[getter77]

Congrats and thanks for yet another release IBOL!

[IBOL]

actually, i've been told that it's not fixed.
so i'll have to find time to really get in there,
maybe even change the way that game saves are done.

i really think the problem has to be with the addition of demons.
the entire monster bestiary is generated from a single seed,
and i think demons are throwing that off...

we'll see...

[IBOL]

Well I'm working on random realms again
As far as I can tell , the corrupted saves big is dead
I s

[guest509]

That's cool IBOL. I like this game.

[getter77]

Nice work, always good to see your projects developing further!   

[guest509]

I find the procedurally generated monsters + info screen between levels to totally awesome.

I've worked on my own procedurally generated robots to fight my Gunfist hero. It's not anywhere near playable, but procbots and infoscreens are core ingredients stolen directly from RR.

[IBOL]

yeah, Jo,
it was finding a comment you said back in December about RR being in your top 5 enjoyed roguelikes that made me want to get back to work on this. and I really did find the bug I was looking for . man was it tricky.
I think it feels pretty awesome to have my work inspire yours. (you called it 'stealing' but whatever )

[guest509]

Heck yeah I enjoy your game thoroughly. I'll have to give it a couple of good runs over the next few days. Traveling now.

This game and Aliens and Brogue are consistently a solid play for me.

Stealing or 'inspired by'?