XNA RPG Engine

Cloud9_ · 07-24-2008, 04:47 PM

So I've been plugging away at my RPG engine off and on, and so far its working out really well. I have a new blog post up at Http://www.craiggiles.com , but the latest video can be found; YouTube - ShackRPG - Tile Engine, Audio Engine, and new maps ...

I re-wrote a lot of the tile engine to make use of the RPG Starter kit, heavily modified, to show a lot of ppl who kept emiling me what can be done with it. I'm to the point now where I'm making different maps, and areas, and branching out. Almost ready to release something as soon as I get the quest system and new battle system in place.

Froofy-D · 07-24-2008, 05:28 PM

Looks really good with those XNA RPG assets.

Cloud9_ · 07-24-2008, 05:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Froofy-D

Looks really good with those XNA RPG assets.

A lot better than it did without them

... I figure I can use this as an excuse to pick up a 360 too... gotta 'test' it right?

Cloud9_ · 07-28-2008, 07:16 PM

Its get'n there;

YouTube - ShackRPG: NPCs, Object Collision, and DialogBox

Just need a few more key systems and I think I can put together a short demo

Journey into XNA <- progress blog. Figure'd I'd just reply to this thread instead of keep making new ones.. keep this forum clutter free eh?

Cloud9_ · 07-31-2008, 03:08 PM

edit: links not working right, gonna re-host

Blank · 07-31-2008, 03:42 PM

just thought I'd post and say thanks for the updates

Cloud9_ · 07-31-2008, 05:23 PM

Ok, I put the screenshot up on Flickr.

ShackRPGInventoryScreen on Flickr - Photo Sharing!

Does this look too cluttered? I've switched a few things around already (Arms was changed to "Wrist" and moved the stats location to have M.Def and P.Def next to eachother, moving INT up behind STR)

The way things work is you go into your menu screen, and left 'strip' pops up.

Select the "Equipment" sub-menu, and the center block pops up. You can cycle through your equipment, and when you hit "Okay" button on one, the right window pops up with your un-equipped items of that slot.

Froofy-D · 08-03-2008, 02:47 PM

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Originally Posted by Cloud9_

Ok, I put the screenshot up on Flickr.

ShackRPGInventoryScreen on Flickr - Photo Sharing!

Does this look too cluttered? I've switched a few things around already (Arms was changed to "Wrist" and moved the stats location to have M.Def and P.Def next to eachother, moving INT up behind STR)

The way things work is you go into your menu screen, and left 'strip' pops up.

Select the "Equipment" sub-menu, and the center block pops up. You can cycle through your equipment, and when you hit "Okay" button on one, the right window pops up with your un-equipped items of that slot.

Doesn't seem cluttered at all. If you don't mind making the equipment screen a little taller, maybe arrange the equipment slots in paper doll order like many RPG do.

Not sure if you are using some sort of minimum or fixed resolution though which dictates your menu sizes.

Fog · 08-03-2008, 03:01 PM

Suggestion - hide the white labels in the back of the equipment slots when there's an item there. It looks a bit silly as-is.

Cloud9_ · 08-17-2008, 05:32 PM

So this morning i signed up for the Dream Build Play competition, got the creators club membership so I could deploy my RPG to the xbox 360... and it didn't crash! haha

Everything ran great except some lag when accessing the xml documents.. apparently the XML reader on the lite .NET framework sucks ass compared to the windows version, so I'll have to re-do everything to take full advantage of the content pipeline... i just didn't want to have to research how to do content readers / writers yet

Because of this, i may miss the DBP deadline... unless i can pick it up pretty quick.

Jenison · 08-18-2008, 10:30 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Cloud9_

So this morning i signed up for the Dream Build Play competition, got the creators club membership so I could deploy my RPG to the xbox 360... and it didn't crash! haha

Everything ran great except some lag when accessing the xml documents.. apparently the XML reader on the lite .NET framework sucks ass compared to the windows version, so I'll have to re-do everything to take full advantage of the content pipeline... i just didn't want to have to research how to do content readers / writers yet

Because of this, i may miss the DBP deadline... unless i can pick it up pretty quick.

why does it HAVE to be part of the content pipeline? why cant it just be a file you read and deserialize yourself? in the interest of saving time, sometimes you can do away with best practices.

Cloud9_ · 08-18-2008, 12:02 PM

It probably could to be honest, but thankfully the way I wrote the code, the only thing that would have to be changed in the pre-written code would be the

public static Map Load(string asset)

method. The only hard part would be to find out how to write a custom reader (unless I want to conform to the xna way of doing it, which i may.. cuz that would be the quickest i think)

Cloud9_ · 09-10-2008, 10:07 PM

Figured I'd put this post here rather than creating a new one;

Just wanted to let you guys know that the RPG engine I was working on, I was able to put together a small demo for the Dream Build Play competition. I finished it a few hours ago, and although there is still a TON of work I could put into it (and I will put into it, since I want to launch this on the community games heh) i couldn't justify putting it all in now when the deadline is only a few weeks out.

But anyway, the demo is up and being uploaded as we speak

details at Journey into XNA
youtube video preview: YouTube - Meir

Working on the 'final' version now, writing story, etc.. if anyone knows someone who would like to contribute with graphics or anything, let me know!

Froofy-D · 09-12-2008, 03:31 PM

Nicely done video. =)

Cloud9_ · 09-13-2008, 09:37 AM

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Originally Posted by Froofy-D

Nicely done video. =)

Thanks man

This project taught me SO much on how to program... the final program is about 15,000 lines of code (32,000 for the entire project, but there is a windows and xbox copy due to the way the assemblies have to reference eachother)

I'm taking a step back, looking at how I did everything, heavily refactoring stuff, and taking this opportunity to learn what I can and how I could improve my work. Its been a wild ride so far, and so far I'm lovin every moment

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Cloud9_ Registered User Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Los Angeles California Posts: 231 +8 Internets	XNA RPG Engine So I've been plugging away at my RPG engine off and on, and so far its working out really well. I have a new blog post up at Http://www.craiggiles.com , but the latest video can be found; YouTube - ShackRPG - Tile Engine, Audio Engine, and new maps ... I re-wrote a lot of the tile engine to make use of the RPG Starter kit, heavily modified, to show a lot of ppl who kept emiling me what can be done with it. I'm to the point now where I'm making different maps, and areas, and branching out. Almost ready to release something as soon as I get the quest system and new battle system in place.

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07-24-2008, 05:28 PM	#2 (permalink)
Froofy-D upper management material Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Orlando, FL Posts: 2,198 +17 Internets	Looks really good with those XNA RPG assets.

07-28-2008, 07:16 PM	#4 (permalink)
Cloud9_ Registered User Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Los Angeles California Posts: 231 +8 Internets	Its get'n there; YouTube - ShackRPG: NPCs, Object Collision, and DialogBox Just need a few more key systems and I think I can put together a short demo Journey into XNA <- progress blog. Figure'd I'd just reply to this thread instead of keep making new ones.. keep this forum clutter free eh?

07-31-2008, 05:23 PM	#7 (permalink)
Cloud9_ Registered User Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Los Angeles California Posts: 231 +8 Internets	Ok, I put the screenshot up on Flickr. ShackRPGInventoryScreen on Flickr - Photo Sharing! Does this look too cluttered? I've switched a few things around already (Arms was changed to "Wrist" and moved the stats location to have M.Def and P.Def next to eachother, moving INT up behind STR) The way things work is you go into your menu screen, and left 'strip' pops up. Select the "Equipment" sub-menu, and the center block pops up. You can cycle through your equipment, and when you hit "Okay" button on one, the right window pops up with your un-equipped items of that slot.

08-03-2008, 03:01 PM	#9 (permalink)
Fog Registered User Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 1,971 -1 Internets	Suggestion - hide the white labels in the back of the equipment slots when there's an item there. It looks a bit silly as-is.

08-17-2008, 05:32 PM	#10 (permalink)
Cloud9_ Registered User Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Los Angeles California Posts: 231 +8 Internets	So this morning i signed up for the Dream Build Play competition, got the creators club membership so I could deploy my RPG to the xbox 360... and it didn't crash! haha Everything ran great except some lag when accessing the xml documents.. apparently the XML reader on the lite .NET framework sucks ass compared to the windows version, so I'll have to re-do everything to take full advantage of the content pipeline... i just didn't want to have to research how to do content readers / writers yet Because of this, i may miss the DBP deadline... unless i can pick it up pretty quick.

08-18-2008, 12:02 PM	#12 (permalink)
Cloud9_ Registered User Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Los Angeles California Posts: 231 +8 Internets	It probably could to be honest, but thankfully the way I wrote the code, the only thing that would have to be changed in the pre-written code would be the public static Map Load(string asset) method. The only hard part would be to find out how to write a custom reader (unless I want to conform to the xna way of doing it, which i may.. cuz that would be the quickest i think)

09-10-2008, 10:07 PM	#13 (permalink)
Cloud9_ Registered User Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: Los Angeles California Posts: 231 +8 Internets	Figured I'd put this post here rather than creating a new one; Just wanted to let you guys know that the RPG engine I was working on, I was able to put together a small demo for the Dream Build Play competition. I finished it a few hours ago, and although there is still a TON of work I could put into it (and I will put into it, since I want to launch this on the community games heh) i couldn't justify putting it all in now when the deadline is only a few weeks out. But anyway, the demo is up and being uploaded as we speak details at Journey into XNA youtube video preview: YouTube - Meir Working on the 'final' version now, writing story, etc.. if anyone knows someone who would like to contribute with graphics or anything, let me know!

09-12-2008, 03:31 PM	#14 (permalink)
Froofy-D upper management material Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: Orlando, FL Posts: 2,198 +17 Internets	Nicely done video. =)