It's been rather busy the last weeks and so will be the next ones. However I thought it would be a good idea to keep track of the development.

I stopped working on the graphics and didn't implement new game mechanisms since I wanted to get the multiplayer demo working. If this turns out to be good, I will continue working on the art and the gameplay once again. However working on a multiplayer game is extremely time consuming. Even copying already existing features takes a lot of time and effort.

changes so far

• added breathing animations
• added a new basic attack for the mage
• added some gfx-mockups
• added Gamepad (à la Xbox-360) support
• got a small multiplayer demo working with the most basic features (walking, chat, picking up drops, etc)
• cleaned up the code :p

Here is a link to the playable (singleplayer) demo (since nodewebkit was fixed): demo

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Hi there,

I got stuck at a small problem whilst working on an online game based on the multiplayer example by Scirra.

Every player (e.g host & peers) should display an animation of an treasure chest opening simultaneously, when any of the players is opening it. To make it easier (without "getbit(Peer.inputs, 0)" etc) we just say that the host should presses "f" to play the animation on every client.

I am fairly aware that this goes in the same direction as displaying a walking animation for each peer when he moves. I've already accomplished that but however I used an instance variable (peer.direction) for it. I set the direction-variable according to the input the host gets (1 = right, 2 = down, etc) and interpret it in the common event section.

The thing I need for this particular problem is the peer.peerID to isolate the peer that was opening it in order to get it's position. Once I got the position I can look for the nearest instance of a treasure chest with the "pick nearest" event.

It wouldn't make much sense to create a new synced instance variable for that, in which only the (last) peerID of someone who opened a chest is stored, would it? Furthermore would I need to add even more variables for every kind of action which will just slow down the game and as mentioned one shouldn't sync stuff that doesn't need to be synced.

However would it be a good idea to send a chat command with the peerID and interpret it in the common group like this?

if (message starts with "cmd: chest"){
play animation X}[/code:3li4k1ei]

 I'd actually like to make only a "for each peer"-loop (@host) and then call a function within it but this won't work of course. [b]Is  there any other way to do it or to call a function on all peers simultaneously?[/b] I've read through all tutorials but still feel a little bit lost.

Cheers
Theo

Savenko

Hi,

just scroll down and beneath the picture (at the bottom of the page) you'll see the menu "Download Stable Release (178)" and "Game Assets". You want to click on the "free bundle" and download all assets, which include .pngs and sounds, as .zip.

There you go!

Edit: Too late :/

Dakiu

Did you find a solution for this? I'm having the same problem understanding the menchanism.

Raicuparta

I was always left open mouthed when you posted videos about your progression of that game. Now its finally available for playing and it's even more amazing playing it yourself than watching it somebody else doing.

I simply love it. The clean and fluent graphics match so well with this "easy" (to learn) gameplay. One of the best "small games" I've ever laid hands on.

It's magnificent and I hope that some more extra composed songs are going to be included in the future!

Keep up the clean and good work!

I'm already spreading the word about it. It HAS TO be seen and played! Are you going to release it for android/ios? I guess that could reach high popularity!

10/10 would play

btw. is this using the shadowcast behaviour?

PixelPaintbrush

np, just pm me, you can help for sure!

Sure you can join in later on! Like i said there is no pressure at all atm. Thanks for offering your help! I'll definitely make use of it! Perhaps we can exchange Skype-data or stuff like that per PM!

Hi,

I'm currently working on a rather small project and I'm looking for someone who wants to join me.

These are the positions I thought of:

• graphic artist
• sound/music designer
• C2 developer

And even if you feel like you are not the greatest artist/coder/whatever but want to improve yourself and you want contribute, just let me know. No one is born as a master!

Here is a link to the game desciption and even a small playable demo is included. However these are not paid positions. I'm just looking for someone who wants to build this game for his own experience and of course for fun.

Just let me know if you are interested.

Have a nice day!

Ethan

Thanks! I checked this problem with my pc, laptop and the laptop of my dad. Whilst yesterday everything was working fine on my devices, it now has these strange lags too. So has my fathers computer. I'm gonna check the source again, maybe I did something stupid, but it could be (!) a problem of the website on which I'm hosting the game. I could upload a desktop version just to check whether the problem is "homemade" or external. Thanks for pointing this out!

Edit: here's a link to the win32 desktop version: not working yet.

Hey,

I feel like it's time to breathe new life into this project and show it to some audience.

To cut a long story short: this is just an early demo to visualize which kind of game I'm having in mind.

And of course would I be happy to have somebody to work with. I am looking for somebody to help me develop this idea further. It's not important if you are more of an artist or coder or neither. If you feel like you want to contribute and make this project to your project too, just drop me a line! I would be honored!

Description

Blue Burst is a mixture of a classic pixel-ARPG with some bullet-hell features and puzzles. As for now it only features 1-Player action but it's supposed to end up as an online game for 3 or maybe 4 persons. The player choses to play one out of 3 characters, which all have unique abilities and combat methods. Whilst facing different kind of enemies you and your teammates have to solve smaller puzzles to unlock the next door or trigger events to progress through each level. A level contains several puzzles, enemies and one or two bosses. Each of these levels is about 10 minutes long. The name may change.

Features

• different characters
• meele and ranged combat system
• enemies and towers
• boss fights*
• unique rage system**
• small looting system
• destroyable stuff
• puzzles (portcullis, keys, buttons, etc.)
• pushable and pullable boxes/barrels.
• clean HUD

(**)unique rage system

This was part of the single player story which I have abandoned. You and your group are full of hate because the enemies have done something unspeakable to your people. If you don't satisfy yourself with killing an enemy or drinking a special potion ere your hate shrinks (small timer next to your life), you receive damage from a higher power since you have forgotten the face of your father. So make sure to spread a lot of blood!

Characters

• viking (melee)
• gunslinger á la Stephen King's Roland (ranged)
• mage (ranged)

How to play

The game features keyboard and mouse input. You aim with the mouse.

Use WASD to move and mouse to shoot. Change your character with R (demo only), open chests with E

and freeze nearby enemies (as mage & gunslinger) with 2.

It is also possible to play the game with a normal gamepad (walk with the left and aim with right stick).

Changelog

2014-08-08: initial post with the firstreleased iteration.

2014-08-09: uploaded desktop version for testing purposes.

2014-08-14: uploaded some preview gifs

2014-08-29: added information about progress and art.

2014-09-10: added ("old") singleplayer demo

Graphics

Most of the graphics are selfmade, however, for testing purposes only, some ideas are borrowed by "realm of the mad god".

Sound & Music

Most of the sound and the (yet not hearable) bgm are made by dangu (Twitter: —).

Many thanks at this point to you guys. You are doing a great job!

Known bugs

• enemy AI sometimes slowes down the performance. I am not satisfied with AI behaviour yet.
• If you change the character or die while playing the attack animation, the old character will still be visible.
• other characters will be visible when attacking whilst under influence of the speed potion.

Upcoming features

• procedural generated level
• multiplayer support
• powerups
• new enemies
• simple shop
• boss fights*
• reviving system for teammates (like in diablo)
• much more is planned

Play!

click me to play.

Don't hesitate to ask me any question, I will try my best to answer them! I appreciate any given feedback. Don't hold back criticism just because it's my first project.

Layout of this post stolen from

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Cheers!

Theo

wow! That's some great stuff you got there! Enjoyed every song i heard!