Hey, this is Ryan from 1013Games a startup indie company from New Zealand. We've got leslie working here on art too (he's just practicing some pixel art at the moment in the other room).
So far for the "competition" we've got C++ engine IndieLib up and running with DirectX9 camera following a character. Our game is totally top-down 2d old school lofi. An, it's going to be an MMORPG. And yeah we're pretty retarded for thinking we can pull this off, but I've been loving playing ROTMG too much.So I've got RakNet in there for networking with authentication working and very basic communication. Program is client/server based and prediction code will probably be VERY crude. Box2D is coming very shortly for physics/collision.The tiled map is loaded in 4 layers into the game using zlib and a base64 decoding class, can't be bothered explaining any more details right now though, and you're probably bored already.So I've got a screenshot to show you, I've hacked some uber-basic radiosity calculations for inside rooms. Cheers for telling me how to put screenshots on! Some things I am a noob at.
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Are you sure you can get a MMORPG done in three months, or at least at a presentable level? And you post a screenshot using bbcode.
url [ / i m g ]Without spaces, of course.E: Juju is a ninja. It's as if he works off of orange-colored clockwork.I think we can pull off something, we do have the luxury of being full-time or close to it. So don't feel bad if you can't keep up with us. I hope we can encourage you guys! (although on second thought this will be pretty funny if we fail big time)
In terms of gameplay, there won't be any trading (just drop loot on the ground), monsters will be quite simple, there is only one map no dungeons in this timeframe, etc.Edit: We also have hobbit stamina, so we'll see how far we can get!Fair enough. Ever play Realm of the Mad God?
Love ROTMG.
Going for a similar feel?
Yup definitely, it's probably our main inspiration =)