Dego

Since I'm working on quests and items, a couple people have suggested I post some updates showing off some of the quests and items in the game. So here is the start of short series of updates that will last until I'm ready to release the final game.


This shady, villain-like man asks you to pick up his lost sword, but refuses to explain why he is too afraid to do it himself.


The task seems simple enough. The sword is resting on the ground, surrounded by four inanimate stone statues. I bet nothing bad will happen when you pick it up.

The item database currently has over 150 entries! Dego is a heavily item based game, and each tier of equipment slowly introduces you to more specials and effects. By the time you are midway through the game, there are a variety of different equipment combinations to customize your character.

For example, my friends' party last night consisted of three characters. The first was a paladin who focused on HP boosting items. This let him stay alive longer than the others, giving him a chance to heal and revive. it also let him act as a defensive meat shield when needed. The second character was a mage with damage boosting equipment. This let him hide in the back lines while attacking with heavy magic damage and casting spells. The final character was a necromancer with stacked SP regen items. This greatly increased the rate at which his skills charged up, letting him keep 2-3 minions in battle at once.


At another website, I made a request for some custom weapons. This is a screenshot of one of the new staffs.

I've begun working on the Catacombs, Dego's penultimate dungeon. This level features the strongest, most unique enemies so far and has the most drastic graphic change between dungeons 1 and 2. Just what is burried in the depths of the Catacombs?



Be careful, skeletons and zombies are looking to add your corpse to the unkempt piles. And keep a close eye out, who knows what else haunts these narrow halls.



Explore the crypts and the burial mounds. Just watch out for traps!



Think your character is strong? Face off against the deadly vampires, capable of sucking the health right out of you and then transforming into a bat to make their quick escape.

The Ice Temple is a multi-part side quest. This is the grandest, most adventurous quest to date - featuring an entire bonus dungeon designed solely for this challenge.



Players team up with five archeologist to excavate the old Ice Temple.



What you'll find is a massive raid featuring extra large monster groups, extra large treasure spawns, and rare, bonus items designed only for this quest.



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I don't want to spam this with all the little updates, so keep up with the game's progress on the dev blog http://degorpg.blogspot.com/

Dego Demo Released!
Check the Downloads tab!

Features:
-4 dungeons, 60 items, and a bucketful of monsters
-Play with 3 friends - difficulty and treasure chests scale with player count
-Explore dungeons to find bonus quests and secret rooms
-Face off against challenging bosses

Can I use my old character?
Yes! In the old Dego Beta "Saves" folder you will find a file for each character and a save of your control config. Just copy and paste these files into the new Dego Demo "Saves" folder. When you first load your character, the save file will be auto-updated to work with the new saved data, included an additional page of character statistics.

Hint:
If a dungeon is too hard, don't keep trying forever. Completing previous dungeons, and the quests inside, can earn a lot of exp and items.

New Feature: Trade with other players!
Make sure to test out this new system! Two players at a time can trade by selecting it from the Shop sub-menu. Three star items are incredibly rare, so if you're playing with greedy friends, trading might be your only option!

What didn't make the demo?
Gamepad support, unlock shop, and a proper title screen :(

How do I control the game?
While controller support is planned for the final release, it didn't make it in time for the demo. If you want to play multiplayer, you can use a program like GlovePIE, which lets you map gamepad and wiimote buttons to keyboard keys.

All controls can be changed ingame, but default controls for player 1 are: arrow keys, z, x
Pressing "Escape" will forfeit the current dungeon

The game doesn't work!
The most common problem is missing or outdated DirectX 9 dlls. You can download the update from microsoft.com

If it's a gameplay bug or another type of error, post it here, and I'll try to fix it.

Additional Credits:
SFX:
RPGMaker

Music:
RPGMaker
Kevin MacLeod

Levels and Monsters:
RPGMaker

Clothes:
Famitsu
Virtual Nomad

Weapons:
RPGMaker
Trueform Darkside
byrdbrayn
The Wayfarer Mage
Warxe
Nightbringer

Bugs? Design comments? Gameplay stories?
Tell me what you think!