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Dear Fans of Lands of Lunori
Jenna- 01/01/2018 04:41 PM
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Irog
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CloseHi Jenna,
It's good to hear you're still passionate about making games and have a project to express your passion. I'm sad Lands of Lunori is definitely dead but I won't blame you. I watched your video and fully understand you. Thanks a lot for all the hard work you've done on Lands of Lunori and the very informative postmortem video.
Like you, I'm working on an action RPG. I don't use any engine; I code the game using a programming language. So I would like to share some development thoughts with you.
You've dropped Lands of Lunori because coding events to work your way around the engine limitations became too difficult. Many, if not all, features you wanted in the game requires coding workarounds. Building the game from a programming language frees you from all limitations. In my case, I can indent code as much as I want and scroll horizontally, the number of maps and items is unlimited... I could go on listing the advantages of programming your game; but what about the disadvantages. The main drawback of programming a game from scratch is that you have to code every little thing; down to sprite, tile and text display functions. Simple features available in a usual engine requires you to code it for your game.
The list of custom features you wanted in Lands of Lunori leads to three viable options:
1) code the game in a programming language
2) alter the features to something the engine is capable of with little to no workaround
3) find an engine capable of these features
For your next project, I advise you to develop your game in a programming language or compare potential engines. Write down all the features you want in the game. Next to each, mark a "OK" if the engine is capable of it or write an estimate of the work required (in hours) to build that feature. For the mandatory features, multiply the estimate by 2. Sum up the hours and compare the different engines to find the one that best suites your project.
I wish you the best for your new project.
Cheers,
Irog
It's good to hear you're still passionate about making games and have a project to express your passion. I'm sad Lands of Lunori is definitely dead but I won't blame you. I watched your video and fully understand you. Thanks a lot for all the hard work you've done on Lands of Lunori and the very informative postmortem video.
Like you, I'm working on an action RPG. I don't use any engine; I code the game using a programming language. So I would like to share some development thoughts with you.
You've dropped Lands of Lunori because coding events to work your way around the engine limitations became too difficult. Many, if not all, features you wanted in the game requires coding workarounds. Building the game from a programming language frees you from all limitations. In my case, I can indent code as much as I want and scroll horizontally, the number of maps and items is unlimited... I could go on listing the advantages of programming your game; but what about the disadvantages. The main drawback of programming a game from scratch is that you have to code every little thing; down to sprite, tile and text display functions. Simple features available in a usual engine requires you to code it for your game.
The list of custom features you wanted in Lands of Lunori leads to three viable options:
1) code the game in a programming language
2) alter the features to something the engine is capable of with little to no workaround
3) find an engine capable of these features
For your next project, I advise you to develop your game in a programming language or compare potential engines. Write down all the features you want in the game. Next to each, mark a "OK" if the engine is capable of it or write an estimate of the work required (in hours) to build that feature. For the mandatory features, multiply the estimate by 2. Sum up the hours and compare the different engines to find the one that best suites your project.
I wish you the best for your new project.
Cheers,
Irog
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