IROG'S PROFILE

I'm glad you like the new interface. My No RM event release had very poor display interface but was the best I could produce back then. In the feedback from the event, I received suggestions on what to use to improve the display. So I learned to use SDL2 and here it is: same game mechanics, better display interface.

Indeed, shields stand out too much... and they are the best place for faction emblem. I'll work on it.

MinST is a tactical/strategy battle game. It doesn't have RPG element in yet. I'm first building a solid and engaging battle system. Then I want to give it a town management system and buildings to produce the fighting units. The RPG elements will be added later, in campaign mode. I want to build the game step by step and not rush it. And yes, the game's focus is its gameplay.

You've guested it: I also like the minimalistic MS-DOS graphics. The game has no music yet. That's something I should definitely work on. You're welcome for a review.

I increased the range indicator transparency from 50% to 75% and made the stats been re-rendered on top of it. So the characters remain plain white for better contrast.
I'm not in favor of pop-up window: while playing other games I realized I spent too much time looking at unit stats windows. This tends to break the game flow. I prefer when all the information necessary to a tactical decision is available in one glance.

You're right about "H" standing for "Health". "A" stand for "Action Points"; points that unit consume to move or attack.

At the moment, there are just a few environmental tiles: road, rock, wall and forest. Rock, wall and forest are obstacles blocking units. So a unit can't go in a forest yet. I intend to make forest passable but raise the action point cost to move compared to grass. I also want to implement fog of war and have the obstacles limiting your vision.

I'm not using a specific palette. I decreased the brightness of the grass tile and indeed, the units stand out better. I should probably adjust forest brightness too.

Your new map looks much better. I wasn't sure what is RTP and what isn't; so you made a good job on those three charters.

I like the tone of your graphics. The blue object stand out too much because of their military (oblique) projection. An isometric or dimetric projection would look better (see https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Graphical_projection_comparison.png)

Land Traveler demo is impressive !!! I like it a lot: collecting items, crafting weapon and tools, cutting down trees and digging then building. The light effects are really good to show day, night and every lighting in between. The lit stick effects are wonderfully made but they should extinguish when submerged in water. Water should fill trenches we dig: I want to build a castle with moats! :-) . The stick gives the best feeling of control in combat due to its fast responsiveness to button press. I like the ability to swim with repeated presses of the jump button but it seems this is not explained to the player. When we dig a tunnel, it is not possible to dig up at the end. It would be cool to make underground passages for example under fortifications! It is good to see another SDL2 project, and a very inspiring one!