PHANTASMAX'S PROFILE

author=Waxius

author=PhantasmaX
My first game that I am making for the past 3 months started out as a platformer Mario-like game, then I wanted to make it more like Megaman because we need action. However, some elements from street fighter are cool and might look good in the game, so I wanted to add that. Then I wanted to make it an RPG like Diablo, but plays more like the SNES Tales of Phantasia game (2d hack and slash sorta). Then I remembered an old MMO I played (Wonderking) which is kinda like maple story, and wanted to make it kinda like that. However the most important part is that the game kinda needs to feel like an SNES RPG somehow, not the same gameplay, but the same feeling you get from the story. Well, not to my surprise, my game became kinda complex. Now I am wondering if I made a mistake somewhere with my thinking!

Did you get all that sorted out?

Hmm, I'm not sure to be honest. I've been building the systems in my game for the past 4 months and it's turning out like how I was imagining it, which is good I guess. I broke all the rules for building your first game (make a small game, with low complexity, etc) so I find myself going back into old code and fixing things often because when I started, I had no clue what the heck I was doing. I probably need a few more months before things get fleshed out. The big problems will come later when I need to come up with a story, and find someone to do the art/music etc.

Here's what it looks like so far...

It took me 2 weeks, but I finally finished coding a shop system with limited item buyback for my RPG. The amount of code and logic that went into this was a lot more than I anticipated, especially when it came to stackable items.

author=Crystalgate
One option is to change the selling method to bulk instead. Basically, the player selects all the goods to sell. Then when the selection is done, the player chooses to sell the items at once and has to confirm the choice. If the player sells that way rather than one by one, it can just unselect any items chosen by mistake whereas if items are sold one by one, the player will have confirmed the sale long before having any time to react.

This sounds like the system that they have in Dungeon Defenders 2 when I last played it. The thing I didn't like about it so much was that I don't like additional popups or alerts (confirmations) whenever I try to buy or sell something.

I just wanted, one click, one buy ( shift + click to buy 10 for stackable items) because it seems smoother that way for me. But as you said, this type of system can be prone to a player mistakenly selling something, which is why I am concerned and have to contemplate building a buyback system. Here is the system that I have so far, might be easier to give feedback if you can see what it looks like:


Do you think adding limited confirmations might be a good idea when selling high quality items, i.e. sell a legendary or +10 upgraded item and it asks you if you really want to sell? What about adding both limited confirmation, and limited buyback?

Awesome topic, I will definitely keep this topic in mind when creating a skill system!

Regarding shop systems in RPGs, how important is item buyback nowadays? For example, you sell an item to a vendor, but then you change your mind for some reason and you wanna buy it back. Most of the older retro RPGs don't have this feature in their shop systems, and I never notice it because I don't think I ever used it, or use it very little. What do you guys think? I am thinking about whether I should implement this or not, but I don't know if it is a feature where people love or if its something where people barely notice.