Worklog for Duckstab[o]
Areon-X: Foundations
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Got the basic Alchemy Skills added to the player/job/race abilities In Areon Alchemy is the ability to rebuild or decompose items from a Alchemy Type. ie DragonBlood + DragonDust * 2 = DragonBone DragonBlood + DragonBone * 2 = DragonClaw OrcBlood + DragonClaw = Dragon Bone * 2 OrcBlood*2 + DragonClaw = DragonDust * 4 Two Types of alchemy are used in the game Organic and Mineral. Organic Covers Plant/Herb/Tree/Fruit/Vegatable Creatures ie Serpant Mammal Dragon Orc Mineral Covers Rock/Crystal/Metal Mineral Alchemy uses a simple N+N combination that is heavily effected by your Alchemical Skills IronDust*100 = 9 Irom Nuts&Bolts Ten Percent of Input is lost as energy source when making from Dust Window 7 Home Premium Q6600 4*3.199Ghz Single Nvidia G260 768mb DDR3 (Soon to be two :) ) 780i XFX mobo 21 Viewsonic 16/10 4gb Ram 1.5tb harddrive My Game Space Home Page |
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Now added Scripting to the game allowing easy modification of
items/plot/maps/abilities/items as having to recompile the game each
time i need a little tweak to balance gameplay is a bit of a pain All math is calculated externally to allow for easy access this will give great modification aspects to the game Window 7 Home Premium Q6600 4*3.199Ghz Single Nvidia G260 768mb DDR3 (Soon to be two :) ) 780i XFX mobo 21 Viewsonic 16/10 4gb Ram 1.5tb harddrive My Game Space Home Page |
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Been working over the foundation type to both improve performance and Quality of Game play Your Character: Changed a few basic around Character Developement Each Character Contains ......Base: This is a modifier Grid that allows you to alter stats and add skills to your character.Ie your character is a God in Strength but a peon in Int easy fix is to open modifier slots and add -Str*n and +Int*n Soul Gems (You have to quest for these Base Types also thinkindg of adding recipies after Quest completion) ......Race: This is the core +/- of the character. The Race has restrictions that need to be followed they effect available Jobs/Weapons/Armour/Accessories/Skills..Might seen a bit of a negative but with the ability to ShapeChange this is a key factor in the game (currently you can only change into Humaniod Forms but might add a variation if it doesnt conflict the Summon/Merge abilities. ......Job: This is a special entity that attaches to the player and grants skills.The Job has restrictions that need to be followed they effect available Weapons/Armour/Accessories/Skills and also grant bonuses in areas ......SKILL TREE: This is very much like the FFX Sphere Grid Except Each Factor Has one ie A Single Character Has Base:SKILL TREE (This is identical for all characters) Race:SKILL TREE (One for each Race) Job:SKILL TREE (up to three at any one time)one for each job All SkillTrees have node to unlock and activate as is relative to the player Things to Note about unlocking 1. Most Nodes cost ap to unlock/ ap to activate 2. Some Nodes need ap and a set attribute to activate 3. Some Nodes Require You to Complete a Task to Allow them to appear on the Grid The Base SKILLTREE works a little Different a. Firstly Most of the Nodes Will be empty they need Soul Stones to use b. There are Six Basic Nodes Att Wpn Arm Rce Job Tch Elm 1 2 3 are as above 4. When you unlock a node is will say ie Wpn+3 this means you can attach a Wpn Soul Stone up to and including Lvl3 5. During your Quest you can unlock greater bonds with the Ether and improve Node ie You can get +lvl or N_level Linkers These are used to Upgrade Nodes 5a. (Wpn+3) + (Link+2) = (Wpn+5) 5b. (Wpn+3) + (Link=5) = (Wpn+5) 5c. There are other Linkers that Change a Node to another Type these Will reset to +1 ie (Wpn+3)+ (Link=Att)=(Att+1) Window 7 Home Premium Q6600 4*3.199Ghz Single Nvidia G260 768mb DDR3 (Soon to be two :) ) 780i XFX mobo 21 Viewsonic 16/10 4gb Ram 1.5tb harddrive My Game Space Home Page |
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Been working backwards at the moment looking into game logics and
different rendering methods. Put some money into a few apps for model
generation and animation Current apps in pipe line; Bmax (The Daddy) :) TV3d (engine is still in closed beta :( ... Silo 2 Deled UU3d Xsi:Fnd Wings next in the list is music/sound effects apps 2d art pipeline for textures and gui Still looking into these areas Having Stumbled across a few glitches in both programming methods and cpu/gpu hit ive split the areas into groups and am creating working games that use these method in extremes to improve both knowledge and Refine coding as trying to modify a 30,000 line app is becoming a bit of a nut buster being a one man band... So first up is a Match 3 clone using 3d Tasks are Model management Render Layers Gui components Sfx methods Eyes of the Nebula ... A game is born Window 7 Home Premium Q6600 4*3.199Ghz Single Nvidia G260 768mb DDR3 (Soon to be two :) ) 780i XFX mobo 21 Viewsonic 16/10 4gb Ram 1.5tb harddrive My Game Space Home Page |
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New Combat System is Being Put in Place and I really like the feel so far Thing in Place so Far 1. Races The Race System Give bonuses to Classes that your Characters have selected 2. Classes So Far Ive Only added 4 Basic Classes To cover Warrior,Mage,Summoner,Hollow (my Special Class :) ) 3. The Monsters The Game Contains Several Types of Monsters they are 1. Species Local to Gaming areas 2. Spirit these come as Stronger Species Types with better moves 3. Linkers these are Realy Powerfull Spirits this an Aura that attracts Stronger Spirits 4. Subjects these are Enemy Version of Player Character types with a few Tweeks 5. Demigods these are the equivalent to aeons 6. Sub-boss Boss explanes it self realy Window 7 Home Premium Q6600 4*3.199Ghz Single Nvidia G260 768mb DDR3 (Soon to be two :) ) 780i XFX mobo 21 Viewsonic 16/10 4gb Ram 1.5tb harddrive My Game Space Home Page |
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Spent a fare few days now recreating the item editor to work fully
around the concepts of polymorphism and inheritance had some really nice
results Done a lot of work around the foundations of object creation to allow the possiblity of a Helper game option for those who dont want to spend hours discovering the hidden skill,items,areas ie looking for a quick fix.. Window 7 Home Premium Q6600 4*3.199Ghz Single Nvidia G260 768mb DDR3 (Soon to be two :) ) 780i XFX mobo 21 Viewsonic 16/10 4gb Ram 1.5tb harddrive My Game Space Home Page |
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The Game will use dna in the creation of your army Currently There are 16 Dna Species Groups Each Group contains 16 Strands You Find Dna_Strands in the Form of Dna_Matter Dna_Matter Contains Four Strands By using Cryo_Eggs you can create characters with combinations of 4 to 12 peices of Dna_Matter This allows for billions of combinations Window 7 Home Premium Q6600 4*3.199Ghz Single Nvidia G260 768mb DDR3 (Soon to be two :) ) 780i XFX mobo 21 Viewsonic 16/10 4gb Ram 1.5tb harddrive My Game Space Home Page |
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During your battles an enemy will drop any of the basic body parts this is then refined and the pure elements are removed These will be anything from bones,Teeth,claws to Hide,feather,tentales Each body part will contain three pure elements with are used in its creation ie Metal,Chemical,Vegatable or Stone,Metal,Crystal Window 7 Home Premium Q6600 4*3.199Ghz Single Nvidia G260 768mb DDR3 (Soon to be two :) ) 780i XFX mobo 21 Viewsonic 16/10 4gb Ram 1.5tb harddrive My Game Space Home Page |
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Im Currently working on the possible method for the games progression Programme Flow All Living things in the world will be made from 4 matterGroups ie CarrotMatter a CarrotMatter b CarrotMatter c CarrotMatter d Once enough experience has been gained in the extraction of CarrotMatter you will learn how to create the basic carrot from the four matterGroups Via a Dna Blueprint explaining the percentages of each matter needed to create the carrot I might add in a four tear system for the creation of life ie basic carrot Enchanced carrot Pure carrot Divine carrot this will effect both matter needed and increase the quality of results ie Basic Carrot = Acc boost Qlty 1 Enchanced carrot=Acc boost Qlty 3 Pure carrot=Acc boost Qlty 7 Divine carrot=Acc boost Qlty 15 Window 7 Home Premium Q6600 4*3.199Ghz Single Nvidia G260 768mb DDR3 (Soon to be two :) ) 780i XFX mobo 21 Viewsonic 16/10 4gb Ram 1.5tb harddrive My Game Space Home Page |
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Ive Got all the lower tears functions working in small compact editor This loadsup an incbin default file as a template and then lets you add to the list using a very simple interface I have created this with expansion of the game in mind and also the possibility of adding an editor to the game for would be modders Window 7 Home Premium Q6600 4*3.199Ghz Single Nvidia G260 768mb DDR3 (Soon to be two :) ) 780i XFX mobo 21 Viewsonic 16/10 4gb Ram 1.5tb harddrive My Game Space Home Page |
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The Game Will Be a FreeRoaming Rpg with Turn Based Combat As you Progress in the Game you Learn Skill in the use of NanoMites and this is the Tool you will use to Progress in the Game In the Game Currently the are 8 Metals 8 Crystals 8 Chemicals 8 Stone Types 8 Vegatable Types 8 Meat Types 8 Nano Types And a Essence Type for Several Elemental and Attributes These come in the Form of Ore,Animal,Compound,Liquid,Vapors You use Nano tech to extract core materials from the above to create pure Materials for construction Pure Materials are used to Create Fixings,Food,Building Materials and several others As your levels advance you can Make Weapons,Amour,Building,Clothing,Meals Ect Im Currently contemplating Implement Dna Construction and Manipulation if it balance in the game is uneffected Magic will be available in the Game under another Form and it energy source must be collected or constructed no resting to regenerate Window 7 Home Premium Q6600 4*3.199Ghz Single Nvidia G260 768mb DDR3 (Soon to be two :) ) 780i XFX mobo 21 Viewsonic 16/10 4gb Ram 1.5tb harddrive My Game Space Home Page |
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Just a little recap on the basic progress of the game so far Story.... The inhabitants of Areon-X have reached a supreme state of Technological advancement they have become masters of all except Energy. Well that was until Malic Kain created the Genisis Programme Genisis was a 30 year work in progress. A combination of the most advanced AI and Nano Technology In the year 7043 Genisis became Self aware and its development speed increased tenfold Around the year 7059 Genisis discovered a way to create the utilmate energy source G Zen, one that would free the world from its current dilema Energy had been a major problem right from the start of civilisation. Currently people had to go to wear biocharms a belt that collects waste energy from the wearer and converts this into energy this was the basic form of currency for the lower classes of the world An individual Would earn a ratio compared to how hard they work ie an average worker would generate 1k units of energy a week and earn 100 Han he then would have to buy an average of 3k energy from the corperation at a rate of 600 Han so the corperation was growing very fat selling the 1k of worker energy back to the worker for a nice 100% profit G Zen was a concept beyond Human comprehention it was a living bio organism contained within a Sphere of folded space the object travels in a coil pattern beyond the speed of light passing up to 100 suns in the journey absorbing solar energy. taking 100k units of energy to start the journey and collecting 1mil units of energy in its lifetime releasing 10k inits of energy per week until its lifecycle is ended The creation of G zen threatend the Corperations Hold over the world so they set about the destruction of Malik and the G zen project. Genisis retaliated by putting Malik in cryo and sending a nano army to take on the Corperation A huge battle began and Genisis was on the winning side until the Corperation Cut all Power to the sector of Maliks base With G zen not stabilised it began to collect huge amounts of energy and its sphere began to warp Genisis could see its destruction was immenent as began sending parts of its data banks to locations around the world and transported Maliks body to a unknown location Zero Hour.. G Zens Sphere Fractured Releasing energy in amounts never before seen in the world. Corperations Downfall creation of the Deadlands True the Corperation had cut the power to Maliks sector but the energy rushed down the powerlines and caused a System failure in every one of there Sectors Explotions continued well into the night until finally the silence came but a deadly silence to say the least Deadlands Day Two What remained of the corperation began to regroup and started up there defence programme NewOrder a Nano Repair Programme.. Somethings Wrong The huge influx of energy had caused a glitch in the mainframe Data had become fused and the NanoMites could not Distinguish machines and Organics and the results where madness Deadlands Days Three The Corperation Retaliates and the Nanomites begin self preservation Machines Vs Organics Deadlands Days Four Mankinds Retreats From its Citys A new Dawn for Areon-x Mankind has been knocked back a few millenia and once again is having to fend for its self Current Time.. You come from a village far from the larger settlements of the World The Kind of person who gets into trouble alot because nobody understands your passion for Tech Finally you have enough when a band of Ogros(Modified Rats) attack your Village and you set of for a journey of discovery ScrapGang You Join a Group of young Salvagers Travelling the local plains First Mission Your First task was to explore an old complex recently found When you arrive you discover anothers team has already been in a look worse for ware they have abandoned a team mate in their escape You choose to go look against there wishes several minutes later the scan lots of activity in the base a seal the entrance The Main Story Begins.. Window 7 Home Premium Q6600 4*3.199Ghz Single Nvidia G260 768mb DDR3 (Soon to be two :) ) 780i XFX mobo 21 Viewsonic 16/10 4gb Ram 1.5tb harddrive My Game Space Home Page |