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[Rhys]

20080422 Alpha 3:

Working:
Combat
-Different types of swings
-Critical hits
-Chance to miss
-Running away
Note: The generic enemy is probably much stronger than you are in Alpha 3.

Not Working:
Combat
-Armor
-Chance to Evade

Everything else...

[Fry]

Dude this is pretty cool!

Once you fix the other things maybe you should get money if you defeat an oppenent and you can buy better weapons,armor,maybe even some potion type things
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[SomeGuy]

i replaced both of these:

[Rhys]

@Fry: Money is going in for sure, as well as upgraded items, potions (maybe), etc. That's a little while off, though. I want to get the combat formulas roughed out first.

@SomeGuy: Eventually, damage will be calculated by more than a static min and max - Rather, min and max will not be based upon other stats like strength and agility, as well as the quality of your weapon and maybe the type of attack and perhaps your skill level with that class of weapon. 0-10 felt artificial to me, since I didn't like seeing that I crit for 2
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[imapow]

if you make it multiplater you wold have a nice MOD,
but the game itslef gets boring ater 5min.

nice idea thanks.
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[Lexikos]

@Guest:
Ever read a novel? Those generally don't have OpenGL or 3D zombies. Text based games serve the same purpose as any other game; you just need an imagination. As for this game, at least it's not as repetitive as your post.

[Oberon]

I also dislike text based games but for other reasons. Games cannot offer nearly as much as a book does in terms of empathy and a storyline, so the two are incomparable. Also the visual aspect of gaming is integral as games push human response time with visual images that provoke the sense of touch and play on fears and other emotions.

I don't mean to bash Rhys' script. I'm sure he done an excellent job

[imapow]

[Ian -- School]

I am working on my own version now, it has potions (healing), Manta (Magic), and Arrows (Range). I only have the potions and melee working now, but when the opponent dies, a new one comes up. I'm going to add looting as well so you can get potions and arrows.

[Razlin]

Theres nothing here that says this will be a text based RPG.
I think Rhys is testing out the combat mechanics the BOOM. He will come out with 3D skelies that come out of the screen and eat your mice.

On a more serious note. Good job Rhys I love RPG's hopefully you get this working and maybe get to the storyline of your game.

Keep it up.
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[SoggyDog]

@Everyone that's knocking this ''game''
Rhys is developing the core engine of what will certainly be a much larger project.
Using automobiles as an analogy, I don't care how pretty your car is, it isn't much good without an engine.

@Rhys
Go for it. I like where this is headed.

@Everyone
I absolutely LOVED Wizard's Castle
(Here's another link with a better description)

I still play it occasionally on a PC port (MS-DOS executable) and a PalmOS port (Commodore 64 emulated);
I've even considered porting it myself to AHK.
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[Rhys]

Thanks everyone for your input!

I'm fiddling around with different types of 'attacks' trying to make the combat more interesting. Ideally they'd all need to balance out in the 'big picture' otherwise It'd be best to always use the best attack.

I've thought about using a Rock-Paper-Scissors style system, but am not sure if I like that idea since it seems like it might leave too much to chance (especially when fighting the computer).

For example only...
Lunge vs Swing
-Lunge has higher hit chance and swing has 50% damage
Parry vs Lunge
-Parry has incresed crit and lunge has less damage/hit chance
Swing vs Parry
-Swing deflects parry and parry misses but swing has no crit chance

Another idea is to ditch the Rock<Paper<Scissors method and not have your attacks interact with the opponent - This is easier to code (especially when dealing with multiple enemies if I want to go that route).
Attack Types:
Strong: High damage, lowest hit and crit rates
Medium: Medium damage, average hit and crit rates
Light: Weak damage, high hit and crit rates

I did a little test to normalize these and came up with the following results last number is total damage:
Strong (50100 hits 4677 crits): 410975
Med (69824 hits 13281 crits): 415178
Light (90098 hits 44216 crits): 402704

Here's the test script I used for the above numbers: