Adventure! has been cancelled! (sort of)

Adventure! has been a fun game to work on but was intended to be just a prototype. However, when the phoenix dies another will rise from its ashes. So basically, I'm remaking Adventure! (I am using most assets from the original game) but instead of it being single player it will purely be a multiplayer experience. I have two strong reasons why I am remaking Adventure! multiplayer.

1. Adventure! is a game which is not enjoyable unless you interact with other players (this means Adventure! will be PvP based!).
2. I always wanted to make Adventure! multiplayer but until now I never knew how to do it. Before I decided to restart this project I tried to apply multiplayer but it just was too complicated and things weren't working with the weapons and how they work, so I decided it would be easier if I started fresh and made Adventure! with a multiplayer skeleton instead of adding it later in the development.

What does this mean? This means that Adventure! will probably be public earlier in development. It also means that Adventure! will be largely about survival, looting and also about making clans/factions (maybe?). 0.1 might be public, but if not then 0.2 will be...

0.2 is Coming Soon!

For the last few weeks I have been over coming the challenge of make a day and night cycle. Finally, I have finished it (took me a while!). 0.2 will be coming out in a few more weeks. This is because it will be the biggest update to Adventure! Here is a list of things I have added:

Added:

• New Axe Model
• New Sword Model
• New Lamp Model (this replaces the flashlight!)
• 4 New Skyboxes (this is for the day and night cycle)
• New Options Menu
• Added Antialiasing (PostEffect)
• Moving Sun (I know it's amazing!)
• Trees can now be Chopped Down (wood can be obtained by doing this)
• Added Death animation for trees 

Changed/Fixed:

•  The Island (the island is now a huge bay!)
• The Size of the Textures (there are now smaller than before! (no, this doesn't mean the file size!))
• Increased the file size of the grasses and plants (this makes the grass textures better quality and are clearer)
• Sun Flare (it had to be changed because of the day and night cycle)
• changed the sea from "Water4" to "Daylight Water" (this is so that when it is day Night time the water is the colour of the skybox not just light blue (lighting doesn't affect Water4))

What will be in the 0.2 update:

• The ability to craft, build and destroy walls
• Add 1 new type of tree (pine tree for a forest)
• Better Inventory System
• Chests?
• More work needs to be done on the transition from day to night with the skyboxes

Here are some screenshots:

0.1 Update!

The 0.1 update is finally here. I have added some new features but there isn't too much that is new from the last post.

Add:

• New water (river).
• Windows on the side of buildings.
• On attack zombies now go red for 1 second if hit.
• The axe now has a 0.5 seconds time period where a zombie can't take damage (this is because before spamming click would kill zombies instantly!) and 1 second for every other item.
• Cross hair that shows when you click.
• Added 2 new types of grass/plants.
• Added 2 new trees (these will replace the others however aren't definitely going to be the final trees!).
• Added new skybox.
• Added Flashlight (2 damage).
• Added Battle Axe (15 damage).
• Added Hammer (5 damage).
• Added new house.
• Added new game icon.
• Added Death screen.

Fixed/Changed:

• The way you enter a house/building (only noticeable in the script!).
• Zombie AI (I have spent a lot of time trying to fix the zombie ai, so now when zombies follow you up and over a hill they wont start to fly away. The zombies would also start spinning around you or even fling you if they're close!).
• Fixed the screen going blue and crashing (this seems to be because of some zombie script error.).
• Grass no longer billboards (this is when it always faces you!).
• Texture bugs (this was a huge problem but from messing around with some of the options this is no longer a problem).
• Zombie Collisions (this is when a zombie follows you to a house and touches a window or wall. The result of this is that the zombie will randomly fly into the sky or spin around forever. This also lead to the screen going blue and crashing.).
• The axe now does 7 damage.
• The start menu has changed.
• Changed lighting to forward (texture bugs!).
• Increased grass draw distance

Here are some screenshots:

Sorry 0.1 is private and will be until later updates. Remember that you don't need a blogger account to add a comment so comment on what you think needs to be added to Adventure!

0.1 is coming soon!

This post is, as you might have guessed, about the release of Adventure! (0.1). Right now I am working on getting everything ready for the game. This is why I haven't been updating so much.

For 0.1 I have added:

•  New water (river)
• Windows on the side of buildings
• On attack zombies now go red for 1 second if hit
• The axe now has a 0.5 seconds time period where a zombie can't take damage (this is because before spamming click would kill zombies instantly!) and 1 second for the sword.
• Cross hair that shows when you click.
• Added 2 new types of grass/plants
• Added 2 new trees (these will replace the others however aren't definitely going to be the final trees!)

Fixed/Changed:

• The way you enter a house/building (only noticeable in the script!)
• Zombie AI (I have spent a lot of time trying to fix the zombie ai, so now when zombies follow you up and over a hill they wont start to fly away. The zombies would also start spinning around you or even fling you if they're close!)
• Fixed the screen going blue and crashing (this seems to be because of some zombie script error.)
• Grass no longer billboards (this is when it always faces you!)
• Texture bugs (this was a huge problem but from messing around with some of the options this is no longer a problem)
• Zombie Collisions (this is when a zombie follows you to a house and touches a window or wall. The result of this is that the zombie will randomly fly into the sky or spin around forever. This also lead to the screen going blue and crashing.)

What still needs to be added is:

• Chests
• Better menus (options setting really!)
• larger world and random spawn point
• New Weapons (Battle Axe, Hammer)
• Flash light (this will have no use for now but in future updates it might)

Please take note that there will be a private download link (sorry):

Day 7: Release Information

This is not an update but instead some info on what will happen on release. None of this information has been confirmed.

Information So Far:

• Release Date - 18/12/2013 (not official)
• Price - free (this is for pc, mac and linux)
• Platform - PC, Mac, Linux (ios and android?)
• Place of Purchase - N/A (maybe steam?)
• Version for Release - 1.0 (current - 0.1)

What will be in the next update (maybe):

• The ability to sprint
• Exp bar
• Exp level system
• Chests that can be opened
• World development

Things that I am going to have put into the game when released:

• Linear Storyline
• Multiple large worlds
• Random loot in chests
• Zombies drop loot and Exp
• Multiplayer (maybe?)
• 3rd person mode (maybe?)

Day 6: Zombies

For the last couple of days I haven't been updating simply because I really wanted to get the zombie animation and zombie AI working. I have finished both however I still need to add a zombie attack animation. Right now the zombie will face you if you get near. It will attack you if you get too close and it will follow you (their pretty easy to out run!).

Added:

• Zombies (x10)
• Zombie Animation (walk)
• Zombie AI

Changed:

• bugs with picking up the axe/sword

For my next update I will work on world layout, better menus and adding more animations to the zombies.

Here are some screenshots:

Day 5

Today is the 5th day of development. For this update I was focusing on things like an inventory system and a pause menu. I also had to overhaul the whole enemy damage system (it's fixed now!).

Added:

• Pause Menu
• Enemy Damage
• Better Water
• Inventory System

Changed:

• Size of Weapons
• Spawn Point

Here are some screenshots of what I have right now:

Day 4

Today I have been working on gameplay and a basic health system. I have also been adding camera effects like bloom, motion blur and lighting.

Added:

• Start Menu
• Axe Damage (5.0)
• Sword Damage (7.5)
• FastBloom
• CameraMotionBlur
• Cube (this is what I used to test the Zombie Health System!)

Changed:

•  World Layout
• Axe Sway
• Sword Sway
• Lighting from Forward to Deferred Lighting (this make the shadows more realistic)

 Here are some screenshots of today's update:

Day 3

Today is the third day of development and so far so good...

Added:

• Axe
• Axe Animation
• Sword
• Sword Animation
• Health Bar
• The ability to switch between the Axe and the Sword
• The ability to pick up the Axe and the Sword

What I am working on:

• Inventory System
• Enemy
• Enemy Animation
• Enemy AI
• World design
• World layout
• More Weapons
• Better HUD

Here are some screenshots:

Day 2

Today is the second day of development. So far I have created the inside of the shack and it is now enterable. I still have some work to do with basic gameplay.

Here are some screenshots:

Adventure! (prototype)

Today is the first day of development. So far a minor world has been created with only a house, trees and some grass. This is not my first project but will hopefully I will learn some important skills for when I create other games in the future.

Here are some screenshots of what I have right now:

If you have any suggestions please comment in the comment section