•- Procedurally Generated Open World Adventure Game -•

~Info

Engine Used: GameMaker Studio 2
Repository (GitHub): https://github.com/gurpreetsinghmatharoo/lowrez-2018-procgen

~Procedural Generation: How does my system work?

At a time, a certain square area is generated. Its size is in the AREA constant, currently at 512.
The constant DIVISION is the size of the distinct parts of an area (of the size AREA). A division currently is 256 (so each area has two divisions). Each division is of a certain type; it can be a village, a forest, a hostile area, and so on.

The constant SIZE (12) is the size of each individual block that holds something (grass, tree, house, etc.). You can also call it a cell or a tile.

So when the grid for the current area is creating, the divisions are generated, and looping through the divisions, tiles are placed. Different tiles have different chances of being placed inside different divisions.

~Team

Music/SFX: Micah_DS
Everything else: Matharoo

Working on procedural generation

Green blocks are trees, yellow ones are houses and red ones are enemy camps.

No specific algorithm used. Just filling grids randomly based on certain rules that I am still working on.

New areas being generated

Uses rectange_in_rectangle() to check whether the camera view (plus margin) is touching the current area's edge. If it is, it again uses that function to check which outside area it is touching. That area is then generated using DS grids.

Created the player's sprites and more
Added a dynamic sword system
Implemented a depth ordering system

The sword is not a part of the player's animations. It's dynamically attached to the player, so it's a separate object.

This will allow me to easily add new swords, which I didn't originally plan to do. So, good!

Added the HUD!

Thought the HUD was taking a lot of space, since 64*64 is already too small, so made it hide like this.

I'd appreciate suggestions from you guys!

Oh, I haven't updated in a while.

I was busy with something else on Sunday so I didn't get a chance to work on this game. Will continue today.

So, update:

I am working on implementing the enemies. Each enemy will have its own level, attack and defense stats. They will have their own loadout of weapons that match their level.

Later I will also add enemy "forts" that you can clear, which would give you XP.

If you've played AC Origins then you'll immediately recognize these mechanics from there. That game has been a huge inspiration!

And... having to draw the enemy sprites (for each state and each of the 4 directions) is gonna take a lot of time, haha.

Final update...

:/

Unfortunately, I have to scrap this project. I already have too much work to focus on, this game is just holding me back and I'm not even able to give it enough time.

The project is available on GitHub, if anyone wants to continue working on it, please feel free to do so.