I was reluctant to join this jam because of the generative AI restrictions. Genai for code completion is godsend, especially as I get older and have to look stuff up more frequently. I also like to use it for brainstorming and scaffolding. I work in tech and live between Meta and Google HQs so there's really no avoiding it for me if I want to stay relevant and have a job.
The less restrictions the better as long as everything is disclosed is my preferred ruleset. Unless the restrictions are central to the objective of the jam.
I love dungeon crawlers, starting with Dungeon Master on my Amiga, so I want to support this jam despite the restrictions.
Thank you for checking it out. I spent most my time working on the village then had to rush to throw some dungeon crawler into it so it's very incomplete right now. I should add that to the description. The second floor of the dungeon is blocked off because I ran out of time. I have seven floors built, but they are mostly empty.
I plan to circle back and address the following items:
address player reported issues
add a little bit of backstory and direction
add a little backstory about the giant chicking landing on the rock cliff and causing the tunnel to collapse
add the dungeon entrance model back to the title screen
fix the monsters not attacking in the dungeon (raycast issue)
change the dialog to 'use' instead of 'trigger' based
add in the remaining dungeon levels with their own monsters and polish
improve powerup placement in the dungeons to be more deliberate
add a wand/staff upgrade and modification page
mobs will drop XP orbs that can be used to upgrade the player's wand
the wand is technically a Wand of Randomness and it will be changed to occasionally shoot chickens instead of missiles, the upgrades involve increasing power by increasing randomness; some of the upgrades might be cosmetic, but that's a bit of a joke because you never see the wand in the game (other than the upgrade page)
mobs will drop fives tiers of clothing. it can be given to the villagers and they will be grateful, but is otherwise pointless
add more music tracks, especially "aggressive" sounding tracks to the dungeon and arena
add more sound effects
fix the weather to start nice and slowly get worse
give the arena multiple waves, some randomness to the environment, and a boss at the end
add a quest that involves finding seven items, one on each floor of the dungeon
add a quest that involves completing the dungeon
add a quest that involves completing the arena
add some silly cozy quests like pulling weeds, delivering a love letter, and finding a lost pet
add back the out-of-place NPC that got lost looking for Stormwind City
Some items that might be added at some point include:
save games
statistics
inventory
real items
rudimentary skills and leveling
mac and linux builds
performance tuning
AI for the villagers. i had planned to have them on schedules and have daily routines.
more dialog
give the player a house that they can customize
Thank you again for taking the time to check out the game and providing feedback! It means a lot.
Thanks for taking the time to check it out and post your feedback. I'll get the gap in the world fixed in the next release. I'm working on major changes to improve the feel of combat and allow for more variety in combat which will be in the next release as well. Improving the sky/weather/day/night is on my short list.
