Walrus Kingdom (former PocketWalrus) [PC] [Windows] [Java] [Walrus]

[p2]

I was referring to your walrus game Will you make a little update soon?
@p4nix: yesss, you seem to really understand me, nice  also you HAVE TO read that, it's huuuge:

from r/WikiLeaks

one of the best things I ever read, they put so much work in it

[p2]

Enough offtopic, I have a little update to present:
0.1.2
- major graphics rework
- optimized movement animation
thanks to @DJ Omnimaga I finally have the houses in full resolution, no upscaled stuff anymore ^.^
Buuut I spend a few hours redrawing it again and again and again until the houses perfectly fit into the surroundings (so this is also new to DJ)
That's how the houses look like now

I'll probably rework the lower part of the houses, too (only did the roof so far)

the animation now works completely different:
before I just took the odulo of 200 of the current time (in milliseconds) and switched between the two tiles depending on the time. but when only pressing the key very shortly you still made a step forwards without any movement animation. Now as soon as the player presses a key the current time Plus 200ms is set to $nextStep and as soon as the current time reaches that, the other tile is displayed (no matter if the key is still pressed then). Sounds like nothing but greatly improved the general looks of the game. ^^
about exporting an executable JAR I till have some problems with that as it won't read the external resource file (the pictures) anymore... :/

[c4ooo]

The picture resources should be inside the jar, unless you know what your doing.

[p2]

I'm still trying to load it externaly but it can't find it no matter what I'm trying...

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public static TileSource tiles = new TileSource("resources\\tiles.png", window.blocksize);
my folder structure:

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.\CodeW\resources\tiles.png
.\CodeW\src\CodeW\.... (all class files here)
I tried removing the "resources\\" and put the picture next to the jar file but it couldn't find it... :/

[c4ooo]

Set your IDE to use the resource folder as a source folder, then it should automatically copy it into the jar.

[Dream of Omnimaga]

Those house edits make them look better. Nice

[p2]

thx ^^ I now also created a super simple map editor (added PICK and SET keys and disabled solid blocks... so I run around as a walrii and build the entire map ten times faster tan before ^.^
So expect some huge mapping progress soon
*but I still have to draw a lot of additional house tiles xD

Also @DJ Omnimaga I need permission to copy your houses that you drew for Reuben3... (a flat but larger one as Bar, ...) (stealing your ideas only not the pics). is that fine for you?

[p2]

This is the current main map (the city). It where you'll start after the short intro
I still have to do lots of graphics (as you can see tiles for the bar and the huge house are still missing) as well as a little bit more of map design ^^
If you have any suggestions, feel free to ask me

[Sorunome]

Looking nice, however I'd suggest making more different tree sprites and grass sprites and adding more randomness to the tilemap, because IRL forests usually aren't that uniform

[p2]

I kno but it takes so ong for me to create a second type of trees >.<
especially it looks sooooo cty when I mix them together within a forest...
These are the trees I have so far:


I'm also planning to add little random stones on the street as well as random flowers

I hope that will be enoug hto give it a more natural look ^^

[kotu]

I wouldn't worry that much as you won't be able to see too far into the forest, will you

[p2]

this is as far as you can see in the actual game:


anyways I'm already working on a second type of trees...
but they're almost not distinguishable now xD
but it indeed made the forest look better I think
I will provide a screenshot as soon as I made some more progress on it ^^

[Dream of Omnimaga]

Wow I like the map and ut's so big

Also the houses from Reuben 3 are from Reuben 1 and 2  . You can re-use them

[p2]

thx DJ
I now also got permission from the current Axe developer to use teh AXE picture (the one used in the menu) for an ingame-item
little spoiler: walruses will be able to cut down trees

[Dream of Omnimaga]

I wonder how a walrus can hold an axe or a sword while trying to walk around with his flippers. Also it would be funny if the Walrii Reuben was included