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

[p2]

I'm REALLY happy this project was voted to 4th place of monthly voting 
also I'm just as happy to announce I have someone working on the Menu now ^.^
Aaaalso I added the first text stuff, so once I find out how to change that stupid font, I expect some progress again

[p2]

Already got the first progress:
I prepared the map for the Intro sequence (interactive dialogue stuff) and have the first textbox running.
Hope you guys like it ^-^

[p4nix]

Really nice to see your progress!
But please keep sure to build it as modular and 'soft' as possible, since this kind of project can become huge and as soon as that's the case it might become a mess to fix anything hardcoded. Haven't looked at your code, just a general advice

[Dream of Omnimaga]

I like the new text box. I have a suggestion, though, for the sake of consistency: Maybe you could remove some of the blur around the brown border to make it more consistent with the rest of the pixelated graphics.

[p2]

I'll try to pixelate the border of the box first, and maybe do that, too
Currently working on the intro dialogues

Edit:
@p4nix: I'm trying to keep it as modular as possible Also I added lots of comments again and cleaned up my code

[Dream of Omnimaga]

Will there be a special screen for the intro, like in some SNES RPGs? Not necessarily a cinematic but something to go with the prologue or an event.

[p2]

nah the intro is just like the regular game but the character moves on its own and you get lots of dialogue texts
also I'm 90% done with that ^.^

Aaaand thanks to @Snektron I managed to pack my game in an executable JAR which means there will soon be the first version online ^.^

v0.3.0
> Added Intro Sequence
- using a separate map
- dialogue implemented
> Various bugfixes

[p2]

I'm so sorry for not doing an update in 6 days
but I had almost no time at all to work on it...

anyways:
window is now resizable (the rendered screen directly adapts) <----- (still a LITTLE bit buggy)

[p2]

v0.3.2:
- major bug fixed in zoom adaption
- simplified the startup code
- various minor bugfixes

currently I'm working on preparing the map for the storyline (writing down the step-by-step storyline and adapting the map to it

[Dream of Omnimaga]

Glad to see updates . Also about the intro, make sure it's not too long. I hate when an RPG has a NPC event that lasts like 15 minutes and have to wait 15 more minutes to see what gameplay is like >.<

As for the map good luck. Have you gotten the graphics besides the trees and roads done?

[p2]

what'S still missing is the HD remakes for the big manison as well as creating the graphics for the pub and the huge library (havent even began working on them yet).
also a sone table as well as the pixelated version of the dialog box.

the dialog is rather short as I'm too lazy to tell you how to walk around... 15 of those little texts (3 lines each) and it tells you about the entire history of the game and your mission. That should be acceptable.
All you have to do is pressing the arrow keys to walk around, and during the game little messages will popup like "PRESS A TO POKE THE PIG" and stuff like that. So a simple learning-by-doing concept ^^

also last night I FINALLY fixed that stupid bug that made the game crash if you ran into the right or bottom edge of the map.
So now there's only one known bug left (of which I aleady know how to fix it) ^^

[naz2a]

Hey p2!
I am very excited about the game!!
Will it also work on mac? :o

[p2]

It's written in Java and will be exporte as a runnable JAR archive. So as long as you have Java running on your mac it should work
also I'm still working on implementing the new menu, Im not sure if I'll be able to finish it tonight, having troubles with the zoom adaption >.<

[Dream of Omnimaga]

Will the menu be similar to old Final Fantasy games?

[p2]

erm....
how were the menus in old final fantasy games...? :/

it's pretty much a custom thingy especially for this game, I doubt other games used something like that yet
Buuuut I won't spoiler you until it's done 

btw @naz2a is the one that created it for me ^o^