Author Topic: My entry - Booze Quest (Read 3867 times)

pepeshka · « **on:** October 19, 2008, 09:51:10 PM »

Team: Me + any artists I can corral into doing some pixel art

Code Base: ASP.NET

Game Type: I tend to be tight-lipped on my game ideas until I have some way of proving I thought them up

. The game's an RPG with a twist. Lots of gamer inside jokes. Has base-building elements. Focused on playing for half an hour or less per day - a nice light game that you can come to in a coffee break. Two months is short, but I think I can make an open beta (with the low-level content in) by December.

Updates blog: I won't be posting updates to this thread, but once I secure hosting I'll keep a dev blog on the site. Don't expect anything to be hosted for another month yet.

...that is, unless my classes gang up on me and I have to withdraw

but let's hope that doesn't happen.

xBleuWolfx · « **Reply #1 on:** October 20, 2008, 05:20:24 PM »

This sounds like it is going to be a fun game.

pepeshka · « **Reply #2 on:** October 26, 2008, 11:35:02 PM »

Update:

Well, never underestimate the power of having a very well fleshed-out design doc! I've just been flying on this project! I thought I'd post a little "Pre-pre-alpha" screenshot of my tiling engine used in the base-building portion of the game. It already supports "click for info", "move tile", "sell tile", "build tile -> choose from list", and "store tile" functionality. I'm working on building a general system which I can populate with content at a later phase. the screenshot shows off the "info" functionality.

Don't laugh at my 5-second temporary icons!

pepeshka · « **Reply #3 on:** November 15, 2008, 04:21:55 PM »

Update: I'm pleased to say that I've secured hosting and should be entering a closed beta by Thanksgiving.

The game will (temporarily) be hosted at npcrpg.info (because the domain was $1

). Currently there is only a forum at npcrpg.info/forum, but the game should be up and hosted soon!

EDIT: Scratch that, the forum and the game are both up. It's still in a *closed* beta, however, so don't be trying to make player accounts

jannesiera · « **Reply #4 on:** November 16, 2008, 02:07:38 AM »

Man, I really, really, really like the game idea! I'm expecting a lot from this game

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pepeshka · « **Reply #5 on:** November 20, 2008, 01:01:50 AM »

A few more teaser shots...

First, the world. From here, survey the world and plan the quests you want to send adventurers on (rather, plan what you want them to kill):

And what fantasy tavern would be complete without brewing?

Tribal · « **Reply #6 on:** November 20, 2008, 01:55:30 AM »

Looks great

jannesiera · « **Reply #7 on:** November 22, 2008, 06:58:46 AM »

Could you send me a PM with bèta password?

xBleuWolfx · « **Reply #8 on:** December 03, 2008, 01:06:09 PM »

Quote from: jannesiera on November 16, 2008, 02:07:38 AM

Man, I really, really, really like the game idea! I'm expecting a lot from this game .

My thoughts exactly.

pepeshka · « **Reply #9 on:** December 05, 2008, 08:42:04 PM »

Massive apologies for being out of the loop, we've got finals + year-end projects due here at Uni. I've been working steadily on Booze Quest though: I'd like to cordially invite anyone and everyone for some refreshments in Booze Quest's open beta!

There's no more beta password! I'd suggest starting by reading the manual. Currently it's only a tutorial but it should get you going. The game ticks every half-hour.

Current issues:
-no spells in the game yet
-only low-level content (4 zones)
-still some placeholder art (looks like a black box or grey X)

Quite a bit to do in a week!

I need two things:
-Bug reports! Submitted in the forums or to bugs@npcrpg.info please
-balancing. I'm currently using the game balancing strategy of "wing it", so if you spot a drink / attraction / class / mob which is way over/under powered, lemme know!

xBleuWolfx · « **Reply #10 on:** December 06, 2008, 01:05:49 PM »

I just created an account and so far it is looking good.

jannesiera · « **Reply #11 on:** December 06, 2008, 02:19:20 PM »

Quote from: Boltgog on December 06, 2008, 01:05:49 PM

I just created an account and so far it is looking good.

Me too... I'm kinda adicted already

. It's a realy great game! I just put Hobo wine on my menu

.

jannesiera · « **Reply #12 on:** December 07, 2008, 11:45:11 AM »

A ranking would be cool for this game ^^. *Hint, Hint*

codestryke · « **Reply #13 on:** December 07, 2008, 12:00:30 PM »

Very nice game, some damn funny comments though out the game (great personal touch).

Only recommendation is a tick counter to let the player know how long till the next tick, unless there is one and I just missed where it is. I know the manual said 30 mins but I'm lazy

Great job.

jannesiera · « **Reply #14 on:** December 07, 2008, 12:03:59 PM »

Quote from: codestryke on December 07, 2008, 12:00:30 PM

Very nice game, some damn funny comments though out the game (great personal touch).

Only recommendation is a tick counter to let the player know how long till the next tick, unless there is one and I just missed where it is. I know the manual said 30 mins but I'm lazy

Great job.

Yeah, tick counter would also be great!

MystressNyx · « **Reply #15 on:** December 07, 2008, 05:58:15 PM »

Having an apostrophe in your Tavern name causes a server error.

pepeshka · « **Reply #16 on:** December 07, 2008, 08:38:41 PM »

Quote from: jannesiera on December 07, 2008, 11:45:11 AM

A ranking would be cool for this game ^^. *Hint, Hint*

Oh, there will be.

Once I get onto writing the PvP elements ( I should have some kind of bare-bones system by the competition end date), you'll see much more player-player interaction.

Quote from: codestryke on December 07, 2008, 12:00:30 PM

Very nice game, some damn funny comments though out the game (great personal touch).

Only recommendation is a tick counter to let the player know how long till the next tick, unless there is one and I just missed where it is. I know the manual said 30 mins but I'm lazy

Great job.

Thanks! I'll add that in with the next update.

Quote from: MystressNyx on December 07, 2008, 05:58:15 PM

Having an apostrophe in your Tavern name causes a server error.

Ugh, yeah, that bug slipped through. I actually fixed it yesterday but I'm waiting on the update.

jannesiera · « **Reply #17 on:** December 09, 2008, 01:50:21 PM »

I expanded my bar. Now, when I want to built, the image of the bar is not working correctly. It isn't causing any problems, but it's just a bug you should fix.

MystressNyx · « **Reply #18 on:** December 10, 2008, 06:30:10 PM »

Did you extend the ticks to an hour? If not, it appears that it's skipping ticks. A couple times now my quests have taken an hour to be accepted and when they supposedly took 4 ticks to complete, they had taken 4 hours rather than 2. I really hope this is not intentional. Even the 30 min ticks seemed a bit too long for me.

pepeshka · « **Reply #19 on:** December 10, 2008, 11:40:56 PM »

that's not good. I'll go check the tick logs.

Did you offer quests at less than 'fair price' (the price that automatically fills in when you select it)? If so, there's a less than 100% chance that the quest will be accepted. Also, the quest needs available appropriate-level adventurers around in the bar (level 1 guys for a level 1 questing zone, etc.)

MystressNyx · « **Reply #20 on:** December 11, 2008, 12:06:55 AM »

Nope, always between 100 - 150%. Also, as I mentioned, even after they were accepted, they were taking twice the amount of ticks displayed, i.e. it stated that it took 4 ticks to complete, yet it took 4 or more hours in actuality. Iffy on the exact time since there's nothing that displays when a quest began.

MystressNyx · « **Reply #21 on:** December 11, 2008, 12:18:51 AM »

Geeze, I don't think your game likes me. lol I brewed a drink (Short and Stout?), tried to go to my basement to add it to the menu, and received a server error. Now I cannot access anything without hitting the error. I can copy the stack trace to you if needed.

pepeshka · « **Reply #22 on:** December 11, 2008, 11:09:59 AM »

Aha,

Yeah, there was a problem in the description for Short and Stout which was mucking up the game. It's fixed as far as I can tell (I'm able to log into your account fine now), but let me know if it isn't.

In fact, that might've been causing your tick problems, too.

By the way, ten thanks for the good bug description! I zeroed in on that one in no time.

jannesiera · « **Reply #23 on:** December 11, 2008, 11:13:18 AM »

I discovered Fallen Temple (or something like that). But when I want to select it for a quest it gives an error.

Description: An unhandled exception occurred during the execution of the current web request. Please review the stack trace for more information about the error and where it originated in the code.

Exception Details: System.NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.

Source Error:

An unhandled exception was generated during the execution of the current web request. Information regarding the origin and location of the exception can be identified using the exception stack trace below.

Stack Trace:

[NullReferenceException: Object reference not set to an instance of an object.]
BoozeQuest.Questspage.DrawRestOfPage() in QuestPage.aspx.cs:319
BoozeQuest.Questspage.Page_Load(Object sender, EventArgs e) in QuestPage.aspx.cs:111
System.Web.Util.CalliHelper.EventArgFunctionCaller(IntPtr fp, Object o, Object t, EventArgs e) +15
System.Web.Util.CalliEventHandlerDelegateProxy.Callback(Object sender, EventArgs e) +33
System.Web.UI.Control.OnLoad(EventArgs e) +99
System.Web.UI.Control.LoadRecursive() +47
System.Web.UI.Page.ProcessRequestMain(Boolean includeStagesBeforeAsyncPoint, Boolean includeStagesAfterAsyncPoint) +1436

pepeshka · « **Reply #24 on:** December 11, 2008, 11:25:14 AM »

Hm, the boss in that zone appears to have an error.

Sorry, but I've just had to remove it for the time being. It'll be back.

By the way, don't bother exploring past where you're at now - there are no more zones to find yet

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Author Topic: My entry - Booze Quest (Read 3867 times)