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Post by DudetheCreator » Tue Feb 08, 2005 9:46 pm

I have started a mini Lugaru RPG/RN fight game. (Top down view) It uses my very own Dotex game engine with a few added features.

What it will not be:
- A 3D game (3d rendered maps though!)
- A Scroller
- Incredible

What it will be:
- A sort of cross between a MUD and a 2D RPG
- Simple

I will post 0.1 for download somewhere when it is done.

(PS: This is NOT the top-down-scroller Blorx has been talking about! It's something completly different!)

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Post by Blorx » Wed Feb 09, 2005 7:48 am

Never mind it's dead.
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Post by zip » Wed Feb 09, 2005 11:28 am

Uh.... does this presentation sound somewhat familiar? :)
Just what does your Dotex engine currently feature?

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Re: Dotagu

Post by Lugaruman100 » Wed Feb 09, 2005 1:31 pm

DudetheCreator wrote:I have started a mini Lugaru RPG/RN fight game. (Top down view) It uses my very own Dotex game engine with a few added features.

What it will not be:
- A 3D game (3d rendered maps though!)
- A Scroller
- Incredible

What it will be:
- A sort of cross between a MUD and a 2D RPG
- Simple

I will post 0.1 for download somewhere when it is done.

(PS: This is NOT the top-down-scroller Blorx has been talking about! It's something completly different!)
Since it is going to be a 2D rpg, is the gameplay going to be like a console style rpg or more of a computer type of rpg? even play like Kingdom Hearts Chains of Memories?

Also what do you mean by simple? Is there going to be a rpg system like gaining exp, use hp/mp, 3 or 6 characters you can control in battle?

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Post by Blorx » Wed Feb 09, 2005 5:03 pm

So, DtC, when will this be finished?

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Post by zip » Wed Feb 09, 2005 5:17 pm

About the same time as your Lugaru Online.

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Post by DudetheCreator » Wed Feb 09, 2005 6:51 pm

right, I am here to answer all questions!

Dotex is not quite finished yet! I have been working on it little by little! Dotex is meant to be a simple, yet super easy to use game engine. It's main use is desktop games. This may seem to limit it but a desktop game can be very large and expansive too.

When I say RPG I don't mean a band of characters on a mission together. You play the role of a rabbit (finally, you can be someone else besides turner!) on a very vague mission on the Island of lugaru.

Dotex is named for it's original game, Widgets Life (which by the way, never got released.). In widgets lifem you played a red dot that you could move arounf the map using n,s,e,w buttons. The objective was to move the red dot to the yellow dot to "breed" and keep the chain of life going. However, there was a purple dot (predator) and if he got you or the yellow dot you lost health. The "dot" feature stuck with the name. (hence "dot"ex).

Current projects using Dotex:

There are two games being built using Dotex, Dotagu and Apex. Dotagu is as you know, the rpg/random num fight version of lugaru. Apex is going to be much longer and much more extensive. In apex you will play, guess what, a dot, on a mission to free the virtual world of "apex" from the anarchy and currently rules it.

NOO! I JUST DELETED THIS ENTIRE POST WITHOUT COPYING IT AGAIN!!

Sorry, due to this error, i will not bother to rewrite everything i wrote.

Perhaps I will post again sometimes...

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Post by Lugaruman100 » Wed Feb 09, 2005 11:23 pm

DudetheCreator wrote:When I say RPG I don't mean a band of characters on a mission together. You play the role of a rabbit (finally, you can be someone else besides turner!) on a very vague mission on the Island of lugaru.
I did not mean it like that dudethecreator. What I meant on my post was the battle system. I did not mean it by a bunch of characters coming together on a mission of some sort, I just meant turn base battles.

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Post by Blorx » Sat Feb 12, 2005 6:47 pm

DOTAGU IS NOT DEAD!!!!!!! YAY!!!!!!!

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Post by zip » Sat Feb 12, 2005 6:59 pm

Oh f*** not again.

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Post by DudetheCreator » Sat Feb 12, 2005 7:03 pm

yes f*** again.

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Post by Blorx » Thu Feb 17, 2005 7:57 am

Update: DtC and I are planning to put it in GBA format for emulators
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Post by zip » Thu Feb 17, 2005 11:28 am

You could put on the box "The first Applescript game ever for GBA!"

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