Welkin Jaunt [update: 29 march]

[alexwbc]

23 March update

- first level completed


donwload (6.69MiB) for Linux, OSX and Windows.

also
source code with assets.









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18 March update:
- session 1 of act 1-1 finished
- session 2 begun
- new mines behavior
- slight adjustment



Download: WelkinJaunt-0.0.0.1.tar.gz (4,4MiB
Mirror:1,2,3,4,5,




13 March update:

- intro and title screen
-more art and animation
-minor flaw fixed

Download (Linux, Mac and Windows)
Mirrors: 1,2, 3, 4, 5


04 march update:
- health bar appear when hit... it recoil until completely "repaired"; then vanish again.
- ships is pushed back when get damages from mines

missing mine explosion and various smoke animation (I had to reuse somestuff already done): this is because I've broken my pen tablet and can't add more arts until don't get the thing fixed.
Anyway, special addition: now with Android binaries!

WelkinJaunt-multi-prealpha.tar.gz
mirror: 1, 2, 3, 4, 5

sources (now with arts included)

Notes for Android: currently the resolution is fixed to 800x600 (so I guess you're mostly like to run it though tablet rather smartphone) and there's not (yet) touch control... so either you got a usb keyboard or just watch the intro (you need a physical key, at least, in order to skip though the intro anyway).



Hello everyone! first post here after some productive lurking around
this is what I am currently working onto:


The main focus for this side scrolling shooter is about the story, so don't expect anything astonishing from the gameplay side (well, I had some cool ideas... but not the programming skill needed... sooooo... ); anyway, here's the binari download:

WelkinJaunt-LinuxMacWin.tar.gz Linux, Mac and Windows (4,9 MiB)

Mirror: 1, 2, 3, 4

Currently there's no much to do, just enjoy a brief intro and testing some control


--license and source:
Font AudioWide license and stuff can be found here
Typewrite effect is a modified script taken from a Bee-Ant's post I wasn't able to re-find again.
Attached to this post: the current release source. Feel free to take whatever you like/need but be warned I am not a programmer... soooo, my code is not to consider... optimal for most stuff dare to use at your own risk

[tvz]

NIce! Game is nice, graphics are good but it lags sometimes.

I think you shall add-
A menu
Jet should fire bullets/bombs
Health Bar
Add armours
Special weapons
AI jet
Maybe a radar


And there are no images and sprites in the source. Don't worry no one will use them without your permission.

[NightOfHorror]

ooh cool, since you are working on a story for it, if you can get a good sized demo completed before April 21st, then you should enter an exe. of this game into my 2-month long tourney.

[alexwbc]

Ehy, thanks for all the advices. Yes, it will be mostly about the story, so don't expect many GUI/Hud element (except for the main screen title, of course): I want to keep the view as much "clean" form any informative graphic elements (time, number of lives, armor/weapon currently in use...) and placing everything player need directly in the animations sprites (ie: you can see how much charge the electric shield had with it's transparency /or/ current animation directly overly on the ship).
except whenever the player does absolutely need a very precise information like it's health status I've opted for something that appear when needed (ie: ship is damaged) and automatically disappear when everything it's all fine.

As for the gameplay the factor... it all depends on my programming skills: currently nothing exceptional (as you can see from the sources); but I got few cool ideas I hope I'll be able to include.

I wish, and I'll try to... but I don't know if I will be able to complete it in 21st April: so far now I've begun many project but nothing yet finished.


Anyone curious about; you can see some of the stuff I am/was/will into here on twitter

[NightOfHorror]

It doesn't have to be completed, there just needs to be something for us to play such as a demo. If you look at past tourneys, you will see that none of the games are truly full games.

[alexwbc]

Ok, I'll try to have something done...
Well... it doesn't sounds good to say I am stuck yet, does it?


I am going to post in the support area; if someone can help me with there... I got some problem with level restarting

[bat78]

I..felt.. the controls

[alexwbc]

ouch, that doesn't sounds good, what's the problem with control? I hope that's something I can improve.

[bat78]

Ahh no, controls are nice if thats what you mean :3
I just don't find the point. Will you make a point? A goal?
Making the game more advanced will make people to feel more then only controls ^^

[alexwbc]

The first level it's just a brief introduction to the the setting, the main focus I am giving to this game is about the story; but I do hope I'll be able to include more "gaming" as my programming skills, and game editor learning, increase.

Anyway, I've added a bit of challenge; there's no goal to this level and the "mine field" is randomly generated... consider it sort of "flappy birds" gameplay.

Have fun

[bat78]

It is more then obvious its better then my "games" when i started playing with gE :lol
I was like how.. 2007... 9 years old? Your game looks like made from someone with experience on gE. No rush, keep it ahead

[NightOfHorror]

erhm. 11...

[bat78]

Oh you know my age xD allrighty 11.
But i started on 9..w/e ..with one word - nabb.
6-7 years on gE and i haven't learned that much as i have to.

[alexwbc]

Well, I have tested some other game editors like Adventure Game Studio (here what I did); so I am not totally newbie with "unskilled programmer friendly" Game Engine editor

11 years, yes.. that's lot of time, but consider there are other project around like Adventure Game Studio as well which begun even 10 years before gE

[bat78]

Dunno.. have only messed with RF, gE, Unity, UE, Crysis and fox.