zelda-like open source (art based)

some of you may remember my old rocky open source file...

i just updated it, here are the changes:

-the hitTest is 4 times shorter (so surely 4 times less cpu intensive)
-changed the previous character with the original link (so no more diagonal animations)
-added scrolling in a delimited area
-added automatic swapDepth method, compared to my old file where you had to do it manually (front/back)

surprisingly, it appears to be a little less smooth than my current RPG (i posted it several days ago, some of you tested it), i hope it's just with my machine ^^

also, that file is easier to learn than my old file...
the file is at the usual place; the link in my signature, section "flash files"

enjoy and post comments if you need to. thanks ^^
and happy new year (i was not here during several days)

So what is your current project?

some kind of RPG ^^
maybe (surely, because it was the initial idea) mixed with the ability to enter houses and play external flash games (your games for example).
you'll can also play with multiple characters that have different abilities (the engine is done)

if you want to try it out, i posted a thread called something like "my current project, speed test". some people prefered the scrolling version, so here i go for my first RPG with scrolling ^^
it will be mission based, so no great storyline, but a bunch of missions (some will be depending on your current character, like i said the engine is done) and a bunch of mini games... and a bunch of kilo octets to load all ^^

maybe take a look at the preview via my old thread and post your ideas...etc

thanks

(the scrolling is so much fatser with my RPG than the zelda open source... surely because the swap method is a bit different...? mmmhhh

Nice work marmotte as usual :). Keep it up

PS cant wait to see your new completed web site :)

thanks

i really hope that my new RPG project will be at least a half finished game ^^
the graphic part now is taking forever... damn, i wish the graphics could just appear during the night.

about my open source here, i'm not convinced by it... too slow for me. and the garbled graphics are not very good either. oh well...

sorry - i don´t have flash mx so i can´t take a look at your source files. is it tilebased?

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and happy new year (i was not here during several days)

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happy new year to you too ... and of course to all the others @ flashkit :)
k.

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is it tilebased?

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well, the title of my thread is "zelda-like open source (art based)"
> so no, my open source is art based.
btw, there's a zelda tile based open source around here, more complete, made by mbenney

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i don´t have flash mx

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oh, sorry. i'll put up the file in flash 5 format (i thought i already did it in fact ^^)

update!

-attack ability
-graphics are no more garbled (link doesn't look distorded anymore)
-changed the graphics: now they are totally fideless to the original game
-speed increase, due to less swapDepthed graphics
-flash 5 compatible... ermmm

grab it in my little web site ^^

Um... might I ask where Link is in this .fla of yours...?

well...?
that's so strange, a guy told me through mail that the zelda file was still the old one, with rocky.
> the funny thing is, another guy downloaded the correct file some time before... (i know because he re-sent my the file with some little things new)

the new file is normally called "zelda_open_source.zip", and link is the playable character.

here's a screenshot of it:
http://www.marmotte.levillage.org/_i...hots/zelda.jpg

No.. .I downloaded the right file. But when I opened it, there was not link. And there is not a trace of link in the library.

Maybe he is a wizard?

^^

so what is your file? is there a playable character? (rocky?)

Im having the same problem. No link. furthermore, a lot of your files make my comp freeze upon preview (swf). Any ideas?

-Tyler

edit// yeah, link isnt even in the Lib.

ok, i know what the problem is.
link is an attached MC, so when i created a new file and copied/paseted all, link was not pasted (because he wasn't on the stage)

wait ^^

? really? never had problems with comp freezing...

> i'll put the fixed file in several minutes (i'll have to re-implement link because the old file is deleted :-(

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Originally posted by GameDev
. furthermore, a lot of your files make my comp freeze upon preview (swf). Any ideas?

-Tyler

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that could be because marmotte used fmx compressed swf
which i believe works only with the flash 6 player

here's the good file, finally!

btw, normally my files are in flash 5 format ^^

its good but the scrolling is really slow.

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Originally posted by skate342
its good but the scrolling is really slow.

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besides the original zelda was sliding not scrolling :)

i'm sad to hear the scrolling/sliding is slow...

i always test my stuff with my old mac (flash is supposed to be slower here), 400mhz... and if it slows down too much, then i work differently with the file.

in the present case, the zelda file is very smooth with me...

I don't know see what's wrong with it. Looks and runs great for me. I say its pretty good work.

Thanks

Marmotte, your doing us all a very good service. Thankyou. Although I have no need for a game like this. I will archive it, because, well, ya never know :D

Thankyou.


(P.S.- Can't wait to see the new website, man.)

Flash Wize
aaaaah. great! ^^

ViRGo_RK
thanks ^^.
did you already try the preview?

i'm doing it scrolling based right now, like my zelda open source, but... mmmhhh...
there's no doubt, the more i implement features, the less it's smooth. i'll very possibly stick to the non-scrolling version (screen after screen) if it goes worse. ><

i really wanted to do a zelda-like system (i mean all scrolling based), because it looks so cool and the world so huge, but very unfortunately due to some flash limitations (slowdowns), well... too bad.

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did you already try the preview?

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Preview? Preview of your website? Havn't been in these parts for a bit. Might of missed it. Mind posting a link?

normally they are still online.
note, this was just a preview, but you can already change characters during the game and explore several areas (4), but never go up or down, the screens are not done here (offline the entire village is 75% done ^^)

here's the thread:
http://www.flashkit.com/board/showth...1&pagenumber=1

controls; arrows, space, ctrl

if you have a minute, you can test both versions and post a feedback
thanks in advance ^^

There is, in fact, no keys for me to find, correct?


Well, just let me say the graphics are extremly excellant! I love them, actually. The ability to switch characters is a wonderful idea. My favorite part is the random movement of the animals. It isn't a big touch, but it is very nice and leads to the whole feeling of the game/website.

Hey marmotte, your flash movie runs fine on my computer... Ya, the scrolling is a little slow if you have the game on full screen (I mean with the whole map showing), but if you make it actual size (I mean minimize it to the movie's actual size) it runs quite smoothly.

ViRGo_RK
thanks for your comments...
there's no key for the moment, it was just a test engine (some people had the following problem; the game went slower and slower even without playing), but
there's already some cool engines done:

each playable character has his own characteristics (speed, attacks). plus they can do some things that other cannot; the ninja can cut the bushes (not online), but the racoon can only hit them, and sometimes make a bonus appear. also, each character has it's own dialogs (dialogs are ready to switch at the same time you change the character)...etc

d3s_inc
great news, but i think i'll keep the screen after screen method... the window size will be doubled that way... the game is surely too heavy with all this swapable graphics, little animations and animals/humains movments for now... unfortunately.

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i really wanted to do a zelda-like system (i mean all scrolling based), because it looks so cool and the world so huge, but very unfortunately due to some flash limitations (slowdowns), well... too bad.

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It's because its art based that it's slow. I made a tile-based zelda clone that scrolls in all directions and slides from screen to screen, and it runs just fine on mine and others' computer (though only a few other people have tested it)

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sorry i should've commented on the file aswell... it runs fine on my 1.2ghz machine when viewed in a window, but very slow when its showing the whole map

well, the zelda file is very smooth with me.

i was talking about my new web site, too hard to convert into tiles when you look at the depth and graphics complexity...

good work, actually ur art-based zelda scroll much faster than mine in a minimised mode.

i have done something similar long time ago, but i have just stop.
hope u will continue ur work on it.

here is my one,
http://www.geocities.com/mclelun/rpg.html

and ur website is really good, i like the idea how u make ur website like a game. so people will actually enjoy it.

can borrow this idea?:)

hey, your zelda-like file is pretty good too, a little more complete as mine ^^

it scrolls faster probably because of the window size? i personaly used exactely the same window size as a real snes game...

about borrowing my idea, well, it already inspired some guys here ^^
please go ahead, when i see your zelda experiment (is it open source also?), i can expect some good quality...

ps1: is it tile based?
ps2: it motivates me to improve my zelda open source file with chests to open and enemies to attack

> but i have a web/game to do now...

marmotte, thanks alot for letting me to build a website just like urs.( game style )

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it scrolls faster probably because of the window size? i personaly used exactely the same window size as a real snes game...

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hmm, maybe i will continue my work on it with a smaller window size, and see what happen

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is it tile based?

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er, i have see ur open source. mine is 90% same as urs. (art based)