I know, I know! Sorry for being off-topic. That's why I tacked it on as a P.S. P.S. But dude - you *are* awesome
Haha, your personal robot is definitely awesome. Unfortunately robots don't really fit the theme of the dungeon, though we love having them come to visit so we can smash/burn/crush them.
But wouldn't it be interesting to create the first futuristic rogue-like game in the world. Sci-fi rogue. You are a spaceman (or robot) exploring a strange planet diving deeper and deeper finding alien weapons and loot, fighting the strangest enemies (imagine, the mushroom drug) in a mixed world of rock, machines and alien plants, and the backround music is this old shool sci-fi sounds, spooky atmospheres... the whole theme could be such a 50s/60s thing. Madgarden? Your turn EDIT: Would love to see my hero in a red retro space suit from 2001
Have been meaning to let you know Paul/madgarden - remember our exchange a few weeks ago about my (v1.1) SoF game crashing whenever I activated the vault lever on the very first dungeon level (I sent you some screen shots)? I could recreate that crash every time with my saved game. Well, after your last update, I went back to that saved game to try it again and I could no longer recreate the crash. Whatever you did with v1.2 addressed the issue. Just thought I'd let you know - thanks for the fix!
You know, when I was a kid (and inspired by Sword of Fargoal and Benji's Space Rescue for C64), I made a little wee roguelike that was about exploring a planet's surface! And in fact, I have a lot of sci-fi ideas, so I could easily see this working along those lines. Hey, if I manage to go full time and kick off Madgarden (the company) as a proper game-creating force, then hey you never know. Keep it in mind, eh! Ahh, that's cool to know. Thanks! There's still weird stuff going on here and there, but I am getting to the bottom of much of it. Glad your problem was fixed! I'm now working on another bug as we speak, heh. Ahh, the life of devs...
Hello fellow Sword-seekers! I've been playing SoF since the first (iPhone) version. Love the game, it's marvelously awesome. Had something happen to me today, first time I've ever seen it. What are those purple wyverns called? Ugh, can't... think... of it! Anyway, one tried to spit breath on me (although the green wyverns do it to me like all the time it's the first time I'd gotten breathed on by a purple one) and my Silver Orb ABSORBED its breath and completely protected me! Awesome! Anyone else have that happen? Edit: Ah, purple wyvern = shadow dragon
Haha, you're going to have to beat me to the punch first! I've been nursing an idea along those lines for a few years now... After Spirit Hunter Mineko and my "unannounced game #3" (which just happens to be sci-fi based, but NOT a roguelike) a futuristic roguelike is next on my radar. Maybe by then we can team up on the project instead! You know we have a date for GDC, 360idDev, and WWDC next year As for Fargoal, I haven't chimed in much here lately, but I've been enjoying the changes a lot! Legendary mode gives it the difficulty sucker-punch I felt it was lacking before. The way new bits of gameplay have been woven into a classic game is impressive. Once I get my 3G iPad I'll be picking it up again
That's my favorite item so far. The Silver Orb absorbs darkness and eventually darkens itself into a Black orb. The Black orb absorbs the stun effect from light spells (blitz beetles and human casters) and eventually lightens into the Silver Orb. It's pretty awesome
I still haven't found a silver orb, but that's a pretty awesome thing to have! I hate those shadow dragons. Does it absorb the stun from blitz beetles and stun traps too, or just light spells?
Heh, that's cool! Hey I'm all for any sort of team ups etc. assuming I can clear my schedule. I've got a few other roguelike ideas, but also a ton of other non-RL ideas planned as well. Not sure when (if) I'll get to the RL's any time soon, but we'll see how everything unfolds. And thanks! Glad you like the new changes... more is coming, too. You should see the battle troll I'm working on, heh. We're likely going to be adjusting the HP/damage stuff, as you might have seen in the thread earlier. Numbers are a funny thing. I'm pretty sure the direction I need to go though, so we can strike the perfect balance. Yup! Any sort of light-based stun effect is absorbed by the *black* orb.
Sweet. How does it work though? There are apparently gradations between black and silver so, what, when it's sorta in-between it can do both, but only one when it's all silver or all black?
I must say I would adore a sci-fi Rogue-like like Fargoal. If CommanderData could be involved, all the better. I remember the old Epyx games did a few sci-fi ones like Rescue At Rigel or something like that. To get something with a similar system to Fargoal but a space/sci-fi setting would be amazing. I'm deep into Fargoal now with a new character. Is it possible to kill the mages? They keep teleporting away. That black/silver orb system is excellent. I didn't even notice when my black orb changed so it was a nice surprise. Healing at temples seems to be going much slower for me at the moment. Are there items that slow it down? I have a lion amulet and was wondering if it was that. Also... too... many... centipedes...
Mr Garden I think you mentioned about releasing another update soon (don't worry, I'm not here to badger you or anything ), but I am wondering what exactly will be updated this time around? I'm really enjoying my current save so I guess I'm curious what's next... re: the centipedes - those things move FAST on the lower levels! They actually scare me a bit EDIT: Heeeyyyy, very cool. I just found a trap-ladened vault with a bug-thingy amulet in the centre. This game is just epic!
Aw, now that's cool! I've had my Silver Orb for ages, didn't know what it was for or what it did, but I figured finder's keeper's it might come in handy eventually. I was kinda bummed to see that the Reflective Shield didn't bounce back blitz beetle stuns, but oh well. I had found my Silver Orb around floor 6 or 7. Short while later I came across a Lion's Orb, maybe next floor down, I don't recall exactly. The two orbs didn't appear to be doing anything, nothing that I could tell. But! - I had a really great run late last night. On floors 10 and 11 I found, count 'em, a 2nd Lion's Orb and TWO Dragon's Eye's! So I have five orb's in my pocket now. ...that sounded like TMI but trust me it's not like that haha So now I understand what someone had mentioned earlier, about the orbs working best when there's two of them. Not just two orbs, but two of the SAME orbs.
Doh. almost to the sword level and me not paying attention got into a fight with an assassin with only 20 HP... DOH! I think I am going to wait for the update to start a new character since that is supposedly coming in another few days.... Looking forward to it Greg ---------- OpenFeint: gosenbach
