Right-click, save target as.

Arrow keys to move, Z and X for sword attacks, Ctrl to lock onto enemies, shift to block, and shift + arrow keys to dodge.

So, basically, I'm considering entering the YoYo Games competition. This is what I have of my game so far. It still needs a lot of debugging, I just want to know what ya'll think of it so far. PLZ RATE KTHX

It doesn't work for me...

What happens?

Lol I can win at this so cheaply...

It's fun to bait all of the knights in to one area and just keep smacking them. Your hands get sore tho...

Anyway. Graphics. And more interesting gameplay. Because just running through crowds of knights swinging a sword isn't that fun. Though entertaining...

Lulz. You know me. :P

But of course. I'll have a more diverse arrow of attacks and better AI before too long. I just wanted to make sure that the slashing-while-running thing isn't too much to get used to. Which, if you found the demo to be easy, I'm assuming it's not.

And does "lock on" actually work?

What's your ratio going to be? 2x or more or actual size (for the sprites)? Seeing as your elf and knights are all at least 2x (didn't bother to check actual ratio).

Actually, no, it doesn't work. When you're locked on, you always face the enemy closest to you. Which isn't exactly what I want. I'm making it so that when you lock on to one enemy, you stay on him until you change to a different one.

2x. I've got the view so it's zoomed in 200%.

Sure don't look like it for the trees. Unless I have a bad memory. Sprites were definitely more zoomed than trees tho.

You plan on keeping these sprites?

Nope, the trees are zoomed too.



I probably will keep the sprites I have, unless, by some miracle I manage to make something better. Dunno. Depends on how much time is left in the contest when I finish the game.

Nooo... your characters are definitely 2x larger than your scenery. I checked. They only move by the same amount of pixels as your scenery, as in the breathing anim, but the different aspect ratios looks very awkward, I suggest changing it. I could whip up some stuff if you'd like.

That wouldn't even be physically possible. I didn't change any of the sizes. All I did was stretch out the size of the screen from 400x300 to 800x600. Doing the former, it looks like this. Doing the latter, it looks like this. I think I know what might be happening, though - I think that Game Maker sometimes might be making the edges around some of the sprites look a little thinner, which is what's causing that effect.

Still, if you could Lygify some of my sprites, that would be awesome. Just don't make them too awesome, or I won't be able to keep up with your style. :P



That's all I've got so far. And you don't have to do all of them, of course.

Grass is fine, I suck at grass anyway.



It's a tree. Bit small, though, I think. If you keep it the same ratio as your sprite it should be fine tho.

MMZ Style!
I haven't seen that in a while...

Waaay better than mine. Thanks Lyg. :)

I've updated the demo a little.

http://www.freewebs.com/lepicagaming/TestDemo2.exe

- Combat system updated.
- Some bugs fixed.
- Locking works better.
- You can shoot arrows now - hold C and press X repeatedly.
- Shift locks onto enemies now, and ctrl blocks... though that isn't really working, for some reason.
- Started on the village. Press F7 to see what I have of it so far.

Also, Lyg, your tree kind of didn't fit with the rest of the environment. At its normal size, it's too small, increasing it x2, it's too big.

Doesn't work for me either.

-Bb5

What happens when you try to play it?

It starts opening and then it closes. It may be because I have too many windows open.

-Bb5

I'll work on that.