a game i have been working on (APART)

also: bump.

new update.
I implemented a title intro for my studio,

clothing,
off handed item use,
level up,
spiders,

almost all of the explorable cave is done,
broke bat AI and some item physics
mapped out some of the forest
file key system is in place (flags/data)
dialogue system with key adjustment.

next up, the cave should be fully done, resources should be in,
crafting,
merchants, and some other fun nonsense.
Galamoth XombieMike fatihG
also, fatihg should have fun TEARING this "apart". its got some tricks meant for speedrunners as it is.

hello everyone. this isn't going to be a traditional update with a video,

 but it should suffice, and feedback on this would be appreciated.

so to kick things of here is some art, I finished zealots model, (you can assume he is a character in game for now)

so that is one positive.

but now for what I am really writing this for:

the crafting menu.

in the menu, you have a dropdown including all of the items sirus knows how to craft.

if you select an item, you can see the materials required to craft it.

when you are ready, press craft the number of times you would like to repeat the recipe. done.

shouldn't take a rocket scientist to figure out, but even so.

a modified version of the menu will be used for merchants.

something a bit more fun, weapon trees.

there are two kinds of equipment. normal and unique.

normal gear can be crafted (but can also be found),

unique gear cannot, and must be found in the world.

now, lets say you want to make a copper spear.

if you wanted to make it from scratch, it would look something like this:

150 essence,

2 sticks,

2 leather,

2 copper ore.

however, if you already made a stone spear earlier (75 essence, 2 sticks,2 flint)

then you could upgrade that stone spear up to a copper spear with less material:

75 essence,

1 leather,

2 copper ore.

now, when you get to higher tier weapons you will have multiple different upgrade options.

lets look at an iron sword for instance

bronze sword >>> iron sword >>> iron sword +1 >>> steel sword

                                                                                           >>>silver sword

                                                                                           >>>fire iron sword

ETC.

the same can be done with all other equipment types presumably.

I don't do it intentionally, but it reminds me of the soulforge system from DOS, just a bit more fun, with more options and less work.

the same can be said of the spirit system later, but we shall see.

higher tier weapons will go higher in the +1  chain, but you should never see more than +5. each plus rank should require much more material, and in return provide a bigger stat boost, rather than in small increments.

I would appreciate any questions comments complaints or opinions, after all these would help me with how to deal with the system going forward.

and if I didn't make it clear, equipment means arms and armor, with a few non weapon items also as necessary.

another apart update.
prologue is newly added and all but done,
forest is started, needs more modelling and plants,
new AI,
crafting demonstration.

this begins to show it coming along as an actual game now.

todo:
finish existing content
make resources (stone, iron, wood, etc)
make new enemers