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Title: Arjak's Tower of Druaga Fangame
Post by: Arjak on March 25, 2013, 06:41:15 AM
I mean to kill you all!

-Guybrush Threepwood, Secret of Monkey Island

(http://img268.imageshack.us/img268/8456/druagalogo.jpg)

Yes, it's true. I'm planning on making my own version of Tower of Druaga. It will be based on the arcade version, but will feature new levels and treasure solutions. Since there was a port of the original game to the PC Engine, I'm assuming that it will be alright to have this thread here.

Now, it will be a while before there's anything playable, this first post is more of a letter of intent, really, but I am currently learning how to program with SDL graphics in C++ and this will (hopefully) be my first full game with it.

So far, all I've programmed is seen in that screenshot above, but I am learning quickly and hope to have something more exciting to show you in the near future.

Until then...  :twisted:
Title: Re: Arjak's Tower of Druaga Fangame
Post by: esteban on March 25, 2013, 07:02:17 AM

(http://junk.tg-16.com/images/pcgs.png) Good luck, comrade. Godspeed. (http://junk.tg-16.com/images/pcgs.png)
Title: Re: Arjak's Tower of Druaga Fangame
Post by: soop on April 03, 2013, 05:13:57 AM
I loved this game.  Haven't beaten the final boss yet though.
Title: Re: Arjak's Tower of Druaga Fangame
Post by: NightWolve on April 16, 2013, 05:36:40 PM
http://www.scirra.com/FORUM/topic65939.html
https://www.facebook.com/InsanitysBlade

Would you believe the game shown above is built to run for HTML5 and Javascript ?? It can run in the browser or as a traditional standalone app. An old friend from my RIGG days just showed it to me. He's got a partner working on it with him as well and they hope to eventually sell it so it's a serious enough effort. Anyway, these days you don't need to know a lot of programming anymore to develop a game. I think that's your better bet, those game-maker applications instead of trying to learn something like C++, Arjak...

The one in this case that he used is called "Construct 2".

https://www.scirra.com/

BTW, he says you could do Druaga in days using this app. And, uh, he agreed with me, "f*ck C++! Unless he's doing 3D..." :P
Title: Re: Arjak's Tower of Druaga Fangame
Post by: esteban on April 17, 2013, 06:09:24 PM
http://www.scirra.com/FORUM/topic65939.html
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7biKD0toCVk
https://www.facebook.com/InsanitysBlade

Would you believe the game shown above is built to run for HTML5 and Javascript ?? It can run in the browser or as a traditional standalone app. An old friend from my RIGG days just showed it to me. He's got a partner working on it with him as well and they hope to eventually sell it so it's a serious enough effort. Anyway, these days you don't need to know a lot of programming anymore to develop a game. I think that's your better bet, those game-maker applications instead of trying to learn something like C++, Arjak...

The one in this case that he used is called "Construct 2".

https://www.scirra.com/

BTW, he says you could do Druaga in days using this app. And, uh, he agreed with me, "f*ck C++! Unless he's doing 3D..." :P


Damn that game looks nice. The boss battle + music was great. (http://junk.tg-16.com/images/pcgs.png)
Title: Re: Arjak's Tower of Druaga Fangame
Post by: Arjak on April 18, 2013, 04:37:19 AM
Thanks, Nightwolve! I'll give this a look. :)
Title: Re: Arjak's Tower of Druaga Fangame
Post by: NightWolve on May 01, 2013, 01:17:38 PM
BTW, my friend released a demo of that game, so if you guys wanna give it a try, linky:

http://www.scirra.com/FORUM/topic65939.html

http://designchris.com/ibbeta/win32.rar

Difficulty is, I guess, just right to where it requires some patience. The G'n'G looking demon that flies down and attacks ya was a nice touch. Demo goes up to 3 stages. I'm not down with the intentional retro graphics to be honest, but some people love it...
Title: Re: Arjak's Tower of Druaga Fangame
Post by: Sergdun on May 07, 2013, 11:29:34 PM
I play this game and I like it , thanks for this game .