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I wasn’t originally going to announce the release of this version as it really doesn’t add a whole lot to show for the player. But I didn’t want people to think that progress wasn’t being made towards this game. Admittedly I haven’t worked on it as much as I could have (curse you Guitar Hero 3!) but I am working on it at a snail’s pace.

Download: version 0.2

In this version..

– Started the “new game” function.
That means the player can click on the ‘new game’ menu option and it, gasp, works.

– Added the ability to name your character name and the character’s class name
Once the player clicks ‘new game’, a keyboard pops up on the bottom and allows a 25-character player name and a 25-character class name. The class name has no effect on the game itself, just like the IRC version. It’s just for looks.

– Added the save function to the game.
After entering the class name it’ll save what the player has inputted and kick it back out to the main menu. TO BE ADDED: a “are these names okay?” type question before saving them.

– The main menu will now tell you if there’s a game to continue (won’t be grayed out)
If the player’s card allows FAT, it’ll be easy to confirm if the player and class name saved correctly because “Continue” won’t be grayed out anymore. The continue option still isn’t clickable but at least it’ll let people know if it’s saved right.

I don’t know when the next update will be but it should contain at least the start of the actual game. So until next time…..

The screens are a little bland but considering the original version of Idle RPG is ran on IRC, which is text only, I don’t want to make it too flamboyant. Keeping it simple to pay an homage to the original and to try to keep the size of the game down.

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A fairly decent update for the bot.

As previously mentioned, this update changes the way sentences are structured. The topic, if the bot can find one, is now no longer the first word of the sentence. Instead it tries to build a bit of the sentence around it.

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Another update to the chatterbot! Hooray!

This update will be rather small compared to the last update. Still, I think it’s taken a step forward in the right direction on becoming a much smarter bot.

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Another update!

I have completely recoded the game from scratch yet again because I have found a better method of drawing the graphics to the screen and for storing rooms. The end result is that I can go back to my original idea for directions. The compass is going to disappear, though right now the graphic for it is still present on the GUI. I haven’t figure out what I’m going to replace that area with.

No snapshot for this version but if you download it and run it you will see the progress I’ve made. You can now interact with an NPC (“Ed”) and talk to him a few times. He has a few different lines to say.

As of right now I’m borrowing a few sprites and backgrounds from other games. I’m still not completely pleased with it, but it was just meant to test the other stuff anyway. I’ll be going back and revamping all of that in a future version.

This will probably be my last post about the game for awhile as the next version will take awhile.

What happens when Iyou has played too many SCUMM games and gets really bored? A new creation!

I think I have officially abandoned The Kingdom of Crim, though I may one day pick it back up. Instead I’ve decided to make a SCUMM-ish type game called “Escape from Zearz.”

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The last time I touched Kon was back on Feb 28th. When I had closed down the IDE that final time I thought that it was probably the closest that I’d ever come to being able to make Kon “learn.” To be honest, that feeling hasn’t wavered all that much, but I have found ways to improve and enhance Kon since then.
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During my time spent on FFXI I’ve yet to find such a peaceful and relaxing hobby as clamming is. The area is just beautiful and it’s a very nice break from farming and leveling. Of course clamming involves keeping track of your bucket weight and making sure you don’t go too far over. This program is designed to help with that.

“Oh, you gonna love this boy. Tyrone calls you up, you know – in the game – and he says ‘I can dig more clams than you, stupid!’ And you gotta say ‘Nuh-uh, boy,’ And y’all gotta race down to the beach with your buckets and your shovels, and the object of the game…is to find parking.”

– Meatwad, ATHF

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Another quick update to the program. I forgot to mention version 1.1 here, so I’ll go ahead and mention what it does in addition to version 1.2.

Download link

version 1.1
I went back and edited the commands to make them channel only (you can only use them in channels). I also changed the way !character lookup works, slightly.

The new command for it is:

!character lookup (character name) [(info, jobs, crafts, all)]

If you don’t use any of the parameters after the character’s name, it will display all the information about that character (info, jobs and crafts). Else you can specify what you want to know. There’s also !character info and !check character that work exactly the same way.
You can now link multiple nicks to one character. This is handy if you use multiple nicks on IRC (like a few of my LS mates) and would like to be able to update your character with any of them.

version 1.2

The new command for it is:

!link (check, add, remove) (char name) [(nick to add/remove)]

!link check (character) will display all the nicks that are currently linked to that character.

[01:30] Iyouboushi> !link check Iyouboushi
[01:30] Moogle> [Names linked to Iyouboushi: Iyouboushi, Kiisuke]

You can add as many nicks as you want (or at least as many as mIRC will still process) but you must have at least 1 linked to the character. Oh and I also made sure Goldsmithing was showing up on the list (previously it wasn’t).

The only thing that I really have left for a future version is a search command. Well, and maybe adding in some of the other skills (combat, magic, etc). Otherwise, I think I’m finished with it. :)