Mode 8 Adventure Game

Hi there!
Recently I found DIV on my computer and startet a new project immediately. I like the idea of an adventure game and want to share it with you.
I have no name yet. But the basic idea is, that you control a young guy (I call him Dennis). It's a mode 8 world, but Dennis is moved sideways. Like in every adventure you must collect items, combining them, talk to people. The game is seperated in chapters.
I've already made two parts of the world, the animation when walking (with the sprites generator), and the inventory. Next step will be a conversation.
I attached the first two screenshots (my first post, I hope I did it right). Any tips are welcome. Inventory was no problem. I'll try to figure out how to make conversations with other characters in the game, but I'll keep it simple. Main focus is exploring the world.

Edit: okay, apparently it didn't work. If anyone could help insert an image... :/



[Edited on 4-4-2022 by steffen87]

Let's try this:





I'm a bit further, but now you can see what I mean. More screenshots soon.

[Edited on 4-4-2022 by steffen87]

Update:
When pressed I the inventory opens or closes. When open, Dennis can't be controlled and the left/right-keys will be used to choose an item (not finished yet).

I haven't placed any items in the world yet, but I can change the variable for testing.

The sea looks ugly, but I just started. There also is a glitch exactely when walked from the grass to the wooden bridge. Definitely better textures needed.

Next steps: making the sea look better, placing the first items, adding a pick-up-animation.

The items are just examples for testing, but I guess I'll keep them. The planks for a quest to repair a fence, the stick to reach a clock, that needs to be manipulated to trick a construction worker to having his lunch break earlier, because he won't let you pass through the construction. :D

Had a little break for 3 days. I placed the first item, a stick, and added a pickup-animation. It works fine.
When near the item, a little hand-icon appears.

When pressed control-key the item will be picked up.


Btw the background looks as ugly as the old one. I'll do it later. First everything must work. :D

I like it

As promised, new screenshots.
Here we have a tower. Well... it's supposed to be round, but if you could see the top view, it looks more like... an egg. I'll do it better.
It's also a crossroad.


This will be a small shop.

Hi steffen87,

Very good game, cheer with development

A curiosity: I see that you are using the original DIV emulated with DOSBOX, why not DIVDX, perhaps due to some bug or other reason in particular ?

understood, the crashes are due to some DIV bugs (mode8 and no) some have been fixed, some at the moment still not.

As mentioned earlier, good work and fun with the development.

Thanks! It's much fun indeed, especially when it works. And it works! Hopefully also in the future.

Morning!
When on a crossroad or in front of a door an arrow shows the way, meaning key up, down or both.




I tried DIV DX, but my computer gives me a warning (bull guard was pre-installed on my system). Could somebody help me with this problem? I want to use DX to avoid crashes, that occurs when walked over different textures.

Hmm... after I exit Bull Guard, there is (of course) no warning and DIVDX is starting. I tried to run my game, but it crashes at the begining. I see the title screen, but I can't hit enter to start.
It works fine with the old Div.

Edit: Div crashed and D.EXE disappeared.

I'll keep coding in DOS until I have a solution.

[Edited on 14-4-2022 by steffen87]

Though I have a problem with DIVDX, I'm happy, because i added a turning-animation. And it looks great. Much better than just mirrowing the graphic.

Quote: Originally posted by steffen87

Hmm... after I exit Bull Guard, there is (of course) no warning and DIVDX is starting. I tried to run my game, but it crashes at the begining. I see the title screen, but I can't hit enter to start. It works fine with the old Div.

Quote: Originally posted by steffen87

Edit: Div crashed and D.EXE disappeared. I'll keep coding in DOS until I have a solution.

Hello!
I copied an old game from my old computer and it works with DivDX. This means, that my game is the problem, but I don't know what exactely it is, because the game runs in DOS without an error message. In order to avoid the crashes in DOS I must find the problem.

I just throw in a screenshot from the game i made when I was 16 or 17.

Morning!
I downloaded the latest nightly and my game works. Unfortunately it still crashes at this spot, but only when I walk to the next scene, then back to the lake.


In the nightly I can't write "\". Has this something to do with the german keyboard? The third assignment of the keyboard doesn't work.

[Edited on 21-4-2022 by steffen87]

I'm confused now. As I wrote earlier, I can't write backslash (or square brackets etc.) in DIVDX or the latest nightly build. BUT: now I can't do it with the old DIV.
I first thought the Alt Gr key on my keyboard might be broken, but it works, just not in DIV.
So the problem must be my computer or something, not DIV.
New keyboard driver didn't help. I even tried on-screen keyboard.
It used to work. Ooph... I thought I could code a little further, despite the crashes....

[Edited on 22-4-2022 by steffen87]

Hello!
A made a new icon. At some point you have a "look at" function. If it's an eye, the textbox opens and you can read what the character is seeing; if it's an eye with wings the camera flies around. In this case around the tower, and then back to our hero.

Near the lake is a small cottage under construction.

I also made a start selection in mode 8.


@CicTec
I downloaded the link. Sorry, I didn't mention that you have to go to the new scene ("cottage by the lake") AND THEN back to "the lake" (it's not a sea anymore, it's a lake now, because "sea" means "Meer" and "lake" means "See" in german ). Only after the crash happens. Here's the actual version:
april23.zip

Press F8 and then 1 for chapter 1 to skip the small tutorial. F5 makes the character run faster.

I provided the links for everyone, it's okay. Tell me, if somethings wrong or you have suggestions.

[Edited on 23-4-2022 by steffen87]

Hello,

Yes, now the crash occurs, it is an Arithmetic exception error of the internal mode8 engine, let's see why it occurs, thanks for the report.

Okay, whatever this means. I'll add a cheat mode, to skip the crash.

Quote: Originally posted by steffen87

Okay, whatever this means. I'll add a cheat mode, to skip the crash.

Quote: Originally posted by steffen87

Very good

Thank you, I understand it now. When I press c (for crash ) Dennis jumps to the house scene, so I can avoid the crash.
If I encounter another crash I'll report it. No crash when walked from the bridge to the lawn in the new scene called "edge of the forest". Is it "woods" or "forest"? Haha! In my language both means "Wald".

Quote: Originally posted by CicTec

Very good

Thanks! I thought it would look bad, but actually it looks nice. I found some free textures and the trees look good. The woods (or forest) will be a little darker. Let's see who Dennis meets there. I'm making up the story on the side.

Thank you!
I will be working on this game when it's getting colder. I didn't do anything during the summer, but I have some new ideas.
Takes much time to to make the world, especially the woods with all the trees.
Maybe I'll upload a small demo in a few weeks.

[Edited on 11-9-2022 by steffen87]

Quote: Originally posted by steffen87

Hi! Also the Editor often crashes when I'm trying to edit the WLD, which is a little demotivating. Maybe I'll make this game smaller than I planned.

When right-clicking on the 3d-map to move around, no crash happens. But when I make a change and THEN click right again, it crashes.

Quote: Originally posted by daltomi

backtrace: Code: Thread 1 "div-LINUX" received signal SIGSEGV, Segmentation fault. 0x00005555555c88b6 in map_editpoint () at src/divmap3d.c:2290 2290 my_map->points[edit_point]->x=x; (gdb) bt #0 0x00005555555c88b6 in map_editpoint () at src/divmap3d.c:2290 #1 0x00005555555cba45 in MapperCreator2 () at src/divmap3d.c:677 edit_point: Code: (gdb) p edit_point $4 = -1 Perdón, voy a escribir en español. Entonces se vé que edit_point es igual a -1 y esto causa el SIGSEGV. Posible fix así sin pensarlo mucho xD Code: diff --git a/src/divmap3d.c b/src/divmap3d.c index ad49752..1937726 100644 --- a/src/divmap3d.c +++ b/src/divmap3d.c @@ -2284,7 +2284,7 @@ void map_editpoint() } } - if (mouse_b&2 && old_but2==0) { + if (edit_point != -1 && mouse_b&2 && old_but2==0) { if(mouse_b&1) MouseFocus=0; old_but2=1; old_but1=0; my_map->points[edit_point]->x=x; ~

Voy a hacer el fix en mi repositorio y resubir la build, gracias en todo caso por la ayuda con el fix.

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Hello,

Yes, the debugger indicates the error here, but the fix solution is not correct, because we do not know the variables MousFocus, old_but2 and old_but1 where they are used and what behavior they can vary.
There is also the call to map_off to reset walls and vertices.
The ideal solution is to put the if in the modifier of the points only.

I'm going to make the fix in my repository and reupload the build, thanks in any case for the help with the fix.