Shadow RPG

[MrXuj]

Hi everyone!

My own introduction:
I'll let this post act as my introduction post too, haha. The name's MrXuj.
I've been roaming the UTI fora for a while now, looking around, adapting my code, learning several optimization methods, and more!

Anyway I've seen loads of RPG ideas, so I thought it might be a nice challenge to try and code one myself.

I read - a minute or so prior to posting this thread - metagross111's thread Complicated RPG. His idea is really similar to mine, although he has several stats in his list that I haven't incorporated in my game.

So let's get my list here too!

Player data:

1. Name
   
2. Gender
   
3. Class
   
4. Specialty
   
5. Gold
   

Player stats:

1. Health points
   
2. Magic points
   
3. Attack
   
4. Defense
   
5. Magic Attack
   
6. Magic Defense
   
7. Speed
   
8. Experience
   

Elements that effect those stats:

1. Vitality
   
2. Strength
   
3. Intelligence
   
4. Wisdom
   
5. Agility
   

Weapon data:

1. Weapon mastery
   
2. Weapon level
   
3. Damage range
   
4. Element
   

Items:

1. HPotion (small, medium, large)
   
2. MPotion (small, medium, large)
   

- This will be coded in BASIC, as I have no knowledge of ASM whatsoever.

[GloryMXE7]

welcome to UTI, but you didn't have to hide your introduction. anyway good luck on your RPG

[MrXuj]

Thanks for the welcome, I edited the spoiler part out.
Added an items section, albeit quite small.

[ztrumpet]

Wow, sounds really nice! Welcome to UTI.

[MrXuj]

Thanks!

I'm currently thinking of incorporating quests, but I'm not really sure whether that wouldn't bloat the size of the game up too much.

What should the maximum size of a game be? 10Kb?

I had the game finished, but I'm currently rebuilding the entire thing. I found out a lot could've been done better. And it was entirely made in the home screen, and I'd like it in the graph screen.

[ztrumpet]

Maximum size is really anything. There are games that are so large they don't fit on an 83+, but provide over 20 hours of highly graphical gameplay and small games that are under 100 bytes. It's mostly based on how long you want your game. For example I am working on a huge RPG that will take all the Mem on an 83+ to play. It's personal preference. :)

Is this your first game, or do you have a lot of experience. It sounds like you're doing a pretty good job on it.

[MrXuj]

My goal is to make this game small enough so anyone with a 83+ could play it. Including those who have thrown nothing off.

This is my first game using BASIC. I've made some for the PC, but this really is a lot of fun.

Well projects go relatively smooth if you plan the entire thing out first, and then start building it. I remember the first game I made. I was just coding and making up stuff up along the way. That's usually not the way to go.

Anyway, the previous size was 9Kb, but that was a total letdown. The new size will be somewhere along the lines of 5Kb or higher. Higher if you include extra maps.