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[Parsely]

Yeah this is getting too graphic to remain at all tasteful. Let's move on to discussing how much more fun Final Fantasy Tactics would've been if every class was some manner of shrubbery, because god damn that is a premise I can get behind.

Holy hot damn how do I sign up.

I assume by throwing money at your screen. I don't know these things, I'm just jumping to wild conclusions from a single screenshot.

What screenshot?

[Bauglir]

Anyway, for those not ignoring this thread, have a thing:

Spoiler: What ever could it mean?!? (click to show/hide)

This one.

[Parsely]

Ohhhh. That's what you meant.

[Tack]

Star Titans?

[MrWillsauce]

There is an awful lot of red in that screenshot.

[MaximumZero]

I imagine it's a heightmap.

[MaximumZero]

I imagine it's a heightmap.

Or a biome map, if you see the concept drawing in the back.
I think it would look like an isometric UnReal World

True enough. Maybe we'll see some useful Geomancy?

[LeoLeonardoIII]

Originally most of the high level spells in D&D were useful mainly in battlefield, mass-combat applications. You'd make terrain look like other terrain, or muddy the ground to make it hard to move through, or hide a unit of men with an illusion to make them look like trees. I haven't seen a computer strategy wargame that really did anything with that. Then again I don't play a ton of them so it's very likely I just missed it.

[dennislp3]

No from my experience pretty much every spell in every PC game is some generic damage, buff, or debuff spell...nothing as creative as changing terrain and stuff.

[Aklyon]

No from my experience pretty much every spell in every PC game is some generic damage, buff, or debuff spell...nothing as creative as changing terrain and stuff.

Populous the beginning has terrain mod spells.

[Mephansteras]

Master of Magic also has a good bit of that, at least on a global level. I'm pretty sure it also has a few terrain altering spells on the combat map as well, at least ones that slow down your opponents.

I think Fallen Enchantress, as a more modern game inspired by MoM, also has that. Not sure if it has any effects like that on the combat map, though.

[Korbac]

Don't forget Age of Wonders!

[Vector]

It's been a while, everyone!  Fortunately, we've got something for you to play... something AWESOME.

Some of you may have seen our mockup of "Dankest Dungeon" in the happy thread.  We now have a playable alpha here, and would love to have your input on how to polish it!  This is also your first opportunity to hear the work of our hella awesome sound engineer, so check it out.  You'll need Java; just hit start.bat to run it.




In preparation for the upcoming Ludum Dare competition next month, the team participated in the more casual Mini LD compo this weekend.  The theme this time was "Demakes:" remaking a published game by reducing the scope, simplifying gameplay, or recreating it as though on older hardware--all within a loose time limit of 72 hours.  In our case, we demade the upcoming Lovecraftacular squad management roguelike, Darkest Dungeon, in the style of a Gameboy game!  The features they showed looked so cool and novel that we decided we wanted to play something like it right away, even if we couldn't get the official version for a good while yet ><;;

Spoiler: Click for class documentation, gameplay hints, and the content note (click to show/hide)

Controls:
Cancel button: Z/C/Backspace
Confirm button: X/V/Enter for A
Movement: Arrows/WASD
Menu: ESC or Space


Overview: A demake of Darkest Dungeon, the upcoming indie squad management roguelike about the psychology of dungeon crawling--as seen on the Gameboy.  Guide your wanderers through 10 horrifying floors of perilous adventure, keep them from driving each other mad, and discover the dark secrets of the DANKEST DUNGEON!


Content note: Contains references to alcoholism, death, gore, creepy eldritch things, mental illness, an antiquated misogynist slur, and large amounts of abusive language.


Hints:
When exploring, use the arrows to navigate on the map in the bottom right corner. If you can't move, hit Cancel until the Map is highlighted again.

Positioning is important in battle! It determines what skills you can use, and whether your foes can target you. If someone's wounded, you may want to move them away from the front line!

Characters have a Stress meter, which is built up by enduring traumatic events and critical hits. When it gets too high, they develop debilitating Quirks. If they have too many Quirks, they may die! Check Quirks with the Mask button.

If your Stress is getting high, you can drink a Flask or Wine. Too much drinking will make you sloppy in combat, though!

The game does have an end, but it might be tough to reach. Even if you don't make it, you can still get a High Score based on the value of loot you get.


Character classes:

Knight: Tough, slow front-line fighter.
- Pommel Strike:(Class Skill): Medium damage to 1 frontline foe, and stuns for 1 round.
- Cleave (Front Row): Low damage to the the 2 frontline foes.
- Lunge (Back Row): Medium damage to any enemy.

Cleric: Resiliant, versatile healer.
- Judgement:(Class Skill): Medium damage to 1 frontline foe. Heals self.
- Healing (Front Row): High healing to 1 ally.
- Prayer (Back Row): Low healing to all allies.

Bandit: High-damage ranged striker, wielding a pistol.
- Cripple:(Class Skill): Medium damage to any 1 foe. Reduces Speed.
- Point-Blank (Front Row): High damage to 1 frontline foe.
- Grapeshot (Back Row): Medium damage to all foes.

Hunter: A ranged striker who breaks foes defenses.
- Break Shot: (Class Skill): Medium damage to 1 foe. Reduces Defense.
- Pierce Shot (Front Rows): Medium damage to all foes.
- Snipe (Back Rows): High damage to any foe.

Doctor: A versatile support, who debilitates and cures.
- Panacea:(Class Skill): Medium healing to 1 ally. Cures status ailments.
- Noxious Blade (Front Row): Medium damage to 1 frontline foe. Inflicts Blight, which damages foes over time.
- Plague Bomb (Back Row): Low damage to all foes. May inflict Blight.

Jester: A support character who bolsters allies and hinders foes.
- Baton Wallop: (Class Skill): Medium damage to 1 frontline foe. Reduces Attack.
- Taunt (Front Rows): Low damage to all foes. May Stun foes for 1 round.
- Inspire (Back Rows): Boost Attack, Defense, and Speed of one ally.




Unfortunately there's still a few bugs we're chasing, so you have the unofficial unofficial version in your hands right now.  We weren't able to get to the Character Selection and Shop interface, so you start with items and a random party of characters. For now, you have to restart if you don't like your party. We also don't have Camps working in the latest build, so you'll need to heal using items and skills.  You'll have an updoot tomorrow when we post the beta build to LD, and we'll keep letting you know as we modify the build.

Future features you can expect to see soon:
- More monsters!
- More events!
- More creepy-ass ambient music and pretty backgrounds!
- Character select and starting gear!
- Deeper camp mechanic!
- Retro EXTREMELY MODERN character string save feature!

[Mephansteras]

Nice! I was actually just thinking up rules for a potential boardgame version of that for pretty much the exact same reason.

[Gentlefish]

Huzzah! Will play!