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[Outcast Orange]

Here's the download link:

http://www.mediafire.com/?sharekey=eb8df6fc7b18ae57b94117dade8fc295cc05a546fa932d0cf0a154af670496da

Press Enter to select the currently selected tile. Pick one above land for best results.
Then, once you're zoomed into a tile, move upward until you can see the selector box again.
Press Enter in the local view to select the position of Orange.
Orange has basic controls.
Space collects the brick to the left of Orange.
Press E to jump, and R to fall faster.
Pressing R while standing on the ground turns the tile you stand on into plate tile, which currently floats.
I just added these tools to inspire some playing around.

I look forward to seeing what you get.

Here's an image of what you should expect to see if you select a land tile (grey):

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

I've added a temporary version of the water table, to be improved later.
Also, I will add tile sets to be used depending on the location you pick, so there will be variety in the other tile types as well.
Currently, only the sky tile (the one above whichever tile you pick) really affects the map.
Soon all six sides will effect the map (they sort of already do) and there will be slope depending on the surrounding map tiles.

[timmeh]

Looking good!  The house and the water tiles look particularly impressive.

[Outcast Orange]

Here we go:

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

The other five surfaces meld with surrounding tiles the same way that the top side does.
I'm going to work on a sub-world local array, to store surrounding tiles, so the map sizes can get bigger.

You guys need to repply more... I'm losing steam.
It's hard to keep this thread updated, and have the will leftover to add to my blog.

[Boksi]

Don't worry, I'm still following this!

Even though I should be working on my picture. I've only got two guys out of an entire army done...

Anyway, I'd love to play around with this new version, but I can't. Yet.

[LegoLord]

I've been following this, but hadn't been saying anything yet.  It looks pretty cool, but I'm a little confused about the features.  I mostly understand the terrain and that you can build stuff, but I get a little foggy after that.

Of course, I think I might have skipped a page or two by accident, since I first looked at this when it was about 9 or 10 pages.  Not sure.

[qwertyuiopas]

I read. I like. I don't have much to comment on, though.

[Outcast Orange]

Wow! I feel kind of bad for asking now. Thanks for the support though.

I have no idea what this game is going to end up like.
At the moment, the universe (really big pretty thing) is composed of 150x150x150 tiles.
You can pick any one of those tiles to zoom in, at which point you can build and stuff.
That's about it really.
Soon, the local maps will include multiple tiles, as soon as I get that working.

I've added a tag for gravity, so that adding new tiles to the program will be faster and easier.
The thing about having dynamic gravity, is that each map is suspended over open space,
so they entire thing can fall out of view forever.

I'm currently working out a system to stop this problem.

[Boksi]

Don't feel bad. If anything we are the ones who should feel bad; you're doing all the work and we weren't even giving you enough support. Even if it was only a little writing!

[Outcast Orange]

I owe you the most respect, because I failed to implement your idea.
Don't worry, I feel better now, it just helps me out when I know someone is following.

[Boksi]

Hey, shit happens. Those ideas took a few minutes to hash out, so it's not like they're useless. Besides, we got 8I]something8/I] out of the whole deal.

Okay, got the right side done, now for the left side... Heeheehee...

[Outcast Orange]

Right side? Left? I'm confused.

[Boksi]

I'm talking 'bout my picture.

Oh, I forgot a background element. That stuff and the middle and then I'm done!

But it's half past midnight already...

[Outcast Orange]

What picture?
I'm more confused.
I was hoping the answer to all of this was that you were on the wrong thread.

[Boksi]

EPYC. In the Forum Games section.

Now let me sleep!

[Outcast Orange]

It's time to show all of you my local maps.
Ignore the blocky shapes.
Slope hasn't been added yet.

Some Mountains:

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

A Subvine:

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

An Island:

Spoiler (click to show/hide)

Sorry, land is the only thing with a tile set at this point.

What is the general impression?