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[Antsan]

I don't really like real time in those games. It puts me under pressure and I see no point to it, when the game isn't based on reaction (I avoid those games) or you often need to wait for a long time (like in Dwarf Fortress). Also it's easier to skip boring passages of travel.

[mr. macduggan]

I like realtime. It'll set cult apart from all of the other roguelikes. The graphics seem good enough to support it. I would definitely include a pause menu where you can look around/manage inventory/other things like in dwarf fortress though, not a menu screen that comes up on pause. If you could get the same pausing system as, say, icewind dale, that would be sweet.

[Lord Dullard]

Testing out the point-and-click interface:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IWqThSdMhso&feature=youtu.be

So far, so good. I think I've worked out the majority of the kinks. All of the maneuvering I do in that video is via the mouse. Obstruction-checking is also present (you'll notice the 'you can't reach that place' message when I click on a tree trunk). FRAPS does lag my PC a bit due to the sheer amount of memory it hogs while recording, so you'll have to pardon occasional stutters (these don't exist when running the game without a recording program).

Also, updated the Cult devblog accordingly.

[EagleV]

So is that with A* implemented or not? Because if it is, it seems diagonal moves 'cost' as much as orthogonal ones, which makes movement look silly at 00:23. The path along the shore may be one of several shortest paths, it just doesn't look like one because of the diagonal up- and downhopping. IMHO it would look much smoother, with straighter paths, and more realistic, if you gave diagonal moves a cost of 1.4 or so.

Of course, if that was just a temporary pathfinding algorithm, I'm sorry for the intrusion 

[Lord Dullard]

So is that with A* implemented or not? Because if it is, it seems diagonal moves 'cost' as much as orthogonal ones, which makes movement look silly at 00:23. The path along the shore may be one of several shortest paths, it just doesn't look like one because of the diagonal up- and downhopping. IMHO it would look much smoother, with straighter paths, and more realistic, if you gave diagonal moves a cost of 1.4 or so.

Of course, if that was just a temporary pathfinding algorithm, I'm sorry for the intrusion 

Actually, I didn't notice that - I'll have to investigate. Diagonal moves currently have a cost of 14, whilst horizontal/vertical cost 10. Not sure why for the discrepancy.

[Lord Dullard]

Fixed. Thanks for the catch.

[Knight of Fools]

I don't know how I missed the non-main map updates. I saw trees and stuff, and was like, "WOAH!" And then I noticed that the cloud shadows moved and stuff.

Looks sweet. I need to keep myself more updated, 'round here.

[Askot Bokbondeler]

i want to throw you so much money... unfortunately i can barely afford food currently
if you keep this development rate foresee i'll be losing some weight, though

[njero]

PTW! Your engine, it is beautiful.

[nenjin]

Yeah, when you finally feel ready for a release, I'll be sure to throw some bucks your way.

[Lord Dullard]

~3.5 days off after this morning's shift. I'm going to be cranking out some more code by the end of the weekend, methinks.

After next week I'm officially done with my current job.  After saving up some subsistence monies, I have decided I will try to hammer Cult into a semi-playable state over the next couple of months. I may or may not get a part-time morning job or something, depending on how code comes along... with any luck I can avoid that, but then again, it's always nice to have a back-up plan.

[nenjin]

Good luck LD, I hope you make some substantial progress with the free time you'll have.

[NRDL]

~3.5 days off after this morning's shift. I'm going to be cranking out some more code by the end of the weekend, methinks.

After next week I'm officially done with my current job.  After saving up some subsistence monies, I have decided I will try to hammer Cult into a semi-playable state over the next couple of months. I may or may not get a part-time morning job or something, depending on how code comes along... with any luck I can avoid that, but then again, it's always nice to have a back-up plan.

You're gonna quit your job?  Looks to me like you're following the PATH OF THE TOAD:

1. Start game with an awesome basis.
2. Quit job, giving you more freetime to develop awesome game.
3. Release free game as playable, creating massive fanbase. 

[Mephansteras]

Good luck! I hope you get some serious progress done in the next few months. Maybe you'll be able to get it to a point where you can start making money off of it!

[Lord Dullard]

Thank you all for the encouragement. 

I got a fair bit of work done today. Also did a lot of studying up on binary heaps, which I will be using in the pathfinding algorithm. I've got that nearly complete, as well.