Here, try this!

As usual, I’m working in Java, and I make everything from scratch. I decided to go with a purely billboarded sprite based 3d engine this time, and I’m making some kind of dungeon crawler a la Dungeon Master or Eye of the Beholder. I’ve got much of the engine implemented, and it’s about time to start working on the actual game now.

The plan is to build game areas, and add the required game features as I go along, so I won’t implement monsters until the map actually requires monsters.

Click here to try the latest version. Use WASD + Q +E. There’s not much gameplay yet.

I’m also streaming the entire thing live here. There’s no sound because I have a cold, but there is soothing music.

Comments

18. Dec 2010 · 17:23 UTC
Very nice work so far!
madk
18. Dec 2010 · 17:39 UTC
It looks awesome! I really like the flowers.
18. Dec 2010 · 18:00 UTC
This is really cool!
Gutter
18. Dec 2010 · 18:20 UTC
That layering looks like some old SEGA Arcade game. Thats a *good* thing.
18. Dec 2010 · 21:26 UTC
I can’t believe no-one came up with this solution back in the day. Maybe it would have been too much overdraw in the Amiga era. Anyway, it looks wonderful!