The game (no name yet, "Babylon Project" is provisional) is a RPG ambiented in the ancient mesopotamian cultures. It is a fantasy, not historical, game. Is inspired by the stories of the Anunnakis in the ancient Sumer. The scenery is a map of 100 square kilometers including water. It's a multimision single player game, made with the Epic Games engine, UDK (Unreal Development Kit). And it's being developed in Spain. More info soon.
I am working now on the new missions system. A long time ago I made one, but with time and changes in the code it no longer works correctly.
The old system had a fixed configuration for each step, with the necessary variables and references for each action it could take.
The new system does not have these variables, but uses an array of commands that are then interpreted as a simple scripting language. In this way it is much more flexible and it is easier to add new actions as needed.
The things you can do are the typical ones, go somewhere, look for an object, talk to someone, destroy someone, etc.
There is also a system by which you have to follow someone, who will travel a pre-established route, that NPC being able to do things like talking to the player along the way, stopping to talk to other NPCs, using objects, levers, chairs, etc. The mission can alternate between these modes (follow the NPC, the NPC follows you, etc).
A mission is typically a sequence of actions and conversations, and in this game there are no cinematics, so all those scenes are governed by code, which moves the characters, makes them speak, etc.
The result is a bit robotic and I am not very happy with it. I'm thinking of doing "jumps" that put the characters in the desired position and automate things like dialogues. It would be a kind of cinematic, but equally governed by code using the repertoire of animations available and not entire sequences of animations achieved with mocap, as in the big AAA games.
I have also done a "teleportation" to different places on the map available in each step of the mission. For example, if from one step to another you need to go to the other end of the island, you do not need to spend 20 minutes traveling to get there.
Remaining Issues: The NPC's obstacle avoidance system is still not working well. For example, when they follow a route, sometimes when they dodge another NPC that was passing by, they get into places where they cannot leave or find their way. That makes you unable to continue the mission.
When they move inside buildings it is even worse. So I have to find a solution to this.
There are also things where I don't know how to proceed. For example a typical mission, go to a fort and kill the boss.
What if before activating that mission I go to that fort and kill the boss? Shouldn't the boss appear until the mission is activated? Or if I kill him first, when the mission arrives could that step be skipped?
This is a problem that is going to happen a lot, missing NPCs that will not let the mission advance, and I do not know very well how they are solved in other games.
So here you have two images that have nothing to do with what I have written, but that are required to publish the article.
State of the game. this is a text that I put in the youtube account of the game. I reproduce it here:I will try to answer those who are asking about the...
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Well, for making it more accurate you should visit the Chicago's center of sumerian studies. Being a student of mesopotamian history and language myself i would surely like to go there.
A nice idea anyway, people nowadays still has no idea from where many of the concepts and words they use come from. I don't know how much something like this would help, but i surely prize yours more than that 'ascendant' or some such made sometime ago.
Well, Chicago is a bit far for me (I'm in Spain), but I'll try to find something online, thanks for the tip.
In any case, the game is not about the Sumerian or Babylonian culture, the name is provisional. I think I have abused the resemblance to those cultures, when it is a fantasy game with no intention of being historically correct.
I don't see why. You're not so far from truth as one might think (or at least, what it could be supposed basing from what we really have).
I'm too far from Chicago as well. (i'm just one state from you.)
Anyway, I would be the first to offer help, but -alas- i've not much skills on videogame making.
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Eu vou morrer sem jogar seu jogo...
Não consigo conter a ansiedade por esperar tanto. Você devia soltar uma demo pra saciar nossa curiosidade 😏
Hello Friend. You can try adding a companion summoning system. In case these get lost among the buildings. the city seems full of life, I would like my team in moments when there is silence and war. Focus on established paths, where a partner is needed to kick-start a script that characterizes the latter's personality. Put a long timer to avoid overuse of summoning. The timer is used to prevent the player from reviving their teammate after they are defeated. By TempRelax
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estou ancioso pra jogar esse maravilho e empolgante jogo amigo! o jogo promete! sai quando esse jogo?
Pues no lo sé, aún queda mucho por hacer antes de poder calcular una fecha.