Game FAQ Thread - Project 'Errantry'

1. (a) When will the engine be complete? (b) The prototype? (c) The final game?

(a) I am aiming for the engine to be near completion by the end of this year, if not into next year. (b) The prototype shouldn't take long, assuming there aren't any hiccups. A month or less after the engine is completed, most likely. (c) As for the final game, I can only speculate. Maybe in a few years? There is still much to do.

2. Will you release it as an alpha, beta, etc?

I'm definitely open to the idea of completing a region of the map, then releasing the game as alpha. I will wait and see how it goes before deciding!

3. What platforms and clients will this be available on?

All platforms that MonoGame supports are possibilities. For now, I will focus on PC, then shortly after Linux and MAC. Then I'll see about consoles & mobile devices.
As for gaming clients: Steam, GOG, and possibly HumbleBundle.

4. What features are in the engine so far?

Listed below are estimates only:

• Audio Engine [80%]
• Combat Engine [40%]
• Data Saving [20%]
  - Player saving [70%]
  - Map saving [10%]
• Debugging, Command Console, Map editor [90%]
• Entities
  - Base Entity [80%]
  - Non-player Entity [? %]
  - Player Entity [? %]
  - Character Entity(NPC) [0%]
• Screen Engine
  - Inventory [80%]
  - Rumors [100%]
  - Notifications [100%]
  - Spellbook [70%]
  - Souls [90%]
• Player Skills [75%]
• Tile Engine [90%]
• Game Objects
  - Base Objects [70%]
  - Derived Content [10%]
• Shaders [10%]
• Lighting Engine [60%]
• Weather [50%] and Particle System [90%]
• Character Conversation Scripting [30%]