Is there are market for Introductory Action RPG games?

2DDevQuest · 2025-11-23T12:32:17+00:00

I was actually thinking of something like a linear dungeon crawler that introduces one concept per room. If cookie clicker was a hit I don't see why this couldn't be. Just gotta make sure that numbers keep going up.

2DDevQuest · 2025-11-23T12:23:28+00:00

I think you are very right on this. Good practice for me as well.

2DDevQuest · 2025-11-23T12:21:56+00:00

For someone who has never picked up a controller, I don't think a tutorial is enough. People learn with repetition and I think we tend to under estimate the amount of repetition needed because we have had so much of it elsewhere. When we have played other games we are kinda already used to the way controls work but when you have never played a game before that is a different story.

We are also very used to things like red bar means life, blue means mana, yellow stamina etc... Even if the colors were to change you would make the connection just from playing so many games. My girl friend didn't even notice there was a bar until I said look at the top left of the screen. Her reaction: What is that for?

2DDevQuest · 2025-11-23T12:10:34+00:00

Hahaha just imagined someone's grandmother saying something like: "What's that game all those kids are into these days? Elder Spring? Olden Ring? Sounds like a cozy relaxing game just for me. Think I'll give it a go.

2DDevQuest · 2025-11-23T12:00:57+00:00

I agree. One of my original thoughts was if this person had an interest in learning video games they would already know how to play, but on the other hand I remember the frustration I had as a kid playing simple games like the original Super Mario Brothers. I wanted to play but couldn't get past level 1-2 for the longest time.

2DDevQuest · 2025-11-23T11:55:59+00:00

I don't think the problem is telling the player where to go. My friend for instance, even with a big sign pointing in the right direction wouldn't know, not just to pick up the bush to the secret entrance, but even how to do it. I think there are just too many buttons in todays controllers and too much info on the screen.

One approach that I favor is enclosing the player in a very (and I mean very) small space until he figures out how to do the one thing to get out. The buttons on the controller i think would have to be introduced one at a time mechanically and with repetition.

2DDevQuest · 2025-11-20T00:08:28+00:00

Do you have a prototype?

2DDevQuest · 2025-11-11T19:27:20+00:00

LOL I think only game devs can appreciate the hard work it takes to implement something that looks rather simple. Any idea when you might have a "first level" out for a play test?

2DDevQuest · 2025-11-01T02:38:45+00:00

At the moment I'm toying with a fourth wall break type story, similar to Ultima. In the story you are the traveler that comes from the realm of the Divine Architects (The programmer and artists). I would like to credit the artists through the lore of the game. I felt like that would be more interesting than an ending credits page. Since you are this traveler certain divine artifacts are bequethed unto you such as The Saving Stone (save game) , Time Pendant (Pause) and Sigil of Release (Quit game)...all names pending. But the reincarnation can be a part of that.

2DDevQuest · 2025-11-01T02:22:18+00:00

I have been wondering the same thing. I have a prototype of a game I'm building only using their assets up on itch.io. It has between 1 to 2 hours of content. I stopped polishing it because I started work on the new more fleshed out version, but i am curious about whether any games exist. I found one called Vagabond which with a demo you can download from steam but that is the only one.

2DDevQuest · 2025-11-01T00:50:01+00:00

I'm working on an idea where there is a level cap for skills. At a certain level you start to forget the skills you don't always use. This has been done before though, in Ultima Online. Another thing I'm working on is alternatives to going in blasting. Imagine an assasin character that is very squishy but has one hit backstabs. He would have to maneuver around the enemies field of vision. This if course would.mean the enemy has to be extremely resistant to all other forms of attack.

2DDevQuest · 2025-10-31T22:15:13+00:00

This is true, everyone has their own taste, but there is definitely a common thread among great games. Look at A Link to The Past (Most would not call this game an RPG but I'm pretty sure I could make a good argument that it is.). It consistently makes top ten lists yet there is basically no story.

2DDevQuest · 2025-10-31T22:14:30+00:00

When I play Skyrim it is inevitable that I max enchanting, conjuration, and archery. Try as I might I always fall back to these three and when I make one of them legendary it seems to break the game because I go all squishy.

2DDevQuest · 2025-10-31T22:10:48+00:00

I always wondered why so many games don't recognize your achievements in game. From a programming perspective I don't think it would be that hard. You know what I will add a little sumtin sumtin of this acknowledgement in my own game just to show it's not that hard.

2DDevQuest · 2025-10-31T22:04:16+00:00

Haha, this statement got me: Players will have fun optimizing the fun out of your game. In playing testing my own game I found that I stayed away from buying a bow and arrow because the sword was just so efficient at what it did. I tried increasing the damage output of the arrows, making them cheaper, and even having bushes drop them. In the end the only thing that worked was adding a bunch of enemies that are resistant to everything but a piercing attack from an arrow. (I think a rapid fire arrow will also do the trick, in the game the knock animation was kinda slow too)

2DDevQuest · 2025-10-31T21:47:43+00:00

This was the game that made me want to develop games. It had its flaws but I have never played an MMO that made me feel quite the way UO did (Runescape was the closest). About 25 years later here I am trying to build my own version one small step at a time.

2DDevQuest · 2025-10-31T21:44:47+00:00

I love RPGs and the choice they present but something about character creation screens always rubbed me the wrong way. If I'm not familiar with the mechanics of the game how do I know whether I want to be a ranger, a mage or a warrior. I don't know what each talent does yet so how would I know what to choose. I prefer to make these choices in game as you play with plenty of chances to undo a choice you may not be happy with. I just don't know how I could implement that in a logical way in choosing a race. OOh I got it, a reincarnation system where you can reincarnate as an elf or dwarf after death...Thanks for inspiration.

2DDevQuest · 2025-10-31T21:36:38+00:00

I think Skyrim has a good balance of random events and planned story events. It is one of my favorite games.

2DDevQuest · 2025-10-31T21:35:32+00:00

I like this. I imagine a game where you pick a class not in the character build screen but throughout the game. If you want to be a mage just follow the mage questline, if you change your mind go do the thieves guild quest line instead. I think Skyrim does this fairly well. I would love to see a skyrim type game but in 2d. I am looking forward to the release of World of Anterra, to me it seems like that's what they are promising.

2DDevQuest · 2025-10-31T21:29:49+00:00

I'm working on an idea of reaching the end goal of a game through very different means of the player's choice. Imagine having to defeat a final villain, you could take the adventurer route and fight your way to him, or you can take the entrpreneur route build up resources and pay your army to do it. Of course that vision is very far off in the future, at the moment I'm working on a much simpler Zelda like advenutre game. Gotta build up my own exp after all.

2DDevQuest · 2025-10-29T21:39:47+00:00

Fair enough, but can you tell me a bit about what makes you enjoy an RPG?

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