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I ran into a fun bug in Accursed Crown of the Giant King today, and thought I’d share. See the door in this screenshot:

When you come upon this door, if you have the Fire key and the Ice key, you should be able to open the door. That works OK. Also, to avoid inventory clutter, the game removes the keys. A little unrealistic, but probably best for the player.

However, when you come back to the door, oops! You can’t open it any more. I forgot to save the state of the opened door. Easy enough to fix, my engine supports arbitrary tags, just set a tag when the player opens the door. Then when the player tries to open the door the second time, check the tag, and the door opens.

Another day, another bug fixed.

The Accursed Crown of the Giant King is an old school role-playing game, single player, party based. It will be released in 2020 for Windows, Mac, and iOS. ACotGK is by Merry Prankster Games, and you can get more information at https://prankster.com/acotgk.

I’ve switched to doing a video every other week. As I develop the game further, I should have something new to show from the game every couple of weeks. This week, I’ve completed the town of Baddo Camp, a temporary settlement of dwarves fleeing chaos in the Giant Kingdom. The party explores the town, talks to some folks, and peeks into a location.

More videos in the weeks to come.

The Accursed Crown of the Giant King is an old school role-playing game, single player, party based. It will be released in 2020 for Windows, Mac, and iOS. ACotGK is by Merry Prankster Games, and you can get more information at https://prankster.com/acotgk.

In this week’s video, the party completes a quest. The person who assigned the quest then offers to join the party, and is welcomed as the new spellcaster.

More videos in the weeks to come. I’m thinking about switching to a video every other week, though it is good to put one out every week because I stay in practice. TBD.

The Accursed Crown of the Giant King is an old school role-playing game, single player, party based. It will be released in 2020 for Windows, Mac, and iOS. ACotGK is by Merry Prankster Games, and you can get more information at https://prankster.com/acotgk.

This week’s progress: Chapter 2 is now winnable! I still have a fair amount of work to do filling in the details of Chapter 2, but this is a good accomplishment.

More videos in the weeks to come.

The Accursed Crown of the Giant King is an old school role-playing game, single player, party based. It will be released in 2020 for Windows, Mac, and iOS. ACotGK is by Merry Prankster Games, and you can get more information at https://prankster.com/acotgk.

This video demonstrates the party unsealing a magic mirror, magically guarded in the pinnacle of a tower. In the process, the party completes a quest and gains valuable experience.

More videos in the weeks to come.

The Accursed Crown of the Giant King is an old school role-playing game, single player, party based. It will be released in 2020 for Windows, Mac, and iOS. ACotGK is by Merry Prankster Games, and you can get more information at https://prankster.com/acotgk.

This video demonstrates the party battling some mummies and wights, and the main character meeting her end.

More videos in the weeks to come.

I’ve been playing a bit of FTL lately ( https://subsetgames.com/ftl.html ); great game:

It occurs to me that the engine I use for Accursed Crown of the Giant King could pretty easily adapt to play a similar sort of roguelike:

• Any given play-through of the game could take an hour or two.
• Roguelike generation of quests, level, etc, but with a general overall plot.
• D&D-style RPG mechanics.
• Experience full party and character progression each game.
• Unlock new classes, factions, etc with each successful play.

I think it could be pretty interesting.

Of course, this is typical when I am well into the process of making a big game. I start thinking about all of the fundamental design decisions that I could have done differently. When what I really need to do is to suck it up and finish, and then I can think about what future development holds.

The Accursed Crown of the Giant King is an old school role-playing game, single player, party based. It will be released in 2020 for Windows, Mac, and iOS. ACotGK is by Merry Prankster Games, and you can get more information at https://prankster.com/acotgk.

This video demonstrates the party defeating some bandits, talking to a Ranger, finding a secret hideout, and resting to heal their wounds.

More videos in the weeks to come.

No video this week; I’m in the middle of a big update of Annun City, the main town in Chapter 2 of the Accursed Crown of the Giant King. I like to make videos as part of testing an area, and the area has been in flux all week.

So in lieu of a video, here’s an in-progress screenshop of Annuncius Hall, the government building. The screenshot comes from the level editor app:

More next week!