Author Archives: adamantyr

Snowed In

Posted on February 4, 2019 by adamantyr

So during yesterday’s Super Bore, er, Bowl, and overnight, I got 8+ inches of snow. Needless to say I was working from home today. 🙂 I spent a good part of my time during the football game working on a … Continue reading →

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Centralize and Reorg

Posted on January 29, 2019 by adamantyr

I had no idea I had so many maps to draw… It’s definitely taking longer than I thought! I started on the 2nd disk’s contents, but I’m jumping all over to start the 3rd and 4th as well. In particular, … Continue reading →

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Big Tasks

Posted on January 14, 2019 by adamantyr

Still grinding away at maps… I managed to pick up a cold this weekend that grounded me at home, but as soon as I had energy I was back at it! A particular slow-down is for some of the maps, … Continue reading →

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Map Making

Posted on January 7, 2019 by adamantyr

Another year, another resolution to get the CRPG done. This time I mean it though. 😉 I’m not updating that copyright on the title page again! I made a couple engine fixes, my favorite being that monsters now don’t move … Continue reading →

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Year in Review

Posted on December 31, 2018 by adamantyr

First of all, happy new year! So a year is nearly gone… what has been done, and what’s left to do? I decided in mid-2017 to start using the AMS (Advanced Memory System) for the game, which gave me tons … Continue reading →

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I swear I saw a…

Posted on December 26, 2018 by adamantyr

A new video! I still need to make some adjustments to direction determination for monster special attacks, but pretty good!

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Twas the Night Before

Posted on December 24, 2018 by adamantyr

If you celebrate Christmas, a merry Christmas eve to you! If you don’t, happy holidays of whatever form of winter solstice festival you choose to observe! 😉 I’m just about finished testing out spells. I’ve gone through all the different … Continue reading →

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Phone a Friend

Posted on December 21, 2018 by adamantyr

I’ve finally reached my end of year vacation time, hurrah! Besides holiday stuff going on, I also have a new cat in the house, a beautiful tuxedo long-hair I rescued from Petco. She’s slowly getting used to the house and … Continue reading →

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Bug Hunt Blues

Posted on December 11, 2018 by adamantyr

Happy upcoming holidays to everyone! Crawling along with the work… Bugs are becoming a major hassle. I implemented monster and mob movement, which have been disabled for quite some time. This created a perplexing bug where suddenly the game would … Continue reading →

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Trimming the Grimoire

Posted on December 7, 2018 by adamantyr

I’ve been hard at work with the game the last few days… There are many bugs to hunt down and features to test! Part of the fun of playing the game is the refinements you can add to make gameplay … Continue reading →