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Indie CRPGs - post 'em if you find 'em

Discussion in 'Classic cRPG Discussion' started by Saint_Proverbius, Dec 21, 2003.

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Jaime Lannister said:

http://www.bethsoft.com/bgsforums/index.php?showtopic=661536

Nehrim, an Oblivion total conversion. Looks like Gothic and also made by Germans.

I asked a couple questions in this thread at about 2:30 a.m. today. Reading over them now I had to pause and think on exactly how much the hive mind has influenced my attitudes.

Will you be using Oblivion's dialogue system?

Arandor said:

Definitly yes, implementing any other system won't be possible without doing some illegal changes in the source code

Will skills effect a PCs dialogue options? Will a PCs stats effect dialogue options?

Arandor said:

A bit in some special cases. Maybe several people will greet you differently when you are especially good in sword fighting or whatever. But there won't be any bigger effects in that term.

Will there be multiple ways to resolve quests? Will there be multiple endings to the main quest?

Arandor said:

Yes, we try to implement alternative ways in nearly every quest. But the main quest won't have multiple endings

Will some quests be able to be resolved through dialogue?

Arandor said:

I've never thought about this... maybe, maybe not, let's see.

How heavily will choices and consequences feature in this game?
Will you include good and evil role playing options or do you plan to be a little more vague when it comes to morality?

Arandor said:

You often will have the choice between several possibilites, but your choice will never influence the game in a significant way. It's not like Knights of the old Republic

You will never hear someone saying "Hey, you're a bad/good guy", as we don't like this standart "good-evil" system. No one in Nehrim is good or evil, everyone just follows his/her aims and conscience. You can decide between different ways in many quests, but they aren't marked as "good path" or "evil path".

Will the quest compass be gone?
Will the "difficulty slider" be gone?

Arandor said:

The compass is still there, why should we remove one of the greatest things in Oblivion? We won't use it that extremely, but yes, it's still there wink.gif
The slider isn't gone either, but it doesn't effect the game much. You can push it to "easy", then the game will be a bit easier to master, but not in Oblivion dimensions where you could have won the final battle with a level 1 character by just using this slider.

Other than using xps and levels, how will your skill system differ from the one in Oblivion? Will the skills be the same? Will their still be majors and minors? Will there still be no (meaningful) classes?

Arandor said:

It's not possible to implement completely new skills or to remove the old ones. Anyway, some of them will be renamed. Major and minor skills are removed, since they wouldn't make any sense within the new skill system.

What degree of specialisation will be necessary in order to play a successful character? Will a level 40 character have maxed out all (or most of) his skills? Will a mage type be forced to choose one or two magic schools, or will mastering all be possible?

Arandor said:

There will be a level limitation, but we don't have it set yet (perhaps level 60 will be the highest). Mages can use all magic schools and will have much easier times than in Oblivion, we will give this class completely new possibilities. In fact, it will mean fun playing a mage, not frustration

Finally, you said you want to make a Nehrim "a role playing game with action elements rather than an action game with role playing elements"*, what do you consider to be the characteristics of a good RPG?

Arandor said:

Let's see... good story, innovative quests, a "real" world with a history, interesting characters. And above all of course completely functioning game mechanics.

Higher Game said:

You're a disgusting underman.

Helton said:

You're a fucking savage.

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Bloodeyes: Youa re scum.

Kaiserin said:

I hope you die in a car wreck, because you are everything that is wrong with this world.
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The Desolate Room

The Desolate Room is a RPG that involves robots... It looks kind of strange... Anyone want to try it out.

http://www.scottgames.com/

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And now for something truly different... It looks absolutely, ridiculously silly, and most people will hate me for this. Social satire RPG...

Dangerous High School Girls In Trouble

http://www.mousechief.com/dhsg/index.html

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Here's a cool twist on the fantasy & even sci fi genres, a sci fantasy CRPG that isn't for a console.

http://www.etrom.net/

Now, let's think of Father Christmas as a particle, obeying the rules of the quantum world. Following the logic of the two-slit experiment, it is perfectly possible for him to visit all the good children of the world simultaneously, provided that he does so unseen. If he is spotted, his wavefunction will collapse and he will be revealed as your Dad with a comedy beard. The quantum nature of Father Christmas explains the taboo against seeing him do his job.
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buccaroobonzai said:

Here's a cool twist on the fantasy & even sci fi genres, a sci fantasy CRPG that isn't for a console.

http://www.etrom.net/

It's Morte spelled backwards!

Buy my book! It's awesome! It's fucked up! It's super fun!
(also it's in German but you should buy it even if you don't understand the language because, you know, it's awesome)
Alternative purchase link (publisher's onlineshop)

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Dauntless Rogue

I found another freebie that might be worth playing, unfortunately the file is in file sharing service which my machine does not like. Could someone get this thing so I can play it.

http://www.freewebs.com/decapgames/dauntlessrogue.htm

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What the dude with the file did is that he has the file upload to to an upload service Mediafire with no regular download feature. The only way to get the download is to send it to another email account then download it. When I use the download feature from another account, my machine hiccups. I think it is one of those crazy things which people do like linux programmers do to make games difficult to use so only those are who cool (know programming) or can jump through hoops with computers to get what they want.

You may not like my saying this but this is a quote from the website where the game is put up.

There are 10 types of people in this world, those that understand binary numbers and those that don't.

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mytgroo said:

What the dude with the file did is that he has the file upload to to an upload service Mediafire with no regular download feature. The only way to get the download is to send it to another email account then download it. When I use the download feature from another account, my machine hiccups.

Same here. I get a dl link but it won't start.

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Re: Dauntless Rogue

mytgroo said:

I found another freebie that might be worth playing, unfortunately the file is in file sharing service which my machine does not like. Could someone get this thing so I can play it.

http://www.freewebs.com/decapgames/dauntlessrogue.htm

Download link appears to be working for me. It is currently going down at 6.7 kb/s which is normal for my connection.

Edit: It didn't work after all.

"My dear, I don't give a damn."

Bladen said:

Gotta love that statement. My point of view, my opinion, is... ...wrong. How exactly in all of the cosmos, can that hold true?
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The Ruins of the Lost Kingdom-- A Japanese Game

http://www.tomoshibi.net/guide/rol/index.html

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To the World Tree

Here is another game to add to the Indie lists, this is going to be shown at the Independent Games Festival.

http://www.prankster.com/ttwt/screens.htm

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Here's one from Turkey, and it looks like a full on HARDCORE (Yeah!) Rpg from some local flavah...It has the look of 1001 Arabian nights/ Al Qadim with airships.

Soverein Symphony: http://www.ceidot.com/

Now, let's think of Father Christmas as a particle, obeying the rules of the quantum world. Following the logic of the two-slit experiment, it is perfectly possible for him to visit all the good children of the world simultaneously, provided that he does so unseen. If he is spotted, his wavefunction will collapse and he will be revealed as your Dad with a comedy beard. The quantum nature of Father Christmas explains the taboo against seeing him do his job.
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Two from precision games:

Birth of Shadows (action rpg) http://www.precisiongames.net/birthofshadows/

Pursuit of Power (rts in fantasy setting) http://www.precisiongames.net/pursuitofpower/

Now, let's think of Father Christmas as a particle, obeying the rules of the quantum world. Following the logic of the two-slit experiment, it is perfectly possible for him to visit all the good children of the world simultaneously, provided that he does so unseen. If he is spotted, his wavefunction will collapse and he will be revealed as your Dad with a comedy beard. The quantum nature of Father Christmas explains the taboo against seeing him do his job.
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A conspiracy laden adventure action rpg rts

Survival of the Fittest (action adventure rpg rts) http://www.sotfgame.com/?page=game.page.html

Now, let's think of Father Christmas as a particle, obeying the rules of the quantum world. Following the logic of the two-slit experiment, it is perfectly possible for him to visit all the good children of the world simultaneously, provided that he does so unseen. If he is spotted, his wavefunction will collapse and he will be revealed as your Dad with a comedy beard. The quantum nature of Father Christmas explains the taboo against seeing him do his job.
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Open-source Caravan...(Thanks to happypenguin.org and sorry if some of them were already posted)

Roguelike Restoration Project:

http://rogue.rogueforge.net/

The Roguelike Restoration Project's goal is to find old roguelike games (eg., Rogue, XRogue, UltraRogue) and fix them up so that they can run on current Unix and DOS/Windows platforms.

Java Classic RPG Framework and Game:

http://javacrpg.sf.net/

It is written fully in Java in the tradition of old school RPGs like Wizardry 7 and EOB.

Spectalum, Eye of Beholder 2 Remake:

http://www.eob2remake.com/

Tactical Rogue

A mix of Roguelike with FFT/Ogre Tactics gameplay

http://www.tactical-rogue.mine.nu/

Warp Rogue

Gothic Sci-fi roguelike

http://todoom.sourceforge.net/

Balazar

3D adventure and roleplaying game

http://home.gna.org/oomadness/en/balazar/index.html

IanOut

Fallout 2 Open-source engine,*information fix* links to FIFE so I guess they either merged or it was its predecessor.

http://ianout.de/

I ended with this after I checked about 25% of The Linux Game Tome projects list... I ditched out JRPG clones and MMOs though. Next 25% I'll post here soon.

And the amount of Open-source MMOs is frightening

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Some indie RPGs in development that were posted about in a thread on The Independent Gaming Source.

Heart Forth, Alicia - I'm not even sure what qualifies this one as an RPG, though the creator claims it's a platformer/RPG hybrid.
http://alonso-martin.com/hfa/?page_id=2

Elona - some Japanese roguelike that someone was praising.
http://homepage3.nifty.com/rfish/elona_e.html
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Cassidy said:

IanOut

Fallout 2 Open-source engine,*information fix* links to FIFE so I guess they either merged or it was its predecessor.

http://ianout.de/

See: http://wiki.fifengine.de/index.php?titl ... lationship
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In case anyone likes cutsie JRPG knockoffs:

http://www.amaranthia.com/modules/aveyond2/

Is out on December 5.
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In development: our Fallout-inspired game, Shelter, using assets from Fallout: Tactics.

"Shelter" - the most Fallouty fallout clone of them all, will be back on the radar this year.
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Hey shihonage, that project is awesome. What role do you have in that project if you don't mind me asking?

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Thank you.

There are two of us. My cousin doesn't do the engine coding, and I don't do level design. On the rest of the issues boundaries blur.

Since I only put one screenshot in above post, here's a slightly more recent shot.

"Shelter" - the most Fallouty fallout clone of them all, will be back on the radar this year.
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I don't know if this game has already been posted in this thread but it's a really cool indie rpg that just came out in late January of '07. I'm not part of the team that made it so don't think I'm here trying to do self-promotion. It has a lot of choices and consequences and a nice POST-APOC setting.

Here is a link to where you can download the game: http://www.gamingw.net/forums/index.php?topic=68488.0

Here is a link to a trailer for the game(good music in the trailer, made me want to groove): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1M0FLAXXvRU

Just check it out, you won't b disapointed

EDIT: screenshot for those who are wary:

Keep averageconsolegamer in your prayers. :godbless:
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The Codex should be a place that supports honest indie CRPG's, as such it's good to see that CB:SU&J:G! gets all the recognition it deserves. As far as indie projects go it's up there with Purgatorio and Broken Hourglass IMO.
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Your game looks really nice Shihonage!

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Zero-Projekt news update at NMA:
http://nma-fallout.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t=41155

Coming with these new screenshots:

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