Flare

Accuracy?

Is an “Accuracy” stat appropriate for action games? Even RPGs which are heavy action?

Classic D&D had an “attack” roll separate from a “damage” roll. The attack roll simulates the chaos of combat and relative skills of the attacker and defender.

But action games can actually show all of that chaos. The player himself gains combat proficiency. Creature AI can act and react defensively. There’s no need in action games to abstract attacks into a random chance.

Cubicle mini tile set

Who says Flare has to be Medieval Fantasy? Here’s a mini Cubicle tile set. Perfect for Cubicle Chair Racing!

The Cubicle tile set is released under the terms of CC-BY-SA 3.0 (or later). If you are interested in using this tile set under different terms, please contact me.

Cathedral Structures

Have another peek at some rough Cathedral art.

Tile Set Definitions guide

If you’re trying to understand how Flare’s tile sets work, check out this article on Tile Set Definitions.

I plan on putting together more tutorials as time permits.

Cathedral tile set mockup

A few months ago I had this grand, weird idea for a Cathedral tile set. It’s a relief to finally be able to show this mockup. Click to see full-size.

This is a sample of the art direction I want to take my next Flare-based project.

Flare art featured in HTML5 tutorial

Check out this tutorial series by David Ang called Isometric Game Development in HTML 5 Canvas!

Flare now available in Ubuntu Software Center [12.04]

Exciting news by way of Ubuntu Vibes – Flare is now available in the Ubuntu Software Center! Quote:

The good news is that Ubuntu 12.04 has latest version of the game in official repositories, so just hit Software Center to install the game.

Wyvern Elemental Skins

The new elemental wyvern skins are complete! I’ve added the art sources to Flare’s github as well.

A Wyvern for each Element

Old palette-based games could do easy (sometimes ugly) color swapping at runtime. But carefully painted, pre-rendered color options look great. (Thanks Justin!)

• Top left is the Air Wyvern which uses lightning/wind based attacks
• Top right is the Water Wyvern which uses water/ice based attacks
• Bottom left is the Fire Wyvern which uses flame based attacks
• Bottom right is the Earth Wyvern which uses poison based attacks

It’ll take me a while to render all of the Wyvern animations for each of these (I don’t have a good single-click workflow yet). They’ll be on OGA and in GitHub as soon as they are ready.

Learning HTML5/canvas/js

Here’s a palate-cleanser sized game. I put this together in 24 hours to learn about new web game tech.

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