Need Feedback for my FOSS JRPG framework !

buzzbuzz20xx

PLAY A DEMO HERE IN YOUR BROWSER DIRECTLY

Have you ever wanted to create your own turn based JRPG battle with your own original characters that have their own unique moves ? well you will be able to do that soon and without writing a single line of code ! This project uses custom resources for pretty much every piece of data, The party members stats, Animations, Attacks, Spells, Items, UI themes and more all use resources, Creating your own battles will be a breeze !

Right now I need feedback for the actual game play of the battles, Please play the demo and tell me what you think, Also if you want to see the WIP source code then here it is.

davidicus

buzzbuzz20xx nice--it was fun (i won). fwiw, i didn't immediately connect the colors to the heroes, and wished the attack animations played before the sounds and damage. and, i prefer when heroes stop attacking once all the enemies are defeated. would be nice to be able to strategize a bit with formation or something; i couldn't determine if there was logic to the enemies' target selection. would it be up to the creator to name the eyes (in this case) differently?

buzzbuzz20xx

davidicus Thanks a lot for taking the time to write this detailed reply.

davidicus i didn't immediately connect the colors to the heroes

Yes, I should really make it so that there's a pointer that points to the current ally or enemy being selected.

davidicus i prefer when heroes stop attacking once all the enemies are defeated

Yes I'll also need to implement this.

davidicus would be nice to be able to strategize a bit with formation or something

That would be neat but I think it's beyond the scope of this project.

davidicus i couldn't determine if there was logic to the enemies' target selection

The enemies randomly choose an ally, There's no bias.

davidicus would it be up to the creator to name the eyes (in this case) differently

I'm gonna make it so that identical enemies will be automatically named differently (eye 1, eye 2, eye 3).

Tomcat

buzzbuzz20xx Yes, I should really make it so that there's a pointer that points to the current ally or enemy being selected.

It may be enough to put the characters' names on the field, next to their health.

The game is very pleasant. 👍️

Strange that the melee fighter ⚔️ has less health than the archer 🏹.

buzzbuzz20xx

Tomcat Thanks for the feedback !

Tomcat It may be enough to put the characters' names on the field, next to their health.

Yes, Sounds like a quick and effective fix !

Erich_L

I don't usually play this sort of game but what you have was intuitive enough for me to figure out quite quickly (which is great). Some of the sounds were really nice. I did hate not being able to click on the menu buttons (a lot).
Making this kind of game seems intimidating- ideally you'd want really nice animations for each character and enemy for each ability. That in itself would seem like a huge hurdle.
Also, as I've learned recently, it doesn't take too much time to play around with panels in the UI to make better looking buttons. I'd recommend sticking with square corners which will allow you to put a textureRect or ColorRect inside them and color them with a shader or texture or both.

buzzbuzz20xx

Erich_L Thanks a lot for the feedback !

Erich_L I did hate not being able to click on the menu buttons (a lot).

I see, I agree it would make a lot more sense to also support mouse controls.

Erich_L Making this kind of game seems intimidating- ideally you'd want really nice animations for each character and enemy for each ability. That in itself would seem like a huge hurdle.

Yes I agree, Also the animations that you see in-game aren't actually made by me but are free assets from itch.io .

Erich_L Also, as I've learned recently, it doesn't take too much time to play around with panels in the UI to make better looking buttons. I'd recommend sticking with square corners which will allow you to put a textureRect or ColorRect inside them and color them with a shader or texture or both.

Yeah Godot 4's button themes are really fun to play around with.

buzzbuzz20xx

Sup everyone! I polished the game more and added more abilities to the heros.

The game can also be played with a mouse now, And it will also work perfectly fine on mobile devices.

I also added a lot of documentation to the source code, I hope that fellow programmers can benefit from it, I tried to make the source code as readable and efficient as possible.

It would be awesome to see people create their own battles and heros in this framework.

Erich_L

buzzbuzz20xx Ah it was so nice to click on buttons. Group paralyze is my favorite. That giant UI bar seems a little huge though that reads off what's happening during combat. So if I understand your intent correctly, you'll make a system where you get points to spend on creating a character- then you and a friend could each make a set of three heroes and fight- is that right?

buzzbuzz20xx

Erich_L Glad you enjoyed the new version !

The intent is for this to be an open source project where people can create their own battles and heros in the Godot 4 editor without code.

But now that you mention it...It would be an interesting idea for players to be able to create and share heros like you described...