Aeges Road Weekly Update is Hear

And no, this is not a typo, and yes, I am aware sentences should not begin and. Aeges Road now has sound in many places such as combat and most gui elements. While many of the sounds are just fill in, I plan on having the rest done before beta testing begins. What kills me is that I was more worried about sound effects than music, and I have done better with sound effects than I have music.

So far all sound is generated through audacity. It got me a little ways, but about mid-week should see a boost in sound production when I receive an apple laptop with a built in microphone. I have all kinds of little pieces of noisy trash just waiting for their chance at stardom in Aeges Road.

Another exciting development is that I now have dungeon walls. They aren't complete, and I am not totally satisfied with the art, but the format is satisfactory. I tried a dozen different techniques these last few weeks and I finally got happy with one of them.

So here is a quick run down on where Aeges Road is and isn't.

1. Core Combat System: 100%

2. Core Path Finding: 100%

3. Core Range Finding: 75%

   • Still needs line of site!

4. Core Exploration System: 75%

5. Core Stats: 100%

6. Core Skills: 50%

7. Combat abilities: 10%

8. Exploration abilities: 20%

9. Music: Two partial tracks which equals ?%

10. Gui Sound: 50%

11. Combat Sound: 20%

12. Ground Tile Art for Demo: possibly 100%

13. Ground Tile Art for Full Game: about 30%

14. Wall Tile Art for Demo: about 50%

15. Wall Tile Art for Full Game: about 10%

16. Object art (trees, rocks, etc) for Demo: about 30%

17. Object art ('' '') for Full Game: about 3%

18. Character art for Demo: ????? Not Good (only one fully animated and colored monster)

19. Character art for full game: ?????? Not Good

20. Scrolling backgrounds: 0%

21. Main Screen Artwork: 0%

22. Save Game: 95 – 100%

    • Trying to decide

All I can say is that I would be a crazy man to abandon this much work. As my art skills continue improving Characters should start coming out of the woodwork. Oddly enough, I have found it easier to model in 3d, than draw in 2d, but that could just be showing my complete lack of talent in the art department. I also found my various musical styles very incompatible with cinematic-ish music. I also keep writing stuff and realizing I have a Final Fantasy tune stuck in my head. So hopefully soon I can expand my musical creativity and get the rest of these tracks pushed out.