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*Unbelievably long post and quickly growing, try not to skim, you may miss very important parts*

*Click here for the demo*

Release Date: Monday February 15, 2010 (2-15-2010)

Of all of the games I have been working on, I've mostly been working on a game called Kingdom.  It's a game where you control a castle to vanquish a neighboring castle by sending soldiers to fight for you.  Yet I have run into a bit of a wall.
Ideas.
Yep, I  have programmer's block.  I need more soldiers/features for the game.  And now here is YOUR chance to help!

People Who will Receive Credit So Far
Kileymeister
Zander1000
Half-Wolf-Leader
coacoanut
floatingmagictree
urhungry
Ace-of-Spades
Mr_X (under Lord Sprites)
wiimaster
big-bang
littletonkslover


Prizes for Credited People (If they want it)
A customized sprite, drawn by me
A cartoon of anything you choose
A custom silly stick figure animation (made in Adobe Photoshop)
A character named after them in the game
A Weekend for two at beautiful Holiday Springs Resort of Florida (kidding)
Other (any other thing they may ask for, if it is acceptable or not will be determined by me)

If you're helping, keep coming back to this forum, because I am slowly adding more and more stuff about it!

What you can do to help:
You can either design a character to be used as a soldier, or design a new feature.

If you want to design a soldier, you have two choices; a human soldier, or a monster.
Here is an example of a human soldier:
here is a blank template:
For a monster, the design is up to you.

Please include the following stats for your character:
Health (between 5 and 20)
Strength (between 5 and 20)
Defense (between 1 and 10)
Speed (Between .5 and 3)

SPECIAL ABILITIES FOR CHARACTERS IS ENCOURAGED!

NO KNIGHTS.  WE HAVE ENOUGH.  SERIOUSLY.

Also, could you draw a button for your character?  This button is what you click to deploy it.
Example: Template:

So, you may...
Draw a character and submit it here
Suggest an idea for a new character
Suggest an idea for a new feature
Anything that you think would make this game better, submit into this forum!

Characters in the Game Already
Infantry (shown above)
Knifeman
Swordsman
Magician
Soul
Giant
Thief (by Half-Wolf-Leader)
Morph-Ball Soldier (coacoanut)
Dragon Tamer (floatingmagic tree)
Ogre (Lord Sprites)

Features in Game:
Scrolling
Shop to buy soldiers
Character Control Engine (click a soldier and you play as him)
Enemy AI can deploy any character you can.
Frames-Per-Second counter
Acts of God (special attacks)(urhungry)
Houses (boost gold production, upgrade soldiers,etc.)(urhungry)
Traps (Ace-of-Spades)
Workers (non-fighters, they increase resources like gold and lumber)(cocoanut)

Screenshots (All screenshots taken from me testing the game)

That's me deploying a giant.  The enemy deployed a swordsman, and my castle is seen behind.  If you touch the arrow at the right, the camera scrolls right.  FPS counter is at the top, around 35-40 means it is running smoothly.


This one is after the background graphics upgrade.  The trees are interactive, lumberjacks will cut them down for lumber, one of the resources.  The mountains are there to spice up the background.


This is the lake level.  Yep, there is a lake there.


This is the mechanical level.  Probably the most boring level out there.


This is my favorite stage, Hell.  Brilliant.

I know, castle graphics are horrible, but I made up for it with awesome character graphics.

Character Image Index(Names in Parentheses show who made it.  No parentheses means I made it)
Infantry- Button-
Knivesman- Button-
Swordsman- Button-
Magician- Button-
Soul- Button-
Giant- (larger than the others) Button-
Theif (Half-Wolf-Leader)- Button-
Morph-Ball Soldier (cocoanut)- In ball form- Button-
Dragon Tamer (floatingmagictree)- Button-
Ogre (Lord Sprites)- Button
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*All users who submit an idea that I use will be placed in the credits and receive a prize of their choice if they wish (list above).*
*I have the right to edit any submissions to improve it or to assimilate it to the game's style*
*I have the right to reject any idea submitted*
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To those of you who read this to the end, I salute you 

Last edited by Kileymeister (2010-02-14 13:15:56)