[FG] Housetrapped (Thread 2): Bring in the Java //Java devs wanted!

[Armada]

HOUSETRAPPED is a fan game that was originally conceived as a playable form of Homestuck. Over time, it became its own story and branched out into a FAN ADVENTURE as well. With the help of MSPA fans and the dedication of a few people, HOUSETRAPPED is presented to you now in the form of a demo.

But first, some information...

Early on the morning of APRIL 10TH, 2009, a boy stands in his bedroom. This boy's name is PETER SALT and today he would play a game with this friends: SBURB. Peter connected with his friend PEPPER IVES who would become his server player. Together with the help of Pepper, Peter was able to escape death by meteors by some unexplained means. Now, he finds himself in an unfamiliar place. His KERNELSPRITE (which he PROTOTYPED with a PROBLEM SLEUTH figurine) underwent a strange transformation and left behind a ghostly SPRITE. Now, a voice whispers in his ear...

"guy"

PETER SALT:

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Peter Salt is a smarmy kid with ideals he holds fast to. Due to this, he often can come off to a jerk to his friends and is probably why he gets along so well with internet trolls. Peter isn't a bad guy though. He'll give up on his front for the sake of his friends (but primarily himself!) One thing he really cannot stand is being reprimanded by goody-goody white knights. He loves robots more than anything and dabbles in programming and Greek mythology. He hates his Father's comic hobby.

How ironic that he lives in a comic and games store!

PEPPER IVES:

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Pepper Ives may be a girl but she does not like girly things. She's your typical tomboy. She loves playing fighting games and is good enough to compete, which she does. When she's not kicking ass and taking names in the game world, she spends her time playing her guitar. Her Sis writes messages on the wall all the time. Pepper can't stand this!

AND MORE TO COME...

Housetrapped is designed to be a playable form of Homestuck. It is not meant to replicate Sburb, though it will contain aspects of Sburb. During the game, the player will be able to walk around and interact with their environment. They can inspect objects and store many of them in the sylladex. Several fetch modi will be available for use. There will also be puzzles to solve, so checking everything out might be crucial to completing them.

A fighting system like the one seen in "[S] ACT 4 ==>" will be in place. The player will be able to collect grist spoils from enemies and climb rungs on the echeladder. Your overall strength and how much grist you can carry will be determined by the rung you are currently on.

Alchemization will be present in Housetrapped. Though in-fiction there is lots of running around to do until the alchemiter is upgraded, in Housetrapped this will all be condensed into one menu from the start. Though spreading it out would be more "official" the consolidation will make it more playable.
Players will be able to alchemize a wide range of weapons and other items. There will be several levels of recombination present. (THIS IS CURRENTLY NOT IMPLEMENTED, BUT IN PROGRESS)

An important aspect of Homestuck and Sburb is building. This, of course, will be important in Housetrapped as well. It has not been fully decided how building will work yet. (THIS IS CURRENTLY NOT IMPLEMENTED

So, you want to help Housetrapped progress? This is great, I can't stress how much I need help with this. I would really love another programmer or two who knows their way around GM (or could quickly). I always need art so that means I always need artists! And musicians too. If you can do any of these, send me a PM with a sample of work. If I think it is really good you will be accepted as part of the team.

Also, you may get a PM from me so be on the lookout.

Download the "Walkaround Demo":



(Linux users: Windows version runs under WINE, but expect slowness.)

CONTROLS:

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On title, Z starts the game.
WASD or arrow keys to move.
Click to interact.
ESC ends the game.

TEAM:

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Director:
Armada

Programmers:
Armada (Lead)
grnr(Asst.)

Music:
Adghar
Chase
KalibrationLTD
silence
Nopad
Michael Guy Bowman

Graphical Design:
Anomaly
It's Not Butter
supersteff
Takorii
DeviRuto
Tank

[Blasphemy]

Downloading!

[Cowey42]

Thank you Armada!

[Portalboat]

Umm...it's stuck at the loading screen thing. The sun thing.

[Armada]

That's not a loading screen. Hit the "Z" key. Forgot to add instructions.

NOW IN THE FIRST POST

EDIT: Fixing missed bug in Windows build.
EDIT 2: It ought to be fixed now.

[thenacho]

OH GOG I CANT WAIT FOR THE FINAL RELEASE I CANT WAIT FOR THE FINAL RELEASE I CANT WAIT FOR THE FINAL RELEASE

[Armada]

Windows version ought to be fixed now. Won't be doing new builds to fix the typo someone found today. I need a break.

There might be a Skypecast either today or tomorrow some time. Head to #Housetrapped on EsperNET for more info.

[A Salad]

Good stuff! Plays nice and smoothly here on my end. Keep up the great work, you have my support.

[npc revolution]

Could you speed him up a little?

[supersteff]

yeeeees~

[Pikman]

That was pretty cool! It was very alike the flash stages in Homestuck.

[elitehakor]

Hey this is pretty cool. Can't wait for it to finish.

EDIT: Will there be a zoom out feature when controlling your character?

[thenacho]

Oh gog can we allocate our own strife specibi
Edit: This thread seriously needs more attention.

[thenacho]

bump
I hope I don't get jailed for this...

[Vinni]

Awesome!

Do you mind if I point out a few mistakes?

Peter connected with his (?) PEPPER IVES

programming an Greek mythology

I would really love another programmer or two who know's their way around GM

[SenorEverClever]

SGVjnecw;arhvs;n

OH MY GOG I HAVE BEEN WAITING SO LONG FOR THIS ZOMGNOWAI!!

So yeah. I'll start the download now...

(If this can't run on my computer I might just have to kill someone.)

[SenorEverClever]

I appear to be having trouble clicking on the stairs. I managed it, but the mouse had to be in juuust the right spot.

[thenacho]

I appear to be having trouble clicking on the stairs. I managed it, but the mouse had to be in juuust the right spot.

I warned you about stairs bro!

[SenorEverClever]

Oh. Nevermind about that. It started working on the second play through.

[KawaiiMelon]

You did Sollux's quirk wrong.

He does "two" for "to" and "too", not 2. He does 2's for S's.

[momatoes]

...This is awesome.

[arrogantZwitterion]

I got housetrapped behind the cruxite in the bedroom for a while. The path between that and the keyboard seems iffy. Also, the clickables seem to have small clickboxes. Other than that, looks cool!

[Taurusrose]

I really like this. Will players be able to pick up items?

[AAAAAAAAAA42]

Oh fuck yes.

[Armada]

You did Sollux's quirk wrong.

He does "two" for "to" and "too", not 2. He does 2's for S's.

Awesome!

Do you mind if I point out a few mistakes?

Peter connected with his (?) PEPPER IVES

programming an Greek mythology

I would really love another programmer or two who know's their way around GM

"Housetrapped player: Shut up."
Bluh, I'll fix the mistakes. The Sollux one is due to someone's converter so we should all rave about in his thread.

I got housetrapped behind the cruxite in the bedroom for a while. The path between that and the keyboard seems iffy. Also, the clickables seem to have small clickboxes. Other than that, looks cool!

I forgot some objects and put some band-aids on it so some clickboxes may be a bit small. In the final they will be normal. As for that path it's probably due to some small oversight in the collision map. I never bothered to walk in between those two.