Project Usagi

• Ricewagon wrote on 2014-09-03 12:37
  [Update 20/10/2015]
  
  I AM ALIVE. So I'm back with an update after a year LOL! I've been working this on and off, this project will never be dropped though! Progress can slow down though due to my own schedule.
  
  Lots of things have been changed, one major thing is scrapping the building system. At the state it was in, it was not fun, un-intuitive, very resource heavy (dat precious FPS). It seemed like a feature that was just 'thrown in'. So in it's place, you can now instead buy houses in different towns/cities. You can buy upgrades for them to increase rooms, floors, farming plots, etc. Much like Harvest Moon / Rune Factory.
  
  If you ever want updates sooner just spam the wall or something on the facebook page to get my butt moving! https://www.facebook.com/projectusagi
  
  [SIZE="5"]CURRENT FEATURES[/SIZE]
  -Dynamic Time of Day
  
  -Days, Weeks, Seasons
  
  -Weather System
  
  -Real-time 3rd person combat
  
  -Farming system
  
  -Expansive, seamless open world ( 16 km x 16 km)
  
  -Enter-able Houses
  
  -Multiple Weapon play styles (Currently only melee so far)
  
  -Customisable Characters
  
  -Equippable Hair? LOL Gotta collect all them hairstyles you know?
  
  [SIZE="5"]VIDEOS[/SIZE]
  [video=youtube;vJp86J7yZ-I]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vJp86J7yZ-I[/video]
  Video showcasing early combat system on a poor scarecrow
  
  [SIZE="5"]SCREENSHOTS[/SIZE]
  

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  Massive world to run around!
  
  

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  Enter-able houses
  
  

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  Grow yourselves some crops for some of that precious gold! Depending on the season, you could have a higher yield or higher quality crops.
  
  

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  Mix up your play styles by trying out different weapon types!
  
  [SIZE="5"]Behind the Scenes[/SIZE]
  

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  Textures are sourced from real life photographs and then stylised in photoshop.
  
  

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  Maasssiiivee world
  
  [SIZE="5"]EXTRA INFORMATION[/SIZE]
  [SIZE="3"]Confirmed Weapons[/SIZE]
  Weapons that are currently working and are balanced in current content
  
  Scythe - Beast of a weapon, slowest out of all but has amazing AOE. Good clearing mobs of monsters.
  Katana - known for precision and speed. Low base damage but has a double crit multiplier
  Sword and Shield - A good all rounder, great at blocking, fast attack speed.
  Greatsword - Fairly slow, decent AOE, limited blocking capabilities, fairly high damage.
  
  [SIZE="3"]Planned Weapons[/SIZE]
  Weapons that are either that are experimental so far or have not been fully thought out yet
  
  Crossbow - Rapid fire, medium range, fast play style
  Longbow - Slow but high damage and far range
  Magic Tomes - Wide variety of AOE, Single, DPS, Ranged, Melee magic.
  
  [SIZE="3"]Confirmed Features[/SIZE]
  Features that can be created and implemented for sure
  
  -Depending on seasons, certain areas open or close
  -Monsters stronger or weaker depending on season
  -Crafting System
  -Housing System
  
  Submitted by Invisible:
  -NPCs appearing during certain seasons.
  -Certain Monsters have increased spawn rates during certain seasons, reduced in others.
  -Boss monsters exclusive to certain seasons.
  
  Submitted by Osayidan:
  
  -Seasons can change the environment to be more intense. E.g. Going to desert in summer will make you weak, lowers your stamina. Going to snowy places in winter can "freeze your nuts off" and you can't fight properly. Certain equipment with immunity can help with this.
  
  -Crops grown in their season have higher quality and higher yields
  
  -Crops grown out of season die
  
  -Pumpkins! :D
  
  [SIZE="3"]Planned Features[/SIZE]
  Features that would be nice to have but haven't fully figured out how to do them
  
  -Dye-able equipment
  -Vanity item slots
  
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  Hey guys! I've been a long time member (whoaa mabiguru) but I've been hidden for pretty much all my time there and here.
  
  I wanted to share a little bit of my game that's in development. It's called Project Usagi for now until I can actually think of a name for it.
  
  [video=youtube;6nL7rAJteXg]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6nL7rAJteXg[/video]
  
  It's an Open World Fantasy game with the JRPG feeelss, it's main emphasis is exploration and adventure. Multiplayer too! There'll be monsters, building system, crafting system and action battles. I'll be keeping the details a secret for now but I hope you guys look forward to it!
  
  It's been a solo project set to challenge myself but I guess it kinda grew.
  
  Music is composed by me as well so no takey :bow:
  
  Special thanks to my close friend Santoki from the Mari server who has been kind enough to draw concept art for me!
  
  Let me know what you guys think, any criticism (I got thick skin, let it all out ;D), tips or questions
• Splatulated wrote on 2014-09-03 16:02
  that looks nice
• GODZILLA wrote on 2014-09-03 18:21
  Xenoblade?
  
  Looks pretty cool.
• Kurayami wrote on 2014-09-03 18:58
  Looks nice
• Brynn wrote on 2014-09-03 23:33
  What the hecky... this looks great. Good job man!!!!!!!!!
  
  How is everyone so unimpressed by this?
• Syliara wrote on 2014-09-04 00:27

  Quote from Brynn;1245038:

  What the hecky... this looks great. Good job man!!!!!!!!!
  
  How is everyone so unimpressed by this?

  
  
  Gonna have to agree with brynn here. This is very impressive, and graphics wise and such this is u alone? Thats extremely impressive. I cant wait to see more, even to see some gameplay.
• Bunny wrote on 2014-09-04 00:56
  [FONT="Arial"]I came here expecting bunnies.
  
  WHERE ARE THEY?[/FONT]
• Ricewagon wrote on 2014-09-04 01:02

  Quote from Nui;1245054:

  Gonna have to agree with brynn here. This is very impressive, and graphics wise and such this is u alone? Thats extremely impressive. I cant wait to see more, even to see some gameplay.

  
  
  Yup it's just been me developing it by myself! I'll be sure to upload the gameplay stuff in the future when it's more polished! Thank you for all your kind feedback everyone!
  
  Someone has previously asked if this is the in-game graphics, the answer is yes :D
  
  

  Quote from Bunny:

  I came here expecting bunnies.
  
  WHERE ARE THEY?

  
  
  LOL I promise you there's bunnies in game, I hope you look forward to it!
• Bunny wrote on 2014-09-04 01:08

  Quote from Ricewagon;1245075:

  LOL I promise you there's bunnies in game, I hope you look forward to it!

  
  
  [FONT="Arial"]THERE BETTER BE.
  
  Anyways, this looks really neat. When do you think it will be finished? (Or at least ready for testing for the public)
  
  Can't wait to see how the characters look![/FONT]
• Ricewagon wrote on 2014-09-04 02:34

  Quote from Bunny;1245079:

  [FONT="Arial"]THERE BETTER BE.
  
  Anyways, this looks really neat. When do you think it will be finished? (Or at least ready for testing for the public)[/FONT]

  
  
  LOL Thank you! I'm trying to get together a really early alpha version by end of this year/early next year, hopefully I don't run into too many problems on the way. It'll be buggy but I would love to see people testing it!
• Brynn wrote on 2014-09-04 02:36
  Be sure to keep us informed, I'm definitely interested.
  
  Would appreciate any tid-bits you can give out, like what the combat is going to be like or if you have anything in mind about it.
• Ricewagon wrote on 2014-09-04 10:48

  Quote from Brynn;1245116:

  Be sure to keep us informed, I'm definitely interested.
  
  Would appreciate any tid-bits you can give out, like what the combat is going to be like or if you have anything in mind about it.

  
  
  I'll definitely keep you guys updated!
  
  Hmmmm information I can tell you guysss. It's a 3rd person game, you'll have to dodge/roll to avoid attacks and stuff like that against the stronger monsters. It won't be a 'target this monster' to attack, you'll have to aim properly and actually hit them. I've taken some inspiration from Mabi's stun/knockback system as well!
  
  There won't be a class / skill system. I feel players should be able to pick up whatever they want and not feel restricted by having to look up guides for 'the best' build kind of thing.
  
  Battles should always feel satisfying, never a chore!
• Osayidan wrote on 2014-09-04 11:35
  Just the intro already looks promising for visuals. The only issue I'll personally have with it based on the current info is if it's not an MMO then it'll end up like all the other cool sandbox games (fallouts or elder scrollsfor example) where depending on how much there is to do I play for a week then never touch it again (only in their case the occasional cool mod or DLC makes me play it maybe once a year to check those out).
• BobYoMeowMeow wrote on 2014-09-04 15:33
  Is there any collision in that map?
• Yoorah wrote on 2014-09-04 21:16
  The graphics/effects and the music you've created are pretty nice. From what I can tell, everything else was done by the Unreal engine, though (I'm guessing the day/night cycle is a built-in feature?)
  
  You need to stick some good looking character models in there. :P