Drifter Dynasty RPG | Eric

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Indie dev creating a Western strategy role-playing game! 🌵WISHLIST ON STEAM🌵 https://store.steampowered.com/app/3824630/ 30 | he/him/they/them 🤘The University of Texas at Austin, B.S.E.E.

I selected The Enforcer (7,1). I moved The Enforcer to (7,2). An enemy at (9,2) is now in range. The last tenth of the Enforcer’s health bar flashes, and the last quarter of the enemy’s health bar flashes. After some time, half of the enemy’s health bar flashes, and a quarter of The Enforcer’s health bar flashes. After some more time, all of the enemy’s health bar flashes, and half of The Enforcer’s health bar flashes. These health bar states correspond to a table below each of the combatants cut-in on the respective side of the screen.
I selected The Enforcer (6,2). I moved The Enforcer to (7,2). I selected the “Draw” action, targeting an enemy (9,2). The enemy also selected the “Draw” action. The camera zoomed in between the enemy and The Enforcer. They both entered a quick draw stance. The last tenth of the Enforcer’s health bar flashes, and the last quarter of the enemy’s health bar flashes. After some time, half of the enemy’s health bar flashes, and later a quarter of The Enforcer’s health bar flashes. The Enforcer defeated him with a shot once the enemy’s entire health bar was flashing. This outcome corresponds to a table below The Enforcer’s cut-in, located in the top left corner. There is a percentage beneath a progress bar, continuously increasing during the quick draw. At the conclusion of the draw, the percentage reads “100%”.
I selected The Enforcer (6,2). I moved The Enforcer to (7,2). I selected the “Draw” action, targeting an enemy (9,2). The enemy also selected the “Draw” action. The camera rotated and zoomed in between the enemy and The Enforcer. They both entered a quick draw stance. The last tenth of the Enforcer’s health bar flashes, and the last quarter of the enemy’s health bar flashes. After some time, half of the enemy’s health bar flashes, and later a quarter of The Enforcer’s health bar flashes. The Enforcer’s aim rarely deviates, as opposed to the enemy’s rapidly deviating aim.
Live A Live remake (2022). The Sundown Kid stands across a man in a suit. Behind them is a line of people and the Crystal Saloon.
I selected The Drifter (5,3). I moved The Drifter to (6,3). I selected the “Draw” action, targeting an enemy (8,3). The enemy also selected the “Draw” action. The camera rotated and zoomed in between the enemy and The Drifter. They both entered a quick draw stance. The last quarter of the Drifter’s health bar flashes, and the second half of the enemy’s health bar flashes. After some time, the entire enemy’s health bar flashes. The Drifter lined up with the enemy and defeated him with a shot. This outcome corresponds to a table below The Drifter’s cut-in, located in the top left corner.
I selected The Drifter (6,3). I moved The Drifter to (7,3). I selected “Brawl” and then “Low”. Enemy A (7,2) selected “Tag-In”. Enemy B (8,2): “I ain’t cleanin’ up your mess! Takes two to tango and just one to watch. Enemy B selected “Decline”. Enemy A selected “Low”. A brawl between The Drifter and Enemy A begins. The Drifter defeats Enemy A with an uppercut punch.
I selected The Drifter (5,0). I moved The Drifter to (5,1). I selected “Brawl” and then “Low”. Enemy A (6,1) selected “Tag-In”. Enemy B (6,2) selected “Accept”. The two enemies swap places. Enemy B selected “Low”. A brawl between The Drifter and Enemy B begins. The Drifter throws a cross punch.
I selected The Drifter (4,4). I moved The Drifter to (5,4) that was incorrectly displayed as (10,8). I selected the “Draw” action, targeting an enemy (5,2). The enemy also selected the “Draw” action. The camera rotated and zoomed in between the enemy and The Drifter. They both entered a quick draw stance. The Drifter lined up with the enemy and fired a shot, dealing half of the enemy’s maximum health points. This corresponds to a table below The Drifter’s cut-in, located in the top left corner.
There are wood tiles placed in a 2x2 square. I selected, cut, and pasted said square.
There is a sand tile ring filled with wood tiles. I filled the rest of the canvas with wood tiles via a fill operation and then used another fill operation to delete the sand tiles. I filled the vacated space with wood tiles via a fill operation.
I replaced two sand tiles with two wood tiles. I deleted both of the replaced tiles.
I placed two sand tiles and then two wood tiles.
The camera is angled downward 45 degrees. There are three buttons on the top of the screen, from left to right: “Select”, “Place”, “Fill”. There is an empty panel at the bottom of the screen. I filled the 10x5 tile canvas with sand tiles. I placed wood tiles in a 2x2 square. I selected, cut, and pasted said square. I deleted the top-left tile in the pasted square. I deleted the remaining three tiles of the square with a fill operation.
The Drifter throws a cross counterpunch to an enemy's uppercut punch. There's a civilian behind the enemy in the same house. This scene is in 2.5D.
Compilation of previous videos posted by @drifterdynasty.bsky.social. They’re ordered as follows: “Day 16 Quick Draw Intro”, “Day 17 Quick Draw Movement”, “Day 18 Quick Draw Aiming”, “Day 19 Quick Draw Ignore”, “Day 20 Quick Draw Deviation”, “Day 21 Enemy AI Movement”, “Day 22 Enemy AI Priorities”, “Day 23 Daytime Vision”, “Day 24 Enemy AI Personalities”, “Day 25 Enemy AI Banter”, “Day 26 Visit Tile”, “Day 27 Visit Action”, “Day 28 Visiting Conditions”, “Day 29 Indoor Brawling”, “Day 30 Dialogue Reactions”.
In a saloon, The Drifter is approached by two enemies who quickly realize his identity. <transition> The Drifter enters a house and rescues a civilian by defeating an enemy in a brawl. <transition> The Drifter encourages The Enforcer to lend a hand against the bandits. <transition> The Enforcer lands a revolver shot on an enemy, dealing 25% damage. <transition> The Patcher is targeted by an enemy. Another nearby enemy is reluctant to join in. <transition> Returning to the saloon scene, one of the enemies cowers with “On second thought, I think we’ve had our fill.” The “Drifter Dynasty” title dissolves on the screen.
I select and move The Drifter (16,9) to (17,9). This tile is a different color from the movement tiles. The “Visit” action is added to the menu in the bottom-center of the screen. I select the “Visit” action. The front wall, roof, and door disappear as The Drifter enters the house. The Drifter says “Let her go.” to an enemy, Goon C. Jones. The latter replies with “I’m taking my time with her, but I’ll quick with you!” The Drifter defeats the enemy in a brawl. The Drifter is awarded experience points and an increased bounty. Jane C. Foe says “I’ll sweep him outta here! You just keep on swatting the rest of ‘em.”
I select and move The Drifter (11,8) to (10,8). This tile is a different color from the movement tiles. The “Visit” action is added to the menu in the bottom-center of the screen. I select the “Visit” action. The camera rotates so that it is facing a house’s entrance (9,8). The civilian, Jane B. Foe says: “I ain’t gettin’ wrapped up with someone as wicked as you! The door is as far as you’re goin’!” After a blur transition, the scenario begins anew with The Enforcer replacing The Drifter. The Enforcer attempts to visit the same house. The front wall, roof, and door disappear as The Enforcer enters the house. Jane B. Foe says: “Am I glad to see someone who doesn’t have a bounty as high as the afternoon sun!”
I move the cursor from (11,8) to (11,7), hovering over The Drifter. I select and move The Drifter to (11,5). This tile is a different color from the movement tiles. The “Visit” action is added to the menu in the bottom-center of the screen. I select the “Visit” action. The front wall, roof, and door disappear as The Drifter enters the house (11,4). A civilian, Jane A. Foe (11,3), speaks with The Drifter. The Drifter leaves the house (11,5). The entire exterior is once again visible. I select the “Visit” action again. The front wall, roof, and door disappear as The Drifter enters the house (11,4). Jane A. Foe speaks with The Drifter. The Drifter leaves the house (11,5). The entire exterior is once again visible. I move The Drifter to (12, 5).
I move the cursor from (11,7) to (11,6), hovering over The Drifter. I select and move The Drifter to (11,5). This tile is a different color from the movement tiles. The “Visit” action is added to the menu in the bottom-center of the screen. I select the “Visit” action.
I move the cursor from (18,5) to (17,5), hovering over The Drifter. I move The Drifter to (16,4). Goon B. Johnson moves from (12,5) to (13,4). He says: “I can’t wait to paint that loud orange shirt of yours red!” Goon A. Roberts (13,6) says “Did you say “orange shirt”? Well, I ain’t findin’ out. Time to get the hell outta ‘ere!” Goon C. Jones (13,1) says “I ain’t seen nothing, so I ain’t movin’ ‘til I do.” Goon A. Roberts moves two tiles to the left. Goon C. Jones waits in place. The camera pans back over to The Drifter.
I move the cursor from (10,8) to (10,7), hovering over The Enforcer. The two enemies are both out of The Enforcer’s line of sight. I select The Enforcer. I move The Enforcer from (10,7) to (10,6). I select the “Wait” action. The first enemy, Goon A (6,5), moves to (7,6). The second enemy, Goon B (15,7), moves to (14,7) and then back to (15,7). Goon A’s stats are now shown because they are in The Enforcer’s line of sight.
I move the cursor from (12,5) to (13,5), hovering over an enemy. This enemy is out of the line of sight of both The Enforcer (10,6) and The Drifter (12,10). All tiles outside of the vision of The Enforcer and The Drifter are tinted gray. The enemy’s stats are not shown. I move the cursor to (13,4), hovering over an enemy that is in The Drifter’s line of sight. The enemy’s stats are shown, and the “Status” action is available. I move the cursor to (14,4) and then cycle to The Enforcer. I then move the cursor to (11,6) and lastly to (11,5)
I select The Enforcer (10,8) and have her wait in place. An enemy (11,5) moves forward one tile (11,6). I select The Drifter (13,2) and have him wait in place. Another enemy (12,6) moves backwards one tile and one tile to the right (11,7). The camera centers on The Enforcer.
I select The Drifter (13,1) and move him two tiles forward (13,3). An enemy (9,4) moves forward one tile and right one tile (10,5). Another enemy (15,6) moves two tiles backward (15,4). The camera centers on The Drifter.
I select The Drifter and move him one tile to the left. There is an enemy two tiles to the left of him. I select the “Draw” action. The left enemy also selects “Draw”. The camera zooms in between the enemy and The Drifter. They both enter a quick draw stance. The enemy’s tile now contains four smaller sub-tiles arranged vertically across the tile. The Drifter’s tile contains eight of those sub-tiles of the same size. The Drifter moves up and down across the sub-tiles. The Drifter lines up with the enemy and fires a shot, dealing half of the enemy’s maximum health points. This corresponds to a table below The Drifter’s cut-in, located in the top right corner.
I select The Enforcer and move her one tile back. There is an enemy one tile to the right of her and another two tiles to the left of her. I opt out of a quick draw with the “Ignore” action. The left enemy also selects “Ignore”, triggering the following dialogue from the enemy: “Didn’t wanna spend a bullet on ya either!” I select the “Brawl” action, entering in a “Low” stance. The Enforcer walks into the right enemy’s tile. After a countdown, The Enforcer stuns the enemy with a cross counterpunch. She lands a jab punch while he is stunned.
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I select The Enforcer and move him one tile to the left. There is an enemy two tiles to the left of him. I select the “Draw” action. The camera zooms in between the enemy and The Enforcer. They both enter a quick draw stance. The enemy’s tile now contains six smaller sub-tiles arranged vertically across the tile. The Enforcer’s tile contains eight of those sub-tiles of the same size. The Enforcer moves across the top four sub-tiles. The Enforcer lines up with the enemy and fires a shot, dealing a quarter of the enemy’s maximum health points. This corresponds to a table below The Enforcer’s cut-in, located in the top right corner.
I select The Drifter and move him one tile to the left. There is an enemy two tiles to the left of him. I select the “Draw” action. The camera zooms in between the enemy and The Drifter. They both enter a quick draw stance. The enemy’s tile now contains four smaller sub-tiles arranged vertically across the tile. The Drifter’s tile contains eight of those sub-tiles of the same size. After some time passes, the enemy’s sub-tile count drops to two. The Drifter lines up with the enemy and fires a lethal shot. The enemy falls to the ground.
I select The Drifter and move him one tile to the left. There is an enemy two tiles to the left of him. I select the “Draw” action. The camera zooms in between the enemy and The Drifter. They both enter a quick draw stance.
Early screenshot of the Drifter Dynasty 2D prototype. There is a panel centered at the top of the screen with the text "unitA moving!". Another panel is positioned to the right containting various stats for a character. That character is at (1,1) and a cursor two tiles below (1, 3).
Compilation of previous videos posted by @drifterdynasty.bsky.social. They’re ordered as follows: “Day 1 3D Test Scene”, “Day 2 Movement Display”, “Day 3 Buildings Blockout”, “Day 4 Character Movement”, “Day 5 Implemented Stencils”, “Day 6 New Camera”, “Day 7 Movement Display Shader”, “Day 8 Character Status UI”, “Day 9 Talk Action”, “Day 10 Food Items”, “Day 11 Brawling”, “Day 12 Dialogue Log”, “Day 13 Medical Items”, “Day 14 Adjusted Render Priorities”, “Day 15 Combat Experience”.
Photograph of the Gunsmoke cast standing outdoors. From left to right: James Arness as Matt Dillon, Burt Reynolds as Quint Asper, Ken Curtis as Festus Haggen, Amanda Blake as Miss Kitty Russell, and Milburn Stone as Doc Adams.
I select The Drifter and move him one tile to the left. There is an enemy one tile to the left of him. I select the “Brawl” action, entering in a “Low” stance. The Drifter walks into the enemy’s tile. After a countdown, The Drifter defeats the enemy with a jab punch. He walks over the fallen body of the enemy. I move The Drifter one tile up and one tile to the left. There is an enemy one tile to the left of him. I select the “Brawl” action, entering in a “Low” stance. The Drifter walks into the enemy’s tile. After a countdown, The Drifter defeats the enemy with a cross punch. He walks over the fallen body of the enemy. After every encounter, The Drifter gains strength experience points and an increased bounty.
I select The Patcher and move him one tile back. During his walk, I pause the video to demonstrate a movement tile drawn over his feet. I then resume the video until he reaches his destination. Another clip begins. The camera is centered on The Drifter. I cycle to The Enforcer and then once more to The Patcher. I zoom in. The Patcher walks back two tiles. No movement tile is rendered over any part of him.
Snippet of GDScript showcasing an "Item" custom resource. One of the properties reads: "@export var effects: Array[ItemEffect] = []".
The camera is centered on The Drifter. I cycle to The Patcher. I select The Patcher and move him one tile back. The Gunslinger stands one tile to the left of him. I select the “Item” action. I select the “Gauze” item, which has the effect “Restores 50% HP <line break> Range: 1 tile, self”. I select The Gunslinger as the target. After a brief animation, The Gunslinger’s HP is restored.
Dialogue log. The Patcher: "In one ear and out the other! I've been too soft on ya, boy." "Back in my day, a young buck knew how to sit still long enough to let some sense in." The Gunslinger: "Ease up, pops. We don't have time to go that far back!" At the bottom of the log are three buttons: "Auto", "Log", and "Next >>>". There is an inconsistency in the coloring of the latter two. Beneath, there's another set of buttons with corrected coloring.
I select The Patcher and move him one tile back and one tile to the left. The Gunslinger stands one tile to the left of him. I select the “Talk” action. The camera zooms in before a conversation between The Patcher and The Gunslinger. I quickly mash through the dialogue. I then press the “Log” button to scroll through the dialogue at a slower pace.
I select The Drifter and move him one tile to the left. There is an enemy one tile to the right of him. I select the “Brawl” action, entering in a “Low” stance. The Drifter walks into the enemy’s tile. After a countdown, The Drifter throws a jab punch. The enemy attempts to throw an uppercut punch, but The Drifter counters with a cross punch. This counter stuns the enemy. The Drifter defeats the enemy with an uppercut punch. He walks over the fallen body of the enemy. I move The Drifter two tiles to the left.
The camera is centered on The Enforcer. I cycle to The Drifter. I select him and move him one tile back. I select the “Item” action. There are three items. listed clockwise, available: “Beef Jerky”, “Popcorn”, and “Popcorn”. I select the first “Popcorn”, activating the “Heals 5 HP” effect. The Drifter briefly glows and recovers 5 HP. I move The Drifter one tile to the left. I select the “Item” action again. I select the “Beef Jerky”, activating the “Heals 10 HP” effect. I select the “Status” action to confirm that the items healed The Drifter from 20 HP to 35 HP. The “Beef Jerky” (3/4) and the first “Popcorn” (5/6) use counts are also reflected.
The camera is centered on The Enforcer. I cycle to The Drifter. I select him and move him one tile left. He now stands one tile to the right of The Enforcer. I select the “Talk” action. The camera zooms in before a conversation between The Enforcer and The Drifter.
The camera is centered on The Drifter. I move him two tiles forward before selecting the “Status” action. A fuller portrait of The Drifter appears on the left side of the screen, and character details appear on the right side of the screen.
The camera is centered on The Patcher. I move one tile to the right, one tile back, and one tile to the right, hovering over The Enforcer. I cycle to The Drifter. I select him and move him two tiles forward.
The camera is centered on The Drifter. I cycle to The Enforcer, who is out of the camera’s field of view. The camera then centers on her. I move the cursor five tiles to the left, hovering over The Patcher. I select him. The camera then centers on him.
Characters’ on-map UI is displayed translucently through buildings in a way that they’re supposed to always be visible. I select The Drifter and move him around a building in a counterclockwise fashion.
I move the cursor to the left, hovering over The Enforcer. I then cycle to The Drifter, standing one tile to the left and one tile in front of The Enforcer. I select The Drifter and move him one tile back and two tiles to the left. He now stands one tile in front of an enemy with the “Brawl” action available. Another enemy stands three tiles to the right of The Enforcer.
The Drifter stands in front of a placeholder in the shape of a rectangular prism. There are orange tiles surrounding him. These represent his possible movement. An enemy is two tiles to the right of and one tile in front of The Drifter. There is another enemy three tiles to the left and one tile behind The Drifter. The action menu is anchored to the center bottom of the screen, displaying the following actions in a clockwise orientation: “Item”, “Wait”, “Cancel”, “”.
The Drifter stands in front of a placeholder in the shape of a rectangular prism. There are orange tiles surrounding him. These represent his possible movement. Three tiles to the left of The Drifter is an enemy. There is another enemy one tile to the right and one tile in front of the previous enemy.
The Drifter is a 2D sprite in 3D space. He stands atop sandy terrain, featuring pixel art textures. There is a blue sky on the horizon. There is a wanted poster in the top left corner of the screen. It contains a cut-in of The Drifter and various statistics for him. There is a turn queue in the top right corner. It only contains an icon for the Drifter Dynasty faction.
The Drifter has a movement stat of 3, but some of the tiles where he could move weren’t being rendered. The following represents two sets of displacement relative to The Drifter. Before the bug fix: [(0,0), (-1,0), (-2,0), (-2,-1), (0,-1), (1,-1), (2, -1)] After the bug fix: [(0,0), (-1,0), (-2,0), (-2,-1), (0,-1), (1,-1), (2, -1), (2,0), (3,0), (1,1)] This resulted in tiles at the last three coordinates being drawn.
A screenshot of the Godot Engine's Inspector. There is an exported boolean property "Manual Camera" with two boolean subgroups "Absolute Focus" and "Character Focus". There is also a "Camera Centered" boolean property.
I select The Patcher and move him two tiles right. I then select the "Brawl" action and “Low” guard stance to fight an enemy one tile to the right. They both walk towards each other. "ROUND ONE" appears on the screen. Boxing glove icons fill up, bottom to top, on both combatants’ UI. The Patcher counters the enemy’s uppercut punch with a cross punch, stunning the enemy. The enemy’s boxing glove icons turn to a gray color, and the enemy sways back and forth with cartoon birds circling his head.
A screenshot of the Godot Engine's Inspector. There is a "Cutscene" Resource holding an array of five "Action" Resources. The first two are "Dialogue" Resources. The second dialogue is expanded to show the different properties.
I select The Enforcer and move her one tile left. I then select the “Visit” action to enter a house one tile above. A cutscene plays. The Enforcer engages the enemy in the house. They both walk towards each other. The enemy immediately guards. "ROUND ONE" appears on the screen. Boxing glove icons fill up, bottom to top, on both combatants’ UI. The Enforcer counters the enemy’s jab punch with an uppercut punch, stunning the enemy. The Enforcer defeats the enemy with a 1-2 combo, a jab punch followed by a cross punch.
I select The Drifter and move him one tile up. I then select the "Brawl" action and “High” guard stance to fight an enemy one tile to the right. They both walk towards each other. The Drifter immediately guards. "ROUND ONE" appears on the screen. Boxing glove icons fill up, bottom to top, on both combatants’ UI. The Drifter has one icon, and the enemy has three icons. Once his one boxing glove icon is full, The Drifter throws a cross punch before putting his guard back up. The enemy throws a jab punch, after which The Drifter puts his guard back up.
I select The Enforcer and move her two tiles up. I then select the "Brawl" action to fight an enemy one tile to the right. They both walk towards each other. "ROUND ONE" appears on the screen. Boxing glove icons fill up, bottom to top, on both combatant's UI. Once one boxing glove icon is full, The Enforcer throws up a guard. She blocks the enemy’s first jab punch, taking no damage from the enemy. Her guard is broken. The enemy damages her with a second jab punch.
I select The Patcher and move him left two tiles. I then select the “Brawl” action to fight an enemy one tile to the left. They both walk towards each other. "ROUND ONE" appears on the screen. Boxing glove icons fill up, bottom to top, on both combatant's UI. The Patcher throws a cross punch. The Patcher attempts to throw another cross punch, but the enemy counters with a jab punch. The enemy throws another jab punch while The Patcher is temporarily stunned. The Patchers wins the brawl with an uppercut punch after the enemy’s jab counterpunch is denied. An icon for every punch attempted or thrown appears in a vertical list in the respective brawler’s UI.
I select The Enforcer and move her up one tile. I then select the “Brawl” action to fight an enemy one tile to the left. They both walk towards each other. "ROUND ONE" appears on the screen. Boxing glove icons fill up, bottom to top, on both combatant's UI. Once one boxing glove icon is full, The Enforcer throws an uppercut punch. The enemy counters with a jab punch, depleting all of The Enforcer’s boxing glove icons.