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[9/6] Maple Engine Update

admin — Tue, 07 Sep 2010 01:25:45 +0000

Made boss hp update when respawned
Fixed memory leak relating to multiple bosses
Added bonus status in main menu
Made settings get reset when closed(text reset)
Added more error detection for character loading
Compressed character files
Fixed bug: Error when exiting to menu w/o summoning boss
Fixed bug: Sliders worked only the first time in settings menu

[9/4]Maple Engine Update

admin — Sat, 04 Sep 2010 15:49:03 +0000

Added game tracking
Fixed bug with Puppet mob skill
Added volume control in settings
Settings get saved now, except for character loaded
Settings menu is done for now
Fixed bug: Still affected by mob skills while dead
Fixed bug: Velocity not reset when killed
Fixed bug with boss hp bar
Fixed bug with mob skill during death
Made game unpausable when dead
Fixed many bugs while quitting to menu (skills not deactivating, character velocity remaining, etc)
Made mesos/items get reset when quitting
Fixed memory leak
Game pauses when in store
Made a custom button to spawn boss in the store
Added the button to the store

[8/17] Maple Engine Update

admin — Tue, 17 Aug 2010 19:53:34 +0000

Added mob attack sounds
Added mob skill sounds
Added mob die/spawn sounds
Added BGM
Created class for central sound management
-Added pausing functionality to all sounds playing
Fixed bug with pausing while sprites are loading

[8/14] Maple Engine Update

admin — Sat, 14 Aug 2010 19:47:41 +0000

Fixed Bar flashing bug
Optimized character loading
Added custom character loading
Added error handling for character loading
Rewrote menu ui code to be cleaner and more understandable
Fixed dummy of character to be aligned correctly in store and in the UI to change character
Finished Settings menu
Added loading bars to let the player know how far the character has loaded.
Saved character frame position between character loads
Fixed bug where loading failed and saved positions were lost

[8/12] Maple Engine Update

admin — Thu, 12 Aug 2010 21:28:17 +0000

Creates Pause Menu
Added effect to Pause Menu
Fixed bug: Store could be opened while paused
Made UI not visible while paused

[8/11] Maple Engine Update

admin — Wed, 11 Aug 2010 18:27:12 +0000

Finalized Pausing
Created Pause Menu
Added more functionality to bonus ;)
Added optimization options.
Fixed explosion bug while pausing
Fixed Savage Blow bug while pausing
Optimized mob class
Fixed bug that allowed you to sneak out of getting stunned
Mob gets positioned randomly when spawned in available space
Fixed Bug: Buying potions in store did not update counter in UI
Fixed Bug: NPC would not open shop because of rect mix-up
Fixed Savage Blow scaling

[8/10] Maple Engine Update

admin — Tue, 10 Aug 2010 04:02:23 +0000

Added bonus special that I will not reveal. You will have to find out yourself once the game is out :)
-The bonus is something that you will be able to mess around with for a whiiile after you are done with the game
Made bug checking to make sure you do not fall underneath the floor
Added pausing to the game (this was very hard to do, but many hours later and it’s done :) )
-Fixed bug with NPC and pausing while in store
Merged two classes together to save memory usage
Pressing ESC now closes the store when open
Fixed bug with Buff icons not disappearing after their allotted time
Made skill timers affected by pausing too (they don’t run out while paused)

[8/9] Maple Engine Update

admin — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 18:52:28 +0000

Created Status Bar:
-Made Status Bar compact to make up for smaller horizontal resolution(Current resolution is 800×450)
-Added HP Bar
-Added MP Bar
-Added Boss HP Bar
-Added potion sprite+counter

HP bar blinks when health is below 40%
Fixed stun bug where character could be stunned into the walking sprite
Tested performance on lower spec computers. Ran fine.
Dispel is now usable when under any boss skill(darkness/stunned)
Changed up the way item images are stored to decrease memory usage
Fixed bug: Boss got stuck at some points
Made counters unselectable

[8/8] Maple Engine Update (w/ Pics)

admin — Mon, 09 Aug 2010 03:03:52 +0000

Modified skill delay system to work on frames, not timers to properly sync with the graphical output
-Basically this means lagg will not affect timings of skills
Fixed bug where you were able to jump during explosion
Added mob skills sprites:
-Stun
-Puppet
Finished stun code (character gets stunned. if he is attacking, he gets stunned afterwards)
Finished puppet code
Made it so if you mess with the custom character files in attempts to break the game, you won’t.
Compressed character as much as possible to save memory.
Changed resolution to be upscaled perfectly to wide-screen monitors. What does this mean? It means if you fullscreen the game it won’t have any black/white borders

Also, in honor of the 100th blog post (this) :
I present to you a few screenshots of the current game Maple Engine is being worked on with (Auf Haven).
Click on the thumbnails to view the full picture. Ignore the number on the top left. That will not be in the official game. It’s only to show the FPS for testing purposes.

[8/7] Maple Engine Update

admin — Sat, 07 Aug 2010 17:37:38 +0000

Added Boomerang Step
Made character unable to jump during Boomerang Step
Added collision detection for Boomerang Step
Added boomerang step doing damage
Added explosion doing damage
Fixed depth for savage blow
Added new property for dynamic frames allowing greater control over character sprites