Iteration 5, progress

Yesterday I finished the list of new weapons that will go into I5!
Today I will work on the first set of armor, will post as soon as it's finished!
Here's the Weapons that you'll be able to use next release!

Sword
Dagger
Handaxe
Mace
Maul
Spear

@Gridur Sweet looking stuff there dude! I definitely think you have developed your 2d skillz! The mace looks particlularly awesome. It will be very interesting to see what you can come up with regarding special items (if thats gonna be in the game that is )

I'd love to see the weapons without the black outline or make it thinner and a bit less opaque. Possibly this will make the weapons look more realistic and less toony. The background might need to change to something darker, less busy for the weapons to pop.

Ive stolen some of the CPQ user interface art, I think its miles better than anything I do so...

Here is an early screenshot:
Hero, iteration 5 progress on user interface

The user interface needs a lot more love...

thnx

More progress today:

I changed to left mouse button pickup of items after fixing "pixel perfect picking" on items...

I have also removed the "map" button and instead you can zoom out and in with the mouse wheel... I think this works really well even if the characters get very pixly when zoomed in...

I also rearranged the main menu so it works in all resolutions...

And of cause cleaning and tending to the code, code is very much like a garden, you need to cut and trim and water it if it is going to grow...

I just noticed that isometric perspectives tend to not work very well with "square" guis. That is you either get a lot of the level obfuscated or you get a lot of unused in your case black areas.

Remembering correctly from the olden iso days the guis where often "isometric" in layout. A classic being Populous:

More progress:

Removed the ALT-TAB bug

I also added zooming both on map and inside dungeons, so you can zoom in and out with mouse wheel. I also fixed the scaling issue hObbE found when switching from dungeon to map.

I drew a new level, a castle related to the story to come... Now I need NPCs to talk to...

I think I5 will kick ass, but I really need to work on the story-map-game now...

Looks like the iteration 5 release will be on Saturday night/evening. I´m going away on Wednesday and will come back on Saturday, but I think I can hold my schedule...

Most things are done for the release, I need to work the dungeons and got a bit of user interface left (for shops, smithy and temples). I might cut back on the dungeons if I don't get to work when I´m away....

I got quite a lot of furniture from "Reiners tile set", but it is kind of messy to work with since its 2D tiles... large sprites often results in artifacts when colliding with other sprites and backsides of walls...

I´m going to do something about it later on so you can have larger furnitures like beds, tables, shelves that stretches over a few tiles...

Shops got new user interface today, a temporary solution just to get the release working...

Yes, I think that is the way to go...

I´m going to do some changes in the next iteration that will enable shaders and 3D objects, I´m also thinking of adding displacement of tile corners so you can model landscapes for outdoor scenes...