Cormyr - new module development [video]

Very impressive work so far! Have to admit, the 2D is growing on me now. With proper invisible walls it looks a lot more like the game. My only thought of possible things to add would be more 3D objects if appropriate. Very glad you put real doors in, I expect chests as well. But what about other 3D objects, there are a lot of models in the game. Where appropriate, these 3D objects really help to bring the 2D map to life.

 

Hi @Shiningted, thank you for the feedback!!

I will try adding pillars for the sake of cover) Will let you know.

 

This is game design bug, I forgot to add it to the bug list. Will fix it))

 

Thank you very much!

Yep, although 2D is not as good as isometric, but it is still playable. And much much much faster to implement.

As for the 3D objects - unfortunately there are not so many of them in the Vanilla game. I used Doors, Chests and Mirrors. There are also bushes, trees etc, but no furniture.

This map has 18 (!!) Encounters, mostly battle. There is a lot to play with, and few have quite big challange.

I was planning to create full play-through video, but decided not to bore viewers)). 17 minutes are enough. And not to spoil either.

 

Is the process used to create these modules something that could be easily re-applied? A module I've eyed in the past as a fun looking one for ToEE is Tomb of Horrors.

 

I would not say easily. But it is doable.

Creating a map is somewhat easy.
Creating monsters is more complex.
Scripting is hard. And unless you know Python and some C++, it is extremely hard.

And it takes time. Unless it is a hobby, like in my case))

 

So Cormyr is 4-7/8th level parties. You've been adding other modules ITT that are for other party levels. Is the plan that in the end all of these added modules will all be combined into one where you can explore a world map made for these areas and it is given to you in an order so you can start a game from level 1 and go all the way to 10+ like the original temple?

 

Just as Allyx put it

Cormyr started as Research and Development project. I wanted to understand how much effort it would take to create encounters, monsters and maps.

Also to convince @Sitra Achara and now @Doug to incorporate some extentions to TemplePlus))

But then @Allyx convinced me that players would rather prefer starting from level 1 instead of magically increase levels.

I picked Shattered as it is more combat oriented, starts with level 1, has nice book with detailed encounters and maps, plus more difficult than other level one books.

It's a process, well Agile one. Meaning each iteration would bring new information to think about and regroup, replan.

Now I think that it would be nice to rush development up to the point of having city + this completed level and publish as a beta.