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OpenBoR => Mod Center => Completed => Topic started by: Count Monte on April 07, 2011, 03:41:15 pm

Title: Dungeons & Dragons: The Rise of Warduke
Post by: Count Monte on April 07, 2011, 03:41:15 pm

Here's my completed mod DUNGEONS & DRAGONS:  THE RISE OF WARDUKE

(http://img811.imageshack.us/img811/3961/wardukegame.png)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qfKx1gkzmE# (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7qfKx1gkzmE#)


It's a 2 player game meant to be a sequel to Capcom's Dungeons & Dragons: Shadow Over Mystara that also incorporates the characters from the LJN D&D toyline and cartoon (Warduke, Strongheart, Elkhorn, Ringlerun, Kelek and Mercion).

I used Pierwolf's KNIGHTS & DRAGONS as a template, so I owe many, many thanks and credit to him for giving me permission to use monsters, coding, spells etc from his game.


You can play as Tel'Erond, the Fighter-Mage Elf.  He's got magic spells LIGHTNING BOLT, FIREBALL, MAGIC MISSILE, ICE STORM as well as a dash attack.

You can also play as Strongheart, the Paladin.  He's got a CURE WOUNDS magic spell, can toss flaming oil, or summon his dwarf ally, and a dash attack as well.

There is a secret level with an alternate ending.


There are a couple of bugs/glitches I'm aware of that I can't solve.
1)  When fighting Warduke, if he does his jump attack and lands near the left edge of the screen it crashes.
2)  Strongheart flying on his dragon has his head randomly disappear (I think both are drawmethod bugs)
3) NPC helper's sometimes trap enemies off-screen and you can't hit them.

You can download the game here:
http://www.mediafire.com/?x5xf4c60491tvd6 (http://www.mediafire.com/?x5xf4c60491tvd6)

I'll also upload the pak.

I don't know scripting, and if anyone can help fix the bugs, or wants to add/improve things to the game, I'd love the help.  I'm happy to share credit, I just wanted to get this game out there.  It's not as good as what Bonus JZ would have made, but it's the best I could do!


Research information:

THE HORNED SOCIETY
http://www.canonfire.com/wiki/index.php?title=Horned_Society (http://www.canonfire.com/wiki/index.php?title=Horned_Society)

WARDUKE
http://www.canonfire.com/wiki/index.php?title=Warduke (http://www.canonfire.com/wiki/index.php?title=Warduke)

(http://img340.imageshack.us/img340/1386/kelekmagicmosc1a.jpg)

(http://www.toyarchive.com/STAForSale/DungeonsAndDragons/StrongheartMOC1a.jpg)
(http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/2276/wardukemosc1a.jpg)
(http://img96.imageshack.us/img96/3706/elkhornmosc1a.jpg)
(http://img707.imageshack.us/img707/5444/peralaymosc1a.jpg)
(http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/7550/ringlerunmosc.jpg)

Here's a clip of him from the cartoon:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HObHTYCQuio#ws (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HObHTYCQuio#ws)

Title: Re: New mod: Dungeons & Dragons: The Rise of Warduke
Post by: Goresickness on April 07, 2011, 05:24:45 pm

Great, this night i tested in my Psp, good.
Thanks for your work  :cheers!:.

Title: Re: New mod: Dungeons & Dragons: The Rise of Warduke
Post by: ALUCARD2009 on April 07, 2011, 05:35:39 pm

great mod!your game works on psp! ;)thank you very much!

Title: Re: New mod: Dungeons & Dragons: The Rise of Warduke
Post by: nocturnus on April 08, 2011, 05:17:19 am

very good mod. but  there are not counter hits... :'(

Title: Re: New mod: Dungeons & Dragons: The Rise of Warduke
Post by: Bloodbane on April 10, 2011, 12:49:22 am

 Congratulations Count Monte! Been wondering where have you been this time :).

Title: Re: New mod: Dungeons & Dragons: The Rise of Warduke
Post by: Count Monte on April 10, 2011, 04:24:50 am

Thanks!

I gave you a special thanks in the end credits Bloodbane, for your great advice and testing.  I tried to fix all the things you suggested.  Some of them were beyond my knowledge, but I was able to address most of them!

Title: Re: New mod: Dungeons & Dragons: The Rise of Warduke
Post by: Expio on April 10, 2011, 06:49:23 am

Good and fun pak but have lot of bugs:

- The deathly bag of gold. I was be killed TWO TIMES by a gold bag. When you get it the bag made damage.
- The black dragon. Only a 1 hit point???? Come on...
- No frozen orcs animation?
- When I loose every credit at my first play and I started the second I dont have credits!!!! I must delete the save?
- Sometimes the Lighting Bolt disapear and you can not hit two times.
- The ice storm dont make damage?
- You must choose the character two times into the select screen.

And more

- I try to save the mage millions of times. You get some extra if you kill the warlord and the mage is alive?
- The first scene is simply:

(http://209.85.48.12/3576/129/emo/darth_vader_nooooooo.gif)

Title: Re: New mod: Dungeons & Dragons: The Rise of Warduke
Post by: Count Monte on April 10, 2011, 12:35:41 pm

Hey Expio, thanks for the feedback.

Did you download the pak or the whole game from the mediafire link?  Some of the bugs you encountered may exist on a different version of OpenBOR.  The black dragon has full health on the game I tested.  I did put the pak on my Wiz and noticed that it died in one hit on that version.  I'm not sure why it would vary between versions?  The same thing with the gold issue you had.

The reason you have to choose the character 2 times is because there's an unlockable character if you finish the game.  I tried making it so that you don't have to select twice, but then when you're playing the game and you die, it won't let you choose a different character.  So I decided it's better to have to select twice the first time.

I wasn't able to fix the lightning bolt disappearing, if anyone knows how to do that, I'd love some advice!

There's no bonus for saving the mage:)  He's supposed to die.

Title: Re: New mod: Dungeons & Dragons: The Rise of Warduke
Post by: Expio on April 10, 2011, 04:50:22 pm

I downloaded the pak because I play the openbor games only in my phat psp.

Wich version of openbor you use?

When you finish the game you unlock Deimos? I can choose him when I continue with a credit into the normal game  :wow!:

Title: Re: New mod: Dungeons & Dragons: The Rise of Warduke
Post by: Count Monte on April 10, 2011, 09:43:51 pm

I used OpenBoR v3.0 Build 2123

Yeah, when you finish it unlocks Deimos.  But if you can get him to work now, then that should make it easier:)  His magic spells don't require as much mana as Tel'Erond's.

Title: Re: New mod: Dungeons & Dragons: The Rise of Warduke
Post by: Crimefighters2 on April 13, 2011, 03:25:35 pm

Hey count did you use annallyst's method of reducing the size of a mod by using ogg sound files? Makes a huge difference.

I got to 75meg before my download cut out, meh. And it wouldn't restart either, oh well guess I'll have to try again sometime. My bandwith is just too low and the moment :...( game looks pretty cool.

Title: Re: New mod: Dungeons & Dragons: The Rise of Warduke
Post by: Die_In_Fire on April 14, 2011, 10:22:46 pm

at first sight I thought of the mod as being a remake of Pierwolf's mod, the same music, etc...

I'm glad to see those good sprites like the ones fro  strongheart and warduke!!

but on my first gameplay I had a glitch: the openbor window just freeze, with fx continuing to sound, but when pressing button an strange noise took place, look the image attached. What I did was press start (i hear it, didn't see the pause menu) and put end, then just closes openbor, without error message on log file:
Spoiler

(http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh109/Vladphemer/Dibujo-1.png)

that using the openbor version provided with the mod.

anyways I love the orcs sprites!! but also found some bugs:

-look the position of the hud of strongheart and warduke... it's a mess!! also they have different huds and looks inconsistent! .also look how strongheart walks on the fire:
(http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh109/Vladphemer/MYMOD-0002.png)


-the attack chain of striongheart: the first attacks are with the sword, the last one of the chain is a kick, but have minor range.. so I hit the enemy with the sword and when kickin I miss, making the enemy able to hit me back...

so far I'm only on the mountain path, but I liked so will continue playing!!

the intro scene was great!!

Title: Re: New mod: Dungeons & Dragons: The Rise of Warduke
Post by: leprechaun on April 15, 2011, 06:28:02 am

five stars XXXXX ;)

Title: Re: New mod: Dungeons & Dragons: The Rise of Warduke
Post by: kaldgord on July 23, 2011, 10:47:02 am

i can't get past the level with the orcs, at the beginning of the game. After the first wave of enemies and the two goblin cars, after the screen tells me to go on, nothing happens. I move to the right, and the simple theres no more eneies coming at me.

Title: Re: New mod: Dungeons & Dragons: The Rise of Warduke
Post by: kaldgord on July 23, 2011, 06:26:50 pm

Can someone help me? the mod have issues with windows 7?

Title: Re: New mod: Dungeons & Dragons: The Rise of Warduke
Post by: kaldgord on July 28, 2011, 11:58:52 pm

bump

Title: Re: New mod: Dungeons & Dragons: The Rise of Warduke
Post by: Count Monte on July 29, 2011, 12:41:26 am

Hey Kal, what version of OpenBOR are you using?  Trying a different build might solve the problem.  I know it runs well on OpenBoR v3.0 Build 2123

Title: Re: New mod: Dungeons & Dragons: The Rise of Warduke
Post by: kaldgord on July 29, 2011, 05:42:02 am

That's the problem, im desperately trying to find the build 2123, but i can't find the download link anywhere :(

Title: Re: New mod: Dungeons & Dragons: The Rise of Warduke
Post by: kaldgord on July 29, 2011, 03:52:10 pm

Do you have by any chance a download link for it? I wanna play this game so badly, it looks so much fun!

Title: Re: New mod: Dungeons & Dragons: The Rise of Warduke
Post by: Count Monte on July 29, 2011, 10:53:03 pm

Try this link. http://www.mediafire.com/?x5xf4c60491tvd6 (http://www.mediafire.com/?x5xf4c60491tvd6)

It may not be the latest version, but you should be able to get that OpenBOR version you need.

Title: Re: New mod: Dungeons & Dragons: The Rise of Warduke
Post by: kaldgord on July 30, 2011, 02:04:29 am

Damn, this opens a page that says invalid or deleted file:(

Title: Re: New mod: Dungeons & Dragons: The Rise of Warduke
Post by: Count Monte on July 30, 2011, 05:33:05 am

Try this one
http://www.mediafire.com/?lrat3z8airi833x (http://www.mediafire.com/?lrat3z8airi833x)

Title: Re: New mod: Dungeons & Dragons: The Rise of Warduke
Post by: kaldgord on July 30, 2011, 10:06:38 am

This works perfectly, thank you! :)

Title: Re: New mod: Dungeons & Dragons: The Rise of Warduke
Post by: Count Monte on February 23, 2012, 10:29:00 pm

Since my account went poof and I had to start a new one, I can't change the title of this thread.  I've updated the mod so that it runs on the latest build.  I did have to redo the character icons, for some reason the palettes didn't work on the new build.  There might still be some issues in that area.  The good news is that the new build solved some of the bugs in the old version -- Warduke no longer causes the game to crash when he does his lightning attack on the left side of the screen.  The drawmethod issue causing Strongheart's head to disappear while riding his dragon also was magically fixed.

For anyone who couldn't get the past version to work, you can download the updated one here:
http://lavalit.com:8080/index.php?action=downloads;sa=view;down=85 (http://lavalit.com:8080/index.php?action=downloads;sa=view;down=85)

Playing Pierwolf's Knights & Dragons: Endless Quest has inspired me to continue work on this.  Since I'm so passionate about the D&D toys made my LJN in the 80s, I'm working on a bonus level based on the Fortress of Fangs playset.

Here's a video of the Fortress of Fangs level for the mod:
VIDEO: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inpOuiMaJ2Q (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=inpOuiMaJ2Q)

(http://www.finalfrontiertoys.com/media/catalog/product/cache/1/image/5e06319eda06f020e43594a9c230972d/f/i/file_2_92.jpg)
(http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_l50baiTyz21qb3mmfo1_500.jpg)

And here's a widescreen picture of the level in beta mode:
(http://www.hisstank.com/forum/attachments/toys/101331d1330055210-advanced-dungeons-dragons-fortressoffangs.png)

Title: Re: New mod: Dungeons & Dragons: The Rise of Warduke
Post by: Mrgrill247 on February 24, 2012, 02:12:03 am

Your video really shines. My only thought would be to illustrate the teeth better. I did not what they were until I saw the set.

Title: Re: New mod: Dungeons & Dragons: The Rise of Warduke
Post by: Count Monte on February 24, 2012, 04:03:52 am

Thanks Mrgrill!
Yes, I still have some work to do on the Fortress sprite.  It's a huge sprite, I still need to clean up some pixels, add more rocks around the top perimeter, and the teeth need some work for sure.
I was working on it and really wanted to start adding some gameplay elements, and ended up doing quite a bit of work - adding traps etc. 
It's also tricky because of the platforms and gravity.  Overall though, I'm having fun seeing the toys come to life:)

Title: Re: New mod: Dungeons & Dragons: The Rise of Warduke
Post by: nedflandeurse on February 24, 2012, 05:50:41 am

Cool!! feeling nostalgic! :eek:

Title: Re: New mod: Dungeons & Dragons: The Rise of Warduke
Post by: Raiden81 on February 27, 2012, 09:18:58 am

 :cheers!:great work  :wow!:

Title: Re: New mod: Dungeons & Dragons: The Rise of Warduke
Post by: darknior on May 31, 2012, 02:11:18 pm

Some news about the Fortress of Fangs level ?
I really like this mod, and if it can be updated, it will be excellent :D

Title: Re: New mod: Dungeons & Dragons: The Rise of Warduke
Post by: Count Monte on May 31, 2012, 03:50:58 pm

Yes, working on a big update for this mod.  Fortress of Fangs will be part of it:)

Title: Re: New mod: Dungeons & Dragons: The Rise of Warduke
Post by: darknior on May 31, 2012, 08:11:45 pm

You get to think that the fortress was the same type of retro graphics that the rest of the game?
Because on the video, I know it's a demo, but it is too modern and too sharp: (
Maybe if you give me the PSD of this level i can help you ?

Title: Re: New mod: Dungeons & Dragons: The Rise of Warduke
Post by: Count Monte on May 31, 2012, 09:35:52 pm

darknoir,

Sure I can send you the file -- it's either a gif or PNG.  I had to make it from scratch, using textures from other games.  For example, for the green rocks I used Gen-An's cave from Samurai Shodown.  PM me your email and I'll send you the pic.

Title: Re: New mod: Dungeons & Dragons: The Rise of Warduke
Post by: darknior on June 01, 2012, 08:29:32 am

PM send ;)

Title: Re: New mod: Dungeons & Dragons: The Rise of Warduke
Post by: Dark_Ryu on July 28, 2012, 11:08:34 pm

Thanks Count Monte for mod D&D, is very good  :cheers!:
Some news about update the Fortress of Fangs level ?

Title: Re: New mod: Dungeons & Dragons: The Rise of Warduke
Post by: Count Monte on July 29, 2012, 12:42:17 am

Thanks!  Expect a HUGE update for this game (so big it's really a whole new game).  More news soon...

Title: Re: New mod: Dungeons & Dragons: The Rise of Warduke
Post by: agu on August 15, 2012, 06:57:45 pm

I had occasion to play earlier,it was an interesting game  ;D

Title: Re: Dungeons & Dragons: The Rise of Warduke
Post by: Count Monte on September 14, 2012, 01:19:57 am

Progress is coming along on the new game -- nothing to report now but I did want to share some sprites based on the toys.  All these characters will be in the game.
(Scroll to the right to see the sprites)
(http://www.hisstank.com/forum/attachments/toys/115906d1347599703-advanced-dungeons-dragons-ljn-d-d.jpg)

Title: Re: Dungeons & Dragons: The Rise of Warduke
Post by: darknior on September 14, 2012, 03:04:39 am

Hi

So sad to don't have the time to help you for the moment :(
But like i say you before, i wish you will not use the castle like that :(

It is a toy, it is small ...
In reality it is bigger like all the castles ...

The best way is to shop your little castle in the background of the castle ... when the players are in the before before level. and show it very little.
In the before level, show it in the background at the end, with a bigger size ... and at the end they enter in by a big door.
And when they are in the castle, make it like all the CAPCOM Dungeons & Dragons games ... but change a little the background to show some time the lava, the treasure, the prison, ... after we take a door with stairs ... and at the first floor, this must have a room with many traps like in the game before the corridor with torches and finally the room of the throne where you fight the final wizard !

I think it will be better to make the game realistic ... and beautiful :D

Title: Re: Dungeons & Dragons: The Rise of Warduke
Post by: leprechaun on September 14, 2012, 01:20:25 pm

nice game :cheers!:

Title: Re: Dungeons & Dragons: The Rise of Warduke
Post by: Dark_Ryu on October 12, 2012, 08:32:54 am

Quote from: Count Monte on September 14, 2012, 01:19:57 am

Progress is coming along on the new game -- nothing to report now but I did want to share some sprites based on the toys.  All these characters will be in the game.
(Scroll to the right to see the sprites)
(http://www.hisstank.com/forum/attachments/toys/115906d1347599703-advanced-dungeons-dragons-ljn-d-d.jpg)

Thanks Count Monte  :cheers!:
I have wanted to play Fortress of Fangs.
Is it an expansion or new game?
Do you take much to finish it?

Title: Re: Dungeons & Dragons: The Rise of Warduke
Post by: Die_In_Fire on October 12, 2012, 12:09:22 pm

Quote from: darknior on September 14, 2012, 03:04:39 am

But like i say you before, i wish you will not use the castle like that :(

It is a toy, it is small ...
In reality it is bigger like all the castles ...

I'm agreed, its suppossed to be a big castle, not that little house. On a toy scale it's ok and it works, but at a stage it's a little strange...
Think how will you feel seeing Catsle Greyskull on that same scale in a game.

Anyways keep the excellent work, and hope to try this!!  :cheers!: