Torsten

Devlog

• Postmortem
  November 02, 2021 by Magn

  Overall I am happy with the turnout of the game. Still most of the game is just a clone of the tutorial. However, tha graphics has been redone, as well as the sound effects, music etc. The main differ... Continue reading
• No more moving walls destroying exits and treasures
  November 01, 2021 by Magn

  Moving walls destroying exits and treasures was no fun. This is not possible anymore... Continue reading
• Music and moving walls
  October 31, 2021 by Magn

  In this final (?) update I added music to the title and high scores. The initial number of monsters and treasures now correspond to the level, such that at level 1 there is one monster and one treasur... Continue reading
• Scaling the screen
  October 23, 2021 by Magn

  Updated that the game to work on *all* devices. The was a real pain in the b** since it involved scaling the positions of spells, high scores etc. with screen size. Next step could be to add some juic... Continue reading
• Mouse and touch control
  October 17, 2021 by Magn

  The tile number and tile size were reduced to fit the game on a mobile device. Also touch controls were added. The number of gold coins is now twice the level number and the number of monsters is equa... Continue reading
• Torsten step 4
  October 10, 2021 by Magn

  Now all the steps in the tutorial have been covered. The game is ok but lacks some aspects to get the player hooked. For example it is too hard. Some more sprites were designed, such as gates and spel... Continue reading
• Torsten step 3
  October 07, 2021 by Magn

  In this step I designed an exit door (purple) for the player and and enter door (green) for the monsters. The game gets very hard very quickly as the number of monster increase. In the future Torsten... Continue reading
• Torsten step 2
  October 05, 2021 by Magn

  In the second step I designed all the monsters. The code is still just borrowed from the tutorial I follow (see previous post). I tried to give the monsters a more humanoid and comic shape than in the... Continue reading
• Torsten step 1
  October 03, 2021 by Magn

  This is the first step in a series describing my attempts to build a roughlike called "Torsten" in pure JavaScript. There are many tutorials explaining how to design a rouglike, such as this excellent... Continue reading