Blue Saga

[skullbox]

I get a crash whenever I pick up a bag:

But I love the game so far!

Thank you! I will look into the bag-bug!

[skullbox]

Here is a new design for the web site I've been working on, tell me what you think:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/9999002/WebSite2.png

The reason for a new design is so that I can add pages for the community, such as create crews, more player stats, guides etc. And I wanted a more obvious download button, and more updated content on the front page.

[Geemili]

I think it looks good, and I especially like the background.

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[skullbox]

I think it looks good, and I especially like the background.

Thanks! Will start working on the new site asap!

[mrdeathjockey]

Adored the new design, it really does look professional now

[skullbox]

Adored the new design, it really does look professional now

Thank you!

Here is a new gameplay video from v0.4 of the game:
<a href="http://www.youtube.com/v/CUTgOy2LXzM?version=3&amp;hl=en_US&amp;start=" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/v/CUTgOy2LXzM?version=3&amp;hl=en_US&amp;start=</a>

[skullbox]

Made a new website for the game, looks like this now:
www.bluesaga.org

Updated the looks of the most wanted players as well, so they have old western style posters:
www.bluesaga.org/mostwanted.php

[teletubo]

Featured for excessive awesomeness!

[skullbox]

Featured for excessive awesomeness!

Thank you!

New update with new area and quests, "The Shroom Forest".

Also really happy that I succeeded making a self updater for the client, which will be available with the next version =D

[jonjava]

Adorable game :3

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[quew8]

Looks Great - Finally got round to trying it out but I got a null pointer exception on startup:

Microsoft Windows XP [Version 5.1.2600]
(C) Copyright 1985-2001 Microsoft Corp.

...\bluesaga_v0_4>java -jar BlueSaga.jar
Sun Jul 28 11:09:50 BST 2013 INFO:Slick Build #274
Sun Jul 28 11:09:50 BST 2013 INFO:LWJGL Version: 2.9.1
Sun Jul 28 11:09:50 BST 2013 INFO:OriginalDisplayMode: 1280 x 1024 x 32 @60Hz
Sun Jul 28 11:09:50 BST 2013 INFO:TargetDisplayMode: 1024 x 640 x 0 @0Hz
Sun Jul 28 11:09:50 BST 2013 INFO:Starting display 1024x640
Sun Jul 28 11:09:50 BST 2013 INFO:Use Java PNG Loader = true
Sun Jul 28 11:09:50 BST 2013 INFO:Controllers not available
Exception in thread "main" java.lang.NullPointerException
        at a.f.b(Unknown Source)
        at a.f.a(Unknown Source)
        at a.f.a(Unknown Source)
        at game.BlueSaga.init(Unknown Source)
        at org.newdawn.slick.AppGameContainer.setup(AppGameContainer.java:390)
        at org.newdawn.slick.AppGameContainer.start(AppGameContainer.java:314)
        at game.BlueSaga.main(Unknown Source)

I can't help but notice that it tries to use a Display with 0 bits of colour and a refresh rate of 0. Probably not right?
BTW I develop in LWJGL so that definitely works on this computer but to my knowledge I've never run a slick game before.

If I can be any more help, let me know.

[Screem]

I get the same error as quew8, but only when I rename the folder the game is in from "bluesaga_v0_4" to anything else.

[theOne]

hey, just wanted to say that there seems to be an error.

I got 4.31 updated it and then it said "creating game" but no frame occurs, but I can see that in the procesmanager are many Java Instances.
The same now on 4.32.
No Problems before 4.31.

Any ideas?

[kevglass]

I'm so impressed with this now Much respect for keeping going so long!

Cheers,

Kev

[skullbox]

Thanks Kev! Yes it's been 2 years now I've been working on it, re-done the game completely three times but think it is turning out the way I want it now.

I'm working on getting it to work on linux, maybe it is the way I load my graphics. Will post when I get it to work!

Made a lot of new weapons and re-balanced a bit, which will come with the next version.

[skullbox]

Made some re-balancing so it is easier in the beginning, a lot of new items such as weapons and equipments.

There will be a special event tomorrow (Sunday 11th August) at 20 o'clock GMT, hope to see you in game then!

[skullbox]

Ok the event starts in 10 minutes! Would be fun to see some new people in the game! =D

[Morgan Allen]

Thanks Kev! Yes it's been 2 years now I've been working on it, re-done the game completely three times but think it is turning out the way I want it now.

I know the feeling.  Well, y'know what they say- a work of art is never completed, only abandoned.  Congratulations on getting it out the door.

[namrog84]

Soo much progress!!  It is looking great!   

[skullbox]

Thanks for the kind words!

Just added more than 20 new different materials that are dropped by monsters, they will be used for the future crafting system. Thinking of using a crafting system that is a combination of skill and recipes with different crafting stations that can be used depending on the recipe.

[Morgan Allen]

Sounds cool.  I'm afraid I have to report another bug at the moment- I just registered a character, and for some reason the game crashes whenever I click on the little 'helmet' icon at the top of the screen, with no error message.  It seems to be reproducible.

[skullbox]

Sounds cool.  I'm afraid I have to report another bug at the moment- I just registered a character, and for some reason the game crashes whenever I click on the little 'helmet' icon at the top of the screen, with no error message.  It seems to be reproducible.

This is fixed now!

Added some new areas and some abilities for the monsters, one of them being ink spit for the squids which covers the screen à la Mario Kart =D

[Morgan Allen]

This is fixed now!

Added some new areas and some abilities for the monsters, one of them being ink spit for the squids which covers the screen à la Mario Kart =D

Excellent.  I just finished the initial larva quest, a few other comments-
*  I think I might have run into an invisible larva someplace?  At one point, I kept taking damage without any visible enemy.
*  Is there a 'run' option of some kind, maybe at the price of a to-hit penalty?  Getting to some areas is kinda tedious, and being able to hit-and-evade would be useful in combat.
*  It's a minor point, but maybe the skills pane could keep the physical and magical skills grouped together (e.g, blunts and unarmed down at the bottom with swords/bows, etc.)?
*  Gotta say again: the art is adorable, and the music is great.  How did you come up with it?

[Morgan Allen]

Hmm.  On reflection, some of the above might be due to network latency on my machine...

At any rate, outstanding work, so do keep it up.

[opiop65]

Wow! This is really impressive I'm happy you've kept working on it! Someday I hope I come up with a great game idea that I can keep workin on for years and just add stuff everyday, very jealous! Keep up the great work

[skullbox]

Excellent.  I just finished the initial larva quest, a few other comments-
*  I think I might have run into an invisible larva someplace?  At one point, I kept taking damage without any visible enemy.
*  Is there a 'run' option of some kind, maybe at the price of a to-hit penalty?  Getting to some areas is kinda tedious, and being able to hit-and-evade would be useful in combat.
*  It's a minor point, but maybe the skills pane could keep the physical and magical skills grouped together (e.g, blunts and unarmed down at the bottom with swords/bows, etc.)?
*  Gotta say again: the art is adorable, and the music is great.  How did you come up with it?

Hi Morgan! Thanks for the feedback!

- The invisible monsters can sometimes occur when a monster appear at the edge of the screen, then the client thinks it has all the data but hasn't. Will look closer at the problem and fix it.
- There is no run option in the game, there is a haste ability though that can be acquired from a certain npc in the game. There is also a block ability, but an evade ability would be a nice addition.
- The ability window is a bit cluttered at the moment, and a lot of new abilities will be added so I need to structure it up a bit.
- Thank you! I used to draw comics before making games and used to watch a lot of anime and read belgian comics as a kid so I always loved cute characters.

Wow! This is really impressive I'm happy you've kept working on it! Someday I hope I come up with a great game idea that I can keep workin on for years and just add stuff everyday, very jealous! Keep up the great work

Hi Opiop!

I always wanted to have one bigger game that I could add stuff to as I make progress. Had this vision since I was 14 but only made smaller games up until 2 years ago when I started this.

[Morgan Allen]

Hmm.  Guess I'll have to try levelling up a bit more and practice my parrying.

[theOne]

yeah, I don´t knew wif u knew it already, but there seems to be a bug with the new login.

I used "forgot password" and generated a new one, but the client always told me, that the Account has to be activated.
And now I am even not able to send a mail, I am always getting an:

Message could not be sent.Mailer Error: Could not instantiate mail function.

Error.

Would be great if someone could report it to the Admin.

[skullbox]

Message could not be sent.Mailer Error: Could not instantiate mail function.

Error.

Would be great if someone could report it to the Admin.

Yes it is my webhost which has a really low limit of mails allowed to be sent within short time span.

But I have activated all accounts created up until now so your account should be working now.

[skullbox]

Added a PvP arena where you can kill each other without losing any xp, sp or loot!

In bigger cities there will be larger arenas with built in traps and even monsters!