[Hombrew Idol 2] Chronicles

[xigency]

A Team Duck production.

Edit: Now updated to version 1.1d

The first official PSP version of Chronicles, made from scratch, is making its debut here at the Homebrew Idol 2 competition.

Chronicles is a first person action-adventure game for the PSP. Fight your way past ghosts, goblins, and whatever those other things are to get the secret key to the locked gate, then hop across some platforms to land yourself into the next of 6 challenging levels.

Backed by Team Duck's 3D Tedge engine, which we built from scratch, this game boasts beautiful visuals complete with dynamic lighting, a full particle system, 3D collision, model loading from files, among other features. This game is just a taste of what our engine is capable of doing. Take a peak at the level files, made with Milkshape3D, and feel free to modify and create your own levels. I intend to improve this set of levels and release another episode pretty soon.

Use the analog stick to move, X to slash your sword, and O to jump.

Download link for Chronicles 1.1d:
http://g.team-duck.com/Chronicles1.1d.zip

Some screenshots:



If you have any questions, concerns, or inquiries, please drop by the forums here and let me know! I hope you guys enjoy the game!

Changes in version 1.1b:
-Fixed clipping 99% (by restructuring the rendering and implementing software clipping), just a few tweaks for the last little bit
-Main menu and pause menu added
-Loads dungeon lists from files to easily allow for new "episodes"
-Improved performance on most levels
-Other tweaks
-Added a final level and two bonus levels, teasers for the next level pack

1.1c:
-Fixed clipping 100%
-Fixed game pause glitch
-Misc. tweaks

1.1d:
-Fixed gate and key masking

Team Duck
Greg "xigency" Tourville

And a big thanks to Slasher, Youresam, and my family. I wouldn't have been able to make this in one weekend without all their help.

[pspjoke]

pretty cool, needs work on the rendering tho..

[xigency]

I'm in the process of uploading a new version that has fixed the clipping problem 90% or so.

EDIT: It's up.

[SG57]

Mm Mine crashed after opening hte third level's gate to the big green square enemy guy, lockedup and shut off

[xigency]

Originally Posted by SG57

Mm Mine crashed after opening hte third level's gate to the big green square enemy guy, lockedup and shut off

Eek, I'll look into it. I didn't get much chance to thoroughly test the game, as I was rushing to finish it having started at 2 PM on Friday, but I'll get on that these next three days.

[Masteroid]

It is quite good but my sword is always black and also the floor sometimes flashes black around the bottom corners of the screen. But over all its a very good game for just being made in such little time! Very good job. Good luck

[xigency]

Originally Posted by PSPnoObmOd

It is quite good but my sword is always black and also the floor sometimes flashes black around the bottom corners of the screen. But over all its a very good game for just being made in such little time! Very good job. Good luck

If you download the latest version, the sword issue is fixed. I'm still working on the clipping problem.

[pirata nervo]

Ok first of all this look really good.
Second, I have found a glitch. Sometimes when I use the analog stick to turn left or right, the floor texture on the opposite side of where I am turning to, is black

Edit:
When the green boxes pushed me against the wall, I crossed the wall and fell down to the infinite, but then I cam back :p

Edit 2: A pause menu would be welcomed

[Slasher]

Originally Posted by pirata nervo

Sometimes when I use the analog stick to turn left or right, the floor texture on the opposite side of where I am turning to, is black

That has to do with the PSP's clipping. It works fine on the PC, but once brought to the PSP the clipping is insane. Although the latest version is much better than the first, I know xigency is still working on completely fixing this.

[Brick]

Originally Posted by SG57

Mm Mine crashed after opening hte third level's gate to the big green square enemy guy, lockedup and shut off

Same here , but on the second try it worked ( i didn't touched at all the black gate ...and that's a bit hard to do with the clipping madness :-P).