Shaun's Turn Based Battle System

Devlog

• Episode 9 source code added
  July 26, 2023 by SaraJS

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  As title! Episode 9 is only very simple, adding battle text to describe actions as they are being taken. This can also be used to show meta messages during the battle... Continue reading
• Episode 8 source code added
  June 28, 2023 by SaraJS

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  As title! Episode 8's source code is now available. The video episode itself will release on YouTube on Friday, or is available right now for Patreon supporters... Continue reading
• Bug fix for episode 7
  June 19, 2023 by SaraJS

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  Fixed a bug in episode 7 where an infinite loop (among other issues) could be caused by adding more than two actions to a character. The iterator for adding sub menus into the action menu array was er... Continue reading
• Episode 7 source code added
  June 02, 2023 by SaraJS

  Selecting actions! It's a tricky episode, going live later today. It mostly involves adding a big chunk of code to the SelectAction state that compiles an appropriate menu instance for a player contro... Continue reading
• Episode 6 source code added
  May 18, 2023 by SaraJS

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  The source code for Episode 6: Menus (releasing on YT today) has just been uploaded. This episode gave me some regrets about the structure of menus (an array where a struct would have been much better... Continue reading
• Episode 5 source code added
  April 17, 2023 by SaraJS

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  Episode 5 (AI Scripting) source code added ahead of the next episode release. Video available early for patreons at tier 2 or above: https://www.patreon.com/posts/81642564?pr=true... Continue reading
• Episode 4 source code added
  April 04, 2023 by SaraJS

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  Episode 4's source code has been added ahead of the video production and release. The video will be coming to Patreon in the next few days and YouTube the following week!... Continue reading
• State Machine update & Episode 3 source code added
  March 31, 2023 by SaraJS

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  The source code for Episode 3 has been uploaded ahead of the video release. The video will shortly be available for patrons and likely next week for the public. I have also updated the full project so... Continue reading
• Episode 2 Source code added
  March 23, 2023 by SaraJS

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  Episode 2 has been released over at my patreon ! The source code for the episode is now uploaded for anyone to access. Episode 2 focuses primarily on drawing our party data to our battle UI... Continue reading
• Hotfix for runtime v 2023.1.0.76
  February 01, 2023 by SaraJS

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  A dumb issue that for some reason wasn't causing problems earlier, was causing a crash in the new stable version of GameMaker relating to the way menus were compiled. This has been fixed... Continue reading
• Pre-Tutorial Update #1
  January 30, 2023 by SaraJS

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  Changelist: Altered default formation positions slightly Enemy formations now place units in columns of up to 3, to fit more than 3 enemies (at this particular size/resolution) into an encounter in a... Continue reading

  
• Hotfix
  January 14, 2023 by SaraJS

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  Fixed an issue where battles wouldn't start due to a badly formatted NewEncounter call. Fixed an issue where player sprites would remain "dead" even after being revived. Sorry about that! Please repor... Continue reading