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Re: Show HN: Kandria, an action RPG made in Common Lisp, is now out

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Post by Shinmera »

amalgamated_inc wrote: post #115

So I bought it and have been playing a while (just found Sahil) and I have to say, I'm super impressed by the ambition of the game. It's kind of a mix of Celeste and Fallout, I'd say? I like the atmosphere and universe, very Fallout-y. Still getting used to the controls (I suck at Celeste too). Loving all the little details like the whooshing of the crops as you walk through a field, the rope swinging.

Yeah, the open world design is closest to Fallout, I'd say. We had plans to have dynamic faction mechanics like in the old Fallout games, too, but unfortunately that had to be cut for time.

Re: Show HN: Kandria, an action RPG made in Common Lisp, is now out

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Post by Shinmera »

jes wrote: post #117
Shinmera wrote: post #79

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I hope the fact that game code is very hacked together won't deter you :)

I don't think it will. I have fond memories of logging in to the old ARPANET from a Zenith Z-19 terminal in my basement, over 1200 baud dialup into the local university and prowling for Lisp sources on different machines. Finding the ISI-GRAPHER code and trying to make sense of it was a big thrill.

Ha ha, alright. Dig away then :)

Re: Show HN: Kandria, an action RPG made in Common Lisp, is now out

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Post by Shinmera »

User23 wrote: post #113

I went ahead and purchased this, despite probably not having the time to play it more than checking it out. I really want to see commercially successful Lisp games and commercially successful Free games. I’m assuming that the game assets themselves are paid. I think Free engine paid assets is a very good way forward for game dev.

Thanks! Hope you find the time some day. And yes, the assets are the part you need a valid copy for if you want to hack on the game.

Re: Show HN: Kandria, an action RPG made in Common Lisp, is now out

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Post by Shinmera »

carapace wrote: post #107
Shinmera wrote: post #65

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Not a dumb question at all. You need a full copy of the game from Steam or somewhere else to hack the game. You can get the source code here: https://github.com/shirakumo/kandria and hack on it that way. You can also just look at the asset files in the install folder and mess around with those. Nothing's encrypted.

Great! I just bought it. I'm not really a gamer, I want to learn CL. :) (I just played a bit and I really like it!)

Cool, thanks a lot!

Re: Show HN: Kandria, an action RPG made in Common Lisp, is now out

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Post by harel »

I've just bought and played through my first hour or so. I loved it! What a great game. Some parts were quite difficult (spiked floor section) but nothing insurmountable. Small thing that got me a few times - I have multiple monitors and moving the mouse too much to the left and clicking resulted in the game minimizing.

Re: Show HN: Kandria, an action RPG made in Common Lisp, is now out

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Post by Shinmera »

harel wrote: post #127

I've just bought and played through my first hour or so. I loved it! What a great game. Some parts were quite difficult (spiked floor section) but nothing insurmountable. Small thing that got me a few times - I have multiple monitors and moving the mouse too much to the left and clicking resulted in the game minimizing.

Glad you're enjoying it, and remember, don't be ashamed of using the gameplay options should later sections get too frustrating.

Hmm, I think the minimising thing might be due to the exclusive fullscreen that the game starts up with. Toggling fullscreen with F11 should fix that.

Re: Show HN: Kandria, an action RPG made in Common Lisp, is now out

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Post by Shinmera »

Endy wrote: post #128

Congratulations on getting launched. Can I just ask where the name came from?

I'd been thinking and brainstorming with friends for ages on what to call it and we couldn't come up with a good name. At one point I was forced to pick something, so I just chose the age old tradition of typing stuff that sounds OK into google until I got something without any relevant results.

Perhaps less fascinating of a story than you might have expected, I'm afraid, but there it is.

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