u/NoSpace2493

Hello again! Here’s Alastor in action: dice rolls, counterattacks, and the moment his seal finally breaks.

The opening is now playable from the Dungeon Master’s Watch through the first boss fight. I’ve also expanded the room descriptions and brought the title screen closer to the classic terminal feel.

There’s still testing and balancing ahead, but it’s becoming a game you can actually explore. Also, the first playable version will be available on the 10th on my itch.io page!

What do you think of the combat in motion?

Hello again! A quick peek at another boss encounter I’m working on: the Knight of Two Swords from Inglyfin, a new village, and a little more of how boss fights will work in The Broken Seal, Zork III successor.

Meet the Knight of Two Swords from Inglyfin - another enemy with his own story and his own place in the world.

Just wanted to show that work is still moving forward. I haven’t stopped, and I’m not planning to. :)

The ASCII art, maps, and cover were all made by my friend Samyr Kato. Thanks a lot, buddy!

In the second image, you can also see the bundle I’m putting together for itch.io later this week. The idea is to make the first playable version available so you can try it, give feedback, point out what doesn’t work, suggest ideas, and help support bringing the game to Steam if you want to.

It’s getting close! Please tell me what you think!

Hello everyone! Today I’m sharing a few screenshots of the game in its current state - The Broken Seal, the same project I introduced here as a spiritual successor to Zork III

The first two screenshots show the beginning of the game. The third is an early boss fight against Alastor that I'm currently testing, and I'd really like to hear what you think about it.

The fourth image is a map I made for myself to keep track of part of the game :)

I want to bring new things to Zork, not only in the story and puzzles, but in the mechanics and fights too. And I can already tease a few things: time travel, a glimpse of the Great Underground Empire at its height, strange entities, puzzles connecting different eras, and more than one playable character. Keep in mind that many things - even the interface may change as the project progresses.

There's still a lot I want to show you and talk about. What other things do you think could be part of the game - mechanics, puzzle types, returning characters? I have a lot of ideas, and it would be great to share them with you and with some of the original creators, like Marc Blank. That would honestly be incredible.

The itch.io page will be available soon with the first playable version of the game, covering the opening. You'll be able to play it, support the project, and send feedback, suggestions, criticism, or ideas. I'm also creating a blog to post my progress, what do you think?

Any thoughts, suggestions, or feedback, please tell me here.

And Do you like what you're seeing so far?

I've been working on a new combo system for my GameMaker project.

The basic setup is pretty simple: pressing C starts the combo, and pressing it again during an attack stores the input in a small buffer so the next swing can come out automatically. The whole thing is handled through a few state variables rather than separate objects for every hit, which made it much easier to tweak the timing. I also split some of the behavior into small functions for things like starting the sword attack, applying impact effects, spawning the slash effect, and handling hit feedback. That helped a lot once I started adding different behavior to specific hits instead of cramming everything into the step event

Only the first hit spends LIGHT, since the sword is treated like a construct that stays active through the rest of the combo. The 3rd hit gets a stronger screen-slash effect, while the 6th is the actual finisher with heavier knockback, shake, hitstop, and sound feedback. You can also cancel a swing into a dash if the dash is available. I'm still tuning the input window, active frames, damage, and timing between hits, but the structure feels pretty solid now.

If anyone here has built a combo system in GameMaker before, I'd be curious to know how you usually organize it. Do you keep everything in one state machine, split each attack into functions, or use separate attack objects?

Happy to talk about the code or share more details if anyone's interested!!

game's steam page coming soon!

Reposting because I posted the wrong GIF

Built this name entry screen in GameMaker for my game, inspired by Undertale's naming screen. The rainbow text is quantized into color steps instead of a smooth gradient, so it reads as chunky/retro rather than a blend felt more fitting for the pixel art

Each letter flies from the grid into its slot when picked (and flies back out on delete) using the same overshoot easing as the dialogue box from my last post, so the whole UI shares one consistent feel. Under the hood each letter's flight is just a stored origin point + timestamp, no physics involved.

still tuning some of the numbers, work in progress happy to talk through any of it if people are curious!!

Built this dialogue system in GameMaker. The box uses Nine Slice so it can resize to any text length without stretching artifacts, and it pops in/out with an Ease Out Back overshoot. Each letter falls into place with the same easing instead of just appearing instantly

It's fully data-driven. each line is a struct with optional on_start/on_complete callbacks, so a line of dialogue can trigger game logic (unlock a door, set a flag, etc) without the dialogue controller needing to know anything about specific npcs. sorry about the GIF quality and the balloon sprite. I left that for last. I got sleepy.

happy to answer questions or share code if anyone's building something similar!

I built this using only GameMaker and a vignette system, utilizing a wipe surface. I hope you enjoyed it! I'm available if you have any questions or need help.

https://preview.redd.it/q8q74fgxclmh1.png?width=1085&format=png&auto=webp&s=8366b19e31318638a540006b0f9fa7127eaecd67

my itch (the game is there) Hello everyone. I developed an interactive text-based game called "THE FINGER THEORY" using nothing but GameMaker. It is an investigative game. I drew inspiration from the style of Zork, by infocom.

Even though making this type of game in GameMaker isn't usually recommended, it worked really well for me. It was actually quite practical for handling all the checks, the interface, and an AI to detect keywords.

I can share the code with anyone who's interested!

There's a YouTube link for the first look, for anyone who wants to see it.first look of "THE FINGER THEORY" my itch (the game is there)

Does anyone know of publishers that would publish a story like this? It’s sci-fi. It draws inspiration from V for Vendetta, The Eternaut, and John Carpenter’s Escape from New York.

https://www.supercomics.com.br/share/5d7174ad-490d-4e92-ae28-e3f222ae0307

se alguém puder ler e dar feedback. É só acessar com o número de celular, vai direto. OBRIGADOO!