Project CodeX Version 0.0.2 

Renpy Game Created by Justin / Aki 

This is a short mini project for one of my college classes

This was built within Renpy engine and is a Fantasy  Turnbased RPG VN

Parts of the assets are not mine and are credited  below!!

The basic plot follows a hero named Alphonse and his endeavors in trying to finally

pass this exam for a group of mercenaries that he has been trying to join.

The plot goes further but, this is what is currently in this build of the game.

The story is currently like, less than 10 minutes of gameplay I would say.

The game is not perfect and there is a TON of bugs

I made this game in the span of... 4 days? Straight.

I have never used Renpy before but it was a lot of fun developing in it.

I'll see if I come back to fully get to what I had written for this project.

As of now, this is just a silly little mini project

Updated from 0.0.1 --> 0.0.2

- Updated the hit audio to be more audible

- Somewhat fixed how skills output damage

- Fixed "Defending" messing  with the HP value

- Cleaned up the Battle UI a bit to align better

- Added an "End of Build" screen

- Added a Crit System, checks for a roll based on character luck.

- Made Anan's fight a little more difficult since its the only fight in the build atm.

F.A.Q

Why stickmen?

    I had these character since I was like,,,10 and just wanted to use them now so

Will you keep updating this game?

    Probably not. I have a 14 page dialogue doc that currently goes up to 6 acts? Right now the game stops at the end of Act 4.

    If my professor wants it, then yeah probably.

This game looks kinda ugly

yeah, I prioritized getting the bare bones of the combat I had planned in mind so that gameplay was a bit more interactive. So all this presentation is just "It works".  I built this game... on a Friday Afternoon, and this was my result by 2am on a Tuesday morning having been my sole focus.

Are these characters yours?

I own Alp, Riku (Bandana Man), and Anan. There are some guest characters that appear that are not mine though. They are my friends chars. 

What is the main plot aside from this build?

There was a handful I had planned if this ever went further.  All of what is here is exposition for the main main plot of this story I had in mind. After this exposition arc, I was eventually going to explain the main power system of the universe. Magic and all that and what the book means. 

There would be a more in-depth combat system with actual visible action timeline, a break mechanic, hell even a weapon swapping mechanic for Alp mid battle. Elemental type advantages, all that jrp stuff.

RenPy has definitely made it challenging but thank god Python logic is easy.

Known bugs:

LAST UPDATED - 4/5/24

The UI for the battle is very very very ugly. Please I know. I am just lazy to fix it. I needed something presentable in the span of 5 days so.

I should round up damage from the "defend" button but, it wasn't my priority atm so, the HP text will spaz out when you use it, but it works. :)

Be careful about going back too far, there is uncharted terrotory for bugs

Skills do not correctly display the amount of damage they do but they work dw.

Kinda?? Still being looked into

When player equips another weapon on a non-clean playthrough, character's weapon property does not change to reflect new equipped weapon

Be careful fast-forwarding in battles, has been bugs that break the battle. 

My guess is that python parses through the code wonky and gets stuck in a loop

Other than that it works!

I hope you enjoy this silly short game. It's nothing to ride home about but :)

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CREDITS

THEME by Siyokoy for https://siyokoy.itch.io/astrology-renpy-gui-kit

Some of the music is not mine, filler music for the mood 

ACT 4 music @ Nintendo from Xenoblade

Lofi music @ Massobeats

Tutorial Battle Theme "CodeX Battle Theme 1" originally composed by Keven X.

Underpaid Baker Sprited provided by @Dj

Code is collaboratively helped with my friend Drew

Weapon images placeholders are owned by Granblue Fantasy

Shield is not mine.

Background are by Lynocs