Fixed non-smooth monster speeds after 60fps patch
And also fixed some input lag. A little bit.
And also fixed some input lag. A little bit.
Monsterland
- Released
- Dec 14, 2015
- Platforms
- Windows
- Last updated
Updates & announcements
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Now runs at 60fps instead of 30fps
That's about it!
Original postThat's about it!
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Hopefully fixed a GPU startup crash
Game crashes on startup on some GPUs. This is an attempt to fix it.
Original postGame crashes on startup on some GPUs. This is an attempt to fix it.
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ASCII renderer made prettier
also ASCII renderer is now default.
Original postalso ASCII renderer is now default.
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Renderer update
1. walls will have appearance of depth 2. power-up glow effect enhanced, tank has a shadow suggesting height 3. this is a huge performance hit, hopefully not felt on modern gaming systems
Original post1. walls will have appearance of depth
2. power-up glow effect enhanced, tank has a shadow suggesting height
3. this is a huge performance hit, hopefully not felt on modern gaming systems - Developer post
Game has been renamed to "Mutant Gate".
I'm working on an RPG which takes place after the events of this game, which involves some retconning of Monsterland's setting in order to fit it, and I've been unhappy with Monsterland's very generic name for a long time. Now Monsterland is "Mutant Gate". It's more unique and ha
Original postI'm working on an RPG which takes place after the events of this game, which involves some retconning of Monsterland's setting in order to fit it, and I've been unhappy with Monsterland's very generic name for a long time.
Now Monsterland is "Mutant Gate". It's more unique and has more of a punch.
Now I'm working on renaming the actual application in Steam store.
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Optional intro level is back
Also, minor narrative changes in prison and last level. Now forces SDL into D3D mode just in case SDL would misbehave on Steam Deck.
Original postAlso, minor narrative changes in prison and last level.
Now forces SDL into D3D mode just in case SDL would misbehave on Steam Deck.
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Brightness option added
Monsterland now has an option to alter in-game brightness in "Game/Video options".
Original postMonsterland now has an option to alter in-game brightness in "Game/Video options".
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another retcon
slightly changed game ending screen to alter location of the events
Original postslightly changed game ending screen to alter location of the events
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Minor story retcon...
... in case I reuse this universe in my new game. Basically location of protagonist's daughter moved back to Sarang-2 instead of Earth.
Original post... in case I reuse this universe in my new game. Basically location of protagonist's daughter moved back to Sarang-2 instead of Earth.
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Bugfix in final boss map
On final boss map, the "exit portal" may become inactive, so the player can't go to epilogue maps. The issue could be remedied by saving and loading the savegame. Now the issue has been fixed in code.
Original postOn final boss map, the "exit portal" may become inactive, so the player can't go to epilogue maps. The issue could be remedied by saving and loading the savegame.
Now the issue has been fixed in code.
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Full support for Steam Deck controls
Monsterland is now fully controllable via Steam Deck with zero configuration required.
Original postMonsterland is now fully controllable via Steam Deck with zero configuration required.
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Hybrid graphics and streamlined gameplay
The full-graphics mode was a mixed bag. Characters looked particularly bad. Monsterland is now using a hybrid mode which preserves its ASCII personality while retaining the most often encountered/boring ASCII - walls, floors and doors - as being replaced by graphical textures. Mo
Original postThe full-graphics mode was a mixed bag. Characters looked particularly bad. Monsterland is now using a hybrid mode which preserves its ASCII personality while retaining the most often encountered/boring ASCII - walls, floors and doors - as being replaced by graphical textures. Most of the effects are back to being ASCII - explosions, portals, blood, water. Player and other human and semi-human characters are back to the letter "P", monsters are "M", etc.
There's no FULL ASCII mode option yet, but that may be implemented in the future.
Since inventory and certain item mechanics were perfunctory/experimental, they're switched off by default, returning the game to pure shooter identity. The intro story level has been removed as well, as it doesn't have monster-killing.
OTHER STUFF:
I'm experimenting with random map generation again. If I can get it to make interesting maps, it will be possible for 2 people to play Monsterland co-op, however it would require one of them to forward port 5029 (TCP) in their router, and have ping of <80ms between them. I wish I could port Monsterland/s TCP/IP stack to Steam P2P and eliminate router busywork, but the game is written in Pascal, which makes it difficult.
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Switching from ASCII to tiled bitmaps.
What's New: Permanently switched graphics from ASCII to tiles, replicating most ASCII effects in tile form (damage splash, blood). Renderer migrated from SDL1 to SDL2, no longer using unstable custom OpenGL code New intro level Enhanced ending level providing proper closure to th
Original postWhat's New:
- Permanently switched graphics from ASCII to tiles, replicating most ASCII effects in tile form (damage splash, blood).
- Renderer migrated from SDL1 to SDL2, no longer using unstable custom OpenGL code
- New intro level
- Enhanced ending level providing proper closure to the story
- Improved music in several places
- More responsive movement when rapidly changing direction
- Small level changes (lighting, tweaks to story)
- Primitive inventory system (mostly to make Torches for dark places at this time)
- Ability to travel back and forth between levels a la Hexen hubs - useful to grab health or scrap
- Beta option to use mouse aiming (still limited to 8 directions, obviously)
- Game no longer pauses on player thoughts or NPC quips; other minor cosmetic improvements
Known Issues:
- Inability to switch back to ASCII mode at this time (too many rendering pipeline changes). NOTE: old ASCII version is now available in "beta" branch with password "asciigraphics"; however, it also lacks all the non-graphics updates that made it into the bitmap version.
- Unresolved water warping effect picked up during SDL2 migration
- Video resolution options are not there at the moment; game defaults to desktop resolution
- "Previous weapon", "Next weapon", "Next Inventory Item" keys are missing, thus complicating the mapping of controller buttons to keyboard
(Possible) Future Plans:
- Random campaign generation with achievements for passing the first 2,4,8,16, etc levels without dying.