Project Setback

Initial plans for full release have been pushed back for a few months. I'll share what has happened so that players understand, not to excuse release delay. As the sole developer for this game, I stored the files locally on my 5 year old laptop. The IDE (game programmer) that I was using to code the game, GameMaker Studio, out of comfort, being the only program I was familiar with, discontinued support for this IDE following their release of Studio 2. This discontinuation included no longer offering an installer, therefore unable to re-download the IDE. My old laptop began blackscreening intermittently, and often enough to make programming too difficult, as I would lose progress upon restarts. Unfortunately, when I replaced my computer with a cheap new laptop to keep programming, I couldn't use my old IDE and had to either completely learn a new program (daunting and time consuming) or hope I was able to convert the old project into the new studio. Upon trying to convert, the project failed, so I decided to use this opportunity to fix some underlying design flaws of the original code and re-code from the bottom up. I started saving the new program on a cloud, to ensure my files are always accessible regardless of my hardware. Most of my free time to program is on my lunch breaks at work, which I don't have wifi for: so, my local files don't update until I get home and sync. For whatever reason, I started having corruption issues and files would get lost, setting back progress. At one point, the IDE wouldn't even let me open the project to fix missing files, and I had to create new ones and edit them as txt files outside of the IDE to get the project to open. Recently having to fix all of these non-programming issues has demoralized me and I will take a brief break on the project since I don't want to work on a passion project which I have no motivation for. Please understand my situation and know that when I do return to this project it will be with full motivation to bring it back to life.

Acerca de este juego

Protorogo es un roguelite inactivo que se centra en las sinergias de habilidades y la estrategia para derrotar a enemigos cada vez más difíciles. Juegas como un círculo blanco inmóvil, obteniendo piezas y habilidades de la tienda para defenderte de las oleadas de enemigos rojos. ¡Completa logros y desbloquea extras! La jugabilidad está diseñada para ser accesible en la mayoría de las plataformas con controles táctiles y de ratón sencillos. La mayor parte de tu interacción consistirá en seleccionar opciones de la tienda para construir tu estrategia de defensa de la forma más efectiva. Tu nivel de habilidad dependerá de tu estrategia y tu suerte.

Hay un breve tutorial para quienes lo deseen; sin embargo, si ya has jugado a un roguelike, entender Protorogo es muy sencillo. La principal diferencia que encontrarás es cómo las habilidades/ventajas interactúan entre sí y con los enemigos.