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[Zippenstein]

'Order of the Arcanum: Dead West' is a top down zombie shooter with RPG elements set in the old west. You play as a member of a secret order whose mission is to cleanse the world of undead and demons.
This game was created by a group of students, myself included, over the course of 2 semesters at Camden County College.
Features: Built in level designer, LAN multiplayer, weapon crafting, special weapons, 4 classes each with a unique ability, helm upgrades, bestiary, campaign map, 4 difficulty settings, and achievements.
For more information visit: Mission 9 Games
File Size: 97.3 MB
Screen Resolution: 1024x768

Links:
Game Page
Download

Screenshots:










Editor notes:
To run a map from the editor hit the F10 key.
If there is no player start point added the map will not start.
To exit back to the editor use F12.
Click the 'Textures' button in the top left to switch between Textures, Objects, Enemies, & Effects.
Use the 1,2,3,4 keys to switch between the Create, Select Rotate, Select Move, & Remove tools.

Edited by Zippenstein, 09 April 2012 - 11:05 PM.

[NicroGames]

Looks awesome!
I'll try it out now, and probably edit this post when I have played it a bit.

EDIT: I liked the game, but it gets pretty repetive pretty quickly. I also saw some zombies (That's what they were right?) get stuck in the walls and such, but overall it's pretty good. I only played for about 15 mins.

Edited by NicroGames, 06 April 2012 - 03:23 PM.

[Mornez]

Pics look fantastic...but I think the 97mb download is scaring a lot of players away.

How is the memory being divided between music and graphics?

[Zippenstein]

Pics look fantastic...but I think the 97mb download is scaring a lot of players away.

How is the memory being divided between music and graphics?

The original music at 128kbps accounts for 25.5mb. I had to cut it down to 64kps for a total of 12.9mb to fit it on yoyogames. 128kbps Soundtrack
The art takes the majority of the space. For example the sprite for the player is 143x135 with 94 frames of animation and there are 6 different versions.
Gaalgoth, the hell king, is 934x978 with 61 frames.

Edited by Zippenstein, 09 April 2012 - 12:15 PM.

[CaptainLepidus]

Beautiful game you have here. Quite impressive. Haven't played much (just 1 level) but I must say the cutscenes and various background arts were amazing. Two things; one, when creating a character, don't make "Back" be the button to continue. Also, I had 1 enemy get stuck in a wall but I still was able to kill him, thankfully.

[Zippenstein]

Beautiful game you have here. Quite impressive. Haven't played much (just 1 level) but I must say the cutscenes and various background arts were amazing. Two things; one, when creating a character, don't make "Back" be the button to continue. Also, I had 1 enemy get stuck in a wall but I still was able to kill him, thankfully.

You can checkout more from the artist on his site: Xarion Studios
Thanks for the feedback. That character menu issue will definitely be corrected next version.
I'll try my best to get the zombies unstuck, but they love hiding in walls and trees and spinning.

Edited by Zippenstein, 09 April 2012 - 11:07 PM.

[CaptainLepidus]

You can checkout more from the artist on his site: Xarion Studios

I need to get him to work for me

Thanks for the feedback. That character menu issue will definitely be corrected next version.

Great

[Andy]

Wow, you really put a lot of effort into this project! The graphics are very nice. The overall environment was spooky and well crafted - everything felt polished. I commend you on a job well done.

[Zippenstein]

Updated to version 1.1
Fixed a handful of bugs and added widescreen support.
Also I changed the default lighting level. It was a bit too dark.
You can change the setting from the pause menu under options.

Download link is still the same as in the original post.

[The7DeadlyVenomz]

This is a really awesome game. It's professional quality.

[vidokas]

looks really nice.
sadly game its lagging like hell..
now i have old geforce 5200fx,
will surely try monday if i will manage to fix little bit better geforce 6600gt

[Newly Discovered]

it surely looks great, and I tested the level editor, it seems very thorough and well done!
I had a major issue though, the resolution is different than mine and this causes everything interacting with the mouse to be offset in position.
it was very difficult just to navigate the menus let alone trying to play the whole game like that.

if you can add a script that changes your views to match the player's resolution I would glady re-download and play the game.

Spoiler

try using display_get_width() and display_get_height() in a "loading" room that changes the next room's view port to match the display size.

[Zippenstein]

That's what the last update was supposed to do. The original version was 4:3 aspect ratio. The most recent update added widescreen support. The ratio I've been testing is 16:10. Others have complained about some graphics glitches and slowdowns I'm looking into as well. Checking it out now. Thanks for the feedback.

[edit]
I'm having trouble reproducing the bug. Could you tell me what your resolution is?

When the game first runs the views for all the rooms are adjusted to the player's aspect ratio:
room_set_view(rm_designer,1,0,0,0,(display_get_width()/display_get_height())*768,768,0,0,(display_get_width()/display_get_height())*768,768,room_width,room_height,-1,-1,obj_hud)

Edited by Zippenstein, 10 May 2012 - 12:02 AM.

[vidokas]

this game deserved much more attention!

found bug. playing with bishop.
afer pressing E, i start shooting like with automatic gun.
18 rounds go out in 2 seconds.
changed E to tesla.
sometimes i can use tesla with 2 second cooldow, sometimes it not works at all

pit lord shooting over the walls o_O

btw. all 3 classes look almost same (except one spell)
it would be nice if there would be like pure melee class or smth

bw. AtoneForSinOverture is damn nice soundtrack.
it even inspired me to new idea. THANKS!

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game completed.
last boss have one weakness so u can kill it almost wihtout getting any dmg :S

Edited by vidokas, 17 June 2012 - 02:51 PM.

[Aertcz]

Hands down one of my favorite Top-Down Shooters. I'm not saying a "GM Top-Down Shooter", I'm saying one of my favorite "Top-Down" shooters. My only question is, what is the minimum supported screensize? Although I don't, many people still use 1024x768.

[Newly Discovered]

sorry for such a late reply. my resolution is 1280x720

[Mornez]

I completed it on normal and easy...Currently playing Hard level.

A really good game...but maybe too easy.

Note...It slowed down in some spots...but that's probably due to my underpowered PC.
(Gateway Pentium Dual Core 2.60 GHz 6Gb ram)

[Zippenstein]

sorry for such a late reply. my resolution is 1280x720

Yep, that's why. The room view height is set to 768. Anything less is going to run into issues. I'll look into a fix. Thanks for letting me know.

Edited by Zippenstein, 15 August 2012 - 02:38 PM.