About

Hello!

The project, named Arpago, is a rather simple action-RPG game using top-down perspective and 3D graphics in late 90s style (N64 / PSX-era).

The game is loosely inspired by Egoboo, while taking pieces of Dungeon Siege, Tibia, as well as other modern fantasy works. The name is a mixture of “RPG” abbreviation, and word “Archipelago” as the game’s world is going to consist of many islands. Plus it sounds a little bit like “Egoboo” 🙂

I am currently working on it in my spare time. And since there is finally something to show, I’ve decided to set up a devblog where I detail most of my work on the project – it helps me track progress and ask for feedback.

I am the author of all of the models, textures, animations, rigs, particle effects, and scripts – basically the only things I plan to get from 3rd party sources are sounds, music, and shaders.

I haven’t decided on the majority of features, but at the moment I plan to include the following stuff in the game

a fully explorable world, probably divided into sectors for performance/technical reasons,
at least 5 classes,
lots of weapons, and weapon types: melee (slashing, smashing, thrust, staves), thrown, ranged (bows, crossbows, wands, rods), traps,
lots of gear – helmets, armors, shields, rings, hands, boots,
spell system,
a large bestiary,
different AI behaviour types for different enemies – ex. melee/ranged, aggressive/cautious, precise/careless,
no level-scaling,
splitscreen multiplayer,
haven’t decided if online multiplayer will be included, but I’ll definitely try,
retro 3D graphics – rendering resolution 640×480, a limited color palette, low-poly models, no texture filtering.