Grimrock

Komag wrote:I don't believe you can attack from a full extra square away. Perhaps they were just stepping into the adjacent square when your front line attacked, and you thought they were still far away when you hit

True, it might have been that.

Yes, I just thought that with two groups using spears, it was strange their frontliners wouldn't engage my frontliners from one square away like I do with them

Quick thoughts on my playthrough: 1) Protection seems less useful as levels advance. I've been running some tests (I mean, I've started the game several times and have yet to finish it /o\ ), and so far Prot works well early on... But seems to not make much of a difference against tougher opponents....

Wasn't this already readable by looking up the "modding" tag in the blog? Nonetheless, it's all valuable info. While I'm alright with texture work, I shudder at the thought of coding or dabbling in 3D creations

I usually dislike most crafting in role-playing games not because it's challenging or complex, but because it can descend into many levels of micromanagement, and this is made worse when regular items that provide the same effect are usually everywhere in a gameworld. I think crafting is at its best...

Not sure about your method, could work - though you'd have to place each tile manually to get the effect. And the sky would still be a problem as well as the tiles fading out into blackness in the distance (3 or 4 tiles ahead IIRC). That might not be half-bad. I guess it puts down my idea of arrivi...

Speaking of which, any chance of being able to make new classes?

Oh, I was thinking of a way to trick the engine, actually. I don't need to have a simulated outdoors environment - just something that gives that impression. For instance: |----! !----| |----! !----| |----! !----| If you will, imagine that the !'s and the space between them is a corridor. The !'s su...

Thank you both! I'll search around for the blog posts.