Diptera 2D strategic game made in Corona
Diptera is a strategy-focused game with indirect minions control made in Corona. It was released to Android and iOS (no longer on app store).
- genuine gameplay and graphics
- graphics rendered by Blender, resource files included
- isometric grid map
- A* pathfinding including tie braking
- micro management AI (minions are controlled indirectly)
- computer opponent AI
- in-game resource management
- integration with Flurry analytics
- tutorial and world map
- parametrized maps generator
- debugging ui
- i18n (English and Czech)
- particle effects made with Particle Designer(MAC only)
This project contains most of the assets the oroginal game was released with.
Nasty Diptera disease is spreading in a world full of sacred crystals. Thankfully there is a cure, it was just discovered. But we need a leader. Help us to save our sacred world!
Each level map is divided into areas controlled by one sacred crystal. The crystal is either infected or not. You as a player indirectly control minions by assigning them to different work categories. They cannot access areas with infected crystals. Resources such as crystals, treasures and healing trees can be utilized when accessible. Buildings or structures can be created by the minions with use of resources. Ultimate goal of the game is to heal the main sacred crystal on the map. That usually requires strategic thinking, wise resource management and good planning skills.
Most of the code is written in Lua using Corona SDK. I recommend to start with some official tutorials if not already familiar with Corona SDK. Corona's documentationis easy to be found. The game was developed on Windows machine using Corona simulator, but the particle effects where created on MAC. Open /diptera_src/main.lua in corona simulator to run the game on your machine.
I'm not a Lua master myself, this is first and so far the last project I made in Lua. Some degree of patience is required when working with source code.
3D isometric graphics was done in Blender. Rendering is automated by Python scripts. 2D graphics was made in Xara. All the blender models and textures are included in this project.
Source code is not always documented. But many pieces of the code are. Usually the less straightforward parts are documented.
There is a in-game event system with separated documentation.
- Corona SDK with running simulator.
- Basic Lua skills.
- Blender and Python experience is helpful but not necessary.
Some scripts has has testing and debugging features including hidden UI (FPS for exapmle) or additional logs. These features are mostly disabled by some boolean variable or by comments. Feel free to experiment.
There are a lot of future improvement ideas in comments (sometimes in Czech, sory about that).
First released version vas developed by Vaclav Plajt.
Fonts are licensed under SIL OPEN FONT LICENSE Version 1.1 (OFL). Rest of this project is licensed under Apache License Version 2.0.
Copyright 2017 Václav Plajt
Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License"); you may not use this file except in compliance with the License. You may obtain a copy of the License at
http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
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- Amit Patel's Red Blob Games is excellent source of inspiration.
- There a list of people who help with game testing of first released version. Their names where removed from open sourced project for privacy reasons.
