Simple 2D ORPG Game Engine written in VB.Net
Home: http://www.ascensionforums.com
This is a simple, tilebased 2D ORPG game engine. It features a client and server application setup with a basic GUI on both ends.
Basic Character Creation/Class Selection Movement/Attacking NPC/Computer Characters for attacking Items & Spells
The client has editors for the world (maps), items, spells, animations, npcs, and more from the in game admin panel.
If you are a programmer then you will probably prefer to compile the most recent version from source. Download the engine here, open up the solution in Visual Studio compile both projects and start the client and server application. They should connect automatically. IP and Port options are stored in the root/data (files)/config.ini files.
Log into the game with the client. On the server, open the player list, right click on your character and promote yourself to an admin. Go back to the client and tap F1 for each of the editor options.
The home for this engine is http://ascensionforums.com if you need support or tips in game creation feel free to visit us. If you find any bugs feel free to report them with the issue tracker.
We do have some updates planned for this engine. At this point in time my friend and colleague Joe (aka Kibbelz/Irokaiser) and I will be periodically releasing basic features and bug fixes for this engine.
Right now Orion is lacking features but it is a great base for programmers to sculpt into their own vision, we want to keep it that way so I wouldn't expect a fully featured game creation kit to form from this anytime soon.