AI can be a friend


 I've been working on Kingdom Aria (tentative title) now for around 4 months. I wanted to create a hybrid RPG / incremental idle upgrades game to see what it played out like. Unfortunately I have become too close to the project so can no longer determine if the game sucks or works.

Note that there is no way I could create this sort of game in such a short period of time on my own without the assistance of AI. I have used AI to:

  • Help generate characters images (whilst far easier than drawing these myself,  trying to get an AI to draw what you tell it to is another level of evil)
  • Help generating ideas for quest lines and such.

I will write more on this soon.

Originally the game felt quite empty so I added various elements to make the towns feel more alive and immersive including:

  • Town status section which is some text that describes what is going on in each town / city
  • Quests section which shows the current quest that heroes of the town are working on
  • War section which shows the current defense status as well as raid status of the area

Player quests were added next to give the player more of a direct role in the progress of the game. Quest also help guide the player through the game and give great rewards which can speed the game along much faster.

The game is around 20% complete in terms of quests. The main quest line also needs to be built up and completed to tell a story of the return of Akaaronion's to Valancia and the darkness and destruction they bring.

I will keep the game updated as more quests and features are added.

Files

KingdomAria.zip Play in browser
Dec 13, 2023

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