The Dink Network

Ok, so let's get on with it:
You play as Dink, in the town of Dalloway.
Shortly after arriving in Dalloway, you find out that people have been disappearing from the village. This causes panic amongst the townspeople and they start to fear that they are all in danger, so the King of Dalloway asks Dink to investigate the disappearances and if he can restore peace to Dalloway, he will be greatly rewarded. However, Dink is yet to find out that these disappearances are nothing compared to what is really going on....

Will include:
-Some new scripting ideas that haven't been done before.
-Some new graphics, most of which are not animated, as I suck at making new graphics.
-New spells
-Lots of side quests that the player can find. Completion of certain side quests can change later quests in the game.

Also, some parts include stealth, kind of like in Redink1's Dmod initiation, except I wanted to improve on it, and I have.
I had to re-script the whole thing to get it working the way I wanted, it now includes more stuff:
-You now have to 'creep' past guards when walking near them, or they can hear you.
-It is possible to distract guards, by creating a decoy, example - making noise at another place to make them run over there.
-If you can creep up behind a guard without being seen, you can kill them instantly by hitting them in the back with a sharp, handheld weapon.

Release date is still unknown, as I work on it on and off.
Sometimes I go a few weeks without even touching it.

Other random information that may interest you:
Size: Epic
Number of (working) scripts so far: 616

Screenshots so far
Some may say that too many screenshots ruin the Dmod. That is true in most cases, however I am not posting any screenshots that give away the 'main' storyline, and I am not showing the best screens. Also, most of the screens I show are not complete. The screens you see below will almost always end up different to the way you see them at the time they are posted, as I will usually add to them or change them.
I deleted some screenshots because they are no longer correct, they have either been changed a lot, or deleted and remade.
Outside the castle
East of the castle
TAL!!
In village
Dalloway Bar
Dungeons
Dead end
Helping someone escape
Night-time 1
Night-time 2

EDIT (2018):
Other (old) screenshots that I must never have uploaded or didn't link in this post:
Wizard Gildon's Home
Interesting Collection
Random screen
Town Water Supply
Outside the bar
Help a prisoner escape

New status bar and inventory:
Status bar(in-game)
Inventory(in-game)

415 scripts already? Nice. And I'll tell you why people like your rap. It's actually a simple mathematical formula.

Rap = Bad
Dink = Good
Parodies = Good

The Bad cancels out the Good, making it a neutral. Then adding the other good, it becomes good!

Your DMOD sounds really good, Rob. Keep it up and you can have a cookie I've been saving in a drawer for 3 years. It's chocolate chip. Well, it was.

I just took 10 random screenshots.
Here they are:
Outside the castle
East of the castle
Wizard Gildon's Home
TAL!!
In village
A random room
Dalloway Bar
Empty weapons shop
Dungeons
Dungeons 2

A much better version of an Eminem song from (Robj!)

Anyway, nice to see another epic on the way.

That all sounds very promising indeed. I hope it really gets finished though. When did you start working on this?

"When did you start working on this?""

August, 2008.

EDIT: Just letting you know, in the upcoming Dmods thread you wrote "The Darj Avilan" in the description. Fix please.

I suppose I better post an update on this.

I haven't been working on this much, and when I have worked on it, I've mainly just been adding detail to the screens and fixing some buggy scripts. Every screen is very detailed now. I did make a little more of the story, but not much.
Still don't know the release date, but I'm still working on it and it will be finished.

Glad to hear it's still coming, looking forward to playing it.

I want that cookie! Gimmee!!

Update for those who care:

Made some progress, and yes 'some' progress is definitely worth an update for this, since I don't work on it much anymore, mainly because I don't have time, as I have other things to do. I also have to make my LP's for Dink, to keep the people that like those happy, which take up some of the time I probably used to spend Dmodding, but anyway, some progress is better than none right? ... yep, now to the point:

- 7 more map screens completed (9 if you count the 2 incomplete, dull, pieces of crap screens that suck ass, which need more work).
- Now have 421 working scripts, which is a nice update from 415 (also edited first post to say this)
- 1 New spell
- 1 new side quest
- 2 new (not animated) graphics
- 1 new animated graphic
- 1 riddle added into a certain side quest area (designed to rot out your brain and have you screaming like a psychotic pillbug that is totally off it's face)
- Modifcations to intro and storyline, to make them much more interesting and hopefully boredom-free (unless your a n00b, in which case you can suck on the balls of a Peking duck)

This sounds good :]

i had the impression he ment to be negative on sucking duck balls iplaydink.

6 new screenshots:

*UPDATED AND ADDED TO TOP POST*

Everyone seems to be killing off Tal a lot lately. Poor Tal. Ah hell with it, die tal!!

Those look very good and pretty unique. Looks like something I'd want to play!

Update:
-Made some new scripts, including a couple of new ideas that I came up with that turned out pretty good, won't mention them here however, you'll just have to wait and see.

-Made some more side quests.

-Added a whole heap of new secrets

-Added a new spell

-Made a new status bar and inventory, which you can see below:
Status Bar(In-Game)
Inventory(In-Game)

That new interface looks good! How did you make it?

Spunky, bro!

"That new interface looks good! How did you make it?"

I made both the status bar and inventory in photoshop, from scratch.

didnt you say in your rap parody that nobody wants your dmod? well i should think everyone at the dn wants it! i do thats for darn sure.

I WANT THIS NAO
Unfortunately I know its still in very slow prodinktion.

UPDATE

Fixed a whole heap of bugs in the parts I've made so far.
New area added.
Made my own night effect, for the reason that the old one wasn't applied to all the tiles, and wasn't applied to any sprites, which isn't very useful in my opinion. I made my own, so I can apply it to all tiles, and all sprites. I applied this effect to every single Dink graphic and tile - so even Dink looks night-ish. I don't know whether I should upload these night graphics though, I'll let you decide.
Note: This whole Dmod isn't set at night, I use the 'load_tile' and 'load_sequence_now' functions in order to load the full set of day or night tiles when needed. It works awesomely.
Also, I made it different, my version has more of a blue-ish tinge to it. I like it that way, fits the atmosphere of my Dmod better too.
If people like it, I'll upload my full set of night tiles and sprites.

Screenshots
Night-time 1
Night-time 2

Hours of gameplay so far(with me playing it, so I know exactly where to go): 3 hours

This Dmod is still no where near complete though.

Also, I was creating some new graphics in 3DSmax, and they were almost done, but I lost motivation after I lost the files. I found an older save of them, but they are really old saves and they are no where near completed, so I don't know whether these new graphics will make it into the Dmod - depends if I can be bothered remaking them.

So yeh, this Dmod is still being made, and will be released eventually.

Sounds very impressive so far.

I saw a sneak peek, and believe me, it is impressive.

your awsome robj! hey i just stated the obvious! oooh look a chair!

I'd really appreciate you releasing those night graphics, would help me enormously That's the one thing I miss when using 32 bit color, the pallette swaps. And I'm not really experienced enough with graphics software to achieve the same results you did, plus I'm color blind which is also obstructive

Sounds fun I would love to play need to require a working computer first

Update
This Dmod is still going strong.
List of recent progress:
- fixed a few bugs that I found. A few meaning 5 or 6 in this case.
- tweaked a few scripts to make them run better, and with less variables being used in a few of them.
- updated one of my new spells to give it a few other 'abilities', I guess you could call them.
- made some changes to the dialogue I have written so far, to make it more believable/compelling.
- added 24 new screens, when I say new screens, I mean detailed and complete btw... so yeh, there's 28 new screens if you count the incomplete ones, which still need a lot of attention to detail.
- 1 new side quest, which, if found and completed, reaps quite a convenient reward...

Playtime - with completion of all side quests - and with me playing through (knowing exactly where to go), is now almost 4 hours.

And how far along is this 4 hours playtime considering the complete game? Half? 90%?

I've seen some of this, and it's neither 90% nor half from what I understand. It's less.

So we're looking at a 20 hour game! Cool, if it gets finished Please do finish it though, we NEEDZ to FEED.

"I've seen some of this, and it's neither 90% nor half from what I understand. It's less."
I've been working on it a lot recently, its about half complete now, with the 4 hours of gameplay.

Half complete! Join the club!

Just letting people know, this is still going... it's going slowly... but it's still going... I'm just in the midst of redoing some of the previous dialogue, as it was originally made very rough, with the intention of going back to it later once some other areas had been made....
At this point I have also used up over half of the 768 maximum map tiles available.
It's definitely going to be an epic, as it qualifies for one already, and it isn't complete yet...

What are the reqs for a epic robj?

Waiting takes too long!
but don't get me wrong.
This d-mod is looking great.
and now if you excuse i have someone to set straight!.

When is robj going to finish this dmod.

Depends how much money is in ur pocket right now

Based on what I've seen of this D-Mod, I'll pay 100 euros for it even if I'm not asked to.

I am not paying anything for this d-mod.

Stop it, Hitler.

yeah Rob needs the money for his cookie addiction

Progress Update

- 21 new scripts, bringing the total scripts to 467
- I have used roughly 3 quarters of the 768 maxiimum map tiles available - only about 6 of those screens are incomplete at the moment.

I have to modify the way I am using my night sprites.. for some reason the loading of some sprites on the fly, was screwing with the hardness of some other sprites when they were loaded back in... it was quite weird, but since there is only a few night parts in this Dmod, I have found another way to do it, so it's all good now. I've just gotta retest it and tweak a few scripts to get it working properly again.

From what I've read and seen,this is going to be an awesome Dmod!

Can you post a demo?

Demo's are like a cancerous virus. They fall upon the Mod with no warning. It brings a veil of laziness and the munchies over the editor. They feel there job is done and visit there mod less and less in some cases it has even driven there creators insane so they took up moderating the website. The demand for the D-Mod dies down and it makes you wonder did the D-Mod ever really stand a chance in the "real" files anyhow?

Sabre should atleast relaese a demo of CC3 because that never going to be finshed anyway.

I have recently started working on this again.
Fixed lots of bugs in the parts I've already made and added a lot of extra detail.
This Dmod is coming along nicely, if I do say so myself. I decided to remove a couple of the new graphics, simply because I decided they didn't fit, and I prefer them not to be there at all, than to look unrealistic compared to the rest of the graphics. When I say a couple, I say it literally... there a still new graphics in the Dmod, I was just unhappy with these two I removed. I might remake them, but they aren't that essential.

Other than that. I just finished creating a cool new boss... which I have been going backwards and forwards trying to fix for a few months.. and now he's just about fully working, which is a big motivator to keep working on it. This was one of those scripts that crush all motivation to continue, and now that it's done, it's flipped around and I'm gonna work on it a lot more.

Added another side quest... also added a quest log, because it could get quite confusing for the player otherwise.

Quest logs are awesome.

Now if I could work out why my script for it has been bugging I can get my questlog-file patched...

I honestly can't wait to play this, because I know you've already put a loooot of time and work into trying to make it something special

Glad to hear.

Still working on this.. I've progressed a lot in the last week.

More to come soon.

Interesting!

I've made a HEAP of progress on this Dmod in the last two weeks. Thanks to Kyle for the massive motivation boost he gave me over Skype recently.

It's still got a long way before it's released, but I've gone through what I've created so far and thoroughly checked it over for bugs, and fixed them all. I think there was a total of around 30 bugs that I found and fixed.

Also got a new enemy sprite in the works that I'm adding into the Dmod, all credit in regards to creation of it goes to Iplaydink, since he's putting it together for me.

As a side note, I might be looking for early beta testers soon, and when I say early.. I mean the game is no where near complete yet, but since it's going to be such a big dmod, I want a couple of early beta testers to find any bugs I may have missed so far, rather than leaving it until the end and then finding out the dmod needs to be postponed for ages to allow for bug fixing.
If you volunteer for this you should already know that this process may destroy the fun of playing the full Dmod when it's finally released.. but if you don't mind, then please volunteer! (Like I said: I only need one or two at this stage.)

This DMOD looks like it has a ton of potential, and I'm glad to know you are still working on it.

I haven't completely decided yet, but I'd say there is a very high chance I will volunteer to beta test. I don't think seeing the first part of the game will ruin the final release for me, but if it is as good as it sounds, there is a chance it may make waiting for it a bit harder.

Just be sure to leave a post when you are ready for testing, and I'll let you know.

Also, I'm very impressed with the number of scripts you have going already. I've basically considered my (epic) DMOD about 50% complete, and I only have 216 scripts with 316kb of content (granted, I haven't scripted all the little things Dink can punch and examine just yet). so 500+ is definitely an achievement. The amount of scripts you have now is probably somewhere around how much mine will have when it's finished.

Don't underestimate how much your script total will still inflate once you add those fluff scripts

Don't underestimate how much your script total will still inflate once you add those fluff scripts

Agreed. HH2 probably has around 500 necessary scripts. And the number jumped to 750+ after I added all the detail scripting.

Sorry Rob. I'm gonna sit this one out. As much as I'd love to early-test it (not just out of excitement, but as a repay for you testing my D-Mods), I just don't have enough time in my hands. Sorry.

Don't underestimate how much your script total will still inflate once you add those fluff scripts

I'm trying not to.

My guess is 500-600, and less than a megabyte, since the fluff scripts will not be very big. But I guess I'll see how that turns out.

Edit: And yeah, HH2 is quite the script giant. 993 kb with 772 scripts is a lot! Although, I think some of the scripts could have been combined to lower the count (mostly the magerock scripts come to mind, seeing as there are fifteen of them but I'm not sure why). I'm combining scripts as much as I can without making code hard to read, like changing text depending on which screen a character is on instead of using a new script for a new screen. It's certainly not important though, just something I like to do because it's easier for me.

Fluff scripts are the best.

Just noticed you upgraded it to 528 scripts, RobJ. Nice!

Ok, for those who read this and are interested in the early testing, please send me a PM on here with your email in it. I will then send my Dmod within the next week to the two emails I receive first.. (when it's ready for early testing).

please send me a PM on here with your email in it.

Sorry, no PM (you know why ), but I'm interested. My e-mail is in several other threads, but here it is again: wijnen@debian.org.

Thanks!

UPDATE:

-Remade an area of about 55 map screens, which got deleted after I formatted my computer, due to having an old backup. The awesome thing is, it's better than before hehe.
- Added a few more quests
- I'm now running low on unused map screens lol

You can always make clever use of vision/tilechanging to squeeze out some extra screens

Good to see another D-Mod is making progress. Can't wait to play it

The awesome thing is, it's better than before hehe.

That's the great thing about starting over!

Remade an area of about 55 map screens, which got deleted after I formatted my computer, due to having an old backup. The awesome thing is, it's better than before hehe.

You could have asked your beta-testers; they're extra backup space. But I suppose that backup was too old as well...

"You could have asked your beta-testers; they're extra backup space. But I suppose that backup was too old as well..."
Hehe.... yeh my "old" backup was further along than the beta

" The awesome thing is, it's better than before hehe.

That's the great thing about starting over! "

That's the evil thing about starting over. Every time you redo something it ends up better. Makes sure you never actually finish something.

Progress is going pretty nicely on this, considering my lack of motivation. I mean, let's face it... there's not really much motivation to make a Dmod nowadays, for reasons already pointed out in other threads, but it's getting there anyway..

I could show some more screenshots, but I don't wanna give anything else away...
It now has 600 scripts.

Awesome. Keep working on it. I'll definitely play it and give it a review when it comes out. I'll keep working on my dmod too. I really can't wait for when this surge of new dmods come out. It'll be awesome.

sp_speed(robj,9001);

I think you mean sp_speed(&robj, 9001);

"sp_speed(&robj, 9001);"

I think setting the speed that high might cause glitches, and we don't want that do we?

In my editor it works without the &.

It would depend on what brain you're using, Rob.

sp_speed(robj,9001);
Hmmmm... Hm.... What could you possibly be referencing.... Hmmm.....

Dbz and my post. THAT'S TWO THINGS!

When is it going to be released RobJ?

"When is it going to be released RobJ?"

Not certain yet, so I'm not going to say. All I'll say is that it will most probably be this year sometime. There's still a lot left to do.

Around summer time?

"Around summer time?"

You Australians are strange...

I got a friend travelling through Australia at the moment and he says it's 35 degrees celcius there... In winter.

Which state/territory is it?

Which state/territory is it?

I have absolutely no idea. He travels hundreds of kilometers per day, so not any one state I assume.

Update:
Currently there are other things I need to sort out for me that are more important. I have not touched this Dmod since about a week after my last update.
As such, this project is on hold until I say otherwise.

Not cancelled.

On hold.

Oh, that's a shame. But you'll get back to it eventually, won't you?

He better, it's a really good d-mod!

it's a really good d-mod!

Yes, it definitely is!

If you dont make it. I'll find where you live.

Like I said, on hold.

I'll be returning to it in the not too distant future. (4-6 months depending on RL things).

Oh, okay. Your previous post sounded too much like subtle irony. "This project is NOT cancelled. Definitely not cancelled. Nope. Definitely not."

Lol, reading it back now I can see how it was taken as such.

Update:

I know I said I wouldn't work on this for a while, but I was bored for a couple of minutes today and decided to update it.

So I added a tree on screen 143

I think it redefined the screen

Seriously

It's a hella good update.

Yeah, screen 143 really needed that something extra.

Man, I haven't touched screen 143 for years! Man, how I envy your work ethic...

I realized I had no screen 143.

That fatal mistake has been remedied.

Let me guess; It was a Grinch tree, right?

Even the original game was guilty of the sin of not having a tree in screen 143. But I was quick to fix that!

My D-mod doesn't currently have a screen 143...but there will be someday, and there will definitely be a tree.

New running gag for all upcoming D-mods?

Edit: For me, screen 143 will eventually exist in the desert area of my D-mod, probably very close to the major town of the area. So for now, it's a desert tiled screen with a random tree on it.

Okay, I put a tree on screen 143 of Malachi the Jerk. I even put a sign there explaining its purpose.

However, that screen happens to be in my super super secret area, so you might not see it.

Awesome to see a tree and the screen #143 can inspire such creative tree use in everyone's dmod... I now expect everyone mods to be finished by Christmas with this amazing amount of treefully awesome motivation I have given you all.

If not I will murder Santa Claus and eat his reindeer. I will then regurgitate them and bury them under the tree on screen 143.

In other words:

Merry Christmas?

IDEK.

For my D-Mod to be done in 4 days, I'd need no less than 5 people experienced with DinkC working on it non-stop because it's quite a ways from being finished. I put some clever (or stupid) dialogue on the tree at least.

I will then regurgitate them and bury them under the tree on screen 143.

Easter Egg confirmed!

EDIT: And knowing Robj he's actually doing it now too.

Even the original game was guilty of the sin of not having a tree in screen 143. But I was quick to fix that!

I must agree with Robj, that quite redefines that screen.

I'll be adding a tree to my dmod as well in screen 143.

Hahaha, brilliant! I love you guys!

I too have added a tree to screen 143. It really needed one!

UPDATE:

ExDeathEvn's extensive update of his Dmod inspired me to update TDA. I opened it, scrolled through the map, found his in-game representation of him which was in a secret area, and replaced his character with an old man. I then ate a sandwitch, closed the dmod and thought maybe I should have put some more motivation into that sandwitch, I mean seriously, it tasted like procrastination.

Oh wow. I really want a sandwich now.

You guys are truly inspiring. I aspire to reach your levels of hard work and commitment.

It's ok Sparrowhawk, you'll get there one day. If you wanna take a shortcut just ditch your sanity, that's what I did.

Robj - the ultimate cookie stealing troll.

Great effort on the D-mod btw, sounds like it's going to be epic

WOW this has been going since atleast July 2009.

Robj when are going finish it.

Do I even have to say it...?

Tomorrow of course!

I like how Punisher pushes authors into continuing, that's actually a good thing

If he doesn't finish it this year, it's probably never going to be finished.

"If he doesn't finish it this year, it's probably never going to be finished."

Even if I don't finish this year (which I think I will, but it is a possibility considering I only get 1 day a week free for myself), there is no way I am leaving this incomplete, having already completed so much.

But I trust after almost losing the D-Mod, you now have 20 backups of it on ten different computers?

"But I trust after almost losing the D-Mod, you now have 20 backups of it on ten different computers?"

I put it on dropbox. Obviously private link so no one can get it. But at least it's there now, can't go anywhere.

If I was motivated enough, I could probably finish this dmod in two months, but unfortunately, that won't happen. It will be more like 4 or 5.

Give me the private link RobJ

"Give me the private link RobJ"

No.

Fine I wont tell you where my Macadamia cookies are then.

GIVE ME THE LINK AND YOU CAN HAVE THE COOKIES!!

Allow me to speak for the glorious Cookie Empire;

No. Wait patiently like the rest of us.

This Dmod is going well, it will probably be released before the world ends, whenever that is.

2012

Still interested to see this thing though...

At the very least, the world ends 4.5 billion years from now. I'd say you got plenty of time.

Didn't the world end on Y2K? Anyways, good luck continuing this beast of a dmod.

2012

Technically, if they hadn't messed up their counting, we'd be living in 2012 right now. So the World could still end 21st December 2012.

Added a new side quest today.

Current script count: 616.

Also did a little work on the main story, but that's going slowly at the moment.

Since a lot of this game is set mostly in underground areas, I have spent some time creating some more 'overworld' quests so that the player can enjoy some green grass, trees and sunshine (unless it's night time lol).

This Dmod is going quite well. I'm working on it regularly now. I had a motivation spike to just try and get this done.

Is there going to be a demo?

"Is there going to be a demo?"

Only if you never want to see the full version.

Only if you never want to see the full version.

Lol. Glad you are working on this again. The beta was really nice and the full version can only be nicer!

There have been demos removed after the main game has been released.

The demos that are currently there are only demos that wont be finished.

The screenshots dont work anymore.

If nobody clicks on those screenshots for a while (half a year or so?), imageshack will automatically delete them. It kinda sucks for these threads which only occasionally get updated. Only solution is if Robj wants to reupload them.

So let me gets this straight you have been working on this since august 2008?

Are you even making it anymore?

Punisher, the best projects take large amounts of time. Time he spends responding to silly questions is time not spent Dmodding.
Leave the great man to his great works and be patient.

Are you even making anymore?

I would suggest you try to pay more attention to grammar and a bit less to projects you suspect won't be finished. If you don't think this will be finished, feel free to totally ignore this thread.

Let people who do believe in this project talk about it. I totally don't see what you're trying to do with those kind of suggestions. Are you trying to make Robj say that it won't be finished? What good would that do?

Are you trying to make Robj say that it won't be finished? What good would that do?


Honesty a bit like what Sabre did to CC3 finally admit it wont be made anymore.

Honesty a bit like what Sabre did to CC3 finally admit it wont be made anymore.

Wait... So you're TRYING to make him NOT finish it?

Please. Stop. Now. Especially when there are a few of us who can confirm he IS working on it, and that there is an EXTENSIVE amount of work that has and is still being done towards finishing the Dmod this thread is for, not to mention other Dmod projects that he still won't reveal to me despite the number of cookies I send him every week beyond the small snippets of information I am legally obliged to not share with anyone until release date.

Except for Billygoat. That's all he'll let me tell you.

Of course I'm still working on it. Go away Punisher, your negative attitude and ridiculous assumptions are not wanted.

Wait... So you're TRYING to make him NOT finish it?

I just want honesty.

Click here!

When sabre admit to stop working on CC3.

"I just want honesty."

I've told you what's happening, I'm working on it and it will come out eventually. But if you are so adamant on trying to make me never finish it, I can always make sure that when I do release it, I upload it to a private link to PM for those who want it and make sure I never give you a copy, since that's what you want. How does that sound?

I'll take a copy when you finish.

I've told you what's happening, I'm working on it and it will come out eventually. But if you are so adamant on trying to make me never finish it, I can always make sure that when I do release it, I upload it to a private link to PM for those who want it and make sure I never give you a copy, since that's what you want. How does that sound?

Sounds alright I guess

I upload it to a private link to PM for those who want it

You don't just let the troll win.

Pretty sure Rob was kidding. Pun can be pretty hard to take though.

You never know...

Any Info on the Dark Avilan?

"Any Info on the Dark Avilan?"

I've actually been working on it pretty much every day.

.. I thought about leaving a more extensive update post here, but then I saw a packet of Doritos and decided I have to go eat them. Bye.

Ok ok... here's the proper update. (Yes I'm double posting. Just in case someone already read the previous post and isn't expecting an edit, so I'm bumping this).

Alright, so..
- I've gone back and expanded A LOT of what was already made, added a lot more stuff.

- Made things more entertaining, and made sure any 'fetch quests' I previously made no longer felt boring, and also had more purpose to them.

- Modified a shizload of dialogue to make it more 'realistic' I guess you could say.

- Redesigned the quest log to make it more awesome.

- Added a new area.

- Added unlockable alternate hero quests of characters from the main story, which are playable form the title screen after unlocked, to further expand on the story.

- Ate some doritos and placed another screen-changing tree, with one blade of grass to totally blow some ducking minds.

Ate some doritos and placed another screen-changing tree, with one blade of grass to totally blow some ducking minds.

I'm in awe.

Seriously though, glad you're still working on this. The test version from some time ago was already quite awesome so I'm looking forward to the things you added and changed.

Finish it.

^^^

"FINISH HIM" (Mortal Kombat reference ftw?)

-_-

Sadly, by now, Robj has probably fixed the knights who shat their pants with gold. This D-Mod just will not be able to deliver the same kind of entertainment without them. Please Robj, for the sake of all the Dinkers and Quackers' secret peanut butter basket, include an easter egg of a knight with a golden poop problem.

Finnish the D-mod.

Finnish the D-mod.

Okay, I'm on it.

Okay, I'm on it.

No not you scratcher.

RobJ finish it

RobJ finish it[i]

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^^^

"FINISH HIM" (Mortal Kombat reference ftw?)

FATALITY

Hurry up I want to play this D-mod.

edrftgybhunijmok,lp

I'll get right on it.

Cuz I'm robj.

Yep.

I'm Robj.

Does this mean I can retire?

You didn't continue my joke. So, yeah. Retire. Go to another planet. Go away.

But Im not Robj.

You could've been a ghost. :c

But that would make the haunting more obvious.

But you don't want to duck with ghosts, do you?

Guys just calm down, I'm working on it.

Any update on this D-Mod? Are you still working on it, Robj?

Yes.

How long do you think takes it, until it's finished?
" months?

Dont know.
I'll post some new screenshots up later.

YEEEES!
More screenshots!

YEEEES!
More screenshots!

Uups...
Have submitted it two times...

it's our cloning lab, not you.

Go Rob go!

It is with great regret that I may have to delete the tree on screen #143 after some recent updates to the mapping. I feel it doesn't fit anymore...

I am in the process of rewriting/editing a lot of the dialogue in this Dmod too, to make it more interesting and engaging. It could take a bit... there is a lot of dialogue. I tend to rush dialogue and come back to it later with all my dmods I make, in an attempt to continue with the storyline and design plan that I have.

Have done a lot of mapping and a lot more scripting too.

Total number of scripts is almost 700.

I'm sure I speak for all of us when I repeat "Go Rob go!".

^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

"It is with great regret that I may have to delete the tree on screen #143"

I'm sure I speak for all of us when I repeat "No Rob no!"

#savethetree2017

Uh, yeah, Robj? About that tree. I'm feeling pretty triggered right now, so if you could check your privilege real quick?

-___-

This is treely treebling news.

youve really got me stumped,

why wood you remove the tree dude!? Just leaf it where it is robbie!

you used to be a real tree hugger man.
im not normally one to get all sappy,
but you should really just get back to your roots.

if not you could try branching out and adding even MORE trees...

or maybe youre just all bark and no bite, making empty threats?

ok look, on my count youre gonna put it back ok?

one....

two....

.....

tree.....

I know you all see this edit as the ultimate form of treeson, but I can guarantree that it's totally worth it. everything will be oak-kay.

Fir sure? If what you're saying is tree, I'm pine with it and we might be able to call a spruce. Needless to say, if you're lying about this though, and the results end up being treevastating, I'll be coming after you, birch!

All you have to do is scale a tree down in size and stick it in a plant pot, make it a sappling in the middle of the screen or something? Just sayin'.

FOAK YOU, ROBJ.

Tries to come up with a pun...
Gives up...
Leaves...

"It was on this day, the petition to bring the tree back to screen #143 reached over 1 billion votes. Even people who had never heard of Dink were signing the petition, likely due to threats by "No more Treeson", a new and extremely dangerous terrorist group that has been threatening to grow trees in peoples houses if they don't comply with their petition."

*Pant*
*Pant*
*Pant*
*Gulps*
Took me forever to get to the bottom of this thread.

Tries to come up with a pun...
Gives up...
Leaves...

Leaves...

LeavesLeavesLeavesLeavesLeavesLeavesLeavesLeavesLeavesLeavesLeavesLeavesLeavesLeavesLeavesLeavesLeavesLeavesLeavesLeavesLeavesLeavesLeavesLeaves

LEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAVVVVVVVVVVVVVVEEEEEEEEEEEESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

Over the last 3 days I have put over 20 hours of work into developing this Dmod.

Half of that was me going back over all my scripts I've already written, cleaning them up, commenting them (I have a bad habit of never commenting my scripts, and they end up a mess), and fixing every possible bug/glitch I could find. I did full debug test, found a total of 42 bugs and fixed them all. I also rewrote some scripts to make them more efficient and to use less variables and stuff.

Now I can move onto making the final part of the game, which still has a bit of work, but the good news is that now the majority of bug fixing is done, so that's a lot less I have to do when the dmod is finally finished.

I will still need beta testers though, but not yet, I will say when I'm ready. Preferably the same people that tested this previously, if possible.

I.
CANT.
WAIT.

YIPEEE! I find that I can hardly wait for this magnum opus too. Go Rob Go!

just a few more years?

Glad to hear it's coming along, Rob.

just a few more years?

I'd be surprised if not at least another year. This D-Mod, from what I saw already years ago, has probably the most polished/innovative scripting I've seen any D-Mod do. Seriously, you have to go to the Pilgrim's Quest and Initiation levels of crazy scripting tricks if you wanna have a chance to even be considered in the same category as this D-Mod.

What's an Avilan though?

and how do you pronounce it.

"What's an Avilan though?"
"and how do you pronounce it."

Both will be answered closer to release date, in the trailer

And when's the release date? Will it be something dramatic like Skyrim's "11.11.11"?

"18.18.18"

Release date is currently ??/??/??

@ Skurn & Bluedy
I have always assumed Avilan was some alternate spelling of the famous island of Arthurian legend, Avalon. But, I have no reason to truly be certain of this.

@ Robj
The excitement is building. We need some hints about the story before we go mad!

ok so it's about the island of avilan at night.

"The excitement is building. We need some hints about the story before we go mad!"
This Dmod has words in it. And grass, it has grass too.

oh come on, how many rpgs need grass.

no but seriously, how much grass

Less every day, while the Author smokes it away.

Does it have purdy flowers?

when can we get pages

Good luck, Robj! Though I doubt it will be complete this year. Will you tease us with screenshots?

yeah, im pretty sure it's got a few more years. you know how these things go

Yup, experienced that too many times.

Tell us more (and not just about the words and the grass)! WE hunger for your masterpiece!

I want that cookie! Gimmee!!!!

Any news from the community's most revered teacher of dmods on his magnum opus?

We still look forward to playing your great and grand "Dark Avilan". Don't forget to keep up your work on that for what you recently called this "dying community".

Trust me, I've actually been working on it. I just.. don't talk much

HOORAY!

And I always check this topic when I see it has new replies, even if I don't talk much either!

Let me know if you'd like any help.

Remade the title screen today, cause I got bored of mapping and scripting. It's very similar to before, but I think it looks slightly more awesome this way and fits more with the Dmod itself ( you'll see what I mean by that when you play it, although this might give away a hint about what "The Dark Avilan" is... many people have asked. )

Old Title Screen

New title screen

Great title screen! Got any idea when we can play the game?

Well, I'm working on this at a much faster pace now, so shouldn't be too long.

Then, after this, I will work on getting my other 4 dmods complete since I seem to have a lot of motivation now.

Hooray!

That is a spiffy title screen! Keep up the good work.

Awaiting this

bet you havent been waiting as long as i was waiting for the page to scroll down.

'Tis coming faster than ever. Still a bit to do though, but it's getting done quickly. I'm not gonna rush anything, I want this released to the quality I envisioned it to and nothing less.

Excellent news! Do it right or don't do it at all.

Go Robj go!

Almost done! Then again, you know how things can draaaag out, always finding things that you can improve on, so you add a bit extra here and there. But it's definitely coming out this year.



I'll post again when I'm looking for beta testers.

Yipee!

Well, I suppose it is a good time now to start a guessing game of what the heck dark avilan is.

My guess number one:
avilan is the anagram for anvil, but an extra 'a' slipped into the word.

My guess number two:
The dark villain couldn't quite fit the title screen, so you rewrote villain to avilan to solve the problem, and add a little mystery to the title of the dmod itself.

My guess number tree (143):
If you read it backwards, it says naliva, which is similar to saliva... Yuck!

Edit:
For the sake of that tree, please include herbies booties at some early stage of the game

I figure it is some kind of place of legend, like this one: ---> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Avalon

It's a sword. No, the titlescreen obviously didn't give that away.

no, it's the background

Taking a small break from this to finish a couple of side projects. Don't worry, the side projects are Dmods as well, that are also almost complete, but since they are collabs, I want to get them done.

I'm trying to do too much at once and it isn't working.

Work faster! Skip those hours every night that you have been wasting by sleeping! And you should be able to skip meals for at least a few weeks before you are too weak to go on!



Oh well, you should know that your fans continue to await your most important dmod work (ever!) with bated breath. BTW, what are these collaborative efforts we can look forward to in the mean time?

You're still working on this? Looking forward to it!
Will be interesting to see how it runs in the latest DinkHD.

Nah. He gave up. He told me that he couldn't find proper words for the dmod to end. Apparently
"THE-END" is a bit too cliche, and he really wanted to create something original. Sorry guys, but he deleted all of the files out of anger and despair...

Robj!

Please say that this rumor of you giving up and deleting all your files is not true! Surely Toof was just tormenting us!

Your fans await.

actually, he sent me the dmod files before deleting them. i'll describe it.

it starts in a cave. dink has just escaped from the dark avilan, an evil organization dedicated to resurrecting ancients. in the cave, dink discovers a sword. he destroys the dark avilan and the game ends.

it's pretty sucky.

Skurn is correct.



In all seriousness tho. As stated before, there is about 2 months work left on this, I just haven't worked on it since stating it was on hold, I'm working on other collab projects. Although the last 3 - 4 weeks I haven't worked on anything, I've been busy with family stuff, and medical stuffs. Meaning that this won't be done next month, it'll be done early 2018, when I start working on it again

no it wont

no it wont

Correct.

Your true fans live in hope for that day in 2018.

no, robj already confirmed it aint comin

done yet?

@Robj:

If you don't hurry it soon will not be 2018 any more, and your last projection of completion was early 2018, right?

Come on! We can't take this much longer!

That projection was made before I started training for my new career.

As of December 2017, one month after I made that projection, the Dmod was put on hold, along with everything else in my life, all I do now is study, stress out, and be a social reject until this training is over, then I can resume having a life.

you've been doing that forever. get back to the dmod

F!@# the Dmod.



Edit: Just kidding I spent like over 10 years on that shit, I need to finish it.

Good idea.

It is not good to leave things unfinished in life (especially dmods ).

@Robj:

Let me know if you want some help finishing it up. I'd be honored to give you a hand.

I'm glad to hear that progress is still in this D-mod's future, even if it will be a little later. I still have a strong urge to finish my DMOD too, even after all this time, despite the fact I don't really have time to work on it right now.

@ Thenewguy:

I'm glad to hear that progress is still in this D-mod's future, even if it will be a little later. I still have a strong urge to finish my DMOD too, even after all this time, despite the fact I don't really have time to work on it right now.

Well, then, I know life takes precedence over role playing games, even if they are Dink modules. But, don't wait too long before restarting your efforts, even if it means just doing a little bit each day. BTW, have you started a Previews Forum Thread for it yet? If not, then please do so, so that we members of the DN can discuss it and encourage you further.

you should update all the screenshot links since imageshack destroyed everyone's pictures and hoped replacing them with ads would somehow give them a ton of money

you should update all the screenshot links since imageshack destroyed everyone's pictures and hoped replacing them with ads would somehow give them a ton of money

Done. Also added some old screenshots that never made it into the top post.
Amazing I still had these laying around in a folder somewhere and didn't have to retake them.

I did a little mapping, fixed some bugs and went through every script. ALL 616 OF THEM, EVERY LINE - rewrote a hell of a lot, changed some stuff to make it work better and save variables here and there and combined a few scripts together for convenience.

This is the second time I've overhauled and rewrote most of my scripts. They are much cleaner now, with lots of comments to explain wtf is going on.

Total number of scripts has gone from 616 to 591.

There. I did something. Now leave me alone until January.

@Robj:
Thanks very much for your renewed effort! Your fans eagerly await the results that (we hope) will come with the "new year".

I am also still waiting for this eagerly.

Okay, so it is January and we are all eager to know if you have decided to "get on with it" Mr. Robj.

What news can you give us? How much closer are we to the 1.0 release of "The Dark Avilan"? We must know! We need you to give us some hope in this new year so that we can face these dark times!

Sure, I finished my studies yesterday. Work on TDA will be resumed tomorrow. (that's not a necromancer pun either).

alright, i've invested so much into this project. i'll see your company destroyed if you underperform. i want to see loot boxes, and grinding so intensely bad and mind numbing that it drives players to buy said loot boxes on mass.

Sure, I finished my studies yesterday. Work on TDA will be resumed tomorrow. (that's not a necromancer pun either).

And there was much rejoicing among the faithful few who remained among the people!

Release it at July 17th to have it a 10-years development history. Sort of.

Work on TDA will be resumed tomorrow

It's the day after tomorrow! Are you finished yet?

he failed so me and my investing group tanked his company.

Ghostlight Incorporated have been funding this project since it's inception and will continue to do so. Thanks for giving up your shares, Skurn; They're mine now.

https://imgur.com/a/ZyqKAgT

@Skurn:
Although the initial wait time at The DMOD Bistro to place your order is relatively short, the real test of your patience is waiting for the DMOD to come out of the oven. At least you know that RobJ, the original owner, is still hard at work in the back preparing your DMOD fresh. (maybe)

You'll have plenty of entertainment while you wait, watching the hustle and bustle of Brooklyn, NY. RobJ's been hard at work making hand-tossed DMODs for 40 years, so this stop will definitely be worth your time.

Thanks for reviving this important thread! We can't let this magnum opus of Robj be left behind and forgotten!

@Robj:

I agree with Skurn. We have waited far too long. Please shorten our torment and get to work on this dmod now that push/pull is "done".

Please!

I'm just editing the video tutorials for push and pull atm so I can include the link in the readme file before I upload it. Then I'll be resuming work on all my other projects

@robj:
I'm just editing the video tutorials for push and pull atm so I can include the link in the readme file before I upload it. Then I'll be resuming work on all my other projects

Work faster!

Well I'm moving house atm so I don't have access to my Pc for a few days. When I hook it back up the first thing I'll do is edit the video tutorials(which I've already finished recording) for push and pull, upload that, and then I'll work on other stuff.

@Robj:

Well I'm moving house atm so I don't have access to my Pc for a few days. When I hook it back up the first thing I'll do is edit the video tutorials(which I've already finished recording) for push and pull, upload that, and then I'll work on other stuff.

Wow, I hate moving. That is certainly a good excuse. You have my sympathy. I promise to stop tormenting you about making progress on this important dmod.

Let us know when you are in your new residence and have everything set up again so that we can immediately begin harassing you about The Dark Avilan once again.

you already moved. sit the computer back down and keep going

It must be time to renew the harassment by now!

Well, are you making progress?

he's procrastinating setting up his computer so that he doesn't procrastinate.

Skorns got it.

@Robj:

Skorns got it.

Well stop slacking off! We expect better from you, the author of the "Dmod Creation Tutorials", a surprising amount of dmod related music, Version Checker and co-author of "Dink Hotel (The)".

Come on now. What percentage of "doneness" have you reached? How much longer will we have to wait?

This waiting is agony!

Please, tell us how things are going!

Please put us out of our misery! Give us some news, I beg you.

Update: No update as of yet.

@Robj:

I would just like to point out, that I didn't lie.
It was done on the 10th of May.

I just, haven't created the accompanying tutorial videos needed to implement it that I wanted to create before uploading it.

Maybe I'll do that this week.

Wait, what about "The Dark Avilan", your magnus opus as yet unreleased that we are ALL waiting for? Tell us please! What has happened there in the last two months or so?

See my previous post.

Nothing has changed.

@Robj:
See my previous post.

Nothing has changed.

Well, has it changed now?

There must be some changes, seems like he doesn't wanna ruin the surprise. Im looking forward to this work, (even though the chances of release are extremely low).

There must be some changes, seems like he doesn't wanna ruin the surprise. Im looking forward to this work, (even though the chances of release are extremely low)

Chances of release arent that low.

@Robj:
Chances of release arent that low.

Hooray! Hope lives on! Tell us more!

the difference is a mere point.

Chances of release arent that low.

The chances are probably about as low as me ever finishing Shadows of Death

Every now and then I open the dmod and do like a minimal amount of work.

Like yesterday, I added a piece of grass. Yeh 1 grass sprite. Then I thought that was too much work, so I clipped that 1 grass sprite till it was down to 1 shred of grass.
So yeh, I added 1 blade of grass to a screen.

If that's not a solid effort, I don't know what is.

Possible release date?

sounds like my style of dmodding these days.

Hmmm.

Some progress is better than none. But you need to work faster. Your fans have waited so long for this magnum opus of yours!

OK, OK.

I reduced the clipping on the grass sprite a bit more, so it's 2 blades of grass now.

The work I have to put in..

how inspiring. it's almost enough to make me go whip up a quick rock.

So Robj... do your recent inquiries about using sounds under the Dink Engine indicate that you are working on The Dark Avilan?

Do you even need to ask, after the Push & Pull dev thing he dropped on us?
Hoping that'll be featured in it.

I am indeed slamming out screens and scripts at an incredible rate via windinkedit and editpadpro 8.

That was oddly specific of me.

@Robj:
I am indeed slamming out screens and scripts at an incredible rate via windinkedit and editpadpro 8.

Hooray!

Work faster! Go! Go! Break the sound barrier!

Well, we have waited over 10 years for this magnum opus Robj.

Please don't keep us waiting much longer. We all want to see what you've done.

Do you need or want any help?

Your fans await!

Nah, just been working on something that happens to have turned out with an even bigger map, scripts and such.

You'll see. You can't know anything else about it.

Nah, just been working on something that happens to have turned out with an even bigger map, scripts and such.

You'll see. You can't know anything else about it.

Well, I am happy to learn of this news! But, please, tell us more.

And what happened to "The Dark Avilan"? You can tell us about that I hope. Has it just been sidelined for a while in favor of this new project or has it just been left unfinished and un-uploaded forever?

While this isn't out yet. You can entertain yourself in other ways.

One such way is scrolling back through the thread and seeing how many times I promised a deadline. Can you believe I said this thing will be out in 2018 at one point. Now it's 2021.
Can we push it til 2031?

Challenge accepted. 😎

(just kidding)

It felt wrong saying that.

@Robj:
It felt wrong saying that.

Well, you should feel wrong. Your fans are crying out :'-( for this magnum opus
to be released.
When will you relieve our suffering, finish it and upload it to the DN?

We must know!

So, is there any progress on TDA?

In all honesty, this had been on hold for some time, due to spending my dmodding efforts on other projects, that you will be seeing soon.

I will get back to this after I complete these other dink projects.

I've found collaborating on Dink projects keeps them going, even if somewhat slowly. So when I return to this, I may be seeking some help to finish it. But we'll see.

spending my dmodding efforts on other projects

Any hints on what they might be? dmod/nondmod? Keep it super secret, but at least give us category.

I've found collaborating on Dink projects keeps them going, even if somewhat slowly. So when I return to this, I may be seeking some help to finish it. But we'll see.

Well, I might be interested in giving you a hand with finishing it, or expanding and customizing it like I did when I converted SabreTrout's "Valhalla" into my "Crowns of Stone".