Fire-Emblem-Clone is a project to create a working version of Fire Emblem, written entirely in Java. It was written mostly in the summer of 2015, when I had nothing else CS-related to do (though I only uploaded it to github the next winter). The Map Builder is currently fully functional, but the game engine itself is still in the development process.
I built this project using IntelliJ, but .gitignored the metadata folder to keep the project IDE-agnostic. You should be able to import this project into your favorite IDE and run from there.
src contains all of the source files.
Sprites contains character sprites.
Tiles contains all of the tilesets used in the project.
MapBuilder is the tile editor, which is complete and should be relatively intuitive. I'm no GUI expert and there are clearly tools that would be useful to have (fill a certain rectangle, undo, redo, etc) but a functional GUI was enough for me at the time.
MapBuilder has two command-line usages:
java MapBuilder filename.txt
Loads a previously generated map (maps are saved as text files)
java MapBuilder filename.txt TileDir
Creates a new map using a given tile directory. Directories are located inside the "Tiles" folder. For example, If I wanted to use the OverworldRegular tileset from FE7, I would call java MapBuilder map.txt Tiles/FE7/OverworldRegularfrom the command line.
a.txt and b.txt are two files I used for testing so feel free to take a look at them to see a previously generated file.
On the left side of the screen is a the map you're editing. On the right is the tileset palette. One thing I'd do in the future is clearly denote where one tile begins and another ends.
To select a tile to add to your map, click a tile from the palette and notice that the "current tile" at the bottom changes to the tile you selected. Then, go ahead and click anywhere on the map, and you should see that the tile on the map changes to match!
Fill with current tile fills the entire map with a tile. I'd recommend that you fill the entire map with a grass or forest tile before you get started. The X and Y textboxes let you redefine the dimensions of the map you're working with. Be careful, MapBuilder doesn't save tiles that are removed through this method! That is, if you shrink the map you'll lose information. Dimension changes don't take effect until you click "Apply Changes". As mentioned above, Current Tile displays the tile you have currently selected. Finally, Save both prints the textfile to the command line (for debugging purposes) and writes the data to the file specified upon initialization.
GameEngine runs an instance of the actual game. It is not completed, but loads a.txt and puts some characters on the map in order to test various functions, including moving and attacking.
java GameEngine Run the game.
Use the arrow keys to move your cursor over a character, and space to select. Once you've selected a character, you can use the arrow keys to select an action to take. If the action includes selecting a square, you can then select a square using the cursor again.
I am revisiting this project, and step 1 is refactoring the game engine.
Build the src folder, then run TextGameEngine. Right now it's just a rough text-based version so I can test some stuff out. Eventually I'll hook it into the graphics.
- Implement all the actions:
- Basics
MOVEATTACK(needs updated statistics but functionally there)- ITEM (open item dialog)
WAIT(end turn)
- Advanced Basics
- PLAY/DANCE (bard/dancer)
- STAFF
- STEAL
- Terrain Interactions
- RIDE/EXIT (ballista)
- ARMORY
- VENDOR
- INN (same as visit)
- ARENA
- VISIT (villages/houses)
- SEIZE
- CHEST
- DOOR
- Rescuing
RESCUE- GIVE (rescue)
- TAKE (rescue)
- DROP (rescue)
- Other unit interactions
- TRADE (items)
- SUPPORT
- TALK
- Other
- MERCH (merlinus)
- Basics