Isometric game made with Melon

[kolkat]

Hi

Does anyone have a link to a nice isometric game made with melon.js?

In the list of melon games I found something called GIK but it appears to be dead. Is there another one?

[obiot]

Hi, 

oh yeah indeed, GIK seems to be offline... that's a pity, that was really one awesome isometric game

As for other, I'm afraid the only one coming to my mind now is our online example, it's quite basic, but at features show multiple layer, map navigation, and a tile selector (so enough to get you started)

http://melonjs.github.io/melonJS/examples/isometric_rpg/

 

I'll come back if anything else comes to my mind !

[kolkat]

Thanks that's very useful. Is there an example with pathfinding?

[obiot]

not that I know, and I never tried myself to be honest, but it should not be that different from an orthogonal map ? 

 

Note that you can use the below function to convert coordinates between the two (ortho <> iso) :

• http://melonjs.github.io/melonJS/docs/me.Vector2d.html#to2d
• http://melonjs.github.io/melonJS/docs/me.Vector2d.html#toIso

 

found this as well by doing a quick search :

https://gamedev.stackexchange.com/questions/29238/a-pathfinding-for-an-isometric-map

[kolkat]

Thanks for the links, I'll try doing that. I think you are right, if I can figure it out with orthogonal coordinates it should be pretty similar.

Is there a built-in pathfinding function in melon? If not, can you recommend an external script or library to use?

Thanks for your help

[obiot]

There is no built-in one, but if you are up to it that would be a great PR

else see that post:

good luck with your project and keep us posted about your progress

 

[can2nac]

Hi, i'm working on an isometric RPG as a hobby project. For a path finding i used A-Star (https://github.com/bgrins/javascript-astar)

You need to build a simplified model of your game world. Size in tiles. Mark those tiles which are blocked, set start and finish points and you will get the path.