tModLoader Lacuna Mod - Help Needed

[DrClass]

Welcome to project Lacuna. Our vision is to take simple concepts that exist already amongst other mods and the vanilla game, and put a unique spin on them. We want to design something that is memorable not because of sheer mass of content, but rather because of quality and execution.

We need help. Bellow are some things that we need help with. Even if you don’t feel you can help but know someone who can then please send us a message so we can try to get in contact with them. If you can help in a way that is not listed bellow then send me a message and we can talk about it.

• General coder - Someone who can do general stuff like add weapons, armor, and basic enemies into the game.
• Advanced coder - Someone who can design boss AIs, world gen, and other complex stuff.
• Spriter - Someone who can help take some stress off of our lead spriter.
• Animator - Animate things based off of a still designed by one of the spriters.

Currently we have a small batch of sprites and concepts, with little actual implementation. Most stats and behaviors in this section are subject to change based on balancing.

* Some previews shown below are artistic representations and mock-ups, not actual in-game screenshots

Spoiler: Sets

Collections of items, enemies, and materials that fit together thematically...

Not as fragile as you would think

Spoiler: Fuseglass

Fuseglass is a tier intended to be slightly below evil tier items, with weapons being usable to kill evil tier bosses, and offering an alternative ranger armor set, along with niche tools that can remain useful throughout pre-hardmode.

-From left-right, top-bottom:

Fused Parasite (Worm enemy)

Fused Scarab (Spider enemy)

Fused Staff (Staff)

Fuseglass Saber (Sword)

Crystal Chains (Flail)

Crystal Fang (Magic sword)

Fused Multicutter (pick/axe)

Fused Smasher (Hammer)

Crystal Sheen (Crossbow/Repeater)

Pulsating with the energy of death

Spoiler: Necrocatalyst

The Necrocatalyst tier is intended to be an expansion upon the dungeon tier of items, being viable throughout late pre-hardmode and into hell.

-From left-right, top-bottom:

Necrocatalyst (material)

Blue crescent (Enemy)

Cerulean Crescent (Boomerang)

Terrible Knives (Throwing knives)

Azure Lance (Spear)

The Blue Torch (Staff)

Rod of Flying Bones (Summon)

Twisted Grandsword (Sword)

Necrotic Hamaxe (Hamaxe)

Perfect tools from a world long past

Spoiler: Purified

The purified tier is intended to be a small upgrade to the molten tier with some additional effects and unique abilities, without being significantly more powerful than molten gear.

-From left-right, top-bottom:

Pickaxe of Purity (Pick)

Petal Hamaxe (Hamaxe)

Dueling Sword (Sword)

Dueling Bow (Bow)

Purified Petal (Material)

Spoiler: Areas

New places to explore...

What lies deep below the sands?

Spoiler: The Fused Desert

A small region of the underground desert seems to have had it's sands melted and fused into hard, glass crystals. the strange burst of heat seems to have affected the life here too, causing them to grow crystal growths and become even more hostile... Some attribute the strange blast of heat to a rouge rift, but certainly not one leading to the lacuna plane...

*Additional tiles are planned for this area

A towering fortress off in the distance...

Spoiler: Castle

The castle is a large generated structure that appears beyond the jungle on the jungle side of the world. It consists of a set of randomly-generated floors and set-generation rooms for bosses and the entrance. Currently the castle is planned to have a pre-hardmode section on the lower half, ending with a boss fight, and a hardmode section on the upper half with a miniboss and bossfight at the summit.

Spoiler: Bosses/Events

Powerful foes to test your mettle...

Strange occurrences...

Spoiler: Lacuna Rifts

Strange tears in the fabric of reality seem to open at random throughout the surface... bringing creatures from another world into ours, along with their powerful energies...

The melded parasite...

Spoiler: The Fused Guardian

The Fused Guardian is a large worm boss, made of fuseglass and sandstone, who guards the precious fuseglass ore of the fused desert. Most believe that it was created when a rouge rift opened in the desert and fused the sands to crystal and glass. This beast casts a magical seal on the ore here, and can be summoned with the joined fossils of many creatures which were preserved when the sands melted together.

Stats:

HP: 4500/5000

Damage:
-head: 25/30
-body: 20/25
-tail: 70/80
-projectile: 10/15

Drops:

• 1 of 3 weapons (Crystal Fang, Crystal Chains, or Crystal Sheen)
• 3-8/5-10 Shimmering crystal
• Glass shell

Summon: Fossil Array in Underground Desert

Behavior: Worm-like AI, 2 second fast phase where it veers away from the player, 10-15 second phase of shooting projectiles and moving slowly, Attempts to encircle the player(s). Splits into 2 at half HP, with each segment taking half of the remaining HP.

Moves faster in slow phase and projectiles fly faster.

Cursed keeper of the castle...

Spoiler: Sentinel

A mysterious stone construct lies dormant within the central floors of the castle, myths have spread about it being a prison of sorts for a "prime fused"...

Stats:

HP: 8000/9000

Damage:
-Slash attack: 30/35
-Charge: 80/100
-Energy spike: 45/55
-Contact: 20/25
-Beams: 70/90

Drops:

• Giant castle key mold
• Rune of the fused

Summon: Naturally spawns on entering his arena in the castle, Cannot be re-summoned

Behavior:
Summons a barrier on each side of the arena that knocks the player back if they hit it

Picks one of these attacks randomly after a 1-3 second cooldown:
-Simple 2-slash combo (Up and then down)
-Charge from one side of the arena to the other
-Faces forward for a second, and creates energy spikes from the ground (Telegraphed by a ! above the affected area)
-Attempts to walk towards the player and deal contact damage

At 75% and 25% HP the sword will float on its own(own entity, neither can be damaged during this time) and fire beams at the player for 15 and 25 seconds respectively

Attacks faster (0.5-2 second cool-down between attacks), side barriers deal damage, Charge attack goes back and forth, beam attack also fires a 3-spread rather than a single beam

Project Administrator - DrClass

Lead Spriter - TotallyNotAScalie

Spriter/animator - Fro Zen

Coder - SirRagnarok

See yourself here! Come help us out!

Thanks to Re-Logic for making Terraria!

Thanks to the tModLoader team for making tModLoader!

Thank you to anyone else who contributed in some way!

 

[ScalarVector]

Reserved i guess

 

[TheRandomMidget]

The sprites here are very nice, and the ideas are unique. Consider me intrigued

 

[Kooyah]

You'd normally find me lurking on this post l̶i̶k̶e̶ ̶t̶h̶e̶ ̶c̶r̶e̶e̶p̶ ̶I̶ ̶a̶m̶, but the amount of preparation and detail put into this mod's first-impression release is amazing compared to most WIP mods I've seen. If my sprites were as good as this (and if I wasn't already wrapped up in some works of my own), I'd give this project all the help I could. But otherwise, best of luck in endeavors to come!

 

[Renk]

Love the new thread. Inter sting concept, love the sprites, especially the logo. Please spend time with this concept, as most mods are generally rushed.

 

[Mnemonic_Horse]

Please tell me that the Sentinel will drop his sword as an item! It's so beautiful and I want to use it so much!

 

[TheOriginalBob]

Wow, this mod looks quite impressive!

I have some spriting experience. If you guys are still looking I'd be happy to work on this project with you guys!

 

[ScalarVector]

Teasers...

 

[Renk]

Teasers...

Bro that's hot. Do ya'll have a Discord!?

 

[ScalarVector]

A teaser that's a bit more tangible

The Xel-Val Bolt, An item that grants the permanent ability to smash!

And the Forge Hammer, An upgrade to the bolt that allows you to dive faster and leave a shockwave on impact.

 

[lunicuss]

The quality of visuals here is incredible, significantly better looking than even the base game. Really looking forward to this!
Let me know if you want any music done.
https://clyp.it/user/qjcrc0vw kinda recent musings

 

[DrClass]

Teaser

We also updated some of the teaser images in the original post​

 

[Renk]

It's Jero.. you should probably change my name to SirRagnarok XD