Some of you might remember me, some might not I'm Zopto. I used to be an active member of Eclipse origins/touchofdeath forums back in the day (around 2010+). You might recall a couple of my old side-scrolling projects based on MrMiguu's dx7 engine edition vertigo: Project Angels and Project Bubble Strikers.

I was recently clearing out some old hard drives and stumbled upon my DirectX 8 edit of Project Angels that I was working on years ago. To be completely honest, I haven't touched Visual Basic 6 since around 2014–2015, so I used an claude to help clean up the codebase a bit.

This build is essentially a clean MrMiguu side scrolling engine just a DirectX8 version, featuring a minimap that you can toggle/scale. Keep in mind that events aren't included in this build, but it shouldn't be too hard to add them or port them over from another Eclipse engine.

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Minimap Controls:

Open / Close: Press M

Resize: Hold the gray button and drag

Move: Click anywhere on the minimap and drag

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VB6 Setup Note:

1. If you are trying to load the client source in VB6 and encounter errors, make sure to register the DirectX 8 library manually:

     Go to Project > References > Browse... > Select dx8vb.dll > Click OK / Save.

2. Install Eclipse Runtimes that are also in folder.

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I belive Project Vertigo vas based on Eclipse Origins 2.0 or maybe 3.0- anywho now it has DX8 Version.

Download link dx8 :

https://mega.nz/file/XPIHVaCR#IaNoTJWiPpkycEaJtSXeMrw8Ii_wBx49DV_fiTbA7J4

You can find MrMiguu dx7 version here:

https://mrmiguu.itch.io/project-vertigo

Hope someone finds this useful!

Cheers,

Zopto

Years ago, many of us in the 2D ORPG scene shared a common vision: creating a deep, rich 2D MMORPG that anyone could jump into instantly from any device without installers, dependencies, or OS limitations.

Today, I’m excited to share a showcase of our custom Web-Native 2D MMORPG Engine & Toolset.

Our goal was simple: take everything we loved about classic 2D ORPGs—the grid-based depth, real-time action, rich world-building—and engineer a modern, proprietary engine capable of running seamlessly right inside modern web browsers with high-fidelity visuals and instant responsiveness.

Key Engine Capabilities

Instant Access, Zero Install: Players can launch and play the full MMORPG directly in their browser at 60+ FPS with responsive netcode and smooth client-side prediction.

Live-Patching Architecture: World creators can edit maps, balance items, tweak spells, and modify events on the fly, pushing updates directly to active players without needing full server restarts or game client re-downloads.

Photoshop-Grade Multi-Layer Map System: Advanced rendering pipeline supporting dynamic Under-Player and Over-Player canopy layering, with real-time visual stack reordering and full autotiling support.

Atmosphere & Dynamic Lighting: Fully integrated day/night cycle, custom panorama horizons, real-time point lights, and dynamic lighting attached to projectiles and VFX.

Deep Combat & Spell Mechanics: Real-time directional combat, projectile trajectory calculation, ground-targeted AoE abilities, and multi-layer paperdoll equipment rendering.

Visual Scripting & Event Engine: Comprehensive in-engine event system supporting conditional branching, dynamic dialogue trees, shopkeepers, interactive objects, and map transitions.

🛠️ Unified In-Browser Creator Suite

Everything is managed through an integrated, professional web suite:

Visual Map & Layer Editor (Pencil, Fill, Auto-tile, Collision, Warps)

Spell, Projectile & VFX Studio

Item, Equipment & Paperdoll Manager

NPC AI, Spawn Profiles & Drop Tables

Questlines, Dialogue & Event Flow Designer

Real-Time Lighting & Weather Setup

This is Just the Beginning (Massive Updates Ahead)

What you see here is only the foundation. We are actively developing and will be rolling out a massive suite of new gameplay systems and developer tools, including:

Guild Warfare & Castle Siege Systems

Global Player Economy & In-Game Auction House

In-Depth Crafting, Gathering & Profession Mastery

Pet, Mount & Companion Ecosystem

Instanced Dungeons & Dynamic Raid Mechanics

Expanded World Map & Fast-Travel Routing Systems

...and a ton of new innovative features currently in the pipeline!

"Fun fact: Many years ago, I got banned from this very forum for reasons unknown—guess someone lacked the patience back then. Fast forward to today, instead of giving up, I took that energy to build a whole engine from the ground up. Here’s the result."

MirageMUD is a source code base for developing your own stand-alone MUD client and server in Visual Basic 6.
The code base comes with all the necessary basic functionality to immediately begin developing your MUD game right off the bat.

Features

• Graphical User Interface
• Combat
• Built-In Editors
• Byte Array Packets
• Password Encryption
• Stand-Alone Client and Server

DOWNLOAD

VXA-OS is the most complete and secure free 2D online game creation tool from RPG Maker. It has been in active development since October 2017 and has been used in several MMORPGs, such as Urkon Online, Lotus Online, Darknessfall, Mystical Hunter and Hogwarts 2D.

Current:
» Global real-time battle system on the server;
» 99% of the event commands on the server;
» Common events on the server;
» Configurable resolution;
» Global switches;
» SQL and MySQL databases;
» EventMachine network library;
» Friends system;
» Quest system;
» VIP system;

» Site;
» Account editor;
» Teleportation;
» Paperdolls;
» Guild;
» Group;
» Minimap;
» PvP;
» Bank.
Next:
» Move Event event command;
» Customized movement of events;
» 8 directions;
» Finalize states, buffs and debuffs with timer;
» New account editor;
» Day and night;
» Climate;
» Windows by image;
» Multiple languages;
» Cooldown specific to each skill and item.

» Login

» Selection of characters

» Bank and party

» Quests and friends list

» Administration panel and guild creation

» Guild

With standard DirectX (requires no installation):
Mega
4shared

With DirectX + SQL/MySQL database (requires installation):
Mega
4shared

GitHub

Without DirectX (if the client with DirectX does not work):
Click here

Official DirectX download:
Click here

How to attack or speak to events:
Press Ctrl.
How to open the administration panel:
Press Insert.
English vocabulary:
Click here

Keep in touch with us and report any errors that you find also in our group Discord.

Level next to the player's name in the chat
Show group in chat and on top of the character
Percentage experience
Enemies do not attack administrators
Do not attack party member
Black background under the name
Player names and events only appear if you hover over them
Do not lose level when dying

Fixed drops on the map
Day and night by event

Adding more equipment slots
Independence from RTP
Parallax System
Parallax Map

Simple launcher
Auto Update
CT Protect

I did not create this, I am simply crossposting this from the Eclipse forums, Sherwin is the one who made this!

Features:

- Complete Wild Battle System

- Learning Moves

- Forgetting Moves when Learning new one

- Evolve

- Random Wild Pokemon Editor

- Experience Editor

- Random Wild Pokemon Level Editor

- Item usage on both Battle and Not in Battle

- Switching Pokemon on Battle

- Pokemon Formula (I search the formula on google, i don't know if they are correct or not)

- Multiple Character on one Account

- Scrolling Entrance of Wild Pokemon

- Animated HP bar reducing, increasing

- Pokemon-Like Map Name Title

- Player vs Player

- Pokemon Catch

- Pokemon Storage

What's not here

- Item Storage  (ToDo: when i have free time)

- Trading

- Gym Battle

- NPC Trainer Battle

- Move Animations and Sound

- Pokedex

Here is the OP with screenshots

Click here to download the engine

Features

TCP or UDP Connection using Dark Rift 2 (100% Done)

Login and Game Servers (100% Done)

Login server will list all the game servers (100% Done)

Game Server Selection (100% Done)

Character Selection (100% Done)

Character Creation (100% Done)

Character Delete (100% Done)

Registration/ Login/ Forgot Passowrd (using email) (100% Done)

Player Instantiation (100% Done)

Player Movement (100% Done - Simple)

Screenshots: https://imgur.com/a/hob8GJ5

For more information and updates join our discord: https://discord.gg/KR6cQNg

Introduction

CryBits is a project developed by me, Ricardo, aimed at learning the C# language. It is a totally free and open-source 2D ORPGs creation tool.
You can expect that I will still bring new updates! I hope you like it, the project demands a lot of effort and time, and your support motivates me to continue!
 

The Sharpest Engine....

Lupus Engine (Previously known as Orion+#) started as a project to convert Orion+ to c# just to see how fast I could do it.

I succeeded in about 4 days though it was quite unstable. After a lot of work the engine is starting to become stable and useable!

I Have fixed many bugs while also intoducing many new features and improvements!

Images:

Features:

   
           Lots of new Major Features!

1.  - Multiple Characters per account
2.  - Party
3.  - Discord Rich Presence
4.  - Trading
5.  - Housing System
6.  - Crafting System
7.  - Event System
8.  - Quest System
9.  - Instanced Maps - Per player/party map, great for dungeons
10.  - Emotes
11.  - Leveling Skill system 
12.  - Randomized Items
13.  - Procedural Random Maps
14.  - Toggleable Auto Attack
    
    Major Improvements on movement, much smoother gameplay
15.  - Fixed jitteryness on the edge of maps, Gives for a much smoother gameplay (Most eclipse engines have this bug)
16.  - 4 Directional Movement
17.  - 8 Directional Movement - Toggleable
     
18. Day/Night cycle
19.  - Brightness Value for Indoors (Override day/night)
20.  - Basic Lighting system
21.  - Advanced Lighting system with Shadows
22.  - Both Lighting rendered in Editor
23.  - Player Light
24.  - Light sizes
25.  - Light Flickering
    
    NPC improvements
26.  - NPC Stat generator - Support for Boss's
27.  - Adjustments to Npc Drops
28.  - NPC Pathfinding- Supports 8 and 4 Directional movement
     
29. Projectiles
30.  - Diagonal Projectiles - for 8 Directional Movement
     
31. Pets
32.  - Pet Evolve
33.  - Pet Pathfinding - Supports 8 and 4 Directional movement
    
    Rendering/Visuals!
34.  - Cached Maps for huge performance boosts on the client - Up to 300+ fps
35.  - Cached Lights for huge performance boosts on client - Up to 100+ fps
36.  - Adjustable Resolution
37.  - Auto Tiles, Normal and Animated
38.  - Knock-back and screen-shake on Critical hit
39.  - Toggleable V-Sync
40.  - GUI Drawn to screen, including chat
41.  - Working Weather
42.  - Customizable Main Menu layout by UI Config - More will be added
    
    Server Improvements!
43.  - up to 40x more server performance then some existing Engines!
44.  - New Server Commands
45.  - Shutdown Countdown command
46.  - Server maintenance mode
47.  - Global Experience Multiplier
48.  - Server sided client settings

Download:
Github

Testing Discord:
Discord

Changelog:

It is meant to work on pokemon essentials v16 and v17. Sadly, it has no support for the latest pokemon essential version(v18), which was launched just a few days after we finished the cable club system(yeah, we were a bit unlucky there).

Please, refer to the original download thread made by mgriffin in pokecommunity in order to download it and learn about how to use it.

I hope it helps you to make the pokemon fangame of your dreams!

After having tried Unity and Ummorpg 2d, I realized how you really need to be able to work with code. They're amazing tools just not as beginner friendly as a needed. It's more of the same from what I gather from the similar assets on the store, namingly Suriyun MMORPG.

Ummorpg has nice built in features and there is a community with add-ons, however even those add-ons require you to do documented changes to the source. I found myself wanting to understand what I was doing to the code and wondering why Ummorpg required those changes be made to allow the add-on Dev to implement the purpose of the add-on. As a non programmer I felt lost in this aspect, the complexity of the Unity editor added to this.

So now I'm trying GODOT.... So far I find GDscript easy to follow and the editor to be a lot less overwhelming. This comes with the hidden benefit of not having a shiney game maker type asset, helping push me to learn to code stuff myself.

I have been an indie game developer for the last 15 years & am a professional software developer. Eclipse / Intersect Engine have inspired me develop a tool to create 2D MMORPGS that's flexible.

I'm developing a 2D MMORPG engine that will provide full customisation while delivering full control to the user; this engine is currently unnamed and therefore, I'll be referring to it as "2ME" (2D MMORPG Engine). The current issues I've noticed with the 2D MMORPG Engines available, is they take a lot of control out of the users hands when it comes assets and game play. 2ME strives to give that control back to the user.

For example, animations:

Not only can individual animations be named, but each frame can have a different set duration & origin.

Create play lists for maps:

2ME has been under development for the last 3 months.

Check out my public Trello board for progress.

Planned Features:

• Editors
  • Maps
  • Classes
  • Items
  • Quests
  • Shops
  • NPCs
• Resources
  • Sprites / Animations (+ Editor)
  • Tilesets
  • Images
  • Languages / Language Items
  • Sounds
  • Music
  • Music Play Lists
• System
  • Highly scalable reliable UDP network.
  • Customisable folder and resource structure.
  • Triggers (Events -> Conditions -> Actions) - No need to code.
  • Customisable:
    • Player attributes
    • Genders
    • Formulas
    • Player controls (includes point & click movement!)
    • Movement: choose between: grid or pixel based movement.
  • Multiple database back-end support (MSSQL, MySQL etc.).
  • Platformer / Top-down game support.
  • Path Finding (A*)
• Other:
  • Documentation will exist for every editor and system within 2ME. That is a promise.

The working title is Deruvial. It's planned to be dungeon crawler that's a mix of Diablo and Zelda, using the SNES resolution and playable up to 4 players local coop via controllers.

The players are all implemented and can move, but their attacks are non functional at the moment. Player 1 can play via keyboard (WASD) and mouse _or_ controller.

I have 2 enemies, one with a semi complex AI.

Pretty simple at the moment but I hope to flesh it out much more in the future.
 

You can find a functional version of the "game" so far here. All of the art is mine. 100%. The music is a CC0 piece from Opengameart and possibly going to change.
https://deruvial.netlify.com/

Lethal Bosses

English Desc.

Desc. Español.

Pictures.

Hello Ascension Community, i want to present you my Engine i work on for quite a while.

This Engine is based on the Crystalshire Source Code. All Graphics in following screenshots are not mine.

The Graphics will change on Release!

Feature List:

• - Full DX8 Rendered Menu/Game
• - Character Selection (Multiple Chars)
• - Character Creation
• - News
• - Dungeons
• - Party
• - Guild
• - Boss Monster
• - Custom Events
• - Talent System
• - Stealth
• - Fly
• - Teleport Map
• - PVP
• - Matchmaking
• - Dungeon Finder
• Quests
• and much more

DungeonBrowser (GIF Video)

Sadly i cannot post more pictures for some reason, but i keep you updated with new screenshots and other features.

I also repeat this Engine is called "Crystalshire" i just modify the engine with new and better systems, to make a better

VB6 Engine overall! All graphics you see in the screenshots are from Crystalshire, which will get changed on release.

Images:
Client:

Editor:

Site:

Download:
Engine
Library
Site
Config Graphics
Mysql connector odbc 3.51.27 - win32
WampServer

Tips:
If after the installation of the Eloria Libraries there is still an error in some dll, go to run and type:

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regsvr32 "C:\Windows\system32\name_of_the_dll.dll"

Now replace name_of_the_dll by the name of the dll that appears in the error message and click OK.

Credits:
Valentine
Robin

This is my 2D Side Scroller ORPG Engine written in Java. Not a "no programming required engine" like we typically see around here. This is being developed for my own game but I decided to make it open source for other people to use. Its not currently ready to be used but I'm putting as much free time as I can into it.

Currently the GitHub repo is private. I will make it public once basic movement Is implemented. This post is for documentation at this point.

//Summary

Currently the client can:

- Accept login credentials and validate them over the server

- Keep a consistent connection to the server

- Use a TCP socket with UDP functionality

- Load and display graphics from a folder

- Have multiple game states and move between them

Currently the server can:

- Take commands to display and add to SQL databases. 

      - Example: "/sql getdb:DBNAME" will print a database in the server console

- Edit user information

- Update admin with errors with game world

- Display vital information needed to run a multiplayer game

//Built With

Slick2d - The graphics framework used

Apache Derby - SQL databse used

TWL - Advanced GUI features

KyroNet - Networking

BCrypt - Encryption for login

//TODO

- Expand upon UDP for actual gameplay

- Implementing gameplay

- More SQL commands in server

- Add more databases relating to players

- More to come.....

//Screenshots

Objective

Each level has different objectives to destroy quantities of Tanks and destroy the Master Tank other objectives may arise as the game develops, Do not let the enemy destroy your Base if it destroys you lose the game

Controls

Moving the camera use the

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Movements

Select the desired tank and then click somewhere on the map reminding you you can select multiple tanks

Attack

if the button is activated your tanks attacked the enemy tanks automatically, remembering if you are selected some tank with this button activated it did not attack

Store

press the button and a Shop menu will appear and you can buy different tanks types and values

Objective

press the button and a menu will show the Objective of the mission when completing the Objectives will appear 3 Options Return to the Menu, Play again in the same level and go to the next level

Play

https://gamejolt.com/games/BattleTanksll/359531

For the last month or so, I've been working on and off with a new game engine, inspired by the classic "Endless Online."  

This is entirely coded in Java, to allow for cross platform support on both the client and server.

The client will be using LibGDX for their tremendous library of amazing features.

I'm building my server model and client connection class off of Java's NIO library.

I've got screenshots from the first attempt at the project, as to mark early stages of the idea and to look back on for memories.  I'll create sort of a "timeline" of screenshots for the project, opposed to the traditional way people share their projects.

This is the first successful rendering of the map, and player. Though, without animation..

(Outdated Screenshot, pre LibGDX)

I then worked out a basic camera system, animation, and player movement. (Outdated Screenshot, pre LibGDX)

Soon after; I added basic methods for displaying Player properties (HP/MP/SP), I also created temporary objects for an ESC Menu and Chatbox.  These would be removed after finding an artist of some sort.

After an annoying battle with understanding how networking really works, I successfully rendered other players to the screen, as well as displaying Admin Chat logs.  This is where I decided to restart the project.

(outdated screenshot, pre LibGDX)

Since then, I've moved on to using LibGDX and would not regret it one bit!

Here are current versions of Main Menu & then a Character Selection concept.  LibGDX uses a "UISkin" to create it's version of swing components, I am currently still waiting for my UI Artist to finish creating this for me.

Upon actually having these GUI concepts, I decided to start REALLY getting into LibGDX's Scene2D, using stages and tables to my advantage.  I did not style, nor continue with anything else as I'm still waiting for the custom uiskin files.  Create button was placed in a separate part of the table to better understand the origin points of table row/column corners.

Soon after, Map Rendering, player rendering (without data yet! I'm not trying to get TOO far ahead of myself and make things complicated once I get the uiskin files)

Movement is pixel based for now - may or may not be subject to change.  (I found the tiles on the internet, and will not be included in official releases.)

As I progress with this project, I will be seeking pixel artists as that will be seemingly the hardest position to fill.  Once I've got a better model to show off.. I'm sure you guys will jump on it
 

Give me design ideas, what you think I should add to the game/engine, and I will try to share my project as I develop the engine.

Important notes:

• For now, the project is named "jEndlessOnline," solely to reach out to the dying community Endless Online left behind and grasp interest into a new game.
• The final, finished product, will not use any artwork or names from Endless Online.
• I am going to reiterate that this is NOT a remake of the game, it will NOT be compatible with the "Endless Online" Client, Server, or Private Server software.
• Credits belong to EndlessOnline for their character sprites, and Im afraid I can not find the source of the tileset used.  Let it be known that I do not intend to claim any of the artwork currently in the project as my own.

I would absolutely love input, suggestions, what you would like to see in the client.  

File Types
3D File types: .obj
Textures file type: .png
Sounds/Music type: .mid
More file types will be added!

Features that will be added
Complete the networking
Animations Loader
Complete the player class
Add monsters and other entities

Some fotos: https://imgur.com/a/WwjrP
The engine already includes a main game loop as an example game in MainGameLoop.java

Functions added today:
Full Screen mode, change the way that changes the display resolution.
Added Some input methods (esc) - exit game, alt+enter full screen - Mouse Wheel reset the zoom - insert (prntsc) screen shot
Added paths as variables, although havent set them or changed from the engine.

Download Link (V0.1): http://www.mediafire.com/file/q3jggwwwnm6g54w/V0.1.rar
Virus Total: https://www.virustotal.com/#/file-analysis/Yjc5Y2RiNmFlNmEzODNmOGZhZTJmM2YxNWYyMjlhODc6MTUxNTA4NTM4OQ==
Yet its just source, the updates will be added as zip files for now, so it will be hard to add ur codes if you wanna get future updates. Also the game isn’t exportable yet! you can only run it via your ide (the project is ready for Eclipse)
The engine is using LWJGL ((Windows for now) ill add for iOS and Linux) library

The engine is free but if you like it you can donate here -> paypal.me/AlexandrosTitonis

Discord Channel: https://discord.gg/FQGk97a

Big Credit to THOMAS for the engine and i added/modified features that i want in my game Resbak Online. 

There are lots of bugs that i fixed in Thomas engine, the first release in Prospekt (if my memory is right) but that  was 4 years ago and i forgot what i did. lolz

I think i should give credits to this people as well.

- Eclipse

- Skyward

- CMFiend (yeroC)

- Zetasis

- Chief (for the logo)

- Robin

- i don't own the images, tilesets, icons etc. credits to the respective owners. 

Feature List:

1. Day and Night

2. Right click menu on player to enable trade, guild and party

3. Moving Panoramas

4. 3 Characters per account

5. Guild system

6. Quest system

7. Bank system

8. Woodcutting, mining, fishing, crafting and alchemy

9. Style slash that will display when player attacks.

10. RPG ace NPC conversation

11. Shout Entire game if you kill a BOSS monster

12. Wings

13. Projectile System

and more..  ..... BUGS....

Sometimes its hard to let go what you have been working for years..

But failed to complete it.. and here is the..Source

http://www.ascensiongamedev.com/resources/filehost/cd71343ff9aa7c3585d9fe2f843a7133.rar