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Title: Tales From The Northern Front
Post by: darkrune on May 23, 2005, 11:29:26 PM

Alright I was working on a Star Wars game but it was destroyed when my comp died ughhh..... So now iv'e begun work on a new game, Its called tales from the Northern Front
 You start off as a 15 year old boy living on a farm in your countrie. Your country Aplen has had many political sacndals and is believed to have stolen a larg amount of moen y from southern coffers. The world is in a state of depression right now so the lack off all the money makes many look towords you in anger.So as you can see the situation has grown out of control and the All 7 countries are preparing for war and you being of age are conscrpited into the war. Your side of the war has 3 countrries while the other side has four. If anyone has good names for the countries thta would be cool. When entered into the army your charecter Meren has the chance to kill an unarmed enemy but doesnt and immediantly earns a blackmark on his record.l

Main Charecters-
Name: Meren
Age: 18
Weapon: Sword
Sex: Male
Bio: This is you the main chareacter and warrior.

Name: Sasha
Age: 20
Weapon: Bow
Sex: Male
Bio: This is one of your best friends who joins the war with you.

Name:Stom
Age: 18
Weapon: Silver Staff
Sex: Male
Bio: This is your other best friend.

Name: Resinn
Age: 17
Weapon: Mace
Sex: Male
Bio: A cocky Liutenant that only has the position because his father is general.

Name: Lorran
Age: 35
Weapon: Officers Sword
Sex: Female
Bio: One of the few female army personnel she is Front general and is one of the few uncorruptable generals.

This is it so far I will be adding more.

Amount Complete Total: 3%
Storyline: 30%
Scripting: 5%

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Post by: darkrune on May 26, 2005, 02:54:59 AM

comments anyone lol?

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Post by: GhostClown on May 26, 2005, 03:29:07 AM

Why do the other countries want to destroy your country? Natural resources, or does someone important live there? It sounds vegue. Maybe shape of the storyline.

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Post by: darkrune on May 26, 2005, 10:08:45 PM

Ok Ghost Clown i'll do that. Here is a scrennie all.

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Post by: GhostClown on May 26, 2005, 10:13:27 PM

The map looks pretty well built, but the chipset may be too small for the characters..

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Post by: darkrune on May 26, 2005, 10:30:28 PM

I guess when i look at it objectively it does.

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Post by: AsakuraHao2004 on May 26, 2005, 10:55:45 PM

Maybe just a little. Story sounds good  :)

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Post by: darkrune on May 26, 2005, 11:02:24 PM

Thanks AsakuraHao2004 and thanks to you tut i'll be able to use abs in the game.  :D

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Post by: AsakuraHao2004 on May 27, 2005, 12:06:18 AM

Cool, I'm glad to hear it.

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Post by: darkrune on May 27, 2005, 05:36:16 AM

Heres a scrennie of your house.

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Post by: Big_Duke on May 27, 2005, 05:51:52 AM

Good job,Maybe you could make the charas smaller?

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Post by: Moosetroop11 on May 27, 2005, 09:34:59 AM

Nice to see you've got some decent chipsets. It affects a game so much...

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Post by: AsakuraHao2004 on May 27, 2005, 04:19:00 PM

Actually, if you look at the doors, they are much taller than the characters, so I think they're perfect size. Nice screen.

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Post by: darkrune on May 27, 2005, 04:23:16 PM

Thanks later today i am putting one up of a couple of early battles.

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Nice to see you've got some decent chipsets. It affects a game so much...

Thanks moosetroop!

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Post by: darkrune on May 28, 2005, 05:46:04 PM

Screenie of one of the inns.

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Post by: barnsalot on May 29, 2005, 11:45:32 AM

I agree with the earlier posts. It's a breath of fresh air to finally see a well planned out and well mapped game on the boards. Keep up the good work.

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Post by: darkrune on May 29, 2005, 05:30:00 PM

barnsalot  thank you very much the encouragement helps.

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Post by: AsakuraHao2004 on May 29, 2005, 05:41:37 PM

Yeah, the maps look really good.

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Post by: darkrune on May 29, 2005, 05:50:33 PM

Since alot of this game is set in a military base type chip/war enviorment, would anyone happen to have a chip of a good military base because I checked comp resources and can't seem to find one, checked some other sites and can't find one either. It is really hindering my map making. I tried editing a chip but didnt work to well..... So if anyone has any that would be great!
And thanks AsakuraHao2004  and barnsalot.
 

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Post by: darkrune on May 31, 2005, 12:04:27 AM

Ok i have a question and  I don't konw if it is possible. I am using abs coding and really ned to konw somthing, can you have party memebers fight alongside of you in abs like in such games as .hack or ingdom hearts? If so can somoen give me an example thanks.

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Post by: Snake Eater on May 31, 2005, 12:09:02 AM

Sorry, I can't help but your game looks great. :)

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Post by: darkrune on May 31, 2005, 12:20:03 AM

Thanks!

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Post by: AsakuraHao2004 on May 31, 2005, 12:43:43 AM

The reason it's not possible is, even if you make the other characters, they'll just move randomly around, and what you want them to do is move toward the enemy, which you can't do.

However, it IS possible, and if you make the "Move toward hero" and your party members "Move toward hero" too, with everyone trying to get to the same place, theres a higher chance that your party members will hit the enemy. Also, because they're moving toward the hero, they wont just go off randomly, and they'll stay with you durung a fight.

Of course, I havent tested this, and even if it works, I dont feel like writing an add-on for my ABS tutorial.... YET

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Post by: darkrune on May 31, 2005, 12:47:39 AM

I see what you mean about the move toawards hero. The thing that kinda makes me mad is i'm going to have to o it half and half. _sweat_  half of it abs when it is just you and the other half bchar system when it is the team. So its going to be weird.

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Post by: Scarface Larry on May 31, 2005, 12:53:06 AM

Okay, cant help with the ABS, but I agree with all previous posts, very well planned maps. And Meren?

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Post by: darkrune on May 31, 2005, 12:56:47 AM

Thanks ScarFaceLarry and Kiro, Ark, Raetes Yes?

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Post by: darkrune on May 31, 2005, 02:12:47 AM

Heres a screenie of a store/library you go to. I still need to add some people but this is the rough draft.
I am an even map freak so i tried to give this one a more casual look.... Did it work lol?

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Post by: AsakuraHao2004 on May 31, 2005, 02:18:05 AM

It looks more like someone's house than a library. There's also a lot of empty space to the left and right sides of the shop owner guy, so I'd put another two rows of bookshelves there to take care of both problems. Thats just my opinon, though.

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Post by: darkrune on May 31, 2005, 02:19:34 AM

Good idea, it just seemed to be lacking somthing and I can't even find a good shop to edit for my needs. So I am stuck making do with this.... O well thanks for the advice

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Post by: Ace of Spades on May 31, 2005, 02:20:40 AM

Haha, I'm an even map freak too. All of em gotta be symmetrical. Well, not totally symmetrical, but you get the idea. I like your maps. However, that last screen that you just put. Um, there's no "ceiling" if you know what I mean. You might want to add that.

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Post by: Snoopy_ on May 31, 2005, 07:01:54 AM

great maps...
just like ace said, add some cealing, and put some more stuff into the rooms, the overall will look much better, trust me.

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Post by: darkrune on June 01, 2005, 02:02:30 AM

Thanks for the advice snoopy and AceOfSpades.... I added the sealing lining and edited the actual chipset and put in some detail slots.

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Post by: Linkforce on June 01, 2005, 02:24:01 AM

Great job so far Darkrune.  Keep up the good work. ;)

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Post by: darkrune on June 01, 2005, 02:34:21 AM

Thanks LinkForce....


Progress is moving very slowly. I have abit of an updated story line. If you read the first page you see you get a black mark on your record. Through another event I won't reveal yet you get another kicking you out of military sevice. You then join an underground resistence through another sereis of events. The inderground resistance is People from the northen Countries who have been kicked out of the military.

The war continues to drag on and you end up in the middle of a huge scheme threatining to destroy the world. I wish I was here on design but the coding is starting to get very long.... Ughhh I hate it when that happens.

I am also coding a cms that interacts with ABS because when you use and ABS half of your skills beome useless(Actually all of them besides health dpending on the system somtimes even health)
The CMS i created allows all the skills plus more to be used and put to use in the ABS this is an update as of now.

Thanks!

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Post by: darkrune on June 01, 2005, 08:54:41 PM

Heres another screenie of a Knight you encounter in a castle, that you try to raid.

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Post by: Sephiroth12317 on June 03, 2005, 01:28:59 AM

Thats one of the best screens I have ever seen! Post more!

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Post by: darkrune on June 03, 2005, 01:30:13 AM

Thanks much Sephiroth12317.  :D

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Post by: Sephiroth12317 on June 03, 2005, 01:32:28 AM

np Can you help me on my game?

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Post by: AsakuraHao2004 on June 03, 2005, 01:34:29 AM

Its an ok screen. Keep up the good work, I'd be happy to help if you need anything feel free to ask.

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Post by: darkrune on June 03, 2005, 01:37:26 AM

AsakuraHao2004 I think I am doing alright unless you have a military base chip lying around, otherwise im ok.

Sephiroth12317  I'm sure I can help some way.

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Post by: Rune_of_Punishment on June 03, 2005, 01:38:34 AM

To be honest, the maps are fair. I don't like the idea of mixing chipsets in a game. It kinda... I dunno... makes the game seem awkward. Not like it's my choice or anything, I just think it'd be better if all your chipsets were one style and not several different styles. That's my take on that.

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Post by: Sephiroth12317 on June 03, 2005, 01:40:38 AM

Ok and anyone else that can help Im working on Midnight Warrior of Dantooine

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Post by: darkrune on June 04, 2005, 10:11:51 PM

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Originally posted by Rune_of_Punishment
To be honest, the maps are fair. I don't like the idea of mixing chipsets in a game. It kinda... I dunno... makes the game seem awkward. Not like it's my choice or anything, I just think it'd be better if all your chipsets were one style and not several different styles. That's my take on that.

I think variety in chipsets is great for a game, gives that different enviorment feel.

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Post by: Rune_of_Punishment on June 05, 2005, 02:08:40 AM

I get what you're saying, but using Mack and Blue chipsets then transitioning to Suikoden II chipsets doesn't really look right and makes many (mostly Gaming World people) think of you as a newb who knows not of what he is doing. This is just my advice.

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Post by: darkrune on June 05, 2005, 02:41:18 AM

Thanks Rune_of_Punishment I guess I lost track there. :D Your right switching like that isn't a good idea.

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Post by: Sephiroth12317 on June 07, 2005, 12:43:31 AM

So when is the game coming out?

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Post by: darkrune on June 07, 2005, 02:29:13 AM

The game, No idea... A demo early october at best! _sweat_ so much to do.