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Title: M K (MageKnight)
Post by: Fang_of_blades on April 29, 2006, 11:24:55 AM

originally i hade a different name for it but it sounds chessy >.>;   in anycase, in its storyline it is set towards a medevil time piriod, however magic and technology are around as well as mythical creatures (i wrote the story for my wife before we were married but it has a good plot line and such ^_^ )
the main plot is about a Knight that sets out to reach his dream of becomeing one of the few and powerful MageKnights, why well most mages spend their lives as scholars, training their mind but not their body, Knights tend to do the opposite by training their body for combat. a mage knight is a master of both.
  *Characters*
Kiba:The main char of the game, he left his hometown/Kingdom to become the best that he could be, a MageKnight, later in the game it will be revealed that he is acctually a prince. while his goal is to become a MageKnight he doesn't fight for Truth and Justice, he fights for himself and his kingdom, that is until he finds a cute elven girl that takes his heart, he then fights for her.

Lina:the second main char, a cute elven girl that can have a slight temper at times mostly due to her friends. she has quite a bit of magical power however they aren't shown until later in the game, she is in trouble when Kiba first finds her, Kiba's multiply saveings of her helps him to find his way to her heart.

Dragonis: a Dragon master that himself is half dragon and half human. while a good friend to lina he is one of the first to challange and dislike Kiba, however Kiba's personality rubs off on Dragonis and he sees that Kiba isn't such a bad guy.

Susan: Lina's best friend in the game and therefore shows the most concern about her. she is a shapeshifting amazon that can be quite abrasive on the surface and continues to show her disgust for Kiba till the end. worried for Lina's safty she dislikes Kiba when she first sees him, one of his biggest challanges that near takes his life is showing her that he is not as bad a guy as she thinks.

Eve: Susan's best friend next to Lina, she doesn't show anyone besides Susan much emotion at all unless she is hungry considering that she is a seductive demon and drinks blood.

Woolly: another friend of Lina's that is quite an odd little fellow, the games comic relief and joker. he is a Magical Lamb that helps everyone at least once as he does have good magic, he can teleport just about anywheres and likes to take in riddles. also possiable the most hyperactive char in the game.

Rose: a female dragon that is in love with Dragonis and that is also friends of Lina's. Due to Dragonis' power she can take a human form or remain a dragon as she chooses, most of the time she gives Lina advice and will help her out many times throughout the game. she is one of the only friends of Lina's that is more or less indifferent about dislikeing Kiba.

~*Story*~ (there will be a point with some spoilers for those that want more info :P )
 i've decided to start the story from the point of where he leaves his kingdom and show him a few times while on his travels, before he ends up in a very large forest, tired and thinking he should take a break for a momment he hears a woman's scream a little further up the path ahead of him and races off to help the woman. he will find her surounded by some trolls and of course intervienes to save the day, however before he does that, he undoublty casts the wrong spell which happily yeilds the same response he wanted. learning that she is a bit away from her village he will escort her back to her village protecting her along the way on which they have alot of time to talk. as soon as he enters her village just about everyone of her friends will hate or dislike him. he will then do his best to prove himself to each of her friends by performing a task or solving riddles, even fighting them to prove that he is a good guy.

*~*(Spoiler alert, Spolier alert)*~*
in his last test for one of Lina's friends, he nears death and ends up unconcious for 3 days, in which Lina is Kidnapped, once Kiba has awakened, he imdiatly takes off after her (he didn't nearly die for nothing) when he finds her, he learns that she has been made a prize for a Kingdom's colliseum match and breaks his way into it.
after he has attemped to kill the king that was holding the tournament tanks are brought in to fight him. (and for anyone still reading, you'll have to play the demo when its done to know what happens next :P )(also on aq side note, i did leave out a few things as i want the game to be interesting when ya do the quests, since each of Lina's friends will give him one.)

(edited 11-11-06

if this sounds interesting at all please post and let me know, and the story i'm taking this from i wrote, and when i wrote it i used people from real life to set the example. certain parts can be considered gorey though as he ends up fighting a chimera made of stone and a leviathan which nearly eats him ^_^   :D

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Post by: DragonBlaze on April 29, 2006, 02:49:43 PM

I think it sounds pretty cool :) The only thing I might suggest is changing the name Kiba to something else since Kiba is the name of a popular Yu-gi-oh character (I think). And if you really want to keep the name as it is, it wouldn't be a big deal at all.

How far are you on this? Do you have any screenshots?

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Post by: Fang_of_blades on April 29, 2006, 03:00:55 PM

well i have a story line and a script but about 2 weeks ago my system crashed and i had to reinstal windows, lost all the maps i had made.
although i managed to save certain things like chip sets and such that i have gotten from the site and from friends i don't have the maps and as for  characters, well i am by no means an artist >.> i was acctually hopeing someone could help me with the music and the people, although i already know what they should look like as i have it all writen down on paper and saved on word in a back up disk.
(by the way i realize about yu gi oh, his name spelled proper is Kiaba i think, but they sound the same *shrugs*)

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Post by: blackskullwarlock on April 29, 2006, 04:02:04 PM

Interesting idea. Go in-depth with your main characters and don't make him a 'Smite all evil' and this could turn out good.

On a side note, it's Kaiba...not Kiaba nor Kiba.

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Post by: RPG LORD on April 29, 2006, 04:17:20 PM

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I think it sounds pretty cool :) The only thing I might suggest is changing the name Kiba to something else since Kiba is the name of a popular Yu-gi-oh character (I think). And if you really want to keep the name as it is, it wouldn't be a big deal at all.

How far are you on this? Do you have any screenshots?

Seto Kaiba you mean. Or else you might be referring to Kiba from Wolf's Rain.

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Post by: Archem on April 29, 2006, 04:51:28 PM

This sounds pretty interesting. I just might help out with character sprites. And yes, Kiba does sound a bit too... referencing.

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Post by: Fang_of_blades on April 29, 2006, 04:56:47 PM

oy... so much about his name >.> it's kinda why i spelled it the way i did. anyways, black skull to your point, no he isn't a smite all evil guy lol, the original name i had for it was Elven love quest lol chessy yeah i know, at the begining he fights to become stronger and master his power over magic and to become stronger pysically as well, but in the process he finds a girl he really likes and goes through most of what he does go through just so that he can be with her :D
yeah kinda romantic but for the manly guys that like the fighting well he takes a sword in the back, is bitten by a leviathan, and nearly bleeds to death (i have an idea of how i want to work that in scripting as well but it's not going to be easy for me  :jumpin:

and Archem2 I would most apreciate the help with sprites and such :D

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Post by: RPG LORD on April 29, 2006, 05:20:11 PM

This is really interesting. :sweet:

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Post by: Fang_of_blades on April 29, 2006, 10:28:45 PM

i'm glad you guys think it sounds good :D
been working to get some of the maps up again, however i did lose a few things sadly so i'm going to have to look around for them again unless someone has them >.>;
also how can i post the map when i get it done so you guys can see at least the first area?

(also if anyone has a wav or midi file of a woman screaming that would help lots, needs to be a terror scream please ^_^
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Post by: Meiscool-2 on April 29, 2006, 11:42:27 PM

I have wavs of a man screaming, but no girlie.

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Post by: RPG LORD on April 30, 2006, 06:48:31 AM

I think they have that sound effect with the Trumpet sound assigned to a drum set in MIDI.

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Post by: Sqoad on April 30, 2006, 07:09:01 AM

 

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Seto Kaiba you mean. Or else you might be referring to Kiba from Wolf's Rain.

When I heard Kiba I was thinking of Naruto...

Anyways, I like it! I would have helped you with the battle/chars if I just had a computer with a paint program...(sob) But it doesn't... Putting that aside; Good luck!

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Post by: Fang_of_blades on May 01, 2006, 01:02:35 AM

alright, i'm about 85-95% done with the first map and i think it looks way better than the first time i did it, without the scream i'll have to move to the next map though. (i'll put up a pic of the first map as soon as i can) anyone willing to help with char's, battle char's, and faces is most welcome ^_^
i'll be posting requests for some of them in the forum for them soon.

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Post by: Blazingheart on May 01, 2006, 02:11:26 AM

I like THIS mage knight,did u know there exists another mage knight?
it is an stu*** guy with a wand instead a sword and is a knight that flies :P
sounds cool though

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Post by: Fang_of_blades on May 01, 2006, 01:27:21 PM

no i didn't know that, i would like to think mine sounds alot cooler though ^_^ (he does use a sword, and although he can cast magic he  hasn't mastered it so casting one spell can acctually cast a different spell at times, at least at first ^_^;;; )

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Post by: Blazingheart on May 01, 2006, 04:04:47 PM

That`s a good detail ^^

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Post by: Fang_of_blades on May 01, 2006, 06:35:04 PM

just curious but how do i post the map? do i have to save it differently than i have been or no? any help would be cool as i could post the first map ^_^;;

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Post by: Moosetroop11 on May 01, 2006, 06:41:49 PM

Press the Print screen button, then paste it into paint or something.

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Post by: Fang_of_blades on May 01, 2006, 08:02:37 PM

thanks ^_^ here is the first map tell me what ya think of it.

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Post by: Meiscool-2 on May 01, 2006, 08:30:33 PM

eek!

http://charas-project.net/forum/showthread.php?threadid=14984&forumid=29&catid=6&page=1

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Post by: Archem on May 01, 2006, 09:04:11 PM

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lol. Don't let MIC here get to you, he's just cocky because he's the anti-n00b and an expert at mapping. Oh, and you don't have to include the 2 at the end of my name, it sounds pretty awkward. Yeah, I might be able to help wiht sprites if you can send me some sketches or detailed descriptions. Just pm them to me, unless you want others to help as well. Then post them here. Uh... I think I'll go update Gunz on my lappy now and go play it. Bye. :hi:

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Post by: Rikushinblade on May 01, 2006, 09:08:02 PM

Pretty swell storyline..its that now u need a better cast of characters(well if u do, i have'nt read the whole story) well in  any case that screen shots looks swell...good luck with ur first project(and hopefully som1 on charas could actually complete their first project) once again good luck and have fun makin ur game

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Post by: Lighting Half Dozen on May 02, 2006, 12:29:56 AM

once again, an idea so simple i wish i came up with it. Lightsaber, keyblade, and now Bladewand...

Good idea fora  game, keep it up.

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Post by: Bluhman on May 02, 2006, 12:45:32 AM

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once again, an idea so simple i wish i came up with it. Lightsaber, keyblade, and now Bladewand...

Good idea fora  game, keep it up.

Did you mean to post this in my game thread? 'cause he uses a Bladewand too... O_o

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Post by: Meiscool-2 on May 02, 2006, 01:02:14 AM

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lol. Don't let MIC here get to you, he's just cocky because he's the anti-n00b and an expert at mapping.

Dude, you're an idiot. Regardless if he's a n00b or not, his map needs work.

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Post by: blackskullwarlock on May 02, 2006, 01:18:03 AM

I don't mean to take side but his map does need work. It is too square-like and unnatural. A good map, in my opinion, is a map that you can get a real-life mental image of it.

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Post by: Fang_of_blades on May 02, 2006, 01:36:59 AM

ok 2 things, the knight doesn't use a bladewand, he has a sword and can cast magic (like most wizards do, with their hands). and secondly i'll agree with meiscool, i posted the map to get oppinions on, and how i can make it better, Thank you for the link btw meiscool.
i'm by no means an expert on map making, and although i thought my map looked good it's not what i'm best at, although this one is much better than the first one i made when i only had the stock overworld trees >.< *shudders* (i work with what i've got ^_^ )

other than this what specificly about the map looks wrong and i can go back and work on it (i did say it was only about 85-95% done, and as for events i can't do much without the one wav or face pics so they can wait for now)

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Post by: Fang_of_blades on May 02, 2006, 04:53:06 PM

sorry to double post, but i found some really good material for my game ^_^, acrchem i'll be talking mostly to you when i say what i want changed about them ok, (although anyone else is free to help me out too ^_^, and btw, if you see something you made in here, let me know and i will give you credit as i got a bunch of these from a friends hd.)
Kiba, perfect face set, on char set need his hair to be brown and on the gaurd of his sword take off the gold extentions on the guard please.
Lina, near perfect char ^_^, face set if you could change her hair a bit to be a lavender blueish and maybe add elf ears.
(more to be put up later.)

(>.>; ok it doesn't want to let me post more than one pic at a time >.< >.>; unless i'm trying to post them wrong... )

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Post by: lonewolf on May 02, 2006, 05:17:27 PM

(also if anyone has a wav or midi file of a woman screaming that would help lots, needs to be a terror scream please ^_^
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i get you some ok
i got a new page Charas Forums > Charas Project Extra Stuff > Requests > sound effects page
have a look it 2 day's time
i post some up

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Post by: Fang_of_blades on May 02, 2006, 06:09:47 PM

ok here is Lina's char set. (and if i can get it to post more than one, her face and kibas face )

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Post by: Meiscool-2 on May 03, 2006, 01:06:20 AM

OMG, take care of this bug lonewolf!

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Post by: Fang_of_blades on May 03, 2006, 01:08:47 PM

(*looks at page and tilts head* what the? )
anyways here are face pictures for Kiba and Lina (within the next 2 posts since i can only post 1 pic at a time) Kiba's is pretty much perfect ^_^

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Post by: Fang_of_blades on May 03, 2006, 01:14:31 PM

ok here is Lina's face, very good but if anyone can recolor her hair that would be good, it just neds to be a little bit more lavendar/blueish/grayish just a bit though so that it matches her charset also some elf ears ^_^ , and arch, if you can do char battle sets i would like you to do one for kiba and lina please :D (uses his hands to cast magic as i said before, Lina uses a bow and arrow when she fights but mostly casts magic and uses both hands for this, a big thanks in advance)
also one more detail, meiscool i'm redoing the map i'll post it in a bit i'd like your oppinion on the redone map at least compared to the first time i posted it (i promise it's better)

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Post by: Fang_of_blades on May 04, 2006, 02:37:17 PM

sorry but i have a picture of the redone map, meiscool and anyone else tell me what ya think and if its better than the first time i made it (page2) ^_^ and thanks for the tip link meiscool.
(side note it still isn't completely done but it has birds, fish, bunnies, foxes, and butterflies)

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Post by: YankeePaladin on May 04, 2006, 09:14:12 PM

Wow, that's a really nice map! Cool story too.

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Post by: Fang_of_blades on June 01, 2006, 12:15:00 AM

bumping this because i've been working on it (slowly i'm sorry to say, been working very hard latly as i need the cash) in anycase the charset for Kiba before is being changed as i oversighted the fact that it's a tall charset and i needed it to be a medium, Thanks lots to lonewolf who is working on it for me ^_^

i take critism well so if anyone sees something they don't like or that could be done better let me know, any info helps me to get better, i'll be posting what i do here right now i'm working on maps.

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Post by: Fang_of_blades on June 15, 2006, 02:30:29 PM

updateing on it, however when my computer recently crashed i lost the  battle charset for Kiba >.< along with some music, hopefully i can find (and recolor) it all again >.> overall the game is about .5% to 1% done (at least i think anyways ^_^;; )

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Post by: Fang_of_blades on July 25, 2006, 05:57:59 PM

also for anyone waiting for anything more about MageKnight, i had a bunch of edits i did myself (mostly color) but i had the battle chars for the main char and about 90% of the enemies along with 60-70% of the sound, however a virus hit my system so, being sneaky and decent with comps, i keep a second hard drive just for that, put that in and took everything off the original hard drive to reformat it and reload xp back to it (i take the spare HD out when i do that >.>) and when i put the spare back in to take everything off it the spare's hard disk was cracked >.<; and i didn't have time to burn a back up of any of it, so i'll have to do it all again and find it all again (to a point as i still have about 60-70% of what i had before the spare went bad >.> it's a good thing i save things periodicaly... )

(posted this in the intro as well but i figured i'd post it here as well since it's info about my game and why i haven't updated for a while.)

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Post by: Fang_of_blades on November 11, 2006, 04:10:42 AM

now that i'm back, and my comp is working again, i can finnaly get back to working on my game, i should have the time to devote to it after thanksgiving since my family is coming to my house for it >.<

i'll be looking to make a small team or group to help me with it since i would like to see a good running demo of it sometime in my life @.@;

i'll be posting for the help or team in the request forum.

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Post by: drenrin2120 on November 11, 2006, 04:40:13 AM

Sorry dude, but someone needs to say this.

Your map is not very good. It's very squarish and out of proportion. Plus the chip isn't used very well. Your storylnie seems a tad random, pointless, and pretty boring. She gets kidnapped by a ninja? Fighting a metal tank? What time frame are we in where tanks and ninja can EVER be put into the same paragraph??

Sorry dude, I know you've been working a long time on it with little input from others, buuut, that's how I feel about this game.

But hey, I'm not a complete asswipe. Smooth out the bumps in your story, develop a main conflict for the hero to deal with throughout the game, of course that can change and blah blah blah... all that literary crap. Then read some mapping tuts. Any game can become a good game with a little elbow grease.

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Post by: Meiscool-2 on November 11, 2006, 04:40:23 AM

Not to burst your bubble, but I doubt people will help you. Most have their own games to worry about.

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Post by: Fang_of_blades on November 11, 2006, 03:22:43 PM

thank you for the critisism ^_^
yes i know i need help with mapping (Meiscool made that Very clear in the begining, and thanks for the tuts btw meis.)
i should probly edit the begining bit so that the story makes more sense to people, (seeing as to how i have the complete story all writen up, however trying not to give spoilers does make it seem random i admit. and about ninja's and tanks, if ya take a look at the american FF3 shadow is a ninja, and they had tanks there too ... not all games based off irl are the best, and while mine is more based towards medievil era, it does strech a bit. if you have any more critisism's, let me know, it tells me what to work on so thanks  :)

and it may take me a day or 2 to post a good begining storyline for people to see. but i will explain things a bit better there.

and Meiscool, i don't really know if anyone will, it's compeltely up to them, and yes i know lots of people have their own games, the best i can hope for is to ask at least, if people say no well then at least i asked, and i will then continue to do my best with the skills i have.
----------edited the front and intro to this forum, edited the sotry and chars section, and since i ended up loseing some data which included the map ya see in here i'll be redoing it completely.----

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Post by: elf wind on November 14, 2006, 10:27:20 PM

Cool story line, and I think that mixing past and future elements is a good idea as you said FF6 did and it was a great game, as was FF7 and FF8 and FF10 for that matter! I agree about the map critism's thou, when meis said about it being to square it now seem's to be kinda triangleish where the trees are if you know what i mean, jagged edges although you proberlly chnged it by now

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Post by: Fang_of_blades on November 20, 2006, 05:38:42 PM

to be honest elf wind i lost the maps when my comp crashed, so i'm going to have to completely redo them, which is good for me anyways, (lol from square to triangle) yeah my previous maps suck, but as i go along i'll get better, espcially if i have good critics ^_^

i won't be working on it much this week due to thanksgiving.
Hell Angel is now working with me on the midi's, Thanks Hell Angel ^_^

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Post by: Fang_of_blades on December 28, 2006, 02:25:30 AM

ok, it's been a while since i updated anything for my game, but news is here, i have Completely redone the 2 first stage maps, however i haven't much time now to post them, (and i may not until i'm done moving to california) however, i will post them when i'm done for you All to criticize or tell me what ya think of em. (if they suck or not is completely irrelivent as i am not the worlds best mapper, but i am getting better with practice though i'm no Mic yet... )



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ok, since i'm back and i'll have some time off soon, i'm going to bring this back, and hopefully within 2 weeks i will be able to post some new pics, if not then it might have to wait a month for some of the new pics.