Post by: Trevlac on January 29, 2007, 05:21:16 AM
If you go, furious angels will bring you back to me...
Increased school shootings, crime rates skyrocket, murders abroad, bloody, gory masses line the alleys and pubs of the street life. It's not new. These things have been happening since the dawn of society. Some humans just don't get along. But the again, some arn't human. Some are creatures that stalk humans in the night. Everyone is afraid of the dark, not because it's dark, but because you're uncertain what may be there. And sometimes there is something there. But you only fear what you don't understand. One group of people understands it all, the reason behind the increased activity of...things. People lose their memories more often each day. Some go insane, some quit smoking, some become devout Catholics, and some go on murderous rampages. Corporate leaders don't remember how they started their companies, rapair technicians don't ever remember studying for their work, and every day you feel like a part of you is missing. In fact, you don't remember the last time you saw the day. Only in the deepest memories. Not last week, or even yesterday.
"Welcome to the world of 2036. I bet you thought you'd be cruisin' round in one o' them flyin' cars eh kid? I bet my bollocks you were. No crazy techno-gizmos this year. Jus' murderin' rampagers an' sick an' twisted folks who'd as soon cut ya as look at ya. M'name's Jebediah, mos' of yeh folks call me Jeb. I'm one o' the ones that remember it all, see. But I ain' tellin' yeh squat 'cause you'll forget it like the res' of them come tomorrow."
What if the world was created five minutes ago and every memory you had was a fabrication?
Who would you be?
So obviously this game is my attempt at a Dark City / Matrix / Thirteenth Floor type of game. I intend to place it into the horror genre with occasional humor. The demo itself has no storyline at all, it is simply to test the mechanics of the game in its alpha stage. I've been hard at work on it for months now. Recently I've advanced it much further, so expect another demo with actual story soon. If you assume this is a project that will not be completed- think again. I've already completed the database and the story (including the script). All that remains are maps and fixing a few bugs. There will be voice acting as I already have recorded several things for in-game purposes.
When Lucifer's army wreaks havok on planet Terra, who will defend us? God? No, Angels.
Characters
(click_the_names_for_character_art)Trevlac Ehrgeiz (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v410/trevlac/Trev.png): At only age 23, he is a man with a haunted past. He wishes he was lucky enough to forget it all as the others, but he's one of the stalking creatures of the night that everyone fears. Two years ago he was training to be a Vampire Hunter with his mentor, Sparta, when a group of Vampires headed by the powerful Marco Legount attacked him. They killed his mentor in front of him and incapacitated Trevlac. Given the choice to live or die by Troy, a female vampire of the group, he chose life and was sired that day. His blood cravings were easily ignored but he often went days weak and hungry. He rationalized that vampires needed blood but not necessarily human blood - so he hunted wolves and other mammals. Soon he discovered that his mentor was alive when he showed up at Trevlac's apartment two years later. Lucifer, head of the legion of demons was unleashing her army upon the world.
Alice Eisbrecher (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v410/trevlac/Alice.png): Resident of Shutz, Germany, Alice was an average youth. That changed when she suddenly started having memories of people she had brutally stabbed - almost a hundred - all vivid and lush with detail. Even a blood-stained butcher knife was tucked neatly, almost delicately, inside her apron. This girl had met Trevlac before her memories and he knew her to be soft and kind, not sick and muderous. He tought her not to trust them, and she, in turn, trusted him. She now fights to define herself not by her memories, but by his memories.
Ordin Wales (http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v410/trevlac/OrdinMkII.png): A boy who was abandoned as a youth and left to be raised in a Catholic church. He had grown up believing there is no God but there certainly was a satan. He always said "You may not believe in satan, but he believes in you." He was right of course. He had no idea at the time of his donning the Preisthood, but Lucifer's army was being rent upon Terra. He's cocky and arrogant, you wouldn't think of Ordin as a preist when you see him - dressed in all red leather and a wide-brimmed fedora. This man is never wrong. His instincts are flawless. Upon meeting Trevlac, his life changed, perhaps for the worse. He is now as hated by Lucifer as Trevlac and Sparta, and is hunted just as ruthlessly.
There's three of the characters in the game. I'll post Sparta later. It is confirmed there will be 4 playable characters and 1 hidden character that you'll have to go through all sorts of hell to get. The "demo" that I am providing is very primitive and doesn't have every feature in the game and absolutely no story of the game. Let's go over some of the features that will be in Furious Angels. Now, I'm not like most people, I'm not going to sit here and make this grand list of awesome things without showing you I've done it. I'm posting links to screenshots with them.
Features:
(click_the_bold_names_for_screens)Active Battle System (http://digitalbomb.sitesled.com/CBS.png): Not the dreaded ATB in RPG Maker 2003, or the horrible front-on that comes default in 2000 and XP. A custom-made battle system where you swing real weapons and cast real magic in real time. Enemies will follow you around, and even act as a team. Enemies near bosses will protect the boss and heal him like a leader, this will allow for more strategy and interactivity within the game. I'm not just telling you, I'm showing you. It's in the demo. The only thing I havn't yet got working is the magic system. So it will be in the final release and not this demo.
Custom Spell System (http://digitalbomb.sitesled.com/Materiaeq.png): Just like the Materia system in the popular game "Final Fantasy VII", the Custom Spell System allows players to equip materia to suit their spell needs. It adds stats (or subtracts them) and even has the ability to add elements to weapons and armor when paired with elemental materias. Honestly, this system works 100% the way of Final Fantasy VII's version without flaw. Except one flaw: I'm having difficulty making the code for this system work with my CBS. It'll be included in a future release. Since magic isn't working at this point, I didn't bother including the system. But feel free to view the screenshot and drool.
Custom Equipment Crafting (or Alchemy) (http://digitalbomb.sitesled.com/Alchemy.png): You can make equipment, items, and key items by stepping onto an Alchemy circle (later you gain the ability to draw them with chalk) and fufilling the necessary ingredients requirements. This is included in the demo and you can make a weapon, an armor, and an accessory. The full version will have over 400 items/weapons/armors/and accessories that I've already made up. Don't bother trying to open the game and peer into the database though: I deleted everything not used in the demo and saved it as a new project. No peeking for you!
Custom Shop Window: Sadly, no screenshot for this one. However, it is in the demo. You will get to buy things Star Ocean style. When you buy something there is a limited number in stock and when you sell something to the store, it remains there (unless someone else comes and buys it at some point). So basicly, it works like real-world pawn shops.
Tabbed Menu System (http://digitalbomb.sitesled.com/Equip.png): FINALLY, a break from the age-old vertial menus! This is an iconized horizonal menu that's well-organized for you. Selecting one general area brings you to a more detailed selection list for your organizational needs! There is also a party switcher built right in much like in games of the Final Fantasy sort where you simply switch out anyone at any time as long as the story allows it. Three people maximum in your party, but there are 5 total available players. Items are further organized for "Key, Recovery, Weapon, Armor, Accessory, and Misc".
Detailed Status Window (http://digitalbomb.sitesled.com/Status.png): The days of keeping up with every little detail about your characters are over. This game includes a detailed status window that displays all of your stats in a graphical bar indicating how far until they hit maximum. All HP/MP/EXP are displayed with a nice graphical bar to take away estimating when you need to heal or meditate. And even better is the feature I've never seen in any game before: radical element resistance graph. It's just a normal radial graph but it shows, visually, your resistance to certain elemental attacks. In the picture, Trevlac has a 50% weakness to Cold (so half damage is blocked completely), and the rest are 100% weakness. The graph can also show if you are OVERLY weak to something (say you're very flammable, you may have a 150% on Heat). Now, while the menu shows your location (which is awesome) it shows step count too. It was a stupid idea for me to stick that in there. Originally, I was going to make step count affect certain points in the game but on reflection I thought better of it. It will be replaced by something more useful like "current time".
Triple Triad (http://digitalbomb.sitesled.com/Triple%20Triad.png): "OMG" you say? Indeed. It's playable in the demo once you complete the boss fight and return to the Alchemist. You can play against "Albus" and "Amy". The computer characters have 12 different difficulties, and each difficulty has a random series of cards that can be in their decks. So it never gets too easy even if you have the best cards. You can buy more cards with "Triads", which is a kind of minigame currency in the main game. There will be other insanely awesome minigames and even better dungeon puzzles. Pressing "Q" when you have TT cards will allow you to play anyone. I am also currently writing up code for FF9's TetraMaster.
I havn't set my sights on anything too high when I made this game. Everything I listed above is in the game and most are in the demo. There's several other small things that I didn't bother screenshotting like the "Errands" system where people pay you for short chores and things of that nature. There will be tonnes of small things like that which make the game even better. Currently I'm coding a pixel-movement system so that you arn't restricted to moving UP, DOWN, LEFT, and RIGHT, in exact 16pixel squares. It takes away from the realism and I want the game to be as intuitive and flexible as possible. Also, random note: I changed the title screen music from "Rob Dougan - Furious Angels" to "ES Posthumus - Pompeii" for demo puproses. The former music is better suited for the actual finalized game, but the latter is better for the demo.
Controls
Z = Attack
X = Menu/Cancel
C = Confirm
Q = Triple Triad challenge (only if you have cards)
Demo
This is a crude demo of my game just to give you an idea of what it will be like. Now, before you go off downloading it and just playing, take note of a few things. Firstly, if you use the save feature, the game crashes for some reason. I'm still working this one out. Also, the game MIGHT crash if you load a saved game (although if you do save, it WILL actually save, but it'll crash right after).
Furious Angels demo (http://digitalbomb.sitesled.com/Furious AngelsDEMO.exe) (8.88 MB)
The game, unfortunately, does use a dependancy, please visit this site (http://www.enterbrain.co.jp/tkool/RPG_XP/eng/rtp_download.html) and download the RPG Maker XP "RTP" (or Run Time Package). I can't figure out every single little thing that RMXP uses and stick it in my game folder. I tried hard but after countless testing and retrying, I couldn't find everything that needs to go in there. So I cut it all down the the basics and linked to the RTP. Sorry to you dialup users. (23.0 MB)
There's definetly more major systems to come. I already know what I'll be implimenting but I don't want to go shooting my mouth off until I can back it up with screenshots and/or a demo. Hope you all enjoy and have fun!
PS: Here's a few in-game screens for good measure. I just wanted to show that I make realisticly sized interiors to buildings. They are exactly the same size inside as out. These are from the up-and-coming demo.
Screenshot 0 (http://digitalbomb.sitesled.com/0.png)
Screenshot 1 (http://digitalbomb.sitesled.com/1.png)
Screenshot 2 (http://digitalbomb.sitesled.com/2.png)
Post by: MrMister on January 29, 2007, 05:27:20 AM
Seriously though. Awesome.
Post by: ZeroKirbyX on January 29, 2007, 05:28:12 AM
Post by: Trevlac on January 29, 2007, 05:37:05 AM
However, in Alchemy lore, they also crafted things "by magic". It's just lore. It's also in FA.
Post by: Ben on January 29, 2007, 05:49:02 AM
If you need help with Spriting, or Any tweaks to the XP graphics(Sprites, custom Art, otherwise), dont be hesitant to commison me. You obviously have the mechanics part down...
Post by: Trevlac on January 29, 2007, 05:53:15 AM
Post by: ZeroKirbyX on January 29, 2007, 06:10:13 AM
Post by: Trevlac on January 29, 2007, 06:12:37 AM
Also, I added red exclamation marks for the truely retarded and unobservant.
Post by: ZeroKirbyX on January 29, 2007, 06:43:43 AM
Chemistry is not alchemy, but alchemy was the equivalent of modern chemistry, and as I said you had no real idea what you were doing with alchemy (at least if you were the average alchemist). The ultimate goal of alchemy was conversion of lead to gold, which eventually branched into the studies of serums, medicines, and even other transmutation attempts. We use chemistry for all that good stuff now, but we have an actual grasp on at least a minor aspect of it.
Alchemy: My urine is yellow, and so is gold. Perhaps if I was to piss on this lead, it will turn to gold!
Chemistry: Lead can be turned to gold by transferrence of electrons, but it would require 10,000 tons to gain ten cents worth of gold. Why the hell would I do that?
Albeit the numbers are off, you can see how one makes sense, while the other is feces on a stick.
But don't get me wrong, I have no real problem with you using it as such that would prevent me from playing, just pointing it out. Game looks awesome.
Post by: Ben on January 29, 2007, 06:51:04 AM
Trev.... Are you by chance a member of the Dubealex/Creation Asylum Forums?
Post by: Trevlac on January 29, 2007, 01:05:16 PM
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Originally posted by gemini
Ergo, Alchemy=Old School Chemistry
Trev.... Are you by chance a member of the Dubealex/Creation Asylum Forums?
No I'm not. Edit: I take that back. After 5 seconds of research, yes I am. I registered once to check out what they might offer. I decided rmxp.net was a better community.
Also, ZKX and Gemini, Alchemy has nothing to do with chemistry. The whole "magic items" and "philosopher's stone" thing was created by Alchemists, who were being persecuted by the Church at the time, to ward off those who were unworthy or untrustworthy to learn Alchemy. Alchemy itself has nothing to do with chemistry, turning real lead into real gold, or anything you just described. It's the transformation of one's self into a "golden" being figuratively and metaphorically by shedding want of material things and fighting off the darkest parts of yourself. It's like a philosophy that turned into a religion. It is NOT chemistry. The "Alchemy" in the game is the Alchemy of lore, the Alchemy that people like you confuse with modern day Chemistry because the names are similar and because you've seen FullMetal Alchemist too many times.
Post by: Brieg on January 29, 2007, 10:38:40 PM
Post by: Ben on January 29, 2007, 10:41:07 PM
Post by: Revolution911 on January 29, 2007, 11:04:11 PM
Post by: Meiscool-2 on January 29, 2007, 11:19:02 PM
Post by: ZeroKirbyX on January 30, 2007, 02:51:26 AM
Post by: Meiscool-2 on January 30, 2007, 03:28:02 AM
I guess it's like comparing a fish to humans. We arn't the same, but we arn't different. We are similar, living things. Also, the fishy formed the foundation of the human, according to evolution that is.
Post by: Trevlac on January 30, 2007, 01:41:36 PM
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Originally posted by Meiscool
Alchemy was, in a nutshell, the transformation of one element to another, via magic. Chemistry is the reactions of elements to produce a compound. In likeness, they both wanted the same thing to happen, but Alchemy deals with the impossible, such as turning lead to gold, and chemistry deals with the plausible, such as turning iron to rust. I wouldn't say that they are the same, or that they are completely different. I'd say they are just similar.
How can someone be so completely wrong?
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In its origins and and in its essence, alchemy is spiritual. The search for the alchemical gold is the search for wisdom, light, perfection, and enlightenment. In past times there was no separation between science and religion/spirituality, and thus we find alchemy mixed with other areas of 'science'. In Western Europe, alchemy used many symbols from chemical science, probably to disguise their actions during times of persecution by the Catholic Church. But it also allowed them to use a language to express spiritual experiences for which there was no vocabulary.
Over time many people, misunderstanding its essence, got involved in their own 'alchemy', only looking to make physical gold. Some were indeed charlatans and the reputation of alchemy became clouded. When reading numerous alchemical texts, one easily gets lost in the manifold symbols, contradictions, claims, processes, and so on. It is obvious that each writer, for as far as he was honest, had their own interpretation of what alchemy was, or what the symbols meant. Some alchemists made their texts intentionally confusing, so only an experienced colleague knew what the writing was about. But other writers were very clear, and with almost no obscure symbolic language wrote about their experiences. From those writings it is obvious that alchemy is about the discovery of the spiritual nature of man, of nature and of the cosmos, and especially about one's own development.
Text: Copyright, Dirk Gillabel, 2003 sun@hvi.net
Ahh, historical fact. Gotta love it.
I repeat Alchemy is NOT chemistry and does NOT predate chemistry. Neither can be compared to each other. Stupid animes like FullMetal Alchemist screw up the reputation of Alchemy.
Post by: ZeroKirbyX on January 30, 2007, 02:32:21 PM
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The common perception of alchemists is that they were pseudo-scientists, liars and charlatans, who attempted to turn lead into gold, believing that the universe was composed of the four elements of earth, air, fire, and water, and spent most of their time concocting miraculous remedies, poisons, and magic potions.
Although some alchemists were indeed poseurs, liars and charlatans, most were well-meaning and intelligent scholars and distinguished scientists such as Isaac Newton and Robert Boyle. These innovators attempted to explore the nature of chemical substances and processes. They had to rely on experimentation, traditional know-how, rules of thumb and speculative thought in their attempts to uncover the mysteries of the physical universe.
At the same time, it was clear to the alchemists that "something" was generally being conserved in chemical processes, even in the most dramatic changes of physical state and appearance; that is, that substances contained some "principles" that could be hidden under many outer forms, and revealed by proper manipulation. Throughout the history of the discipline, alchemists struggled to understand the nature of these principles, and find some order and sense in the results of their chemical experiments—which were often undermined by impure or poorly characterized reagents, the lack of quantitative measurements, and confusing and inconsistent nomenclature.The common perception of alchemists is that they were pseudo-scientists, liars and charlatans, who attempted to turn lead into gold, believing that the universe was composed of the four elements of earth, air, fire, and water, and spent most of their time concocting miraculous remedies, poisons, and magic potions.
Although some alchemists were indeed poseurs, liars and charlatans, most were well-meaning and intelligent scholars and distinguished scientists such as Isaac Newton and Robert Boyle. These innovators attempted to explore the nature of chemical substances and processes. They had to rely on experimentation, traditional know-how, rules of thumb and speculative thought in their attempts to uncover the mysteries of the physical universe.
At the same time, it was clear to the alchemists that "something" was generally being conserved in chemical processes, even in the most dramatic changes of physical state and appearance; that is, that substances contained some "principles" that could be hidden under many outer forms, and revealed by proper manipulation. Throughout the history of the discipline, alchemists struggled to understand the nature of these principles, and find some order and sense in the results of their chemical experiments—which were often undermined by impure or poorly characterized reagents, the lack of quantitative measurements, and confusing and inconsistent nomenclature.
Post by: Trevlac on January 30, 2007, 02:42:32 PM
Post by: ZeroKirbyX on January 31, 2007, 02:03:43 AM
EDIT: Or at least I would if the link worked.
Post by: Meiscool-2 on January 31, 2007, 02:35:07 AM
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Originally posted by TrevlacQuoteOriginally posted by Meiscool
Alchemy was, in a nutshell, the transformation of one element to another, via magic. Chemistry is the reactions of elements to produce a compound. In likeness, they both wanted the same thing to happen, but Alchemy deals with the impossible, such as turning lead to gold, and chemistry deals with the plausible, such as turning iron to rust. I wouldn't say that they are the same, or that they are completely different. I'd say they are just similar.
How can someone be so completely wrong?QuoteIn its origins and and in its essence, alchemy is spiritual. The search for the alchemical gold is the search for wisdom, light, perfection, and enlightenment. In past times there was no separation between science and religion/spirituality, and thus we find alchemy mixed with other areas of 'science'. In Western Europe, alchemy used many symbols from chemical science, probably to disguise their actions during times of persecution by the Catholic Church. But it also allowed them to use a language to express spiritual experiences for which there was no vocabulary.
Over time many people, misunderstanding its essence, got involved in their own 'alchemy', only looking to make physical gold. Some were indeed charlatans and the reputation of alchemy became clouded. When reading numerous alchemical texts, one easily gets lost in the manifold symbols, contradictions, claims, processes, and so on. It is obvious that each writer, for as far as he was honest, had their own interpretation of what alchemy was, or what the symbols meant. Some alchemists made their texts intentionally confusing, so only an experienced colleague knew what the writing was about. But other writers were very clear, and with almost no obscure symbolic language wrote about their experiences. From those writings it is obvious that alchemy is about the discovery of the spiritual nature of man, of nature and of the cosmos, and especially about one's own development.
Text: Copyright, Dirk Gillabel, 2003 sun@hvi.net
Ahh, historical fact. Gotta love it.
I repeat Alchemy is NOT chemistry and does NOT predate chemistry. Neither can be compared to each other. Stupid animes like FullMetal Alchemist screw up the reputation of Alchemy.[/B]
Original Alchemy, which started way back in the BCs, was the art of turning ordinary objects into gold. Anything farther up is just added cultist beliefs. And yes, the above makes it seem like a religion, NOT a science, as noted above. I don't see how anything I put was wrong, and even less completely wrong. Alchemy IS the 'science' of turning one object into another, or poofing something out of thin air, and chemistry is the science of studying how objects react under certain conditions. Not the same thing, but SOMEWHAT alike. As in, they both deal with creating new compounds.
As to Alchemy forming the foundation of Chem, that's just some bullshit I felt like spamming.
I don't base my knowledge on TV shows. I base it on what I've learned in my AP history classes.
Post by: Trevlac on January 31, 2007, 02:42:34 AM
Aside from your failure, this topic is to give feedback on my game. Download it. Play it. Feedback. Cease this faggotry about Alchemy.
EDIT: Apparently Sitesled deleted my file. Someone will die for this. I am reuploading now. You should be able to download from 10 mins of this post edit.
Post by: MrMister on January 31, 2007, 02:57:49 AM
jezuz
Post by: Trevlac on January 31, 2007, 03:09:12 AM
Post by: MrMister on January 31, 2007, 03:30:37 AM
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Originally posted by Trevlac
Maybe.
make me a fucken boss
Post by: Trevlac on January 31, 2007, 03:55:22 AM
Take note to everyone I'm not taking requests, MrMister is just cool like that.
Post by: ZeroKirbyX on January 31, 2007, 04:00:25 AM
Post by: Trevlac on January 31, 2007, 04:15:05 AM
Example:
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[C] -> [C]
[ ] [ ]
C is the character walking across the map. It makes it feel more realistic. Which is another reason I'm making a pixelmovement script soon. Also, you can't tell in the demo, but it uses a catterpillar system also.
The HUD is coded into the game. I'm planning to make the variable set to "false" when the game starts and have it turn on by events so that things like death and cutscenes won't show it.
All of the music is from Goldeneye 64 except for the FF8 battle theme when fighting the boss. Also, all music in the real game will change. But I don't want to get in-depth in an alpha demo. The next demo will have storyline and real music.
Post by: MrMister on January 31, 2007, 05:23:19 AM
Post by: Trevlac on January 31, 2007, 05:25:18 AM
I will do the other poses later. It's a from-scratch sprite so It'll take a long time.
Post by: ZeroKirbyX on January 31, 2007, 05:59:46 AM
Post by: Trevlac on January 31, 2007, 06:12:02 AM
Post by: ZeroKirbyX on January 31, 2007, 06:12:50 AM
Post by: Blue_Strife on January 31, 2007, 06:16:23 AM
Post by: Trevlac on January 31, 2007, 06:21:03 AM
Post by: MrMister on January 31, 2007, 06:53:08 AM
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Originally posted by Trevlac
Is it really that awesome? Why the hell havn't you deleted it yet?
Ves .
Post by: Trevlac on February 03, 2007, 02:21:42 AM
* Save bug semi-fixed. The game still crashes at save but will load without crashing.
* Scary atmosphere and better music.
* Added party member.
* Added ability to defend from monster attacks.
* Fixed magic. It is now usable. However, materia still doesn't work 100%.
* Difficulty system added. Nooblet/Cakewalk/Normal/Bring it on/Nightmare. Nightmare is unlockable - not selectable.
* Monsters are stronger. Bosses are harder and now use magic.
*Storyline added. Including introduction with voice.
*Most metal feature of the entire game: Dynamic shadows. I'm posting 2 screenshots for it:
Moonlight Screenshot (http://digitalgate.sitesled.com/Lighting-Moon.png)
Dynamic Windowlight (http://digitalgate.sitesled.com/Lighting-Window.png)
* Battle HUD is cooler and less retarded looking.
* Changed font so it looks less gay. Also, text is letter-by-letter for a dramatic feel.
* Enemies now have an "intelligence" factor. Some are so stupid (like ghosts and zombies) you can walk up behind them unnoticed. Others (like bees) will notice you from 5 squares away regardless of your direction. Also, some enemies chase you ruthlessly while others have low attention spans.
* Puzzle rooms. (These are no ordinary puzzle rooms, usually there's a catch like a powerful set of enemies are chasing you as you try to move boulders the right way. So puzzles mixed with anxiety attacks.)
* More Triple Triad players
* NPC's say different things when you talk to them. Instead of the same old "The king waits for you in the throne room" bullsheiza. Also, different dialogues can happen with NPC's depending on who is in the party.
Will be adding more soon for the next demo. I expect a new demo to be ready within a week.
Post by: MrMister on February 04, 2007, 04:14:29 AM
Post by: Dominicy on February 04, 2007, 06:19:36 AM
Post by: ZeroKirbyX on February 04, 2007, 06:35:43 AM
Post by: Trevlac on February 04, 2007, 10:25:26 PM
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Originally posted by Dominicy
from what I played in the review, it was very fun. has alot of potential, I just suggest changing the intro text. every other word was **** or damn. :dry: that was my biggest prob so far, well, that and saving and loading xD
I already changed it. Not because I give a cheese noodle what you think about the words I used; because it didn't flow with the atmosphere of the game. These are real words that are used in the real world and I'm not sheltering my players from it. Thanks for the feedback ^_^
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Originally posted by ZeroKirbyX
Dude. That's so awesomely metal. My only advice is to make the shadows more blurry.
Not possible. The shadows are scripted. They're just semitransparent versions of the sprites. RMXP and Ruby have no "blur" method.
Post by: Krynth on February 05, 2007, 01:19:00 AM
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Originally posted by Trevlac
There's already a game with an insanely awesome ABS. It's called Furious Angels.
I'm not able to play it though from what I've seen would really want to...
The whole **** and damn thing....it brings more meaning...I'm all for the no cenesorship...some npc getting all pissed off because the pc called it a butthead (or some other subsitution) doesnt have the same effect...but yea I'd understand if it doesnt go with the game's atmosphere as well...
Post by: ZeroKirbyX on February 05, 2007, 03:09:04 AM
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Not possible. The shadows are scripted. They're just semitransparent versions of the sprites. RMXP and Ruby have no "blur" method.
Yeah, I knew they were scripted but I figured they were separate images which you could blur. Awesome system anyways.
Post by: MrMister on February 05, 2007, 03:56:41 AM
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Originally posted by ZeroKirbyX
QuoteNot possible. The shadows are scripted. They're just semitransparent versions of the sprites. RMXP and Ruby have no "blur" method.
Yeah, I knew they were scripted but I figured they were separate images which you could blur. Awesome system anyways.[/B]
It is possible.
Instead of using the lightsource setup,
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Use
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It works really well.
Post by: Trevlac on February 05, 2007, 03:59:06 AM
Post by: Apex on February 05, 2007, 04:12:36 AM
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Originally posted by Trevlac
But it lags :(
You know, I never get any of these problems when I use RMXP, your game is trouble prone. Then again, I never get as far in development as you are, stupid move event glitches...