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Game Creation => RPG Maker => Topic started by: zuhane on July 07, 2009, 11:46:43 PM
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A run-through of how you'd play Quasigen Island:
[spoiler](http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn111/zuhane/1-3.jpg)
(http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn111/zuhane/2-3.png)
(http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn111/zuhane/3-3.png)
(http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn111/zuhane/4-3.png)
(http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn111/zuhane/5-3.png)
(http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn111/zuhane/6-3.png)
(http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn111/zuhane/7-2.png)
(http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn111/zuhane/8-1.png)
(http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn111/zuhane/9-1.png)
(http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn111/zuhane/10-1.png)[/spoiler]
Welcome to the thread! I hope you stick around and have a quick read. Quasigen Island is my attempt at spicing up
the normal RPG formula you see in games today. I includes all those things you love, like levelling up, equipping items
and picking moves from a menu, but it adds rhythm-based elements, minigames and timing, making battles challenging
and adding various outcomes.
It's a game containing rich MP3 soundtracks composed by someone I respect a lot - along with some brilliant voice acting
from the voice acting guild website. Also, absolutely everything in the game is custom built. None of it is taken from other games -
I mean every pixel is drawn from scratch by me or by a requestee.
I also despise games where you play as a generic swordsman and know a generic girl who's introvert and casts heal spells, and
you just travel to castles and talk to kings and tap spacebar to win fights. Those games are boring! This game is an attempt
to start something original and fun. It's got trip-hop and 70s music, a bright orange setting, it's set in the near future
and it features comedy writing, a storyline with motive and reason behind it, and intense, action-packed battles which
don't grind on you after a while.
Videos:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bYWUZwO6hfI
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IEucGmmlKw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WyT4BNFsems
Here's a few pictures to give you a few ideas of what it's like:
(http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn111/zuhane/13.jpg)
(http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn111/zuhane/12.jpg)
(http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn111/zuhane/11-1.jpg)
(http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn111/zuhane/10-2.jpg)
(http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn111/zuhane/9-2.jpg)
(http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn111/zuhane/8-2.jpg)
(http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn111/zuhane/7-3.jpg)
(http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn111/zuhane/6-4.jpg)
(http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn111/zuhane/5-5.jpg)
(http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn111/zuhane/4-5.jpg)
(http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn111/zuhane/3-6.jpg)
(http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn111/zuhane/2-6.jpg)
(http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn111/zuhane/1-6.jpg)
The battle system itself is a lot like Paper Mario and Warioware, but feels like Fallout 3 when is comes to character customisation.
It's really coming on in leaps and bounds, and a demo should be on its way before we know it!
FEATURES:
- Completely custom battle system.
- Completely custom menu system.
- Voice acting.
- MP3 soundtrack.
- No level grinding.
- Interesting characters with planned and mindmapped personalities and motives.
- Real life biology references.
- An insane amount of customisation. The character can find over 30 Zone Icons, giving them new powers. Each Zone Icon can have
literally tens of different upgrades applied to it. The game already has hundreds of switches and variables at this early stage, making
it a really customised, polished type of game.
- Stock market system.
- Custom working Item Menu.
- Talking enemies in battles whcih insult you!
- AVI animated cutscenes created by me!
Please comment, etc! Thanks a lot! :D
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Wow...this looks really good.
Can't say much else, as you don't have much graphics, but still. OMFG.
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Interesting battle system. I like the look of it.
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There are 2 main characters throughout the game:
Kruz and Octan.
Kruz in the main character, whilst Octan is actually a test experiment who is
unfinished. Kruz feels guilty about leaving him and decides to take him. Whilst
Kruz takes part in all of the normal battles, Octan is in charge of other things, such
as defending rooms from hordes of enemies by plugging defensive mechanisms into
nodes (which I'll come onto later on)
Kruz-
(http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn111/zuhane/NewBitmapImage-1.jpg)
A 100% new sprite. Spiffy recolouring done by Purple.
Kruz uses experiments he has created or found as weapons. Whether using a centrifugal
vial launcher or his entity cutter, he isn't physically strong, so uses these strange weapons.
Very rough renders of the Entity Cutter and CVL close up:
(http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn111/zuhane/NewBitmapImage3-1.jpg)
(http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn111/zuhane/NewBitmapImage2-1.jpg)
When he attacks, he only does 2 damage. But after some stat points are spent and some Zone
Icons are found, that won't be a problem.
As the game features a sense of humour, along with voice acting in the important cutscenes (not
whilst roaming around the map), Kruz will have a Russian accent and a very cynical outlook on
life.
There, now you know a little bit about our hero!
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Interesting concepts and system here. I look forward to hear more on it. Oh and, BIOLOGICAL WARFARE I see.
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Hey Zuhane i am willing to sprite some stuff for you. Preferably objects or monsters or Charsets, although im not sure how your monsters are done and if they are animated or not.
Tilesets and terrain i cannot do.
But ya let me know if u want me too make some things.
Also your combat ideas are Zany and crazy, i love it!
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Sounds really fun and awesome, can't wait to see a demo of it. If you need any help with scripting just ask, its what I like to do.
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I like the CM and CBS,m I suggest making the text bigger though. It strains my eyes.
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Felix, don't worry about the text, it's quite readable once the game is enlarged in Windowed or Fullscreen
mode. If it persists, I'll change it for you!
RockJohnAxe, that'd be great if you could help me! Do you have any examples of your work I can see?
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Dude.
This.
Game.
Looks.
AWESOME.
I'm willing to do graphics for you. Like, all of it. Chipsets too.
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Brilliant news!
Right, can you both send some examples of work or something?
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I donno about rock, but Uber is a great spriter.
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If you want I can try and make some vectors of those rough pictures you made of the gadgets and such.
EDIT:
Here's a very rough sample, it needs a bit of work.
(http://i257.photobucket.com/albums/hh214/hobomasterxxx/RoughDodgyWIP.png)
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Even though you've already seen it, here's a link to my Gallery (http://www.charas-project.net/forum/index.php?topic=25269.0)
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Even though you've already seen it, here's a link to my Gallery (http://www.charas-project.net/forum/index.php?topic=25269.0)
Ohhhhh my. Yes I have seen your work and it's freakin' brilliant!
Hobomaster, if you made some large icons of the items for the description menu in that style, it'd
look great!
Right I'll be back soon with a few requests and renders. The game's graphics are gonna be amazing!
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Sorry for the double post but it's an update so you know.
(http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn111/zuhane/Drone.jpg)
This is basically my rough idea for a "Drone" which is a slow, stupid and loveable
enemy. Probably the most common, well-known enemy on the game. Variations of
it are designed to guard the laboratories.
Uberpwn, I need him facing left and to be an animated charset.
-When in battle, he needs an idle stance, where he just breathes.
-He needs an attack animation where he removes his blaster and fires left at the hero.
-He needs an animation of himself being hurt.
-He needs an animation of him doing a special attack. For this, you can draw him
opening a PDA and pressing buttons to issue a command.
-He needs a dead sprite.
If you could do them I'd be eternally grateful!
Also... I don't know whether to have him as a normal charset who walks around the map
or not. Maybe it would be easier to use that one charset for all enemies on the map until
you enter battle. Any thoughts?
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(http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q214/darthjastarband/drone1_battle_preview.png)
I'd like your opinion before I make any more significant progress. It was tough trying to capture some of the details within the pixel limit.
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That's very nice. They have a kind of scrawny, pathetic look about them which I wanted
them to have. You also seem to have included all those details on such a small scale.
Yep, looks great. Keep it up!
On the front page, I've allocated people to different jobs... if that's okay with them. If you
want to get involved then just ask :D
I've basically sorted the intro cutscene out, but it needs the sprites. So I'm leaving that for
now. At the moment I've ran into a little coding problem which I'm gonna have fun fixing!
That's about all that's happened.
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I don't know what the policy is on double posting in your own thread with updates.
If it's like illegal or something then I apologize!
Anyway, the battle system is nearing perfect completion. Once I have the first enemy
sprite created by Uberpwn, a decent map and a few more sound effects to suit
the game better, you can expect to see a short demo on its way, which will show you
all the mechanics of the game.
In the demo you'll be able to have a short battle, equip a couple of Zone Icons and get
a basic feel for the style of the game. Unfortunately, you won't be able to customize
any Zone Icons or character traits in this demo. Yeah, that's it!
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Hey I can help with anything that you need. just PM and let me know. Game looks great.
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Hey I can help with anything that you need. just PM and let me know. Game looks great.
Hmmmm... what skills do you have? I'm always happy to get people onboard!
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Spriting mostly, I'm helping AFL with character, and did all the characters so far for the community project game. I can make tiles too, but maybe not the jungle chipset haha.
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Ah brilliant. Well there's all room for spriters if the need calls. At the moment,
we're doing okaywith the monsters etc, but random NPCs and characters could
always be your thing if Uberpwn is set a stupid amount of work.
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Sorry for the wait...
Here's the Drone:
(http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q214/darthjastarband/drone_battle_final1.png)
Couldn't figure out what to do for an idle animation, so he just stands still.
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That's effing brilliant! Thankyou very much Uberpwn. I couldn't really ask for it
to look any more how I wanted it to look!
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Nice Pwn, thats wicked!
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Any chance of a demo yet?
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Any chance of a demo yet?
You wouldn't believe what a problem I'm having just creating ONE battle. Once
this battle has been created, it can be semi copy-pasted, meaning it will take about 30 minutes
to create a different type of battle. I just have to create the backbone, which is proving very
difficult, but still possible. I haven't had to stop because there's something I can't do, it just
means I have some horrific logic puzzles to figure out!
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Right, Uberpwn. Would you be able to make a small battle animation of
the impact of the blast from the Drone's gun?
Basically, you'd have to make a small green electrical explosion or splat if
that's okay.
And as an update, the a basic battle has ALMOST been created. I can feel the
battle getting pieced together better and better each and and it's nearing completion!
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I'm new to battle animations. Not sure how this will look in-game.
(http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q214/darthjastarband/drone_blaster_impact.png)
And as an update, the a basic battle has ALMOST been created. I can feel the
battle getting pieced together better and better each and and it's nearing completion!
:D
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Just tried it out and it looks fine. Thanks again Uber! The next thing I'd like to to focus on if that's okay
is adding more to a chipset.
If you look at this for a moment and then save it:
(http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn111/zuhane/Laboratory1.png)
Basically, that chipset needs to all be custom. Currently, only the very small areas circled in red are
custom tiles not from games. If you could spruce it up by adding variations of tiles, potted plants, maybe
a few computer terminals and ventilation fans, that would be great.
You'll also see a weird picture underneath. That's my plans for the opening room. Would you be able to
sprite a counter/desk for the tileset, shown on the left, a chair and benches, shown on the right, A plasma
screen sign saying BML with a logo, which is represented at the top and finally, the circles at the bottom represent
floor lights. If you could sprite the map up for me, the game would start looking a lot more professional in an
instant. Thanks!
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As far as the team goes, people want to see a demo, so I won't need anyone for spriting etc YET. I should have finished the battle system
this week, although I've come across a coding problem involving timers, which isn't going to help me. Once Uberpwn adds
a few map features and I have an extremely basic battle demo made, then I will release a demo for you all. Once this is made
I'm gonna start recruiting people properly, depending on what they're good at. Similarly, I'll be making a seperate "requests"
thread, meaning I'll ask people for help there and post updates here!
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Sounds like a plan.
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Awesome looking game my friend, can't wait for a demo of sorts and try that CBS.
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(http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn111/zuhane/Laboratory1.png)
I can do this for your unless Uber has already started.
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Sorry for double post just updating your zuhane.
I have made lights that hang from the ceiling, and a desk. I'll be tackling some various objects later
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Hey. I think Uberpwn is currently working on this map. The other problem is that
everything needs to be more modernised to fit the scene of a futuristic laboratory.
Thanks for starting a chipset, but I think Uber is taking charge of it. However, you've
obviously put in effort, so what you've created so far can still be used in the game
if that's okay!
Extra news: I've bumped into a couple of coding issues which I can't resolve. This is
severely hindering my work. I can't finish a battle until I can figure this problem out.
Is there anyone with a lot of coding knowledge who'd be able to help me? If so, please
add me on msn or PM me.
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Ok thats fine if he is doing stuff. I'll still make some other stuff. I made some cameras that could be added into the corners of the maps.
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Thanks dude. Can't wait!
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I wasn't quite sure the style you wanted when I first started, so I'll be sure to make more futuristic stuff this time around
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I'VE FINISHED THE BATTLE SYSTEM!
Unfortunately, I'm having a strange problem. I can play through the
first stage of a battle, meaning I can attack, then both the enemies attack.
After that, it starts screwing up when it returns to the player's turn. So, I have a proposal.
Are there any people out there with a lot of coding knowledge who'd like to test
the game out? When I say that, I mean try it and tell me the problems.
Anyone up for it (with a lot of coding experience), please let me know!
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I would do this, just pm me with the game and a somewhat detailed description of what it is you want done.
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I would do this, just pm me with the game and a somewhat detailed description of what it is you want done.
Right, check your mail!
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Oh my days! It's been a horrific, epic struggle and I've hated every god
damn moment of it, but it's done! The battle system now officially works
with no glitches, bugs or slowdowns. I'm literally just waiting for Uberpwn
to finish the map tiles and pose of Kruz being hurt, then I'm posting it
right up. It was worth it, because now there's no limit to what I can do!
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*Breakfast Club end fist pump thing*
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I'm glad you got it working, Zuhane. It really has amazing potential.
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Thanks, Rahl! Ummm... is Uberpwn dead or something?
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Judging from the times he's been on MSN, no.
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Oh okay. Small update to the front page. Come on Uberpwn!!
===UPDATE 07-08-09===
Hey people! It was an uphill struggle of despair, but the battle system is officially
working. However, I reaaaally need a few sprites from Uberpwn before I can release
a short demo. The demo will be nothing special, just a small battle and tutorial.
After this, people who are interested can be recruited properly and assigned different
jobs depending on what they're good at. At this rate, the game will start being developed
at an amazing rate. The main battle system was the frameworks of the game, meaning
cutscenes, CMS, mapping, battles etc will be EASY to make from here on!
Also, once this demo is released, I'm gonna have this thread scrapped, then make a new game
request thread and game update thread to keep things organised and easy to understand!
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Alrighty bud. Sorry about the wait on those sprites, I had to deal with some diarrhea. I'm pretty much healed now, so, I'm on it.
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Oooh nasty :(
Thanks dude. Can't wait!
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I had to deal with some diarrhea.
D:
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Update - 27 - August - 2009
Hey everyone. It's been a long time since I've actually updated this thread! The battle system
was becoming a little TOO complex for my liking. So I've made some minor and major tweaks in different
areas. This keeps it simple to a certain degree, but also makes the player focus directly on what
Zone Tiles they have equipped and how they will suit each situation.
As normal, when Kruz (the hero) attacks, he is teleported to the Zone etc. This happens as normal.
The only tweak is that each particular battle only allows certain Zone Icons to be used. This will be
shown in your PDA, so you know which Icons will come in handy. I won't be extremely restrictive,
but this will stop inconveniences, such as players gaining mass EXP from fighting extremely weak
enemies and exploiting areas. There will still be much room left for customization.
However, enemies do not attack with Zones any longer. When an enemy attacks, it is ALWAYS a
special attack. This means that some special situation will arise and the hero will have to fix this
situation in the smallest amount of time possible to take the least damage. If the hero completely
dodges an enemy attack, or finds something useful whilst being attacked, some MP will be restored
in battle to be able to use more specials. Additionally, the player wins "Style Points" which can only be
gained that way. These take effect later on when building a fort :D
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Additionally, I'm also making a system known as the RDS (Robotic description service) in
the menu. This gives a slightly humorous and fun insight into the origins of places, enemies
and also items. This will be ever-so-slightly similar to the animations in Bioshock when you
buy plasmids, but not at the same time. A large scale of enemies and items will have their own
animations with a narrative female robot voice on top (using a talented voice actor, not microsoft
narrator) and certain audio effects.
Here's a very basic example:
(http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn111/zuhane/NewBitmapImage-3.jpg)
Tell me what you think!
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Oh, and Uberpwn. Where are you!?!!?!!?!?!?
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Here. *raises hand*
1. I had to finish up an online math course, so that I wouldn't be held back.
2. Right after I finished, I had to travel back to Florida from Mexico.
3. Right after I got back to Florida, school started. (I'm a freshie now >:D)
4. Excuses excuses excuses excuses excuses excuses
5. Excuses excuses
6. Excuses
7.
8. Excuses
So yeah. I might get around to doing some stuff during the weekend possibly maybe hopefully.
Oh and the RDS is neat.
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It's sounding really good and very unique keep it up zuhane.
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Hey thanks guys. Ah, fair enough Uber. I'm really hoping to achieve a sense
of adventure and make something memorable. I'm also hoping to remove the "grind"
element with more fun alternatives!
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This looks really cool Zuhane! You can see all the work and detail you've put into it :) Good job on the custom systems ^^
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So like. I feel really bad about this, but quite honestly, I'm a lazy bastard. And since school started for me a week ago I have less free time, and more I want to do with it. So I suggest you find another artist, or placeholder graphics for now, and I might do this eventually.
Had to get that off my chest. If it's any consolation, I was bored one night during the summer and made awesome character art for this game in GIMP. Unfortunately it's on the computer in Mexico, and I never uploaded it to photobucket.
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That's a bit of a shame! Well if anyone else is up for spriting, then send me some stuff and I'll see who suits the
art style best. Maybe you'd have more incentive if I released a working demo.
I've also remade the enemy attacks. ALL enemy attacks are exclusive special attacks not in zones, meaning you
have to master a new skill for every enemy you fight!
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These?
[spoiler]What I'm asking is... would anyone be interested in doing a lot of spriting for this game? When I say a lot I mean a basic
Portal-esque laboratory map which would look minimalistic and stylish and also a tropical beach tileset with lots of bright
colours and an orangey tinge which would compliment sunset backdrops. I'd also need some charsets doing which wouldn't
consist of an awful lot. Just some animated enemies standing still, attacking, being hurt and dying along with a few character
sprites.
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These?
[spoiler][/spoiler]
Yep!
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There will be the oversized palm trees, some more standard trees and then an assortment of various beach items. Umbrellas, coconuts, little plastic buckets and shovels, what-have-you.
Please give me a couple days at least. I have a couple major tests coming up...
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Thanks a lot MissingName. Actually, buckets and spades won't be too necessary since it's more of
a classified top-secret island. I need all the spriters, composers and artists I can get!
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Thanks a lot MissingName. Actually, buckets and spades won't be too necessary since it's more of
a classified top-secret island. I need all the spriters, composers and artists I can get!
What, the officials can't play in the sand?
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(http://i874.photobucket.com/albums/ab303/MissingName/zuhanesbeachincomplete.png)
(http://i874.photobucket.com/albums/ab303/MissingName/zuhanesbeachincompletev2.png)
Not complete or 8-bit yet.
Without the buckets and umbrellas, it looks rather unimaginative. I think I'll make a crab charaset.
What sort of building materials do you want? Stone, brick, reeds...? I'm guessing there's going to be some sort of buildings on the island.
The water is the RTP standard, painstakingly recolored with reference colors from an actual photo of clear blue waters.
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This day is one big step for mankind! The battle system went through millions of boring, repetitive test logs, but the outcome is...
IT FULLY WORKS! It 100% works, it's 100% ironed and flattened out bug-wise. I haven't been this proud of myself since god knows when.
It has the potential to be so incredibly complex and offers a stupid amount of customization! Yes!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Anyway... :p
Those palm trees are looking nice! Did you completely sprite them yourself? I'd mainly like shrubbery
and wild plants to fill in gaps. Sand and grass is a must. The plants don't have to be real ones. Use your imagination
if you can. I'm going for a jungle like Jade Cocoon 2 if possible and hopefully the beach will have the same feel to it.
I'd rather it looked atmospheric than happy and lively if you know what I mean. Anyway, great job up to now!
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DEMO! We need a demo!
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So I was working on my AUTOCAD and got bored. So I opened up paint and...
High-Res palm trees.
(http://i874.photobucket.com/albums/ab303/MissingName/trees.png)
I take a reference picture, lift colors off of it and then draw the object. I use Irfanview for tinting, darkening, gamma, all sorts of effects...
Let me integrate all of my things together. Shells, seaweed, coconuts, assorted plants, jungle (do you want a path leading into the jungle?) and maybe some building stuff. White/grey brick sound good?
I'll post it as soon as it's all together, and you can make suggestions from there.
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That looks great! The best way to describe the overworld is a huge jungle island populated
with plants that have never been seen before. The outskirts of the island are sand and sea, AKA
beach and there are extremely modern-looking building jotted around almost like stations which you
visit for missions. There's gonna be other areas later on, but that's the basic idea of the map.
Could you make the brickwork large and modern if possible? Anyway, keep it up! Thanks a lot!
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(http://i874.photobucket.com/albums/ab303/MissingName/zuhanesbeach.png)
It's usable... 8-bit. But it's not done. Needs more pants (so it won't be just messy dirt and dark, but pretty things there to be happy), a wrecked building set and a continuous jungle. And that orange tint.
I'm at a loss as to how to make the continuous jungle at the moment and I need to sleep in order to get more reference for the plants. Bizarre stuff happens in my dreams...
Just a rough picture of what can be done so far...
(http://i874.photobucket.com/albums/ab303/MissingName/samplebuilding.png)
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Dude, that's coming along nicely!
Just wanted to tell everyone that the front page has been severely changed!
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(http://i874.photobucket.com/albums/ab303/MissingName/zuhanesbeach-1.png)
(http://i874.photobucket.com/albums/ab303/MissingName/zuhanesbeachv2.png)
Still no clue how to do a continuous jungle. Suggestions?
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Continuous forests are one of the hardest things to draw ever. The best way I have seen it done is to have a few tree trunk sprites that eventually fade up into a textured solid green haze that forms the constrains of the area you can walk through. That's kind of a lousy description, I know. Maybe I can find a screenshot somewhere...
In any event, while the game is cool, I am most impressed by your spriting work. Haven't seen a lot of chipset spriters lately and Lord knows my own works leave something to be desired.
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In any event, while the game is cool, I am most impressed by your spriting work.
Thank you.
(http://i874.photobucket.com/albums/ab303/MissingName/complementary_stuff.png)
A few complementary items to go along with the chipsets. Two sliding doors going opposite ways( regular and tinted versions of both) and a fail crab.
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I'm majorly impressed with some of those sprites you're throwing out there. The chipsets
look fantastic. To fill up space, you'll probably notice that many foresty chipsets have a kind
of "leafy canopy", which is dark in the middle and then has corners. This leafy canopy can be used
to fill up lots of space. Some grass, rock and moss floor would be good or some grass that eventually fades
into sand. I'm so damn excited to try this chipset out!
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(http://i874.photobucket.com/albums/ab303/MissingName/beach_20.png)
(http://i874.photobucket.com/albums/ab303/MissingName/beach_sunset_20.png)
Hum, the continuous forest is a bit glitchy - it's best used in straight lines only.
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Nice! I'm sure that'll make a good map when put into use :D
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Come on man want to play a full working demo.
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It's a nightmare, because I'm lacking in chipsets. Now I can do the outsides, but the
interior chipsets are awful at the moment. I also want the battles to function perfectly
before I start copying the code across and making new ones!
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Thanks again for the spriting, both of you. I never realised how great the sprites
were. I feel ever so thankful at this moment in time. Remember to check my development diary
thread!
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Completely new approach to releasing update information. I now have a blog. Please check it
and throw in a bit of feedback!
http://kruz-rpg.blogspot.com/
Thanks!
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As of now, here's what needs doing before the demo's released:
-Need attack/pain poses from Purple.
-Need to finish the first special attack.
-Need to add 2 more Zone Icons (which will be easy).
-Just have to throw together a basic map.
-Need a few graphics doing.
After that, there'll be a demo coming your way. Anyone fancy helping?
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I can help some more, just let me know.
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FINALLY! I updated the blog with a video and a few pictures just showing the basic mechanics of the battle
system. I'm always waiting for sprites etc, so contact me if you're interested in helping out.
I've also scripted many of the characters and tried to create some interesting personalities! We have a hippie girl, war-obsessed
freak, cenile old man, lots of Bio-terrorists and a talking frog! I've come up with some genuinely amusing plot lines and transcripts
for characters whilst in college, so it should not only be fun to play, but also contain some of that bizarre humour that Invasion of the Sexy
Chimps contains! Feel free to drop some comments on me, you know I always love them. This is also shown on the front page.
Show your interest, get involved! I have no deadlines, no exams, no work, no limits! I'm going to work good and solid on this game
and make it a genuinely enjoyable, refreshing and completely new experience. No visiting towns to get granny's cats off trees, or talking
to the king about a horse that's been possessed or something like that. Just clever, witty humour, fast=paced custom battles, quirky
characters, and a horrific level of customisation available!
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Shameless bump... :'(
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It looks cool dude. I like the wacky sense of humor you tossed into it.
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Holy crap, I skipped over the blog link completely.
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Hahahaha! Your beach tileset looks stunning, MissingName! Maybe I need to make the blog more obvious
in the first post!
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The video in the blog ACTUALLY WORKS! Enjoy! :p
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Just bumping, as I need some artists so very, very badly! xxx
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What kinds of chipsets, by chance, are you looking for? Because I'm thinking about trying to fill the void for futuristic/modern chips and I wanted to see if there's any overlap in what you need and what I want to make.
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Ahhhhh... well I'm looking for a modern, futuristic kind of laboratory, furnished with modern appliances,
potted plants, minimalist setting, floor lights etc.
Also, random question, but what's the best tool for recording my game which captures sound and displays
a decent framerate?
Thanks!
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Whatever Drak used in his old ones (can't remember its name) works pretty well, despite having a small watermark.
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ZDsoft!!!! Thank you, Fruckert!
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Ahhhhh... well I'm looking for a modern, futuristic kind of laboratory, furnished with modern appliances,
potted plants, minimalist setting, floor lights etc.
Also, random question, but what's the best tool for recording my game which captures sound and displays
a decent framerate?
Thanks!
Okay, if you can find an existing chipset to serve as a jumping point (Chipsets take eons to make from scratch) and some pictures that portray roughly what you want, I'll see if I can help.
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Thanks a lot! I'll get one posted to you right away!
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Here's a basic idea:
There's a small patch of homemade chipset that I did in the middle. The rest is someone else's chipset.
So feel free to replace all the grass etc. There's also some drawings showing the general idea of what I'd like.
(http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn111/zuhane/Picture16.jpg)
(http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn111/zuhane/Picture15.jpg)
(http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn111/zuhane/Picture14.jpg)
(http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn111/zuhane/Laboratory1-1.png)
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laboratory http://uirpg.com/resources/chipsets/1377.png
i can make chipsets if you like me to
http://charas-project.net/resources/Charasets/29935_1182264356.png
http://uirpg.com/resources.php?act=view&id=1376
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They're actually exactly what I'm looking for. However, this'd stop the game being completely
custom! What do I do? I didn't want to use game sprites.
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I'd just use what Lonewolf has for now and make custom chipsets when you really need them (ie. there's literally nothing out there that matches what you need).
But the chip obviously doesn't have everything you need. I can tweak it to add the scientist portraits, electric doors, LCD screen, etc. It'll be a lot easier than starting from scratch, and it'll be at least partly custom. How's that?
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<3 This
:D
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Thanks! Yeah, okay then. I suppose it makes little difference anyway. Nice find, Lonewolf! It actually
meets just about every requirement :p
I super large LCD screen would still be a good addition! Also a desk and stuff. Thanks, Valiere.
Thanks for the support, Drenrin! :D
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I have some future stuff you may be interested. Idk if they'll the style you're going for... What's the style you're going for? Regardless, its just random I've picked up here and there. You've prolly seen some or all of the graphics before.
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What the crap thread name change.
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Anything in particular you want _on_ the LCD screen?
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Well, Dren, that stuff lonewofl sent me oddly suited what I was looking for perfectly!
Any Valiere, you reckon if it was left blank, I could play a movie clip over it? I'm thinking
of adding some low-res cutscenes in the game for important areas.
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Okay, I'm super tired, but I added an LCD screen (Is black okay? I can tone it down if it's standing out too much for you), a lovely bench, a desk, a phone that you'll probably want to use as an event to get on said desk, the scientist portraits, and the certificate. I tried not to add too many colors to the pallet.
(http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f271/Serithe/Lab3.png)
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That's absolutely fantastic! I had no idea you were capable of spriting that professionally! As for the LCD,
I'm going to experiment with adding AVI files over it at certain areas and see what happen. Thanks a lot!
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(http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn111/zuhane/Addmoretome.png)
Anyone fancy adding some depth to this brilliant map, made by MissingName (slightly edited by me :p)?
I basically need it so that I can have levels of ground, so I need drops and slope edges. Here's an
example:
(http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn111/zuhane/Example.png)
The map's great, but I want to be able to have it so you can climb higher, or go into pits.
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How does this work for you?
(http://c3.ac-images.myspacecdn.com/images02/145/l_755335e78cc64b45b95f47411760f9f2.jpg)
I know it's jpeg, but for some reason I can't upload anything to my photobucket or box.net and myspace sucks and converts **** to jpeg. I'll continue if you like it.
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I'll try to add cliffs too.
BTW, how well is the continuous forest working? I wasn't too satisfied with it myself...
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I had to make some modifications to it when it transitioned into forest and sea, but apart from that, it's pretty fine!
Yeah, drenrin, that's looking great! Did you draw it yourself? MissingName, it's up to you how you go about this, since
drenrin's done some cliffs. Maybe you and him can come to an agreement :p
I still need darker coloured grass, along with the tops of the cliffs in the upper layer of the chipset. If you want, you could
remove one of the plants from the upper chipset, and I'll just use it in a charset in my game instead!
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No problem! All I did was edit the example cliff you gave. It wasn't too hard, I just tried to make it match the style of the chipset.
If Missing Name wants to finish it.
EDIT: Here's the finished version.
(http://img37.imageshack.us/img37/4792/beachcliffsl.png)
and an example.
(http://img37.imageshack.us/img37/2594/beachexample.png)
MissingName, there wasn't much left to do anyway. I just finished it up.
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Is there anything you'd like to add, MissingName? Or shall I just use this?
Thanks, drenrin!
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...not really. Looks good, dren!
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You're welcome. Glad it's what you're looking for.
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I don't want any conflict! :p
Fine, I'll use dren's. Thanks a lot! There's still plenty of stuff I need spriting, anyway! :D
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any good to you ?
(http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk86/loneywolf/IpcobP.png)
(http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk86/loneywolf/kfq.png)
(http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk86/loneywolf/uktdrsqkisj.png)
(http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk86/loneywolf/Icons-n-Stuff.png)
(http://i278.photobucket.com/albums/kk86/loneywolf/21689_1146466179.png)
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Yeah, that's very nice! Did you make it, though? I just want to create a game which resonates in
charas-ness and is only made by all of us!
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Hello everybody! I've put another video up! Rate, comment, and provide feedback!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5IEucGmmlKw
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What does it take to get a single Youtube view!?
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More than two hours in the ripe ol' morning!
EDIT: Very cool. I dig the pictures of the key items; makes the game come to life so much more. Too bad you had to have the consumables in a fixed list so they appear even if you don't have any, but RM2K3 has its limitations. The beach chipset looks pretty good after all, especially with the rays of light coming down. When you're thick in the forest, something lighting like this would be neat.
(http://www.apackofbeasts.com/userimages/f.jpg)
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I'm saving that picture because I'm a sucker for pictures like that.
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I subbed you and rated that awesome work 5 phat stars. Keep up the good ****, dude.
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I'm hoping someone can make me a better light pattern. I threw that trash together in a few minutes! :p
I'm thinking of workarounds for the list, like having Hero names, and renaming them as (Empty) if the variable
for the item is 0.
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Valiere, you'll be pleased to know that I've fixed it! Items unavailable are displayed as "(Empty)" and when selected,
re-open the selection box.
Does anyone fancy re-designing some menus for me, since they're a bit MS paint-ish?
This first one looks awfully tacky. Feel free to completely re-make it for me if you please:
(http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn111/zuhane/Okay-ish.png)
The second one looks okay, and I like the style. However, the background looks like it could be put together
more neatly, in my opinion:
(http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn111/zuhane/Couldlookbetter.png)
IMPORTANT: If this one were to be edited, the character boxes, and the fonts and boxes, would have to stay in the exact same place.
It's the actual background which could do with some neatening up. Still, if you did redo it, could you keep the radical art style going?
Thanks!
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I like how a DS snuck in there.
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I see where you're coming from, and I bet you daren't post, now! 2222 posts!
But seriously, my menus look like crap!
So, anyone fancy re-doing my menus?!?!
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(http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f271/Serithe/Okay-ish2.png)
Well, it's an improvement....Tried to keep with your general color scheme.
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JESUS CHRIST! THAT'S ****ing BRILLIANT! That's not even an improvement... it's like... a miracle!
Thank you so much, Valiere! That's more than good enough!
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Glad you approve! Want me to redo the other one? I like the pattern you've done, but I can make it look a bit smoother.
And I can edit the fonts, just not their placement, right?
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You can edit the fonts if you want, but would you be able to send seperate pictures to overlay them?
As you make selections, the words need to be highlighted, you see.
If you can do that, then I'd be more than happy for you to miracle it over again!
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I'll just mess with the background and the icons....you probably know what fonts will work better anyway.
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(http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f271/Serithe/Okay-ish2.png)
Quoted for win
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I see where you're coming from, and I bet you daren't post, now! 2222 posts!
Try this one on for size :p
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(http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f271/Serithe/Couldlookbetter2.png)
Voila.
Here's the first one without the words, so you can do the highlighting-text thing, too.
(http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f271/Serithe/Okay-ish3.png)
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Try this one on for size :p
How...the...fu...?
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Posts: 0
I... Don't... understand... x.x
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(http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f271/Serithe/Couldlookbetter2.png)
Voila.
Here's the first one without the words, so you can do the highlighting-text thing, too.
(http://i49.photobucket.com/albums/f271/Serithe/Okay-ish3.png)
Thanks a lot, Valiere! That looks great, yet again!
I've just added selection boxes around the other menu you made me, as for this one, I'll try and add text over the top.
Finally, the game should start to look good!
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Is anyone here significantly good at coding?
I asked Rahl to check out a problem a good few weeks ago, but I reckon he's died from Malaria or something.
Could anyone do me the honour of testing the battle system and telling me
where I could improve the code to reduce the lag slightly? It's rather complex, so
I'd need someone with quite a bit of coding knowledge.
Thank you!
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I'm quite adept in the ways of coding. If you want, I could test out the battle system for you.
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That'd be great, Muraiko! Do you have MSN? If so, add stupiduglygeek@hotmail.com or kruzrpg@hotmail.co.uk.
This'll make the whole process a bit simpler.
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I still need help.... :p
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I already sent an invitation to your hotmail. Did you get it?
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Hmmmm... I'm sure I accepted you on MSN. Do you go on it regularly?
Do you fancy trying it again?
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I usually go one once every two-three days, but I'll be sure to check more often.
And yes, I see you now. you're on my network thingy. Feel free to email me if you need help with anything then.
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Ah, brilliant! I'll try and come online more often. I'm just trying to find a suitable tool
to record videos with, baring in mind that I want to record the sound and get a decent framerate.
Anyone know what Drak uses?
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I would be interested in knowing that as well. I'd also love to see those new menus in action, looks awesome valiere!
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I've also re-vamped some of the old, tacky-looking menus, too!
Old and tacky:
(http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn111/zuhane/Grid-Old.png)
New and better:
(http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn111/zuhane/Grid-New.png)
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Good to hear! ;)
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Exams will be over in less than a week. Then I can finally start posting more regularly and give you all
a major update! :D
Forget this fictional character - I need to become a Biomedical Scientist myself before he does! Once they're over,
this thread's gonna have some major updates applied, and I'll show you all what I've been working on! :D
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Hey, I made this last summer, but couldn't send it to you because I left it on this computer and never uploaded it to photobucket.
Here you go. Kinda sloppy, I was (and still am) getting familiar with GIMP.
(http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q214/darthjastarband/TBR_sketches_png.png)
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That battle system video was pretty epic. It helped me get ideas for how I could could make my own CBS. (Not anything like yours our course, but somehow sparked my brain into system coding mode.)
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Uberpwn, that's absolutely brilliant! That would make a fantastic title screen if downscaled properly!
Oh my God, that's awesome. I love it! :D
And thanks a lot, AFL. I'm really looking forward to trying out your game, as it looks pretty damn cool!
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I need some menu re-designs doing if possible. If anyone is interested, please let me know.
Valiere, I sent you a PM about it!
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Hey, I made this last summer, but couldn't send it to you because I left it on this computer and never uploaded it to photobucket.
Here you go. Kinda sloppy, I was (and still am) getting familiar with GIMP.
(http://i137.photobucket.com/albums/q214/darthjastarband/TBR_sketches_png.png)
Thats awesome dude :D Im looking forward to playing this zuhane ;)
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Thanks, Boozer. No exams means that I'm now working my balls off on this game! :D
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Its always a good moment when you know that your exams are over ;D
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Okay! I've actually done quite a lot of the above. Lots has been converted by me. I'm re-uploading the
chipset with a major load of work taken off. The conversion needs to take place! If someone could do me the
huge liberty of re-drawing the remaining items within this chipset, so that they suit the visual style of the game,
I can release a demo seriously soon! It's one of the few things holding me back. The chipset is ideal and contains
most of my components needed, but the style doesn't look right. It needs to be sharper and more funky, like
the outside chipset. It also needs to really match the whole menu system I have going.
(http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn111/zuhane/Recreateme.png)
I implore you! Somebody has to be able to do a quick conversion! Anything not there isn't there because it isn't
needed or I've redone it, but there's still stuff that needs doing!
If somebody converts this, the game can be packaged, and a demo on its way!!
Somebody! Please! Thanks! :D
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Super thread update!! Everybody check the front page. I've re-designed it, so people actually know what the hell is going on!
Enjoy!
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(http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn111/zuhane/Needyou.jpg)
Yeah, basically, I wanna show you my system menu at the moment and stuff, then I need you to
try and think of some cool stats to add to the character himself. Based on the current engine
I'm running, he has HP, MP and Attack. Zone Icons are modified using "Quasigen" that you find.
I feel like the menu has some potential space. I've tried to make some sort of "meter" or "bar"
but I'm not sure what to make it as. Could it be a possible fury bar? If so, how could the game
implement it? I'd like your say!
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(http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn111/zuhane/Screen1-1.jpg)
Surprise! This game does actually have normal points to it. You level up from gaining
exactly 100 EXP. The higher your level, the less EXP enemies disperse upon death.
(http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn111/zuhane/Screen2-1.jpg)
Levelling again :D
(http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn111/zuhane/Screen6.jpg)
The Tweaks menu allows you to modify your character A LOT. However, we're just
going to go to basic levelling. As standard, it just lets you make your character
a bit stronger.
(http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn111/zuhane/Screen3.jpg)
Here's the level-up menu. Every time you gain a level, you can spend a point on
increasing one of your basic stats. I added a cool feature, so when you have
points to spend, a little message appears on the bottom left and flashes. It's
just little things like that which make a game nice!
(http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn111/zuhane/Screen4.jpg)
Self explanatory.
(http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn111/zuhane/Screen5.jpg)
Thus, MP has increased.
(http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn111/zuhane/Screen7.jpg)
You'll notice that in the actual in-game menu, your max MP has permanently increased.
Took me a while *COUGH* ****ing AGES *COUGH* to do all of this, but it works
and is fully functional. Your character can max out all his stats and reach level
20 now, but it would obviously take months given the difficulty of the current enemies.
However, have you noticed at the top right in the stats box, there's some free space?
What could possibly go in there? You tell me. I need some bright ideas! Also, have you noticed
that there's a white silhouette of Kruz which fills up like a bar. What would you like to see it
do? Some kind of "fury bar" or something?
(http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn111/zuhane/Screen8.jpg)
Re-vamped the text in the RDS. Looks a little nicer now. Might as well let you know :p
(http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn111/zuhane/Screen9.jpg)
Press "0" in-game for an overview of your current character.
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Looks great! Very nice to see a CBS battle system, PLUS with a Custom Menu at the same time!
As for ideas with the bar, I was thinking something like this:
How about it fills up gradually as your levels do? And then, at a certain level, your class changes? And then, choosing a specific class add more to your stats, like more HP, Attack, etc. If you're not already using the Class thing.
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Hmmmm... I do like that idea. I've actually been dabbling with the idea of adding classes :D
But I was maybe gonna do it at the beginning of the game. Feel free to chuck more at me! :P
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Hmmmm... I do like that idea. I've actually been dabbling with the idea of adding classes :D
But I was maybe gonna do it at the beginning of the game. Feel free to chuck more at me! :P
Your game is looking hot, bro. Include Zaragath as a hidden easter egg boss. (or something like that) If you do that I'll add something related to your game as an easter egg in Asiyla.
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Sounds like a great idea :D It'll have to fit the general techno-semi-reality theme of the game.
It'd be pretty awesome too add their armour or one of their attacks!
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It's that time of the year where I actually update the thread. I've given the game a massive graphical
overhaul! It's looking quite beautiful if I may say so. I've made a 100% fully functional, glitch-free item
menu, healing item system, health and MP bar and given many menus graphical overhauls and remakes.
The game's looking a little like The World Ends With You... or at least having a very similar atmosphere.
That makes me happy :)
Anyway, I'm droning on (no pun intended). I'd like it if someone could possibly do face art for... every character
in the game... if possible. At the moment, that's not too much to ask, but I'd need someone who'd be willing to
carry it on and not quite half-way through the process. As for now, I just need facial art which fits in the game for
speech scenes and battles for Kruz, Mr. Henderson and a Drone. Nothing much for now. I'd like a consistent style
which looks quite jagged and surreal if possible. Here's my rough versions which need touching up. If anyone's interested
and could showcase a few styles to me, I'd be eternally kissing your arse!! It's getting serious now. This isn't
something I'm ever going to stop creating. I've been making it for 1.5 years, and it's going to keep being made until
it's really polished and fun and well made. Yeah. Here are the characters:
The Drone:
(http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn111/zuhane/AttackConf6-1.png)
Kruz Kalskovsky:
(http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn111/zuhane/KruzDrawing.png)
Mr. Henderson:
(http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn111/zuhane/HendersonDrawing.png)
Any rough designs would be greatly appreciated. I need help deciding on an art style for the game!
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Do people have some personal vendetta against posting in my game thread or something!?
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Didn't you just make a thread about n00bs doing this exact thing?
...anyway, I was GOING to post something productive... now I'm just so furious I don't even know what to do with myself!
I don't even know.
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Sometimes I'll post an update and be so patient that I leave it for a whole month without a single reply!!
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It happens to everyone, dudeman.
Is that failure screen the gameover screen? 'cuz that would be awesome. As for the art, I'm far from a candidate to do facesets.
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The failure screen was a rough concept that's been remade now. The gameover screen's very different, but
I see where you're coming from. The actual character art wouldn't be shown in facesets, but as pictures which
swoop in when people talk, anime style! It gives you a better picture of the character and makes it feel like a more
engaging coversation!
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Those are pretty cool. Though, I haven't seen too many done very well. It's tough to keep that style up if you only change the expressions on the face.
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I have to use that style. I want the player to feel up close and personal with the characters
all the way through. I little bit like Disgaea!
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Do people have some personal vendetta against posting in my game thread or something!?
Yes.
Don't mind me. Just passin' through.
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What have I been up to, you ask? You probably aren't asking that, but Hell, I'm just gonna go on
ahead and tell you all anyway!!!!!!!!!!
Behold:
==============WATCH THIS VIDEO================
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iUzOxcdjeOU
==============WATCH THIS VIDEO================
-I added the ability to freeze your time bar as an upgrade. The graphics, coding and sounds took about 5 hours to
fully compile.
-I've added new stats to the game including coolness, armour and fulfilment.
-Kruz can now gain EXP, level up to the max level of 20, gain points to spend and max out every stat properly and use
all of this in-game.
-I've spruced up the main menu, health bars for enemies, Kruz's health/MP box, Zone Icon menu, Level-Up menu,
Quasigen spending menu and much more!
-I've remade the dodging animation into a more comic-like, fluid explosion when you find out you've successfully dodged!
-I've fixed three Zone Icons so they work perfectly.
-I added an animation for the Raw Power Zone Icon when you use it.
-I've completely drawn all the tiles for the Laboratory and sprited most of it. Some was done by others :D
-I've added some in-game puzzles.
-I've made a menu so you can level up and also upgrade Zone Icons.
-Enemies can be cut in half with enough strength. I mean, seriously, how cool is that!?
So, yeah. I'm really tired. I've worked on this game for about 8 hours today. It's really getting there!!!! I'm going nuts!!!! <3
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this look like pee-my-pants fun
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You'd think that testing the same battle over 1000 times would be boring. It's not. I can't wait
until it's finished. People will actually enjoy the battles! :D
I don't suppose anyone is interested in doing a little art still, are they? The dodge confirmation screen is going to have Kruz
dodging in a cool fashion with a phrase or speech bubble appearing. Therefore, I need artists! :P
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goddamn
This really needed a gameplay trailer in order to show how awesome it's going to be.
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dude, give me like...an actual request, and Ill do it. Im not sure what you need done. Id gladly contribute an image or somesuch
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I managed to miss this entire thing! Mostly because it started during my great absence I guess... Well I've read the whole thread.
It's a great idea, it looks great (if complicated), and the music sounds amazing!
It's natural to get disheartened by people not posting but try to keep it to yourself or you drive people away. There are ways to bump sneakily etc... :p
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Hey there, Gem! I sent you a message. Not sure if you received it or not! :P
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I love this game and it makes me really happy too see it coming to a more complete state!
Keep goin man! and i read this thread every update, i just dont always comment ><
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It's been a long time since I've updated! I've actually spent a while creating new graphics
and menus for the game. I'm quite surprised that I can make pretty darn good graphics all
by myself! :D At the bottom, I've posted a Youtube video showing exactly why it takes
so long for me to post anything significant-looking in an update!
Here's a run-through of how it works along with some of the newly-implemented stats (Open the spoiler):
[spoiler](http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn111/zuhane/1-3.jpg)
(http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn111/zuhane/2-3.png)
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And here's what I've been up to:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kO-tB4NMPHU
Does this look like it would appeal to people? I want to lure some voice actors and artists in!
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Started on the first official in-game dungeon instead of just adding to battle mechanics! The chipset
you see is about 90% sprited by me. The other 10% is also custom, but sprited by
Charasians as a request. It's coming along nicely :D
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Still looks awesome as ever zuhane, keep it up.
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So I've compiled a list of everything that needs completing before a demo is released, and I must say,
I've been shredding through it like crazy! I've given the menu a professional overhaul, and everything's
just starting to feel incredibly polished and well made. All menus are animated, levels contain animated scenery,
sound effects, character voice acting, and various interactive objects like you'd find in Mario Galaxy. Exams
are coming to an end, so this is just plain sailing. Anyway, just wanted to post a few updates!!
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Just redesigned my debug room and neatened it all up. The men in hazmat suits are animated and were drawn
by me!
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Try out the new character faces, courtesy of Val!
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The new and final version of the main menu. The top-right shows your attack points, max HP and max MP.
You have your selections on the left side. The bleeper at the bottom left moves more rapidly and makes louder
noises if you're near a secret. Pretty nifty! The bottom left shows the 9 significant storyline things that need
unlocking, much like your 7 crystals Zelda equivalent but with 9 different rare bacterial cultures. The stats menu
available is what I'd like to show off!
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It took an obscene amount of time and ruling equipment to make these numbers charsets instead of pictures.
It's completely 100% removed all menu lag and looks much better. The background moves too. I used a rather
complicated formula which instantly displays all character stats with no lag or errors! :D
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Yet again, demonstrating Val's brilliant artistic skills here with this monster! Voice acting is now included, so the enemy
will say demeaning things when it hits you :P I showed this game to the Voice Acting Guild, and I've had a stupid amount
of auditions. Nothing like an ego boost! Haha :D
And of course, the game is still 100% custom. Every single resource has been made by me or as a request by one of the lovely
people on this forum!
Checklist for demo:
[spoiler]Areas stopping battle system progressing (essential):
-Good battle transition
-Battle needs to be replayable.
-EXP, item and money system at the end (influenced by flair) (timed zone at end full of goodies)
-All Zone Aid has to be fully upgradable and work. So do all Offensive Icons.
-Attack noises for Kruz.
-Special attack management.
-Items in battle
-Running in battle
-Expand the amount of Zones available (last).
-Incorporate stats into battles.
-Add Zone Crates to battles.
-Drone Special attacks.
Aesthetics:
-Finish jump pad minigame.
2.) Add timer consequence
3.) Add better voice!
-When enemies die, make an explosion of EXP and coins fly at Kruz!
-Add birds to the jungle.
-More animated feel in-game and in menus.
1.) Swaying trees along bottom of Tweaks.
2.) Rotating stars under words in Zone Upgrade Menu.
3.) Have hovering character symbolising what is selected in the RDS Menu.
General gameplay:
-Prevent any menu glitching. (COMPLETE)
-Fix all ladders and ledges in The Crater and events.
-Re-make the Zone Menus. Use charsets instead of pictures as much as possible. (COMPLETE)
-Remake ugly level-up menu with all stats available!
-Objectives Menu with Tutorial, etc.
Management:
-Ask MissingName about grass and cliffs for chipset.
Ideas for dungeons:
-Have a side-scroller sneaking section.
-Area where you run and press a button for a shield to break through areas.
-Hallway like testing lab with things whizzing by windows. Have orbs flying in
patterns above your head.
-Forest restoration areas.
Storyline progression:
-Add introduction animation at some point.
Packaging:
-Remove excess bulk files
-Remove advertising files
-Remove save files
-Test run
-Better text boxes
-Custom Icon
Aesthetics:
-Finish jump pad minigame.
1.) Crouching and jumping sprites of Kruz (COMPLETE)
-All stats menus working better. (COMPLETE)
1.) Have a picture of Kruz saying "Press 2 to see all stats" (COMPLETE)
2.) Keep HP, MP, coolness, armour and bonus in the top-right box. (COMPLETE)
3.) Devise a way to have no lag in the menu - Use Charsets to remove lag! (COMPLETE)
4.) Draw for EXP, Quasigen, Coins, Rep, Bonus Bar, Level, Armour, Class, Thrash and Flair (COMPLETE)
-Add animated plants to the jungle to make it seems more alive. (COMPLETE)
-Animated cuttable plants and lowered down. (COMPLETE)
-Lower grass bridge for realism. (COMPLETE)
-More number boxes available. (COMPLETE)
-Change Radio graphics/dialogue. (COMPLETE)
-Big BML sign. (COMPLETE)
Management:
-Check voice actor is still available. (COMPLETE)
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Looking awesome dude. I'm interested in giving this is a try when you release it.
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You bet'cha! It's on its way!
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Good ol' Val. Those screens are lookin' amazing.
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Dude, office environments can be rough too. The hazmat suit is justified.
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Cheers, guys! :D
I hope Terraria doesn't detour me away from this game >.<
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Sup guys! At the moment, I'm working on tearing down any type of monotony in my game.
I think repetitive fights can be a massive killer. Is there anything people would like to see in
my game to spice it up? At the moment, I've divided it into subsections and keep featuring bits
of:
-Battles
-Zelda-style puzzles
-Clue-finding puzzles
-Humorous dialogue
-Touhou-style dodging games
-Chipset variations and animated tiles to break things up
-Secret items
-Item balloons. They float around and pop when you press the number on them.
-Collectivity (I know that something people find hugely satisfying in games is gaining something
of great rarity which allows them to upgrade their characters)
Can anyone else suggest any ideas of what I could use to break areas up? At the moment, I'm trying
to constantly implement all of these features to keep it fresh. Any types of puzzles or anything that
people would like to see?
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Puzzles are always good in an RPG. Resident Evil style puzzles would be awesome. They're really really hard, but then after you complete it, that's when you notice there's a little diagram on the wall showing exactly what to do. ^.^
Game looks great so far, man. Keep up the good work! It's a definite download from me when the demo's out.
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Thanks, ninji! I'll be sure to research some puzzles along those lines. Any more suggestions?
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I'm going to take advantage of that bot post to say that I still love this, and it looks like it's coming along splendidly. Val's artwork looks spectacular.
And hey, I know I sorta bailed on you before, but I've been getting back into this sort of thing recently, and I may be able to help out with graphics again. At the very least, I could have a go at some voice acting.
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Oh, sweet! Cheap Terra Gold!
Oh, and your game sucks Zuhane...
jk <3
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Pahaha! I'm glad this gold salesman is so interested in my game. I've also been having a go at spriting myself, and I
was pleasantly surprised with my work. Still, I'd love some more sprites off you, Uber. They're awesome.
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This game looks amazing. Better then many commercial games for sure.
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You signed up just to say that? Awww, cheers! I'll work twice as hard now!!
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Just a few updates about the game!
Things are coming along smoothly, and all Zone Icons have finally been thought out. This game, like all of my
crappy games, will feature a chimp. However, this is no ordinary chimp. This is HABANERO the Mexican chimp!
What's better than a really fun game? A really fun game with a chimp as your companion, obviously!! Try and spot
the Habanero Zone Icon.
(http://i302.photobucket.com/albums/nn111/zuhane/IconsPowerups.png)
The Habanero Zone Icon is the most powerful in the game. It was a very low occurrence rate and high difficulty to grab.
It can only be grabbed once in battle. However, once grabbed, a manic chimp will disrupt enemy attacks, hit the enemies,
give you gifts and assist you in zones for the duration of the fight. A mighty Zone Icon indeed!!
Rather than working on extensive stuff at the moment, I've been working on stuff that will make the game playable.
As you can imagine, the annoying bit is making the original battle system. It's going to be repeatedly copy-pasted and
edited for every future battle, so it has to be absolutely flawless, glitch-free, lag-free and bursting with flair before I
can replicate the battle events.
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At the moment, I'm looking for a really clear, plain and well-projected voice. As you walk through the labs, a bell
will ring and notifications will be spoken out. If anybody interested in doing the receptionist voice, please send me
some voice clips via PM and I'll see which suits the role the best. Here are some example lines which you can send
me if possible:
"Can all staff members watching Two and a Half Men please stop watching Two and a Half Men and then work instead?"
"Janet to sector 44. I repeat, Janet to sector 42."
"To ensure work safety, can all staff members please remember to wear chainmail? Just kidding!"
Oh, almost forgot! I've been spriting away, and I finally converted an A4 size drawing into a sprite that'll fit in RPG
Maker, so I'm chuffed with myself. The drone enemies weren't drawn by me, but the blue armour, robots, slug things
and giant boss were all made by me. I'm getting alright at this spriting malarkey! The boss creature is called the great
Cthukklu, and squirts kerosene out of its huge trunk. Its colossal weight means it can't walk.
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This coming along fine, great work on the sprites.
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Nice stuff!
If you ever need a voice actor with an accent that cannot be understood, or some crazy south american foreign language, let me know! :P
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Hey, you can always audition with your accent anyway. The center point of the game is humor,
so having a hard-to-understand accent over the intercom might promote a giggle or two! I'll update the last
post with some required lines!
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Haha. I don't know, my accent is mostly just hard to understand instead of funny.
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Your choice, sir! I've messaged Natako, as she'd be a pretty good fit, but she's taking her sweet-*** time replying!
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This game totally looks worth playing through to the end.
I'd audition for the intercom stuff, but my damned microphone broke. >.>
(<---Voice actor in training)
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Hey, Thanks ninji! That's the idea. It's surprisingly hard making an RPG that's genuinely fun to play!
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Haha, yeah, that's true.
Level design actually tends to be my problem. ^.^;;
But keep up the good work. Can't wait to try it out. ;)
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A friend and I are now developing Quasigen Island in XNA, hoping to eventually get this thing on Steam! :D We'll keep you updated.
If this thing gets bigger than we expect, we'd love to recruit some of you for artwork and commission you! We won't use any artwork
made for the rm2k3 version in the final game, and if we did, we'd ask full permissions from people and also discuss payment options, so
don't worry about it! This is so exciting! :D
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Looks like a really good custom game.
not much else I can say until I can try it out 1st hand :happy: