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[Meiscool]

Yes, but my chipsets don't include everything you see in the screenshots. I use rm to make the basic map, then add objects in photoshop and save the image as a backdrop.
NOT going to say that all the work is custom, but basically I take stuff from a lot of different sources and recolor/reshade it to make it work with my style. A lot of hunting and ripping random graphics from games is involved.

[daoman89]

All right, i was jw cuz they look great.  They fit very well with your character sprite.  I like your mirror room btw. 

[Desimodontidae]

You mention enemies will drop items. How do you plan on implementing item selection/use (CMS, cycle-through HUD, good ol' DMS, etc.)?

[Meiscool]

I don't have consumable items at the moment, just crafting resources. I'm not even sure if I will have them at all, since I have my save rooms heal your character fully.

I'll probably make a CMS down the road, but it is a lower priority atm.

Updates: Some system updates, visual, and some plot.
Plot: Mapped most of the game up to the point that you receive your first power. This occurs fairly early, but I will note that none of the videos shown show anything of the beginning area of the underwater city, and I believe only one screenshot shows any of the maps either. Quite large area overall
Visual: This is kinda cool imo: certain maps will have a background that you can "walk into" and your character's size will reflect it. Just a small visual quirk that I enjoy.
System: Well, you can die now, achieve game over, and your health meter will reflect in color your stats. Also, zelda-style low health system implemented... without the annoying sfx.

Lastly, made another enemy. Not gonna spend much time on it, but basically it is a fish that swirls water around it and randomly rushes towards your hero, and it can call tides. It is a harder enemy that will probably be required to fight a few times.

And... screen, cuz it looks kinda nice:

I want to note that the above screen is just an extensive recolor of a map from a commercial game. Very little custom work went into it.

[daoman89]

how many maps do you have so far?

[Meiscool]

Between 88, but that is including testing maps and stuff... I'd say about 75 of them are for this one dungeon.
In my mind it doesn't sound like much, seeing as you can run through a map in <10 seconds if you want... but we'll see once I get everything connected and my friends can give it an entire run-through.

[zuhane]

MY GOD, this game looks freakin' good! Really like seeing updates form this and hope something good comes from it

[daoman89]

Hmmm i feel like seeing a transition to map to map would get annoying if it happened a lot within a minute.  But I have no idea how they're connected so i have no idea.  Do you plan on connecting the smaller maps into a larger one?  Simple copy paste with the exception of the events.

[Meiscool]

No plans for it at all. Atm, all maps are 320x240 (20x15) and it will probably stay that way. The way you see it in the example video is the way the maps are.
Zelda 1 for the nes does this effectively, so just picture this as a faster paced version of that.

[Prpl_Mage]

No plans for it at all. Atm, all maps are 320x240 (20x15) and it will probably stay that way. The way you see it in the example video is the way the maps are.
Zelda 1 for the nes does this effectively, so just picture this as a faster paced version of that.

I find it rather charming.

Especially if there is a transition sound.

[Meiscool]

I find it rather charming.

Especially if there is a transition sound.

Thanks. I don't have a transition sound, but if you can think of a good one I'll give working it in a try.
Finding sound effects is probably the hardest thing as far as resource hunting goes.

[daoman89]

Will it be quick transitions? 

[Meiscool]

Will it be quick transitions? 

The video on the main page shows the length of the transitions.

[daoman89]

Alright.

I nv played Chrono Trigger til the DS version because 1. No one had it on SNES and 2. The playstation one took forever to start the damn fight.

[Meiscool]

Yeah, it had loading issues that should not have been there for no more than what the game was.