Post by: Master Jc on December 19, 2005, 04:12:00 am
Anyways, for the people who DIDN'T read them, the game follows the adventures of a green-haired, pointy-eared, attractive young woman named Esther who breaks out of a laboratory. Unlike the stories I've written, the setting will be in some sort of freakish alternate world where there are monsters and magic and stuff so they make sense with the resources I have.
The battle system will be one much like Final Fantasy IV, with little time meters. There are some interesting-looking battle sprites to go along with it. My sprite is pretty darn cool.
Unfortunately, I have no screenshots yet. I'm not at home, and I'm still working out some stuff. Maybe I'll make a playable demo when I get the chance.
I'm just glad that I'm actually doing something right now. :D
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on December 19, 2005, 04:38:00 am
Post by: Master Jc on December 19, 2005, 06:24:00 am
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on December 19, 2005, 06:24:00 am
Post by: Master Jc on December 19, 2005, 02:36:00 pm
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on December 19, 2005, 02:59:00 pm
EDIT: done
Post by: dragon__lance on December 19, 2005, 03:28:00 pm
Post by: Master Jc on December 20, 2005, 08:06:00 am
Basically, this girl is being hunted down by a lab for escaping after they tried to absorb her soul. She runs through a small town and busts into a villager's house- an young hunter named Joe. As the two go through a series of weird adventures, they attempt to discover an ultimate weapon and have to keep the bad guys from getting ahold of it. There will be four characters that will eventually join the party, and maybe more if I feel like it. Joe is obviously based off of my erratic and impulsive side, and he gets himself into some weird situations. I hope this game will make people laugh, but still consider it somewhat serious.
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on December 20, 2005, 01:30:00 pm
Post by: Master Jc on December 20, 2005, 02:21:00 pm
*Update*
Random dungeons! Enough said. Unfortunately, there may be times when you can't get through an area, but you can simply leave the map screen and come right back to it. Quite handy, since making large dungeons by hand is tedious, and it adds some variety to the game.
And, as I promised, a screenshot of the intro area.
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on December 20, 2005, 03:23:00 pm
Post by: dysfunction on December 22, 2005, 05:00:00 am
Post by: dragon__lance on December 22, 2005, 05:09:00 pm
Post by: Master Jc on December 23, 2005, 03:19:00 pm
Post by: Master Jc on December 27, 2005, 01:32:00 am
Progress is going swimmingly, although I going to have to write decent boss music myself since I can't find anything I've already done that really works.
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on December 27, 2005, 03:11:00 am
Post by: Master Jc on December 27, 2005, 05:46:00 am
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on December 27, 2005, 06:07:00 am
I guess you are rewriting the game from scratch then if you are now making it for 2003 :(
Post by: Master Jc on December 27, 2005, 08:16:00 am
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on December 30, 2005, 03:00:00 pm
I am gonna delete the discussion about sharing rm2k tomorrow once you got it tho in case we would get in trouble for distributing it :/ i moved it to hidden forums
Post by: Master Jc on December 31, 2005, 01:41:00 am
In the meantime, I have to say it now: I HATE creating towns!
Post by: dysfunction on January 01, 2006, 03:35:00 pm
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on January 01, 2006, 03:49:00 pm
| QUOTE (dysfunction @ 1 January 2006, 21:35) |
| Town creation can be a pain, luckily I don't have to do many for Aura (since much of it takes place on largely uninhabited planets). :) |
i hope you even have towns at all, or at least shops
Post by: Master Jc on January 02, 2006, 02:21:00 am
Post by: dysfunction on January 05, 2006, 07:54:00 pm
| QUOTE (xlibman @ 1 January 2006, 21:49) | ||
QuoteBegin-dysfunction+1 January 2006, 21:35-->
i hope you even have towns at all, or at least shops |
For the first few worlds, there will be no towns or shops, nor indeed any intelligent beings at all. You are completely alone, and except for your suit and charge knife, you have to make do with what you can find. In most of the game, weapons and items are acquired because A.) you find them, B.) you beat a certain enemy, or C.) you solve a certain puzzle. Shops will be rare, since when you are in civilization, friendly NPCs will give you items important to the plot (and it seems rather unlikely that creatures on vastly different worlds all happen to use Gil or whatever money system), or else you are in a hostile city, so you can't very well go into a shop.
Sorry for stealing this topic, feel free to split this into the Aura forum.
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on January 06, 2006, 03:08:00 am
back on topic: any new progress so far on TUS?
Post by: Master Jc on January 20, 2006, 05:14:00 am
I also decided that there should be some sort of twist to this game, so I'm considering adding in a little date simulator somewhere in here. I'm not sure how it's going to work, but it should be fun.
4 New Screenshots:
Post by: Spellshaper on January 20, 2006, 06:51:00 am
kewl!!!!! :thumb:
Post by: tenniskid493 on January 20, 2006, 08:10:00 am
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on January 20, 2006, 03:25:00 pm
Post by: Master Jc on January 21, 2006, 10:04:00 am
As of now, I'd say around 15-19%. A demo is pretty imminent.
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on January 21, 2006, 10:07:00 am
Post by: tenniskid493 on January 21, 2006, 12:56:00 pm
:woot:
Post by: Master Jc on January 23, 2006, 01:47:00 pm
Also, I did another sprite overhaul... they look crisper and more accurate now. In case anyone is wondering, you can find some excellent sprite creators at this website:
http://charas-project.net/
They have 3 web-based creators and one downloadable one... the .exe one is much easier and faster, but it has far fewer options... it's a lot of fun to play around with in your spare time, and the stuff that comes out of it is really good. I'd suggest you give it a look.
I'd also like to mention that Joe is one of the most messed-up RPG heroes ever. Just keep that in mind. He's not your stereotypical anti-stereotypical RPG hero either... he's just... weird. I based one of the conversations in the game off of one I actually had...
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on January 23, 2006, 02:17:00 pm
Post by: Master Jc on February 16, 2006, 12:48:00 pm
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on February 16, 2006, 01:28:00 pm
Post by: kalan_vod on February 16, 2006, 03:26:00 pm
Post by: Master Jc on February 17, 2006, 02:46:00 pm
In the meantime, if you plan on trying the demo, you'll need to download and run this:
http://www.gamingw.net/file/util/RM2K3_RPG_RT.exe
Please, please, PLEASE, before you run it, rename the file to:
RPG_RT.exe
Otherwise, it won't work correctly! Basically, it contains the default system graphics, fonts, etc. It's a rather small file, I believe. It'll be included with the game, obviously, but you may want to get a head-start now.
Post by: kalan_vod on February 17, 2006, 03:04:00 pm
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on February 17, 2006, 03:38:00 pm
I want to play BADLY :'(
Post by: kalan_vod on February 17, 2006, 04:36:00 pm
Post by: Master Jc on February 18, 2006, 02:46:00 am
Post by: Master Jc on February 18, 2006, 03:24:00 am
Edit: It's up, but it's massive!
http://www.calchaven.calcgames.org/Jc.zip
To tell you the truth, I'm not sure exactly how you can get it to work. The installation is really weird... if no one can install it, I'll pack an installed version into a zip and I can try that.
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on February 18, 2006, 01:44:00 pm
Post by: Master Jc on February 19, 2006, 12:59:00 am
Post by: kalan_vod on February 19, 2006, 08:32:00 am
Post by: Master Jc on February 19, 2006, 12:46:00 pm
| QUOTE (Master Jc @ Feb 18 2006, 9:24) |
| Edit: It's up, but it's massive! http://www.calchaven.calcgames.org/Jc.zip To tell you the truth, I'm not sure exactly how you can get it to work. The installation is really weird... if no one can install it, I'll pack an installed version into a zip and I can try that. |
Just a reminder that you CAN try this... just, watch out... the install program is kinda screwed up... the little box on the left (it may be filled with question marks... O.o;) means Yes, I think... and that should be everything you need to figure out...
Post by: DJ Omnimaga on February 19, 2006, 01:41:00 pm