My RPG ~ Quasigen Island ~ Demo Release Checklist!

[zuhane]

Thanks, Rahl! Ummm... is Uberpwn dead or something?

[fruckert]

Judging from the times he's been on MSN, no.

[zuhane]

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!

[Uberpwn_w00t]

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.

[zuhane]

Oooh nasty

Thanks dude. Can't wait!

[fruckert]

I had to deal with some diarrhea.

D:

[zuhane]

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

[zuhane]

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:



Tell me what you think!

[zuhane]

Oh, and Uberpwn. Where are you!?!!?!!?!?!?

[Uberpwn_w00t]

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.

[Rahl]

It's sounding really good and very unique keep it up zuhane.

[zuhane]

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!

[Zerlina]

This looks really cool Zuhane! You can see all the work and detail you've put into it Good job on the custom systems ^^

[Uberpwn_w00t]

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.

[zuhane]

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!