Radiance

[Dragonium]

Okay, I haven't been able to do much work recently, because I didn't have the charset I needed. The game has been pretty much dormant. But that set is currently being worked on, so now I can get my arse back in gear.

Anyways, I've figured some things out.

 - I'm bored of the crappy Facemaker PL charsets I have. Because I only use facesets in the menu, I can change them damned easy. So I want a change. I think I might like to go with FE style, although that could take a while. Or, alternatively, hand-drawn from scratch, like Tomi's great faces.

 - I now have a Custom Shop System, which I'm happy with. It has a few bugs (If there is a number with a 0 in the middle of it, like 209, the 0 doesn't show up, no matter how hard I try to fix it), but with some more work I can probably get 'em working. Here's a screenie to keep you happy.



 - I have several plot twists in the pipeline. Should keep you surprised.

 - There are many new characters, some of whom are temporarily playable. The idea is to give many different viewpoints of the world, and not all of them have anything to do with Radian's story at all. For example, Reke the Thief and Rufus the Youth Soldier. Not to mention Klorik the Alchemist and good old Sytel. You'll come to hate him and love him, trust me.

 - Look out for plenty of little inside jokes. And some inside jokes which are actually secret little hints. Follow them and there are some nice rewards on offer. The world is now far more interactive than before, so take a good look around, you never know what will happen. The world can be affected by the smallest of actions. Do you walk on the path, or walk through the patch of flowers, scattering pollen and making flowers grow all over the place?

Until next time, then...

[coasterkrazy]

It's great to see an update! I'm still looking forward to this as much as I was before!

[ZeroKirbyX]

Heh, nice. I never realized how good Dart looks as a shopkeeper... not exactly selling fruit mind you...

[Dragonium]

Heh, well, this fruit has special healing properties. Healing to the soul. Which worded like that is such an obvious drug reference I'd better put it a different way.

The fruits are healing items. Yeah, that's better.

I did Radian in FE style, and I think it's pretty good.



Now I have to make it fit in a faceset. Gagh.

[maxine]

i definitly like the shop picture.. That was something really cool. Keep it up =)

[Omegadestroyer7]

nice, and that picture is really quite good.

[Dragonium]

Okay, things are going slowly, since I have a bunch of stuff to do at school. Graphics Products is evil, and it eats my free time. But the game is still chuggin' along, and I intend to keep it that way.

Anyway, two new sets. One which I'm happy with, and one that I need an opinion on.



Here's Mack, a support character, who reveals a small part of the side-storyline, and has a little play section with him while he's out in the desert looking for treasure. Think a cross between Gerik and Cid (Minus the cigar). You get the idea.

And the other set. I've become really sick of the crap generated Radian, so I remixed him. I think it's much better, but I'm not sure whether you like it too.



... Compared to...



I'd much rather just stick it in right now, but, of course, that would mean I'd have to remake all three charsets of Radian's poses, and his battlechar (Which was needing a remake anyway). It's only a small problem, and if you think it's worth me doing it, then I will.

Peace.

[Meiscool-2]

I think you should have both, but change it to one later in the game. Both are good looking, but the blue one makes in look a little.... weird. Like, sence you used a refrence to FF I'll make one, if you've seen the ads for FF12, and if you've seen Van. Notice that he looks sorta werid with his cloths and skin and crap, well that's what the new Raiden reminds me of.

Oh, and mack is pretty sweet lookin.

[Dragonium]

Originally posted by Meiscool
I think you should have both, but change it to one later in the game. Both are good looking, but the blue one makes in look a little.... weird. Like, sence you used a refrence to FF I'll make one, if you've seen the ads for FF12, and if you've seen Van. Notice that he looks sorta werid with his cloths and skin and crap, well that's what the new Raiden reminds me of.

Not sure I understood that.

You mean with the waistcoat thing? Because it's always been that way - it's just his outfit, and it has been since I started this game. Or do you mean that it blends in with his skin? Because all that needs is a little line. I have noticed that his blue collar starts to blend in as you look at it.

I like the idea of changing to one later on, but since the two sets are in different styles, it wouldn't look great.

But thanks for your opinion. It's really helpful to know what people think.

[Meiscool-2]

Yeah, I ment is blend into his skin to much. Van, the FF dude, had very white skin with a yellow coat, so everything just blended and it didn't look like her was wearing anything, so you got it down perfect. And the waist coat, I know it's been like that, just it's more noticible now.

[Dragonium]

Ah, I see.



Then, there's this, with a black line.



Or this, with the shading darkened. I think this one's better. You can see where everything is, without killing the style.

[Meiscool-2]

Shaded looks muuuuuuuuuuuuch nicer.

[Dragonium]

I need suggestions for Radian's new Idle pose. Anyone got any good ideas?

[ZeroKirbyX]

Sleeping. Russian dancing? I dunno, but I could try and redo the FE face if ya wanted....

[Moosetroop11]

The screens are looking amazing. Keep it up.