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Hero Scratch [Commercial]

                                 
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Story
The Lord of Time and Space (Lotas) is up to no good when he barges into the palace where the Light Crystal is being held. The Light Goddess is hardly a match for Lotas, but with her last ounce of strength she calls upon four hero's to fulfill an ancient prophecy. Four strangers must band together and keep the remaining crystals from falling into the hands of the menacing Lotas. Unfortunately these four hero's hardly seem up for the task. Nick a narcissistic Warrior, Ted a schizophrenic Black Mage, Fu-Kin an obnoxious Monk, and Celestine Delacroix a female Dark Knight. Do they have what it takes to put aside their differences and save the world from destruction?

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Nick: A con artist who's goal in life is to become a mainstream actor. He considers himself a leader though he would quickly abandon anyone to secure personal gain. He is a Warrior whose only fighting skill comes from action movies that he's watched.

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Ted: An escapee from an insane asylum, Ted is the groups resident Black Mage. He is a really edgy guy who doesn't seem to trust anyone. He is a master of the arcane elements, enjoys fire in particular, and he won't hesitate to light something up.

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Fu-Kin: A Monk who chose his path for kicking ass rather than enlightenment. He is relatively lazy and won't fight unless it will benefit him in some way. His dream is to be the best fighter in the world and run his own dojo. That is if he's ever motivated enough to do it...

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Celestine Delacroix: One of the only known female's in all the world to chose the path of the Dark Knight. She was abandoned by her parents when she refused to learn the holy arts of the White Mage. She will show no mercy to those telling her she needs to be a healer.

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Weiss:Strong yet brainless, well suited being the holder of the Earth Crystal. He is a great swordsman and considers himself to be the last “Immortals” (Persian reference) He has the ability to turn objects to stone and seems to take pride in his rock-hard abs.

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Narasuya: The only female guardian and the holder of the Water Crystal. She is very moody and with the crystal is able to manifest her emotions into deadly attacks. Word is she's a “total bitch” and is said to put the girls from “Sweet Sixteen” to shame.

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Ryuikari: He is the extremely flamboyant holder of the Fire Crystal. With it he has created an art known as “Flaming”, a special and very physical attack form using dance moves. With his flourishes he can quickly dispose of his enemies with burning flames of passion.

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Helldrake: Lead guitarist of the ultimate death metal band and holder of the Wind Crystal. With it he is able to shred with his guitar sending sonic shock waves at his foes or even use his instrument to wake the dead creating hell for any who oppose him.

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Lotas: Self proclaimed ruler of the galaxy, he already holds the Light and Dark Crystal. He wishes to.

New as of Friday, January 16 2009.

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Welcome to Hell.

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A steamy encounter.

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Hangin' at the pub.
 
Sounds like a fun game, i like the characters and i really like the art  :thumb: but the thing that turned me off like hell was the VX rtp, if this is going to be commercial i would not bother buying it because of that, that's just me though.
 
WalkingAbomination":3rmuwsac said:
Sounds like a fun game, i like the characters and i really like the art  :thumb: but the thing that turned me off like hell was the VX rtp, if this is going to be commercial i would not bother buying it because of that, that's just me though.

Yeah, I do plan on having custom sprites and whatnot, but I will be using quite a bit of the stock rtp tileset with edits and some custom things here and there.
 
Magicant":23c6dat5 said:
WalkingAbomination":23c6dat5 said:
Sounds like a fun game, i like the characters and i really like the art  :thumb: but the thing that turned me off like hell was the VX rtp, if this is going to be commercial i would not bother buying it because of that, that's just me though.

Yeah, I do plan on having custom sprites and whatnot, but I will be using quite a bit of the stock rtp tileset with edits and some custom things here and there.
You'll find that if you go all custom, and use non square tiles you'd get more people buying it. If you ask me it's worth the work!
 
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Magicant":vvrqzhd6 said:
WalkingAbomination":vvrqzhd6 said:
Sounds like a fun game, i like the characters and i really like the art  :thumb: but the thing that turned me off like hell was the VX rtp, if this is going to be commercial i would not bother buying it because of that, that's just me though.

Yeah, I do plan on having custom sprites and whatnot, but I will be using quite a bit of the stock rtp tileset with edits and some custom things here and there.
You'll find that if you go all custom, and use non square tiles you'd get more people buying it. If you ask me it's worth the work!
(Edit)
My last reply was a little long so; The reason I can't get custom tiles is because I'll be paying for custom resource and my lowly part time job doesn't pay enough to afford everything I'll be needing. Though I will be trying to get some custom tiles, objects, some houses, and a high-tech temple set etc.
 
not to dash dreams of get-rich-quick by making rtp vx games... butta...  i think you'd be doing well to get people to play ur game for free.  isn't there some other way you could make money?  I've pretty much stopped buying commercial games 'cuz i'd plop down like 20 bucks or whatever, get the game home and just see room for improvement and be like, man, i could've made a more entertaining game than this.  so for me to look at vx graphics, period, and not have the same thought when i am using rmxp to make games - is very unlikely.  i would never pay any money to play a vx or rmxp game, period though, and i suppose some people will.

but some people also pay 50 bucks on these infomercial scams of starting their own business and then get a call from a personal coach two weeks later promising them fame and riches if they'll just put down another 5 thousand dollars for personal coaching (and they do it).  man, how did these idiots ever save up 5 thousand dollars to begin with.

(EDIT) but.... if you could -somehow- make the game (tilesets) a bit more in line with the pictures... you might get some takers as well

(RE-EDIT) but, man, i'm getting tired of even checking out vx games, every time i do i see a map and it has one tree on it, and every other tree is exactly the same.  can't ya'll use like Events for objects to add a bit more diversity to the map?  or is that not do-able in vx?
 
I like the custom art you've got going. Maybe even recoloring the tilesets might make a difference? It seems that the colors of the art is bit more earthy compared to the rest of the VX RTP.
 
@SoccerGamble2:
Yeah, I understand what you're saying, and hell I wouldn't pay for a VX game either (Unless it looked unbelievably spiffy). What I'm really going for here is a booster game that may net me some cash to make a more "complete" game afterwards. This isn't so much a project where I think I'm going to get filthy rich, just something I can make to hopefully earn back more than what I've put in.

@J.D. Slasha:
That is kind of the angle I was leaning towards actually. Doing some re-coloring and modifications along with adding a bunch of new inanimate objects.
 
This actually looked kinda nice when I first clicked it!
As soon as I opened the thread there was that amazing title screen, which made me think "wow.. maybe a commercial game that's worth being commercial?"
Then I read the story, which seemed pretty okay, and then I saw the characters which all seemed really interesting and that custom art is ah-mazing, so I'm thinking wow this is great!
Then I clicked screenshots and then almost exited my browser =/
This all looks really solid except for the VX RTP, change that up a bit and I think you're good! You don't even have to get completely custom graphics, just use SOMETHING else(heck, even the RMXP RTP would work better for this) or make the RTP mesh better with amazing art somehow ^_^
 
@The Panda:
I’m glad you liked most of what is going on, and I agree, after seeing what people think I’ll try to enhance it best I can. Though the main reason I went with VX is because I was trying to poke at those old 8bit games that were all “Go get some crystals and kill a bossâ€
 
We'll if you want that cartoony thrill, get Inquist's sprites for Rmxp. ;). I have them, however they don't have the restrictions
 
That desert town map in XP:
a fantasic map. i would love to play in that city


The same thing in VX:
oh god, another boring town.



Cartoony is good, but not when it's HORRIBLE looking


Everything else looks great though
 
Ugh, VX haters.  I stabbith thee.  :stabbity:

Anyway.  This game is VERY cute.  Probably not what you were going for, but I understand that you're heading for a comedic approach, and VX graphics + good humor are the way to go.  I love your custom art, and I hope to see a nice custom menu and custom battle that'll show it all off.  Good luck to you.
 

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It's been a few days now and I've taken a lot into consideration when the screen shots turned people off. I'm still going to use VX for the game, though I'll be editing some stuff to make things mesh well together. I've got a new screen shot to demonstrate what I've been doing, it has an updated sprite, as well as some terrain edits.
 
That screenshot looks awesome. Much better than the VX RTP. The one thing that would make that screen a bit better is a HUD. It would just make the map a bit more interesting. Are you planning on having one?
Also, the small palm tree  looks a bit wierd. It needs a shadow.
 

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