Kingdom Hearts: Forgotten Nightmares

[Pavilion]

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        Hey everybody,
        
        As some of you know may or may not know, I'm along with Desecration are developing a Kingdom Hearts fan game. While response to the game has been varied so far, I have decided to proceed anyways and hope that my hard work and dedication to the project will show the community what a true fan can accomplish.
        Also of new we have changed to the vast world of "Project Discussion"
        
        
        
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        The story at the moment is a rough premise of the idea, Concept Development is here for a reason and I hope to improve on it.
        
        
        Spoiler: Story

                                                     
        
        Story:
        
        
        Returning to Destiny Island, 14 months after the collapse of Organization XIII. Roxas still enfused in Sora's mind,
        began to become blinded by power. Roxas became aware of his ability to enter Sora's memories, no matter how dark and
        repressed they are. Sora's mind provided the gateway for Roxas to escape and recreate a body. By travelling through
        the darkest recesses in Sora's mind, Roxas began entering the memories, twisting and changing them to the point of
        incomprehensible nightmares. The corruption of Sora's mind ultimatly made his body go into shutdown, allowing for
        Roxas to escape into the realm of the living.
        
        Word quickly spread of Roxas and his tremendous evil power, King Mickey assigned his two most loyal guards, Donald
        and Goofy. King Mickey was unable to help the heroes in person so he provided Donald and Goofy with another companion,
        Koma, Donald and Goofy must help defeat Roxas with the Aid of their new ally Koma and the new band of evil Veritas Seekers, founded
        by Roxas. The Veritas Seekers with Roxas at the head quickly became an unstoppable force, Heartless began relentless assaults on
        anything and everything that they came into contact with. The heartless unlike before became more powerfull with every
        attack, they were being twisted by the memories of the victims Roxas had corrupted.
        
        Entire new worlds are begging to fall under the threat of destruction due to The Veritas Seekers and the new Heartless. Hope is
        bleak and the future of the worlds is uncertain without Sora to help battle The Veritas Seekers, the new hero Koma wielding
        King Mickey's trusty keyblade, prepares to undertake an impossible task to rescue Sora and help save the
        worlds from oblivion.
        
        
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        The current members in the team, working on Kingdom Hearts: Forgotten Memories.
        
        
        Spoiler: Current Team Members

        Joshisme123: Lead Developer
                     Mapping, Eventing and Writing
        
        Desecration: Co-Developer
                     Writing, Scripting and Art
        
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        Features that are currently in the game or are in development are encased in the spoiler below. These features listed are still only a base, more will be added in time.
        
        
        Spoiler: Features

        • Kingdom Hearts ABS = Completed
        • Kingdom Hearts HUD = Completed
        • Kingdom Hearts Menu System = Completed
        • Day & Night System = Completed
        • Weapon Customization = Completed
        • Character Customization = Completed
        • Advanced Configuration = Completed
        • Unique Save/Load system = Completed
        • Unique Shops = Completed
        • Unique Mini Games = In Development

        • Arena = Completed

        • Summon System = In Development
        
        
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        Character bio's are still in the process of being written, expect updates shortly. For now I've placed a list of key characters. However these may change due plot changes/developments.
        
        
        Spoiler: Characters

        • 
          Sora,
          
          Age: 16
          
          Occupation: Keyblade Master
          
          Weapon: Keyblade
          
          Sex: Male
          
          Parents: N/A
          
          Meaning: Sky
          
          Sora is the main character in the Kingdom Hearts Series alongside his Friends Donald and Goofy
          Sora has a strange compasion for his long time friend Kairi.
          And Sacrafices his Heart for her to live again instead of being a lifeless puppet.
          Sora mets a lot of people on his Quests, mainly disney characters like "Merlin" and "Oogie Boogie"
          Some of which being good and some bad, they almost all get destroyed by Sora and his companions.
          
          Sora is the one of two Main Characters in Kingdom Hearts: Forgotten Nightmares
          The other Being Roxas Sora's Nobody.
          
          Sora's Quest will be harder then before and for everyone's sake he better be ready for it!
          
          
          
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          Koma,
          
          Age: 17
          
          Occupation: Keyblade Master
          
          Weapon: Keyblade
          
          Sex: Male
          
          Parents: N/A
          
          Meaning: Clouds
          
          Koma is the main character in Kingdom Hearts: Forgotten Nightmares alongside his Friend Sora
          Koma is mysterious and unknown yet but we know he can weild a Keyblade like Roxas, Kairi, Riku, Mickey and Sora
          Koma Saves Donald and Goofy from near death and quickly be-friends them in a battle with Roxas
          Koma mets a lot of people on his Quests, mainly disney characters like "Merlin" and "Oogie Boogie"
          Some of which being good and some bad, All Disney Characters Dislike Koma only because he is New and Unknown
          
          Koma has been sent by King Mickey to aid Donald and Goofy in the Battle Against Roxas and the Veritas Seekers.
          Koma has Brown hair with Blue Strikes and the Same attire as Sora's in KH 2 given to him by Malificant
          Koma's Quest will be harder then practising in Disney Castle but aslong as he has aid From Donald and Gooy he will be fine
          
          
          
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          Donald Duck,
          
          Age: N/A
          
          Occupation: Magician
          
          Weapon: Staff
          
          Sex: Male
          
          Parents: N/A
          
          Meaning: ??
          
          Donald is a supporting role in Kingdom hearts: Forgotten Nightmares,
          Alongside Goofy, they both travel worlds searching for their  King,
          Whilst helping Sora find his Friends Riku and Kairi,
          Donald's main attribute is Defence/Magic and rarely uses Offense unless badly needed unlike his Partner
          Goofy.
          Doanld has had fights with many of his Disney counterparts such as: Malificant and Oogie Boogie.
          Donald is often organised and thinks things through but he sometimes isnt helpful at all, but its better to have him in
          your party in the end!
          
          So we all most ask the question: "Are you ready for Kingdom Hearts: Forgotten Nightmares?"
          
          
          
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          Goofy,
          
          Age: N/A
          
          Occupation: Knight
          
          Weapon: Shield
          
          Sex: Male
          
          Parents: N/A
          
          Meaning: ??
          
          Goofy is a supporting role in Kingdom hearts: Forgotten Nightmares,
          Alongside Donald, they both travel worlds searching for their King,
          Whilst helping Sora find his Friends Riku and Kairi,
          Goofy's dominate attribute is Strength/Defence and rarely uses Magic unless badly needed unlike his Partner
          Donald.
          Goofy has had fights with many of his Disney counterparts such as: Jafar and Pete.
          Goofy is often Un-organised and clumsy and sometimes he isnt helpful at all,
          but its better to have him in your party in the end!
          
          So we all most ask the question: "Are you ready for Kingdom Hearts: Forgotten Nightmares?"
          
          
        • Riku
        • Axel
        • Roxas
        
        Screenshots
        
        These are early and most of the screenshots are bound to change.
        
        
        Spoiler: Save

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        Spoiler: Title

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        Spoiler: In-Game Menu

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        There will be more when more progress with the game has been done.
        
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        The development log is a idea I saw floating around in a few topics so I thought I'd begin to keep one to keep progress updated.
        
        
        Spoiler: Development Log

        Dev Log, 22/11/08
        
        - Moved to Project Discussion
        Dev Log, 11/11/08
        
        - Added Koma's Profile
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        Dev Log, 10/11/08
        
        - Updated Storyline (Completed)
        - New Character "Koma" (Completed)
        - Character Sprite for Koma (In Progress)
        
        Dev Log, 9/11/08
        
        - Added the Kingdom Hearts ABS (Completed)
        - Added the Kingdom Hearts Menu (Completed)
        - Added scripted intro (Completed)
        - Added scripted title screen (Completed)
        - Added weapon development system (Completed)
        - Designed the title screen (Completed)
        - Added smooth scrolling (Completed)
        - Various bug fixes (To be completed)
        - Added a very primitive version of an arena minigame (Completed)
        - Added on map-regeneration (Completed)
        - Added character customization, i.e. the ability to spend upgrade points (Completed)
        - Added new shop interfaces (Completed)
        - Added new save/load system (Completed)
        - Added dynamic day and night system (Completed)
        
        Dev Log, 8/11/08
        
        - Added the Advanced Message System (Completed)
        - Added the SDK (Completed)
        - Added MACL (Completed)
        - Added the Kingdom Hearts 2 HUD (To be completed)
        - Added advanced game configuration (Completed)
        - Added anti lag (Completed)
        - Began developing the overall system (To be completed)
        - Began developing the overall engine (To be completed)
        
        Dev Log, 6/11/08
        
        - Added Sora's Bio (Completed)
        - Added Goofy's Bio (Completed)
        - Added Donald's Bio (Completed)
        - Work on Characters Bio's (In Progress)
        
        Dev Log, 30/10/08
        
        - Looking for good Kingdom Hearts Scripts (To Be Completed)
        - Add more information to the Development Log (Completed)
        - Worked more on character bio's (In Progress)
        
        Dev Log, 29/10/08
        
        - Redid the topic to make it look nicer and provide information easier (Completed)
        - Began the development Log (Completed)
        - Worked more on character bio's (To be completed)
        
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        Spoiler: Thanks

        Last but not least, these thanks go out to; Panda, Genji and Alexandre_Leroy. You guys have made a big impact on the games progress. I think I owe you a special thanks.
        
        Thank you for reading, please post any freedback in the thread.
        
        ~ Joshisme123 And Desecration

 

[Skyla Doragono]

You need. More. Information.  Just saying it's a KH game and throwing up as little information as possible isn't going to cut it.  Also, no screenshots in Concept Development please; the point of this forum is to improve on your story, character details, ect; not to advertise.

PM someone when you're ready to fix this.


EDIT: Unlocking for improvements.

 

[Pavilion]

All is updated and alot depper :P

 

[Dark_linis]

story sounds kind of ripped off of chains of memories

and who are those characters, can you add more info besides name. ( I know who they are but I assume not everyone played KH)

oh and I suggest you dont use those screen shots in game. This isnt being developed by buena vista or square-enix. Also, the title of your game is not Kingdom Hearts II so I don't think you want that to be on your title screen.

 

[Pavilion]

EDIT: Oh Crap I just noticed that then, Im such a douche

 

[Dark_linis]

no, Im saying this game is not Kh2.

It is expected that your title has the name of your game and not a different one.

 

[Genji The Katana weilder]

Not bad but you should also say that the CTS was made by Alexandre_Leroy from relite.org.
As I myself tried to do a KH fan game, I can tell you that this isint a good idea to start with such a complicated system because it takes a lot of time to make and is dificult to make it work without  crashing somewhere.
It's aso very smart to make it in event because it's way to complecaded in a script.
The fact that there is the Buena Vista and SE signes is that the game was originally made by them and that normally this is there game so you show respect by putting them in the intro.

 

[Pavilion]

Thanks Guys For The Replys :thumb:

@ Genji: i will just edit the post to credit both of you. That Being You and Alexandre_Leroy

@ Dark_Linis: Yea you are right :thumb: I'll get right on changing that  :smile:.

See Guys this is the stuff that I admire people willling to help improve little bits here and there.
I Appreciate your help  :grin:

~ Joshisme123

 

[Dark_linis]

The fact that there is the Buena Vista and SE signes is that the game was originally made by them and that normally this is there game so you show respect by putting them in the intro.

what?

The title says "developed by square-enix"

They did not make it.

example:
The Zelda series is usually developed by Nintendo but Oracle of ages/seasons had a capcom logo because it was developed by capcom. (ok maybe not the best example since Nintendo was still involved but the point should be clear)

 

[Pavilion]

Oh I think Genji means the splash screens :thumb:
and you mean in the actual title bit?

 

[ebhz.Ash.4rm]

He means you're using a complete rip off of the Kingdom Hearts 2 Title screen, and on said screen it says "Developed By Square-Enix", But you're obviously not Square-Enix, And You have nothing to do with Buena Vista Games, so having those splash screens is pointless as well.

You don't have 5% of this game either, if you really do then it's already doomed to be a mesh of scripts and KH sprites that have a weak storyline and using the Kingdom Hearts name to try and make it out to be somethign worth playing.

First off your story which is the only thing you put some detail into, is terrible, as linis mentioned before it's a rip off of KH:CoM. You have a very shallow base for it, first off this is concept development so you need to make it a lot "depper" than you have, mainly, at least, detaling the start of you story or in lesser detail the entire plot you have. You'll need to at least reference the previous Kingdom Hearts so people who haven't played it, or played it and didn't finish.

You should also explain anything that happened between them recieving the bottle and the start of your game, because if they start in Destiny Islands unable to move to other worlds then I wanna know what's in between.

You need to detail the characters, you should reference what part they took in previous games and the main points of their personality, talking about their history as a reference to this helps a lot because if you just say, "He's emo, hates life and wants to kill people." without anything to back it up it will look like bad planning, if you want to keep his past a secret, say he got beaten by his dad and abandoned at least say, "He had a traumatic childhood." but as it's Concept Development it's best you lay out all main points in the characters you wish to use.

For world's I highly suggest you relate them directly into your story, you said that they can't travel to other worlds in the story so what's wrong with it all happening in the Destiny Islands? Just because all the other Kingdom Hearts games have them travelling through various worlds (Probably just to please Disney) doesn't mean you have too, personally I find that the most un-entertaining part of kingdom Hearts, in CoM specifically it was all about getting to the next floor so I could find out the next bit of story and the next proper boss.

If you keep it isolated to Destiny Islands then you can make a thicker plot without the distractions of Disney worlds weak and clearly filler plots. Also for whatever reason they cannot travel could be related to DI specifically, note as well that DI is expanded in KH2 with them showing there's even a school which Kairi and Selphie go to in one clip and shows just how big the town beside the islands is.

Also about Axel being playable, he's dead, and you're continuing from KH2 so you'd need a damn good reason to bring him back to life, Roxas is in Sora and you'd need another damn good reason for them to get split (It took Sora losing his heart for them to be seperated before, well technically Roxas got created then).

Another thing:

If You would like to see more please look at this 
http://www.rmxp.org/forums/index.php?topic=55492.0

You did the link completely wrong it links to: http://My%20Resource%20Request.

And also:

Maybe even have it 3D and PS2 remote compatability.

That's never going to happen, PS2 remotes don't connect to PCs, at best you could get a random USB control or a 360 control. Even then there is no way you're getting this into 3D without a team and how this topic looks that's not happening.

Lastly, to you josh i suggest you read over this: http://www.rmxp.org/forums/index.php?topic=45708.0 so you can see the level of detail you need to put into a concept that can be fully critiqued, this is nowhere near 5% complete, of a decent project at least.

 

[Pavilion]

Thankyou for your responce,

But what I have here at the moment might not be final im still in incredibly early development,
The storyline I have is going to change I have many story ideas stored in a word document and im just deciding which to pick and at the time I thought that that story was the best untill I realised it was a really bad rip off of
KH: Chain of Memories.

Just remember what is here will mostly be changed to better more improved infomation, storyline etc

Yours,

~ Joshisme123

 

[ebhz.Ash.4rm]

Okay, josh, it's all well and good you're telling me everything is subject to change and that you have more content on your computer, but for me to help you with what you might actually be doing you need to show me that and what you're planning to do in more detail. i'm not psychic, I can't hack your computer and see what's in those files either. So post it up with all the detail you can muster, looking at the example thread stickied at the top of the board can help you see the amount of detail you could and should try to put up here.

With more detail you get more feedback.

 

[Pavilion]

Ok First im still trying to upload my story ideas :thumb:

But I just made a quick trailer :grin:
Please give your opinions or If you think you can do better please dont hesitate to do so :thumb:
Trailer  :thumb:

 

[Pavilion]

Okay, josh, it's all well and good you're telling me everything is subject to change and that you have more content on your computer, but for me to help you with what you might actually be doing you need to show me that and what you're planning to do in more detail. i'm not psychic, I can't hack your computer and see what's in those files either. So post it up with all the detail you can muster, looking at the example thread stickied at the top of the board can help you see the amount of detail you could and should try to put up here.

With more detail you get more feedback.

Ok Here is another story idea :thumb:

While Sora and his friends were on “Destiny Islandâ€

 

[ebhz.Ash.4rm]

Okay, josh you really aren't getting my points, first off This isn't an advertisement forum, you post up your clear KH2 ripped splash screen and your obvious reuse of the KH2 title screen, now you this piece of crap that uses the KH2 intro FMV clips and call it a trailer for your 2D RMXP game?

It takes 3 seconds for a 24KB microsoft word document, with whatever work you have done on it to upload and even less time to copy and paste that into the reply box. I've given you solid advice on developing your actual concept so rather than wasting our time by showcasing 3 second work in WMM or pictures from Kingdom Hearts 2, actually post something up that gives us a reason to put our time and effort into looking over your project let alone replying to it, and show us that this isn't gonna die like all the other half assed fangames.

Ok Here is another story idea :thumb:

While Sora and his friends were on “Destiny Islandâ€

 

[Pavilion]

Okay, josh you really aren't getting my points, first off This isn't an advertisement forum, you post up your clear KH2 ripped splash screen and your obvious reuse of the KH2 title screen, now you this piece of crap that uses the KH2 intro FMV clips and call it a trailer for your 2D RMXP game?

It takes 3 seconds for a 24KB microsoft word document, with whatever work you have done on it to upload and even less time to copy and paste that into the reply box. I've given you solid advice on developing your actual concept so rather than wasting our time by showcasing 3 second work in WMM or pictures from Kingdom Hearts 2, actually post something up that gives us a reason to put our time and effort into looking over your project let alone replying to it, and show us that this isn't gonna die like all the other half assed fangames.

Sorry :sad: I havnt really tried with much ive done latley
The trailer I was just fartassing around :P I did it just for laughs, cause me and my Bro were pissing our pants laughing at it.
And the story Idea was just one of them and Im just not sure on how to upload it :crazy: just please dont flame like i said earlier its all bound to change!
Im sorry I know that this isnt advertising :P but I just thought it was worth a laugh
If you want I'll update this make it better im open to all help and criticism :grin:

 

[ebhz.Ash.4rm]

Sorry :sad: I havnt really tried with much ive done latley
The trailer I was just fartassing around :P I did it just for laughs, cause me and my Bro were pissing our pants laughing at it.
And the story Idea was just one of them and Im just not sure on how to upload it :crazy: just please dont flame like i said earlier its all bound to change!
Im sorry I know that this isnt advertising :P but I just thought it was worth a laugh
If you want I'll update this make it better im open to all help and criticism :grin:

What I want is a un-half assed Kingdom Hearts Fangame to be finished, but we can't all have what we want.

Don't regurgitate Wikipedia at me, I've already read it, if you were going to put some work into it at least show it by reading it yourself so you know it's correct and cutting it down into bite-size chunks. For all you know it could have, "And Sora sucks penis" stuck in there by an anti-fan and because you haven't checked it, it's in here.

 

[Pavilion]

This will be a good game I promise :thumb: but at the moment im not being focused but almost every hour of the day im working on this.
If you would like to help work on it I would be more then happy to send u what I have at the moment :thumb:
because so far its only me on this project :grin:

 

[friend]

meh
I don't like fan games
There are simply TOO MANY of them nowadays
Well not maybe for RMXP
But there is one program for making games and its 90% filled of fan games :crazy:
The only solution is to err....
Let me think...
Ah yes
make some parts of the game unique!