Pass it on! (Community Project)

[Stardust]

The party selection system is, unfortunately, not going to work for me at the moment. I've moved it into another file so I can work on it in my own time and get the story done. Trying to rush it just wasn't working and I really need to figure out what I've done to find where the problems are coming from. If I get it figured out, I'll make a tutorial and either add the system in myself or give it to whoever has the project at the time.

After I realized the party selection system wasn't going to work out, I admit that I lost quite a bit of ambition. These past two weeks, I've had crazy weekends and for some reason I haven't been able to get rid of the exhaustion. I haven't really done anything except watch TV because I've felt like crap, and I realize that I'm way behind on this project. My absence has been due partly to this and also due to a wrist injury which makes it painful for me to type.

I'll hopefully be free this weekend, but I'll be passing it on to the next person in whatever state it's in by Sunday night. If I'm unable to get much done, I may be willing to take a time when I'm not in a state of craziness and exhaustion. I apologize for holding this up. The beginning of March was a very bad time for me to take this responsibility, but I'm trying to work around it.

 

[Stardust]

I've passed the project on to piggman77. I finished as much as I could before passing it on tonight. I'd be up to taking on another section of the project because I feel horrible for not being able to work on it as much as I would have liked. The beginning of March was a horrible time for me to work on this and I feel like I should do more. Either way, I'll work on the party selection system when I get more time.

 

[piggman77]

I got the download from guardian, and have gotten a chance to go through what's completed of the game so far. I should be able to work on this pretty thoroughly, as I don't have too much going on right now.

 

[seven]

I realize it's kind of lame to bump this thread for the sake of bumping, but seriously, what happened?

 

[dadevvtsvre]

It's still going on, piggman77 is working on his part and plans to pass it on some time this weekened. Nothing happened? It has been kind of slow, (you can blame me for a lot of this) although I should've expected the longer waits. It's still happening though, don't fret, it's just taking time. There's not many comments, although there isn't much to comment on in the first place, so that's not too surprising.

Most of the talking happens in PMs, anyways. I'm liking the quality so far of the sections that have been done.

We're still goin'!

 

[piggman77]

Yes, I am still working on my part. It should be done this weekend, but depending on how some other stuff goes I may have to wait until Monday to pass it on. If you look at the first post I have 3-4 weeks for this, it's 2.5 right now, so I don't think I'm actually doing that bad.

Anyways, here's a few screens I'll throw up now that this thread is in project discussion.

Spoiler

I'm trying to make it so others who get the project after me have the option of using Rondeau (the city you see) as a sort of home base. If that's where they choose to go with their part of course. Since I got the project at the point where the party is taken to the capital city, It's taken me a bit of time to map everything. My problem is I always think big and impressive (although a capital city kind of should be). Where was I going with this? well, I'll have more to post here after I actually have it finished.

 

[seven]

Those screens look awesome. Question, though. I remember there being an RTP only rule, but items like the vine covered statue and recolored flags are custom; am I incorrect in remembering this rule or is there a story behind why it was changed?

 

[piggman77]

Those screens look awesome. Question, though. I remember there being an RTP only rule, but items like the vine covered statue and recolored flags are custom; am I incorrect in remembering this rule or is there a story behind why it was changed?

*shrug*

I'm just using the tileset that I was given, and in the original project it was decided there would be master inner & outer tilesets.

 

[dadevvtsvre]

I thought it would be best if we included all of the RTP and used a Master Tileset-sorry for forgetting to add that. There is indeed a master tileset in the game as well, I'll edit that into the main post. I actually didn't realize there was so much extra besides the RTP, as i tried to find an RTP master tileset that would actually work in the game and not be so big you couldn't scroll to the bottom. :/ (geez I'm getting so lax, feel free to whip me into shape you guys)

piggman77 those screens do indeed look great! Keep it the good work.

 

[Sobeman459]

I would like to sign up for the next one.

 

[piggman77]

I've finished my part and passed it on to Dadevster, who I believe is going to pass it on to Tdata after going over it.

I am pleased with the way the section turned out overall, the part I did might even go over 20 minutes if you're really thorough about walking around checking out everything. Rushing through it and knowing where to go it's only around 8-10 minutes.

I don't feel like starting the game up again to do screenshots, so I'll let Dadevster throw some up in the first post or something if he feels like it.

Good luck to everyone else working on this. If you need someone to test and go through your part I'd be happy to help. Knowing the story so far, I'm very interested to see where this project is taken! :smile:

 

[dadevvtsvre]

Tdata now has the project. We're a bit behind schedule, but that's to be expected. The thread has been updated.

 

[Tdata]

I'll do my best to finish my part on time. One thing though. In the first section of the game there are loads of errors, mostly passability. I'll leave them alone, but they do need fixed.

 

[dadevvtsvre]

Oh geez, I meant to fix those, but I forgot just before I sent to you. :x The layers have a lot of issues as well, especially with the trees and cliffs. I'll fix them after you finish your part.

 

[LooseEnds]

This project looks like a blast. Are you seeing any huge twists that you didn't expect when you started?

 

[LostPetal]

Hmm thats funny, I coulda sworn that I had a part in this.

Yet, whatever.. I don't care. Go forth with your project.

 

[dadevvtsvre]

Hmm thats funny, I coulda sworn that I had a part in this.

Yet, whatever.. I don't care. Go forth with your project.

:x

That`s totally my mistake, sorry. I don`t know how your name got missed. It`s in there now. Whoops :

 

[dadevvtsvre]

So in case it isn't evident we're having some big issues with time. We're waaay behind and it's not anyone's fault in particular but the result of just plain ol' bad luck.

I've contacted Tdata and he's having issues with RMXP, so he's been unable to do his part. That means that I'm going to have to improvise for a bit here. I want to keep the project moving as quickly as possible and I want to get at least eight people in this. inu323 is also not available to do it and LostPetal has been banned from the site for other reasons.

Because we've lost three people, I'm going to do a bit of a call out here. I'm looking for anyone and everyone who is available to take part in this project pretty much right now. Post here in the thread or shoot me a PM and I'll use you to fill in the gaps left by Tdata, inu323 and LostPetal. Remember, you have to be dedicated and willing to finish your entire part (ten minutes or so) with a good amount of effort. We've been dropping off like flies here and I'm sure no one envisioned this. I'm putting a lot of the blame on myself but no one is directly responsible.

Anyway, I repeat-anyone and everyone who has some free time during the next couple of weeks and wants to take part in this is welcome to sign up. I'll get the first three people that do and we'll hopefully get ourselves back on track. I'm not even going to bother predicting when we'll hopefully be done anymore so I don't raise any false hopes.

Thanks a lot for your patience guys. It's a bit frustrating but we'll be back on track soon.

 

[bacon]

Ill do it Dev. I wanted to do it before, but all the positions were filled. Now that they are not, Ill be glad to.

^_^

 

[KuidonNZ]

This is interesting, If you dont find anyone else in the next few days (or havn't already)...
I will happy take one of the open positions, preferably the later one.