Police (Working Demo Available)

[Samort7]

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Warning: This game contains vulgar language and violence.

Here's the first demo of the game: http://www.megaupload.com/?d=25ZO8DAN

You play the role of Officer McNeil, a retired cop called back to the line of duty to battle a new mysterious and sinister drug: Mythril Rock (aka "Myth"). Police takes you through a gritty city of drugs and crime as you try to stop Myth at it's source.

Spoiler: Screenshots

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This game is a mix of conventional and unconventional RPG's. Instead of swords and bows, you have batons and guns. Instead of lightning and fire magic you have skills like "shotgun blast" and "spray of bullets" There's no chaimail, only kevlar vests and helmets.

I made this game back when I was on 56k. New to the RPG Maker scene, I worried about what scripts were and how they would affect my game. They seemed (and still do seem) strange and unecessary at times. I feel too many scripts takes place of honest work and creativity. As of such, there are no scripts used in my game. The only modifications I have made to Police are graphics that I have downloaded from various RPG Maker fan sites. Other then new graphics, the game is made with what comes with RPG Maker XP.

Side Note: I am not a good artist. Also, pictures of criminals with guns are very hard to come by. Because of this, I had to draw them myself. Feel free to laugh at my sad artistic skills.

 

[Sobeman459]

I have mixed feelings about the graphics.

 

[ablahblah987]

I like the graphics man, looks cool. I would recommend changing the message boxes though.

 

[Jstreet]

Upload at:
http://www.megaupload.com
or
http://www.rapidshare.de/

I would love to give this a play.

 

[Samort7]

Ok, thanks for the help The_JStreet! The demo is posted at the top.

 

[Sobeman459]

I will play it tomorrow to late right now.

 

[Jstreet]

I gave it a run through.

Pros:
I like the game's charm. You seem to have your enviroment grasped tight, might not be the most realistic, but it certainly falls into place well enough.

I found the battles to be pretty well balanced. You did a good job there.

The story kind of fun, but there was some factors that took away from it.

The dialog seemed pretty solid, in the sense that it didn't variate in style.

Character choreography, was very nice.


Cons:
Ok, first and far most, the music. This COMPLETELY destroyed what could've been a very dramatic and thrilling atmosphere. I don't care what you do, but get some different music. RTP is not for this game.

The mapping wasn't bad, but you used a lot of tiles incorrectly and I think you need a bit of practice on walls, because your interpretation of the ceiling tiles were horrid. :P

Tad bit too many encounters in the building.

That's all I can think of at the moment. Relatively good game. It was kind of fun to play, but as I said the music really makes me want to give up on it.

 

[Samort7]

Thanks for the input The_JSTREET! I'll try toning down the encounter rate in the buildings and work on my tilesetting skills. If you have any suggestions on where I could find better music, I would appreciate it greatly! Stock music doesn't cater much to the atmosphere of this game, I agree

 

[pbrain30]

go to kceasy or any other music thing and search for wateva music you need.
and then put it in yuor music folder

 

[Afro Samurai]

BODEGA AMERICANA

LMAO! What a own!

I'm downloading now.
I've just read it has RTP music, I'll turn off the sound.
Default windowskin? C'mon.
I see there a crystal, it must be a saving point. Why not instead of putting a crystal, you put a gold barrel, or something more modern that stands out.

 

[sixtyandaquarter]

If that crystal is a save point, I'd change it to something else like Afro Samurai said, maybe something cliche like a laptop/computer.

I'm DLing now, because this seems awfully familiar too something made a year or so ago that was lotta fun.

EDIT: Are these zanyzora tilesets?

 

[Afro Samurai]

EDIT: Are these zanyzora tilesets?

At least the ones in the 3rd and 4th screenshot. The others seem to be edits from different sets as for example Knight Blade.

 

[Samort7]

Haha! Ok, you're right, the crystal is kinda a dumb idea. I'm downloading some new music as we speak, and I'm not exactly sure where the tilesets came from. I wasn't planning on making a real game when I started this, and just wanted some futuristic tilesets so I downloaded them where I could find them. I'll look up the source when I get the chance.

BTW, How / Where do I get new window skins?

Oh, and my friend tried to play my game and he doesn't have RPG Maker XP. How do I distribute my game to people without RPGMXP?

 

[Afro Samurai]

Oh, and my friend tried to play my game and he doesn't have RPG Maker XP. How do I distribute my game to people without RPGMXP?

http://www.rmxp.org/forums/showthread.php?t=1735

 

[Samort7]

Thanks Afro Samurai!

 

[Afro Samurai]

Thanks Afro Samurai!

No problem amigo!

How / Where do I get new window skins?

How: Well, you can check the template for window skins here:

http://www.rmxp.org/forums/downloads.php?do=file&id=328

Then, open it in a graphics editing program, just like Paint or Photoshop, and let free the artist inside of you.

Where: Try in the download manager here:

http://www.rmxp.org/forums/downloads.php?do=cat&id=54

I guess that's all about it. Oh, and I think there's a tutorial about how to make windowskins, take a look on it.