Quintessence - The Blighted Venom

[Reives]

:>

Here's a little treat, something I made a long time ago; a "live" performance of To Realize in its cheesy arrangement for Harmonica and Guitar. Not much goes on in the video except the song tbh, since I didn't really get to finish making it due to it being somewhat useless.

Back when I composed that arrangement I was messing around with gliss~/slides, too, so the second part came out a bit weird. :p Anyhow, for more info see the description for the vid.

(Warning: Bad quality.) [Don't forget to turn on sound.]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Sf1RHY-oycw

Ss from the vid:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v385/Reivier/Harmonica_Guitar.jpg[/IMG]


And I've also recorded the ending music theme video for a convenient browse. But the down side of it is that its video/audio quality is pretty terrible due to recording, so I still recommend just downloading the actual "game file" video at: http://www.quintessence-tbv.com/Quintessence-EMV.zip

But if you're just curious to see what it's like, here's the quick and bad quality version:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lLhzKkwVkfk

 

[Diedrupo]

Now that is one high quality cut-scene!

 

[Reives]

If that wasn't sarcastic: Wewt, thanks! :>

If that was sarcastic: Heheh, sorry, I didn't really end up finishing it, which is why there are a lot of moments where there's nothing else going on except the song. If I decide to use it in the future I'll be sure to elaborate it though! :>

 

[Diedrupo]

If that wasn't sarcastic: Wewt, thanks! :>

If that was sarcastic: Heheh, sorry, I didn't really end up finishing it, which is why there are a lot of moments where there's nothing else going on except the song. If I decide to use it in the future I'll be sure to elaborate it though! :>

I wasn't being sarcastic. Just compare your cut-scene to those in other games. :P And if someone actually dissed your cut-scene, you should probably smack them down instead of politely defend, heh.

 

[Reives]

Heh, thanks. I was originally planning to have some flash backs in there on the side of the screen or something. Who knows, I might rearrange the piece for ocarina and use the scene somewhere in the future just for the hell of it.

 

[Malachi]

It's really original and honestly really good! I love how you make your own music. I however am using SO2-3 OST which I'm no proud of :p I do have a music making program just too lazy to use it.

 

[dantemibu]

All I have to say is WOW! I loved it its kinda like Elfen Lied but eh, you took it to the next level. It got really addicting for me.. Great Job! I hope chapter 5 comes soon ^^

 

[Reives]

Heheh, thanks. The directing styles and such are somewhat influenced by watching Elfen Lied. :> That happened after I finished Chapter 3 though. Glad to see someone else who's watched the show.


Random update screeny - Cheesy pixel-y special effects, zomg. (Seriously need to get a real cup. Yes, that blurred thing is supposed to be a cup. ._. )
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v385/ ... ed-1-4.jpg[/IMG]

 

[coloratura]

Heya Reives! :D
Hoorah! I'm finally on Chapter 4! :D (Dumb school homework is making me pace through the game rather slowly compared to everyone else!)

This chapter has been the best so far! :D I'm having so much fun! I actually think the gameplay is really, really fun! The battle system whipped my tushie at first, but I'm definitely getting used to it! It's really innovative and I like it bunches. :3 (Though I must say, that Thief sure is giving me a good beating! I was so happy when I saw the first form's health go down, and I was thinking, "Yay! Yay! Yay! So happy! He's dead~! :D :D I'm good!" and then he had like a bunch of other forms! I died on the tiger... D: I will beat it~! *shakes fist*

Also, I want to comment on the raft puzzle... being a crazy Wild Arms fan who loves mazes and puzzles, that part made me really happy! :D Definitely add more stuff like that in the future! The scenes with the cat were also super cute! I just hope she's okay after being set on fire and... after whatever Reives did to her! :< (When I saw that scene, I thought it would be like ala Chrono Cross, when Serge and Co. turned into a cat to sneak around into tight spaces on a ship! :D Hehe.)

Lastly, just a small comment about Sal's sprite! When she is walking down (front view), on her second animation, there are three random blue dots that appear around her bang/forehead area! :] Also, if you'd like, I could animate some sprites of Reives with a bow, so that when he shoots, it'll have a nice effect! Right now it's fine, but I sometimes giggle that he has arrows flying out of him. :3 Hehehe. I don't know if that'd be difficult to code (I'm clueless at coding!) but if it'd be easy, I'd gladly sprite that for you.

Oh, and double lastly, the harmonica/guitar rendition of "To Realize" is excellent. :D Sometimes cheese is the best way to go!

Wow, this was a long and smiley filled post, but I just thought you'd appreciate more feedback! :D I love your game!

P.S.: The music theory homework went smoothly! :D Had to compose a short piece in harmonic minor! Hehe.

 

[Reives]

Glad to see you're enjoying it! :> School's cutting into my time to the project too, ugh. But luckily I only have 5 courses this semester.

And wewt for enjoying the game-play, although there isn't a lot of it. The thief's a little tricky. But since it's just a single target, the best thing to do is just run far far away and regenerate energy/heal up before going back when things go wrong. Tiger's the last form actually, so you were almost there. D: The main thing is to keep enough energy saved for when that form shows, for sprinting away from the growls and etc.

I do intend on getting more puzzles like the raft one in there, although time constraints have been cruel. The "sewer" in Chapter IV was supposed to have some sort of puzzle built in, but I rushed it. :< I think after I get the story of the whole thing out, I'll go back and add more game-play contents to it.

(Reivier didn't do anything to the cat, by the way. The cat did teh horrible things to Reivier. :< Aka scratches.)

Oh, and thanks for pointing that Sal's sprite mishap out! I'll be sure to fix it. As for the Reiv's bow thing, I did find it rather silly too, heheh. But behold!
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v385/ ... dits-1.jpg[/IMG]
Will be implemented next release. D: Although I might be too lazy to do the shooting animation thing. Much thanks for the offer though! :> Maybe I can ask ya for some help in the future.

Thanks for the feedback, it's much appreciated. Hope ya can get through the thief battle in the future - I really love Lunair's flash back cutscenes a bit after that event. And glad that your theory homework went fine; I just finished a composition "homework" of my own. o: Memento Vivere has its original title theme now, zomg.

 

[coloratura]

Hehe, I know how you feel... I'm taking seven classes, so I'm kinda pooped out! Silly university, keeping us away from important things in life, like RPGMaker! (Okay, okay, I said that facetiously, but I wish we had more time! Sometimes, because of time constraints, I get lazy and things don't turn out as well as I want them to :< )

I finally beat Chapter Four! It was amazing. :'D Thank you for the tips on that nasty evil thief! They really worked~! That thief should have known better than to mess with coloratura! >:3 I'm so glad I beat it, because the cutscenes afterwards were a treat! I gasped in horror when Lunair tried to kill poor Reives! (First Mimi, now Lunair! Poor guy doesn't get a break, does he? XD) At that moment, I really disliked Lunair, but then the cutscenes afterwards really helped me understand her nature. The character development was fantastic! :D I was really sad to see Huey was just a ploy though... I really liked him! The scene where Lunair asked Reives to play his ocarina made me feel warm and fuzzy... she's finally warming up a little to him! :] (I love Reivier - he reminds me of Ashely Winchester from Wild Arms 2, all good hearted and optimistic!)

Also, I was happy to see Mimi say goodbye to me! She's okay! :3 *sniff* I was very worried! When I saw that black screen and heard the cat sounds, I was thinking Reivier did something mean to her, but it was actually the reverse! *hands Reivier a Hello Kitty bandaid* I know Reiv's pain... I have an easily excitable kitten who thinks of my hand as a fleshy cat toy. D:

On another note, I found a little troublesome spot when I was in the wagon! In the room where it prompts you to save and find a spot to sleep, on the exit to the west, I was having all sorts of issues. :'< I kept walking the way the arrow pointed, and hiting enter and all sorts of various points, but I couldn't get into the next room until I walked up into the trees. It's probably not your fault though! It's probably really hard to code and make teleportation points for such a big sprite!

That's a good idea, to go back and add in gameplay elements later! :D I know how you feel - doing plot related stuff is so much more fun! So if I'm short on time, I always go for the fun instead of the challenging puzzle or dungeon. Hehehe. But I think the amount of gameplay is fine! I know you're worried about it, but let me give you some reassurance. For me, I'm always more anxious to see what happens next, so not having to go through a pointless dungeon makes me happy. :D And your nice maps inbetween towns without the battles are really, really nice! I love to look and the scenery and revel in the fact I'm not being lambasted my monsters every other second. n_n It's nice to have that "travel" aspect of RPGs, but without the annoyance of random battles and dungeons.

Ooh! Yay! You were way ahead of me! The edits look really nice! :D I can't wait to see them in action! If your normal spriter mystically disappears into a dimensional vortex, I'm always around to help out! :D Did you sprite your characters yourself? If so, you're top-notch! The shading is so nice and smooth! I really liked the fact you sprited sitting and sleeping poses for your characters. It really enhances the game! I loved it when Lunair was sitting in the lake, her feet in the water. :] It was lovely.

Sorry for how long this was! D: I just always have a lot to say! Hehe. Can't wait for Chapter V! I'm gonna be having Quintessence withdraw syndrome!

P.S.: ZOMG :D I'll have to download Momento Vivere and hear it!
P.P.S Edit!!! Just noticed this! :D On the last Reivier sprite in the row (with the boy), there's an area of pink between his feet that didn't get erased n_n

 

[Reives]

D: Thanks for such detailed feedback!

That's a good point; the wagon's exit area. It's due to the wagon sprite being too big. I think I can fix it in the future by adding an extra square of transfer player event below the current one, so it'll be dead on. I've also received several comments on the awkwardness to operate the wagon in such clustered forests, so I am going to make the road much wider and much less like an uninhabited forest. :>

Most of the (standard position) character sprites are edits by me from various resources, and sometimes frankensprited before that. o: In the current demo, all the edits are done by me, including the Lunair sitting etc. In the next release, there are some new character position edits (e.g. those battle sprites) that are done by lunarea. I'm hoping to have more char-edits in the future, they do make things much more livelier. Much thanks for your offer, I might ask for your help sometimes with them!

(There's never a feedback that's too long, hah.)

And oh, the current Memento Vivere isn't using the song at the moment, as it was just done. :p I'll send ya the song for a hear if ya want. But Memento Vivere is an awesome game none the less, you should check it out. :> In fact, Quintessence was a little duckling before I played MV and got inspired.

P.S. Oo, thanks for the find, I'll get to fixing it. Just noticed that there were some pink left in his bow too, heheh. My bad, I went too quick while taking off the background.


P.P.S. Just for fun: Lunair's face sketch by Rye:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v109/ ... ns/vvv.jpg[/img]

Edit: ...P.P.P.S.: Sorry everyone, MV's song is the last request/commission/trade I'll do in a long while. Simply running out of time. :<

 

[Zammy]

I've become very addicted to this game. I love it :D The mapping is great, the storyline, I like it all. Great job. I think I will go and play some more right now.

 

[Reives]

Hey, thanks Zammy! Hope ya enjoy the rest of it!
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Oh, and out of boredom I recorded sample battles of normal battle, the first mini-boss fight, and the thief fight for reference for those that are having trouble with the battle system. Some tips and strategies etc. are included in the description of them. (Although if you want to figure things out yourself, don't read them. Especially for the boss battles.)

Second Boss (Thief?):
http://youtube.com/watch?v=pOSQ0KgkVps

Normal Battles:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=vz9SqVtVNlg

First Mini-Boss (Digger):
http://youtube.com/watch?v=S7JMpjIg58k


P.S. I know I got owned in those vids. :p But the recording lag was killing meh. :<

 

[~(Adremmalech)~]

Hey, thanks Zammy! Hope ya enjoy the rest of it!
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Oh, and out of boredom I recorded sample battles of normal battle, the first mini-boss fight, and the thief fight for reference for those that are having trouble with the battle system. Some tips and strategies etc. are included in the description of them. (Although if you want to figure things out yourself, don't read them. Especially for the boss battles.)

Second Boss (Thief?):
http://youtube.com/watch?v=pOSQ0KgkVps

Normal Battles:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=vz9SqVtVNlg

First Mini-Boss (Digger):
http://youtube.com/watch?v=S7JMpjIg58k


P.S. I know I got owned in those vids. :p But the recording lag was killing meh. :<

lmao...sorry to sound like a suck-up...but YOU ARE GOD!!...can you please teach me how to make a cutscene such as your music video? my email/msn is
neobahamut124@hotmail.com if you want to get in touch outside of the forum

 

[Cirras]

I noticed that some people have Quintessence User bars.

Where can I get some of those? :shy01:

 

[Reives]

@Cirras: Here they are!
http://img513.imageshack.us/img513/9883/641189484463kk3.png[/img]

http://img294.imageshack.us/img294/9723/221189484226uq7.png[/img]

http://img529.imageshack.us/img529/8396/481189486196qx0.png[/img]

http://img123.imageshack.us/img123/3453/291189486254vw9.png[/img]

http://img508.imageshack.us/img508/7056/111189485464ue2.png[/img]

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http://img123.imageshack.us/img123/1893/371189486371du6.png[/img]


@~(Adrem~:
It's actually quite easy technically. D: But thanks! My MSN is in my profile, but I won't be on that much these days. The general support section have people that will answer all your questions, and I poke around now and then there too, so that place should get you all set up. :>

 

[Cirras]

Where can I get the animated one?

 

[Reives]

From me sig, you can. :> But here it is anyway, just so you can copy paste the code by quoting this message:

http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v385/Reivier/Banner-2.gif[/IMG]

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Recorded me struggling to play the first part of To Realize on piano. D: Bad quality and bad playing, but just for fun, here it is:

http://www.quintessence-tbv.com/TR_Piano_PartA.mp3

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[greenninja89]

man, this is awesome. Probably the best game i've seen on this site. 2 thumbs up. :thumb::thumb: