Quintessence - The Blighted Venom

[Reives]

Spoiler

Well, she was unconscious for the past 2 months at the end of Chapter 9 - Chapter 10 will have a focus on those 2 months through (often interactive) flashbacks and the like. c:

As for the second screenshot - I've decided that I'll be changing the concept, as it could use a little more originality. I got some whacky idea planned out, and it would be interesting to attempt to implement it. My apologies on the slower-than-expected production time. :~

Oh, and I just remembered that I forgot to post this outside of Quintessence's home forum; it's just a very simple engine to build your own smiley games with a few easy steps. Here it is:

Now you can make your own smiley pacman-esque minigame with ease, by simply making the maps and placing the mobs!

[size=14pt]Click Me: Download the Make-It-Yourself package! (Around 2.5MB)[/size]
[RMXP program required.]

The result is little games like this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eZom3oOOL8I

-All base codes are auto and ready.
-Simply make maps, copy-over the smiley mobs and code their movement patterns.
-Once maps are made, copy the teleport event (arrow) and change the Transfer-To destination to the right place.
-Change title screen's starting location to your first map, make the player start on it.
-Change the title screen's graphics found in pic folder to one with your name.

Voila!

Ending and the like are entirely up to you; feel free to get creative and add features, etc. c:

Have fun~

Don't forget to share your result if you do make one!

Here's a smiley game "Squall" from q-forum made with it:
http://www.file-upload.net/download-1347862/Make_a_Smiley_Game.exe.html
[Many thanks to him for sharing!]

 

[jaydenfox]

Don't say anything else! I don't want you to spoil the story for me :biggrin:

 

[Reives]

Sure. There's no spoiler in that anyhow, after 1-9 at least. c:

A little new preview screenshot; Vikon saves a life, Titanic-style:

 

[jaydenfox]

I love Vikon's facial expressions, especially that one. It's epic =D

 

[Reives]

And here's the follow-up:

 

[Jikipoiopo]

But- Wh-wha!? I- why the hell did he do that!? Seriously! Wait, this is like a little dream of Vikon's, isn't it? Or, this really didn't happen! Nyeah, I guess I'll find out when I play chapter ten. C:

 

[zealex]

That made me lol. xD

Anyway, any estimates when the new chapter will be out? :3 I'm booored. T.T

 

[Reives]

The last one was just a joke screenshot, after people back on Q's home forum guessed the occasion for the first one since it was apparently obvious. :p

It's still going to be a while until Chapter X's release; I've been a bit crammed lately. Should be on good track, though!

 

[monkeydlu]

lol, Vikon with a gun XD

 

[Balian]

Reives, for the 3 years I've been with .org, I don't think I've ever seen a game with such beauty. The puzzles, the music, the maps, dialoug, OHHH! I came...

Seriously though, I LOVE this game. I want some of those tilesets you use... >_>

 

[Reives]

Heheh, thanks. c': There're a lot to be done in the game-play department though, something I have to keep a lookout for.
P.S. Hey, we joined .org during the same month/year! *high five*

P.P.S. A little symphonic rock experiment song :p
viewtopic.php?f=93&t=61431&start=0

 

[Balian]

Haha, I remember seeing you all the time back in the day with Erk and the clan. I miss Erk...

Anyway, best of luck with this. I'm adding this link to my favorites.

P.S: The song is too short, but damn good! You should make it longer.

 

[zealex]

I think the gameplay is fine tbh. I've never seen so cool and detailed puzzles, minigames and such like you have, in any other RM game.

The song is great. I hope you use it in the game, would fit for a boss battle or something. ^_^ And yeah, make it longer! :p

Yay I joined .org the same year too (lol)
And I've been most active in this topic, haha.

 

[RPGKid64]

I can't wait for chapter 10 to come out. I check this thread like every 1-2 days. I can't help it. Your game is truly incredible. O_O

 

[Reives]

@Sirus:
Heheh yeah, good times. Ya can still find some of the .org/.net oldies around, PM me if you don't know where.

@Zealex:
Thanks. The song probably won't be in game though, since it kind of clashes with the rest of the soundtrack's style. :p I will make it longer sometimes though! It's like my only rock-esque song so it'd be necessary for resume, heheh.

@RPG:
c': Thanks very much. I post more frequent updates on the home forum for the project, so it's probably easier to be updated that way.

***

I recently deleted a bunch of codes by accident in Chapter 10's WIP, but now I finally made them all back up again. Other than that little mess-up, it's going great, and should be out sometimes in the next month. :~

In the mean time, I also changed the concept of a far-off project's title screen to include some Quintessence characters. Here's a little screenshot:

When Quintessence's finished, the cast'll still exist in that game. :~

 

[Jikipoiopo]

Hey, Reives, When you've finished Quintessence, do you think you're gonna start a new project with a new story and everything? I'd like to see another great story you can come up with. By the way, that guy Pixol on Quintessence's real page who asked to write the novel was me. =^_^=

 

[Reives]

Oh okay, I never knew you were Jiki. o: I remember seeing you around on a few other forums as well. And yep, the story and premise of the new project in the distant future has already been posted on Q's home forum, and it will cross into Quintessence in-game as well to establish some sort of connection (albeit pseudo). c:

Here's a little WIP of a simple happy midi town theme I was working on a while back. It may be a while until it makes into the game, though:
http://quintessence-tbv.com/PanfTown_WIP.MID

 

[W31WGamer]

OMG... This game is... Wow. Great. I'm a newbie RPG maker, so yours blew me away. The puzzles are well made. The scripting/lag-freeness, Amazing. The story: I felt like a was playing a movie it was so great. The only thing I didn't like was the sneaking parts. Too many keys to use, so little time. =/
This felt nothing like an RMXP game, it felt like a real game. 10/10. :D

I'll never be able to make anything like this. O_o I bet the events were complex, and the scripts were... Wow. It doesn't even lag, and it has great gameplay and features. The graphics were great. :D

 

[Danielx3]

Reives, his game is simply amazing, I loved everything, all right, although it has not reset yet, but to where I played, I found incredible, I'm Brazilian, but I love playing the games, Rpg maker from other countries, and this is the best rpg maker game I ever played! congratulations to you for doing such a wonderful game, I almost got a I. with the amazing cut-scenes that have in the project. The maps are beautiful, nor is unclear what is done in RPG maker XP. continue, man, you are my fan now, and I repeat, the game is the best RPG game maker I have ever played.
congratulations!

 

[Reives]

Thanks very much for playing, W31W and Daniel. c: And thanks for your time. Glad ya enjoyed it!
I'm sure you'll be able to do things in here someday W31W; it's just a matter of getting a hang of how certain things are done which'll come with practice. Most of the systems here (minus the message, menu and caterpillar) are evented [battle system, transformation system and stuff], and I am planning to release some unencrypted version of the systems for the sake of seeing the codes for those who wants to. Although it's horribly coded and very, very unorganized.

~
P.S. A little new song WIP: http://quintessence-tbv.com/forum/index.php?topic=906.0