Quintessence - The Blighted Venom

[Reives]

Thanks Makio and Ratty. That comic's been temporarily taken down for maintainence, by the way. Glad you liked it! I'll put it back up along with the second draft in the near future, hopefully.

And here are some teaser screenshots for the first half of Chapter 4 (the action parts are in second half).

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(Zomg special effects)
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(One of my favourite cut scenes in-game so far, mostly due to the music)
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(Gaurav Town)
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(Item Implementation)
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[Makio-Kuta]

Warning: Vikon Action-Figures are not actually available in-game. : (

That's the most depressing thing I've heard all day! ToT
I mean...<.<
I think that Gaurav looks like an impressive town to walk through. And that dark screenshot with the jail cells...rather curious about what happens there.

*rushes off to begin her collection of imaginary Vikon action figures*

 

[Reives]

Ya know what, maybe I will put the action figure in the actual game after all... And by putting I mean hiding it somewhere.

Gaurav town isn't really an ordinary town in certain aspects... So there are things I'm planning to do to make it interesting, also with each and every npc. So if it's pulled off, unlike Korbin Village it will be worth while to explore around there (although I'm adding interactions to Korbin Village too, I believe). The only thing restricting is time. :|

And I've no comments about the dark jail screenshot at the moment.

 

[Mezmerize]

I love this game. Really, one of the few games I could actually sit through and be entertained, while being taken into a majestic realm of story telling. You did an amazing job here, Reives, and I envy you . Keep it up bro, can't wait to see the finished product of this entire game.

 

[Sonata]

I am thoroughly enjoying this game, I just had to point out the leash joke; that was hilarious!

 

[Reives]

Thanks guys.

I just finished all the town's mapping and its cosmetic fogs, am currently making a little cat thing for a break. :p

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[Ratty524]

I've neglected playing this game for a bit, as I've finally found out that there is a battle mode in chapter three. xD I love how you did it (the fact that RMXP makes any character move by 4 directions makes it a tad annoying, though, not like there was much you could do about it.)

One thing that kind of makes me laugh is how Lunair looks bored out of her mind consistently. xD

 

[Erichermit]

I've neglected playing this game for a bit, as I've finally found out that there is a battle mode in chapter three. xD I love how you did it (the fact that RMXP makes any character move by 4 directions makes it a tad annoying, though, not like there was much you could do about it.)

One thing that kind of makes me laugh is how Lunair looks bored out of her mind consistently. xD

There is a 8 direction moving script available actually.

 

[Ratty524]

Doesn't that just affect the player, though? Or am I wrong?

 

[Reives]

Oh, I think I've seen one that affects events too, for random movements at least. But I dunno, I have a pet peeves about 8-directional movement without the diagonal sprites :p It feels like roller-skating.

 

[Ratty524]

I see your point...

By the way, I've just noticed a grammatical mistake in one of the screens you've posted. It's "Whose" not "Who's", for "Who's" is a contraction of "Who is". Therefore you are saying "Who is cat is this?"

 

[Reives]

Awesome, thanks for pointing that out. I never knew that, so I just learned a new grammar rule there. Just noticed that "Cat" was capitalized too, hah.

 

[Ratty524]

No problem, I tend to make a lot of those mistakes as well, and it takes a close look to realize something is wrong. xD

 

[Lust Dragon]

At least i can finished it, i must say you did really nice for this game.

Spoiler

At first i think this about battle within a spirit then Reivy sent back into past to face old cliche when a soldier came and Serai gone (i said aah she will be killed, sorry about this ':|)

But i wrong, it turn more and more interesting when Serai turn into Lunair, and Kardian past and about the main theme Quintessence. Altough i havent see any connection between the spirit and Quintessence (maybe saved for later chapter)

Now i really like to play chapter 4 soon. btw how about comic strip? i like to see more of them

 

[Ratty524]

What are you talking about? Maybe put that in a spoiler tag? >_o

 

[Reives]

Heheh, thanks Lust. And as for the comic strip thing, I'm spending all my time on chap. 4 at the moment so I won't have time to make any until I finish it. :p But I am accumulating ideas for them at the moment.

And yeah, if you can put that in a spoiler tag like Ratty suggested, heheh. That post does contain some spoilers.

 

[Rye]

Just a random suggestion on seeing the new screenshots (still haven't had time to play, sorry ;_; ) For the town doors, if you have enough room on the sides (i.e. no windows on the side) you should make a border for the door somehow. It would look better than the door just sitting on a slab of house. But that's only just an opinion so. ^^ Take it how you want to.

 

[Reives]

Good idea, I'll do that. Thanks a lot. And don't worry about playing, I'd wait 'till Chapter 4 anyhow since a lot of stuff will be fixed/improved then.

Edit: 0PKE3208Y432R5H3OI5H08)*@^$@($&^@$)(^!$!_pj$<!p$(y!$hP-H Just accidentally deleted a cutscene I worked for 3 hours on. FFffffffffff.

 

[Twin Matrix]

So how does the battlesystem work? o.o

 

[Reives]

Laggy video here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YinX3wA4f1w
Keys and explainations are in the readme file.

It's a little confusing to learn tbh, I made a mistake of not having an in-game tutorial for it, heheh. Will have that for chapter 4 bundle though!