RTP CHALLENGE: The Talented Donovan Walls

[Norris]

And a recolor can be recognized from its source, so its OK to use?':|

Not only can I recognise his battler as bartender01, it actually "IS" bartender01. Being presented in a different manner does not mean a modification has taken place (from my perception). Nothing has been added to or taken away from the default resources. They are simply being managed differently. I still see it as RTP and I fully support everythingisbleeding’s decision on the matter.

I apologise Nix for derailing your thread… so to give this post relevance I’ll comment on your plot. It’s nice to hear stories once in a while where we get a chance to focus more on a character’s personal journey, as opposed to one where ‘world development’ is the agenda. This journey isn’t about a person’s epic struggle to go off and save the world. He’s off to save someone he loves. A private struggle. Having to weigh up what he aims to achieve against the costs toward getting what he wants… To watch a character personal battle within himself, between his heart, and his mind… this is some pretty riveting stuff.

Best wishes on your character development.

 

[Tamo_Konichi]

looks like a cool game, Nix. Can't wait to play it when it is done. So far (from the screenshots) I see no rule breaking. Just remember that you aren't allowed to combine tilesets. everythingisbleeding said that in one of his posts, I think. Also, modifying the character doesn't make it any less RTP. You gotta think this way: It's still a challenge, even if you can modify the charactersets in size like that, because, after all, if the battler doesn't look good resized, it's points taken away from you in the contest.

Resizing a character set isn't the best thing I'd suggest, but it is allowed. However, the only thinks that AREN'T set to a MUST BE RTP are music and windowskins. Battlers MUST be RTP, whether they be edits of character sets or normal RTP, it doesn't matter, as long as they are RTP. You CANNOT use non-RTP battlers (unlike Lord Gradient said) as you CANNOT edit RTP battlers, and you can't use non-RTP battlers. You may resize things, but resizing doesn't make them any less RTP.

Think about it. Which is RTP and which isn't: Using RTP character sets as battlers via resize, or changing all the colors so they don't even look like the RTP characters anymore? Anyway, my rant is over now. Yes, I can say all this stuff, I am a judge after all, meaning I'm FORCED to know the rules.

 

[Despain v.1]

The point isn't that it's not RTP. The point is that it's not an RTP battler. That's where it's flawed in this specific case.

But as a whole, it's not a matter of him breaking the rules- it's that the rules are absolutely terrible to begin with.

Either way, by allowing original music, windowskins, pictures and the like, the contest is terribly flawed as it is. Hence, I'm switching to the Defaultus.

Have fun winning a flawed contest, Nix.

 

[Rye]

Hey, Despain, why don't you complain to the creator instead of Nix? That would do so much better, and might be productive!

 

[Anonymous]

Personally I think that it would look better without the battler no matter if it's RTP or not. You have the text to show which characters are which, you don't need to bend the rules with that big pixelly eyesore :p

That said, I quite like this. (The walking speed did get to me a little, though. Donovan why are you so s-l-o-w?)

 

[Nix]

I've changed quite a few things, weakening some of the enemies and speeding up Donovan, as well as adding in a friendly, neighbourhood catlady merchant.

The game only goes up to the 2nd boss battle. Please PM me with any bugs you find (I'd rather you not post them in this thread, although I suppose you may).

As for the next update, I should have the 2nd boss encounter fully finished as well as a few more spells added in to find (I've already put them into the skills database, but I've yet to hide their spell books around).

Enjoy! Any C&C is welcome and needed. :lol:

 

[Nix]

Wow. This topic is dusty. *sneezes* Haven't made an update in a LONG time. I suppose it's time I did.

This is the beta copy of the game. It's essentially complete, but I intend to add in some subquests and start pulling out any unused files and such. If anyone's willing to play over it for me and help me with this, I'd be very grateful: :lol:

http://ez-files.net/download.php?file=399caa26

or, if that doesn't work for ya...

http://rapidshare.de/files/34085263/Nix__RTP_Challenge.rar.html