The Knight of T, Universal Derivative (Rey_J)

[Rey_JJJ]

A long, long, time ago, in a galaxy far, far away...Star Wars happened.
But what's happening here is this...

Spoiler: Intro

A boy named Tristen awakens at the summit of a mountain. A pink puffball some call Kirby lands on a huge castle in the sky. Where is everyone? From whence did they come, and how? Why is not important--or is it really?

Spoiler: Meanwhile

Self-dubbed "Zephyr Z" had come from the same place as Tristen had. He knows he's out-of-place, and decides there's a power in play, one which he may play...

Spoiler: Unique/Original Characters

Tristen Vanz (sword)
An odd swordsman. Knows magic but prefers to fight melee. Gives things his all. Uses logic. Something doesn't seem right about this boy...

Kai Fervor (sword)
Tristen's closest friend. Has a personality which complements that of T's (easier and laid-back rather than WOW serious). He has a closer connection to T than anybody realizes....

Keith Grit (axe)
The best knight of Spenn Castle. He's always full of energy, which helps motivate himself.

Zephyr Z (cross/bow)
A villain! Once Tristen, Kai, and he are warped into another universe, he sets a new, large-scale goal, with a not-too-perfect backing.

Spoiler: Setting

A universe of small, flat landmasses, a few stars, and a wall of clouds.

Spoiler: (Battle) Music Note

-Just letting you know now, I may be considered a "Music Whore," as the music file will undoubtedly be way too big to fit in with the rest of the game folder. File merging's a snap for you, right?
-Every monster party has its own set of songs, determined by party members (sorted by series), random chance, or both! Inspired by Earthbound.
-Don't be surprised that I tote all 3 acceptable music file types.

Spoiler: Etc. Stats

-Revised "over 9000" times
-Nowhere near completion, I've just begun! Eheh... Kraken.
-All playable characters (and the majority of npc's) have overworld sprites made in mock-2k3 style, made custom by me--for the most part. For some, like Link, I'm borrowing a pre-made head (edited to match the brighter style) and going from there.

Spoiler: Team

-Rey_JJJ (RMXP, McLeodGaming, BPGaming)
-Xovos (McLeodGaming, BPGaming)

Spoiler: Screenshots

Holy Kraken! Screens. I need screens!
Here's one, it holds no terrific significance! Oh dang.

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Party members' charsets.
In case you cannot read inbetween the lines, this lists available party characters...

WARNING!!: Spoilers are true to their name this time.

Spoiler: Overworld

Spoiler: In-Battle

Spoiler: Status Panel for easy graphical updates

Credits will go to me, Xov', and original ownership companies.

MIRROR TOPIC: http://bpgamingplanet.forumotion.com/up ... e-t406.htm

11/29/08: Ah sue me--eh, screw it, old plan was crap. All old plans were. The plan's been changed for a month or so and I haven't updated. I've been hanging out at MGForums. See mirror topic, if you wish.
Really... sorry, for everything -.- .
2/17/09: WHOA my lord, facelift (of the site). Looking back, I thought, "Man, what kind of... was I!?" JSYK, I've matured significantly--you cannot use my past to judge me anymore, although you may try. However, I don't really like being here (on these forums)... too many people with mad skills and too many overmature people and haters, crap, stuff, whatnot, and even more so, too many people I sharply disagree with or random... what's the word... cults? Not exactly... well, It doesn't matter if you can understand me here or not. Just swooped in to update my project topic, which is, quite frankly, one of 2 last things here that I care about anymore, if that. (Man, you guys got some weeeiiird smilies now....)
2/20/09: Added the music note... get it, "music note?" Nwehehe.

 

[Unka Josh]

... uh, so was your question how to post screenshots?  Photobucket is free, and all you need to do is hit alt+prtsc, and paste into your graphics program of choice to create the file to upload there.

Edit:  Of course, your request for resources should be a separate question in the Resource Request section.

 

[Rey_JJJ]

Thank you, Unka Josh. I took your advice (resource request), but I've got 2 questions:
1) alt+prtsc? What's that; do I hold alt and press p, r, t, s, then c?
2) Was this topic moved? I could've sworn I started it in the Projects section, not the Support section (although that's probably for the best)...

 

[Zekallinos]

Pressing PrtScrn copies the current screen (Duh) and place it in the clipboard (you know, where your copy/paste is stored). The button is located above insert, next to the F1-F12 buttons.

http://www.ejsong.com/MDME/projects/Web ... ntscrn.jpg[/img]

Paste it into a graphic program (Microsoft Paint) and save it as an image.

Pressing Alt+PrntScrn copie only the ACTIVE WINDOW. Very convinient and cleaner. And it's annoying when you can see the msn conversation on the background isn't it?

 

[Rey_JJJ]

HOLY SHOOT!!! I've always wanted to know how to screen-capture!!! Thankyouthankyouthankyouthankyou...
as for Paint, I love Paint! I'm great at Paint! I know many things about Paint that I know some other people don't (e.g. solid white is not the background color of choice for a sprite sheet)!

 

[Rey_JJJ]

Alright, I may have a way to get pictures up. You don't get to know my hero's name yet, but you
get
his
pic!

Spoiler: Greatest Hero of All Time!?!?!?

http://www.geocities.com/linktkirby/SSface-TKoT.png[/img]

Haha! Great, eh? Actually, it's a face panel I made for RPGMVX, but obviously, I'm not using that anymore. :smile:
I have a bunch of these "Smash-Styled" (as I call them) faces if anybody wants 'em.
They come in single form AND packs of 8!
EDIT: Get them here!

 

[Sarkilas]

Paintish? I like how he looks, but are you sure you're not going to add some sort of shading, or at least fix those lines as they make them look pretty sharp. Not a fan of that part, but the actual appearance and layout of the character is pretty nice.

Though what did that have to do with screenshots? I don't see how that is a screenshot in any way, and as this is in the support section, that face-panel would go in the Resource Analysis section, not here. Just for your notice.

 

[Rey_JJJ]

Paintish? I like how he looks, but are you sure you're not going to add some sort of shading, or at least fix those lines as they make them look pretty sharp. Not a fan of that part, but the actual appearance and layout of the character is pretty nice.

Though what did that have to do with screenshots? I don't see how that is a screenshot in any way, and as this is in the support section, that face-panel would go in the Resource Analysis section, not here. Just for your notice.

Ah, a bit observant, aren't we?
Actually, I just uploaded my faces in the resource section. 1 of him, 1 or 2 of multiple other people. See "Smash-Style".

And, yeah, I know it's made in Paint. I wish I had a scanner... then, he'd look brilliant! ...sort of. I'm good a pencil art, but not coloring. I usually draw him in monochrome pencil. (And that's not the Pencil Tool on Paint, either!) Although, I must say, I don't know why I didn't think of shading before... brilliant! I may just have to do that one day... one day very far from now :tongue2:.

 

[Rey_JJJ]

Okay, update. I've made my decision: the game will play out
linear.
Don't worry if you expected more... quite frankly, in terms of an actually pieced story, I got nothin' 'cept the first dungeon, boss, and reason to fight--kind of. I'll now start working on it.
(P.S. I hope this isn't spam)

 

[Necrile]

Okay, update. I've made my decision: the game will play out
linear.
Don't worry if you expected more... quite frankly, in terms of an actually pieced story, I got nothin' 'cept a pile of shit

Fixed.

 

[Rey_JJJ]

Astounding...! Without even seeing my game, you knew it. I really had a seriously shitty start (and the start was ALL I had!). Thank you for "translating", I'm going to work on it right now! IT WILL WORK THIS TIME, PROMISE!!! J out!

 

[Despain]

Hello Rey_J,

good luck ! ! !

From,
missingno

 

[Rey_JJJ]

Thank you. I'm reorganizing my database now, almost going to make my map.

 

[So fist]

I REMEMBER THIS ONE TIME I ALMOST MADE A MAP.  THEN I THOUGHT BETTER OF IT AND RECRUITED SOMEONE TO DO IT.

 

[Rey_JJJ]

I REMEMBER THIS ONE TIME I ALMOST MADE A MAP.  THEN I THOUGHT BETTER OF IT AND RECRUITED SOMEONE TO DO IT.

Eeeh, what? I have no idea what you're talking about. I'm working solo on this project, but I'm open to ideas (all the time).

Oh, guess what? Screenshots. I have 1 map so far (yay me!) and it will lead to another map, and another... see where I'm going w/this?

Glowing circles you see in the game are Save Points. The game uses an ABS (NeoSBABS by Mr. Mo), so I don't want you saving while you're being eaten alive! :smile:
J.K., people, J.K....

EDIT: Screenshots were changed. Find them on a later post.

 

[mdavis901]

Uhhhhhhhhhh, that sprite.
what's up with that?

 

[Rey_JJJ]

Uhhhhhhhhhh, that sprite.
what's up with that?

My best answer is my own reasoning. TKoT is sort of a cartoon-like character. Still working out how he got there...

EDIT: Filled in the blank(s).

 

[h1tu]

The house has a lot of empty space. I'm not trying to be pessimistic, I'm jus' saying. Might wanna' get this fiximicated, or something.  Ad some shrubbery, or some rugs... or... something?

Other than that, I honestly don't care what the others say. Good job with the sprite and the face. Making your own from scratch, in my opinion, is better than using premade templates/rtp... having said that... do you plan on making your own tilesets to go along with it...?

 

[Rey_JJJ]

The house has a lot of empty space. I'm not trying to be pessimistic, I'm jus' saying. Might wanna' get this fiximicated, or something.  Ad some shrubbery, or some rugs... or... something?

Other than that, I honestly don't care what the others say. Good job with the sprite and the face. Making your own from scratch, in my opinion, is better than using premade templates/rtp... having said that... do you plan on making your own tilesets to go along with it...?

Tilesets... hm... I was hoping the answer would remain at an all-time no, I suck at making tilesets even worse than I suck at constructing interiors. :down: But, in regards to TKoT's sprite, yesterday I had this big idea--and this could P.O. anyone who saw my resource request--but I had a slightly larger, infinitely better T sprite, and since this is RPG Maker and not, like, Super Smash Bros., it would be relatively easy to create a matching character for every other... character (except the RTP axemen). Plus, this sprite sheet is fairly close to the RTP (height, dir. faced, but not detail, head size :smile

At the time I post this, I have 2 maps, but at the end of the day I should have... more? The pressure... nah, just kidding. If there's one thing I enjoy, it's having my work critiqued so I can improve upon it.

Say... we know this game uses NeoSBABS. Does anyone know how to disable/enable the pressing of the letter R key? I'm pretty sure there's an extremely easy way, but not being a scripter I wouldn't know.

EDIT: Filled in the blank(s).

 

[MukanshinBlack]

Your project thread looks like a really pathetic attempt to make a game you probaly can't.  Good luck on looking/making it look less pathetic.