Tribute

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Tribute is set in a parallel game universe where all video games coexist. It will be including as many games as possible although some will have more importance in the world. In essence yes it is a silly fan game, and its purpose? to have fun. The story will likely be very cliche as it is a spin-off of all the video games you have come to know, but in the same way you have fun playing those games my assumption is that the story wont need to be incredible to have fun.

anyways, i hope to have a playable demo for you all soon, leave some comments!

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Servbot 342 or "Smartbot" is Professor Oaks newest lab assistant. The Professor has spent months perfecting his assistant with artificial intelligence and gadgets in order to survey Pokemon much more in depth than ever before. As the Professor sends Smartbot on his first mission it seems a virus is spreading throughout the gym leaders. The professor hands him an antidote and sends him off to find the source.

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Professor Oak: The Pokemon professor, he has been studying Pokemon his entire life, the owner of Smartbot and guides him through all of his missions.

Smartbot: An upgraded Servbot, given a vast array of new tools along with artificial intelligence allowing him to think freely and communicate fluently.

(img pending) Sonic: Sonic is a blue 15-year-old hedgehog, he has the ability to run faster than the speed of sound and has defeated Dr. Robotnik countless times.

Fox McCloud: Fox is the leader of the Star Fox team, a group of mercenaries hired by General Pepper of the Galactic Federation to help protect the Lylat System.

Link: Link is a Hylian who is renowned for his swordsmanship and fighting skill, he is known as the hero of time and protector of Hyrule. Link also holds the Triforce of Courage.

Cloud Strife: Cloud is a mercenary and former member of SOLDIER, 1st Class, an elite military unit operating under the Shinra Company. After joining AVALANCHE he helped destroy the Shinra company and bring peace to the land of Tribute.

Samus Aran: Samus works as a freelance bounty hunter, and is called on by the Galactic Federation to execute missions. Samus uses a powered exoskeleton called the Power Suit that biologically entwines itself with Samus's mind and body.

(img pending) Megaman: Megaman was created as Dr. Light's lab assistant. He was upgraded into a fighting robot in order to stop the crimes of Dr. Wily.

Medic: A Teutonic man of medicine with a rather tenuous adherance to medical ethics, the Medic is the primary healing class of his team, always found at the frontlines healing his allies.

Mario: Plumber, Doctor, Archeologist and known as a superstar in the Mushroom Kingdom Mario does it all.

(img pending) Ness: A young boy from Onett, he possesses psychic abilities strong enough to affect cosmic events, such as altering the course of the future.

Vivi: Vivi is a black mage prototype built to "last longer." as most black mages die after one year.

(img pending)Ezio Auditore da Firenze : Ezio learns the ways of the Assassin after his family is betrayed and his father and brothers are hanged for false treason and thus seeks vengeance. He is a descendant of Altair, a great assassin of centuries before him.

Solid Snake: Solid Snake is a combination spy, special operations agent and mercenary of FOXHOUND, a black operations and espionage unit.

Red: Red's main goal in life, is to be the world's greatest Pokémon Master. having collected all the gym badges he is a skilled at powerful trainer.

Yuna: Yuna can summon powerful magical entities called "aeons." She is known throughout Tribute as the daughter of High Summoner Braska.

And More!

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The screenshots right now are not actual maps but testing environments for the tilesets i have created.

Other Notes:
The cast may seem large but keep in mind that at the most you will only have half of that cast. There are choices which will affect who joins your party and you will have to make tough decisions to get certain characters into your party.

You may also think that half of the cast is still too large a number for a battle, and i agree i will be trying to accommodate a ff10 battle system so that you are not trying to manage a giant party yet still have access to it all

Credits:
Redd Floxxy: Sprites
Sith Jester: Sprites

 

[regi]

Sounds interesting. Here are a few questions that might help guide your storyline along: would the heroes be the puppets and do bad things for the villains? What exactly is your role (as a robot) or what role do robots play and why do you want to help them? In what kind of world is this taking place?

For the engine, I would suggest trying each out and seeing which one you prefer. There's a good list of pros and cons for XP vs. VX here but testing them will give you the best idea. And keep in mind you're not limited to RM, feel free to try GM or some other engine if you want!

Good luck, and remember to start small, to get the best chance of success!

 

[bacon]

I would think this game would almost be a little bit too out there to be an RPG per say in my opinion. I think this concept would make a better shooter platformer. I think that there is an almost wacky element to the story, and to play off that would be a lot easier than trying to make an RPG out of it. You could make it so that the little robot goes into the heroes and each hero represents a little world. You could even play off of each heroes characteristics. Not only that, you could accentuate a ridiculous sort of element. Instead of spiderman it would be arachnid boy and you could make allusions and whatnot. I know that is a pretty horrible example, but you get my point hopefully. Or of course, you can go to different places or whatever. Just some suggestions.

If you were to make an RPG out of this, I would look into mario RPG games, the story you have would fit this in my opinion.

 

[goldlief]

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[blo0p]

Here as an update as i put the game together a bit better,

I have settled with xp as it has a larger amount of resources and I am more comfortable spriting in that style.

I was originally going to try going the shooter route, but i want to mix so many different types of characters that the shooter setup would not be enjoyable with some characters.

Any comments on the updated story?

 

[blo0p]

Small update, let me know what you think.

 

[blo0p]

Added in the entire cast along with some side notes.