Game Making Drive Feb 2014

   I'm planning on a playtime of between 1 and a half to 2 and a half hours. The game is a survival horror featuring zombies and the occult, but rather than being semi-modern like most zombie stories it takes place in a small mountain village during the dark ages. When rumors of a strange disease begin to circulate an accomplished plague doctor volunteers to investigate but when he doesn't return a group of three plague doctors go to find out what happened to him and help out where they can. Among this group is Rue Talbot, a newly promoted doctor that wants to help people above all else. At the foot of these mountains she will find a nightmare she could never have imagined and will have to band together with other survivors in order to survive.

Characters:

Rue Talbot(18): an aspiring doctor that is extremely sensitive to the sufferings of others around her. She is a bit naive but will never turn her back on someone in need. She uses special herbal concoctions to support and protect her allies in battle, keeping them healthy and safe from the infection that threatens to turn them against one another.

Kerwin Bramm(13): A mysterious youth that Rue runs into while hiding from the undead in an abandoned farmhouse on the outskirts of the village. Though he is a child Kerwin is a fearless and distant soul who fights the undead using occult chants read from an ancient journal he carries around with him wherever he goes. He's likely the most emotionally stable member of the survivors' team, though at times he can appear to be without emotion at all.

Mara Sarildah(24): The daughter of a famous knight within the King's personal guard, Mara has trained the entirety of her life in order to follow in her father's footsteps. However upon his death she found that the nobility feel no need for a woman knight. Without anyone willing to hire her Mara was forced to become a hedge-knight and travel the land seeking odd jobs in order to scrape by. By chance she happened upon the village of Euisol only to find herself trapped by an undying horde.

So far the game is just going to utilize the basic battle system but with hp/mp restored after each battle and evented skills that allow for hopefully interesting strategies. Even the first enemies in the game won't die by strait dps because they are zombies and since there are no bullets to quickly blow out their brains killing them is a bit more involved and requires the aid of occult magic if you don't want them to just get right back up again. Tomorrow I plan on fleshing out the battle system hopefully pretty much to the end and finishing up the remaining characters skills as I've only fully finished Rue's so far.

I welcome thee to another fandom game. Yes, another fan-based game.

what is this game derived from? Oh, it's from the most popular open-source. : p


TouhouHitAndRun

Yes, this is another Touhou fan-game. Real-Time RPG game, with up to 20 characters in your parties (yes, 20 is the magic number) that you can summon up to 20, too.

Story:

Your generic pandemic is coming to Gensokyo, most characters got infected and it's up to you to choose who to save / who to play.

Characters:

Playable: 20 -> check hisoutensoku

All I did was event a bit in Princess Princess V5.5 and well, just general things. Modifying the old cutscenes and adding new ones.http://puu.sh/6Jwea/318fcab7f0.jpg

and this:

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And this encounter display (special thanks to Racheal <3)

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I was also working on sprites and moths...Which I can't really show here since they're both commission work lol. I'm still working but I doubt I can be online later since I want to focus on work. Just telling the general things I'm doing right now and for later. I promise to have better updates than this lol.

An example of my wonderful dialogue.



How incredible a mapper I used to be... :/



I've gotten a smidge better since then.



From the 'secret project'. Some of you might be able to guess.



The not-as-great-as-the-one-before-it map.

History:

            Liro, the land of the Titans. From behind its immense walls, this province brims with life. It is without question, one of the most peaceful lands. Though peacful, Liro should not be underestimated. During, 'The Burden' Liro received its title, "Land of the Titans." This was due to the colossal suits of living stone the Earth Souls would carve from the land and in essence, pilot. The suits were given names, the most prominent was the Peace Keepers. Since that time, the Titans have faded into legend. Their scattered remains found amongst Liro. Liro never willingly participated in wars, though on occasion came the need to end those who challenged their borders. Had Liro decided to be active in the war effort, it's presumed that little would have been able to, hold back the earth.

Weather:

            Do to the many trees and canopy's, Liro most often is fairly shady. Though plains are a great place to get a cool breeze and some sunlight. Raining is common as well.

Landmarks:

            Liro's most prominent landmarks are its large trees, the lush vegetation, and the "Forest of Giants". It's a fairly mountainous region. Scattered remains of Titans are not uncommon either. There is also the massive wall that was erected during, 'The Burden' to distance themselves from the outside world.

Housing:

            Low Income - Rock Houses

            Medium Income - Stone and Wood

            High Income - Tree Cities, and Mountain Cities

Inhabitants:

            Liro's inhabitants share many traits; varying green hair and eyes, skin seemingly as tough as stone, incredibly dense bone structures causing them to weigh much more then they seem to, resulting in heightened strength and natural durability. As a whole, Liro's people are very much ruled by faith. They respect their land tremendously. Even so much as cutting a tree requires permission and a traditional ritual. Stone and rock however doesn't, do to not being presumably 'alive'.

The first map I worked on, which at this point I feel is pretty much finished and won’t need much if any future work done on it is an exterior for town which serves as a major plot point near the beginning of dis game, the subsequent maps where the first and second level of a house in said town.

I added a scene to the beginning, altered the map that went with the scene, and although not finished I worked and reworked an event error that had my character moving one block right when he should not have been. As it turns out it was still receiving the command to move left, for one block, and then continuing with the new event. I find it kind of funny how sometimes the most minor lines give me the run around while other, seemingly more difficult events are easier to work out the kinks for.. Sometimes…

Egg Bacon Toast lol

Worked on polishing up some maps a little, with the generator I made a sprite that would fit in as a NPC the game. I also added to my ever growing and continuing word file that houses all of my dialogue before it gets entered into its appropriate place.

On the top of my todo list is cliff walls.  I've had this half completed one that I've been strugling with for a while now and I keep trying to complete it and failing.  It just doesn't want to tile.  I fought with it again for a bit and eventually gave up.

Next on the list was finishing up the store window auto tile, which I did and then fixed up the other two window tiles and then went on to make a metal roof and did a few recolors.  I now have a full A3 sheet!

I was on bit of a roll after that so I brought up my A1 sheet and filled it in the rest of the way too.  I fixed an error, redid the deep water so that it wasn't just a solid color and added a puddle to the only empty spot on the sheet.  I may end up switching out some of those tiles later, but it'll work if I don't.  I'm very happy with the day's work.

I'm sorry about the shrunk preview images.  This pack is going to be sold in the store as soon as I'm done.

After creating the game file, I went and sourced some Ralph facesets! I now have 72 different Ralph expressions. :D link: http://necroblood.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/rpg-maker-vx-ralph-faceset-rtp.html
Then, I began working on the plot and stuff. I decided to have Eric beating Ralph at the beginning, and Ralph being sad and running away. I implemented this, and am currently searching for an Eric battler. But to no avail... .

Next, I added Ralph a cave, and did an event or three in there, with Ralph talking, deciding to go adventuring again, getting his supplies, and leaving.

Unfortunately, that's all I've had time for. Posting my update now, and closing RPG Maker for the night. Bye guys!

*hits switch* (Script call -> Current map data changed)