MV - Port Phobos

Mrs_Allykat · 2018-06-11T16:24:47+0900

PORT PHOBOS [RSE] Priscilla HATES her JOB! Well, she loves being an Aetherist, but hates having to operate as a Spacer Association field agent. Chasing down the dregs of society, loitering in the shadier side of town, and doing so without causing a scene. She's an Aetherist, all of her "spells" are flashy! If that wasn't enough, her grandfather informed her that she's got an arranged marriage coming up with another spacer agent no less! It's 1878, and her late parents couldn't have known about the Spacer Association. If they did, there is no way they could have approved of it. Then, as if to add insult to injury, the Spacer Association lost track of his whereabouts! All of this, and they called her into work on a Sunday to boot! Spoiler: DevLog News: 04-21-2019, There are two Demos available from the same link below, the "Boss Demo" and the "Full Demo." Both are saved to the itch.io page for Port Phobos. Spoiler: Background Port Phobos and the Aether Frigates takes place in an alternate history, one built out of the classic science fiction of the late 19'th century. A place that's an odd cross-breed of a Victorian society, Steam-Punk technology, and just a dash of the old west. Gunslingers, Aether-tech-mages, and Space Pirates collide in an adventure spanning the inner planets of the Solar System. Venus: The jungle world, our celestial neighbor, looks like some kind of rain forest, but is that really all there is? Neith: A moon of Venus, Neith is a world that was quickly settled by humanity during the first space war, and the home of steam-tech. Mars: The infamous red-planet. With it's red grasslands and cat-people aliens; there is no wonder that it was the first place the Spacer Association placed an outpost. Phobos: If Priscilla was asked, she'd say "This place is just weird." A small moon with purple grass, flying pigs, and some kind of alien plant-life - this place is probably not terribly friendly to outsiders. Wait... Why is there a human settlement here?!!? CHARACTERS Spoiler Priscilla Payne: A hot-shot young Aether Mage who suddenly finds out she has an arranged marriage and that her fiance is missing. Professor Steamshot: Priscilla's grandfather, who's a little off his rocker since the death of his daughter's family. Kip Keene: Priscilla's fiance, a gunslinger who seems to have his own story to tell... Dusty Sherman: A former deputy turned spacer to see the planets and Kip's best friend. Sylvester 'Sharp' Payne: Priscilla's little brother, a sharp-shooter that seems to know a little too much about this fiance business. (Nickname provided by Priscilla, of course.) Extended Background Spoiler The Invasion War, a failed effort of the Deimos aliens created a chain effect, and the humans from earth entered space looking for them. The Earthians learned of the Aether, how to build zepplins that could reach orbit, and how to use the winds of Aether to sail across space. In doing so, the people of Earth hoped to find and stop the aliens from trying to invade a second time. It didn't take long after reaching the orbit of Mars to find the aliens either. That's how the First Space War started. After being accepted by the Aether Mage Academy, Priscilla's parents were caught up in the first space war leaving her and her brother in the care of their grandfather Professor Steamshot. "Everything is possible with Aether and Steam," that's the motto Priscilla's grandfather lives by. Unfortunately for her, his tunnel vision left a lot to be desired concerning anything else. Now there are outlaws to be hunted, aliens to figure out, worlds to explore, and a finance she has to find. Screenshots Spoiler This is a work in progress, so the images and video below are subject to change! Spoiler: Space Travel 1 Spoiler: Space Travel 2 Spoiler: Mars Spoiler: Neith Spoiler: Phobos Spoiler: Venus Spoiler: Moon Pig Farmer Videos Spoiler Spoiler: Mars | Video If the embedded video does not work, try This Link instead. Spoiler: Boss Fight 1 Spoiler: Lunar Valley | Video If the embedded video does not work, try This Link instead. Downloads Spoiler: Download Links Boss Fight 1, The Alien on the Moon: Download From Itch.io Spoiler: Extended Plot of the First Boss After the initial duel at Fort Lunashire, Kip and Dusty track the rest of the Moon City Gang into the mines where they operated from. After traversing deeper and deeper into the mines, The pair of heroes start to realize that this wasn’t simply a few criminals. The outlaw gang were definitely a part of a fleet of space pirates if not, somehow, connected to an even more notorious organization. Upon reaching the deepest parts of the mines, the roundup was off, and the law-for-hire pair started looking for clues to bring in the real authorities. That’s when they stumbled upon (name redacted, and demo has image exchanged too!) with some kind of alien monster… This is the boss at the end of the first dungeon, found after clearing several floors of a mine. The introductory dungeo…

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Started by Mrs_Allykat Jun 11, 2018, 07:24 AM 29 posts Page 2 of 2 View original ↗

Mrs_Allykat

#21 Mar 23, 2019, 08:00 PM Source

You were exactly right. Last time I run into this problem it was a plugin that didn't reserve the image, and I had to put in an unencrypted version of the file, but you nailed it. MVStripper missed some files. Thanks again:kaoblush:

Fixed, and uploading the new file! Thanks again!
(edit: upload complete, sorry for anyone having to re-download!)
Guld

#22 Mar 24, 2019, 04:52 PM Source

Some great mapping. Are the SteamPunk tilesets custom made?
Mrs_Allykat

#23 Mar 24, 2019, 05:08 PM Source
@Guld Thank you! In the "boss" demo you're going to mostly see the "train" from the Season Pass DLC and some decorations from Bokou's tilesets. The game itself uses quite a list of steampunk tiles that I've listed below. The trick is to mix those various tiles with other things that fit the theme, for example I used Wild West Tiles (vxa, sherman3d) to build the moon settlement. In the dungeon where the boss lives, I used Elemental Dungeons, again Sherman3d... You know... It just dawned on me that I use a lot of Sherman3D tiles. Does this make me a fan?!

(edit: just noting that there is some tile editing, changing the direction of tiles, colors, sizes, etc.)
- SteamPunk Town Interior by Sherman3D
- SteamPunk Town Exterior by Sherman3D
- "Season Pass DLC" (which I think has been renamed, and separated into individual packs)
- Bokou's tiles (RMW Forums)
Oh, this is as good of a time as any to state what one of my hold ups are with this game... Ship to ship combat. Once I figure out how to make the player run around to load cannons, put out fires, fire a cannon, and track it all with "ship health" - it's ON!
Guld

#24 Mar 24, 2019, 05:12 PM Source

Ship to Ship combat sounds very cool. Looking forward to the updates.

EDIT: Ship to Ship combat shouldn't be TOO tough.

I would set up a Parallel Event for each incoming source of Damage (Enemy fire, cannons, etc.) The Events could help mitigate a Variable (Ship Health) with a certain "Wait" in-between to control the pacing.

Then, as you complete a certain task (like put out a Fire) then that parallel Event would come to an end, and your Ship Health Variable would no longer be depleted by that amount.

The only part I'm not sure how to do would be to constantly display your Ship Health, but I think that could easily be done with a simple Message pop-up. You could also have another Message pop up for the Enemy Ship health as well.

Typing all of this out makes me realize that there is no good reason "I" shouldn't have ship to ship combat in my game haha.
Mrs_Allykat

#25 Mar 24, 2019, 06:04 PM Source

One of the core aspects of Phobos will be traveling between "worlds" via a ship. The mechanic of that is done, but I put in a button common event to "skip" the travel scene (on board ship with a wait timer, but the player can interact with the crew). Such a shortcut needs a repercussion, so a chance of ship to ship combat should be a good risk vs. reward scenario.

Hmm... I am already using SRD's HUD, so I bet I could add another one that displays off of a ship-health variable. Great idea @Guld I think I'll run with your parallel ideas, and just move the player party to a special map for the encounter. Thanks :)
Guld

#26 Mar 24, 2019, 07:10 PM Source

Mrs_Allykat said:
One of the core aspects of Phobos will be traveling between "worlds" via a ship. The mechanic of that is done, but I put in a button common event to "skip" the travel scene (on board ship with a wait timer, but the player can interact with the crew). Such a shortcut needs a repercussion, so a chance of ship to ship combat should be a good risk vs. reward scenario.

Hmm... I am already using SRD's HUD, so I bet I could add another one that displays off of a ship-health variable. Great idea @Guld I think I'll run with your parallel ideas, and just move the player party to a special map for the encounter. Thanks :)
Looking forward to seeing how it works out. Good luck!
Mrs_Allykat

#27 Apr 1, 2019, 07:43 PM Source

Was doing a little house cleaning on the game before adding more content, and decided to see what I could just do with a map using Yanfly's Doodads. A little cut here, a little paste there, and I was able to adjust some connection points. (Image in the spoiler) It's no Mona Lisa, but I think it really can improve the overall quality of a map.

Images
Guld

#28 Apr 2, 2019, 06:53 PM Source

Did you notice any performance changes when you implemented that?(I had no idea the Doodads plugin existed. Looks very interesting)
Mrs_Allykat

#29 Apr 2, 2019, 08:01 PM Source

I never really used much in the way of parallax, but when I did try it there was some load time. Looks like with spot-images using Yanfly's doodads that the performance hit is greatly reduced. I still have galv's layers, but I'm using it more for some extra parallax effects (trees on the lower half of the screen, an extra moving parallax background etc). Seems to be a really effective middle ground.