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[kspr]

After getting rmxp to work on windows 7, it's happening. I'm going to see this through to the end it it kills me. After about four days, I got all my notes together and did the best i could with zero scripting knowledge to cobble together a working (albeit spartan) version of my vision. Below is the first ten or so minutes of gameplay.

nope. rapidshare died. if you're here, go to the last page. if you came from the last page, go outside.

[rekaru]

I tried running on it Ubuntu, but unsurprisingly my attempts were met with unsuccess. When trying to start it, the window just returned a blank message prompt before swiftly closing itself. That's unfortunate, I really did want to see what you had so far.

Do you mind sharing some of your notes?

[Nanaki]

I can't get out of the house after talking to the talking rock. When you get sent back, it resets whatever switch was preventing you from leaving the house before you picked up the daggers, I guess. But I picked up the daggers and equipped them already, and there aren't any more, so I'm trying to figure out if I'm missing something...

[kspr]

/>I tried running on it Ubuntu, but unsurprisingly my attempts were met with unsuccess. When trying to start it, the window just returned a blank message prompt before swiftly closing itself. That's unfortunate, I really did want to see what you had so far.

Do you mind sharing some of your notes?

it's mostly event chain fmv type scenes where the main character's graphic is turned invisible, and is teleported onto an impassible object.

The main character haws moved to a new town where he notices everyone roboticly following their daily routines. he decides he needs to do something to change all that, and decides to break into a mansion belonging to the wealthiest family in town in order to try and make everyone just uncomfortable enough that they start changing the way they live. he hops over a wall behind his house, and sneaks through some trees to get into their backyard where he knocks out a waiter and disguises himself. he then goes into the house, and assaults the wealthy family's matriarch in her bed chamber, and empties their vault. (He also discovers that they've been counterfeiting, but that's revisited later.) After guards are summoned he escapes through a downstairs window, and runs through some trees to a cave, and comes out from behind a waterfall on a mountainside. he goes up the mountain to elude anyone following him, and meets a talking rock in the cave. the rock makes this big rambling speech about there being no free will, and sets up the first part of the story. it returns the player to his house, and he then goes out to find his friend to tell him what happened.

/>I can't get out of the house after talking to the talking rock. When you get sent back, it resets whatever switch was preventing you from leaving the house before you picked up the daggers, I guess. But I picked up the daggers and equipped them already, and there aren't any more, so I'm trying to figure out if I'm missing something...

I should have put a note somewhere in there saying that's the end of the demo.

[kspr]

is my game an abhorrent to nature? yesterday i had to declare my computer dead, as it would keep turning on and off without actually booting anything. it seems everytime i start to work on my game, something happens to halt all progress. i saved a copy of everything shortly before to a thumb drive, but havent loaded a new version of rmxp to see if will actually work with it or not. i really think at this point, im cursed.

i will persist however, after losing my game 6 or 7 times, i've sort of developed a callus to this, and have always made precautions against it, it just seems this time that nature is out to get me.

[kspr]

i have four scenes, and 3 more maps to make before i can release something new. i just have to go through the maps i already have to clean them up and add the passability settings since i'm using an ultimate tileset. maybe by wednesday.

[kspr]

play testing and fixing every little thing is painful. it's taken at least three hours longer than it should have by now. i'll put something out tomorrow if i don't jump in front of a bus first.

[kspr]

the second demo is done. its taking an inordinate amount of time to upload to rapidshare. i'm also not thrilled with the title screen, but that will come later when i have the patience to do it. i feel like a lot of the story isn't going to make any sense to anyone that doesn't think in the same head that i do, and that the dialog is going to be wordy, and the enemies are going to be unbalanced, and that nobody is going to reunite Chewy Bitems with the sad little girl, or that there's going to be some glaring game breaking bug, or that somebody is going to ask why the character doesn't show his face, or that nobody will read the readme.

two hours later, here it is:demo 2

[kspr]

Starting on the next part tonight. the next demo will cover about two chapters unless i have another 10 hour day to work on it. there should be 4 bosses or so. along with some other updated stuff like a better title screen.

[kspr]

Title screen done! on to a jungle, and then the rest of the demo cycle!

If anyone wants to be in my game during the next demo, speak your piece. the next major areas are a seaside resort town, a ship, a pirate island, a desert, and a town that has a school of witchery and magic making.

did anyone download and play part 2?

[Monkeydog]

A few things.

A) Napping doesn't heal me.

B) There's a bunch of glitchy tile placements. It's all kind of weird.

C) I think Kasper moves too slow.

D) The game still ends after talking to the rock and I can't get out of the house.

E) I think the game shows promise and I'd want to play another demo. I also want to be a pirate.

[kspr]

A) I'll fix it in a future build ^FIXED!

B) I'll fix it in a future build.

[C) I have no idea how to fix this, but will fix it in a future build ^{TOUGH TIDDLYWINKS!}

D) Idk what happened there, but will fix it in a future build. _{just looked into it, and i don't see a reason why it doesn't work, i'll have to play it through and see exactly where this may be happening.}

E) yay! i was worried nobody would play it! also, you will get to be a pirate, it will be in the next demo, actually. there is a whole island of pirates, but you have to activate that specific story branch. the next demo will have the first opportunity to branch the story. it's not major, but will def. have an effect on the rest of the game.

right now everything is on hold until my contest entry is done.

[kspr]

I don't know if this was in the last upload or not, but this is the title screen. I don't want to give the impression that ive given up on this. I was going for a kind of Starry Night made of leaves.

[rekaru]

The background looks nice and the overall concept is pretty neat, but I get the feeling that the letters don't match up with it. I can't quite put my finger on what's wrong. Still, I don't think it's such a big deal, just me being nitpicky.

Do you have any new screens to show us? =)

[kspr]

i know what you mean, the letters are too 'stiff' and aren't the same green. this is on hold til my contest entry is done, which has to be within the next few days so it makes the deadline

[Monkeydog]

I don't think the letters should be green. It kind of is just...ehhh...The letters I mean.

[kspr]

On your issue of the character moving slowly: the default speed is 4, and when i change it to 5, he's practically running. i'll save the speed up for when you get the Goatfish Mount.

new screen! It's in an area previously inaccessible because of a rock slide. the roustabouts are busting the rocks that fell to clear the path. it's in the farmlands connecting two of the towns near a river and a hillside. the only thing i don't like about this is that there's only one rtp rock graphic. i'll add more when i find them so there's more variety, so these are just placeholder rocks for the time being.

[kspr]

i have a couple other ideas, and i need yays or nays:

enemy- Tunacorn. a tuna with horse legs, hooves, and a big horn

npcs: Hitmanuel. a mexican assasin hired to kill you. possibly recruitable
Gobbldylocks- a turkey with a blonde wig, a dress, and a basket full of treats. she needs to go to grandmas house, but gets eaten by bears on unicycles.

item- Mussel Milk- milk from a clam. raises some stat or another.

i could def. fit mussel milk and the tunacorn into the next demo.

[Monkeydog]

Yes.