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[kspr]

the delta is more or less done. i'm going to add some new plants later to the ultimate tileset to liven the joint up.

[kspr]

started work on a battleback for the delta, and eventually the village. the maps for the swamp village, the boss room, and the top of the nearby mountain should be done by friday.

[kspr]

another big break from working in-game is over. i'm starting to find my ideal pace, and while i wasnt really rushing to get anything done, i discovered that i've been rushing all along.

i'm going to start taking notes on the dialogue because i just now was able to find sentences in what so far has been incoherent babbling. i'm way overdue for some creativity.

[kspr]

finished the tileset for the swamp village, and a charset for a glowing tree

[kspr]

i can still make it one big map, but here it is shopped together

[kspr]

just finished an experiment. now some enemies will have different actions based on how many of them you've killed or encountered.

[Stars]

Nice. I've always enjoyed trying to come up with things like that to make battles stand out from those in other games.

An example of how an enemy's behavior might change?

[kspr]

the first time you encounter one, it attacks, runs away, and the corresponding variable gets +1. the second time, they attack, cast a spell, and run away. it progresses in that manner until ~14 times til you can actually fight one.

i'm also going to have a "challenge battle" mode where after you become overpowered, a random number will determine whether or not that enemy buffs itself for a more challenging fight.

[lazlo falconi]

You should make enemies less likely to flee than that. If the enemies run away every time it could get annoying (Pokemon)

[kspr]

it's in a small area, and is appropriate per the story. the enemies are just observing you. theyre curious, and bat at you like a cat does.

[lazlo falconi]

Aah, in that case, that sounds like an awesome mechanic!

[kspr]

its going to be fun. i always avoided variables because i thought they were just like switches, but now i can monkey with the programming end.

[kspr]

the next mini demo should be out in a week. it's going to more or less cover the major parts of Jason's story arc.

[lazlo falconi]

If you get it out by the 14th instead of the 15th it'll be on my birthday!

(Note: I will not be around next week anyway so go ahead and release when you want)

[kspr]

left to do:
8 map folders
8-12 maps among subfolders
4 charsets
? mini charsets for the dwarves
5-7 charsets of heads on angel bodies

[kspr]

i've been trying to figure out the best way to make a character set for this guy, without it just being a yellow human:

 

i kinda still want to use this idea, but it doesn't look right. i drew it over a sprite sheet of Ryu from Street Fighter Alpha.

 

 

but then i came across a chibi charset maker for VX, and it actually isn't turning out too bad. 

[lazlo falconi]

I like him, but don't forget his bumbershoot!

[kspr]

i couldn't be happier with how derpy this turned out when i actually walk around with it. the dwarves are gonna be done this way too since it was so easy. i gotta get the base down, but i'll add the Beebarella and the warrior class' six pack

 

[lazlo falconi]

I can't wait to see them walking around, they look really cute.

[kspr]

atmospheric bgs. going in the villain's lair. it's from the well to hell in turkmenistan.

 

 hell bgs.mp3   134.37K   1 downloads

 

this stupid head took over two hours because i couldn't get the stupid hair to not look stupid. 

 

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