Come to think of it, I don't plan on leaving the team. It's too much fun. Me and Savagebob had a long discussion about the game and decided a few key things.

1.) Music. It has to have a good soundtrack. I like the Irish/Celtic stuff, but Savagebob doesn't. But I'm the bossafella'.

2.) Almost all of our characters will be designed by us, mainly using Charas-project.net's character generator. And with the help of Aurvian.

3.) I want to make it as original as possible. I liked the idea of making him and experimental weapon, but Dragon sumthing: Running water did that already. We need to think of something else like that. Sorta raise the bar, if you will(God, my art teacher is getting to me 'if you will').

4.) I should have enough to buy a CD burner soon.

5.) I started production on the game. I should have a demo soon.(2/3 weeks maybe?) I need ideas for mini-games.

How does the Irish/Celtic music go???

Have you played Lysander's The book of Three? He adapted it from a novel by some guy. All the music in it is Irish/Dutch/or Celtic. It is a good game. Good programming.

New Characters--Sier, Unknown, Fazier

Which means, Aurvian, I need facesets. All the Chars I have made, one face graphic please. Color it with photoshop if you want.

If no one has any objections I could draw the 3 main characters so far. Or the characters from my story or whatever story we chose that was posted here. By the way, we gotta have the title written with the BlackAdder ITC font. It is a little small, but it looks pimp.

As for mini games, I have no clue. We couldn't possibly do anything original, because its all been done before. Unless we do one that involves the entire continent/planet that the hero inhabits (final task/minigame) like finding some keys or pieces to something. ORIGINAL IDEA ALERT!!! The hero could move boxes to get across a platform or make a picture. Or he could need to flip switches in a certain order. I'm so original :D........

I didn't want to tell you guys at first but, the player roams 5 islands before he gets to the world map. So there is a lot of space for extras.

Are the islands close to each other/small in comparison to the main world?? If so, that's cool. Or are the 5 islands the entire world? If that's the fact, then would you go to each island seprately? Like say you start off on kakariko island, then you beat the boss there, then you head to the continent of Hyrule? then afterwords, you need to go to each island again to get something so then you get to use an airship/blimp/plane to travel.

NOTE: Island names are taken from Zelda games. They are not originals. Just needed to clarify this. Some people would think I made them up, or call me a thief, and I don't feel like smackin' anyone down today. :D

The islands are not part of the main world. In fact, there really is no world map so to speak. Think about this: it isn’t a traditional world map. There is a large, and I mean large area between towns. But, after the towns are completed I or Savagebob have to go back and recreate the towns to be like 128x128 pixels. And they have to be animated. So, the world map is basically really a large area connecting the towns. To keep the lag down to a minimum I might put the world and the islands on a different map.

Edit: There is a world, as in a large chunk of world.

...perhaps you could give us a sketch to show what you mean

Well, its not that hard to imagine. A world map X however big and more detailed. That is basically it.

Bad news. The money that I was saving for a new CD-Burner was just used to by wood for woodshop. BUT! That doesn't halt production at all. Still working on it.

Aurvian, if you are still with us, I need a character sketch of a evil villianous type of guy. Red cloak, gray hair, the works.

Do I still have a team, or is this just a slow week?

If not, post your resignation! I can still make this work, but it will take longer!
I NEED NOT A TEAM! WAIT! I do to?! Or do I? Yes! And no! AHHHHH!!!!!!

Please stay with the team!

I'd say it's just a slow week.

O yea for the writers....some of the games concepts are starting to sound like suikoden 4 just a few things sounds like its tooken from that game... next I have face sets of 3 characters im still tryin to judge how Harris hair should look in a faceset way compared to what you have given me...Also I will have a sketch of the characters them selves sometime by next week cause of I have a few drawing classes so... you know with homework and shit and in college it aint no mere over night...

Don't blame me...I'd honestly never heard of Suikoden before this development team was set up... :p

the suikoden saga only appear for playstation for you who dont play platformers / playstation ... when I get home ill upload the pics

Yea, but I have absolutely nothing to do for the team at the moment.

I wish there was something I could do, but I can't create characters on the computer like the other guys. I can draw ok, so if you want like weapon designs, I could do that and name them. Just give me the go and tell me what style of names you would like.

If you want you can help me design scenes, characters, and backdrops.
O yea draco before I do any scenes we need to know what the basic cutscenes movies will be, and we need to be familiar with the story...
Also for the writers Imma need to talk to you guys to about the characters ... I need to know their personality to show that ...

Like draw them on paper, scan them and send them to you so you can create them for the game?

If that is it, than yes for sure. Just let me know what type of scene and style, etc and I will get to work. New semester starting in school, so I don't have to worry about tons of work.

I am gonna be busy this weekend due to a tourny in a city, but I will do my best.
Once we get the first demo released, I will start work on a website too.

From what I can gather...it's gonna be a looooong time before a demo is released...it may be best to start work on the site now...I always find lots of problems when creating new sites...and they take ages to iron out...but that's me... :p

Should I make the layout be images (like the site in my sig) or normal coding like www26.brinkster.com/arkmune/canhis/home.asp (i made this for school)?

And if its an image site, I can use screens from the game or drawings of characters,etc and color them and use them for the background.

For some reason this forum doesn't like NoNoNoNoNoNoNoNo

I believe it's up to you...you're the webdesigner...so...btw, none of the links work for me...

Fixed the links, c j b. n e t=unliked by forum i guess.

I can see them!! YAY!

I quite like the the Depressionly Canadian one...the owa forums is good as well...I like the way there is a different pic for each FF game on the last site as well...

:grin:

I agree with Lenny on some the demo. It will be awhile. I ran into a snag with the Day>Night system. The one I had worked perfectly, but, like all good things, it is flawed. When you go inside, the houses are lit like outside. And there is no way that I know of to make it not rain inside without using alot of fork options. I know how to fix the lighting engine. I just don't want to.

*Summon Bluecube*

For the rain, is it not possible to make a common event for it...and just have switches etc???

I don't know if you follow me there...I assume lots of things...most things I think everyone knows what I'm on about...but they don't...anywho...as i was saying...common event...

The common event has lots of branches...if whatever...and the switches turn on/off when you go inside...then on/off when you go outside starting the rain again...but then there are the lots of forks you just talked of...my bad...ignore me...

BLUECUBE SUMMONED

...As for the rain issue then, that's easy - I'm assuming the rain is controlled via a switch at some point, correct? (Even if it's not directly CONTROLLED by the switch, one could be set at that time, as a marker that it is, in fact, raining)

If that's the case, just have all weather stop when going inside any house (don't even have to have a branch going in - just set the weather to do nothing). Going out, just have one branch that sets the weather to rain (based on the [xxxx:HEY GUYS IT'S RAINING] switch). Nothing special there.

Of course, this is assuming you don't have a common event running in the background that tells it to rain every few milliseconds. I'll hope that you didn't make THAT kind of mistake..

You say that as if you know he has done...

It's what I would do...:p

If I dont show you the pics tomorrow then they wont be up for till this weekend ... nothin should come up this weekend..

WAHEY!!! The weekend us upon us, and I have a wek ahead of me with absolutely nothing to do...I think I'll write more of the story...

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I've decided to name my little stroy: Power Unimaginable.

Though I'm gonna try and change unimaginable to something different...

Just to let you know so that if you see an attachment called Power Unimaginable you know what it is...

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EDIT: I've settled on Power Inconceivable for the mo...though it's liable to change...

for the main characters ive changed the looks jason still has a bandanna on ... also i need some special skills / magic / etc and how its gonna look when they perform it...

I can't remember saying that...I don't even have anything to do with pictures...

I get two little magic thingys...the first is the one in the intro where Jason goes "evil magician" on the wolves asses...with all the red light etc:

Another is a little idea I got, that I don't know if it will be allowed...

Jason is taken off towards the end of the game by a weird guy...someone with immense healing powers etc. (meet him early on in the game)...to the camp of the UM. Here, he is taken to the healing guys tent...and his mind is unlocked, allowing all his powers to come back to him...but Jason's purpose takes over (he was created in a lab on a different continent as a war machine --- think like Wolverine. He had a little safety system built into him, that if he was attacked, or probed with magic etc...then he attacks), and he killa everything withing a 3 mile radius...this time it is a great ball of black light...

If the idea is allowed, I'll descirbe it later on...

Sorry Aurvian, not trying to take your job, just thought this was a pretty good pic. Maybe he could be a party member or bad guy that is contemplating his life...

That's pretty good. Heh looks like your webmaster is banned, need a new one? I can help with designing weaponry and such, just tell me and give details.

I got an idea for that guy...

The leader (don't know the proper military term) of the United Militia. Young, strong, feels he has to prove himself...

What were your thoughts when you were drawing him Draco?

Actually, I wasn't thinking much. Just, that he was thinking that maybe what he has been doing all his life was for nothing. With everything he went through, he has nothing to show for it. Maybe he could be a bad guy, then not really turn good, but kinda just stops being bad. I dunno, but there is an idea.

Wow. I leave for a week and you guys go and do almost a months worth of work. Well... a months work to me.

Don't worry. The Grandmaster project leader is still with you. I am still working, though, I have a lot of extra's to deal with. Especially tonite. I am preforming with my friends at a youth group tonight.

:grin: Isn't it grand having a group of folks.

By the way, I am going to color that guy and maybe, if I like the way he turns out, I will post it. I am going to work on different poses for him. So yeah. I can't draw for beans though :p :D

That ties in quite nicely with my thoughts about him wanting to prove himself...what does Wed think??

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That was really only a week??? Man...I need a new internal clock...I'm screwed big style if that was only a week...

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You can draw a damn site better than I can...the extent of my drawing skills stops at stick men in crazy little doodles...:p

I've had another idea for the guy you drew.

There's a guy Jason beats in the town who joins the party...I can't remember his name...that guy could be him...

What's the title of this called???

I can't remember whether we settled on a title or not...memories goin' you see...:p

I've called the little thig I'm writing "The Power Pernicious"...if that helps...

Though I keep on changing it...so...

All I know is that names are not my strong suit. I think the only good name I have ever come up with is Darmenos. Other than that, KAPOOTSKI! Oh well. Good thing I ain't the name-maker-upper-dude. LOL. Anyways, I am almost finished with his battle-beaten pic. He is really beat up, but has a quite evil look. Scary. Probably post it in my next post.