Castle Paradox

Flamer · Posted: Wed Oct 20, 2004 11:59 am Post subject:

I third JSH's notion...

anyway, that battle screenshot looks good, the heroes resemble FF5 FAR too much. Looks like a blown up and modified version in my opinion.
I'll be interested to see where this game goes though, do keep it coming Raspberry!

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Soule X · Joined: 13 Sep 2004 Posts: 131 Location: Indiana

Wow, maybe I just haven't played anything earlier than FF6 for a while, but I don't think they look that similar.

But judging by the screenshots alone I'd definately play the game, just to check it out. Good job so far.

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Camdog · Joined: 08 Aug 2003 Posts: 606

Just to let you guys know, when you make blanket statements about the driving ability of women (hurr hurr, women don't understand football, either! not that I've ever talked to an actual woman...) you come off sounding like real jackasses.

Aethereal · Posted: Wed Oct 20, 2004 2:28 pm Post subject:

BACK TO THE TOPIC.
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St. Ajora · **Bloody Angel** Joined: 29 Sep 2004 Posts: 98

Updated the battle screenshot. The enemies haven't changed, but the hero graphics are slightly updated and I've decided on the style for the backgrounds. Rather than do photos, I made my own. It actually took less time than I spent looking for a picture like this one.

LeRoy_Leo · Posted: Wed Nov 03, 2004 5:51 am Post subject:

The trees are interesting... The trunks are toothpick thin, but the style is impeccable. Exelent. Also, Soul Magic and OverPower sound like fun. (What do they do?)

Hm. This thread almost belongs somewhere else. like Game design or maybe even the art area. However, I guess it's been where it is now for a few weeks now, so I am most likely wrong.
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St. Ajora · **Bloody Angel** Joined: 29 Sep 2004 Posts: 98

Since it is game design, art, and OHR all in one, this is the most appropriate forum, I believe.

"Soul Magic" is Wade's innate ability to channel enemies' soul gems through his sword to use for attacks. It's kind of like Blue Magic, except you earn them differently.

"Overpower" is an ability set that every character has, though the abilities are unique to each character. See the main page of the website for information on how Overpowers work.

Moogle1 · Posted: Wed Nov 03, 2004 6:56 pm Post subject:

Intriguing. Not only are the graphics excellent, but the description of the battle system on the website shows you've put some real thought into the gameplay. "Power levels" are FF1-style MP, I'm guessing?

Anyway, I'm keeping my eye on this one.
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St. Ajora · **Bloody Angel** Joined: 29 Sep 2004 Posts: 98

Yes, that's my fancy way of saying "Level MP."

I'll have a lot more to showcase soon. Once I stop being so busy, I have about fifteen enemies to scan and color plus character concept sketches to CG for all the main heroes.

St. Ajora · **Bloody Angel** Joined: 29 Sep 2004 Posts: 98

Okay, time to revive this thread.

I'm quite satisfied with this look. Yes, it's another one from the intro; that's all I've had a chance to update with the custom textboxes. You can notice that the background animates now if you compare it to the other images. See the first post in this thread for all three in a row.

I could see these catching on. They add a new depth to the dialogue, even if you can't fit nearly as much text into one box. That could be troublesome for some people, though *coughshadowcough*.

LeRoy_Leo · Posted: Thu Nov 11, 2004 7:31 pm Post subject:

Wow. That DID turn out great! Sweet. That's all I can really say. Allthough I still hate the contrast in color of the platform and the lava...Still... Wow.
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RedMaverickZero · Posted: Thu Nov 11, 2004 7:54 pm Post subject:

Awesome, I haven't seen too many games make good use of the whole face script with text boxes. It really makes your games look a bit better.
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Ssalamanderr · Posted: Mon Dec 06, 2004 6:33 pm Post subject:

So far it looks pretty good. The textbox and character portrait looks good too. I just really don't like how there are only two tiles in those screenshots (lava and bridge, unless I'm missing something). Variety is the spice of life.
The battle looks really good though, so that's pretty much my only critisism.
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Jjkaybomb · Posted: Tue Dec 07, 2004 6:10 am Post subject:

Tch, a stated statment on an old thread.
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St. Ajora · **Bloody Angel** Joined: 29 Sep 2004 Posts: 98

You don't need to police threads, Jjkaybomb.

Ssalamanderr, while you have a point, I can't help but think that there's one tile that didn't catch your eye: the border tile between the glassy foreground and the lava-looking background, just below all of the foreground tiles. It's mostly covered up by the textbox, though.

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