Terezi Pyrope: Ace Attorney Development Thread

[radcat101]

Aduross, the Karkat sprite is looking really great. My only nitpick would be his right shoulder; I can't quite put my finger on what it is, but something seems off.

As well, having the Mind symbol on the badge would be pretty great. I'm in support of that.

[mjgh5000]

might be just me but i think karkat should have some sort of flipping-off sprite

[betaVoracious]

Also, I feel we now need to implement the Mind symbol somehow...

What if we used it as a magatama of sorts? I remember in PW:TT, it was a pretty big thing in the investigation periods. We could use Terezi's coin for it; she flips it, and it'd show the outcomes she perceives or something. o: Then she could continure her interrogations, etc.

Otherwise, the badge would be pretty awesome. :3

[Captain Lhurgoyf]

might be just me but i think karkat should have some sort of flipping-off sprite

I was just thinking that he could object with his middle finger. I don't know about you, but that might be funny.

[Huanir]

Guys, it seems Judge Gamzee is now canon.

[Alphadin]

Lol, we totally need the Hammer is Zillyhoo

[Roundy210]

Which reminds me, we need to create a new "Gavel Slam" animation.

And some more "Objection" sprites
And the new outfit for Karkat
And the rest of the Witness sprites
And the Court Reskins (although somebody in the other Ace Attorney thread is working on that i think...)
And about 15 more pages of script (though that's all me)
And, hell, even a NAME for the Victim and the Killer.

By the way, the victim is a Lotta Hart expy, (Lotta collapsing and expanding bladder based aquatic vascular system?) and the killer is a 1950's greaser douchebag.

[Alphadin]

So I'm writing up a list

Steel Dragon: Story and Sprites
RussW: Writing
Doodled: “Any Part”
Youdont12know: Spriting
perfectlyfatal: “Anyway I Can”
frostedwarlock: Talksprites and BG’s aka “Art Shit”
Alphadin: Paint.net, GUI, and Sprites.
Obsolescence: Writing
cobraCaduceus: Writing
Zuki: Writing
KawaiiMelon: Writing too
Well Manicured Man: Title logo
Aduross: Sprites
Radcat101: Writing

Taking it into a more game format

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Producer:
Roundy12

Scripters:
Roundy12
Alphadin

Game art:
Alphadin
Aduross
Well Manicured Man
Frostedwarlock

Concept art:
Frostedwarlock
Roundy12

Writing:
Obsolescence
cobraCaduceus
Zuki
KawaiiMelon
Radcat101

Special thanks:
Andrew
Capcom
(Insert other thanks here)

Terezi H4H4 instead of pheonix Objection!

Please realize these are people I can most certainly remember contributing.
Please notify me if your left out and you've been helping.

Also some names:
Victim:
(Boy) Wyren Retlic (Relic?)
(Girl) Ponef Justine (Secret Justice pun)

Killer:
Just use Wyren Retlic if victim is a girl

Virska concept:
Dark Blue jacket
More official Hairstyle (Not so sure about this) (Probably a Ponytail (Dark blue rubberband))
Blue Tie

[radcat101]

Killer Name suggestions:

Churin Camble
Pomade Antsey
Delice Slardd
Reeden Empal
Incret Eframe
Persel Dutton

Victim Name suggestions:

Unjete Muerte
Braven Jousto
Ekscrt Morton
Luevis Ultonn

[Alphadin]

"Ekscrt"
Serket?
"Empal"
Empora?

[radcat101]

Haha, wow. Didn't notice I was doing that. Both of those were just kinda random; I didn't intended to have similarities to any of the character names.

[One]

Instead of shouting "OBJECTION!" Eridan shouts "SILENCE!"
Needs to have random ALLCAPS words in his speech to represent his EXAGGERATED EMOTIONAL THEATRICS.

Aduross, move Karkat's pointing hand down or move his eyes up and to the right.

[Aduross]

Also, I feel we now need to implement the Mind symbol somehow...

What if we used it as a magatama of sorts? I remember in PW:TT, it was a pretty big thing in the investigation periods. We could use Terezi's coin for it; she flips it, and it'd show the outcomes she perceives or something. o: Then she could continure her interrogations, etc.

This sounds like an interesting idea. We don't have any magatama equivalent right now and the Mind symbol fits the bill rather nicely.

You could Present her coin to enter "Seer Mode" or something and the Mind symbols could be used in place of the Psychelocks. Maybe make them Mindlocks or something of that nature.

could you turn that into a short animation startin with that and ending with him clenching his right hand?

I'll see what I can do after the sprite's completely finished.

Alright, sprite dump time.

First up, full sheet of Terezi's (hopefully) finalized pointing sprite.


Ver. 2 of the Karkat point sprite. With some small corrections and also flippin' the bird since the idea was fairly popular.


Finally, first draft of Karkles in his suit. I tweaked the design a bit, but it's still frostedWarklock's.

Alright, let me know what you guys think.

[radcat101]

I am a very big fan of the Karkat in a suit sprite. It looks wicked.

Also, Terezi and Karkat should both have their own "surprise" sprite. That one from the PW games that is used whenever the Prosecutor or Defense attorney gets proven wrong or some new piece of important evidence gets revealed. Not sure what these sprites should be, but I'm thinking we should discuss them a bit.

In other news, I'll be back later with a kinda shitty badge design. It's not the greatest, but I think it might help us come up with a finalized version.

[Roundy210]

Aduross, those are looking killer.

I've been hard at work on the programming, but man, is this program buggy. (WHY IS IT OBJECTING WHEN I WANT TO PRESS? WHY CAN'T IT PRESENT EVIDENCE?)

For the names, I think I'm going to go with Pomade Graser (Graser? Greaser?) for the killer, and Braven Jousto for the victim (because I was too stupid to understand any other puns made)

[radcat101]

Yeah, Graser is supposed to be like Greaser. Also, don't feel to bad about not getting the puns; about 60% of those were just stream of consciousness names I thought sounded cool with no discernible reference to game.

[Alphadin]

Here's a snippet of flexible code for cross-examinations.

bg witness
fg wbench
char [WITNESS]
fg Cross-ExaminationAnim
pause 60
bg witness
fg wbench
char [WITNESS]
cross [TESTIMONYNAME]

statement [LABEL]
[.CODE]
endcross

[SIDENOTES]
goto [TESTIMONYNAME]

label Continue
mus
fg ObjectionAnim
pause 60
[MoreCode]
script [SCENE]

label press [PRESSNAME]
fg HoldItAnim
pause 60
[press script]
resume

label [ITEM OBJECTED] [PLACE TO OBJECT]
goto Continue

label none
[BADPRESENTCODEHERE]

Lets say on Statement Y, Evidence X contradict.
The code would be

label X Y
gotoContinue

[radcat101]

Circles are such a bitch to draw.

Rough design for the badge. I based it off of the design for the US Marshall badge + the new Mind symbol. I was gonna use the PW games badge design, but I could not find a single reference picture that had any of the details present, so I improvised it a bit.

My Aleternian's a bit rusty, so if you can't read the writing, the top says "Alternian" while the bottom says "Legislacerator"

Also, on the subject of Vriska's outfit, I like the idea of her having a more professional looking pony-tail. For her suit, I was thinking something like a tuxedo jacket with a blue tie that has the Scorpio logo on it.

[Roundy210]

Alphadin, that's exactly what I've put in the code, but it's still not working...

Maybe it's a bug in the Mac program, i dunno

radcat, I like the badge. The main issue wil be condensing it into a 70 x 70 icon.

[Alphadin]

Roundy, For the Script it should be on it's own and in that order.
No exceptions

[Roundy210]

It's exactly like that and it STILL. WON'T WORK.

[radcat101]

I'm thinking it may just be the mac version. I was goofing around in the turnabout Taurus demo and I saw a few strange-ish error messages that I don't think anyone else reported noticing. Probably just a minor bug or something.

[Roundy210]

[radcat101]

Roundy, whatever picture you put in with that post, I'm not seeing it. I think the link might be a bit messed.

[Roundy210]

Okay, should be fixed now. (I just can't trust Dropbox for reliable image hosting) Anyway, I consulted saluk and learned a valuable lesson on the importance of updating your software. Right now the things I need the most are the Finished Witness Sprites and the new Objection, Take Thats, etc. (although the former is more important)