NEPETAQUEST 2011 Thread 5: Journey through Black Endless Despair

[VeritasUnae]

There may be, depending on how far Frost can get and how complete certain engines become.
You might be available to tweak extra coding and tinker with some other elements after we get the base engine running.
Of course, SC will likely clarify this for you.

[Zerovirus]

Just a possible enemy for Hearts. Drill attack and sonic debuff attacks basically.

[VeritasUnae]

http://soundcloud.com/veritasunae/nimble-footing-sib-7
There we are, that's up as well. Wasn't really sure where this would fit in. It only plays through the whole song once, so don't think it's over when the section repeats! haha.

[kgy121]

I shaded the vine for the attack animations (might not be perfect)

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and animated the drill attack.

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and animated the sonic attack.

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I think it's pretty usable; just needs the recoil I think. Unless, is that what the claw looking thing is? Can't figure out what to do with that one.

[Vaxidd8]

Basically made this account to say that I've followed this project for a good long while, and really like how it's shaping up.

Here's hoping it pans out!

[VeritasUnae]

I think the claw looking thing should replace the outer leaves. I might do a mock up of it in a second.

[kgy121]

K, just need an intermediary sprite for between those ones.

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[VeritasUnae]

Right yeah I had tutoring so I didn't get to it in a minute.
Should the creature flash in and out, or are we just doing a shake technique?

[kgy121]

I figured it was a shake, since that's what we're doing with Crabdad.

Also: Note to anyone who can do this. The Contributor Pages has basically nothing of substance, and I probably missed most of the people who contributed things. Please make yourself a page, dump your stuff on it. Thx.

Or I guess PM me, I'll make a page and you can edit your stuff in.
Have to make an account to create pages, sheesh.

[VeritasUnae]

All my stuff's been dumped there for me, so I'm fine for the time being. I might take a crack at a new Clubs theme. We shall see.

[-Benedict]

Thanks for all your good work, KGY, but I don't really think we need to go about replacing the head with the claw thing when we already have a pretty functional animation. I think it could use like a swinging back-and-forth idle, which I think I can do- it'd require some actual rotation, not an ordinary forward/back shortcut thing. We can use the shout frame as the recoil frame, so that works.
I'll throw up a contributor page and revise the cave room when I get the chance- I've been pretty swamped with college this week.

[Coasterman29]

Ok, this is looking awesome so far.

[Zerovirus]

Thanks for all your good work, KGY, but I don't really think we need to go about replacing the head with the claw thing when we already have a pretty functional animation. I think it could use like a swinging back-and-forth idle, which I think I can do- it'd require some actual rotation, not an ordinary forward/back shortcut thing. We can use the shout frame as the recoil frame, so that works.
I'll throw up a contributor page and revise the cave room when I get the chance- I've been pretty swamped with college this week.

Not to mention the claw isn't even part of that sprite- it was a prototype which i discarded. Note that i didn't even SHADE the claw at all- i was just doodling with that thing. It's not a part of the flower-drill thingy, and shouldn't be animated as such.

(sort of surprised you actually thought that claw was part of the design, KGY- sorry for not making it clear but I Thought It Was Obvious)

E: my god after i set up my altar of holy worship in my contributor page the entire thing spiraled into a clusterfuck

it is amazing

[VeritasUnae]

Oh dear lord Zero...

[-Benedict]

ooooooookay then, clearly i need to put in some hours this weekend because look at the kinds of ridiculous shenanigans you people get up to when i'm not around
i swear it's almost as bad as the ridiculous shenanigans we get up to when i AM around

[Dudemaster47]

WHOA I'M BACK

Sorry for kinda leaving for a while, guys. Was busy with school and such and the project was a little...dead for a while. Looks like it's coming back, so I guess I'm back as well!

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13:56 loddite those are some
13:56 loddite FELLATIO TIPS
13:56 loddite what do you think Dudemaster47
13:57 Dudemaster47 this is
13:57 Dudemaster47 probably the most uncomfortable I've ever felt while being given advice.
13:57 loddite then I have done a good job
13:58 Dudemaster47 why are you giving dicksucking tips anywho
13:58 loddite anyway, I have to get back to work
13:58 loddite see you guys later!
13:59 Geekthras bye
14:01 Dudemaster47 hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
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14:04 Dudemaster47 augh
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14:07 Benedict well
14:07 Benedict that was nightmarish i suppose
14:07 Benedict here's what i did instead of listening to fellatio tips:
14:07 Benedict
14:07 Benedict still needs a couple intermediate frames i think
14:08 Benedict and i need to fix the weird bent petal on the backwards frame
14:08 Benedict and generally make the stem thing look less like shit i guess
14:09 Benedict it was kind of a rush job

Friggin' loddite is weirdin' me out.

[Dudemaster47]

I uh...rejiggered Spider's Den and Clockwork Ruins because they honestly should be better anyway.

EDIT: I also rejiggered Ghost Ship almost IMPERCEPTIBLY but w/e.

[konec0]

Guess who redid a song
it's
Crabdad's battle theme =33

Gettin' Crabby

[-Benedict]

Yesssss so much sweet musical loot, it is like fucking Christmas up in here!!!

[-Benedict]

New wilderness room
Cave room revised according to suggestions

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Wilderness map

Still need to optimize south cliff walls for depth, which would take much longer without those little depth changers on the diagnostic tool, and need to finish adding doodads to the cave room (current doodads included in a .zip about a page ago).

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come on you guys let us DO THIS

EDIT: More room! Again, still have to do the depth for south-facing walls so Nepeta and partners will be drawn under them. errrrrgh
Foresty room


Instead of wrangling sprite sizes for each individual tree, I've simply placed them as non-solid objects and hid them behind solid walkmap tiles. Stuff that you'll approach exclusively from above is set to Overlay, so that Nepeta can stand behind them properly.

[SilentWanderer]

New wilderness room
Cave room revised according to suggestions
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Wilderness map

Still need to optimize south cliff walls for depth, which would take much longer without those little depth changers on the diagnostic tool, and need to finish adding doodads to the cave room (current doodads included in a .zip about a page ago).

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come on you guys let us DO THIS

Looks nice! I have some RPGMaker series experience, and I'm going to try my hand with the room editor. I'll let you guys know if I come up with anything I like.

[Cucurbita]

I think the cliff walls need darker outlines, like the trees. You know, to make it clear that they're solid.

[-Benedict]

The nice thing about video games is that you can observe something via nonvisual means, such as walking up against something and seeing whether or not it's solid. The convention so far is dark outlines for objects, ordinary outlines for terrain, so I'd rather not go and rework every terrain border.

[SilentWanderer]

I notice how most of the trees aren't layered like they should be (trees behind being shown above, etc). Is that just the way they are rendered in the room editor, or will they be like that ingame as well?