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Published: 2018-11-02 23:44:10 +0000 UTC; Views: 655; Favourites: 48; Downloads: 1
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This entree is fromΒ Gakriele-lvs .This is also a change of the ghost base design. However, the design takes away many ghostly qualities. The neon mouth, as depicted above, wasn't a mentioned ability in their description of the redesign, but I felt like it's something this creature could do. The colors on the outside and the inside are the same, but the ones on the inside are much brighter and stronger than the ones on the outside. This is great for signifying an incoming attack, as it's all covered when in a default state. This is great for a basic enemy design.Β
However, there is one problem that prevents this design from rising above 5th place. Smoothly shifting from one color to the other in a design is difficult to draw in animation. Each frame is drawn by hand; I cannot rotate the color shift very easily. That is an issue because the design has to rotate to show the attack, like shown above. I do really like this design, but the other four entrees are just much easier to animate as they are despite having more detail.
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No. I hate that mechanic. It'll just push her in that direction.
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well that power was annoying, i was only wondering since that power was also a scream(the scream + the redead kinda scared me when i was younger), i'm quite curious about this game so i'm kinda wondering about what you posted in DA.
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Well, if I can say anything, there aren't ten dungeons because I wanted specifically ten. There are ten because I have ten good ideas for dungeons. Some of them aren't even about just running in reaching the end. One doesn't even have any locked doors. I barely have any of the classic Zelda items. I'm trying my best to make the Zelda formula better.
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well there's indeed a lot of ways to make a game that has a zelda style but at the same time has it's own "uniqueness".
and yes indeed there's a lot of aspects that could be improved over the classic zelda games, for example many items in zelda games are solely made to be used in a specific dungeon and has little to no use after that, i think that giving every item a nice usefulness after the dungeon is very nice, giving alternate options for fighting is also a good one,.
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I wanted to rule out all the items that were either not fun to use or could simply be done with another, better item. I basically combined the hookshot, the grappling hook, and the boomerang into a small, green dagger that gets magically concealed inside Marii's primary sword. The only item I basically copied was the Magnetic Token (Magnetic Glove from Oracle games), but I have uses for it that are beyond what was originally included.
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i think that's a good idea, making a single item with multi purposes rather than creating 3 different items, this is less of a problem with weapons if they happen to be more of a playstyle difference rather than one being superior to the other(a two handed sword is not an upgrade over the one handed sword since you have to trade the use of a shield for extra reach and damage).
are you going to add optional sidequests?
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Hopefully a hundred. I don't think I can't really share too much info. Spoilers and such.
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yeah giving too much info about them might spoil things, i like sidequests, specially when they are really fun!
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I have a lot of fun thinking of puzzles and stuff. I have this one where you have to figure out how to force a miniature star to explode.
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there could have a cooking inspired one, maybe someone is really having a hard time cooking and you have to help in a weird way, the reward could be either a bottle or the ability to get a free healing soup(maybe you can carry only one at a time but you can refill for free?)
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Marii can cook, and the currency is old bottles. Ironic, huh?
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well bottles were really useful items in the previous games, having old bottles as currency could be a "callback" to their usefulness, didn't know that she could cook though, albeit that doesn't stop from having to cook in an odd way in a sidequest(maybe it's a special dish?).
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I guess I won't know until I'm done.
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well they're side quests, they're very useful for creating fun stuff, like a good minigame.
the magnet gloves could work pretty well on that cooking stuff.
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Something ive done to all my games from programming class is have a playable arcade machine in the game. One time it was Pong, another time it was like Galaga. I think I should do it for Marii, too. They werent very complicated, but my classmates hated and loved me at the same time.
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that can be used in sidequests with great effect, if a player happens to not like the minigame he/she can simply not play it, it's a sidequest after all, do you think that a balloon fight would be difficult? you could re-skin it and name it "cuckoo fight".
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It wouldn't be difficult at all. Its just low-gravity jumping with no need to be standing on anything. It would actually be easier than making a platformer.
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i think that it would probably require some cuckoo sprites, and some Marii ones, the cuckoos would probably just detach rather than explode so it's one less sprite.
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I can't just include Cuckoos, I want to sell the game.
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ah i see, didn't know that, that could indeed have some copyright issues, you could use inflated octopuses, or perhaps balloons.
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I usually dont force ideas like that.
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well i don't really know the themes of your games so i'm kinda giving blind suggestions, if the suggestions don't fit in the game then there's no reason to use them, some suggestions can be useful i think, or at least after changing a thing or two.
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I don't know, do you have anything you hate about Zelda that we haven't talked about?
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let's see, collectables that are placed on non-sense locations and requires a guide to be found, minigames that are entirely luck based, cool weapons/items like the razor sword that are not going to be used(in my opinion the razor sword is way cooler than gilded sword), cool weapons that link cannot keep in his inventory(the monsters had some interesting weapons in WW), things that are easily permanently lost, there are other things that i don't remember right now.
by the way does Marii have more misc information? those can be useful for the story and/or sidequests, things that she likes to do or some part time job/hobby can be used in gameplay.
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Marii really isnt the focus, everybody else is.
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well the sidequests(and quests) are given by the npcs rather than the playable character(or at least usually), but her own traits could also be taken into consideration, unless you're planning on making her a silent protagonist.
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Marii is anything but silent. She's the kind of person who has a hard time shutting up, like a real parrot.
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so she's based on a parrot, so that's why you made that peekabo gif, is she the only playable character?
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There's a character named Jars that follows Marii around and solves puzzles like in Four Swords, but you can command her to attack enemies by herself. She also isn't connected to the health bar. She can be stunned but she can also use the effects of certain foods and potions. She has an odd-looking spear that I saw in a museum.
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so if she takes damage she will become temporarily disabled? the weapon reminds me a little bit of a monk's spade, i think that she can be an interesting feature, if well implemented, speaking of health does Marii gets more health by getting exp from enemies of by collecting heart container/piece?
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Heart pieces. Also, I think Jars will have a cool down bar for getting stunned and a command to instantly go to Mariis location.
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like if she gets too hurt she'll be down for more time? depending on how the development goes she could also be used in a co-op mode, like a second player could control her.
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It would probably be like Sonic 2's version of Tails. The "little brother I don't trust" kind of player 2.
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you mean a troll? well that's a possibility, but this would be more of a optional gameplay mode so the player could just play single if he/she doesn't want that.
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I don't think I'm gonna worry about multiplayer.Β
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i see, btw, you made a milk gif, so are you going to add some sort of bottle item?
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Yes and no. The place she's adventuring in doesn't have a maintained coinage, so they use a bunch of old bottles like Coca Cola, sauces, and inkwells. Therefore, getting a bottled anything simply requires $1.
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so she won't need to hunt for bottles, hm, i think that can make things easier but i kinda enjoyed bottle hunting, but that's just a minor detail i think(not to mention that other players might not have enjoyed bottle hunting), i also always found the scooping mechanic to be quite nice.
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I can still make her scoop. I haven't programmed it yet. I just got out of class and had an idea: Jars will occasionally ask to be the one that cooks the food, but at first she's terrible at it. If you keep allowing her to try, she slowly gets better until she has the ability to improve anything Marii makes.
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being able to scoop some stuff is really nice, also that idea looks good, it gives another progression to the game, Marri's face upon eating a nightmare inducing food can be really funny too, her face when eating good food could be cute!
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I want the smile on Jars' face to give people that heart attack of preciousness.
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well she's a bird, so she already got a bonus on the precious/cute factor, would her skill level make difference on Jars' face?(it would probably for Marii i think)
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Marii would be a drama queen until it tastes good.
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probably lots of players would find this funny, the addition of cooking is also nice, combination of ingredients to create useful items.
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There's a LOT of ingredients.
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so there's probably a lot of food items right?
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Look, when all you need is one sprite, you can make as many as you please, really. If any food people want is missing, I could add it in just a few minutes.
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hm, that's true, having multiple sprites for one food item wouldn't be necessary, this is not a the sims style game after all.
was any of my comments/suggestion helpful?
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well if i managed to spark an idea or two or helped taking a decision that useful enough i think.
i think that having an anthro bird as playable character could work as an attractive for the game, they seems to be well liked by many people but not very used in games(at least not as playable) so it kinda "stands out".
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