Seraphine: Into the Wind
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Re: Seraphine: Into the Wind (fantasy rpg WIP)
Ramidel, thanks for pointing out something wrong with my website. I will take it down immediately and inspect what's wrong. I can't imagine what could be wrong since I built the code from scratch ... If you have anymore information for me, like what Trojan it's listed as or which pages it shows up on, please let me know. That kinda scares me ...
Edit: Scanned my files with Norton, with no results. More info will help me figure this out. I have a hunch it's the music files.
Anyway, about random skills. That's a perfectly reasonable concern. I assumed everyone would want the extra skills because they are more powerful, but most of them will be optional anyway because they'll come with side-quests. With four different characters in each battle, it would be a pain to micromanage what each character brings with them as well as which 4 characters to use. Also, the full range of skills each player can receive will be an average of 6, so an average of 2 would be left out each battle. With luck, it will be your least favorite skills. The choice to make skills random is to keep battles fresh and still a challenge. Kinda like a card game; sometimes you'll get 2's, and sometimes you'll get Kings -- just matters how you use them. But I guess all that is a moot point if you don't choose to get any extra skills to begin with. But I understand what you mean.
Edit: Scanned my files with Norton, with no results. More info will help me figure this out. I have a hunch it's the music files.
Anyway, about random skills. That's a perfectly reasonable concern. I assumed everyone would want the extra skills because they are more powerful, but most of them will be optional anyway because they'll come with side-quests. With four different characters in each battle, it would be a pain to micromanage what each character brings with them as well as which 4 characters to use. Also, the full range of skills each player can receive will be an average of 6, so an average of 2 would be left out each battle. With luck, it will be your least favorite skills. The choice to make skills random is to keep battles fresh and still a challenge. Kinda like a card game; sometimes you'll get 2's, and sometimes you'll get Kings -- just matters how you use them. But I guess all that is a moot point if you don't choose to get any extra skills to begin with. But I understand what you mean.
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Re: Seraphine: Into the Wind (fantasy rpg WIP)
Aleema wrote:Ramidel, thanks for pointing out something wrong with my website. I will take it down immediately and inspect what's wrong. I can't imagine what could be wrong since I built the code from scratch ... If you have anymore information for me, like what Trojan it's listed as or which pages it shows up on, please let me know. That kinda scares me ...
Edit: Scanned my files with Norton, with no results. More info will help me figure this out. I have a hunch it's the music files.
Anyway, about random skills. That's a perfectly reasonable concern. I assumed everyone would want the extra skills because they are more powerful, but most of them will be optional anyway because they'll come with side-quests. With four different characters in each battle, it would be a pain to micromanage what each character brings with them as well as which 4 characters to use. Also, the full range of skills each player can receive will be an average of 6, so an average of 2 would be left out each battle. With luck, it will be your least favorite skills. The choice to make skills random is to keep battles fresh and still a challenge. Kinda like a card game; sometimes you'll get 2's, and sometimes you'll get Kings -- just matters how you use them. But I guess all that is a moot point if you don't choose to get any extra skills to begin with. But I understand what you mean.
Could you use the skills system as a kind of difficulty setting? i.e. if you have the game set on "easier" it will automatically optimize the skills for each battle from those available? Of course you'd still have to learn how to use them.
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Ah, okay; the skills you get from sidequests are supposed to be few and better than normal so most players will always want them, as opposed to a strategic decision or a plot-guiding choice.
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Thanks for the suggestions, guys. Working in a bubble without outside input is never good for a game, so I'll definitely try to work in some way so that the user can design the battles how they want. I figured the major strategic decision would be which 4 characters to bring into battle (one focuses on healing spells, one on strong attacks, etc). The problem with you choosing only your strongest attacks for battle would mean that they would all cost more, and no one could attack right away because the stronger attacks cost too much AP. So it would be helpful to have someone with a 1AP attack so that someone could attack every turn.
Again, thanks for the insights, so I'll get to work on making a skill-selection screen.
Again, thanks for the insights, so I'll get to work on making a skill-selection screen.
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Long time since I updated this thread, but I've been making progress over that time. Demo got delayed because of work/school, but I want to do this so much, I don't care anymore. =P
I've taken your suggestions and I've implemented the ability to toggle on and off skills for each character, no matter how many they have. Right now, the max is 7 (6 normal, 1 Bonus from an accessory), but you must select at least 4 to battle. I plan on having an "easy" battle option, which I figure will just be halving the enemy HP. But for the demo, there will just be an on/off battle option.
Anyway, the CGs for the credits have been completed. Here are some previews ... Artist is blewh, colored by me.
Ëre (left) in a valley flowers, and introducing Isolde (right), who is a gypsy smoke-dancer.
Demo will be out shortly. Reason it's taking so long is that the demo contains the framework of the entire game (battles, shops, travel, etc), so I'm basically trying to finalize the biggest part of the coding first. Good news is that it's almost finished, needs to be beta-tested first, and then the story will breeze by (already got it mapped out). I madly want to redo the interface, because I'm photoshop-happy, but I'll refrain myself ... for now. >_>
I've taken your suggestions and I've implemented the ability to toggle on and off skills for each character, no matter how many they have. Right now, the max is 7 (6 normal, 1 Bonus from an accessory), but you must select at least 4 to battle. I plan on having an "easy" battle option, which I figure will just be halving the enemy HP. But for the demo, there will just be an on/off battle option.
Anyway, the CGs for the credits have been completed. Here are some previews ... Artist is blewh, colored by me.
Ëre (left) in a valley flowers, and introducing Isolde (right), who is a gypsy smoke-dancer.
Demo will be out shortly. Reason it's taking so long is that the demo contains the framework of the entire game (battles, shops, travel, etc), so I'm basically trying to finalize the biggest part of the coding first. Good news is that it's almost finished, needs to be beta-tested first, and then the story will breeze by (already got it mapped out). I madly want to redo the interface, because I'm photoshop-happy, but I'll refrain myself ... for now. >_>
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Those are great CG!
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Wow! Fabulous art! Can't wait to see more progress - you're doing awesome!
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Glad to see this is still moving along. It's a very impressive looking piece. ^-^
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I'm glad you are still working on this project. Both your projects look great, I hope to play them both!
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Looking good! *thumbs up* The level of effort that you have put into your project is both admirable and impressive. Amazing. I can't wait for more screenshots and, better yet, the demo itself.
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;_; Aww, thanks, you guys. I just hope I don't disappoint.
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What the, the coloring is great! XD!Anyway, the CGs for the credits have been completed. Here are some previews ... Artist is blewh, colored by me
*Can't wait for the demo.
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Wow, this is very awesome! The atmosphere of those screenshots remind me of playing D&D. The interfaces/GUI are very polished! Your project looks very inspiring Very awesome job so far! Good luck with your release!
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Eeeeh, that's cool to hear, Donuts! I was starting to seriously doubt if anyone would be interested in the game anymore, heh. It's taught me so much of Ren'Py, and it's pretty cool in my mind, I just think everything else other people are doing is way cooler. =\ BUT, I will continue to work on it, in private, and I will release it one day. So, yeah. Thanks for the support!
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I'm somewhat new to the VN genre. I've played a few in the past, but it's a genre I wanted to revisit and learn more about. I can see how a project like this can help you learn Ren'Py more. There seems to be a lot of neat features included in your game
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