New project! Dawn UPDATE: 9/1/09

Blue Pixel · Last edited by Blue Pixel on Tue Sep 01, 2009 4:46 pm; edited 2 times in total

Well, thats right. im starting a new project. It dosn't have a name yet but it does have somewhat of a plot.

you play as a cat-guy (currently unnamed) who the player finds in a tomb.

Who would do such crueltys to this friendly little guy?

none other then the evil group of high-assassins that call themselves the Sigma alliance. what are these crazy, crazy guys up too? who knows. but its not good.

Anyways, how this journal will work is ill post a few pics about my progress every friday. BUT! every OTHER friday ill post a form of media from it! (original soundtrack piece, playable demo, or mayby even a video trailer!)

http://www.castleparadox.com/gamelist-display.php?game=956

pretty neat huh?

well, heres what youve been waiting for after reading all this, some pictures!

First doungen - your grave

graveyard, night time

Meet Olmin (an important character)

Moogle1 · Posted: Fri Nov 07, 2008 8:04 pm Post subject:

Olmin is great
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Jack · **the fool** Joined: 30 Jul 2004 Posts: 773

Is that Olmec's cousin?

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Blue Pixel · Posted: Sat Nov 08, 2008 9:35 am Post subject:

Oh, Yes.
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JSH357 · Joined: 02 Feb 2003 Posts: 1705

These graphics seem like a big progression over your previous works'. Good job, the_dude; keep at it.

Newbie_Power · Joined: 04 Sep 2006 Posts: 1762

Yeah. You've improved a lot and created a pretty appealing style.

My only issue is that it's difficult to perceive what's a wall and what's a floor, but otherwise you've improved a lot.

Olmin is awesome.
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Blue Pixel · Posted: Sat Nov 08, 2008 11:59 am Post subject:

Yeah, some of the graphics are placeholders or something that still needs a bit editing. I'm really happy to hear that you guys think i'm improving. i'll probably update this later this week with more graphics just because of all the positive feedback im getting Big grin

!
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Mariel · Joined: 15 Oct 2008 Posts: 78 Location: In your dreams

It looks great so far. Olmin = awesome. I wonder if he rolls from place to place or just sits there? Maybe he teleports.

The Wobbler · Joined: 06 Feb 2003 Posts: 2221

Blue Pixel · Posted: Fri Nov 14, 2008 8:29 pm Post subject:

11/14/08 11:30 PM

ive made several acomplishments in my game this week. One of them, being that ive brightened the hero's default palette. the dark one you all saw will be used when the hero is in dark places. Ive also made colorful palettes of Olmin which WILL be used in-game at one point.

aside from palette edits, ive made a new level, the first one, grassy way (Honestly cant think of a better name). In this new land theres 2 types of monsters. Rollers, which follow a path of thin grass and attack anything that stands in the way, and wanderers, which just go about doing their daily buisness until disturbed.

ive also added an optional boss, Ruby Demon. I dont want to give too much away about this because you really cant fight it until later in the game, but the rewards for fighting it will be, well, rewarding. ive got both concept art and pixel art of it and ill upload it probably tomarrow if my scanner decides to co-operate.

Lastly, i finally got a short 8 second loop of a song up! none other then Olmin's Theme!

http://www.castleparadox.com/songlist-display.php?song=324

Enjoy the song and screenshot guys, ill get that concept art up tomarrow.

Bai.
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Onlyoneinall · **Bug finder** Joined: 16 Jul 2005 Posts: 746

Your grass and trees there are lookin mighty spiffy.
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Newbie_Power · Joined: 04 Sep 2006 Posts: 1762

Your tree is incredible.

Your dark grass has too much contrast in the grass blades though. It is detracting from the rest of the scenery because it stands out so much.

Also, if that's supposed to be thick grass, consider clumping more grass together so that it is thicker looking. Actually, try doing this BEFORE adjusting the contrast, because clumping together grass might actually help the matter.
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Blue Pixel · Posted: Sun Nov 23, 2008 1:17 pm Post subject:

11/23/08

late journal entry.

not much happend this week. made some graphics, made some new codes, made some optional bosses. However, ill aim for a playable first level next friday. If it's not ready, though, I wont.

Graphic time!

new side of the town, unlocked after the first level.

Part of the first level, you have to open a watergate to release water down an empty riverbed. After accessing the computer that allowes you to do this, you learn the characters name; Del
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Moogle1 · Posted: Sun Nov 23, 2008 1:22 pm Post subject:

First, don't save your pictures as JPGs. Don't do it. Use PNG if you're using MS Paint.

Second, that text is nearly unreadable due to the colors you're using, but JPG might be to blame for that, too.
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Blue Pixel · Posted: Sun Nov 23, 2008 1:32 pm Post subject:

I saved them as Bitmaps, blame photobucket for poor quality :/.

the text says:

[Targeting...]

[Suspect found]
[Name: Dela "Del" lyoid]
[Threat: upper-minor]
[Alert higher athority]

I myself cant see the pictures because the computer im on right now wont load them
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