Walthros: Renewal - Now available
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I've finished building the basic layout of the next town and am now back to work on NPCs. This is much smaller town than Flopsberg and starts out with a monster attack.
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- Here he is: The King of the Beach
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- Working on the sprite set for Mac, the hero formerly known as Dinosaur Micro. Long retired from superheroics, Mac is taking it easy on Isla Lagarto when things go horribly wrong.
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Time to build some monsters.
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- The bird is the worm
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- Here's the next enemy sprite, the Gooman Being. Big mood right here.
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Thanks to Feenix's suggestions, I'm working on new damage sprites for the heroes!
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- Also switched up his casting sprite to one that more accurately represents him. The original was very generic; it's just a reuse of the first frame of his standard attack plus the outline. New one has thumbs up, tongue, and those eyes.
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- Not done yet, but I think this is a big improvement so far! Previously when Bob took damage there was just a minor sprite change to his mouth. Now, he squishes 1 pixel horizontally, stretches 1 vertically, and gets new eyes and mouth.
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Working on a world-below-the-world area as a continuation of the one seen in Ghost's Towns and Kaiju Big Battel.
Also a bunch of beach bums.
Also a bunch of beach bums.
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- Not all dinosaurs are friendly! Some are downright rude. Don't let it get you down, Bob.
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- Here's a dinosaur getting ready to rock the beach with a fashionable new pizza shirt.
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- There's also this.
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- WELCOï¼ï¼¥ã€€ï¼¢ï¼¡ï¼£ï¼«ã€€ï¼²ï¼¯ï¼¢ï¼¥ï¼²ï¼´ IT IS HAPPENING AGAIN
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Good job on giving the characters more unique in-battle animations. It's a great way of conveying personality and giving a distinctive feel to playing with each character, and it's something I think a lot of people ignore just because early Final Fantasy games gave every character the exact same animations. Just because Final Fantasy games did something doesn't mean everyone has to copy it.The Wobbler wrote:Thanks to Feenix's suggestions, I'm working on new damage sprites for the heroes!
First thought: Awww, that's sweet.The Wobbler wrote:Trans rights on Walthros - Sam, AKA Dinosaur Super, fights for justice both on the battlefield and in society at large.
Second thought: is the fact that you made Dinosaur Super, specifically, a trans character intended as a reference to the plot of Jurassic Park, or is that just a weird coincidence?
"It was right through those trees; I'm not insane
That's where the fin tried to drag me in
Don't look at me, look at where I'm pointing
Close your eyes, see what I see, Canajoharie..."
-- They Might Be Giants
That's where the fin tried to drag me in
Don't look at me, look at where I'm pointing
Close your eyes, see what I see, Canajoharie..."
-- They Might Be Giants
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Thanks!
A lot of the game's story ends up focusing on identity and family, especially in the third chapter, and I really wanted to include a positive portrayal of trans character. I wanted this character to be someone inspirational in the world of Walthros, so one of the dinosaur superheroes fit that idea best; the rest of the playable cast is a bunch of regular people, only Dinosaur Triple is really known by anyone in the world.
I didn't make the Jurassic Park connection until later, when I was coming up with a non-hero name for Dinosaur Giant and settled on Grant, and that ended up making it all a funny coincidence.
A lot of the game's story ends up focusing on identity and family, especially in the third chapter, and I really wanted to include a positive portrayal of trans character. I wanted this character to be someone inspirational in the world of Walthros, so one of the dinosaur superheroes fit that idea best; the rest of the playable cast is a bunch of regular people, only Dinosaur Triple is really known by anyone in the world.
I didn't make the Jurassic Park connection until later, when I was coming up with a non-hero name for Dinosaur Giant and settled on Grant, and that ended up making it all a funny coincidence.
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- Just two more NPCs to finish and I'll be done with building all of the Lagarto town exterior!
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I haven't used vehicles in a game since 2009, there's lots to try and remember! I've got this one up and running and just need to wait on one engine bug fix before it's complete.
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- The final NPC for Lagarto's town exterior is finished! This batch took a little over two weeks, compared to the month spent on Flopsberg NPCs. Picking up the pace as I get very close to the end of Act 1.
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- Adding some bling to the Sky Flyer. Players will be able to choose from one of a few color palettes.
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Starting to put together the battle sprites for Mac. He's a temporary party member who helps out for a little bit when players arrive in Lagarto and later joins in during optional monster hunts.
Mac was only going to take part in one battle originally, but I've liked writing him so his role's expanding (in a way that doesn't alter the core story.) He will not be a permanent party member, but will show up to fight super bosses when Bob phones him.
Mac was only going to take part in one battle originally, but I've liked writing him so his role's expanding (in a way that doesn't alter the core story.) He will not be a permanent party member, but will show up to fight super bosses when Bob phones him.
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- Working on battle balancing for this area's enemies. The boss of this area will be familiar to people who played the original game!
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I've been working on tweaking the game's palette, starting with lowering the green levels across the board very slightly. I think this looks nicer now, even if the difference is likely minor to most players.
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- Meet Mac, a retired dinosaur hero
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- Another boss fight finished! This is one of those "overpowered guest characters rocks the enemies" fights, but on Standard and Hard modes Bob's healing is essential to surviving.
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- Just continuing to goof off with palettes. I added an optional one that reverses the placement of each color ramp on the default palette. I kind of like blue Salom!
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The color adjustment makes a bit difference. It's probably the best shade of yellow for Bob.
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