Walthros: Renewal - Now available

The Wobbler · Post by **The Wobbler** » Tue Feb 09, 2021 8:01 pm

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.

The Wobbler · Post by **The Wobbler** » Fri Feb 12, 2021 8:00 pm

Time to build some monsters.

The Wobbler · Post by **The Wobbler** » Sun Feb 14, 2021 11:42 pm

Thanks to Feenix's suggestions, I'm working on new damage sprites for the heroes!

Feenicks · Post by **Feenicks** » Mon Feb 15, 2021 1:18 am

I'm already hearing him crack a joke with that casting frame.

SwordPlay · Post by **SwordPlay** » Mon Feb 15, 2021 11:50 pm

that looks fantastic! everyone can learn something from these sprites.

The Wobbler · Post by **The Wobbler** » Thu Feb 18, 2021 6:31 pm

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.

The Wobbler · Post by **The Wobbler** » Mon Feb 22, 2021 12:40 am

Trans rights on Walthros - Sam, AKA Dinosaur Super, fights for justice both on the battlefield and in society at large. Bob meets Sam and her brother Grant while investigating the White Shrine.

kylekrack · Post by **kylekrack** » Mon Feb 22, 2021 2:11 am

Delighted Dino Said Trans Rights.

polkakitty · Post by **polkakitty** » Mon Feb 22, 2021 3:01 am

The Wobbler wrote:Thanks to Feenix's suggestions, I'm working on new damage sprites for the heroes!

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:Trans rights on Walthros - Sam, AKA Dinosaur Super, fights for justice both on the battlefield and in society at large.

First thought: Awww, that's sweet.

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?

The Wobbler · Post by **The Wobbler** » Mon Feb 22, 2021 8:56 pm

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.

The Wobbler · Post by **The Wobbler** » Thu Feb 25, 2021 1:20 am

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.

The Wobbler · Post by **The Wobbler** » Fri Feb 26, 2021 12:10 am

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.

The Wobbler · Post by **The Wobbler** » Wed Mar 03, 2021 7:40 pm

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.

RMZ · Post by **RMZ** » Thu Mar 04, 2021 12:56 am

The color adjustment makes a bit difference. It's probably the best shade of yellow for Bob.

The Wobbler · Post by **The Wobbler** » Thu Mar 04, 2021 9:42 pm

All of the Lagarto Villa cutscenes are done so it's time to build a couple side quests before going on to White Shrine. I'm probably done messing with palettes for now but may add one more.