Production Blog for PepsiOtaku's Everlasting Journey
http://www.rewyong.com/ej/index.php
Plans for Hiram
http://www.rewyong.com/ej/index.php?entry=entry100424-154339
See, look! This guard doesn't know what to do with himself!
Basically, the castle has never been truly mapped before. I made one room originally that had the King & Queen in it, mainly because I was lazy and I didn't want to map another castle. What's happening now is that because of the way the outside of the castle is shaped, it's going to be split up into 3 parts-- the main audience chamber in the center, the east wing (which includes a pub, the armory, and royal chambers), and the west wing (which will include the main dining hall, some bedrooms, and the other half of the royal chambers). I'll keep the royal chambers off limits to the player in both wings because there will be enough to explore already, and there wouldn't be much I want to put there for the player to interact with. The east wing rooms are mostly done at the moment, so I'll be working on the west wing over the next couple of days.
These are some old screenshots of the outside of the castle, and part of the town. The outside mapping hasn't really changed.
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http://www.rewyong.com/ej/index.php?entry=entry100418-150114
Here's a peak at one of the maps!
The last map and the boss fight turned out really really great. I'm really excited to find out what people will think!
On to Hiram!]]>Mines are 3/4 of the way done.
http://www.rewyong.com/ej/index.php?entry=entry100413-144150
I also took some time to create some GREAT puzzles. There's also some character tension going on in this section, so look forward to some interesting story twists.
Tonight I'm going to finish up some dialogue in the third section and hopefully finish up the boss section.
After that, it's Hiram again. The only thing that needs work there is to tinker with the town's inner tileset and map the inside of Hiram Castle. I only ever made one room previously, where you talked to the king of Hiram, so it's going to get expanded a bit.
Probably the last entry for a little while! I'll be working on the above and update again when I have something cool to show! Later peeps! :toot:]]>Mines chipsets!!
http://www.rewyong.com/ej/index.php?entry=entry100410-142155
think the Mines of Insanity chipset is pretty much done. I've already begun mapping with it, and it looks pretty nice. I honestly don't know what else to add to it at this point, but I'll figure that out as I go along. The edit starts with the sister chipset to this (made by mack & blue): http://uirpg.com/resources.php?act=view&id=1610 and I added a ton of new stuff like broken tiles, dirt/rocks/debris, different styled columns, etc. Here's a taste:
One of the original enemies of the Mines of Moglia was a zombie, so I decided to ask the question "how did those zombies get there?" In the chipset, there's broken up ground, and dug up dirt along with gravestones, so it's more logical now that the zombies could exist.
Here's two more screenshots for today, one of the entrance:
It's styled similarly to the Firam tiles.
...and one of the exit:
This one is styled like Hiram. It took a while to get the overlay right, but I'm definitely content with how it is now. Thoughts?]]>We'll go through the MIIIINES!!!
http://www.rewyong.com/ej/index.php?entry=entry100403-194016
My idea to spruce it up--and I mentioned this ages ago in one of my blog entries when the site had its previous layout--is basically to have the player go into the mines initially, and then cut "several days later" or something to everyone at the exit of the mines sitting around a campfire going over how daunting of a task it was to go through the mines, each story cutting to a screen where the player has to solve a puzzle or something, and go through some battles. Then, cut back to the campfire, and someone brings up another event, cutting to a new screen in the mines.
What this does is remove the linearity of the mines. There is no obvious beginning, middle and end. It'll give the illusion to the player that it's a really fucking big place, that could very well take days to travel across.
I haven't decided yet how customized the tileset is going to be. The one I have for the mines right now is a plain refmap tileset, so I might try to spruce it up a bit if I can.
That's the plan! I'm going to try to haul through the production of this so I can finish redoing maps and get back into creating new ones. I've had this "frog city" idea planned for something ridiculous like almost 2 1/2 years now that hasn't really been turned into anything other than a test map. Oi.
Until next time! :frogsiren:]]>New Video!
http://www.rewyong.com/ej/index.php?entry=entry100317-001342
Slowly chugging away!
http://www.rewyong.com/ej/index.php?entry=entry100315-010141
I think I successfully achieved what I set out to so far. It's no Magus' Castle, but I think its' as close as it's going to get. There's a ton of new dialogue and some supporting characters to really make this chapter feel more meaningful.
The playtime for this area will probably be close to an hour from the moment you step in the palace to the end of the revolution. Just like in the original it covers 2 styles of dungeons, and 2 bosses during the 2nd of said dungeons with a seat gripping finale (well, hopefully haha).
Anyway, here's the screens:
Before:
After:
Front entrance to Firam Palace: ]]>!!!!!
http://www.rewyong.com/ej/index.php?entry=entry091221-180723
December!!
http://www.rewyong.com/ej/index.php?entry=entry091203-205436
That's pretty much it. Happy holidays! :dance:]]>October update.
http://www.rewyong.com/ej/index.php?entry=entry091010-125200
No screenshots this month, because I want to keep some of my new material a secret. :q:]]>August update!
http://www.rewyong.com/ej/index.php?entry=entry090827-183422
A couple things to mention are the new item formats, like the one at the top. The stats icons are helpful because you can see exactly what each item does before equipping it. I also made icons for the 8 different types of magic, and spells and weapons may combine the different elements. The one in that item description is Shadow, and the one in front of the Chargeblade is Lightning. Yeah... I sort of pulled the idea from the DS version of chrono trigger, wanna fight about it? :argh:
I redid most of the other icons as well. The most noticeable ones are the Armor and Helm icons for those of you who remember what they looked like previously.
Since then, I've been looking critically at some of the RTP inner maps in the first area of the game, and I've been redrawing them, and adding a little refmap flavor to them here and there, as well as trying to create a consistent height format for tables, beds and things. The maps look fairly different from the past (First 20 minutes video), and from here I can stick to a consistent style for inner maps throughout Everlasting Journey.
The original problem was that they were using RTP in the first area, some SNES rips in the 2nd area or so, and in Firam, and then Firam Castle and crystali used refmap... it was kind of a mess, so I'm trying to fix that! Refmap has a ton of great inner tiles that I want to use at some point, so I'm trying to come up with a style that can meld in well with those to make editing easier.]]>Mid summer update
http://www.rewyong.com/ej/index.php?entry=entry090729-193747
A couple small things I've been working on over the past couple months: Changed the look of the world map water again. Colors are similar to the old one, but it's based off a more detailed world map water tile. It looks quite nice. I've designed the final 3 characters. Not sure how they're going to be worked into the story quite yet, but I know they will all be kept secret and be made available through side-quests. I have made the charsets, facesets and stats. Battlers and weapons are on my list of things to do next. The item list is periodically being updated. I've got a new item description format that should make it easier for players to decide what to equip. I'm also adding in more items and weapons to pick up.
That's really it unfortunately. Lots of dull stuff. I'm getting there though. :woop:]]>Tedious crap
http://www.rewyong.com/ej/index.php?entry=entry090611-213840
No media this time, sorry. :effort:]]>Videos!
http://www.rewyong.com/ej/index.php?entry=entry090521-151317
The first 20 minutes of Everlasting Journey as of a couple hours ago, in two parts. I've also got a video of an area I just finished up (but there's a lot more not shown that takes place after).
:jazz:]]>Some new stuff!
http://www.rewyong.com/ej/index.php?entry=entry090427-161233
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http://www.rewyong.com/ej/index.php?entry=entry090423-132345
One thing that's crucial is that I want to get battle damage and leveling to feel right. It's been okay in the past, but after replaying Chrono Trigger on the DS, the flaws are definitely transparent now.
I still have a couple things to fix up and tweak in the gnome area, then I have to do some work on Firam again to incorporate Mog's replacement, remake the Mines of Moglia, and hopefully things should be good for a demo release shortly after that.
Oh and I finally added those screenshots. Hyuck.
:toot:]]>Random Screenshot, Videos
http://www.rewyong.com/ej/index.php?entry=entry090103-005002
All the videos are listed in their repsective block, including the :lsd: video that I posted on GamingWorld a few weeks ago.
]]>Random Smilie Test
http://www.rewyong.com/ej/index.php?entry=entry090102-235610
:chewie::sax::frogsiren::byodood:
:downsrim:]]>Fresh Start
http://www.rewyong.com/ej/index.php?entry=entry090102-205257
I realize it doesn't even remotely promote EJ at the moment, but content will be up shortly. I'm going to upload some fresh videos in the next couple days as well, so look forward to that.]]>
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