Celestias Ferrum ~Chapter One Released!~

Thanks reives XD thats much more helpful. I'll probably use that then.

also, Falcon, not listing to one opinion of others is not ignoring them. I've accepted all of your crits nicely and considered all of them, and after considering about the skipable spalsh screen, I just CHOOSE not to make it so. I care about what others think, thats why I agreed to speed it up, thats why I'm rethinking about the intro, thats why I've changed the cards drop so you see what you get. If you beleive your wasting your time simply becuase I'm not taking one peice of your advice, your just too controling.

You have your opinions, I want to hear them, but I won't agree with every single one of yours, becuase quite simply, your not the one making the game. I feel that splash screens shouldn't be skipped becuase personally thats just my sign of pride, you saying "You should do it becuase we're telling you so" Isn't helpful. The masses are correcnt becuase they are the masses, but I still have my opinions. I'll use Reive's suggestion becuase it sounds good to me

on another note, I will agree with you that the south kicks ass, I mean, I live in the place that gave birth to Popeyes XD so if not that, it might be becuase I've only known english for 6 years. I don't like using second language as a excuse but it's probably true.

also, Falcon, not listing to one opinion of others is not ignoring them. I've accepted all of your crits nicely and considered all of them, and after considering about the skipable spalsh screen, I just CHOOSE not to make it so. I care about what others think, thats why I agreed to speed it up, thats why I'm rethinking about the intro, thats why I've changed the cards drop so you see what you get. If you beleive your wasting your time simply becuase I'm not taking one peice of your advice, your just too controling.

You have your opinions, I want to hear them, but I won't agree with every single one of yours, becuase quite simply, your not the one making the game. I feel that splash screens shouldn't be skipped becuase personally thats just my sign of pride, you saying "You should do it becuase we're telling you so" Isn't helpful. The masses are correcnt becuase they are the masses, but I still have my opinions. I'll use Reive's suggestion becuase it sounds good to me

You've clearly missed something. I'm not flaming you for ignoring one of my opinions. Three people have brought up this issue. It's a freaking pain in the ass to watch, we can't get around them. If you won't listen to an issue that about half the people have brought up, then it's clearly a waste of time posting here. Now, if you plan to shorten this to say, less than 10 seconds, then I wouldn't have a problem with it, but I don't see that happening. Not to mention, you specifically said '[ I ] don't care much' in your sentence, that seems to imply you don't give a fuck what we think.

on another note, I will agree with you that the south kicks ass, I mean, I live in the place that gave birth to Popeyes XD so if not that, it might be becuase I've only known english for 6 years. I don't like using second language as a excuse but it's probably true.

I hope I'm not comming across as a bastard to people who use second languages, I really don't expect anyone to have perfect spelling and grammar, we all need a grammar/spelling check.

I already said I would speed them up x.x

When I said I don't care much it was becuase well, the bell rang and I needed to go the library for class and that I don't care if people think I'm stubborn.

I'll try Reive's idea once I get home to my desktop, can't work while I'm at the new house. >_< probably won't be able to work all weekend actually... x.x

Oh both of you… don’t start the world war III here….  ;__;
Flaco, leave the brainwashing to me, okay?

As for you Ming-kun, Is it really hard to say “Thanks for the feedback” ?

You won’t solve the problem by making excuses. When people gave you critique, don’t take that as an insult. There’s no need to defend yourself, it’s for your own good, seriously. They replied because they care, if not, they won’t bother to reply, so don’t think they hate you. Another thing that you have to remember, you make the game for everyone, not for yourself. It wasn’t wise that you disregarded what people said to you or even worse, turned them down with excuses.

I guess this leaves me no choice… Ming-kun, ask someone else to fix the grammars, then I’ll do the re-check. I will make them as natural as possible so you don’t have to worry. Hopefully, Seth-kun can help me if he’s not too busy. You just need to concentrate on the chapters, and fix the errors.

I think this gave you a good lesson for being impatient, Ming-kun. I’m not blaming you or anything, really, and so the people here. They’re nice enough to give you advices and critiques, and don’t hate Flaco, he’s just so honest. =)
Be thankful that he’s not a person who would say an obvious lie like, “OMG! my nose was bleeding after seeing those girls! The game was so awesome like a blessing from heaven blah…blah…”. XP

Now, tell me that you understand. That's not a hard thing, right? =)

now I'm just confused......

I expected feedback like Falcon's, it's much more helpful in many ways than just compliments. But like I said, I just personally like splash screens D:

The best of both worlds idea by Reives I'll see if I can get working, but I'm not taking anything as insults... I like feed back with thought behind them, they keep the topic alive and interesting. I was defensive cuz he said I was wasting their times by completely ignoring them, I wasn't, I just wanted to keep my splash screens... x.x I understand how I'm making the game for everyone else as well, but I'm the one making it as well. I'm not going to cave in to some things just simply cuz, well, no real reason, I want my splash screens >_<

I've already sped them up a bit, it's like 5 seconds now. I might just make a new title screen all together though.

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btw, I'm now almost moved into the new house, so I might be able to start working tomorrow. My desk got broken today when we were trying to move it down the stairs so basically just had to abandon it, and pretty much everything except a few bags of cloths are still in the U-Haul truck, but maybe, soon I hope.

If you like splash screens, that's fine, but I'd bet money at least half the people who play the game hate splash screens. Hell, I personally stopped playing your demo because I refused to wait 35 seconds to just load it. But I doubt other people hate wasting time as much as me.

Hope the move goes well.

I know how important those sponsors to you, well.. at least you're going to speed them up. Just one thing though, don't say things like "I don't care what people said.." or so... people might think whatever they said to you were pointless.

Oh well... let the wind blows and be forgotten. >_>

Good luck in the new house, the most exciting part of moving to a new house that we have a chance to choose a room! Like, "I want the biggest room for myself!". But unfortunately soon you will realize that the room you have chosen was hot in the summer and extremely cold in the winter. ^___^

none of them are really sponsers...phanx is phantom's, who's just a really good friend of mine...and the rest just really look cool x.x

other than that, I'm having a pretty shitty weekend. Might be the worst so far, irl stuff. The moving is such a pain, still a mess, that and my love life or now lack there of is killing me... which is understandable I guess, I'm only 15, so my friend is right, getting over it...kindof...and tomorrow is back to school and my grades are at a all time low for me right now. 4 B's and 2 A's, ugh, havn't had more than 2 B's in forever. My parents are going to kill me once they find out. Dam why'd I have to be Asian....

anyways, w/e, I'm going to remake the title screen, I want to imitate the Tales Of series titles. I'll make the spalsh screens only 5 seconds and the anime opening will be skipable. btw, the opening song is Merry Go Around, um...my desk top isn't set up right now as my desk broke during the moving process so I'm going to have to wait for one.

& I am hoping for the new demo then.

*Awaits*

 ~ Caro Ru Lushe

hm......

ok, so my new desk has been ordered, but things are too hectic at the moment to set up my desktop.....AHHHH

damit, it's been way to long since I was able to use my computer....all my stuff....like, almost 4 days now x.x

idk, I can actually work now as I have rmxp installed on my mom's computer, but I'm just to lazy to get my stuff off my desk top. takes a while to set up....I should've backed it up before moving...stupid me.

ah well, it's too boring without my own computer, in the mean time, I'm just playing Tales of the Abyss. I still haven't finished it after like 9 months of owning it.

on a few other notes, I got a tooth in the back, not the wisdom, which was seriously rotting finally pulled, feels great now that the pain is gone. My grades are solidifying more and more and I'm just in a downward spiral and I must burn that progress report. I've found a artist to commission for a set of 4 chibis to use in my game, I'm thinking about hiring someone to make me a logo and I probably will, I finally have room now! Well, thats that. Till I have my computer up and running again I guess.

oh, and to end this, I'mma post fan art made by myself cuz Seth doesn't want me to post his (I actually would since they're actually pretty good and as everyone knows, no means yes, just that I don't have them as their on the desk top x.x)

NO! No means no.  Haha. And they're not good...they're awful... Do everyone a favor and keep them to yourself.  XD Yours is about infinity times better mine...

lol, but when I draw it it dosn't count as Fan Art XD

now then....it's a happy happy day!!!

Well, it's actually a sad day, but who cares ^__^

Right now I'm typing this from MY DESKTOP!!!! THAts right! The new desk is fixed and my computor is set up!!!

Alright, I'll send the fixed uncrypted versions this sunday at latest, and I'll update the demo fixing all of the spelling mistakes and features.

Tommorow after all the fixing is done, it'll be time to start on that anime intro! Finally, always saying I'm going to do it but not being able to made me feel like such a noob x.x

lets see....yup, my room is now done and it's looking great I just put up all my center folds, and this time I actually made them organized putted on.

Bad news it's exam week since today, had Geometry today, hope i did good.... *sigh*

School is so sad for me... oh well, I guess....I'll do better eventually?

eh, w/e, thats all for now. Also, special thanks for JimmyLy! (Jimvi Ly, the creator of "Tales of Faith" support bar in my siggy) For helping me very very much on testing, he was very helpful and even gave me screenshoots of all the errors XD And let me say, there were a load of them @_@

Looks good in every aspect so far ill play the demo and rate it I guess

Thanks

tell me how you like it, and don't worry about grammar, I've got them all here, lol. report anything else though plz

W00T!!! The main site for my game is now also www.celestiasferrum.tk!!! XD

I have no idea wth TK means, and I don't really like that thing at the top, but my friend set it for me, pretty neat XD

And to celebrate my first real day back to work, since yesterday was spent mostly cleaning the house again and then the later portion of the day I spent at the barns & Nobles reading manga XD havn't done that in a while actually, anyways, a new AVI! XD

along with the chibi cast of the four major characters of CF XD *Planning on making the secondary characters as well*



Two more sets to go ^__^ (Young, April, & the maids, Alex & Rachel) (Noiva, Frevella, Akane, Son Lee, Maki)

edit, also, the official site for Chance is now up, at least in the sense you can visit it



the one who made it completly from scratch, Phantom (Owner of phanx) is too busy right now to finish it x.x so I'm just putting it up so everyone can see how pretty it is *w*

alright, well I already said the world map is temporary and I know it's crap, so w/e and I'm guessing your refering to the world map as the most important?

um...I'm still not going to make the splash screens skipable. I'll pace them up a bit, but no skipping. Yeah, I'm stubborn, don't care much.

I'll think about pacing up the intro, but the grammer I'm working on finidng someone. ok, school computor, gotta go.

You can use the school comps for this forum? Heck they blocked filtered this forum out for:pornography,vulgar language, and dating social
LOL anyways.Im lost on were to download the demo. looks great so far anyways.

oh, sorry, I think it's on the 6th page or something, here you go though, I don't feel like putting it on the first post as I'm only trying to target people who might give feedback.

http://www.mediafire.com/?wgilnojqw05

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just noticed I got a -rep D: Whys? I didn't do anything... >_< D;

maybe one of the mods are mad at you for your grammar lol.
oh well its just one -rep look at mine its worser.

And thanks btw.

YAY!!! It's FINALLY SPRING BREAK!!!!

well, it's technically easter holidays, but wutevs.

anyways, some new features that I've already added into the final version. Realize these are only screenshots of features, and that I've not actaully finished all the design templates yet.

First, when monsters drop a card, it'll automatically be displayed in the middle of the screen for a brief time so you can know what you got, you can check in your inventory to see the card up close.



next, before when you lost the game would kick you off due to the fact the title screen is evented, so now I've decided to event a game over screen. If you choose to continue it'll go to the continue screen where you can load your save files, if you choose no, the game will just automatically shut down, but I'll link it to the new title screen once thats done.



The first battle which is scripted into the story line will be a tutorial battle, and the card you receive after it will be #198: Chocobo, which will allow you to use the skill "Escape", which gives about a 60% escape chance. You will automatically receive the compactor and the fusion card, don't worry







At the begging of a new game, there will be a short little skit where you will get to choose which card of fate was drawn. This does not affect the game's storyline in anyway, but you do get a little Chinese cookie proverb and a few different C.A.R.D.S. accessible depending on your choice.



ALOT ALOT of errors has been found and corrected, the biggest credit goes to JimmyLy, who gave me a full in depth report with screen shoots of every error, he even found some mapping errors no one knew about, Thanks bunched, and be sure to check out his project, "Tales of Faith"

also, list of things I need to do.

1.) Complete the anime intro
2.) Design a more better looking battle layout.
3.) Get a new world map.
4.) Finish Avion's battler sprite.
5.) Get a custom menu layout.
6.) Release the final version of CF chp 1

oh noes, double post >_>

Sorrys, but update!



finished eventing the new title screen, fully working now. The logo is missing, I know x.x but I've seeked out GladyFaith to help me design them. Commission of course, he's a great artist that needs more luv so visit his page XD (CLICK THE IMAGE TO VISIT HIM!!!)



and with that, I'm working out a new ending credits, I'm going to change the movie bars into fad in bars so it'll look coolor, only for the ending credits though. Other than that, I've selected the permanent songs for the the ending credits.

Alright, heres a preview of the animated opening, I pressed the space bar and skipped it at the end to show that it IS skippable, so don't worry, no long wait time.

Sorry about using my camera though, but if I used a desktop recorder it would've completely KILLED all the time I've poured into timing the whole thing.

Anyways, this isn't the final version, theres still alot of loose ends I need to clean up.



Realize please that the quality is much, much better when played on actually computer.

Alright, two other updates.


It fades!


the back ground is moving upward the whole time in a all time continuum @_@ (well not really, if you leave it there for maybe a ahoru it'll go away, lol)

I can't script btw, so all of my systems are evented.

& Now I am even more curious to know how to pull that off. was that a movie or actually made by event, 'cause My brain can't process that right now >__<;;

Would you like the uncrypted version? *Itches*

my god I spent so long on this I feel like I have to show it off >_>

it was all events though, lol, alot of math as well, my asianess didn't come through for me that well...I drew diagrams and used my calculator and it still was hell and took forever >_>

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screeys becuase I HAVE to show off this super long ass event. My god I've learned to seriously apprechiat the length of 2 frames >_> Thats how much I adjust by each and every test....I've hit over 200 testings of it easily, and yes, I'm pretty sick of it right >_>

I would like to see an uncrypted to test around =X *scratches* but, I can imagine it'll be harder.


*@__@ A bit of experimenting with Variables & switches could help out a bit, but, from what I see here, I might have to see this to myself.*