Mega Man Battle Network: Arrow Edition

Hey hey! Told you it was happening, I totally did! Okay, the demo is now available. Not the one from the contest, but our now fully debugged, organized, updated, and operational update. Still making it 2003, so you know.

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SCREEN CAPTURES



Many of you will recognize this shot of the "Main Link", which displays the section nearest the data capsule.



Mega Man has finally reached Star Man at the main computer terminal, and he's fighting mad.



Surprise! The demo boasts two new characters- Guts Man and Roll.



In this update, use of the characters is optional.



Introducing the Chip Receipt system! After each battle that is completed (running away forfeits your chances) this window will appear, and you will have a chance to receive a chip from one of the enemies you defeated!

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PLOT SYNOPSIS

The game takes place in an alternate universe. It has no serious links to the official storyline, but the characters retain their basic personalities. Protoman's operator Chaud, however, has been tentatively replaced with a new female character: Amelie.

In this game, Mega Man catches Star Man at a cosmo research facility attempting to commandeer a high power laser. Shortly thereafter, attacks are made on other important facilities, seemingly controlled and planned out by an unseen party. Mega Man cannot hope to be prepared for what he will soon face- a power strong enough to use the internet to take over Earth!

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DEVELOPMENT TEAM

ahref: Debugger, misc.
Amelie: Plot Adviser, Main Cast
Arrow: Project Head, Spriter, Concepts, Compiler
Nouman: Mapper
Wingard: Mapper, Statistics, Concepts
Skanker: Collision Mapper

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DOWNLOAD LINKS

EDITABLE:      http://www.divshare.com/download/2323937-2a0

EXECUTABLE:    http://www.divshare.com/download/2324059-2cb

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Enjoy, post comments, etc. Special thanks go to Nouman for FTP hosting.
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HI I WORK ON THIS PROJECT.

Pretty slick. It wasn't very fun, but I was still impressed. Nice job.

I got only one word for you, Arrow-san.

Impressive.

Did i ever tell you that i love you?
well i don't, but the game friggin rulz.

Awesome

And with those encouraging comments in mind, I begin on the rest of the game.

Looks good, but I don't like rm2k3 games, so I don't think I will play it.

But from what I can say, I say it looks good.

Just a quick shot of the chipset I'm working on.



I said earlier today that I'd be doing very little sprite work, if any, for this. I was very wrong. I'm gonna be doin' a lot.

Great job so far Arrow. Of course you would think of an idea like this...
Continue!!!!

Did i ever say i love you? Well, i don';t
But that map is the pwn.

You're doing a great job, especially with 2k3.

Great job so far Arrow. Of course you would think of an idea like this...
Continue!!!!

I'm becoming predictable in my old age, am I?

*knocks on head with cane, hobbles off*

The Town map is pretty much done, other than a few minor chipset tweaks. I'll post it here in second.

EDIT: TADAH!

I SPY MY HOUSE THAR.

She's not joking, btw, it's the purple one.

Eva is Protoman's operator.

EDIT:  A shot of Lan's House early in development. Not that his room takes all that long anyway.

I'm gonna post more pics when I get home. Lan's room is, for all intents and purposes, finished. The rest of his house is disgusting.

I'll fix that chipset later.

Right now I'm working on the fun parts: Events!

No Impressive's for Wingard? I mapped half of starnet, you bastards. ;_;

Truth, he did.



The bedroom. I'm not even gonna nauseate you with the living room and kitchen right now.

I also made two out of three(Four?) characters.

And balanced all the monsterz.

And all the items.

Theme of ACDC (your hometown) for now: http://www.mediafire.com/?1nwztwhogtm

Man, this game gets cooler by the minute.

YOU BET YOUR ASS.

Wingard is gonna make a full synchro system soon, and I'm trying to think up a way to do program advances. (Though I am having great difficulty, seeing as how no matter what you can only use one skill per party member per turn, period.)

I'm also trying to design Battle Network style versions of the bosses from the X series.

Nice a megaman game,i haven't seen one look this good for a long time.

YOU BET YOUR ASS.

Wingard is gonna make a full synchro system soon, and I'm trying to think up a way to do program advances. (Though I am having great difficulty, seeing as how no matter what you can only use one skill per party member per turn, period.)

I'm also trying to design Battle Network style versions of the bosses from the X series.

You could make a shop of somekinda, that you take chips and combind them into the move.

like if you combined two Cannon shot, you'd get a double cannon shot... or Mega cannon shot.

That's an awesome idea!

I'd make it so there was only a chance of getting it though, and it'd be an item you could only use once.

OR ALTERNATIVELY

I make a skill for the advance that you learn for a price. This skill activates a common event, and if you have all of the chips (that you haven't used on a character) needed for the skill, it eats them and you use the move.

Which would you guys prefer?

That's an awesome idea!

I'd make it so there was only a chance of getting it though, and it'd be an item you could only use once.

OR ALTERNATIVELY

I make a skill for the advance that you learn for a price. This skill activates a common event, and if you have all of the chips (that you haven't used on a character) needed for the skill, it eats them and you use the move.

Which would you guys prefer?

Same as skanker

Alright, when I get the files back from Wingard I'll put it in.

*also hay considering switching to XP*

UPDATE!

Modern Algebra is going to try to make a menu script for us.

It goes without saying by that comment that we are definitely moving to XP if there are no further obstructions.

So you remember this right?

http://rmrk.net/index.php/topic,6859.msg84929.html#msg84929

Well, he said he'd be using it, so i guess he should fulfill that duty.

So you remember this right?

http://rmrk.net/index.php/topic,6859.msg84929.html#msg84929

Yes, but I was having a bit of difficult finding it. Thanks!

Well, he said he'd be using it, so i guess he should fulfill that duty.

Hmm?

IMA GONNA WORK MAH MAGICZ

More than you might expect~

I need you to help me set up the database again after I do resources tonight. Is that okay, or do you want me to do resources AND a portion of the database?

I WANT YOU TO SET UP TEH SCRIPTZ.

NOW GO ON IRC.

I am in piano class, so cant yet, but I will when I get home in...almost exactly one hour.

Until then shamelessly bump my topic by posting here.

EDIT: OH YEAH BTW I drew sketches of the X combination and Zero data today.

I am getting my eyes checked in almost exactly one hour

;_;

That's totally gay. When will you be back?

Whenever I get home/am able to see

Post here when you are/can.

hi guys just so you know i need glasses

OMG, now you can be a bigger nerd j/k. I'm helping you and arrow shamelessly bump.

BUMP ON MUDAFUKAS

i played it, it was pretty, too bad it wasn't the diagonal view like the originals, still worth playing though.

I loved the demo, best fan game I have played since Crystal Wings!

Can't wait for even more updates!

Yo. I've been kinda silent towards this project but I didn't realize it was growing so much. If you need resources like music and stuff, I'll gladly help out.

Zypher is in.

yeah but fuck zypher

that douchebag can take a hike

edit: to keep this post on topic i will say that the music shall be coming!

hi project on hold because arrow is being liak a fgt and playing games instead of converting

fgt D:

Trying to make sure I dont fuck up the characters...TOO much.

I think the starting HP is too high.

Okay, if we could get someone to do collision mapping for this game, that'd be great. PM me for details, I won't respond til after I get back from school though.

Seriously, we need one. It's a very simple job, it just requires time and patience, and I cant do it on top of the rest of the work. I need a guy to do this full time.

Skanker has taken on the job full time.

Also: BATTLE THEME #1!

http://www.mediafire.com/?6rmhzzitdsm

and ive done nothing /:(

I know, I'm sorry. Once we get past the conversion stage here, you'll have lots more work, I promise.

Also:

Unlike RM2K3, in RMXP all of the sprites appear exactly as imported (as opposed to 2K3, which just doubled their sizes.) In order to compensate for this, I am probably going to have to double the size of the in battle graphics. What you see below is an example of how this might work, using a custom cannon as the guinea pig.

Awesome, Arrow!
 

Update: Redesigning the main characters tonight before I start doing their actual sprites for the game.

Vile was done first.



EDIT: Sigma. Yeah I know there's hardly any difference but it's fucking sigma, he's more than a little base. The second form will be where the magic happens. You will not be seeing that until the game is done, and you've reached him yourself though, sorry.

Working on a new enemy! See the topic in the gallery.

Also, Firerain, being totally badass, is hooking me up with a website for the project. Hug him.

Banner image can be found here:

LINKY

I'm in.

I think I'll be changing hosts shortly, in which case I would be changing this url for you, but check it.

http://arrow1.yourfreehosting.net/Index.html

Double post but look at this!

http://mildgreen.com/users/arrow/

Title screen <3

^Looking great; love the consistency in the graphics and text style. :>

Whoa! looks like a deadly game! Going to go try it out!

Wow! That's incredibly cool! I enjoyed MMBN 1-3 a lot.
I will keep my eye on this-- I love fan games! Even more when their fan games of games I really loved!

^5

Wish I Could Play the game but i get an error
"Not Implemented"

Look Kinda Cool Though