[XP] Quintessence - The Blighted Venom [Revamped]

Reives · May 29, 2007, 07:13:38 PM

Oh right, thanks for the headsup Crunk. I made that file mp3 now, it's here: http://www.savefile.com/files/744118

And here are some preview screenshots for Chapter 2; which will be largely played in flash backs.

Halfway done.

modern algebra · May 29, 2007, 08:17:21 PM

Looking pretty good!

I can't wait for the demo.

crunkbanker · June 01, 2007, 04:42:37 PM

i really enjoyed the mp3 you posted, its very pretty and calm. i just finished the demo ( i think) , I was told to to go tell Kardian to pick up food for Klaire but Kardian just says the same thing he did before. am i missing something? the intro was amazing, i love the music. the story seems very well thought out and interesting. i found a few small (very small) map errors that I can send you if you haven't already fixed them. I was very impressed with all the facesets, that really brings the characters to life and they were done well. even just the movement as they talked added in to making in more real. I will be watching this thread and I can't wait to see the next installment! I am gonna check out the battle system later today and I will post later again.

Reives · June 01, 2007, 06:55:51 PM

Eh, the demo is finished when the credits scroll:

I think you are at the part where they just said that Aerian soldiers were coming in the kitchen? If so, you are supposed to go get Vikon/Salory/Serai, not go to Kardian. Vikon and Salory's place is the southeastern exit of the village.

Glad you enjoyed it 'till this point though, and glad that you like the new title theme preview.

Try the rest of the demo if you have time, I think the later parts are better done than the early parts.

Reives · June 16, 2007, 08:48:25 PM

Please see first post; Chap. 1-3 v. 1.0 are now up.

Rune · June 16, 2007, 09:12:50 PM

The link won't work for me... can't find server

Reives · June 16, 2007, 11:00:26 PM

My bad, link is fixed now. http://files.filefront.com/Quintessence+Chapter+1+2+2rar/;7821732;;/fileinfo.html

Rune · June 16, 2007, 11:13:20 PM

Oooh thanks

Will test now

Reives · June 17, 2007, 02:05:29 AM

Enjoy.

Chapter 2 might be a little slow though, but Chapter 3 is much better.

Rune · June 17, 2007, 08:45:11 AM

Yeah, I see why you released 2 chapters in one go

Awesome so far

Keep it up!

Confederacy · June 20, 2007, 06:16:35 PM

Trulu a great RPG in terms of professianal. This is could almost be compared to Dark Eternal...though, Dark Eternal has fighting in the beginning.

Reives · June 20, 2007, 11:21:47 PM

Quote from: Confederacy on June 20, 2007, 06:16:35 PM
Trulu a great RPG in terms of professianal. This is could almost be compared to Dark Eternal...though, Dark Eternal has fighting in the beginning.

Mm, if you mean on-map fighting, there are some in the beginning as well. However if you mean game-play battle, there won't be any until Chapter 3; as Quintessence was originally intended to be a story-only project. However, the battle system is 100% original and created from scratch with events, so I hope to make up with that.

Overall, however, I believe that Q and DE are somewhat different in terms of genre. I do have great respect for DE though, as it's one of the first projects to truly inspire me.

mangadude5760 · June 27, 2007, 08:52:18 AM

This is really a great game! I just made it to Chapter 2 but I think my computer messed up or something and the game crashed but I saved it so I'll return soon. I did see a few errors though. For example I was able to walk on tables and desks etc. when I was playing as the alchemist what's his name. lol But great game! Top notch! Should be an anime! HAHA Great job.

Reives · June 28, 2007, 04:13:07 AM

Thanks Mangadude. And ty for the heads up on those passability bugs, I'll try to fix them.

Hope ya can get through the rest sometimes without it crashing again, heheh.

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In other news, I'm starting to get some work done on Chapter 4, now. At the moment, my expectations of it is rather high; to be better than the first 3 in most aspect (and so far, it's going as intended).

The chapter has a primary focus on Lunair. It, like chapter 3, will be story oriented with game-play. I am aiming for a better quality game-play experience than chapter 3. For example, you will be required to solve a puzzle during the on-map (first) boss fight; which will require much more than just spamming shoot arrow.

I am also utilizing more and more picture special effects, inspired by an intro demo I saw a while ago and Rye's new intro for MV. New original BGMs are also being composed to add some refreshing touch, I finished writing 2 so far.

And while Kardian, Vikon and Salory are no longer with the main cast at this moment, they will still be featured through short cut-scenes to their part of progress at times.

This will take some time though, I'm just starting.

But expect improvements from the past!

Karo Rushe · June 28, 2007, 04:21:21 AM

Just played it...And loved it

Music and the details goes so well...

(>_<) Now I want to start again with my project. This brought my spirit back to life

Reives · June 28, 2007, 04:26:53 AM

Glad it made you start again!

Good luck with teh project~

HowlingWinds · July 02, 2007, 10:07:02 PM

Just finished the demo, and omg o_o I loved it! I like games where there is a deep storyline and it's not so much about the battling, but battling is always nice too. I like the battle system in your game and the storyline. Through the chapters I really got to know the characters and their personalities. Games like these are hard to come by so if I was to score this I'd give it a 100/10.

keep up the good work!

Rune · July 03, 2007, 04:44:11 PM

I'm not too sure on the battle system... seemed a bit difficult for me $:-\$

Reives · July 03, 2007, 07:23:16 PM

@Howling:
Thanks! I try my best to keep the story and characters in good quality.

Will try to keep up the standard with the following chapters.

@Rune:
Heheh, point taken. Although, I've been getting feedbacks on the CBS from "can you please send me a save file to skip the battles, I can't win." to "this doesn't even need strategy, you can just spam shoot arrows and they die." (not exact wording but :p ). However, I believe the main problem at the moment is learning how to function; and that it quite hard to do with such a new action system without an in-game tutorial at the moment. I will be sure to include one next release, I'm sure that'll help a lot.

Currently mapping new town; Chap 4 is expected to come out later this month. Wish me luck!

Current town exterior:

And here's a short crappy comic strip I drew regarding the battle system:

Rune · July 03, 2007, 08:04:16 PM

Town looks sweet

And about the battle tutorial, I was about to suggest that

@comic strip - wtf? I don't get it

Esmeralda · July 03, 2007, 08:31:49 PM

Quote from: Reives on July 03, 2007, 07:23:16 PM
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And here's a short crappy comic strip I drew regarding the battle system:

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I don't quite get it, that doesn't remind of your awesome system. I still laughed

Reives · July 03, 2007, 08:44:31 PM

It just pokes fun at the unlimited ammo aspect. :p

modern algebra · July 03, 2007, 09:58:16 PM

i like the comic strip

. downloading new chapters now

HowlingWinds · July 03, 2007, 10:20:26 PM

I "lol"ed at the comic xD "What about me?! I don't even have a quiver...."

Reives · July 03, 2007, 10:58:27 PM

Wewt.

I've another comic strip here, but it's subjected to change; apparently very hard to understand and worse than the first one (should've kept things short and simple :p ). But I guess I'll post it here for now for the hell of it.

[Spoilers to Chapter 1/Requires Chapter 1 to understand (and even then probably not)]
(A few months before Chapter 1)