DUDE I HAVE LIKE A BUNCH OF HYPE MUSIC HERE ARE SOME
Video Killed the Radio Star by The Buggles
Let's Go by Stuck in the Sound
Louder Than Words by Les Friction
Volatile Times by IAMX (There's also another much cooler version!)
Tsukematsukeru by Kyary Pamyu Pamyu
Hype-Relieving and Easy-listening songs-
Safe and Sound by Taylor Swift
Love Like You from Steven Universe
Silhouette by Owl City (I actually used this song before to help meld Aryx's personality when he was still new)
The House that Built Me by Miranda Lambert
Come Back to Me by Les Friction
Boats and Birds by Gregory and the Hawk
Nothing and Nowhere by Emily Haines
If I had a Million Dollars by Barenaked Ladies (Trust me this is actually a rlly good supportive song)
Sea of Voices by Porter Robinson
Naive Unprepared Child by Zach Farache
I have over 200+ songs on my computer so I could dish out way more.
Also, I know I should start getting to sprites and shit, but it's not the easiest to do without outside influence.
Warrior, you got any ideas for battle poses/idle animations? You could just gimme rough drafts of their stance or just describe stuff to me. If anyone else's characters are in there, I'd love to get those too.
Also just 100% Tell me everything you want in the game I am not a psychic and I will make just about anything if you tell me to.
((Re-tracking stuff)
((Quick retrack!))
Ahhh thank you.. This process is very much a help-me-help-you kind of thing, and its probably gonna be like that throughout the whole thing. I also hope you guys are willing to go through a lot of rough draft shit before getting to final products.
Also, is his idle in-battle or his his battle in-battle? ((Im not sure what I can do with walksprites, unless Explorer gives me the exact frame-dimensions the should need for each frame))
In his battle stance, I can probably work with the magic in his hand, maybe to change types when he is charging magical attacks. The default would probably some sort of faint glow on his hands.
Part of me wants to give Kono a bit of a lively bounce when she walks, sort of to show her still-youth.
I also have to redo Kono's battle sprite entirely, because her last sprite is too small for the 96x96 dimensions I would rather use. I might do hers alongside Rebel's to give myself height ideas.
Question- Since Arry and Terry are big dragon people (Terroka is actually taller here, too) would Aryx be about the same height as Rebel or a little shorter but overall bigger?
I feel like Masamba would actually be some sort of special sweeper, being high in attack and speed but pitifully low in defense (And especially weak to light or celestial magics) His special move would 100% be a type of sweep attack that effects all ground enemies (Flying enemies would be untouched)
For this move, he'd continuously shoot in and out of the ground, slicing up enemies by morphing his hands into shadow claws
Because this is a move that effects all enemies, the damage is not too high, and is recommended only for use when there are a lot of enemies on the field. The move would have a 40% chance to add a 'bleeding' effect to make up for the damage it doesnt deal.
For Aryx's two, I actually have a good idea. One would be the utilization of his fire breath, which can manifest into a fireball spell that actually deals physical damage instead of magical, and adds a burn to the enemy. This physical over magical makes his fireball unique to magic-casting characters, but it's the only 'spell' he can cast.
His special attack is likely to be something dragon-related. Something along the lines of "Draconic Spirit", a special also shared by Terroka, allows the user to engulf themselves in their designated breath power and deal a large amount of damage to one enemy by using all of their strength against the enemy. Both have a 50% chance to add an effect to the enemy (Aryx's would add 'burn', Terroka's would add 'blind') Because of the strength used up, this also adds a weakness effect to the user for the remainder of the battle, or until they faint.
((I have a lot of ideas for exclusive attacks for these characters btw))
Do not worry! Im currently working on Rebel's 'charging' animation! (I'll do just the base version for now, I'll work on charged magics later)
Afterwards I'll do his idle, since it'd be rather easy.
I fucking did it.
I am bering force to go to bed so I might have to give the frame-by-frame version tomorrow. Luckily for me, I get out early. ;)
Okay so-
Currently what I've got rn is Rebel is a Black Mage that casts only damaging magic, but can also do physical attacks. From the sprites I'm making, he can only do Four set types of magic- Fire, Natural, Water, and Shadow, which is a number that only he can learn. (Rebel is currently the only one able to cast more than two types of magic)
Charging Fire
Charging Natural
Charging Water
Charging Shadow
Basically, this is to keep him from being too OP of a character, so he gets only the magic types he needs to be an offensive black mage.
If you would like to add extra magics (I have a magic exclusive to only Rebel in mind) you can just ask if you need me to make another sprite for that.
QUICK, GUYS. GET ME NICE MUSIC TO LISTEN TO WHILE I WORK
I was thinking some sort of "Celestial" magic, a type only used by Demigod or god-like enemies, and also exclusive to Rebel. Celestial beings take half damage from fire, natural, and water damage, but take extra from shadow and light damage. So regular Rebel would probably be the regular typing of any other playable character, but would take on a Celestial typing if he ever transformed into his demigod-form in-game.
Lucario, are you gonna need those frame-by-frame pics to use for the animations?
Also, I think Rebel's sprites would be the most inanimate, save for his overworld idle animation. I just imagined him being so calm in battle that he just doesn't move.
Also I'm gonna make it so that Rebel never blinks in any animation.
Just anything you think I'll like. It can be intense as fuck or some cute music.
Im currently going into the other thread to find some reference drawings from me and Warrior.
Hey, Explorer, which party members join in the party in the first dungeon? I need to know so I can make their idle sprites first.
Also, I have the idea that the characters shouldn't be able to get their very special attacks until certain points in the game, to avoid making the beginning too easy.
Another thing- We haven't discussed the music in the game yet. Should we talk about the soundtrack?
I could not access the Masamba or Aryx expression sheets, sadly.
((Fuck sorry I forgot to retrack it last time, what's going on?))
Despite the lack of Kono, and how the weavers had reacted, the rest of the colony looked entirely unaffected. Work was still being done at the same pace. Everyone still had the same faces, that face that looks forward when there is nothing ahead. Weavers and Gatherers primarily dominated the traffic flow of mutants, and they nearly didn't notice Kono, when one Weaver looked to the side to see three outsiders in a row, just standing there. It quietly chattered this news to a few other mutants, which then brought the whole line to a stop, filled with mutants all staring at the outsiders they loved so dearly.
