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Shane · « **on:** January 23, 2013, 12:24:18 pm »

This is my... how many mods has it been already?

Anyway, this is my most recent mod, Hope of Shané.

DOWNLOADS:
FROST:
Frost version α
Frost version β

NOTE: this mod won't have any ASM hacks.

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Shane · « **Reply #1 on:** January 26, 2013, 02:32:42 pm »

This post contains the answers of those asked at the SCS Forums.

Protagonist Name: Shané Lambrechts
Character Who Saves Her: Purple Karjam

Shane · « **Reply #2 on:** January 26, 2013, 02:33:53 pm »

Wayne the Mixolf has guessed the name of the character who saves Shané, correctly: the Purple Karjam. While the bosses are still unknown at the time I’m writing this, they’ll be near their versions’ Caverns: Frost's boss will be at the Frost Caverns, and Ember's boss will be at Ember Caverns.

...

Anyway, I've got permission to use some ORGs in the mods.

The Boss Name for Spark will be named by a TV Tropes member.

Shane · « **Reply #3 on:** April 17, 2013, 01:09:24 pm »

So, I figured I have to stop being so lazy and that I have to keep myself busy (I've gotten bored with playing video games now).

I'm working on this mod again. I already asked this at the SCS Forums, but... could somebody play through the mod and try to hunt glitches, please? I already know of the following things that I must do:

= Make intro more interesting (it is pretty boring though)
= Keep "controls.txt" but add notification somewhere (this is for those who don't know how to play Cave Story)
= Do NOT add text in "face.bmp"
= Keep the inconsistent art (deliberately; adds to the weirdness in that the caves are not really there but rather a figment of Shané's personalities).
= Give reason for boring town layout (caused by Frost Caverns appearing)
= Make townsfolk a bit more interesting (they are BORING)
= Fix door glitch behind Zexion (the greyish-steel-blue-haired guy)
= Get other people to help out with dialogue for mod (as everyone shows little emotion)... but I'll do that before release.
= Make protagonist note how the people attempt to be comedic while a darker and edgier quest is looming ahead. Breaking the fourth wall? That's merely Shané's personalities not noticing what's going on.
= Add a way out of the water trap in Town, pre-Invasion. After the Invasion begins it's possible to walk on the water.
= There's an extra space between "Shané" and "Lambrechts" - causing the "s" to be on a new line.
= Shané's home is inside the gate, not outside.
= Treasure chest with Keyblade is in the air once opened.

Also, so far the giant Critter boss works fine (in terms of sprites). The Mystery Mines are going to be pretty boring though, as there's also very little platforming. There's a reason for this: the miners were lazy.

I have yet to fix all those things, though, and add enemies and puzzles to the Mystery Mines. And then, after the Critter Boss is defeated, make it even harder by making it fall apart
In other words, after beating the boss, you can't access the Mystery Mines again once you leave it. That's the plan, at least.

As for town not being very platform-ish, it was rebuilt in three Sylraphian days and in a hurry. 1 Sylraphian day is basically 96 Earth hours. Building a town in about 288 hours in a hurry isn't a good idea though... $:-\$

Oh yeah, a question:
What looks weird about the small Critters of the Invasion?
(The answer can be seen in the current version.

)

Taylor · « **Reply #4 on:** April 18, 2013, 06:52:54 pm »

They wear gas masks?

Shane · « **Reply #5 on:** April 21, 2013, 09:31:04 am »

Sort of... the Critter boss will probably explain what's with it, but if you want to give a reason for why, feel free to!

... I have no idea why.

Shane · « **Reply #6 on:** April 25, 2013, 10:54:27 am »

First post has been updated with a download link for Version 0.1 of Frost.

Also, all versions of Frost will now be in Greek Letters (i.e. version 0.2 will now be version β instead).

In other words, version 0.1 is version α instead.

This is because the Starry Skies area will have Greek letters themselves.

Shane · « **Reply #7 on:** May 02, 2013, 02:27:22 pm »

I've got bad news regarding the mod. No, it's not cancelled, but a part of it is.

The credits part of the mod is cancelled. After I edited it, somehow it resulted in a buffer overflow, despite the original Credits file being larger than the current one. As such, this mod won't have end credits at all. Instead, all people will be credited in the "Readme.txt" file (as they always will be in my mods).

So for those of you who wanted to see characters in the credits... sorry.

Note, of course, that this doesn't mean anything regarding the characters representing you. The characters representing people (Sousuke Sagara, Reverie, etc.) will still appear in the mod, with their side quests, and so on.

Of course, this forces me to make a wiki of sorts for the characters, so that their knowledge is known and that people get information about them and so on.

Said "wiki" will be at these very forums, using a special subforum I've made for it.
Feel free to work on it in your spare time, if you want to. It's there just for information regarding the characters, and so on.

This is Shane Neumann, over and out.

Taylor · « **Reply #8 on:** May 04, 2013, 03:31:10 pm »

Well, that's interesting and all, but won't it require the full mod to be released?

Shane · « **Reply #9 on:** May 04, 2013, 07:48:43 pm »

Quote from: Taylor on May 04, 2013, 03:31:10 pm

Well, that's interesting and all, but won't it require the full mod to be released?

You guys can work on it as releases come and go. After all, the Wiki subforums are supposed to be allowed to let anyone (except guests) edit them.

Also, does anyone see a "new" thing if a post in a thread (like the Change Log) is edited?

Taylor · « **Reply #10 on:** May 05, 2013, 12:49:47 pm »

I see those.

Shane · « **Reply #11 on:** May 05, 2013, 12:51:48 pm »

Good.

You still haven't sent me a possible reason why the Critters wear weird masks though.

Shane · « **Reply #12 on:** May 06, 2013, 09:53:13 pm »

Okay, tomorrow (probably after 12:00 PM) I'll post all the dialogue of the mod.
I'm already done with it!

Wow, I work faster than I thought

Also: Taylor's to thank for some of the weird things (like Lily Osbourne the golfer or Siobhán Kosugi the rebellious teenager). Also, a lot of characters in the intro have two outfits because of the intro spanning two days. Richard "KarjamP" and Purple Karjam are, of course, exempt

...

Does anyone here have an idea what I could use for the theme of Ember (like Frost's theme is Greek)?
(referring to version stuff)

After all, the currently released version is Version α and the next one is Version β.

Shane · « **Reply #13 on:** May 30, 2013, 09:52:40 pm »

Early release. Get it in the OP. Id est, original post.

Shane · « **Reply #14 on:** June 09, 2013, 04:28:19 pm »

Due to a glitch, I had to re-upload version Beta.

Taylor · « **Reply #15 on:** June 09, 2013, 05:38:01 pm »

Is it due to the Greek letters?

Shane · « **Reply #16 on:** June 09, 2013, 06:43:54 pm »

Yeah...

You managed to get around it, didn't you?

Taylor · « **Reply #17 on:** June 10, 2013, 10:52:13 am »

Yep. Folder Renaming.

I assume that's your solution?

Shane · « **Reply #18 on:** June 10, 2013, 12:07:24 pm »

... Assumption is correct.

Shane · « **Reply #19 on:** June 11, 2013, 07:23:53 pm »

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I'm pretty sure Shane knows that, it's just that he can't make links due to having to use a proxy server to access the forums. :/

That's one of the reasons. The second reason is to prevent IP Board from breaking the links in some evil way.

Anyway, just to prove that I'm working on this mod, I decided to add some screenshots that will appear in version Gamma (0.3) of the mod. It's just two screenshots with not much action (in other words, it's probably boring) but it also spoils part of the future version.

What happens when a giant roach falls out of the sky to ambush a protagonist... and lands in lava. And then subsequently gets the hell out of there without annoying the protagonist.

By the way: traversing through the trees (literally) is the only way to progress through the forest. At the moment.

Since there aren't any houses in Frost Forest (except for the entrance), hot springs are the only way to recover HP (without killing enemies). Sadly, the tablet makes little sense, but oh well.

... I'm still thinking about what enemies to place in the forest though, so if anyone has suggestions, that'd be nice. As long as it doesn't require ASM hacking.

Taylor · « **Reply #20 on:** June 12, 2013, 09:44:49 am »

Quote from: Shane on June 11, 2013, 07:23:53 pm

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I'm pretty sure Shane knows that, it's just that he can't make links due to having to use a proxy server to access the forums. :/
That's one of the reasons. The second reason is to prevent IP Board from breaking the links in some evil way.

Anyway, just to prove that I'm working on this mod, I decided to add some screenshots that will appear in version Gamma (0.3) of the mod. It's just two screenshots with not much action (in other words, it's probably boring) but it also spoils part of the future version.

What happens when a giant roach falls out of the sky to ambush a protagonist... and lands in lava. And then subsequently gets the hell out of there without annoying the protagonist.

By the way: traversing through the trees (literally) is the only way to progress through the forest. At the moment.

Since there aren't any houses in Frost Forest (except for the entrance), hot springs are the only way to recover HP (without killing enemies). Sadly, the tablet makes little sense, but oh well.

... I'm still thinking about what enemies to place in the forest though, so if anyone has suggestions, that'd be nice. As long as it doesn't require ASM hacking.

Did you quote this post from the Cave Story forums or someplace?

And how'd you take the screenshots? Or did you use some sort of cheating program or something?

Shane · « **Reply #21 on:** June 12, 2013, 06:48:20 pm »

1. Yes, I quoted the post from the Cave Story Tribute Site Forums.
2. Yes, I used the Ultimate Doukutsu Trainer program and checked the "Numpad Keys Move" (something like that) option, to move around to get to those points.
It's the best way to test in my case, considering I can't use my left arm yet.

... The One-Armed Inhuman...
That'd make a weird filler chapter for Dragon Riders Episode 1 or something XD

Taylor · « **Reply #22 on:** June 12, 2013, 09:02:36 pm »

Quote from: Shane on June 12, 2013, 06:48:20 pm

1. Yes, I quoted the post from the Cave Story Tribute Site Forums.

I'll fix your post for you.

Quote from: Shane on June 12, 2013, 06:48:20 pm

2. Yes, I used the Ultimate Doukutsu Trainer program and checked the "Numpad Keys Move" (something like that) option, to move around to get to those points.
It's the best way to test in my case, considering I can't use my left arm yet.

How long does it take for a broken arm to heal?

Is the bone set or something like that, or do you still not remember?

Quote from: Shane on June 12, 2013, 06:48:20 pm

... The One-Armed Inhuman...
That'd make a weird filler chapter for Dragon Riders Episode 1 or something XD

... A Super Inhuman with a broken arm? Seriously?
He'd still beat Ghost Ballos.

Taylor · « **Reply #23 on:** June 13, 2013, 08:16:05 pm »

I thought Shane'd post this, but he didn't. So, I'll post it!

I did this before Shane released version Beta of the mod. Personally, I like how Shane decided to add a Greek theme to Frost.

Polish, Gravekeeper, Armadillo, Basu, Hoppy, Beetle, all resprited/recolored.
Polish are white orb thingies. They split into smaller ones upon death.
Gravekeepers just slash away. Armadillo just wawlks ahead. Hoppy just hop on the left side of a wall. Beetles charge at a hero when they spot one.
Basu's resprite is a Zii (am I right, Shane?) with the Heartless emblem, basically.

Behemoth is now a Heartless

Hoppy and Armadillo are there. There's also Mesa recolor.

I hope Shane'll use this for Eclaire's boss fight if he so chooses.
That'd be awesome if he did

Shane · « **Reply #24 on:** June 15, 2013, 06:31:07 pm »

The first two may be used in the sidequest for Sousuke Sagara.

And I don't have any uses for those sprites yet, so I may as well use it for Eclaire.

Taylor · « **Reply #25 on:** June 15, 2013, 07:56:22 pm »

Quote from: Shane on June 15, 2013, 06:31:07 pm

The first two may be used in the sidequest for Sousuke Sagara.

I see.

Quote from: Shane on June 15, 2013, 06:31:07 pm

And I don't have any uses for those sprites yet, so I may as well use it for Eclaire.

Awesome! So when can Eclaire appear?

Shane · « **Reply #26 on:** June 15, 2013, 08:02:07 pm »

Quote from: Kay Engiabo on June 15, 2013, 07:56:22 pm

Quote from: Shane on June 15, 2013, 06:31:07 pm
And I don't have any uses for those sprites yet, so I may as well use it for Eclaire.
Awesome! So when can Eclaire appear?

Version 0.4 [Delta].

Shane · « **Reply #27 on:** June 16, 2013, 01:06:20 pm »

Inoratu - a boss in Hope of Shané.
It will be in the Elraphia [Gale Storm] area.
On defeat, the player receives a briefcase to deliver to Richard.
If one wins without taking damage, a Life Capsule is also obtained.

Also, this boss can be battled infinitely (in other words, you can take the boss on as many times as you wish to).

Taylor · « **Reply #28 on:** June 16, 2013, 01:54:34 pm »

It looks awesome! All that's needed now is Ancient Machine playing during the boss fight and then we have a Palenque-like boss!

... So what is this guy's minions? Or are those going to be squid and Ikachan?

Shane · « **Reply #29 on:** June 21, 2013, 05:00:19 pm »

Quote from: Taylor on June 16, 2013, 01:54:34 pm

It looks awesome! All that's needed now is Ancient Machine playing during the boss fight and then we have a Palenque-like boss!

... So what is this guy's minions? Or are those going to be squid and Ikachan?

Who knows~

Currently, it's fish and Ikachan. It must change. IT MUST CHANGE!

Meanwhile, I've to start on Sousuke's side quest... but I'm lazy.

Shane · « **Reply #30 on:** June 24, 2013, 11:26:22 am »

Rhodes Tunnel:
Entering will cause all weapons to level down, unless the Road's End boss is defeated. (Boy, am I going to have a hard time on this mod... ^_^")

Entrance. Boss: the blonde girl who's name is being voted about in a poll. Going to the Dragon Room requires beating the girl in combat. Her theme is A Darkened Heart in the boss fight.
Those blocks with the red in the center can only be destroyed by Deleet.
...
Maybe I could add a Life Capsule there after Inoratu is befriended?

Dragon Room. A room with the Twin Dragons of the version. The exit to this room can only be used if the treasure is opened. Their boss theme is Inferno Gaze.

Open Path. Boss: Coolio. Two Shadow Clones appear at first (the first gets crushed by a falling block at the top). Then the real Coolio pops up. Defeating him allows leaving the room. Boss theme is HH BG Battle (a song from Wayne's Haunted House Story). Coolio's main theme is Fight (also by Wayne).

Road's End. Boss: unknown. Defeating the unknown boss allows one to enter Sparkle's House. Current themes unknown. However, major bosses will not be used here.

Background music: Once in a Blue Moon (because the background has blue moons)

...

So, what do you guys think?
Is that a good enough "boss rush" tunnel to Kimlasca Town?

Taylor · « **Reply #31 on:** June 24, 2013, 04:40:09 pm »

Quote from: Shane on June 24, 2013, 11:26:22 am

Rhodes Tunnel:
Entering will cause all weapons to level down, unless the Road's End boss is defeated. (Boy, am I going to have a hard time on this mod... ^_^")

Entrance. Boss: the blonde girl who's name is being voted about in a poll. Going to the Dragon Room requires beating the girl in combat. Her theme is A Darkened Heart in the boss fight.
Those blocks with the red in the center can only be destroyed by Deleet.
...
Maybe I could add a Life Capsule there after Inoratu is befriended?

I think you should... A Darkened Heart... that's how I feel. That song... it conveys my mood exactly...

Quote from: Shane on June 24, 2013, 11:26:22 am

Dragon Room. A room with the Twin Dragons of the version. The exit to this room can only be used if the treasure is opened. Their boss theme is Inferno Gaze.

Their gaze can't set the room ablaze...

It's Frost...

Quote from: Shane on June 24, 2013, 11:26:22 am

Open Path. Boss: Coolio. Two Shadow Clones appear at first (the first gets crushed by a falling block at the top). Then the real Coolio pops up. Defeating him allows leaving the room. Boss theme is HH BG Battle (a song from Wayne's Haunted House Story). Coolio's main theme is Fight (also by Wayne).

Say... will those songs be Frost only?
And Shadow Clones...?

Quote from: Shane on June 24, 2013, 11:26:22 am

Road's End. Boss: unknown. Defeating the unknown boss allows one to enter Sparkle's House. Current themes unknown. However, major bosses will not be used here.

How about... another Balrog AI? Or an Igor...?

Quote from: Shane on June 24, 2013, 11:26:22 am

Background music: Once in a Blue Moon (because the background has blue moons)

...

So, what do you guys think?
Is that a good enough "boss rush" tunnel to Kimlasca Town?

I think so... The song sounds great...

Shane · « **Reply #32 on:** June 24, 2013, 06:28:12 pm »

Well, at the moment, I'm sorting out the Flags List to see which flags I'm using at the moment and which are to go unused.

... I ought to add a mailbox for Shané's house... but I don't know...

KarjamP · « **Reply #33 on:** June 25, 2013, 01:03:10 am »

Your mapping looks great, Shane!

Also, AFAIK, Taylor, Balrog has 4 AI (including an unused one where he fires bullets, jumps to one side of the room, fires more bullets, and then jumps to the other side of the room and repeats).

Shane · « **Reply #34 on:** June 25, 2013, 06:41:06 am »

Quote from: KarjamP on June 25, 2013, 01:03:10 am

Your mapping looks great, Shane!

* bows *
Thank you.

However... chances are it may have changed. Those maps were just a work-in-progress, after all.
And at the moment, the level of progress is... procrastination.

Quote from: KarjamP on June 25, 2013, 01:03:10 am

Also, AFAIK, Taylor, Balrog has 4 AI (including an unused one where he fires bullets, jumps to one side of the room, fires more bullets, and then jumps to the other side of the room and repeats).

Balrog's first AI: Walk around, jump every now and then.
Balrog's second AI: The one KarjamP described.

Balrog's third AI: One where he jumps and flies around a lot.
Balrog's fourth AI: One where he fires missiles and jumps a lot. Guess he swallowed a missile launcher

Balrog's fifth AI: One where he stands still, doing nothing, until getting shot too much, at which point he'll jump up and try to stomp on the player. Technically, this is Pooh Black's AI, but in Dragon Riders Re:coded, this is one of Balrog's AIs. (In fact, Balrog is literally breaking apart.

)
Balrog's sixth AI: A giant frog. Technically, it's Balfrog, but maybe Dragon Riders Re:coded will have him in this form too.

Taylor · « **Reply #35 on:** June 25, 2013, 06:49:47 am »

Quote from: Shane on June 24, 2013, 06:28:12 pm

Well, at the moment, I'm sorting out the Flags List to see which flags I'm using at the moment and which are to go unused.

Right...
After all, wouldn't want to have another problem like... the Life Capsule, right...?

Quote from: Shane on June 24, 2013, 06:28:12 pm

... I ought to add a mailbox for Shané's house... but I don't know...

A mailbox is a good idea...

Shane · « **Reply #36 on:** June 25, 2013, 11:45:11 am »

Quote from: Taylor on June 25, 2013, 06:49:47 am

Quote from: Shane on June 24, 2013, 06:28:12 pm
Well, at the moment, I'm sorting out the Flags List to see which flags I'm using at the moment and which are to go unused.
Right...
After all, wouldn't want to have another problem like... the Life Capsule, right...?

True.

Quote from: Taylor on June 25, 2013, 06:49:47 am

Quote from: Shane on June 24, 2013, 06:28:12 pm
... I ought to add a mailbox for Shané's house... but I don't know...
A mailbox is a good idea...

Thanks.
Problem is, it'll have to be inside, not outside. (I've used all 256 tiles for the Kimlasca Town tileset already.

)

Also, an update!
An Angry Darkened Heart, the boss theme for the boss of Road's End.
Taylor's post gave me a sudden idea: since the blonde assassin is a sorceress, why not let her cast the Shapeshifting Spell upon herself?
Thus making her an even eviler boss than before, I suppose.

It's just an alternate version of A Darkened Heart, to show how desperate she is.

Taylor · « **Reply #37 on:** June 25, 2013, 11:53:53 am »

...!

Quote from: Shane on June 25, 2013, 06:41:06 am

Quote from: KarjamP on June 25, 2013, 01:03:10 am
Your mapping looks great, Shane!
* bows *
Thank you.
However... chances are it may have changed. Those maps were just a work-in-progress, after all.
And at the moment, the level of progress is... procrastination.

Too much laziness... Shane...

Shane · « **Reply #38 on:** June 25, 2013, 06:04:16 pm »

Quote from: Taylor on June 25, 2013, 11:53:53 am

...!

Quote from: Shane on June 25, 2013, 06:41:06 am
Quote from: KarjamP on June 25, 2013, 01:03:10 am
Your mapping looks great, Shane!
* bows *
Thank you.
However... chances are it may have changed. Those maps were just a work-in-progress, after all.
And at the moment, the level of progress is... procrastination.
Too much laziness... Shane...

Have to find out which flags I do and do not use, Taylor.

Shane · « **Reply #39 on:** June 25, 2013, 10:00:21 pm »

I think I'm sick (as in, crazy).

One of the backgrounds in the mod, in a side quest. $:-\$
The Eye of Pacen is upon us! RUN FOR YOUR LIVES! * runs away and hides *

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