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BMacZero
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Ooh, fiya! Poor guy...



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Ok, I've replaced the lower part of the boss's body with dark smoke!

What do you think?

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Roxas
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Nice, i like that better =)
Gives the true darkness feeling.

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Posted: 31st May 2009 12:17
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Looks great
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Posted: 31st May 2009 21:15
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Looks much better.
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Posted: 31st May 2009 21:19
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WOW .

I can't wait to see THAT in action

Did you make the laser texture yourself?

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Posted: 4th Jun 2009 01:01 Edited at: 4th Jun 2009 01:02
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hmm i was kind of bored, so i created a lil monster feel free to use it in your game.

First uploading screenshot
then the download for ya, it's in AC3D format, as from what i remember you have it? If not i can export it for ya.




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Dragon Knight
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Posted: 4th Jun 2009 01:03 Edited at: 4th Jun 2009 01:06
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and here you go the download
it contains texture + model in .rar format

Enjoy ^-^, if you want me to make sum random monsters i'd be happy to, just trying to improve my modeling skills.

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i don't think it uploaded correctly:
so here's another link:
http://www.hybridwolves.co.uk/monster.rar


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Posted: 7th Jun 2009 00:00
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The smoke really fills him out, great touch

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Posted: 7th Jun 2009 18:38 Edited at: 7th Jun 2009 18:57
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I love it when people really show how much you can push the boundaries of Dark Basic. I love seeing these games that have been envisioned and eventually come to life by the skill of the creator.

I give you a lot of credit. Taking on a project like this and following through with it for so long takes some serious heart.

Keep up the good work! You rock!

~Techninja

EDIT 1: By the way, I like the new smoke effect on the boss MUCH better. It makes it more dark and sinister looking. The exposed bottom sort of lost that effect.

EDIT 2: I'm getting an "Error 31" message when I try to play the game. I'm using Windows XP. Anyone care to enlighten me?

Feel like I understand text-based/2D programs well enough.

Time to move to 3D!
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zzz
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Posted: 7th Jun 2009 20:54 Edited at: 7th Jun 2009 21:00
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@all:
Thank you for you comments!

@TheComet:
Yup, home-made texture.

@Dragon Knight:
Thanks, but I have all the monsters I need for the moment.

@Techninja:
Thank you for your kind comment!
Do you get the error immediately after you click the exe? Remember, the game won't run if you alter the name on any file or folder. Maybe you could try to set the exe to compability mode.

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zzz:

I was able to get your game running in compatibility mode. Thanks for the tip. However, when I try to run a saved game, I get "Runtime Error: 99". I'll keep messing with the settings.

Here's what I think:

Pros:
- The controls and view angles are very precise and don't seem to snag on any corners.
- The theme is consistent. All creatures, models, textures, etc. have the same feel to them (reminds me very much of the latest Zelda game).
- All actions are smoothly executed.
- Models are awesome! I love how you managed to do this with the little wiggle room you were provided!
- Sounds and music are appropriate.

Cons:
- The sword swinging effect is kinda awkward.
- The face of the one guy you meet in the beginning seems off-center.
- The loading takes a little while (may just be me) and it would be nice if you added a % bar.

Overall:
- Loved it! It's great and I'll work around that loading issue. Keep up the good work! I'm not sure how much my opinion counts because my 3D abilities are certainly sub-par.

Thanks so much!

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Techninja
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Posted: 8th Jun 2009 08:54 Edited at: 8th Jun 2009 16:12
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Not an intentional double post. Apologies.

Feel like I understand text-based/2D programs well enough.

Time to move to 3D!
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Posted: 10th Jun 2009 22:59 Edited at: 10th Jun 2009 23:06
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@Techninja:
More pros than cons? Then I must be doing something right!
Quote: "The sword swinging effect is kinda awkward"

The sword trail?
Quote: "The face of the one guy you meet in the beginning seems off-center."

Do you mean Mr. Trevus, who lives in the house on lv 2?
Quote: "The loading takes a little while (may just be me) and it would be nice if you added a % bar."

Yeah, the loading itself may be hard to do something about. But I'm planning on adding a loading bar.

Quote: "Loved it! It's great and I'll work around that loading issue."

Thanks! As soon as the game is more or less done(I'm working on the last boss battle, as you can see), I'll focus on fixing the remaining bugs.

Quote: "Keep up the good work! I'm not sure how much my opinion counts because my 3D abilities are certainly sub-par."

Your opinion counts as much as anyone else's! Thanks for playing my game!

Here you go; more screenshots!
The good ol' laser.
Hmm? What's that eye doing there?



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Oohohohoh... Looking very nice there! How difficult would you say this boss is judging from the rest of the game?

You know, I'm wondering if I should retexture my character as well. It did so much for Soul Hunter...

Also, I notice it's night now. What happened?

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Posted: 11th Jun 2009 02:06 Edited at: 11th Jun 2009 02:45
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Quote: "Also, I notice it's night now. What happened?"

The beginning of the level will take place during dawn. But it will get darker as soon as the battle starts, so I temporarily changed the level to night, just to get a feeling what it will look like. As the battle continues it will get darker and darker...

Anyway, I've now uploaded a newer video of the boss-battle:
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Don't mind the other enemies running around on the level, they're just present to make debugging a little funnier.
And yeah; awful, laggy, fraps-framerate as usual...

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Posted: 11th Jun 2009 02:17
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I likey the new HUD



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Posted: 11th Jun 2009 16:29
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Wow - that boss battle video looks incredibly well done, and exciting. Keep up the good work!

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Posted: 11th Jun 2009 16:43
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I don't have enough words to describe how awesome that just was... Every time I look at your new updates, I think "OMG, that was soooo incredible, I think I will never get anywhere with TombStone...".

I see you added "dust" flying around where SoulHunter walks . If you contrast it a bit more so it appears nearer to him, it would look perfect.

The laser is a bit black. Is that usual?

The smoke looks really good, as does the animation and pretty much everything else. Great job on everything, my jaw dropped so far when I saw that, that I have to go to a doctor.

Cheers!

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Posted: 11th Jun 2009 17:05
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Yes, very nice. This did point out something to me which you might want to improve though. I noticed in this vid that Soul Hunter is very rigid when he moves. Maybe you should add a very slight acceleration and deceleration to his movement? I would say it should be so slight it's cosmetic, but enough that he's not so stiff when moving.

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Quote: "that boss battle video looks incredibly well done, and exciting. Keep up the good work!"

Thanks!

Quote: "I see you added "dust" flying around where SoulHunter walks . If you contrast it a bit more so it appears nearer to him, it would look perfect."

See the comment section on the Youtube vid.

Quote: "The laser is a bit black. Is that usual?"

Uh, ehm?
Yes, it is very usual.

Quote: "Maybe you should add a very slight acceleration and deceleration to his movement?"

He does have a slight acceleration/deceleration already. I'll just have to tweak the variables a little.

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Posted: 11th Jun 2009 18:47 Edited at: 11th Jun 2009 21:40
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Quote: " Uh, ehm?
Yes, it is very usual. "


I marked it red in this pic:

http://i254.photobucket.com/albums/hh100/TheComet92/dboss4.jpg

It looks like an inverted sphere or something where the dirt is flying, and there are traces of more black stuff along the beam. That's what I meant.

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Posted: 11th Jun 2009 21:31 Edited at: 11th Jun 2009 21:33
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@TheComet:
Yeah, it's quite cool don't you think?
Uhm, could you resize the pic or put it in a link, please? It's pretty huge.

Quote: "Maybe you should add a very slight acceleration and deceleration to his movement?"

Fixed!

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Posted: 11th Jun 2009 21:44 Edited at: 11th Jun 2009 21:48
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Quote: "Yeah, it's quite cool don't you think?
Uhm, could you resize the pic or put it in a link, please? It's pretty huge.
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Hmm, I just don't think it fits that well. If you made it look a bit more like smoke, it would look better, but I just see it as some graphical error right now. But if you think it's cool, then that's that. It IS your game, right?

Sure, pic is in a link now.

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Looks absolutely superb, I have nothing really to comment on that I'm sure you haven't figured out already.


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Quote: "Fixed!"

Nice.

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I just spotted this logo in the top right corner of the TGC forum. It looks a lot like your artwork, zzz. Is it?



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Wow, your doing a great job. Your game just gave me an idea for mine. The style, not the game story or ideas.

BTW, those video's on youtube, looking good. Keep up the good work

Edit: How did you make the beam so well?
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Really really really impresive.
This is really DBC??? (it jus a sarcasm)

The walk animation is very nice now and the speed to it's very well done!!! (After a great effort). The game has very nice speed to, the character is looking far more better, when it falls it looks real and has a nice visual appealing. The cloth looking it's superb, it just move nicely with every animation.

The boss gives you the impression you just have to run to stay alive!!

Quote: "Hmm, I just don't think it fits that well. If you made it look a bit more like smoke, it would look better, but I just see it as some graphical error right now. But if you think it's cool, then that's that. It IS your game, right?

Sure, pic is in a link now.

TheComet"



I completely agree with the commet, that should look more like smoke.
It just dont fit with the other things in the video..
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I think it fits <_<

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I think it fits fine in the video, though I do think it a bit odd in the screenshots. I would keep it the way it is. Any sort of smoke effect that was equivalent would have a huge hit on the fps.

Also, it's an inverted model, which I'm partial to.

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Yeah, I'm keeping the laser effect as it is.
Quote: "Also, it's an inverted model, which I'm partial to."

That's right, and I thank you for that!
Offtopic:
I'm fooling around with DirectX right now, hoping to make an engine of some sort, more info here.

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I get like 5-10 FPS
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I love your site ZZZ! Especially the menus! Btw, you should look into OpenGL too before making engine OpenGL usually dents to be better if you don't want something specific features from DirectX.

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Yet another great game made in DBC. It's amazing what one can do once he puts his mind to it. Oh yeah, and inverted models rock.

I applaud your amazing efforts--over three years of hard work! To make something with quality as high as this deserves more than just a thread in a forum.

I hope to see more updates as time goes by, and hopefully a finished commercial product.


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Wow... I am speechless someone could do this is DBC. The game looks absolutely stunning. The story is so original. Great Job!

Actually, I browse around the boards just to critique stories to make them more original, it seems that many are doing the "Shoot everyone in your sight"
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Quote: "Wow... I am speechless someone could do this is DBC. The game looks absolutely stunning. The story is so original. Great Job!"

Obviously, then, you're not aware of the capabilities of DBC. The three greatest TGC projects are made in DBC as far as I'm concerned: Soulhunter, Dream and Evochron Legends.


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Quote: "Obviously, then, you're not aware of the capabilities of DBC. The three greatest TGC projects are made in DBC as far as I'm concerned: Soulhunter, Dream and Evochron Legends."
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Thanks for all the comments!

Quote: "Btw, you should look into OpenGL too before making engine"

I'm probably going to try OpenGL some time in the future. DX seemed easier to me when I started, and I got the feeling that it had more newbie tutorials.

Quote: "The story is so original."

I'm glad you like it!

Quote: "lol"

lol

Anyway, I've been working quite a lot on soulhunter the last couple of days. The first phase of the boss battle is now finished. I'm currently working on its ending cinematics.
When that's done, I'll begin working on phase two (with the large dragon/crocodile monster visible in my sig).


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Alright! I've been waiting to see that nasty looking dragon in-game. I'm looking forward to epic titan like fighting.


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I can't wait to see all of the new graphical improvements and the new boss battle phase! (Just don't give away the ending. )

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Quote: "I'm currently working on its ending cinematics."


is there an opening cinematic too?
the boss look awesome, can't wait to play it.
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Excellent! Keep up the good work.

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Quote: "is there an opening cinematic too?"

Not yet.

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Yay! Here are some screenshots from the wip cinematic. There's nothing special about them,
but they aren't spoilers and I just wanted to post something to prove that I'm working hard on this now.





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Nice! What are those darkish rays in the third screenshot?

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@Brick Break: I'm not going to answer your question Brick Break, because I don't want to spoil the ending.
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The ending cinematics for phase one are now done, and I began working on the second phase today. Below are some very, very early screenshots:







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Is croc THAT big? WOW

Can't wait to see this finish!!!!

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Wow! Might I suggest you use higher resolution textures for the particles? BTW lulz at the 3rd pic.

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