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Mirage Of Tales: The Ages Of Faith [ ALL PROLOGUES RELEASED ]
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This is nicely refreshing! I actually love how you are bringing back standards from "classic RPGs", such as royalty, medieval setting, etc... Your tilesets are also pretty unique which is rather pleasant :D
Overall, you seem to have quite a lot of ambition! Good luck with that! |
AMAZING. I'll play the first beta immediately when it is released. I love the story, features, and... just amazing. Good luck! :)
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Loved your first hack, hope this one goes more smoothly for you. Really looking forward to it.
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Ah, finally you posted this here! G'luck, avaramoon! =)
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New Mirage of Tales hack?
I loved the last one, so this one's sure to be good. It certainly looks good! |
Heck yeah. A new MOT hack is coming! I'm so happy you've decided to come back to the hacking scene! Anyways good luck with the hack and I'll be sure to look out for that beta. :)
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mirage of tales is back with a new story??? oh ya
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So excited For an new MOT hack i loved the first one and the Choice system made it feel like more of an rpg i play when im waiting for more pokemon. also know you have my full support because you are great at this
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Alright! A new hack by Avaramoon! Good luck with this one, Avara!
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I see you got it posted here eh? I've watched your other hack since. But now here's the new, well.. I'll call it new since you just posted it but not that blah. Honestly, I love the idea. Making a hack that base on your interest and making it possible just look at it go! Medieval time setting is pretty interesting as well. It's like back-to-school again. Aside Pokemon, have you gotten some of the names related to real life king and queens? I wanna know more. Well, good luck on this!
http://i57.*.com/2yu0d8j.png Can't wait to ride this lizard dragon and walk |
If you are looking for a beta tester I am willing and have the free time to test it for any glitches.
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Oh, You're back, Avara? :) Woohoo
I Really enjoyed your last Hack, Looks like i will Enjoy This one even more:D Good Luck |
i wanna be a beta tester
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This looks really cool. The themes and everything are all really interesting. I love the riding pokemon feature.
I'm also interested in beta testing, if you don't mind. btw, the html needs a finishing thing for the Georgia font in your post. |
why do we get salamence for riding why not Noivernm?
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Yesssssssssssssss I love the way this hack looks. Good luck, I can't wait to try it out! I love the theme and the screens. Great job from what I've seen.
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The hack looks very nice from what I can see so far, I'm liking the monarchy aspects with the king and queen, and prince and princess. The theme overall with the monarchy and religion playing a part in the world feels, I suppose Arthurian in nature. The tiles look nice and fit pretty well and nothing I can see at first glance to nitpick about so all good as of now. I wish you the best of luck and can't wait to try this when it comes out.
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This looks really good and can't wait to play it, also I really like that medieval theme something you don't usually see.
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Cool, I played the last Mirage of Tales and it was awesome!
I hope this one will give me the same feeling I had with the last one. |
Your back?! sweet dude i can't wait to try this out this game is different in many ways!
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Thanks a lot for the support guys! It means a lot to me =) I wouldnt expect to see any kind of release soon, unfortunately I had to wipe my computer to get rid of viruses and so I lost alllllll my hacking stufff... Plus, i have lots of stuff going on in life atm so hacking is pretty low on my list of priorities for now, but you'll see something eventually =P. Im going to be working on only one story at a time until complete, so Beta 1 will be the complete story of the male character, Beta 2 will have the full female story, etc, but like I said that's in the far future lol. Thanks again!
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Glad another MOT is back looks good so far. I'd be interested in beta testing btw.
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This game looks cool. And glad to see Mirage Of Tales is back. Loved the first game. Anyways, can't wait to see this game when it is released. :)
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Sounds like a really unique story line can't wait to play it.
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It turns out I had an older copy of MOT:AOF on my mediafire account, which means I don't need to start completely from scratch. To celebrate, I thought I'd share some of the sprite work that i have done for the game. =)
http://i58.*.com/mtx1e.pnghttp://i60.*.com/zlqmfd.pnghttp://i61.*.com/2isyy2s.pnghttp://i60.*.com/2vnrnh5.pnghttp://i57.*.com/2eq74he.png |
I would love to be a beta tester for this game, cause I always wanted to have a title besides CHAMPION in pokemon. Does the renaming of the character work properly?
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Yes! I loved your first rom hack! I really wish it was continued but oh well :) Cant wait for this one though love the idea behind it keep it up !
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Sorry for the spam of 3 comments in a row xD but i would love to be a beta tester if possible! |
Sorry for not getting back to questions sooner!
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^If anyone can offer me any advice on the above id be super grateful! |
Screenies look really good.
I was wondering if Azradon would be included or make an appearance. I think Azradon is my favorite fakemon like ever. Along with the evolutions. |
Not bad Avara! I'm glad you're back and at the hack game again! Keep it! Hopefull I'll be able to release somethin too :p
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Thank you! As far as plans go, this will be a fakemon-free game.
Okay, I've come to get some general opinions on something I don't know about, as usual =P. So, I have no personal religious beliefs, and neither do most of my family/friends sadly. The thing is, I'm looking for a word to use to describe the kind of "places of worship" each of the religions has for their (fictional) gods. Using "temple" for now but it doesnt sound "religious" enough if that makes sense. I was considering using the words "church" or "mosque" (preferably the latter). What I want to know is, would that be... okay? According to dictionaries they are words for places of worship, but for some reason i feel unsure about using them in this kind of context. Since I come from a fairly athiest background I don't know if this would be deemed offensive or not, and the last thing I want to do is offend people. [plz educate me lol] |
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Honestly, I don't think anybody would be too offended. In reality, it is just a game.
I like the sound of synagogue or shrine. I must have something for the "s" sound. |
Whoehoeee good to see youre back :). To bad you couldn't finish you first game it was awesome but i can't wait for this one.
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Oh boy! I was just skimming the progressing hacks thread for the first time in a while hoping to find something new to try out, and I find a new hack started by you. I really enjoyed the first hack and am super excited for this one, and if anything, I'd say this game's theme has me even more excited for this than I was for New Age Dawns, Pokemon and Medieval Times just sounds so interesting. It almost reminds me of the Arceus Movie.
You've probably already had the entire story planned out, but you saying to suggest war-themed things to put in the game, so I'll just put in my two cents as well if that's fine. Well, okay maybe my suggestion isn't entirely war based, but I've always found Witchcraft to go hand in hand, and I guess in terms of Pokemon the closest thing to Witchcraft would be Psychic Pokemon, or modern day "Psychic Trainers", the ones that always seem to be levitating their pokeballs. I know you also said their isn't really an "evil" team per say, but maybe some sort of underground psychic cult of sorts? That's assuming that you haven't already had some sort of importance in mind for Psychic Pokemon, or some other side group of crazed folk, but again just my two cents! I'll be sure to look for progress on this hack! |
Nice to see you are making another MOT game, it was kinda sad to see the 1st game stop.
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THE DOME OF HOLINESS! It is a picturesque name!Also it conveys what you want to tell! |
Hey everyone, thanks for the feedback! I still haven't had much free time lately to work on my hacks, but thought i would drop in and post some updates on what's new.
http://i61.*.com/hx20ev.png http://i59.*.com/15fq0ax.png First up, here's a little sneak preview screenshot of a new feature I'm making. It's called the Strategy Map in-game, and you'll be using it a lot in the council chambers. You can move the cursor around to view the different countries, and select icons to learn some little things more about that place and its people. It will be very important in making in-game decisions, such as choosing where to travel to and who to talk terms with! It's by no means finished, so it will get bigger as time goes on. At the moment, the only countries you can see are the Havabora area, Central/Eastern Avlar and Izantine (Prince Evandor's homeland/ANAD Ekaruba Island). |
Avara let me tell u something, btw this is my first time here on pokecommunity but you probably won't believe me but I just started playing the first MOT last sunday. I at first HATED the idea of azradon being a thing but I soon grown to love it. I for one don't like a whole pokemon hack being made of fakemon but since there was only one I loved it! I was deeply sad that when I finished it on Friday. I was deeply saddened when I realized that the visa wasn't a real thing and I tried to look for any other pokemon hack that could match the enjoyment I had in MOT. The thing im trying to say is that im sad that there will be no fakemon in this but hey as long as there is another MOT im not complaining!
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If it's just half as good as your previous hack, it's going to be amazing!
Edit: Saw you were looking for a religous place name, what about Ashram since you're going into the Arabic theme? Maybe something diffrent from the usual Church and Mosque for temple names. |
The map system seems really cool. It's always nice to see something brand new in hacks. It always gives them a little bit of extra spice.
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Hi, everyone, sorry for the lame update - I know a video would have been better, but for now screenshots are all I can use to demonstrate what this does. Thanks to Darthatron and FBI Agent for the ASM that made this possible!
http://i58.*.com/2ekk8yb.png http://i58.*.com/2vn1imf.png http://i61.*.com/2qjhl3l.png http://i57.*.com/11azo5l.png Introducing the brand new custom item exclusive to AOF, the Extension! This item allows you to carry up to twelve Pokemon with you at a time instead of six; allowing you to switch between two parties. It can be used with the Select button for maximum convenience. Note that you will still lose a battle if 6 of your Pokemon faint/all of one team faints, but since healing places are few and far between I thought this would be an extremely useful feature; not to mention the fact that PCs, Pokeballs and the Pokedex do not exist in this time setting. ~ I'll probably add more to this comment later ~ |
that... is... incredible...
Just curious. Will we be able to switch Pokemon between the two? And how do you think this will effect some level gaps? It has to be tougher training twice the amount of Pokemon. |
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The Pokemon universe has always had the potential for branching in the rpg genre and by the looks of it, this seems like it will be a perfect example of how the skeleton can be used to create a very different experience. I look forward to this more than anything unless Pokemon Identity was announced to be resumed.
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1 team for battleing, other team for HM slaves and 'rare/special' pokemon. :P
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-------------------------------------------- Just adding some more info about the status changes I have made to Evandor and Zhafira's starter Pokemon, a level 35 Bastiodon or Noivern. Also changes I have made to Pokemon in general - if you are someone who absolutely cant stand altered Pokemon in hacks, this won't be up your street. STATS: Noivern's stats are unchanged, but I increased Bastiodon's base stats to 535 to match Noivern's to make it fair. The stats I improved were Speed, Sp. Atk, HP and Attack, because I felt improving its already high other stats would be a bit pointless. MOVEPOOLS: I have changed Bastiodon's learning of Swagger from l24 until later. This is because getting it at l35 would mean the only damage-dealing move you would have would be Ancientpower, which wouldn't be great - taking away the early Swagger means that you at least get Take Down too. And since I can't add Heavy Slam, I gave Bastiodon Body Slam at level 58. Since I don't know what level Bulbapedia's "Start" means (surely not level 1?), I also added Protect at l47. |
For a fully evolved Pokemon, "start" on bulbapedia means the move can be relearned at any level. Bastiodon can't be level 1 but if it was it would know protect at level one. Hope this makes sense.
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Yes. Basically, if you somehow hatched Bastidon from an egg, and have it at level 1 instead of level 5, it would have those moves. If you were to go to a move relearner, it could learn those moves.
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Not sure why I haven't posted here, this hack is beautiful. Conceptually unbound, aesthetically nice, and it has some good ideas. I played the original Mirage of Tales back when that was in progress and I can see no quality has been lost in the transition. Keep it up!
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Good morning everyone! Bit of bad news, so yesterday I spent some time getting all the 4thGen+ Pokemon sprites inserted and data edited in G3HS... Tested last night and the rom cut to a black screen. Thank god for backups lol. It's most likely me having done something wrong rather than the actual tool itself, but I won't get another day off of work until Sunday so won't be able to try again till then! Thought I may as well post a list of the Pokemon I planned to add, in case anyone has any suggestions for additions of Pokemon that could fit in with the general theme of the hack.
Hippopotas line Axew line Gible line Tirtouga line Archeops line Shieldon line Cranidos line Sigilyph Carbink Amaura line Tyrunt line Druddigon Goomy line Skrelp line Bergmite line Mamoswine P.S. Thanks for clearing up the confusion earlier with the "Start" moves! =P |
I think you should add the gothita, deino, fletchling lines..especially the deino line.. I love druddigon!!
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And Mew :)
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But including the Deino line would be great since Hydreigon is for sure one of my favorite pokemon! Btw, if you're also taking legendary's into account, adding Darkrai would make my day. :$ |
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hmmm you've ripped out almost everything that makes a pokemon game pokemon...but yet im still kinda intrigued, the only thing i don't really like is the split storyline for each gender i think you should have done something like had 2 characters for each gender and the 2 had to different storylines...but then again that would be a lot of work :( ...well this game looks interesting keep up the good work
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Very, very impressive ideas all around. I'm not particularly keen on the religious part of the game, but everything else is awe-inspiring and just so new and revolutionary.
Keep up the excellent work, Avara! (Y) |
I can't wait for a release. That's when hack threads get fun and plus I'll have a fun game to play!
Not trying to rush. Take your time Avara. Make this game as great as possible. The last one was incredible and that was only your first hack! Hope it's going well! |
Wow the story and features really caught my attention this is going to be a great game. I was about to download but i only scrolled down to be dissapointed.
I'll just have to wait patiently... pa.. tien.. tly ._. ((: |
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One of the unqiue hack ever seen ... truly Epic...
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Btw, Avara, just a few suggestions.
While I agree that implementing the PokeDex in an ancient era makes no sense, I still think there should be SOME substitute for it which allows trainers to still get interesting info on the Pokemon, such as their habitat(s) for one. Maybe there could be a journal where the Pokemon's pictures and information can be posted and obtained. A game without the PokeDex or a suitable replacement, I dunno, feels off - but hey, it's your hack, do what you want. Another suggestion involves music, and I'd say getting music from games like Legend of Zelda (basically, those that take place in a hypothetical medieval era and world) would be a good idea. This is something you can implement later. I also think that even if you won't implement Potions ingame, there can still be some medicines (maybe herbal remedies or magical tonics/elixirs) that could take their place. Either that, or you can change the Berries' own properties (particularly the ones that are either meant to be turned into PokeBlocks or already restore HP) so they can replace Potions more effectively. For example, turn the Bluk Berry (PokeBlock berry) into a Revive, or turn Watmel Berry (another PokeBlock berry IIRC) into a Full Restore. It would be quite helpful for people playing the game. Last but not least, do the two heroes get their starters already evolved, or in their base states? Because evolved starters could make the game quite a bit unbalanced in their favor. Again, best of luck with your hack! It looks pretty sweet and can be awesome if you do it right. |
Hi Avara! Glad you return.
I loved first MoT so I'm very hyped with this. |
Hi guys, just dropping in to say hello and stuff! No release yet sadly, as life in general has gotten in the way, and Ive had some internet issues at home. Id like to say thanks to joexv for preventing me from restarting the project entirely!
There have been some changes in plans for the release. First I planned to release one full story at a time, but I hate scripting this way and feel as if nothing is really getting done on the rare time I have to dedicate to the hack. You may notice in the thread it says there are two post-game characters too. I'm now toying with the idea of having all available from the beginning. Instead of the original plan, in a more true to MOT fashion, I have decided that when beta time comes I will release all four PRELUDES to each character story. The various "tutorials" in-game will be spread across each so that you don't feel like you're repeating things constantly. Then, after you guys have played through each, YOU can tell ME which one you'd like to see complete first, and I'll have more of a motivation to work on one rather than taking 9000 years to do them all at once. One of my favourite YouTubers will have a preview of this soon, so keep your eyes peeled for that! =) I will log on again to clear up any unanswered questions next time I get online for longer! Avara |
*sorry for double posting* but while I get to work on my custom intro, here is a sneak preview of your character options! The first two were designed to be the main game characters while the last two were in mind for the postgame - I don't wanna give tooo much away, so this will be it for now =3
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The sprites look really good, I especially like Kala and Evandor :D
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Nice I really like the hack. The story and everything looks interesting. Great way to change a pokemon game. Seems it'll be a wicked hack for sure.
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You got my all hyped up and I really feel like playing it now (too bad I can't). I really love your idea and that you make it in medieval times so we can experience how it would be to be trainers without all the technology. Good luck with the hack!
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When I saw that there was going to be a new Mirage of Tales hack, I nearly squealed! I'm really, really looking forward to getting to play this. I'd personally wait until Beta 2 is out before I start playing it though, since I want to play as the female character.
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I'll be keeping track of this.
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Congratulations on winning Hack of the Month for August! Enjoy your sticky!
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Really solid 100/10! (No wrongs)
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Wow, this is a great utilization of the Pokemon games for a hack! It's so different from the usual hacks. I love it! Keeping my eye on this.
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Yay, a hack with religion involved! And I also like how we can choose between different characters instead of just a boy and a girl. I'm going to play as the mercenary, he looks pretty cool. I also had the idea of making a hack set in the past, but even before the Middle Ages.
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Wow this looks amazing! looking forward to playing it!
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Unprecedented! A word that truly expresses my thoughts about this masterpiece. May this work of Art be completed! My support, I humbly share...
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any news on this hack ? just wondering since i did not came in a long time
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Hello everyone. I am really just commenting to let you all know that this hack is still in progress (and in hope that the thread doesn't get closed due to my spans of inactivity =P). I also want to thank everybody who voted for AOF to win HOTM for August, it means the world that you voted! I felt bad that thanks to you guys it did very well in the competition yet I still havent released anything, this is because I had to restart the entire thing a few weeks ago... because yep, you guessed it, too many bugs =P. I expect when I do get these prologues released it will be pretty underwhelming for what it is down to the lack of (new) progress, but I'm aiming for before the holiday season. Sorry for the lame update and as always, thanks for your support and everlasting patience!
~have some UPDATED screenshots, i am actually doing stuff~ EDIT: OK so since I can't seem to post screenshots for some reason or another this is the best I can do =P; EDIT2: OK so I have apparently been gone so long that I've forgotten how to post screenies, help lol |
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_________________________________________________________________________ In other news, just some updates with details about what to expect in the alpha as not to get anyone's hopes up. Especially since the project has been re-started it contains less than originally intended, but there is more done than what you'll be able to see (e.g. battle backsprites for trainers are inserted but you won't see them because there are no battles). Here is what it will contain that you can see - expect nothing more. - Choosing of character to play as - Background intro - General tutorial/necessary filler fluff - Getting your first Pokemon - New textboxes - All new OWs - Probably about five minutes of gameplay per character Nothing amazing, but I really just wanna get something released for you guys to actually play after it's been so long! Aiming to have this out very soon so keep your eyes peeled for that. |
I am going to keep an eye on this! It looks really cool!
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Looks extremely unique. Can't wait for the first build to be released!
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Hey, all! Sadly even more cut-backs to the alpha, as I am thinking of either redoing Anders' story or cutting him out entirely. Reason 1 being that I added another male character for the sake of evening things out gender-wise too soon, more importantly Reason 2 being that I feel as if it breaks the theme a little bit - you've got three stories and majority of areas in a Middle Eastern type setting and then one story where it's all snow and viking inspired sprites lol, I just don't think it fits in well yet. I've also run out of OW space, so you'd have people wearing turbans and togas in the middle of icy cities, which looks really odd even as placeholders. So sorry, you will have the option of two girls and one boy for now =/
~ My second attempt at posting updated screenshots. I can't update the thread's screenies for some reason or another so they are VERY outdated now. (see comparisons - a bit jarring right? =/) I promise the next comment I post after this will be the release, due to the above news it definitely shouldn't be long now! [Kala] http://i.imgur.com/rSVVkwf.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/E13VP1b.pnghttp://i.imgur.com/JPGGv5l.png [Anders] http://i.imgur.com/vlVh82y.png |
The castle looks awesome! Nice to hear that a release is imminent, hyped to try the alpha :D
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Any update is a good update, Avara. No matter what quality or quantity it may be. {XD}
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I really like the idea, and you've inspired me to pursue the idea of faith being the Pokemon world for a fangame. It would be a really big project with the characters alone though, since there will be 3 races to play as, 6 different sub sections of each race, 3 for royalty and commoner each, which determine which order you go to each region in, as well as how long you stay in your original region; the ability to choose which legendary you worship, with 3 being available for each race, which in turn will give you bonus resistances and weaknesses according to your choice. You will also get bonuses with your position in society as well that will make sense in terms of their society. Of course, whether or not this will become reality will depend on whether or not I have the money and the guts to actually attempt making this idea a reality
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hello mr avaramoon,thanks for such a great game... this is my favourite hack. but please u can tell by which date it's full version will come
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Ooooh. I can't wait to see the beta of this. It sounds like it's going to be amazing!
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I really love the idea and graphics of this hack! Looking forward to seeing more of it :)
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I can't wait to play this hack, i really like the old ancient style you use.
When will the first beta be playable? Keep up the great work! |
Looks really good!
I can't wait until it comes out! Good luck buddy and keep it up |
Hey, everyone! Long time no see.
Short update as I guess it's due, just before the holidays I got a new job where I work 12 hour shifts, so I haven't had nearly as much time to work on the hack as I'd like to. Therefore, I apologise for this post being very underwhelming! For some reason when I try to update the thread, it won't save, meaning all the screenies are VERY outdated =/. I think I'll have to delete and recreate the thread soon, but I just don't have the time at the moment. As far as the game goes, I've been experiencing some ASMissues (I'm no expert!) which results in the player OW constantly switching to another when using the start menu. Until I learn how to fix this issue, I will release each of the prologues separately in different patches to avoid this unfixable glitch. Speaking of glitches, there are a couple in this teeny-tiny preview: - The JOURNAL item is not in any way implemented - this is because I am working on this feature in another ROM and don't want to implement it until everything is finalised! - A certain puzzle script was hard to write, if you encounter any errors please let me know when and how this occurred - I know the music is odd and misplaced; I'm currently trying to learn how to compose custom music and insert. Until I get better at music editing I'm stuck with the OST =p - No matter which character you select at the start, you will always be Kala. INTENTIONAL. However, picking a different character than Kala will result in you playing as her but having your name set to the selected character; this is because I am hoping to have all the characters selectable in the game when I get the ASM fixed. - The titleacreen is still FireRed as I dont have the required skills to edit this. Again, I realise that it's probably pretty underwhelming, but there is so much more done in-game than what's available to play! The prologue is just meant to set the scene; this is a TEST so it's probably not suitable for LPs or anything yet. I worked really hard on every aspect of this little feature from constructing custom, never-before-seen exclusive tiles, oldy-worldy dialog, animated tiles, ancient inspired textboxes and fresh new OWs. There is so much more gonna be done when I eventually have more time on my hands; I hope I'll get to finish Evandor and Zhafira's prologues (which will be more substantial) in the future. Until then, I hope everyone enjoys this taste of what's to come, and as always, thanks times a thousand for your support; I appreciate it more thanyou know =) Here is the release for Kala's Prologue; patch to a clean FR! And make sure you choose KALA at the start! https://www.mediafire.com/?0ln3vz4ta4d92vp |
Whoop whoop :). I'm gonna test it.
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