Cosplay Crisis

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SorceressKyrsty

July 06, 2009, 09:32:49 am Last Edit: January 10, 2011, 03:02:32 am by SorceressKyrsty

We can never go home. We can never see where we came from ever again; this is our reality, now.
And with that, we made a pledge.
A pledge to let them live as normal a life as possible.
Sometimes, you can't help it when a pledge is broken. Sometimes, there's just nothing you can do.
A Game by:



It was simple. They'd had enough of being chased, enough of blowing up reactors and enough of Omniax. An escape; they sought to escape their crazy lives just for a week.
But you can't escape fate, and you can't run from what makes your reality what it is. Eventually, everything will change.
And now their time is running out...either they find a way to save their identities...or they will cease to exist. The world's depending on them, and they will accomplish their goal; no matter the cost.


CHARACTERS: ShowHide


Kumo Atsureki
Age: 19
Cosplays: Cloud Strife
Working as both a hired warrior and a newspaper delivery boy is not exactly the employment that Kumo aspired to. He was once a professional basketballer for the Acaridae Basketball Team, however, when and why he quit is unknown. He works to support him and his brother, their father having abandoned them at a young age and their mother having died when Kumo was 14. A bit of a brick with all but the most intense of emotions, he's generally a bit blunt with what he says and doesn't seem to realize who he may be hurting.
When working in his 'night job' Kumo during missions uses a one of a kind gun called the 'Buster Gun'. Capable of burst fire, single shots and plasma balls, this baby is the reason everyone claims Kumo is compensating for something.


Levi Raionomoi
Age: 19
Cosplays: Squall Leonhart
Levi is a very high ranked member of the mercenary organization, Forest, holding the title of Sapling. Miri knows about his job and is generally unhappy about it, but he refuses to listen to her opinions about it. He's creative and intelligent, but he can be a bit cruel, and is generally apathetic. His fathers whereabouts are unknown and his mother died after getting hit by a car after dropping Levi off at creche...while he watched. His mother was riding a bicycle at the time and so has a phobia of two-wheeled vehicles.



Miri Joumaeshin
Age: 19
Cosplays: Tifa Lockheart
A young woman determined to bring Omniax to its knees after a horrible childhood incident at her hometown of Miehlebin. Caring and honest, Miri does what it takes to keep her two best friends from being swallowed up in bloodshed and violence. Not really a fan of blood, though not really squemish, Miri prefers her fists rather than a weapon. She's a skilled martial artist, and she's also got an incredibly good sense of direction.


Kyer Shinyuri
Age: 19
Cosplays: Rinoa Heartilly
Caring but often inconsiderate of other peoples feelings, Kyer speaks her mind without a second thought. Often, it'll be her that drives the stake into an idea or decision being made by the boys, finalizing it or dismissing it completely. Kyer is also a member of Landslide, but her and Miri have never met before. Kyer is in Tokyo for Landslide reasons, as well as hearing rumours that a particular man with a fur-collar is going to be at National Cosplay Week...a man she's been looking for since she met him at her sister's Sapling graduation ball.


Shadz Barentain
Age: 20?
Cosplays: Vincent Valentine
A mysterious man who seems to know more than he lets on. Stoic and reserved, he generally lets his gun do the talking. He is accompaning Kyer to Japan for 'personal reasons' and seems to be looking for a particular employee of Omniax. Shadz is very, very intelligent, and the stuff he does let on generally is important. He knows a lot about Omniax's plans, and how they involve both Kumo and Levi...perhaps he used to work for them at some point?


Lulu Shinyuri
Age: 18
Cosplays: Selphie Tilmitt
Bright and bouncy, Lulu's non-stop talking and squealing has burst more than one ear drum in her few years. Often spouting out incomprehensible nonsense, she is blatantly disliked by Shadz, and has an edgy relationship with Kyer, who is her elder sister. Lulu has known Levi most of her life, the two meeting after Lulu and Kyer's mother died. Kyer was taken by her father, and Lulu was left behind. Lulu is also a member of Forest. Lulu is in Japan to cosplay, but she's also on assignment, tracking down a young man that Levi has considered his rival since they were small, Aio.



-FEATURES-
Final Fantasy VII based system, currently including Materia, ATB, Menu System, Cellphone, Limit Breaks
Custom Poses and Actions for each character.
Huge world map for you to explore!
Multiple mini-games and sidequests aside from the main game.
Secret, unlockable ending
Image-based cutscenes.
Intriguing storyline.
Custom Battlers
2 Secret Characters

-SCREENSHOTS-
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-OTHER RANDOM ART WORK-
If you want some, ask for some. I don't really have any decent stuff to post right now.

Watch me bend this spoon Dad!: ShowHide

Oh sh-: ShowHide

When we get to Acaridae...: ShowHide

This is for shooting me in the chest two decades ago.: ShowHide

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-DOWNLOAD-
http://www.mediafire.com/?eausbt342mw1cdc



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Subsonic_Noise

July 06, 2009, 09:39:18 am #1 Last Edit: January 10, 2011, 05:40:00 pm by Subsonic_Noise
wow, this looks awesome!
I would like to try it later on..
Could you give me the tilesets of the first 2 screenshots?

Welcome to CP, btw ^^

G_G

This looks amazing Kyrsty! I like the artwork and I'd have to agree with Sub on the logo.

Starrodkirby86

This works better as a whole New Project thread. Your information here fits that criteria much much more than a recruitment advertisement. I'll move the topic to New Projects. Create a new topic about Beta Testing this game in this particular forum linking to this topic.

And with that being said, if I were Beta-ing this, I would nazi the heck out of it. =D (In a good way)

Great, great...=w=

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G_G

any updates or anything?

I'd still like to beta test as well

SorceressKyrsty

August 30, 2009, 09:29:18 am #5 Last Edit: August 30, 2009, 09:43:20 am by SorceressKyrsty
Actually, I do have updates, as well as a demo release that should be mostly bug-free except for a few forgotten switches *maybe*.

There is no new gameplay, the demo still ends once you find Kumo after he leaves the party and you take control of Levi. However, I'm almost sure that no-one so far has passed the Battle Circle. I have fully played through every inch of this game and editted it so much I have the pages worth of bug notes in my notebook. Shows how much attention I pay -_-. The time I took to complete the demo was almost exactly 1 hour, and I skipped through text, etc, however, this was reaching lvl 4 before 'catching' the Subway to the Fairgrounds.
The background are not done yet because I've been too lazy to open up my Mode 7 demo and set the priorities for the different tilesets in order to make proper battle backs. Next demo release will have:
Corrected battle backs
More character poses
A full-scale RTP fight between Aio and Levi, which I have partially done at the moment, but I'm busy screaming at Seifer for spinning around too much in the opening fight of FF8.
More game-play, hopefully up to the streets of Tokyo (you don't spend the whole game in the Fairgrounds but the final battles will be there)
Hopefully, you'll be able to unlock Zane and Ruby in the next demo release, but I make no promises. I don't have Ruby's character and neither of their battlers done, as well as their face sets not being finished either.

Bugs that may still be present:
I may not have disabled the switch that allows you switch back to Kumo and obtain the two secret characters previously mentioned. If Kumo is in the arcade after he leaves your party, don't talk to him. Your game will bug.
Levi is not laying down in the Station Circle after he's unconscious. Will be fixed next release.
Levi's character graphic isn't the bandaged version when you're running around as him. I'll correct this soon. However, he still 'takes off his bandage' after being told to and his sprite remains the scarred version for the rest of the game.

The Updates in this Demo Release (against movies, screenshots etc)

New maps and scenes
New character graphics for Kumo and Levi
More materia

Recommendation: Level up a bit in the alleys. I've been told the first boss is tough. I recommend Level 4+. The boss uses Leg Sweep if you're over Level 5 though. You've been warned.

Also: Equip menu is broken. I need an FF7 one >.>. I'll put in the default one next release so it doesn't look like the aftermath of a Texas Chainsaw Script Massacre.
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SorceressKyrsty

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G_G

I get en error everytime I click the download link

SorceressKyrsty

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=S51UUJ8P

Mediafire is freezing my computer at the moment. I don't know why that error occured because I sure as hell didn't remove the file.

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SorceressKyrsty

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mila26

um i played it and
1.game play was a bit rushed
2.there  were alot of bugs
3.a bit boring and fun at the same time *odd* :???:
overall it was good

legacyblade


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SorceressKyrsty

@Mila: What kinds of bugs? I went through and listed all those I could find and eliminated them before I released the demo at the MU link- I do need to know about bugs before I release a second demo (2 demos then a final release are planned) because otherwise I feel mean  :^_^':

Yeah, I got the feeling of it being rushed, too. Most of the intro parts are rushed. I don't know why. I'm trying to fix it. The Alleys have been extended, and there's a new scene at the airport, and I think I will extended the airplane scene as well.

Does anyone else have any opinions? Were you able to finish the demo? (it tells you when the demo is finished by the way =D).
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mila26

um mostly map bug like walking through walls but i think u fixed that so i guess that's all that i ran into  :)

Calintz

OMG!!
This has a ton of potential, LMAO!!

The midi used for the final boss(odin like guy) is disturbing, Lol, but I love the side-view.

SorceressKyrsty

You mean the video where I got my butt kicked on my Youtube? Haha, that video was sped up twice so it went absolutely nuts.

On the side-view: Thanks for the compliment. I'm still working on it, since a few of the battlers I've been using are ancient and I have to fix or completely redo them (Kyer needs the total overhaul for example).
I do have a basic screenshot of a few battlers in-progress:


And hopefully will have some screen shots of the new areas coming soon  ;)

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Calintz

You're doing very well though. I really like this.

Blizzard

The screenshot looks very good. Is that my RTAB status display hack you're using? xD

Tifa's boobs are too small. D:

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Quote from: SorceressKyrsty on October 23, 2009, 07:05:04 am
You mean the video where I got my butt kicked on my Youtube? Haha, that video was sped up twice so it went absolutely nuts.

On the side-view: Thanks for the compliment. I'm still working on it, since a few of the battlers I've been using are ancient and I have to fix or completely redo them (Kyer needs the total overhaul for example).
I do have a basic screenshot of a few battlers in-progress:


And hopefully will have some screen shots of the new areas coming soon  ;)




Am I the only person that noticed the lack of pants?

G_G

Quote from: Blizzard on October 23, 2009, 02:26:57 pm
The screenshot looks very good. Is that my RTAB status display hack you're using? xD

Tifa's boobs are too small. D:




I do believe thats Garnet from FF9

Calintz

I think Blizzard is referring to the drawing of Tifa at the top.

Blizzard

And you think right.

But I wish I knew what you are talking about. :V:
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Calintz

LMAO, what!?
Now I'm confused ... O.o.

Garnet is in the svbs screenshot, and Tifa is at the top.

SorceressKyrsty

October 23, 2009, 10:29:56 pm #24 Last Edit: October 23, 2009, 11:45:28 pm by SorceressKyrsty
Lack of pants? o.O

Yeah, that is your display hack ^_^. It's a lot cleaner than the original by DVV.

And I have no idea what you people are talking about.  :^_^': Calintz is right, Tifa is the picture in the top thread, Garnet/Dagger is in the screenshot.
Garnet/Ruby's portrait: (You can rename her, but as with FF9, her real name stays 'Ruby')


By the way, both Ruby and Zane are secret characters, despite them having pretty solid links to the other characters (Zane is Kumo's younger brother [blasphemy =O])
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Calintz

Oooh, I like the headshot of garnet.

mila26

October 25, 2009, 08:09:01 am #26 Last Edit: October 25, 2009, 08:10:25 am by mila26
wow that is amazing i mean the color use edges r a bit  :P but it looks very good

SorceressKyrsty

Yeah, I uploaded that picture before I fixed the edges. It really matters what the image looks like at 10%, though, because that's the size it appears at in-game.

Random new intro screenie:



His house actually looks like an apartment now.
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Calintz

Kumo doesn't really look like he's laying down.
I think all of your sprites need some work.

SorceressKyrsty



Well, there's a line-up of a number of charactersets used in CC. What do you think I could improve? Looking at the way Kumo is lying, He doesn't look like he's laying down, but I used a RTP template to sprite him. He's awake, obviously, and at the beginning of that sequence he does wake up.

I'm not really good with hair. Kumo's hair I wasn't referencing to the RTP but I was with Levi's and I think his turned out ok. I think.

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Calintz

Honestly ...
The main thing that I can say is that you DO NOT need to fit each character into a 32 x 48.

You've squeezed the players to fit a small size, when the sizes that can be used are unlimited ... very bad. very bad.
The sprites are cool, but you need to enlarge them, and work on the hair.

SorceressKyrsty

Alright, I've been having a bit of a block lately AND I've had exams, but I have done some work. There will be a lot more to the next demo, and I mean a lot.


In the meantime while I try to motivate myself:



And I've been working on Kumo's hair. A lot.

Oh and, promotional poster!


YOU WANT TO PLAY MY GAME. @_@
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[Faint]

As artist we tend to pick out the flaws in each others work, not so much as a means of degrading, but more of a means of constructivly criticizing to spark an overall improvement.

That being said, I think your work with the headshots and such have greatly been improving. I really like the poster approach. The only thing I can really find that needs a bit of work is your shape definition, by which I mean like you body/muscle definition and objects such as the gun. Your shading has improved a lot but could still improve some in the aspect of some not so smooth shade transitions.

I hope you don't take this as me bashing your work and/or style. I am only trying to help a fellow artist.
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current project - Project: AURA

SorceressKyrsty

Thanks for the comments, Faint. I don't really do a lot of object drawing. I should get around to it more often =/.

On that note, completely revised Kumo's sprite hair. He and Zane have the same hair and eye colour. I'm not touching Levi's sprite because I'm still happy with his hair.

Miri is getting completely resprited however.

I updated the first post. Will update with drawings as I finish them.
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Diokatsu

Why is it all Final Fantasy D:

SorceressKyrsty

Easier when it comes to the credits. Characters from other games/manga to show up though. It has a fair amount of Resident Evil influence, some FMA simularities, Sailor Moon sells you materia. The guy from Shamwow really killed Billy Mays with a Death Note. That sort of stuff.
Plus it was Final Fantasy inspired :V.
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SorceressKyrsty

I come bearing screenshots!

I have been working hard at this game. Right now I have about 20 mins playtime from the very beginning, however there is a lot past that that isn't linked up storyline and event wise. I wouldn't be surprised if the new demo goes over 2hrs and branches into 3.
I'm aiming for April 19th AT THE LATEST. Don't be surprised if the demo shows up earlier than then. I'll probably have all the maps, etc, done pretty soon, but there are still a lot of graphics I need to repair and create.

All facesets have been completely redrawn. I'm thinking about having a specific picture show up in game when a character is introduced if I have the motivation. If I don't, you'll only get an image when you meet Air (Aeris's counterpart) in an alley, since the image is finished. SHE DOES NOT JOIN YOUR PARTY AT ANY TIME, BUT SHE DOES NOT DIE.
...In this game.

Not saying I'll ever do a sequel or anything, I just like writing out scenarios.

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Blizzard

Don't you think you should keep using shadows everywhere? o.o;
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SorceressKyrsty

February 06, 2010, 05:26:27 am #39 Last Edit: February 06, 2010, 05:39:10 am by SorceressKyrsty
Last screen shot was taken before I implemented shadows/light effects ;) I will be using shadows everywhere, unless I can't define a light source properly because I'm stupid. D:

EDIT: Also, Blizz, could you please move this to the normal Projects section? I don't think it really belongs in New Projects anymore.
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Blizzard

You have proper game info and a demo over 30 minutes. Sure. *moves*
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SorceressKyrsty

I have returned with stuff.

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Sorry for not updating in a while, I tend to update mostly at
http://cosplaycrisis.blogspot.com
and
http://rpgmaker.net/games/1741/

So *shrug*.
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SorceressKyrsty

Updated the topic with new demo, new art, etc.

I am currently polishing the finished game, adding cutscenes, finishing up sidequests and such. Game is slated for release sometime late this month/mid-February.
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