Pokemon Elemental War III

[Subsonic_Noise]

I wouldn't, anyway. Sub, does the shape look bad or is it just shading?

The shape of the first one looks good, just might do some refining. The other two need work there, they don't really look three-dimensional to me, and I'd change the pose a bit, too. For reference, check the snake-like original pokemon. There are no real rules here (at least not any I know of), this is more a thing of experience. Either try around until it works or just copy the original's pose, there's nothing wrong with that. ^^
For the shading, keep in mind that the originals have a very simplistic, cell-shading-like shading. Yours there seems too "complicated", actually. xD Then just keep your lightsource and shape in mind and keep practising. xD

[The Niche]

Right. Snake forms are actually quite annoying, so that's fairly helpful advice. I'll try experimenting with the originals. Do you think my recolours look ok?

[Subsonic_Noise]

They are technically good, but the choice of colours are weird in parts, especially on the mudkip. Also, I'd adjust the shading and tone of the one in your avatar, it currently somehow looks like you used the fill tool to me. But otherwise, yes, they're alright. ^^

[The Niche]

I did. It's a recolour of the original sprite, so what's the point in manually redoing every pixel?

[Subsonic_Noise]

Shading. That is the point.

[The Niche]

Ok. I did that quite a while ago, so I'll have to check if I actually did shade it or not.

Edit:

That's kasne. Comparing it to the battler I did for Charzo, I think I see what you mean.

[Shining Riku]

Hullo! Just checkin' up on ya Niche. How's the project coming along so far?

[The Niche]

It's going great. I'm redoing a few of my earlier bits to make the dialogue fit better and suchlike.

On another note, I had an idea while reading a tutorial on skillsets by brickroad (rmvxp.org)
Because it's almost impossible to avoid tiering, I'm gonna have four top-tier characters and they'll each rely on a couple of lower tier characters for something or other.

E.g.

Razablaze -- top tier skirmisher
needs Charzo to deal with distanced opponents.
needs Shellshock for defence.
needs someone elese, probably Lucifer for defence against skill users.

[Shining Riku]

That's kinda what i'm doing with my own RPG, only I've a lot more allies to use.

They all have their own strengths and weaknesses, which make them priceless in some situations, and make ya wanna scream in others lol XDDD

Sounds like an awesome strategy! I think that's the way parties are supposed to be: specialized members that have to depend on one another

[The Niche]

Yeah, true. Also, I do have more allies to use, it's just I'm not telling you about them.

On another note, has anyone ever had a problem where the game changes the player's hp all the time? I had an event to set the player's hp to 100 at the start of the game because for some reason, it was forcing a gameover whenever I had an empty party. Said event, I either deleted or it has been absorbed into the game, but whenever I change rooms, the player's hp goes to 100. for all the actors.

[Shining Riku]

That's really weird. Could you have accidentally set up a weird common event that's doing that to you?

Is it MAX HP or just HP that's being set to 100?

and yay for secret party members :3

[The Niche]

Hp. I'll check my common events.

[The Niche]

Right, had another loopy idea!

---Engaging Awesome Flow---

I was thinking about having events based on the music.
For example, you walk into a bar and talk to this guy who gives
you the quest "The beast of pirate's bay" (anyone get where I'm
going with this?) The song of the same name by Voltaire starts
playing and when it gets to the conclusion of the song, it occurs
to Raz that someone who told them to stay away from the bay
actually is trying to protect something and you get an easier
ending to the quest (of course, you get a really shitty reward, but...)

---Cut Awesome Flow---

[The Niche]

Idea time! While contemplating what is quite possibly a revolution in player owned houses, i stumbled on a way to avoid the hassle of programming every single poker as an ally. I'll give the first and second copies of the demo to whoever makes the closest or most entertaining guess about what it is.

[Subsonic_Noise]

You realized that trying to make nearly 500 pokemon is far too much for one single person snd therefore decided to replace every single pokemon in the game with shiny magikarps?

[Silentknight72]

If this has custom pokemons and good not-crappy sprites, I'm gonna play this game and feature it on a mag.

[The Niche]

Sub, you're completely wrong. My ambition knows no boundaries! However, at present, you're getting the first and second copy of the demo. Though, what I really mean is making a character for every poker. I shall allow more opportunity to let people guess, since I'ma too lazy to reveal it yet. (At this point, people should begin to think that I'm actually looking for inspiration...I mean..nothing. FORGET YOU EVER SAW THIS BRACKET!)

[The Niche]

...So much for external inspiration.
Joking. The system is essentially a bestiary and you can add pokers as either pets or summons of one of the trainers you have in your party, probably Pearl or Platinum. On another note, I'm changing Brendan to Ruby since Ruby's a more developed character, meaning less work for me. Plus if I eventually decide not to kill Ruby, I can use his pokers as well. Sub, you get the first two copies of the demo! I'll probably post a tutorial on how to make the system when I've got it finished. Now for a map and screenshot!


Ktsuryen jungle


Raz, Charzo and Phloj (the cyndaquil) explore some ruins in Ktsuryen jungle.

Sorry about the look of the map shot, paint is pissing me off today.

[Silentknight72]

I think it need not tree canopy to make it good.
Maybe you can make it rounded.

The ripped sprites do not look well but, GJ!

[The Niche]

Thanks. Is the outline too strong?