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Post by Mr Bekkler on Mar 21, 2010 17:10:26 GMT -5
Hello, everyone! I'm Mr Bekkler, and I'm working on a very special project. The working title was incredibly long and a little humorous, and is now the subtitle. This is Chrono Shift and the Peculiar Predicament of the Formerly Normal Norstein Bekkler! ...or just Chrono Shift! Essentially, this project serves as a prequel to the Chrono series, with some familiar faces, and some new playable characters as well. It takes place in the Dark Ages (for you oldies) or Antiquity (for you youngsters), fifteen years prior to the events of Chrono Trigger. It should fill some gaps in explaining the origin of several characteristics of the Chronoverse, all while providing you, the player, with a brand new adventure! A lot of care and thought has been put into the plot outline to be sure that it fits nicely into "fanon". ;D Canonically speaking, it works with Trigger, Cross, Crimson Echoes, Chrono Trigger 2: Time's Eclipse, Radical Dreamers, Prophet's Guile, and (hopefully) Chrono Crystallis! In this thread, I will be posting progress and previews, and showing my custom sprites (at least the ones that aren't spoileriffic!) On the team: TheMage is the Co-Director, she has made a ton of great maps and sprites. Chi_Z has contributed a lot of music. Zeality had an idea that I've incorporated into the plot with his permission. LanceVII is the new Lead Programmer. LadyMarle has signed on to contribute highlight scenes. More on this exciting addition later! PSZ/Schala has contributed some sprites. KatieSkyye has contributed some sprites. Attachments:
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Post by Schala on Mar 21, 2010 17:28:14 GMT -5
If you'd like to offer me a position considering my work on Echoes, I'll gladly accept.
So... the year would be 12015 BC and I would've just had my first birthday? I remember watching one of Mother's recorded projections of that day. I smooshed the cake slice all over my mouth. *giggles* It got all over my highchair table.
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Post by Mr Bekkler on Mar 21, 2010 17:33:27 GMT -5
The character Schala will be an infant, in-game, yes! Did Zealeans have high-chairs? Is it even Zealean? Or Zealian? Anyway, There's plenty that can be done, would you like to work on mapping? I've seen your skills in that area, and they are impressive!
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Post by Schala on Mar 21, 2010 17:44:25 GMT -5
Absolutely my friend! I'm okay with sprite sets as well. I took Justin's spritesheet and formatted it into a battle set. It's slightly rusty and needs fixing up, plus I want to redo the victory animation because it looks like I'm undressing... I have also made a charset out of the sprites I showed in the sprites board on these forums, but that is the art piece, not the actual charset. Attachments:
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Post by Mr Bekkler on Mar 21, 2010 17:48:32 GMT -5
Very cool, I'm having a few problems formatting some sprites, because I keep going back and forth between Photoshop and Fireworks (both CS3). Specifically, I'm having trouble keeping the background transparent in some of my sprites. I figured it out for Norstein but forgot what I did and my younger Queen Zeal looks like she has a big white digital rectangle-aura around her in-game. When I get off work and have access to my own computer, I'll post an example of what I'm talking about.
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Post by Lance VII on Mar 21, 2010 17:56:09 GMT -5
Very cool, I'm having a few problems formatting some sprites, because I keep going back and forth between Photoshop and Fireworks (both CS3). Specifically, I'm having trouble keeping the background transparent in some of my sprites. I figured it out for Norstein but forgot what I did and my younger Queen Zeal looks like she has a big white digital rectangle-aura around her in-game. When I get off work and have access to my own computer, I'll post an example of what I'm talking about. Import the file into Rm2k3 under the correct format (i.e., Charset, Battleset, Etc). Click on the color you want to be transparent.
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Post by Schala on Mar 21, 2010 17:58:13 GMT -5
Well, here are the specs:
Battle charset Total image size: 144x384 pixels Single frame: 48x48 pixels Total animation frames (horizontal): 3 Total animation sets (vertical): 8
Charset Total image size: 288x256 pixels Single frame: 24x32 pixels Sprite set capacity: 12 First row: rear Second row: face east Third row: front Last row: face west
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Post by Mr Bekkler on Mar 21, 2010 18:35:36 GMT -5
I can't believe it. I think I've been clicking on the image randomly not knowing that I'm making a hair color transparent instead of the actual background.
Another thing I need to try when I get home.
I know the image size and positioning is right because I used working RM2k3 spritesheets as templates for positioning. That's gotta be it. I'm a trigger-happy clicker.
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Neo-Fusion
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Creator of Chrono Crystallis... FEAR MEH!
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Post by Neo-Fusion on Mar 21, 2010 19:51:45 GMT -5
Holy christ chrono shift sounds awsome.
Makes me want a Chrono Crystallis forum lol.
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Post by Schala on Mar 21, 2010 21:16:48 GMT -5
Registering for forum after forum is a pain...
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Neo-Fusion
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Post by Neo-Fusion on Mar 21, 2010 21:23:29 GMT -5
Sorry, I ment board on the forum.
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Post by Ema on Mar 22, 2010 21:24:25 GMT -5
Whoa, nice guys xD
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Neo-Fusion
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Post by Neo-Fusion on Mar 22, 2010 22:07:16 GMT -5
... makes me wonder who would the new king have been if Lavos was non-existent. I.E. schala's husband.
Oh, I just came up with something... What if Lavos never happenned... where would Zeal be?
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Post by Lance VII on Mar 22, 2010 22:30:44 GMT -5
... makes me wonder who would the new king have been if Lavos was non-existent. I.E. schala's husband. Oh, I just came up with something... What if Lavos never happenned... where would Zeal be? Heh. You'll see.
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Neo-Fusion
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Creator of Chrono Crystallis... FEAR MEH!
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Post by Neo-Fusion on Mar 22, 2010 22:43:07 GMT -5
... Chrono Echoes is my only guess here. Unless you are doing another CT game.
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