Full Games List
Featured Games
New Games
Reviews
Media
Images
Blogs
Game Updates
Images Feedback Summary
Game Design Highlights
Tutorials
Articles
Scripts
Utilities / Plugins
Resources
Engines
Engine Bulletins
What is Makerscore?
Past Events
Achievements
Misaos
Forums
Post History
Chat
New to RMN?
Full Store List
RMN Music Pack (free)
WHATCHU WORKIN' ON? TELL US!
Posts
Kazesui
5797
Kazesui
View playlists
Closeauthor=eplipswich
Why don't you just call it Final Fantasy 7 2D Edition, or FF72DE...?
maybe because it's not a pink game?
Vanit
83
Well the reason the acronym matters is that there's so much discussion about FF7 remakes on the internet that my game would be very difficult to find unless I give it its own acronym. I appreciate the input but I'm sticking with FF72DR as thats what its been in my head for like 3 years now haha. I'm not even sure it qualifies as a demake as I'm preserving ALL mechanics. Anyways, does anyone have any thoughts on the background I posted? :3
author=Vanit
...Anyways, does anyone have any thoughts on the background I posted? :3
Well, I don't like the fact that everything has a black border, the dithering technique seems poor, or was the image automatically indexed by photoshop? I also think that the room it's too dark, it needs a better contrast balance... but other than that: wow! I admire all the effort put in it.
Vanit
83
All dithering was done by hand, but yeah photoshop has done the indexing automatically and so it looks a little harsher than how it was intended (it looks A LOT better when rendered in rm2k3 also). One of the issues I've had is that since I'm lifting my colours directly from the pallete of my reference pics, by the time I've drawn everything I've gone over the 256 colours and to compensate photoshop squashes the colours when I index.
The dithering is intentionally "shitty" though. One thing I think people forget is that the backgrounds in FF7 were pretty shitty too: they were oversaturated and in a lot of cases they also were using too many colours. Look at my reference pic and you'll see what I'm talking about:
Part of my style is to replicate this "shittiness" by dithering in the way I have so it feels and looks really authentic and I'm pretty happy with the results so far.
The dithering is intentionally "shitty" though. One thing I think people forget is that the backgrounds in FF7 were pretty shitty too: they were oversaturated and in a lot of cases they also were using too many colours. Look at my reference pic and you'll see what I'm talking about:
Part of my style is to replicate this "shittiness" by dithering in the way I have so it feels and looks really authentic and I'm pretty happy with the results so far.
LockeZ
I'd really like to get rid of LockeZ. His play style is way too unpredictable. He's always like this too. If he ran a country, he'd just kill and imprison people at random until crime stopped.
5958
Oh my god, it's identical. This makes me extremely happy.
You would like the online game I help run. We have incredibly exact recreations of almost every area in FF5, FF6, FF7, Chrono Trigger, and Secret of Mana... in a text-based format XD~! With the FF Tactics job system. (Well, okay, FF5 is only about 25% done, but who cares about FF5.)
Do you, uh, do you need any help? Because this is the best thing I've seen in forever. Send me a private message if so.
You would like the online game I help run. We have incredibly exact recreations of almost every area in FF5, FF6, FF7, Chrono Trigger, and Secret of Mana... in a text-based format XD~! With the FF Tactics job system. (Well, okay, FF5 is only about 25% done, but who cares about FF5.)
Do you, uh, do you need any help? Because this is the best thing I've seen in forever. Send me a private message if so.
author=alteregoauthor=Vanit
...Anyways, does anyone have any thoughts on the background I posted? :3
i was watching the demake on youtube for ff7 and its like, 100% cooler. but yeah, the weird effects you're using to make that map look really ugly/weird for ff7. if it were a different game it would be kinda cool. i dont know if its the pixel shading or what. overall is nice regardless.
LockeZ
I'd really like to get rid of LockeZ. His play style is way too unpredictable. He's always like this too. If he ran a country, he'd just kill and imprison people at random until crime stopped.
5958
author=TFTThe... the NES one? Where the first mako reactor starts out as a limestone castle and then turns into an engine room with no floor? It is as good as you could expect for the NES, but it is definitely not an improvement on this.
i was watching the demake on youtube for ff7 and its like, 100% cooler.
This is an extremely authentic recreation of the original area. I think he did a great job on this map and would be extremely happy if the entire game were like this. What "weird effects" do you even mean?
Nightblade
2723
he original area. I think he did a great job on this map and would be extremely happy if the entire game were like this. What "weird effects" do you even mean?
Yeah, I wondering this too. I think it could stand to be a bit grittier; but it's by no means bad.
Pokemaniac
3559
author= VanitIf you google it this thread is the third result so it probably wouldn't be a problem~
additionally ff72dd is a hexadecimal value so it'd muddle any attempt to google it
EDIT: Although ff72dd doessn't exactly roll off the tongue anyway.
LockeZ
I'd really like to get rid of LockeZ. His play style is way too unpredictable. He's always like this too. If he ran a country, he'd just kill and imprison people at random until crime stopped.
5958
I keep reading it as Final Fantasy 72: Double Dash
By that point in the series I'm sure a kart racing game will actually be considered "retro" and "keeping true to the series's roots"
By that point in the series I'm sure a kart racing game will actually be considered "retro" and "keeping true to the series's roots"
Oh my... Vanit you're at it again. Your maps look great to me--no need to improve upon them anymore. Gameplay and functionality would go first, I'd think.
Vanit
83
author=dragonheartman
Oh my... Vanit you're at it again. Your maps look great to me--no need to improve upon them anymore. Gameplay and functionality would go first, I'd think.
;)
author=geodudeIf you're refering to the ingame font, I'm using the actual FF7 font that I ripped myself. With that, using the pic pointer patch, I've made my own custom text system that produces the exact same look as in the original:
hope you're using shinra sans serif! or equivalent
This also allows me to do some text effects that the game wouldn't feel right without; like those occasions when characters interupt eachother or there's 4-5 textboxes on the same screen with them all going "woah!" etc.
LockeZ
I'd really like to get rid of LockeZ. His play style is way too unpredictable. He's always like this too. If he ran a country, he'd just kill and imprison people at random until crime stopped.
5958
Oh my God, that video.
I need to change my pants.
I need to change my pants.
Zephyr
1241
author=VanitWhere's the zoom-out view of Midgar from Aeris? :(author=dragonheartmanhttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tczW_qFW8I
Oh my... Vanit you're at it again. Your maps look great to me--no need to improve upon them anymore. Gameplay and functionality would go first, I'd think.
;)
Other than that, really nice!
Vanit
83
author=ZephyrDon't worry, I'll definitely be remaking the intro in its entirety at some point. I have a pretty good idea how to do it now too, but I'm probably not going to touch it until atleast the bombing mission is done.
Where's the zoom-out view of Midgar from Aeris? :(
Other than that, really nice!
