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Miscellaneous

Siebzehn

Recently I've been getting comments about the art I post. In my honest opinion, concept art is one of the best and one of the most important aspects of game design that's why I'm sharing it to people so they would see how much fun I am having when working on marian and how planning can also be fun. I know that art isn't what makes a game but it's one of the best features of a game.

I would really appreciate it if comments are better...worded so to speak. Considering that I'm the only person working on this game and don't have a team of elite spriters and programmer or a writer, words of encouragement is one of my fuels to work on this. I do trades to get the stuff needed and thus killing my production time for this game as well. So please, a little respect is really appreciated. I already have enough shitstorm with a vital friend a few weeks ago. Everything gets on my patience 500% effective than they should.

For the new person roaming around this game page. I already posted a bunch of gameplay screens on the blog itself and not on the images tag for finality purposes. So if you are curious what battles look like, check one of the blog topics.

With that said, "I've been taking a break on scripting so I've been drawing and talking to some friends" and here's what I have so far for the sake of posting art in this blog and be worth it and so that people can see what I'm going through :|





Character Art - A bunch of illustrations that shows the character's personality/nature.

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Sechzehn

You guys must've thought I'm dead or something @_@
Nope! While I was looking for my old Sacred Moon Stuff I somehow managed to find my treasure trove MK2 instead. Here, have some concepts Elagune made for me a while ago before he was flooded with infinite amount of art school work.


^The reason I gave Marian whore leggings. I thought it fit her well 83

And some monster concepts:

Normal Enemies

Jiangshi


Vampire


Witch


Doppleganger


Succubus


Zombie


Wraith


I'll show the other concepts some other time 83

Priority Checklist
>Finish all of Marian's Battleset (10/10 done)
>Finish all of Marian's Sprites (1/11 done)
>Finish all of Arc's Battleset (0.3/10)
>Finish all of Arc's Sprites (1/11 done)
>Finish all of Gunnar's Battleset (not yet started)
>Finish all of Gunnar's Sprites (1/11)
>Finish all of Kell's Battleset (not yet started)
>Finish all of Kell's Sprites (2/11)
>Finish all of Alice's Battleset (not yet started)
>Finish all of Alice's Sprites (3 more)
>Edit database Skills and Items for any necessary add-ons, etc. (Fixing Stuff now)
>Finalize Map Layouts (1/???????????)

Miscellaneous

Fünfzehn

Been working on sprites and tiles~
WIPs






Other than that I've been working on the story. So far I got positive feedbacks so I think that's ok :D
I can't wait for Project SRW~

In all honesty, I don't remember much what I did for the past couple of days, everything is passing by sooo quickly @_@;;

Priority Checklist
>Finish all of Marian's Battleset (10/10 done)
>Finish all of Marian's Sprites (1/11 done)
>Finish all of Arc's Battleset (0.3/10)
>Finish all of Arc's Sprites (1/11 done)
>Finish all of Gunnar's Battleset (not yet started)
>Finish all of Gunnar's Sprites (1/11)
>Finish all of Kell's Battleset (not yet started)
>Finish all of Kell's Sprites (2/11)
>Finish all of Alice's Battleset (not yet started)
>Finish all of Alice's Sprites (3 more)
>Edit database Skills and Items for any necessary add-ons, etc. (Fixing Stuff now)
>Finalize Map Layouts (1/???????????)

Miscellaneous

Vierzehn

I haven't updated for a while, I'm sorry guys~
Stuff happened and let's just say, it wasn't really pretty. But nonetheless, something great happened today that I just want to make a blog post about it! I idolize this pixel artist and he's helping me for free. I couldn't believe it at first!

I'm waiting for Project SRW to reach a stable phase, until then I won't work on the game's inner workings for now but I've been redoing Marian's game mechanics and brainstorming on what to do. But it all came down to this:

Something to Note:
Weapons = Grimoire, regardless if they're a book or not
Familiar = Essence in terms of equip slot and providing passives.

Marian
Grimoires have their own elements and effects, your SP recovers a bit depending on the weapon you wore. Aqua does Freeze, Ignis does Bleeding, Aero causes stun+slow, Gaea makes the enemy petrify/charmed/sleep, Caelestis and Infra has +instant KO attribute in them. They also add stats to Marian if they're equipped, example would be like Gaea-based Grimoire adds +3 to defense. They also change your elemental attribute, the stronger the weapon is, the stronger your resistance towards that said element when equipped. In Lvl 5, you'll hit STR, meaning strong against that element and only getting little damage, when maxed it could be either NULL/DRN effect.

Alice
Her skillset relies on drawing luck from the cards and Sacrificial Items. She invokes skills from said items and deal massive status effects on enemies AND inflicting damage. While she can do this with her usual skills, it's less scary so to speak but does more damage. Alice is challenging to make skillsets for ze e_e

Gunnar
Gunnar relies on arrow types and his elemental attacks and skills change depending on what arrows you let him use. He can also skill chain as long as you have sufficient arrows. He's can also nuke stronger magic than Marian at a lower level.

Kell
She relies on physical attacks and combos. There's not much to be said aside from she can punch your enemies in the face so hard their shins will hurt. She also can provide support magic for healing.

Archeia
Practically the "Analyzer" and "Critical"-hitting person. She's another physical character on your group and buffer. Her specialty is "Manipulation of Turns"

Other than that, I have to finalize a lot of other stuff and redo their skillsets. I also decided to make the game "a month" that way the pacing won't be so bad and that you have plenty of time to get ready for the real scenario. And here, have some visuals.







And trash that needs to be redone:


Priority Checklist
>Finish all of Marian's Battleset (10/10 done)
>Finish all of Marian's Sprites (1/11 done)
>Finish all of Arc's Battleset (0.3/10)
>Finish all of Arc's Sprites (1/11 done)
>Finish all of Gunnar's Battleset (not yet started)
>Finish all of Gunnar's Sprites (1/11)
>Finish all of Kell's Battleset (not yet started)
>Finish all of Kell's Sprites (2/11)
>Finish all of Alice's Battleset (not yet started)
>Finish all of Alice's Sprites (3 more)
>Edit database Skills and Items for any necessary add-ons, etc. (Fixing Stuff now)
>Finalize Map Layouts

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Dreizehn

I've been on a spriting binge since yesterday 'w')b
Here's my update for the day, this time with features explanation on this blog~
I updated the Features page :D

But first, people have been asking me some questions lately, I figured I'd say it here:

Target Release Date for Demo: April 25/26/27
Target Release Date for FULL Game: November 1st

That's what I'm hoping to achieve, if I can do it then great! If not then, oh well D:
Though, for some reason, fate has been trying its best to not let me do that, just yesterday, I completely overwritten my database stuff with DemoYEZ hahaha, good thing I had it open so I managed to get some back up.

And now for the pretty graphics update along with explanations~

The Current State of Marian
The floating city Artygia is an underground steampunk city devoid of happiness and life because of the current state of pollution and the lack of magical source of powers, it is unknown why this has happened.

It’s a place filled with historical landmarks so Tourism is its only way of surviving, but even so, maintaining life in Artygia is becoming harder and harder and some people try to find ways to migrate over different countries. It is also nicknamed as Erphodel because of this state and how people seem to be mechanically doing their duties.

1.) Pets


So what are pets?
Basically, these are the only pets you can get in the game, they provide vital support outside of battle. Why?

Because of the current state of the city, you could say that having money is scarce. And not only that, you can't regenerate SP that easily as well. SP items aren't sold anywhere and has to be made, but in order to do so, you have to track through the dangerous fields of the floating city to get fresh materials. This is where pets come in.

You will have to find the pet. On a normal playthrough, you can only have one due to the event in the game, but it's possible to have them both. You must gain their affection before they will start giving you items. You can spend time with them or feed them their favorite food. Be warned, if you didn't feed them for a day, they will get upset at you.

Faire is a small loli dragon hybrid, her specialty is digging up materials that can be sold for money, specifically, minerals such as bronze, copper, silver. She also lays the very rare, Golden Egg when given a special treatment (feeding her with her favorite food). This could help you with restocking some supplies for survival~

Momo is a peach plant, that lives on your table's fruitbasket. Momo gives you SP Recovering items, depending on what you feed Momo the previous day.

That's all for now~ And they are also tinier than you. Here's a size comparison:


2.) The Day System

The Day System is basically the time inside Night of Marian. There's "4 hours a day" so to speak. Depending on what you are doing, each activity has a specific amount of time.

Quests - 30 minutes to 1 hour.
Character Events - 30 minutes
Going into a place you haven't ventured yet - 30 minutes

Once you have reached "4 hours" the game automatically sets you back to your home and let your character rest for the day. Exploring places you have already visited doesn't take Game Time or places related to the plot's pacing. The max time in Night of Marian is 7 days. It is impossible to max all the bond links on a playthrough. (Will be explained next time)

And extras:



Other musings:
I hate RPGMaker VX's tile editor. I can't do the awesome things I had in mind D=
AUTOTILES EVERYWHERE (Thank goodness it's only TileA)

Priority Checklist
>Finish all of Marian's Battleset (10/10 done)
>Finish all of Marian's Sprites (1/11 done)
>Finish all of Arc's Battleset (0.3/10)
>Finish all of Arc's Sprites (0.5/11 done)
>Finish all of Gunnar's Battleset (not yet started)
>Finish all of Gunnar's Sprites (1/11)
>Finish all of Kell's Battleset (not yet started)
>Finish all of Kell's Sprites (1/11)
>Finish all of Alice's Battleset (not yet started)
>Finish all of Alice's Sprites (4 more)
>Edit database Skills and Items for any necessary add-ons, etc. (Fixing Stuff now)
>Finalize Map Layouts

Miscellaneous

Zwölf

Whoa, german for twelve is so cool =o

I wanted to do a huge update sort of thing but since the new script for the flexible animated battlers isn't done yet and I'm too busy with Valthirian Arc: Daybreak, I'll present this for now!

First, GIF for the LULZ





I should totally work on Marian first but, MY PRIORITIES!!!111
For those who don't know, Alice is from Yanfy's game, Overzeal

Priority Checklist
>Finish all of Marian's Battleset (10/10 done)
>Finish all of Marian's Sprites (1/11 done)
>Finish all of Arc's Battleset (0.3/10)
>Finish all of Arc's Sprites (0.5/11 done)
>Finish all of Gunnar's Battleset (not yet started)
>Finish all of Gunnar's Sprites (1/11)
>Finish all of Kell's Battleset (not yet started)
>Finish all of Kell's Sprites (1/11)
>Finish all of Alice's Battleset (not yet started)
>Finish all of Alice's Sprites (4 more)
>Edit database Skills and Items for any necessary add-ons, etc. (doing something here)
>Finalize Map Layouts

That's one priority almost down 'w')b

Miscellaneous

Elf

I am still grinning that german for eleven is Elf :D
I haven't done much but here's some progress report!





And I've been dreaming about SMT: Devils Survivor, this is not good! *plays more*

Miscellaneous

Zehn

Hello! Sorry for not updating for so long (although I am flooding my twitter account) it's because I lost my database files a while ago while I was working on my dad's friend's pc. Must be some windows vista issue. So I had to redo it and it's better :D

Thank you Chaos, Karsuman, Yanfly, and TDS once again for the support!

So what have I've been working on?

First off,

Skillsets


You can now give items to NPCs~


Weapon Mastery~


Menu Redux, still working on it 'w')b



You can receive more than 2 items from an enemy, and I don't think this warrants a screen!
I don't know what else I've been working on, Oh yeah, making counter work properly. I think those are the ones I have done for today! Thanks for stopping by 'w')b

Priority Checklist
>Finish all of Marian's Battleset (10/10 done)
>Finish all of Marian's Sprites (1/11 done)
>Finish all of Arc's Battleset (0.3/10)
>Finish all of Arc's Sprites (0.5/11 done)
>Finish all of Gunnar's Battleset (not yet started)
>Finish all of Gunnar's Sprites (1/11)
>Finish all of Kell's Battleset (not yet started)
>Finish all of Kell's Sprites (1/11)
>Finish all of Alice's Battleset (not yet started)
>Finish all of Alice's Sprites (1/11)
>Edit database Skills and Items for any necessary add-ons, etc. (doing something here)
>Finalize Map Layouts

Miscellaneous

Neun

I've been really busy and talked to TDS about things, we decided to stick with sideview...Now to finalize stuff again. I'm also working on sprites so to speak until I regain the will to draw again due to the Marian burnt out. Unfortunately, I can't get Archeia's damn sprite right so I might just use the static wind blow...orz

For now please enjoy the following~






Comments and rate will be much appreciated <3

Priority Checklist
>Finish all of Marian's Battleset (10/10 done)
>Finish all of Marian's Sprites (1/11 done)
>Finish all of Arc's Battleset (0.3/10)
>Finish all of Arc's Sprites (0.5/11 done)
>Finish all of Gunnar's Battleset (not yet started)
>Finish all of Gunnar's Sprites (1/11)
>Finish all of Kell's Battleset (not yet started)
>Finish all of Kell's Sprites (1/11)
>Finish all of Alice's Battleset (not yet started)
>Finish all of Alice's Sprites (1/11)
>Edit database Skills and Items for any necessary add-ons, etc.
>Finalize Map Layouts

Miscellaneous

Acht

I've been burnt out because of Marian's facesets, I'm sorry :(
So I've been directing all my anger to sprites!






Front View Battle System Preview

Priority Checklist
>Finish all of Marian's Battleset (10/10 done)
>Finish all of Arc's Battleset (0.3/10)
>Finish all of Gunnar's Battleset (not yet started)
>Finish all of Kell's Battleset (not yet started)
>Finish all of Alice's Battleset (not yet started)
>Edit database Skills and Items for any necessary add-ons, etc.
>Finalize Map Layouts