But pleased with my work so far. Looks like Enelysion's download size will be just over 200mb for around 7.5-8 hrs of gameplay, which shouldn't bother people with a fast internet connection ( unlike for me ;_; ). The funny thing is, the Graphics folder is a mere 40mb, while the Audio is nearly 150mb in size. But for my testers who have played through it, I'm sure they will agree with me that the soundtrack is the game's strongest point. =)







Could you make a game that looks like this with a mere 40mbs of graphics and no parallax mapping? ;)I have been called a 'visuals god' and a 'mapper extraordinaire', but I still make mistakes. I do not need to parallax to make fancy maps, and I never will.

I need a vacation. Those 2000+ hours sunk into this is taking its toll on me.


This town isn't in the game, btw.

My poor CSS got messed up, so I deleted the whole lot. ;_;

Ok, I admit I am feeling the teeniest bit of apprehension as this game hurtles ever closer to its release date. My testers have started to send me their notes ( only one major game-crashing bug was found, which is good considering the length of EHD. It has been stamped upon. ) and I am dutifully paying attention to them, stamping out grammatical errors ( thanks blueperiod =) ) and anything else that may have seen out of place.

I also changed the names of some places:

Rekez Village and Forest is now Ogham Village and Ogham Forest ( yey, more Celtic influenced names XD ) and the Alborz Caves are now the Manster Caves.

As for the artsies:




I don't have money right now to get some gorgeous in-game art ;_;. So I do it meself... Thank you, Phantasy Star 4.

More menu features:



- Gain Stats: Distribute Attribute Points to improve character abilities.

- Guide: Outlines basic info, abbreviations and the like.




The guide is called through an event that is tied to the Main Menu Melody script.

- Journal: Now the player won't have an excuse to get lost. The Journal contains destination quotes that will be updated as the game progresses. Naturally, the last one of the list is where you need to go. =)


What lies ahead, Laine? What lies ahead indeed?

That's all for now.

When you are done testing this game, please send it to me via a finalised Word document so I don't have to put up with a barrage of PMs. I'm expecting testing will take at least another month before the game is released ( around September or so ). I don't want a bunch of simplistic errors screwing up the game's potential. And maybe I should seriously dumb down the enemies. I never realised it was that hard. ._. But ERD/EHD isn't supposed to be piss easy either. Nor does it hold your hand. ( Easy for me but... I'm the dev, so yeah ). Anyway, I'll put up a bug report soon ( there is a known one in the last area of the game. Stupid error, I forgot to add in a battle background >< ) that will cause the game to close down.

GMD Entry 5: What I've been up to ( apart from testing this game for the bazillionith time )

=============

Spent most of the last few days fleshing out Tairngire, adding in places of interest ( like guilds and abandoned ruins ), the usual interesting NPCs ( most of them now give lots of useful information, which is highlighted in green ) and the usual grind that goes for testing around here. Rehauled some aspects of the world map, thinking out things more logically ( as in placements of trade-routes, towns etc. ) because when I started this project back in 2011 I was just going with the flow of things. So I redid a couple of things.

Regarding gameplay:

- Enemies no longer drop gold, rather, they drop loot which you can either sell or trade ( like FF12 Bazaar system, unlike that sneaky ( but great game ), the player actually knows what they are getting ) for new weapons/armour/items. And it is usually worth the effort of finding the loot, because the player ends up saving quite a lot of money in the future.

- The severe lack of cash will also ( hopefully ) encourage the player to take on sidequests for some extra pocket change. Large cash bonuses are also rewarded for slaying optional bosses.

- NPCs have multiple things to say as well now. This will take a while to do for the whole game. No idea how many lines of dialogue I've written since I started this thing...

- Also made a new title screen.

New screenshots of the areas I was working on:

Yes, I finally did it. I hit that coveted seven hour mark ( and that is without taking the optional sidequests ).

Once I wrap everything up, my testers can expect a PM in a few days. And keep your save games. You can just transfer them over to the full game.

Finally, my dream of making a full, complete game is near. I don't know if I could do it without the support of you all. And my deppro does come across as being crappy at times, but I try to work around it. It only strikes me a few days out of each month, but when it does... Yeah, I have to hold on to my common sense and not toss everything away.

Thank you for making me see the light. Thank you so much.

I'm in the process of testing Enelysion for its final, full version release, and I'm looking for testers now. I hope 7 hours isn't too short for a full game, even if it is the first half. -_- After two and half years ( every single damn day, mind you ), I am just... tired of the project. Then I can move onto my FE love letter game... Which is not a fan game.