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Main Game Finished
Ljink- 08/10/2017 08:58 PM
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So yeah, remember about 5 years ago when I said the main game was finished?... I lied. Now it's finished. It's fully playable from start to finish with a few bonus areas scattered about, mini medals to collect, and some side quests as well.
Retrospective:
The game itself was something I thought I'd never be able to accomplish on something like 2k3 and the overall quality of it has surprised me several times. That being said it was at first not very fun to make all the menus, hero naming, shop selling, buying, battles, etc. without the built in functions but in the end it came out for the best as this is, in my opinion much better than any version of Dragon Quest 1. I'm really happy with the final product.
Where the game stands now:
The game took around 10 hours to complete. I also tried to make it so that grinding was very limited, especially in the end stages of the main game. I might want to go back in and tweak enemy stats and magic a little bit and getting feedback from testers.
Some events in the game are not like the original Dragon Quest, I've edited specifically the second half of the game to be more linear than the first half as a result.
What now?:
So, as I mentioned earlier university is creeping back up on me and this is my senior year, I'm not going to have much time to work on the game from september to december but during fall break I'll be doing 2 things to ensure a demo is out by the end of the year:
1.) Cleaning up game files, game text, events, music looping, misc. things to ensure a smooth testing period.
2.) Enlisting translators for the French translation.
So, that's the plan. In terms of the post game, I'm currently doing maps and thinking up scenarios for the post game. My hope is to create another 8-10 hours of content, almost doubling the playtime of the first game.
Since I've implemented all of the hard stuff, coming up with new content should be relatively simple and I'll have all of 2018 to create this content and finally end this.
Again, thank each and every one of you for hanging on for 5 years, you won't be disappointed. The game is in good hands now.
Retrospective:
The game itself was something I thought I'd never be able to accomplish on something like 2k3 and the overall quality of it has surprised me several times. That being said it was at first not very fun to make all the menus, hero naming, shop selling, buying, battles, etc. without the built in functions but in the end it came out for the best as this is, in my opinion much better than any version of Dragon Quest 1. I'm really happy with the final product.
Where the game stands now:
The game took around 10 hours to complete. I also tried to make it so that grinding was very limited, especially in the end stages of the main game. I might want to go back in and tweak enemy stats and magic a little bit and getting feedback from testers.
Some events in the game are not like the original Dragon Quest, I've edited specifically the second half of the game to be more linear than the first half as a result.
What now?:
So, as I mentioned earlier university is creeping back up on me and this is my senior year, I'm not going to have much time to work on the game from september to december but during fall break I'll be doing 2 things to ensure a demo is out by the end of the year:
1.) Cleaning up game files, game text, events, music looping, misc. things to ensure a smooth testing period.
2.) Enlisting translators for the French translation.
So, that's the plan. In terms of the post game, I'm currently doing maps and thinking up scenarios for the post game. My hope is to create another 8-10 hours of content, almost doubling the playtime of the first game.
Since I've implemented all of the hard stuff, coming up with new content should be relatively simple and I'll have all of 2018 to create this content and finally end this.
Again, thank each and every one of you for hanging on for 5 years, you won't be disappointed. The game is in good hands now.
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Closeauthor=orochii
Your game is like the absolute best I've seen coming lately. Kudos man.
Aw man, you're making me tear up here. I'll feel relieved once it comes out and I can't wait to see everybody's reaction too it! Thank you!
Ljink
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author=Kaliesto
Congrats, I came to check on you to see where you were at this month. I'm happy to see the main game itself is finally finished.
If I were you, I would just release the main game for now while you're doing post-game content as a future update (this is just in case for you if College Life takes over for another few months). That way it will give players something to bite into, and nobody would potentially have to wait another 5-6 months depending for post-game content.
Least that is how I would handle it IMO.
As for coming up for post-game scenarios, I have a few ideas related to DQ2 and DQ3.
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1) After the Dragonlord's Defeat, seek out his son and send him down a better path. Find out the truth about the Dragonlord & learn the story of the Dragon Queen many years prior (The Dragon Queen in DQ3).
There is a manga, but I never read it.
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2) Fight against Malroth in his supposed fully powered state (while in DQ2 he was in his incomplete form due to the ritual being not fully powered).
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3) Destroy Zoma's Phantom to send him back to hell, maybe his throne room from DQ3 is still intact, but heavily damaged. It will be a interesting "What-if?" if the Dragonlord found out about Zoma while he was staying in Charlock Castle, and he needed the Sphere of Light to taint it's power to revive Zoma & control him with the sphere; however due to your efforts you ruined the ritual, and only a phantom of Zoma was able to roam again and thus only half of his power is present & wanting revenge on the decendent & the Dragonlord (though you already destroyed the Dragonlord).
It will be neat to see a few "throwback" floors & including Zoma's Throne Room that opens up next time you go to the castle, but all in a ruined state.
===================================================================================
You know, I thought about releasing the game remake itself numerous times but I really want this to be a full 18-20 hour experience including the Plus side of the remake. I will consider it though because I know how waiting this long for a 10 hour game would irk someone. Who knows though.
Those are some interesting scenarios and I might consider doing something to that effect in terms of #1 and #2 but as for #3 that idea has been in the cards for this remake for a while now. Zoma's phantom will play a role in the post game. I also wanted to do a Final Fantasy Tribute with a Final Fantasy styled mini world and Final Fantasy styled battles and music (in the Dragon Quest DS soundfont I created). As a matter of fact, here's a sneak peek of its progression:
But that's all I'll show lol. It's also a bit more work to make this without the built in engine but I feel it's more unique.
But back to Zoma, I actually used his maps from 3 for Charlock as a base. But yeah the postgame is going to be where I can fully take control of what goes on in the story and I can't wait to really get into it.
Thanks for following the project!
author=Caladium
Great. Looking forward to this game when its totally done ^_^
It shouldn't be too much longer!!!
Kaliesto
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Congrats, I came to check on you to see where you were at this month. I'm happy to see the main game itself is finally finished.
If I were you, I would just release the main game for now while you're doing post-game content as a future update (this is just in case for you if College Life takes over for another few months). That way it will give players something to bite into, and nobody would potentially have to wait another 5-6 months depending for post-game content.
Least that is how I would handle it IMO.
As for coming up for post-game scenarios, I have a few ideas related to DQ2 and DQ3.
===================================================================================
1) After the Dragonlord's Defeat, seek out his son and send him down a better path. Find out the truth about the Dragonlord & learn the story of the Dragon Queen many years prior (The Dragon Queen in DQ3).
There is a manga, but I never read it.
===================================================================================
2) Fight against Malroth in his supposed fully powered state (while in DQ2 he was in his incomplete form due to the ritual being not fully powered).
===================================================================================
3) Destroy Zoma's Phantom to send him back to hell, maybe his throne room from DQ3 is still intact, but heavily damaged. It will be a interesting "What-if?" if the Dragonlord found out about Zoma while he was staying in Charlock Castle, and he needed the Sphere of Light to taint it's power to revive Zoma & control him with the sphere; however due to your efforts you ruined the ritual, and only a phantom of Zoma was able to roam again and thus only half of his power is present & wanting revenge on the decendent & the Dragonlord (though you already destroyed the Dragonlord).
It will be neat to see a few "throwback" floors & including Zoma's Throne Room that opens up next time you go to the castle, but all in a ruined state.
===================================================================================
If I were you, I would just release the main game for now while you're doing post-game content as a future update (this is just in case for you if College Life takes over for another few months). That way it will give players something to bite into, and nobody would potentially have to wait another 5-6 months depending for post-game content.
Least that is how I would handle it IMO.
As for coming up for post-game scenarios, I have a few ideas related to DQ2 and DQ3.
===================================================================================
1) After the Dragonlord's Defeat, seek out his son and send him down a better path. Find out the truth about the Dragonlord & learn the story of the Dragon Queen many years prior (The Dragon Queen in DQ3).
There is a manga, but I never read it.
===================================================================================
2) Fight against Malroth in his supposed fully powered state (while in DQ2 he was in his incomplete form due to the ritual being not fully powered).
===================================================================================
3) Destroy Zoma's Phantom to send him back to hell, maybe his throne room from DQ3 is still intact, but heavily damaged. It will be a interesting "What-if?" if the Dragonlord found out about Zoma while he was staying in Charlock Castle, and he needed the Sphere of Light to taint it's power to revive Zoma & control him with the sphere; however due to your efforts you ruined the ritual, and only a phantom of Zoma was able to roam again and thus only half of his power is present & wanting revenge on the decendent & the Dragonlord (though you already destroyed the Dragonlord).
It will be neat to see a few "throwback" floors & including Zoma's Throne Room that opens up next time you go to the castle, but all in a ruined state.
===================================================================================
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