DIMITRIUSJONES'S PROFILE

author=InfectionFiles

author=Euphoniac
Warning: Despite being tagged as "completed", this is just an "extended demo version" that ends before the story gets started at all (if you're a really slow player like me, you'll complete the "game" in about 5 hours - it could be completed in less than 2 hours if it wasn't for the ridiculously slow battle system and the atrociously high encounter rate). I guess nobody played this messy "game" long enough to notice.

Nice find! I was thinking about playing it and possibly give it a review but I only do completed games.
Also, the slow battles and high encounter rate definitely turn me off of even trying it
Appreciate it!

Thanks for at least checking it out! If I ever decide to do another game, I'll be sure and have it tested beforehand. Game design isn't my forte, but hey you never know until you try, right?

author=pianotm
Figuring out the timeline the Legend of Zelda is something you're probably not going to be able to do. The original NES game is chronologically the last in the order of events. Zelda II: Link's Quest is the only sequel. Every subsequent game is a prequel. Link to the Past was a direct prequel to the NES game and introduced the idea of multiple Links connected by lineage, and Link's Awakening was a sequel to Link to the Past. Then came Ocarina of Time and Majora's Mask tried to explain events described in A Link to the Past and Link's Awakening, but get a number of details wrong. Wind Waker washed the storyline away and Twilight Princess revealed that there are actually two separate timelines.

You would be better off not trying to explain existing storylines and simply telling your story as a stand alone: instead of trying to explain timelines, just make it try to fit one. There's plenty of room for a Princess Zelda that finally picks up a sword and fights, and by itself, your story idea seems as good as any. I would worry though, if you tried to string together a coherent timeline for the entire Zelda universe in your story. I think it would be too much of a mess.

My goal isn't to explain the timeline. It's to tell the backstory of the Sheikah and set it during that gap between Link's journey to Termina and the beginning of Twilight Princess. I just read the Historia, and Link's warning DID lead to Ganondorf's immediate execution shortly after. So, my story wouldn't focus PRIMARILY on being a prequel to Twilight Princess as it would be to flesh out Zelda as a heroine and sort of tie some things together, albeit loosely (This is a fan game after all. It's non-canon to begin with). And you're correct about how convoluted the timeline is. Even the creators don't really take it all THAT seriously. I'm not too concerned with absolutely sticking to the the rules of what's happened during the timeline.

BUT I would certainly be open to penning a stand-alone Zelda game using the idea of telling the Sheikah's backstory as a standalone game. I think that would be fun, especially if the fans really took to it. Thanks for your feedback, guys! You've got my head filling with new ideas! Keep it coming :)

I've been toying with the idea of a Zelda game set before Twilight Princess but directly after Ocarina of Time during the Child Timeline. A prequel to Twilight Princess?? I know I know. How original. But humor me.

Basically, we all know that Link goes off on a quest to save Termina and ultimately defeat Majora's Mask. What we don't know is what happens after the quest. Does Link return to Hyrule? Does he find Navi? Why was he looking for her in the first place?

Here's a rough synopsis of my story:

Young Link embarks on a quest, leaving Hyrule in order to do so. Before leaving, he recounts the events from "Ocarina of Time" to Young Zelda, who goes to warn the King. The King still doesn't believe her (this isn't the first time she's told him that Ganondorf is evil, remember?), so she again reaches out to Impa for help. Impa tells her about the legend of the Ancients passed down among members of the Sheikah tribe.

The Ancients were incredibly talented at using magic, but it came with a price. In order to help the Goddess seal away a great evil, they had to become the Keepers of Shadow in order to keep the darkness in check. Most of them ended up sealing themselves up into the Earth in order to keep the Evil at bay, while those that remained were tasked with upholding the seal and passing the information along to the next generations. Impa tells her that the Sages would be powerful enough to stop Ganondorf, but they haven't awakened yet and that the Ancients would be their best chance at defeating him.

Just as they begin to enact their plan, Ganondorf and his army of monsters and Gerudo attack the palace. Zelda and Impa flee from castle and go into hiding. While in hiding, Zelda questions whether or not Link will return to which Impa responds that she isn't sure he will ever return. She then begins to train Zelda in the ways of the Sheikah in order to defend herself while Ganondorf's army conquers Hyrule.

7 years later Zelda, now trained to fight like a Sheikah, is going by the name "Sheik" and has set out on her quest to find and awaken the Ancients. On her quest, she will learn more about Hyrule's dark side as well as what became of Link in all that time. Zelda in both her Sheik form and her normal form would be the main playable character.

I would call this game "The Legend of Zelda: Shadow's Vengeance". I only have the storyline, if anybody wants to use it for their project. I wouldn't know where to begin with actually making this game. What do you think? What are your ideas?

Thanks guys! I appreciate it! :)

I'm fairly new to this community and very new to making games. I just completed my first and only game and posted it on here because I thought "Well it'd be fun if other people could play it besides my friends, I guess".

I do NOT have a full aptitude for game design, and this project was intended to be for my friends and myself. So, perhaps when my first bit of feedback was "No amount of words can express my disappointment", I got just a LITTLE sensitive about it.

I'm all for constructive criticism, and I took the feedback for what it was (even though it was extremely over-the-top and borderline spiteful), but I've seen members here review newbies and give all-negative, all-scathing reviews that I would find completely discouraging as a new game maker.

That's not to say they should be told "Omg it was so great!!! 12/10!!!" but geez throw in some positives why don't cha? Some encouragement? Some of you act like the game personally gave you cancer.

All I'm saying is if you're going to list everything a game-maker did wrong, offer some encouragement as well. I don't know if it's the community's culture to treat newbies this way, but I find it very self-defeating.

Anyway, won't be on this site much longer. You guys take care and never lose your passion for gaming :)