ZDS'S PROFILE

Finished it. The story came together brilliantly in the end. Don't know why there was mention of the ending being taken out in this thread, the game completely had a conclusion and opened up for sequels.

I prefer Xenoblade, but this game has quite a bit of pros over it. It was a great experience, though also quite challenging and forces you to REALLY try just to proceed haha. The game is massive, I only have about 34% surveyed and I have like 61 hours.

author=Red_Nova
Holy crap this is quite the overhaul! I like how everything looks, too. The only point I'm concerned about is the second picture from the bottom. The top cliff looks a bit unnatural, as it's originally designed to be planted in the ground.

And woah, you're going from 7 songs to 24? Granted, I haven't played it in a while, but I'm trying to figure out where 24 songs would even fit in the game. Is there a unique track for each screen?

Regardless, this is exciting news! I can't wait to play the commercial verison!

Thanks!

About the second to last picture, hmm. I think I see what you mean. You're actually high on the cliff there, but I'd definitely want to avoid confusion and unnatural looking stuff.

Edit: Bah! I totally see what you mean now, I need to make a new tile to look more natural when not connected to ground haha.

About the songs, I'm adding a bunch new secret areas. In the original there was 3 small dungeons plus a last area just for the final boss fight. This one will have those areas (vastly updated and a bit larger each) and at least 4 more dungeons. The way I have it set up is you can do 3 dungeons then the game ends. On the "permanent death mode" I've added a bunch of secrets and you can manage to do alternate routes on that. So the game I hope will always take about 30 minutes, but replays could end in quite different experiences.

On the main routes, I've added 3 songs. Since the forest area is larger this time, I added a second song after the first two maps, as I feel the forest has two parts. The shrine where you put the talismans is much larger and more of a map now, so I added background music to that. And I added boss stage music as well. And there is a title screen song now.

There are a good amount of secret areas and they each have their own theme.

I don't like having new music for the sake of new music, so I try to make sure it all fits, haha. I basically added a bunch of new content. I'm hoping to make the game I envisioned at first and not be limited this time. With that said, I still am trying to keep the short and sweet aspect to it.

No problem! Also, I have a question for the composer: What music making program did you use to make the music? I love the quality of chiptune.

The story itself is quite dark and sad, they added the comedy parts to relieve some of the tension and bleakness; though I personally feel they did not find a good balance at times. With that said, I'm loving the story behind the goofy parts.

I for one am just understanding soul voices and I like them quite a bit. It's a battle system that's quite complex and needs a lot of time to get to know (just like Xenoblade did). I prefer this battle system over Xenoblade because this one you can run and jump and stuff in the battles, makes it way more action-packed to me.

I just completed Chapter 7. Onto more exploring. I cannot express how much I'm enjoying myself with this game.

Click around on the touchscreen with the administration district open, it tends to say which hexagon has a character hangout in.