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Check it! Dylan be rockin' that Seitz for Newsies!
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fangame Verdant Tales: Symphonic Horizon
Dylanrockin replied to Dylanrockin's topic in Fan-game Exposé
No, nuzlocking is not possible. 1: Because I dislike them and think it would take away from why it is you're playing this game in the first place. So, personal bias there. 2: I feel the spirit of the game would be lost on people as they're too busy concentrating on trying to survive than trying to enjoy... you know... the game. And to make sure that happens, a specific character's "Main Pokemon" cannot be deposited or released as the game will outright stop you from doing so and every Pokemon after a double battle will be brought back with 1HP. Glad you're still anticipating the release of the game, however, since school has started an auditions for the musical and play at my university have also begun I've been strapped for time on my game and mostly work on it, in the early mornings before classes start and before my night classes. Though I intend to get some progress done in the coming weeks. -
If someone has a spare RPG Maker MV key sitting around... uhhh... hmu. I'll love you long time.
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Story writing tip: Don't keep your mind focused on the concept of tropes as a negative. Use them as tools and only worry about how you use those tropes and integrating them into your story. Your prose means more than trying to appease people of different tastes that you weren't going to appease anyways.
Also, to correct every person on Reddit who thinks tropes = cliches: cliches are just overused tropes that have gotten to the point of saturation. Equip yourself with better terminology Reddit.
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fangame Verdant Tales: Symphonic Horizon
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Once again, here is another update for the manga with new pages coming out! Also, next month the manga will be finished for Volume 1 and ya'll can get your hands on it, hopefully early October! Also, here is some physical violence, because I heard you guys were into that sort of thing, I guess. Actually that was my intent to begin with, having some characters getting the crap beaten out of them uwu -
fangame Verdant Tales: Symphonic Horizon
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Showing off some of the new battle backgrounds that are being incorporated into the game! -
fangame Verdant Tales: Symphonic Horizon
Dylanrockin replied to Dylanrockin's topic in Fan-game Exposé
For some reason my previous post was deleted, but whatever. Anyways, as I am working on getting a new video posted for my game soon I wanted to show off another page of the manga as the first volume wraps to a close! More brutality and more cool stuffs! This is one of the sketches for the end of the battle with Vivian vs Aria. -
This isn't edited, it's the actual fight in my headcannon:
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This is a game I am legitimately intrigued by. I like me some Puyo, but making it an RPG? I am actually kind of interested.
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So, for those of you who know me and how much I have the biggest obsession with Tales of Symphonia. WELL, look no further than the ultimate geek showing off something that most people who have played Tales of Symphonia will know as the hardest boss in the game, making a cameo appearance in the Devil's Arms sidequest in the game! This is not a post-game side-quest as you can do this as soon as you finish the Tower of Guidance. I will be posting a video of this as well, for those of you interested. For now though, enjoy some screenshots!
Also featured in the screenshots are custom battle backgrounds for this fight as well as the Tower of Guidance. It matches the tower's tile layout and I think looks damn-fine
Also, yes, the circles that you see in the battle backgrounds are indeed CG objects converted to sprite form. Also, as an added bonus, just like the PS2 version and PS3 versions of Tales of Symphonia, if you play on Hard or Mania mode, Abyssion starts off the fight with Divine Judgement (Krista's Verdant Arte) and will do an incredible amount of damage. Also, it is unavoidable, since Abyssion also has Initiative, which allows him to attack as soon as the fight starts, before you get to input a move against him. That only happens if you play on Hard or Mania however. He does use everybody's Verdant Artes against you, just as he does in Tales of Symphonia as well as being able to use Overlimit on his own Pokemon.
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fangame Verdant Tales: Symphonic Horizon
Dylanrockin replied to Dylanrockin's topic in Fan-game Exposé
So, for those of you who know me and how much I have the biggest obsession with Tales of Symphonia. WELL, look no further than the ultimate geek showing off something that most people who have played Tales of Symphonia will know as the hardest boss in the game, making a cameo appearance in the Devil's Arms sidequest in the game! This is not a post-game side-quest as you can do this as soon as you finish the Tower of Guidance. I will be posting a video of this as well, for those of you interested. For now though, enjoy some screenshots! Also featured in the screenshots are custom battle backgrounds for this fight as well as the Tower of Guidance. It matches the tower's tile layout and I think looks damn-fine Also, yes, the circles that you see in the battle backgrounds are indeed CG objects converted to sprite form. Also, as an added bonus, just like the PS2 version and PS3 versions of Tales of Symphonia, if you play on Hard or Mania mode, Abyssion starts off the fight with Divine Judgement (Krista's Verdant Arte) and will do an incredible amount of damage. Also, it is unavoidable, since Abyssion also has Initiative, which allows him to attack as soon as the fight starts, before you get to input a move against him. That only happens if you play on Hard or Mania however. He does use everybody's Verdant Artes against you, just as he does in Tales of Symphonia as well as being able to use Overlimit on his own Pokemon. -
I tend to get made fun of a lot by friends about how many, or lack thereof, of games in my steam library. I am an avid PC gamer, but... I didn't know that in order to be a "Hardcore PC Gamer" you needed to have 1000+ games on steam. I'm like... "guys, I'll buy games if I'm gonna play them. That and I have a shit ton of expenses to cover - I don't have the money or the want to horde steam games that I'll never play anyways." Also I spent 3000+ dollars on building my recent Super-Gaming PC anyways, soo... yeah, hurting for money atm XD
But really tho, does anyone else get that same kind of flack from friends about how small your steam library is? Literally all the games in my steam library.
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fangame Verdant Tales: Symphonic Horizon
Dylanrockin replied to Dylanrockin's topic in Fan-game Exposé
Essentially, every character, once they join your party START with a pre-defined team, and they have 1 Pokemon that cannot be removed from the team, no matter what. The other 5 Pokemon that comes with that specific character can be changed out for whatever though. Essentially, this is how every character starts out: Vice = Eevee Marissa = Umbreon, Shinx, Torchic Vivian = Frogadier, Skarmory, Grovyle, Sneasle Krista = Kirlia, Pancham, Skiddo, Nidoqueen Hiro = Dialga, Samurott, Talonflame, Metagross, Zorua (cannot evolve, but has an impressive moveset), Tyrantrum Allan = Lucario, Zoroark, Dragonite, Tyranitar, Frosslass, Arcanine. Ashera = None, because she is a Pokemon and cannot use them and is only used for fast-travel purposes in the end-game. The first Pokemon from left to right is the one you cannot remove, no matter what. It cannot be released, it cannot be put into the box and will always be a part of that character's team. They also cannot be put into the day-care. Every, other, Pokemon can be exchanged out for something else, however. But as Commander said, the teams that they are pre-defined with are considered their "canon" teams. -
fangame Verdant Tales: Symphonic Horizon
Dylanrockin replied to Dylanrockin's topic in Fan-game Exposé
Here's a fun, little screenshot from one of the areas FAR later in the game, at the Volcano Island Base: As a reference to Tales of Symphonia (sadly I cannot portray an actually awful drawing of their face in sprite form, because obvious sprite limitations are obvs.) you can investigate these posters and a picture (soon to be included, once I commission them) that is poorly drawn of their faces will be plastered all over the base. It serves NO purpose other than being funny and a little nod to Tales of Symphonia. -
So, I added in an additional tier to the prize list. If you at least participated but didn't place in the top 5 and made something that at least met the criteria for judging then you will win $10 dollars. I implemented that, since there were a lot of super talented artists from the previous contests that I felt bad for, because I couldn't give them anything for the time they spent on the artwork. So this is not only a participation prize but its also a prize for those who showed that they followed the criteria and made something good that wasn't "placement" worthy. tldr; I felt bad and wanted to make it up to anyone who participates in the contest but doesn't win any of the higher tier prizes. For those of you who need a little bit more context for the art contest and some information on certain characters, you can feel free to go through my old skit videos and you can get a feel for it all.
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I like TVTropes, I do. But, one thing that really grinds my gears is when people direct it at me saying "you can't write a good story if you aren't being 100% original, these days."
... what? Guys, not everything has to be a classic and novelty for novelty sake is in-itself a trope. Also, to say that you have to be completely original would mean that you'd have to basically make the story as uninteresting as possible, by removing themes, characters and narratives.
There is a sense of familiarity with certain stories that people, believe it or not, ACTUALLY enjoy and prefer recognizing. Like themes of love, drama, adventure etc. It's how you write those scenes and how well delivered they are that ultimately sticks with people.
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My issue with TVtropes is basically everything written on there has turned into an impression that it's a bad thing. It's a good thing to kick back and learn a new term, but honestly you really should never go there or even use it as a source when talking about writing or giving feedback for writing. In actuality, tropes are a really good thing and there's no shame in using them as that's why tropes are tropes in the first place.
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I think the common misconception with tropes is that people believe them to be cliches, which are a completely different beast. Tropes are tools for writers to use and it is impossible to write a story without them, unless you are an alien who has never been to Earth before.
An architect builds a house with four walls, a bathroom, bedroom, kitchen, etc. If an architect decides "you know what, this bedroom and bathroom shit, I'm getting tired of it. Let's make a house without those." then that would be the equivalent to saying you are going to write a story without tropes. There are big houses, small ones, ones with gazebos, pools etc. The point is: there are tropes that are necessary to the plan of your story and those that are nice, but not necessary, that you can add. They are tools not a "way of life that you must deviate from for originality sake."
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fangame Verdant Tales: Symphonic Horizon
Dylanrockin replied to Dylanrockin's topic in Fan-game Exposé
Hey guys! Remember when I would make skit videos? Yeah, I don't either, but here are some, featuring Mia in them! This is the case, since Mia is a temporary character in the post-game: -
That moment when you realized that one of your characters is super cute, but then you also realize that she is a Pokemon in a Human body and then it gets to be really weird.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO FEEL!
