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[Linx]

Embers of Fate

Daily Devlog- This baby is meant to be updated daily, and if not I will notify beforehand as to my reason of absence  

Embers of Fate is a platformer being created by yours truly, and CubinJ (programmer).

This game is meant to have a very flowy feel, with combat that actually challenges the player.  How may I achieve this you ask?

I'd like to know too ._., but that's what development is all about.
  
The storyline is meant to have a deep effect on the game, so I probably wont reveal much about it, though I'll probably give off some of the basics of it.  

And yeah.........  

The game is currently being made in Game Maker.

Note: Inspired by The Archer Devlog

Day 001: I'll just post the main character, and one of the concepts that has been made by my good friend Drake Dollison
Main character sprite

Concept of Default townspeople look~

Note- Tell me if the concepts im posting are too big and i'll scale them down

[DGH94]

Looks good. Size wise too ( atleast from my iPhone ). Can't wait to see some ingame mockups!

[Linx]

Day 002:

• Started taking some design notes
• Fleshing out the storyline/characters a bit more

Going into this project, i realized i hadn't planned out too much.  This project is an old project of mine, and either I hadn't thought it out too much back then, or I forgot everything I thought out originally.
With that in mind, ive been thinking about how exactly I want things to go, and i'll probably go into this more in-depth in the next few days or on the weekend.

Pictures for you~ 
Design Notes

Beginning area scenery where the character starts out

Shopkeeper concept


Some of the concepts ill be uploading such as the shop keeper im not completely happy with, but I rushed them for a project a bit ago. I'll probably end up redoing some of the concepts you see here overtime.

@DGH94- Thanks for the support man 
 

[DGH94]

Those are some really gnarly sketches. Ever think of doing a narrative/detective type game with those? It would be a hit solely on the unique art style. Maybe add some color and use them ( or the heads) as portraits in dialog or an overview of an area?

Keep up the work, I'll definitely be following this.

[Linx]

Day 003:

• More Design Notes
• Started animations for the character
• Talked with Cubin about the movement engine, pretty sure we're gonna start that this weekend

This is actually keeping me motivated to work on my game everyday  
@DGH94-I probably wouldn't do a narrative/detective type of game since those don't interest me too much, though I might have to tell Drake about it .  Thanks for the support though, i appreciate it.

[Linx]

Day 004:

• Started fleshing out how i want the combat system to work
• Even more character animation
• Discussed with Cubin how the transitions to areas are going to work out
• CubinJ: Started basics of the movement engine

[Linx]

Day 005:

• More animation work, trying out a new process thanks to http://alexhw.com/
• Major designing
• Combat system
• CubinJ: Ghost platforms, sprite placeholders, improvement on previous basic mechanics

Some of the design notes~

• Feel of the game:  Player should feel that the world is Mysterious and mystical, not so much that they’re creeped out by the world, but some of the areas will have a darker feel to them.
• Inspiration: “Tales of” games
• Creatures should look somewhat unique, some traveling in packs, some alone, behavior should match the creatures.
• Story should make the character think about things, having significant points that are meant to mean something to the player.
• Characters must be believable. If the story is meant to impact the player, it has to have believable characters.
• Government uses false reasons for war to take hostages in order to power their country.
• Game tends to get dark at certain points

Screenshots for you~
Animation Process

Basic Engine

[saint11]

Cool I'm anxious to see some mockups or videos

[Linx]

I'm anxious to post both .  Ive still got a bit to go before I can do that though  
Edit: Actually, i lied. I do have a tileset mockup that i forgot to post  .

 Have to edit a few things with the tiles though such as the grass being a bit too bright.

[ANtY]

Maybe add some simple round shade under the objects (for example under the player sprite), it'd make it look much better. Also a little darker grass would also help

[kamac]

Nice grass  !

We'll see how it turns later on.

[Linx]

Day 006:

• More animation work
• Even more designing
• Looked up references for how the forest should look
• CubinJ: Fixed bugs, added graphics/placeholders, adjusted basics of movement engine more

Another conceppt for you all~ This piece was made by my friend Drake. (That lazy hoe didn't add in Fate)


@ANtY-  Yeah that'll probably happen in-game, I just made this mockup in Paint.NET quickly
@kamac- Thanks man

[Linx]

Day 007:

• Run Animation finalizing
• Monster concepts
• Lighting engine basics started (shadows)

From now on, i'm just going to list everything out instead of doing the separate CubinJ thing.
Sorry about the lack of scans/artwork for today. Tired due to today being Halloween, and staying up till 2AM last night. Scans of those monster concepts coming in tomorrow.

[saint11]

Awesome mockup! I like the dirt and rocks, the character is great too!

[Linx]

Day 008:

• Run animation almost completed @_@
• Redrew ugly concepts from yesterday. Still not perfect, but better
• Lighting engine shadows perfected

Accuracy comparisons of Lighting engine
Vs

@saint11- Thanks , still hav ea bit of work to do on that mockup though ;P