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[Dr.Electro]

your output is impressive.. do you work full time on your game?

[McMutton]

Pretty much, yeah.

Started working on the music mechanic:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vFEXfy3VxEA&feature=youtu.be

[eyeliner]

Mc, just because I'm a curious bastard, are you self taught or got a formal teaching in anything? You excel much in every aspect. Would be amazing to see your work with a capable team.

[Mittens]

Been a while since I checked in on this project, the new characters are looking really good in those beauty shots,

Re: the environments, they really annoy me because they are so close to looking really good but there's just small things not right about them, I want to just open your unity project and fix them but I cant.

Judging purely off the screenshots you've posted I think the main problem is the leaves are too dark (realistic) where the rest of the game's theme is quite bright/pastell and also that they have lots of busy texture about them where they could look much better if they where more flat and pastel colored like the characters are

Also, this is probably mainly unity's fault, but I think the lighting is giving away the polygonal geometry in a bad way, the first thing I would try is just raising the ambient light level to get more of an unlit look, but that might not suite what you are needing in the game (day night cycle for example)

Yeah, anyway, good luck and I look forward to seeing your progress!

[Zoe Coleman Music]

Wow I really love the art style and the character design - let me know if you're in any need of some music!

[McMutton]

Eyeliner - I'm self-taught, mostly just winging it as I go.

Zoe - Thank'eh! I'll definitely keep you in mind

Jackson - Thanks for the feedback; I need as much as I can get. Can you point out exactly what you're talking about with the lighting?

I've also redone the leaves again, using Skyward Sword as a reference, as well as messing with some colors in the environment as a whole:

[gimymblert]

aww don't know if skyward sword is a real reference here that's not one of their best things, anyway really good works :D

[McMutton]

Working on the first level. There are some new, flowery red trees that are being worked on as well. I think the flowers need to be smaller.

[McMutton]

Had an idea for the textbox design:

[poe]

<3

[Atrus]

Dat GUI 

[McMutton]

Yussss.

Messing with the water and colors and junk. Also threw on some lightmaps:

[eigenbom]

looking gooood

[SolarLune]

Pretty slick water. I like the purple color at the waterfall.

I think the trees could use some AO map on the branches. The overall color of the grass seems pretty dark.

Anyway, great work!

[helgravis]

Had an idea for the textbox design:

The textbox looks pretty, but the color hurts my eye after staring at it for a bit. I'm not very good at color combinations, but maybe you can change the color yellow to something less bright? Wonder what it looks like if it's semi-transparent.

[McMutton]

I also need some opinions on how to display the text. (colors, outlines, extra stuff, etcetera)

[Ninja Dodo]

I like the old one better. The high contrast on the TIGS forums makes almost anything look too intense. Can only really be judged in context, ie fullscreen in-game. Personally I don't think it was too bright.

[McMutton]

Perhaps I'll include both via thorough UI customization options.

Speaking of which, HUD:


Upper left has your hitpoints spiraling inward and the character switch display, lower right will be the item list, which you'll interact with like the one in Metal Gear Solid.

Also, here's a video of Ellie's Parry skill:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ao_NkMkTn9c&feature=youtu.be

[McMutton]

Had an idea about expanding the combat system by replacing the simple, charged heavy attacks with equippable Combat Arts.

Combat Arts are powerful skills that gain strength through use. When they reach a certain point, you'll gain access to a more advanced form (Though the weaker forms are still available). A Combat Art, when equipped, takes up a number of Skill Slots equal to its level if you want to equip more than one.

You start with a single Skill Slot attached to your normal attacks, and can unlock more via increasing your Hero Level (Done by defeating enemies for Hero Points). Once you unlock more than one Slot, you’ll be able to Combo your Combat Arts, as long as you’re able to equip more than one. There are separate Skill Slots for Aerial, Ground, Dodge, and Dash Arts.

If you have more than one Slot and equip multiple Combat Arts, you can perform a Combo. When performing the first Combat Art, press the Attack button with the proper timing to perform the next Art in the Combo. Each successive Art in a Combo is slightly weakened.

You learn new Combat Arts from the person who created it, or by observing powerful enemies.

The stuff you can do as you level up includes:
        -Extra Skill Slots
   -The ability to attack while dodging
   -The ability to attack while dashing
   -The ability to use Combat Arts while airborne
   -Increase the amount of successive dodges you can perform
   -The ability to dodge while airborne
   -Advanced recovery moves

I'm unsure about what to do when you level up, though; should I allow the player to choose an upgrade themselves, or attach certain upgrades to certain levels, like Psychonauts?


Also, combat can be taken a step further by elementally enchanting your weapons. Each element would have a similar function to the ones in games like Sengoku Basara or Koei's Warriors games.

[McMutton]

Got around to the Facebook page that was just sitting around stagnating. You'll find more updates over there, probably.