Old Post in Spoilers Tag [spoiler]I've already posted several pics and vids of this game in the WIP topic but I guess I'd rather make its own topic now. I originally called it Princess Quest because the plot revolves around Peach, but I found that I like A Mario Bros Story as well. I don't know. [video]http://youtu.be/-4IZiwt9QnI?list=UUhiB3GIxfuClr36kwDSTDkA[/video] http://youtu.be/-4IZiwt9QnI?list=UUhiB3GIxfuClr36kwDSTDkA When I finished SMRPG Legend of the Five Pendants in 2012, I thought to myself, well, with that 10 year endeavour finished, I can retire and move on and such. WELL once a fangame designer always a fangame designer. ThunderDragon's Mario Quest games have always been a huge inspiration, and all I wanted to make was another RPG (well more Adventure than RPG), and remembered a plot idea that PressStart posted for fun years ago on olde MFGG. I don't know whether to reveal the central plot or not since its not in the video and I'd rather incorporate it into some trailer later when I get far enough. It saddens me to see every single RPGish Mario fangame use Mario & Luigi esque sprites, but I understand why, since spriting is hard stuff and SMRPG sprites are super difficult to replicate the style of. [video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOZRAZETg5g[/video] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AOZRAZETg5g This was my firstmost attempt, using MarioParty Advance sprites. I'm by no means a spriter, so I found that mimicking the 'retro' style of NES games would be the easiest way to have a unique graphical style (even if it does borrow a lot from SMB2 and 3). [video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iycOciSIbx8[/video] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iycOciSIbx8 Endless thanks and praise goes to PressStart, because of his ZekeWars3 game. In that game you could choose your own responses to conversations by pressing left or right. Each response had a unique tone, and I'm trying to incorporate this into the game. I have several other videos, but for the sake of making this post not super long (already looks like it is), here is a video showing all that I've programmed into the engine. [video]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcLHYbBMkFU[/video] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WcLHYbBMkFU I'm in really early stages. I'm trying to nail down as much of the engine now, rather than coming up with features as I progress in the story and levels (much like I used to do, resulting in me having to backtrack and update the engine in earlier parts of the game)[/spoiler] [video]https://youtu.be/I90vSxH-TZg[/video] While the game is planned to be longer (about 7 chapters), I have just now completed the prologue and would like to release it as its own game. Here is the [url=http://www.mediafire.com/file/wfwoas2wkfbfx5k/PrincessQuest_Prologue.rar]Prologue Download[/url].

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[quote="LuigiM9"]vids are broken[/quote] Shoot, ok I've edited the OP to include link to the vids after each embed. Dunno whats up

This looks... AWESOME! :D I love the sprites, and the gameplay looks awesome, too! I loved your Five Pendants game - you are the one who made it, right? - so I'm thrilled to see you're making another game. I hope this one isn't as difficult, though. :3 Also this is just a little thing, but I really love how you included Peach's father.

This looks thoroughly fun. I like the idea of an NES-styled action RPG, and I'm happy to see the ZekeWars dialogue system make another appearance.

A Mario action-RPG? This could certainly be interesting, looks like something in between Super Paper Mario and the M&L series.

Very creative idea. Not going to lie, the music in the third/engine-test video gave me a headache at first. That aside, I like this idea. It looks like something made with RPG Maker except better. Could be a Nes-styled Super Mario 64 :3

[quote="Syr"]Very creative idea. Not going to lie, the music in the third/engine-test video gave me a headache at first. That aside, I like this idea. It looks like something made with RPG Maker except better. Could be a Nes-styled Super Mario 64 :3[/quote] Could you specify which video, you mean the last one in my post? This kind of feedback is good. One other thing I wanted to avoid was using cliched, popular music from the Mario series (despite me using SMB2's Char Select, I love it so much) . I found that the spinoff Mario games for N64 (Mario Party 1-3, Tennis, and Golf) have really good music, with an RPGish sound to them, so I'm taking midis and applying NES soundfonts to them, I can't be sure if they sound good or not since I'm making them, and I have to play around with many instruments and sounds. I'll take your comment into account.

I don't know if it's just the video's quality, but in the introduction, Peach's sprite looks kind of odd. It looks a little deformed and messy for some reason compared to the other characters. EDIT: Actually, Mario and Luigi's big sprites both look a little messy, too. Especially in the overalls. I'm not sure how much you care about the graphics right now, but that's just something I noticed.

Okay, I watched the videos and my left ear thoroughly enjoyed them.

[quote="LuigiM9"]Okay, I watched the videos and my left ear thoroughly enjoyed them.[/quote] yeah I dunno what it is, or what setting I may have that causes it to play in one ear. I have the same issue and its only slightly resolved when I wiggle my headphone jack. I'll look into it

big bump, didn't realize I had made a topic for this yet. almost been 2 years, here's a video I posted not long ago in the WIP topic to show how far it's come. engine is nailed down now, I'm starting to move onto actual story and design. [video]https://youtu.be/I90vSxH-TZg[/video]

Looks fun!

Wow this game looks great dude! I hope you've been working hard on it these last two years!

It's good to see that this is still progressing. This is the best action RPG fangame concept I've seen, and I very much hope that "eventually" happens eventually!

[quote="Clyde"]It's good to see that this is still progressing. This is the best action RPG fangame concept I've seen, and I very much hope that "eventually" happens eventually![/quote]I agree, good work Señor Dragmire! :thumbsup:

Looks amazing! I loved your Five Pendants game, so I'm sure this one won't be a let down (in fact it looks even better!). You have quite the imagination. I can't wait to see more :D

Thanks for all the kind words, fellows. Here's some images of the world map I've posted in the WIP Topic, and a video of the dialogue system. [video]https://youtu.be/Skjg9hBEOGc[/video] [img]http://i.imgur.com/V9bYAyt.gif[/img] [spoiler][img]http://i.imgur.com/3eCGcd2.jpg[/img][/spoiler]

This looks really good! Can't wait to see it progress in Development.

Amazing looking to be honest