Jistoa

[Calvan]

Jistoa
Jistoa is a game I've had in development for a while.
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Character sprites.

From left to right,

Zakary, Jania, Ricard, Alex, Aype 1, Aype 2, Gnilrats, Kyper Twizz.

I need names for Aype 1 and 2. Their beta names are Biggs and Wedge. but for the love of ****. It's been done.
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Zakary Sevendust: The Monster Hunter
Born and raised in the riverside town of Tetlal. He took an interest at a young age in swordsmanship.

Alex Prewit: The Gynoid.
A combat gynoid built by professor Prewit. She is activated towards the beginning of the game. And has decided to follow Zakary on his search for his father.
She carries no element due to being a machine, Her weapon is a set of wolverine style claws set into her knuckles.

Jania Dreliar: The Druid
A druid from the order of the branch. Carries the burden of the earth element. Her weapon is a Sledge hammer.

Ricard Wyndsire: The Dragon knight
The last in the long line of Dragon knights From the nation of Valentia. Carries the element of wind, His weapon is a spear.

Lukia Tenvers: The Scholar
A scholar who lives in Valentia. Carries the element of Water. Her weapon is a Rapier

Leigh Gren: The Scrapper
A street fighter who lives in the urban sprawl That is the nation of Korona. Her weapon his her bare fists. She carries the element of Lightning.

Gnilrats Navlac: The General
A general in the Korona Army He commands the Lower ranking officers Biggs and Wedge(Temporary names untill I come up with something better.).

Kyper Twizz: The Alien Cryomancer
Lives on Jistoa's moon, His elf like race tried to colonize jistoa about 200 years prior to the start of the game. However even the most arctic of regions was too warm. So they colonized the moon instead. The Sylvan Folk and the Humans of Jistoa have had lukewarm relations since.
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Screenshots:


I'll have more info and shots up soon.
Also the Tales of prefix has been dropped as of recently.

[Calvan]

Sorry for the double post but I figure it's been long enough with no interest,
So here is a few more screen shots.

[Unknown Entity]

Hey, I know Alex!!! 8D

You already know that I'm looking forward to having a go on this. It's about time you got to work on it, and I must say from what I've seen, it's looking pretty good. ^^

What are you using to make it?

[Calvan]

Hey, I know Alex!!! 8D

You already know that I'm looking forward to having a go on this. It's about time you got to work on it, and I must say from what I've seen, it's looking pretty good. ^^

What are you using to make it?

I'm using RPG maker 2003, for the engine, As it uses a side view battle system simmilar to the older Final Fantasy games.

Heres another screenshot, Yes it's the bee enemy from Final fantasy V. But i've injected some color into the sprites.
I've also done a little editing to the GUI.

I've also finished Alex's sprites.


The guy with the red and green lines around his sprites is Zakary's father Freigh. He temporarily joins the party.
I'm still working out the positions of the characters, As i'm using battle animations for my character sprites instead of RM2k3's vanilla sprites. Which frankly I think are FUGLY.
Not to mention awkward.

[Unknown Entity]

I can imagine positioning being pretty difficult. I had a go when I was doing an animation in Flash with sprites, and my character looked like he was jumping when moving from a standing still to fighting position. xD; But yeah, I found it easier when all of the sprites are scaled right, so the transition was smoother, although going by your avatar, you've got that down to a tee.

[Calvan]

I can imagine positioning being pretty difficult. I had a go when I was doing an animation in Flash with sprites, and my character looked like he was jumping when moving from a standing still to fighting position. xD; But yeah, I found it easier when all of the sprites are scaled right, so the transition was smoother, although going by your avatar, you've got that down to a tee.

That and for the in game positioning, Thats what the red and green lines are for. For the animations anyway.
The box for the animations is much bigger than the one i'm actually positioning.
So I have to be careful where I place it. or the character could be standing in the sky, Or off the screen.

[Moogle]

You told me to check out this game, so here I am checking
it out . Looks awesome! When will it be ready to play?

[Calvan]

You told me to check out this game, so here I am checking
it out . Looks awesome! When will it be ready to play?

I'm hoping to have a demo out and ready by May.
Maybe sooner if it wasn't just me working on it.

Edit: I've found a program that is going to help me speed up the process exponentially.
It's Called ChipMunk, And it lets me assemble new chipsets out of 2 or more older ones.

IT OWNS!
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Here are some screenshots, post ChipMunk.
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I'm thinking of scrapping Lukia and Leigh as playable characters.
I simply don't have proper backstories planned out for them.
They could make a comeback if i decide to make a sequel.

[Leon]

For some reason, the FFV battle theme plays in my mind when i see these pics.

Good job, and good luck on the game!

[Calvan]

For some reason, the FFV battle theme plays in my mind when i see these pics.

Good job, and good luck on the game!

Hahaha. Thanks.
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I've started work on Ricard and Jania.


Ricard only has one HP because I haven't set his stats yet.

[Unknown Entity]

For some reason, the FFV battle theme plays in my mind when i see these pics.

Good job, and good luck on the game!

I find myself hearing the themes from FFI. It's the only 2D RPG game I've played from start to finish, so I make the connection, oddly. xD

Speaking of themes, have you got any sounds lined up for it yet?

Going by the screen shots, it's looking like a bright and colourful game to play. I'm looking forward to seeing some more. ^^

[Calvan]

For now, This is the battle Theme.
YouTube - Baten Kaitos OST - The True Mirror ~Guitar Ver~

Unless I can think of something better. This is the town theme.YouTube - Final Fantasy IX OST - Border Village Dali ~ Dali Theme

I need sugestions on a world map theme. THe one i'm using just seems overbearing.
YouTube - Final Fantasy XIII OST: Disc 4 - The Archylte Steppe
That and i've never actually played the game it came from.

And i'm using this as a major boss theme.
YouTube - Guilty Gear XX #Reload OST Pillars of the Underworld

And i'm using this one as a miniboss theme.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDk1M...eature=related

Also the final boss's first form is going to use a song we all know pretty well.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uzvog...eature=related

The second form I want to go for something Original.
I'm not sure what yet.

Also. I'm going to be editing the songs themselves so they'll loop properly.

As for gameplay stuff.
I have recrated Ricard's spear. Because the thing was U-G-L-Y.
I've finally got basic designs for all of the playable characters.


You guys have already seen Zakary Sevendust, Alex Prewit, Ricard Wyndsire, And Jania Dreliar,
The ones past them are, Lukia Tenvers, Leigh Gren, Gnilrats Navlac, And Kyper Twizz. I'll be doing aditional
The four on the bottom are Freigh Sevendust, Private Blue, Private, Teal, And Gnilrats with his helmet on.

Also for asthestic reasons, I've set the character alignment to be automatic. So no matter who is in the party, The lineup will be totoally dependant on who is in what position in the party.


Also something I forgot to mention,
I found a face generation program.
Not that i dislike my own work. But the program allows much greater customization.

[Leon]

Good job on the face customization. Looks pretty neat.

Here's my suggestions for a world map theme.
YouTube - Final Fantasy 2 Main Theme

YouTube - Star Ocean 3 Music Soundtracks - Birds Eye View

It's a start.

[Calvan]

I think i've found my new worldmap theme.
Thanks for the sugestions.

I'll be using Bird's eye view.



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Speaking of the worldmap.
This is it.

Incomplete as of today.

[Leon]

Looks awesome for being something that's "incomplete". Loving the desert and polar areas.

[Calvan]

i'll have an update at some point tommorow,
for now. some customized sprites.