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Work in project: Floral Magician Marybell

Dani_Karmann - 26-11-2016 at 09:14 PM

This come from the "screenshots" and the "Technical Q & A" sections. I decided to move it to the "WIP" section.

As you know, I'm trying to make this game, but I have a big problem: My project of the game is VERY big. This was created in 2014, but, being a "reduced version", it's only at 14% approx.

Things needed to do:

-Write all the dialogs (using the "write character per character" routine)
-Define all the 64 missions
-Draw all the portraits and mugshots of the characters
-Make new maps from 0 using tiles
-Draw all the town with the people and all the world map
-Polish the life and magic bars, the animation of Marybell, etc.
-And some other things

I need people to help me make this game. I can draw the portraits, define the game script, etc. This post will be only for this game.

This is the plot of the game:

Marybell is a little witch that lives in the town of Sunnybell. She lives in a magic house outside the town. One day she goes to the town to see her friends and play, like every day. But a strange light appears and creates a strange freezing wind. The entire town is freezed, but Marybell's magic protect herself of being freezed too. But, who made this? Who freezes the town? Marybell returns home, she wants to use the magic power inside the house to connect to the Magic World and speak to the witches searching for help. But she cannot connect with the Magic World, due to a strang interference. She only can barely speak with a witch named Floria by using a broken crystal ball. Floria says that the possible culprit of the town freezing could be Zordon, the Evil Wizard, an enemy of the witches. But, in order to fight him, Marybell needs to increase her power. Then, she needs to collect 64 magic flowers to restore the connection between the two worlds and increase her powers and abilities.
Now is time to restore the connection between the two worlds, unfreeze the town and the people and fight Zordon.

GAME SYSTEM:

Do you remember "Super Mario 64"? Well, the game system works the same; but there is a difference: Marybell can gain levels of experience, magic abilities like the Double Jump, and increase her life and magic levels. With the Magic Abilities she can reach new map zones.

You have some missions in every stage. If you are succesful completing a mission, you will be rewarded with a Magic Flower. Collect all 64 Magic Flowers and then you can fight Zordon the Wizard.

But... there is a big surprise! Zordon was only receiving orders... who freezes the town then???

The game system is a mix between "Super Mario 64", "Castlevania symphony of the night" and "Dragon Quest 8".

Stages in the game:

1.-The Magic World
2.-The Beach
3.-The Mayan ruins
4.-The Music world
5.-Aqua Land
6.-The desert
7.-The Sweet labyrinth
8.-The electronic circuit
9.-The space
10.-The ruined beach
11.-Block Land
12.-The flooded castle
13.-The vulcan
14.-Megalopolis
15.-(Not decided yet)
16.-??? (Mystery)

And, like in SM64, there will be "mini-stages".

Marybell can gain some magic abilities. Some examples:

1.- Fairy scroll: it shows the name of your enemies
2.- Claw: you can hang from cornices and ropes
3.- Lizard: you can crawl and evade enemy attacks. It also lets you pass through narrow passages.
4.- White Thunder Horn: This magic Horn lets you call White Thunder, a Magical Unicorn. You can ride on him when exploring the World map to gain speed.
5.- Helmet: you can do a Head attack to knock little enemies and break some blocks.
6.- Magic wings: you can fly in the world map
7.- Siren scale: transform into a siren and dive underwater
8.- Double jump: make a second jump in mid-air.
9.- Hyper jump: make a big jump to reach high platforms.
10.- Air attack: make a big jump attack to reach high platforms and attack flying enemies.
And some others.

As you see, this is such a big project and I need some help. Div is an easy tool but there are a lot of things that I don't know how to do and your help will be appreciated.

In fact, I want to make this game in 3D, but for now I will concentrate on the 2D version.

CicTec - 28-11-2016 at 11:21 AM

Hello Dani_Karmann,

Very nice project, when we could try the first demo ?

Dani_Karmann - 28-11-2016 at 03:10 PM

The .prg is already playable, but the RPG parts of the game are not implemented yet. You can play the main stages, gain some abilities, get experience points, etc. All the worlds are selected by using magic portals, like in "Mario 64", and you can get a few Magic Flowers. But there is still a lot of work to do.

Things already done:

-Marybell sprites
-14 of the 16 magic attacks of Marybell
-Maps of the Beach, the desert and the Sweet Labyrinth completed
-The Level Up and Save systems.
-Some sound effects
-The music tracks for every world
-A few missions
-Some abilities

But there is still work to do, so I'm asking you for help, I will be very grateful if you help me with this project helping me to make the different parts of the game, I cannot do all the work alone. This post was created with the idea of showing the advances of the game, until it's finished.

If you want I can send you a demo, but keep in mind that the game is still in a Beta state. I have no much time to program due to my job.

BreadCaster - 28-11-2016 at 03:41 PM

So it's basically a Metroidvania style game where you play as a floral princess and gain access to different areas? Sounds awesome :D

What I would say - and this goes for EVERY game that anyone makes imo - is go watch a few videos from Extra Credits. This one in particular - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UvCri1tqIxQ

Try to work out for your game, what is the Minimum Viable Product? Basically meaning that you need to work out what the basic functions and gameplay will be like. Once you've got that worked out and a quick and user friendly way to say, write new dialogue boxes, put new portraits in, make new levels, etc, it'll make making the rest of the game a cinch.

Dani_Karmann - 28-11-2016 at 06:15 PM

Quote: Originally posted by BreadCaster

So it's basically a Metroidvania style game where you play as a floral princess and gain access to different areas? Sounds awesome :D

That is, this is the plot of the game. Explore the world, visit Marybell's Magic House and other locations searching the Magic Portals, and entering them to access different magic worlds (like in "Super Mario 64").

It's a mix between "SM64" (collecting magic flowers instead of stars), Metroidvania (explore areas while gaining magic abilities), and a RPG game like Dragon Quest or Final Fantasy (exploring the world, talking to people, gaining levels of experience... except that you don't fight against monsters, they're inside the Magic Worlds).

Marybell searches the origin of the power that freezes the town. In the first part of the game, she cannot go outside the town due to a rock collapse. When she get the magic that lets her set aside the rocks, she discovers that the freezing affects not only the town of Sunybell, but the entire planet!.

In the game you have to increase your power, talk to the few people that was not freezed, and collecting all the Magic Flowers.

Marybell gains some magic abilities and finally discovers who was the real culprit and finally unfreezes the world. But there is a big surprise...

*Basics of the game:

Marybell can basically run, jump and use magic attacks.
At the beginning of the game, you can only use basic attacks, but later in the game, by increasing your Magic level, you get more powerful magic attacks. For example, you begin with a very basic magic shot, but later you can use more powerful attacks like the Thunder or the Magic Arrows. Of course, you need more magic points in order to do more powerful attacks. For example, the basic fire consumes 15 magic points, and the Thunder 50 magic points, the Magic Arrow 75 MP, etc.

There is a process called "controller", it makes this:

-Manage the number limits (I mean, per example, never surpass the level 100, never exceed the experience points...) Also, it controls the magic points (Marybell is a witch, so its magic restores automatically) It controls the level up system, too.

-There is another process called "time", it controls the hours and minutes played.

-When you press the key "P" the Pause screen appears, it shows the game statistics.

-Marybell can wear a Magic Ring. It increases the magic restoration rate.

-When you complete a mission, you get a Magic Flower. Example of a mission:

-Defeat all the enemies of the stage
-Find the 100 normal flowers
-Find the 10 Silver Stars
-Find the 7 Red Flowers
-Find the Magic Flower hidden
-etc.

There are up to 8 magic flowers in every world. Yes, you are thinking now: "this cannot be, if you say that there are 64 Magic Flowers, then how can be 8 in 16 worlds?" This is because when you begin the game Floria the witch says Marybell that there are 64 flowers, but later in the game you discover that in fact there are 128 in total.

Every time you get a Magic Flower, your game is automatically saved. But when you go outside and explore the world, you can save manually with the Save checkpoints.

CicTec - 1-12-2016 at 03:39 PM