Dylanrockin

I try not to get so worked up about these things, since I know it's bound to happen, but it's that they can't let it slide after a year is what makes me angry, and then they go and insult my friends artistic abilities which really sent me over the edge. Zeta and Omicron? Well, I'm not gonna say anything else, other than I don't blame you for saying those things, tbh. I have my own reasons for that, but that's besides the point. What you mentioned about that is sometimes why I refuse to say who my artists are, in fear that there are people with selfish intents who will do exactly as you said. And not only that, try to use them by having them work for exposure, which... I don't really like very much. Artists are not objects to fuel a developers desire, and shouldn't be treated like such. I wouldn't necessarily say that I was a newbie, since I knew about Rom Hacking and Game Development since I was 11, but didn't take it seriously until I was 16 or so. But even still, I don't really care about the popularity of my game, since I'd rather not have fame cloud my pride or better judgement like some fan-games that are not on the Reborn Forums, which I will not mention, have. I just want to create a game and manga that is a hybrid Pokemon-Tales series, like I always wanted to since I was young.

If they did say that to my face in person, specifically about my friends, they won't wake up to their dear friends and family, I can promise them that much. They can say what they want to me, but never to my friends. Sometimes when I read the guests at the bottom of the thread, I feel like they are reading this. And if so, I think they should hold off their pre-conceived notions, until they actually witness how much has changed over the past year. After all, a lot can happen in 1 year. They could use some humility, I can at least teach them that.

I normally don't let these things get to me, but what really made me snap was the fact that one of them went out of their way to insult one of my closest friends' art style, and decision to follow me, and saying that she is an idiot for doing so. She's a brilliant person, who has reached her final year in college, and is going to get her degree as being an illustrator, and manga artist. To think that they'd say such a thing is... is so disgusting. I would beat the ever-living hell out of that person if I knew in them in real life, regardless of the consequences. If they wish to insult someone, I'd rather it be me. That forum is toxic, and immature. Most of those developers base their criticisms on more experienced developers who've been in this for as long as I have, or pretty close to it. But, I want to make sure that word doesn't spread about my game being here on the forums, because I think that letting them play the game and giving them the benefit of the doubt, as that would be too good for them. Now that they've gone to so erroneous lengths, such as that to berate me, my followers and helpers; I don't think that they deserve it at all. Because as I previously stated: They aren't developers, and I sure as hell won't waste what little time that I have left to live on their half-assed routines. Why it won't take more than 1 more year to wipe their sissy grins right off of their faces and onto the concrete, right next to their broken pride. And that, as they say, is that. I'm gonna get back to work on my game, now.

I understand that I've gained quite a bit of respect from those developers, and I'm happy to hear their feedback, especially their criticisms and whatnot. However, what strikes a nerve with me are the people who refuse to realize the amount of progress that I've gained over the past year, as well as all the hard work that I had to put into my game to get it to where it is now. I've taken their criticisms to a new level, and improved everything that they deemed wrong, and I now have to work 4 jobs at nearly 100 hour weeks to help fund my game for the summer, and they still believe that my friends and all of my followers who believe that my game is good are a bunch of idiots. That pisses me off more than anything, and any kind of respect that I once had for that forum is now dead. I'm damn-near killing myself for progression in my game because I have no other option, and all they do is tell me how awful I am; it's sickening. But, trash criticism to make someone destroy all their works is terrible. Well the thing is about my manga artist being criticized like that is because I've known her for a long time. And my manga artist put a lot of hard work into this project and every page takes a lot of effort to make. A lot more effort than it takes for someone to make a map, or really anything with a game. They criticized her style saying it was awful and that she was stupid for following me, and that came from the same person saying that all the people who follow my game are nothing but idiots. You don't insult my friends and hope to get away with it, with your pride still in-tact; I can guarantee you that much. If you're going to insult someone, insult me; the guy behind the whole thing. Don't go and slandarize someone's artistic style and decisions for wanting to work with me, because you think my game is awful. I'd like to see them do what I have to, in order to get by. Especially if you're the person who has people working for you, for exposure; that's a load a crap and I frown upon that heavily.

Update and Rant - Warning, Reader Discretion Advised: So, I've made considerable progress on my game as of late. Custom tiles have now been created for newer areas of the game, as well as replacing old tiles that don't fit my needs anymore. They were placeholders, once upon a time, but now they've been swapped out for better stuff ^^ The Next Dimension Tournament will be having it's custom tiles created, at the beginning of the month, once I receive my first payment from the 4 jobs that I now work. Which has been excruciatingly dreadful, but it certainly has teached me a good amount of discipline and time management. However, I've been feeling... rather angsty as of late, and I don't know if it's from the stress of the jobs that I've been working or not, but... Rant: I really hope that my readers won't think any less of me, from this small vent tl;dr, people need to acknowledge improvement, even if they aren't willing to actually see what has changed. If you are going to criticize someone, and want them to improve, then believe it as such. Especially if you're going to put in the time to critique one's work. It's not like I was doing nothing for an entire year, and neither should it be assumed as such. If you saw some of my older works, then would know how far things have gone since then. I even spent 5 months, day in and day out to learn various programming languages. Something that is not easily done in that time frame. Also, you don't insult my friends and hope to be forgiven again. Sorry for the rant, but I really needed to get that off of my chest for a few days now ^^; I hope you guys won't think any less of me for wanting to get that out there... Especially with what was said about my manga artist. ------------------------------------------------------------- ON A LIGHTER NOTE XD The 2nd page that I showed off a week or so ago has now been sketched. The final inking process has now begun and text for the pages will be added in, possibly later today ^^

But, my old maps used low-quality tiles from Diamond and Pearl XD These ones are now custom made and up-resed to look much nicer XD How could you like tiles that don't fit the style

I also wanted to apologize for my rashness a week or so ago to my readers. But, with the way things are, at the moment with my game, I kind of have to take these kinds of extreme measures. But, it's only for the summer, which... is not so bad.

So, here's an update for you guys. I introduced the amazing Supernova to Tales of Symphonia, and I'm sure Nyava is quite happy with the results ;D Secondly over the past week, I've spent a lot of my time working on the S.S. Valeria, which takes you to and from the first and second continent. This boat has all original tiles in it, and they all look... exquisite ;D I've also been working on improving older scenes, again, because some of them ended without much satisfaction as to what happens next, and it just seemed really lazy on my part. And I included some parts where you can interact with the other characters, for silly moments, and funny dialogue. I've also been heavily working on the manga of my game with my artist, and there will be 2 NEW pages of the manga coming out this week. My manga artist uploaded a short video of her working on the manga, if anyone is interested in watching it. Here is a sketch preview of it: There have been several alterations to my set of tiles, many of which were up-resses from what they previously were, which... were basically rips from Diamond and Pearl. But now, they are high-quality, and match the style of my game. Because... my spriter is just amazing like that ;w; The boxes and power thingies have now been greatly enhanced! Speaking of tiles... several universal maps, like the apartments, will now be getting a HUGE makeover, to compensate for their... really ugly designs that are so outdated that I can't stand looking at them. They are literally 2 year old maps. Lastly, on top of that, 2 new anime stylized animations are now fully storyboarded, and will be getting animated sometime this year - Vice vs. Allan with Vice's Verdant Transformation. However... my animator got Vice's hair wrong XD Allan vs. ??? in the Next Dimension Tournament. Allan's Mega Lucario uses Surging Aura Storm on Mega Pidgeot, and decimates the entire ring. I thought that this would be cool, since it showcases Allan's power as a Trainer, compared to others. ----------------------------------------------- As a casual aside to this all... I am quite proud of what my game has now turned into, after 3 years of working on it. It started out looking... really bad, and now, thanks to you all here on the Reborn Forums, I've been able to make my game grow in quality ever since. And to that, and everyone reading, I thank you all very much. I hope you all look forward to reading the new pages of the manga, since the game won't be out for quite a long time, and I hope you all look forward to these new animated scenes! I don't know if anyone who did follow this tread still are, but, I am grateful to all of you for what you've done ^^ Seriously though, if it weren't for a lot of you, I'd probably done and quit a long time ago. Especially with the help of my amazing, and very supportive spriter and tester ^^ If anyone is curious how bad my game used to be, go check out my old forums on Pokecommunity. Even I started out my game pretty horribly... http://www.pokecommunity.com/showthread.php?t=342508 http://www.pokecommunity.com/showthread.php?t=316241

Also, here is something that I had made for me, a year ago, but here is a banner for my game. I forgot to add this to the main forum thread, but, here it is: Also, it features Vivian's Dark Fang Spy attire, which is a costume you can unlock in the game, since she technically did work for the Dark Fangs, undercover.

Well, it's been a bit since I last said something, worthwhile at least. This... is a little preview of what's to come, this summer. There are 3 anime stylized animations that are currently being storyboarded, and being created. I've made all the payments necessary for the animation, over the course of the year, and you'd be surprised by how much they were. In total, there are about... 7-8 of these anime animations that highlight important parts of the game, this one highlights the introduction to the Herald's Disguise, as Ninetales demonstrates the ability in question. Down below is the storyboard for it. This summer, 3 animations will be worked on, and most definitely during the summer, this animation will be the first to be finished. They are all super short scenes, and... I don't even want to get into how much they were.

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I'm in a position that isn't so easy to get out of, right now. I don't get artwork, sprites, and other things for free. So, I've gotta do something to keep everyone happy. Besides, if something bad does happen, then oh well, I'm sure certain people on the internet would be happy knowing that. And trust me, I have quite a lot of people who're currently out for me, as it is.

So, update: I now have minus 2 molar teeth, plus 4 jobs that equate to ~90 weeks just to keep the fire burning for my game, minus 1 close friend, and I need to pay everyone before the end of the summer. So, that's fun. But, anyways progress on the game: I created the fossil research institute, which does exactly what you think it does. It allows you to revive any fossil that you might find in certain caves that have twinkling spots in the walls. No, there is no Sinnoh underground, but you can mine walls inside of caves, if there is a twinkling flash. But, at the Fossil Research Institute, you can get fossil Pokemon, and do a small side-quest, after the main story is completed. Here are some screenshots of the facility. The facility is located in Horizon City, along with the Day-Care: So, yeah, I now have 4 jobs, 3 of which aren't so bad, and the other one makes me want to kill myself.

Update: My ADD has been satisfied. Yes, even I can have fun, too, in the world that I created XD The National Park is coming together, and at the same time... I'm not really liking what I made. Go figure, right?

It's because she's trying to teach me to be "independent," as if I need to prove that to anyone. It's not some rite of passage b.s., and I shouldn't have to prove that I'm adult, by having a car that I need to make payments on. And, as much as I would like to sell the car, my parents keep disagreeing with me, up and down, saying "You're gonna need one." and then they slap on other nonsense. Let's just say this: If I wanted a car, I would've bought one, of my own free will. But now I'm a slave to her, until it's paid off, which is f-ing stupid. But, once I'm able to, and after I pay the taxes for the car, I will try and sell it, regardless of what they say. Because of this time-constraining predicament on my hands, I may end up focusing more of my time on the Manga of my game, since I will have a lot less time than I thought I would this summer. Also, here is a screenshot from a new area in the 2nd continent, called the Renma - National Park:

Yes, I have full-ownership over the car, and I could sell it for equal of what it costed, and pay off why I owe her. The car was 6600 dollars, and she paid 2000 of that. So, basically, I could sell it off, make the same amount that was paid for, by someone on craigslist, and have ~2000 to spend on my game, and give a big "F-U" to my aunt. Tbh, I don't need the car, since I got to work just fine without one. And both of my jobs are within close proximity of one another. But, I'm glad you like the conceptual art for the manga adaptation of the game New pages be coming around after this week or so ^^

Soooooooo, here's some awesome news for the manga, as well as not so good news irl. First let's start with the good news. The good news is that my manga artist has gotten around to conceptualizing Hiro Monochroma and Ariana Valeria for the manga adaptation of the game Hiro does have a slight error with her design, which I've already noted, in that her waistband is supposed to be a lot tighter to her figure, but other than that, these designs will be carried over for following pages! The not so good news is irl troubles. So, remember that car that was given to me with no strings attached? Well, let's just say my aunt is now demanding 500 dollars per month out of me, in order to pay her back. SO, basically I can't get any of my work done, with my game, that involves a trade of money. So, I basically had to get a 2nd job, to help maintain my game, and my aunt's selfishness. Seriously! She's rich, why does she need me to pay her back :L Anyways, my summer is gonna suck the fat one, but at least I will be able to make progress with my game, because lord knows that I have to pay several people to keep my game going.

Unfortunately, seasons will not be present in my game ^^; But, perhaps in a few years' time, there be seasons in SH2, and SH: Verdant Tales ;D And then nothing after that, because there will only be 3 games that I will ever make.