fangame Verdant Tales: Symphonic Horizon

[Dypatome]

23 hours ago, Dylanrockin said:

Also, as an update here is a sketch of an upcoming area in the game. This is conceptual artwork of the Dark Fang Northern Base, located at the once was Monochroma Mansion, before the Dark Fangs killed the entire Monochroma family and converted it into an enormous facility. The largest Dark Fang base in the game, next to the Dark Fang Castle. I had to make concept artwork of this area, simply because asking my spriter to make tiles and describing how it looks is very hard, so this is why I had to resort to conceptual artwork for this area specifically.

Damn man. That looks crazy.

[Daniel Blackworth]

For an evil base, that looks so .... breathtakingly amazing.

 

[Phi-Bi]

I'm curious how the tiles will look like. Who is making your custom tiles again? That's really gorgeous.

[Dylanrockin]

If you guys thought the sketch for the Dark Fang's Northern Base was cool, wait till you see this!

 

 

Yes, the base does look extremely malevolent with the dark spines on the sides, but I feel it gives off the sort of visage that I intended for it to have. This base was originally a mansion that belonged to Hiro and Allan Monochroma, before their entire family of scientists were killed by the Dark Fangs and was then converted into a fortress-base. The base itself is completely innacessible, due to a Psychic and Fairy barrier that prevents any form of teleportation or movement in, unless the field generator on the nearby Volcano Island has been shut down. After eight years of construction the base became a fully functioning prison for captured Trainers and Pokemon for Richter Dezel's experiments for Artificial Arc Stone Fragments. Originally Krista Harper was a prisoner at this same facility, back when it was still partially the Monochroma's Mansion, but eventually escaped thanks to her companion. This base serves as one of the most plot crucial areas in the entire game, as it is the area in the game that answers all the questions the protagonists had thus far on their journey, while wrapping up Krista's character arc as a Planet Herald. It also serves as building character for Allan and Hiro as they seek revenge on Richter Dezel for being the one who killed their family in the first place.

 

Hilariously enough, Reynard Maxwell, a double agent of the Dark Fangs, has a room that is designed to look like the Renma Casino, due in-part to his gambling tendencies and nature.

Edited February 23, 2017 by Dylanrockin

[DemICE]

even the text is plot heavy xD
i look forward to seeing how it will look into the game! 

[Dylanrockin]

4 hours ago, DemICE said:

even the text is plot heavy xD
i look forward to seeing how it will look into the game! 

 

I will try to have my spriter get around to this, some time later down the line, but at the moment they're currently working on the final costume sets of the game. All I can say is that my spriter will be getting paid lots of cash-money!

 

Also, for those of you who care, the "Draw my OC/Characters" Contest has finally begun and I've already received one submission so far today. For those of you interested, feel free to hop on over and see what all it entails, there are cash prizes and other cool stuff!

[Dylanrockin]

So, I've got a bit of a small update. As of last night I finished quite a significant amount of eventing, thanks to people chatting me up in last night's live stream and keeping me sane. If any of you are interested in watching it, you can view it here:

 

 

 

Aside from that however, I have new stuff being added into the game, which are location title cards. Basically how they work is very similar to the Tales series, except that instead of just showing some fancy text animation, this shows an anime interpretation of the town/city that you're in and generally looks a lot nicer than the generic signposts that you see coming from the top of the screen to tell you where you are. However, this is limited to only towns and cities and are only viewed upon the first visit of that area. The first, of course, is Symphonic Beach and right now it's still being worked on at the moment, but this is basically what it will look like. Also, it will look very cartoony and stylistic to add a little bit of juxtaposition to the anime style of the game. I believe that having that juxtaposition in it will help make it pop a lot more.

 

Work in progress, but you get the general idea.

[Dylanrockin]

Also, a little animation update. For those of you curious as to how the anime stylized animations are going, I can show you all the rough sketches, but not the actualy animation since why would I spoil the awesomeness? What I do to start with is that I use the sketches to get a general idea for how I want the animation to look, start editing it the cells and then hand them over to my animator who takes it all from there. I basically direct how it all goes and use the sketches as a reference to help guide my animator. But, basically these are several sketches of the animation cells that are used for some of the animated cutscenes later on in the game, these are scenes from several different parts:

 

 

 

Also, I am currently working on another animation project that is an anime ending sequence, and I just now started receiving the sketches for some of the cells:

 

[Phi-Bi]

Whoa even the sketches are awesome! You better give awesome soundtrack too to complete all this awesomeness. Speaking of soundtrack, I haven't heard anything about custom music or did I miss something?

[Dypatome]

After seeing the animation sketches, the hype is real for the game man. This is game's going to be just incredible once it's finished.

[Dylanrockin]

Again, if you guys thought THAT was awesome. Just wait till you see the Custom Wall Scrolls that were made by one of my friends for me. These are 2 Large Sized Wall Scrolls, and 1 Super Sized Wall Scroll that was made for my game. These were way larger than I was actually expecting when I was reading the dimensions for them, but no, they are really large XD Unfortunately I cannot hang them at the moment, since my walls are hardwood and concrete, which means I would have to use adhesive wall scroll hooks, in order to properly mount them. For the next art contest, I will be offering the Krista Harper and Hiro Monochroma Large wall scrolls as prizes for 1st Place, so that is something to look forward to ;D

 

Anywho, here is the video of me "unboxing" the stuff, and whatnot:

 

Also, lol you can see my messy room XD

 

 

 

 

Edited February 24, 2017 by Dylanrockin

[Dylanrockin]

So, update on the game and stuff - 

 

I'll be doing, yet another Eventing livestream tonight, for those of you interested, and for those of you who are, do check the status posts tonight, as I'll be doing quite a long one, as to catch up on some progress. Also, in regards to the recent animation for the ending, here is a little update: (also this is totally wallpaper material XD)

 

Side note: Why is Photobucket so freaking bugged? I click upload at the top of the screen and it signs me out, every time, and it pretends like it doesn't remember my sign in information. It's so weird.

 

 

I'm sure you're wondering "this doesn't look like it will be very animated" well, this is only the first 10 seconds of the ending animation, and I'll be showing off the full extent to this at a later date. For now, though, enjoy the pretty colors XD Also, this ending is actually a reference to a certain anime that I tend to watch a lot of, so for those of you familiar with this aesthetic then you're free to say what it is it's referencing XD

Edited February 26, 2017 by Dylanrockin

[Dylanrockin]

So, remember those location based title cards that I mentioned a few days ago? Well, here is a little update to that:

 

 

Yes, I know the location sign post is cropped, but that's because this is the one map in the game where the maps are interlaced on a canvas and whenever you save near the border of the map, this graphical glitch occurs. It's nothing all that bad, but anyways... as you can see there is a stylized, very cartoony-esque title card that appears, upon your first visit to a certain town/city in the game, and there are is one for every city/town in the game. However, this, what you're seeing here, doesn't activate so awfully as it does, as this is just an example I threw up for the sake of this gif.

 

These title cards appear only once, per playthrough, just like in the Tales Games. I would do some fancy animations with this, but I don't have the psd file for it, so really I cannot do much aside from a fade-in/fade-out.

[DemICE]

Your "tonight"s occur during my sleeping hours lately xD

[BRS swag]

will this game have field effects too??? It'll be perfect. Btw,this game looks way better than most hacked games i've played. keep up the good work. take all the time u need.

[Dylanrockin]

3 hours ago, BRS swag said:

will this game have field effects too??? It'll be perfect. Btw,this game looks way better than most hacked games i've played. keep up the good work. take all the time u need.

 

No, my game will not. It uses its own original systems programmed by me. I prefer to have my game be as original and far apart from reborn and any other game as possible.

[Daniel Blackworth]

I love the title card. Did you draw it yourself?

[Dylanrockin]

15 minutes ago, Mr. Divergent said:

I love the title card. Did you draw it yourself?

 

No, my friend on deviantART drew it for me. There's one for every town and city in the game.

 

Also, here's some neat artwork drawn by another friend of mine, from deviantART XD This is the final battle, between Ascended Verdant Vice and Falset Neohart in his Arc Stone absorbed God Form. This is also where you unlock the Ascended Verdant Transformation, which as it looks gives Vice a more menacing and angry appearance. What happens before the final battle is ABSOLUTELY spoilers, and I won't say anything, but I will say that what happens is what causes Vice to ascend to a higher level of Verdant Transformation. The aura from around his body, changes from blue to red, and he gains two spectral whisps that orbit around his body. What those represent are also spoilers. I have already described what this form is, and it is shown on my deviantART Groups Page, for those of you who haven't already read about it. But, basically this form is what happens when Vice witnesses something that causes him to go over the edge in a fit of rage. The already serious and aggressive nature of the original Verdant Transformation is magnified many times, and the power of Vice's Eevee increases far beyond any Pokemon and Legendary Pokemon could have, by either mega evolution or some unique Transformation thereof. The abilities already present from Verdant Transformation are enhanced many times over, even allowing Vice to impart actions of his own if he wishes.

 

Also, during this transformation Vice's clothes alter again slightly. His scarf disappears and his shoes change to appear more like Vaan's boots. Also, similarly to Falset Neohart, Vice attains a black underline, underneath his eyes, signifying the enhanced ruthless and rage-filled nature of this form. (However it is not shown in this, but will in a later edit, because I forgot to mention that to my friend XD)

 

The explanation for the sudden change in aura, mostly due to heightened emotions, as well as the transformation making use of both Verdant Energy and Life Energy. What that basically means is - the transformation uses both the energy of the planet and energy of the human Trainer, which acts as a double-edged sword. It is far more powerful than any transformation, however it causes Vice to slowly use up his life energy, in return for more power.

 

[Masquerain]

On 2/26/2017 at 1:18 AM, Dylanrockin said:

So, update on the game and stuff - 

 

I'll be doing, yet another Eventing livestream tonight, for those of you interested, and for those of you who are, do check the status posts tonight, as I'll be doing quite a long one, as to catch up on some progress. Also, in regards to the recent animation for the ending, here is a little update: (also this is totally wallpaper material XD)

 

Side note: Why is Photobucket so freaking bugged? I click upload at the top of the screen and it signs me out, every time, and it pretends like it doesn't remember my sign in information. It's so weird.

 

 

I'm sure you're wondering "this doesn't look like it will be very animated" well, this is only the first 10 seconds of the ending animation, and I'll be showing off the full extent to this at a later date. For now, though, enjoy the pretty colors XD Also, this ending is actually a reference to a certain anime that I tend to watch a lot of, so for those of you familiar with this aesthetic then you're free to say what it is it's referencing XD

The beauty of this though

[Dylanrockin]

So, I haven't done much in the way of game progression updates, because FUCK school and all that's it's worth! I have stupid classes at the moment that have been eating up ALL of my time. [anger] But, last night at stupid o'clock I got the entirety of Infinity Mine evented (finally) which means all that remains for it is the story events that take place there and I can start up some new areas of the game, finally!

 

Also, here's a character that I'm going to let you all guess who it is. What's up with her clothes? Who is she? Take a guess! This artwork was done by someone other than my main artist, and this will be a character who is NOT in this game.

 

[Dypatome]

10 hours ago, Dylanrockin said:

this will be a character who is NOT in this game

The manga then, I would presume?

(Still can't wait to buy the first volume)

 

Anyhow, I'm going to go out on a limb and say that she's the sister of the with the Alolan Ninetales, though that may not be case due to the fact that she's certainly not dressed for cold weather.

Anyone have any good ideas?

[Dylanrockin]

7 hours ago, Dypatome said:

The manga then, I would presume?

(Still can't wait to buy the first volume)

 

Anyhow, I'm going to go out on a limb and say that she's the sister of the with the Alolan Ninetales, though that may not be case due to the fact that she's certainly not dressed for cold weather.

Anyone have any good ideas?

 

Good guess, but try again XD It has nothing to do with this game or the manga of the game. But, it is in a game that I am working on as an occasional side-project. I'm still taking guesses, at the moment.

 

The first volume is expected to be finished, roughly around the end of Summer-ish. If not towards mid-September. Also, since my friend can read and write in Japanese, there will also be a Japanese version of the manga, if anyone(?) here wants to read it in that language. Mostly doing that, because we are selling it on Pixiv as well, where there is a 94% Japanese user-base.

 

Also, side note: For those of you who're curious of what the locations in the game look like in a full-scale appearance, as well as significant areas of the game that certain set-pieces take place at, well here ya go (Work in progress) : this is for the anime ending, by the way, for those who're curious as to why I'm doing all this bizarre artwork and whatnot.

 

 

Because I like being all artsy and fartsy, as well as accentuating the fantasy feel of the universe that my game takes place in, I do end up making things look EXTREMELY "out-there". Also, yes, I do love towers, and when you play this game, you'll be getting used to traveling through them. I always loved the way towers looked, since (real talk) I wanted to grow up to be an architect, so that I may one day build something that reached out into the skies. It was always so fascinating to me, just to see how high you could go, and what you will see from up there.

 

[Dylanrockin]

HOLY F'ING SH** DYLAN IS ACTUALLY POSTING SOMETHING ABOUT HIS GAME?!

 

Yes, actually. I am now done with Infinity Mine. Well, done with it as in "I hate minecarts and I'm taking a break from them, because they freaking suck." But, the break that I am referring to is making new maps, this time NOT in an winter wonderland made up of beautiful crisps of frozen water. Instead I am working on a new island that the player has to go to, in the story. It is just referred to as Volcano Island, holds the most volcanoes of any location in the entire region. It's volcanoes are not nearly as large as the super volcano in the central continent, but it has many more than that one does, including mini-volcanoes that spew gasses from the planet. Currently, this first map has no lava, sadly, and instead is an area that leads up to where all the fun is at.

 

 

So, the island is home to the Dark Fang's Volcano Base, which is the smallest base in their entire organization, but holds the single purpose of generating the Fairy-Psychic barrier around the Northern Base by using geothermal energy produced from this island's volcanic vents. Vincent Burklight was stationed here to observe and locate the exact position of the Dark Fang's Volcano Base, and managed to find it located actually inside of the volcano itself. However, after he relayed the information to Helena and the others, he was forced to fight one of the Masked Trainers who unexpectedly joined sides with the Dark Fangs. Vincent used his Soul Surge with his Pokemon to gain an upper-hand, but eventually was defeated, due to the damage on his right arm that was already a result of using this ability too much. Afterwards he was captured and taken to the Northern Base, alongside Tara Bloom. Ironically, even though the Dark Fangs have a base stationed on this island, they are currently unaware of the presence of one of the Arc Stone Fragments that lie dormant, deep in the inner workings of the volcanic caverns.

[Dylanrockin]

So, you remember that volcano I was talking about? Remember when I said the production values would be higher? Remember when I said there'd be lava? Well...

 

I MEANT IT! XD

 

 

Also, the walking through walls is debug mode if anyone is curious.

Edited March 10, 2017 by Dylanrockin

[DemICE]

nice quality.   last place shown,  reminds me of the Blazing Swamp  at Lineage 2