The Explorers Logs/The official forum MMO thread

Airigh · Post by **Airigh** » Sun Dec 13, 2009 7:14 pm

http://www.touchofdeathforums.com/smf/?topic=9455.0

That's the technique I use. I use two shades for shading, but it will look fine with one probably as well. I just drew a tree first and then I took the technique and used it on glass, then another tree...

hotb · Post by **hotb** » Sun Dec 13, 2009 7:36 pm

Here is a monocle goblin I drew, and my process.

Kalekemo · Post by **Kalekemo** » Sun Dec 13, 2009 7:39 pm

Monigoblin
aw yeah

Airigh · Post by **Airigh** » Sun Dec 13, 2009 7:42 pm

Awesome, Bro!

I honestly thought the second option's face was cool looking, so I might take that one and edit it. If you don't mind that is

Beside's I'm going to need to edit it so it has a backdide and can move around yes. But you guys are totally awesome.

hotb · Post by **hotb** » Sun Dec 13, 2009 7:51 pm

You don't have to use this sprite, it's not perfect and I was just playing around with it, but you can if you want.

I was thinking he'd be a shopkeeper and not need to move anyway.

NOW WITH ADDED TOPHAT

hotb · Post by **hotb** » Sun Dec 13, 2009 7:53 pm

Like I said, it's not perfect.

and I cba with editing it further

Airigh · Post by **Airigh** » Sun Dec 13, 2009 8:00 pm

Alrighty, will do when I'm done with the secret santa thing.

Also, Where should I put this music?

It's awesome music but I have no idea where in the game it should go!

Maybe the Water Elemental city?

hotb · Post by **hotb** » Sun Dec 13, 2009 8:02 pm

That's like battle music or something man.

You need calmer overworld music

Airigh · Post by **Airigh** » Sun Dec 13, 2009 8:08 pm

Good point, but I do still say it might be some cool music for a big, lively city. You can't hear it? I guess my music is just too lively. I dunno.

Malum wrote:Will there be a website for this? or is it like an underground kinda game.

Wow i have a lot of Questions.

If you guys like it enough for it to have a website. I'll probably put it on the same site as my webcomic.

Ame no Akai wrote:
Airigh wrote:Alrighty, will do when I'm done with the secret santa thing.

Also, Where should I put this music?

It's awesome music but I have no idea where in the game it should go!

Maybe the Water Elemental city?
It sounds like an opening theme, to be honest. You thinking of having a cinematic opening or something, maybe? Perhaps just the intro? I dunno. It does have this... water feel to it, though. Pretty light and upbeat.

I wonder if I could put it in the window that opens the game? Like the cool music they put at the game-opener-window of Wonderland.

Malum wrote:Yeah, i have a question, will the weapons be seen on the character sprites while walking around?

If I can get paperdolling to work for me, a lot of people have had trouble with it.

Squigzog · Post by **Squigzog** » Sun Dec 13, 2009 8:30 pm

There are three types of Goblins. The workers who build and maintain everything. The fighters who, well, fight. And other which are the merchants/diplomats/civilians/rulers.
They are organized through color
Fighters are a tan-ish brown.
workers are a deep brown.
everything else is a vibrant green.

They are born with it.

Airigh · Post by **Airigh** » Sun Dec 13, 2009 9:52 pm

Squigzog wrote:There are three types of Goblins. The workers who build and maintain everything. The fighters who, well, fight. And other which are the merchants/diplomats/civilians/rulers.
They are organized through color
Fighters are a tan-ish brown.
workers are a deep brown.
everything else is a vibrant green.

They are born with it.

Sounds great. So like, Tan goblins are the playable ones? That sounds about right to me anyway.

I promise after I'm done with the Secret Santa I'll start working on sprites. I'm exited too! I'm exited about my own game. Wow!

Fooflyer · Post by **Fooflyer** » Sun Dec 13, 2009 10:03 pm

Airigh, give me some plot elements to work with here.

GAMES NEED TO HAVE PLOTS

Mete · Post by **Mete** » Sun Dec 13, 2009 10:10 pm

You save the princess and have lesbian sex

Airigh · Post by **Airigh** » Sun Dec 13, 2009 10:15 pm

Okay.

It all starts out when the Elementals go out to explore their own world- before this, they were completely unaware of the Goblin race. After the discovery of this intriguing peoples, they began deal weapons to the Earth and Fire Elementals, for no given reason. Hence, the Water and Air Elementals get suspicious of this- just recently, Sky City's President's Daughter fell into a hole between the inter-dimensional wall between Elentis and an alternate Earth. While this girl is now safe, the Air Elementals were out to figure out what was causing the holes in the wall and try to fix them, if possible.

So, the Goblins seemed rather suspicious, and their normal brothers even moreso.
It turns out that the Goblins were summoning these beasts (Basically Eldrich Abominations) for these weapons, and the beasts were tearing holes in the interdimensional wall.

They have figured out that they need the anthromophizations of 27 Essences (subsections of the Elements) and 5 Elements in order to fix the wall. Levatia (The girl who fell into the hole) is one of the Essences.

Can you work with that?

Vrominelli · Post by **Vrominelli** » Sun Dec 13, 2009 11:28 pm

I was just listening to the SNES Secret of Mana music that was linked when reading that and it was awesome.

You could have a scrolling text plot summary intro for this in the style of the Famicom Secret of Mana. (Also known as Seiken Densetsu 3)
Or like Star Sars.

And Eldritch Abominations for a plot point? That's like hitting the tire fire with flaming garbage.
If those things are involved then we have to fight them, which means final boss grade stuff.

AWKWARD ZOMBIE

The Explorers Logs/The official forum MMO thread

I could have used a WoW boss, but CT is a classic.