Sorceress Studios

Cosplay Crisis full version released

2011-12-02T03:10:00.000+11:00

You can get it here

Enjoy!

Been a while

2011-09-14T19:35:00.005+10:00

Yes it has! I didn't go anywhere with the series game design thing. I might still, but I lost all the work in progress script data for End of Light, and I had compiled a lot of tedious crap and have yet to gain motivation for it again.
Rather, I have spent the last five or so weeks watching Ao No Exorcist, or 'The Exorcist of Blue Flames'. It's pretty much the story of a human kid who finds out he's the son of Satan and swears he's going to kill him. And a lot of other bullshit happens. Episode 22 was...particularly mind-blowing, to say at the least. At least it got somewhere- episodes 20 and 21 were awful filler crap I didn't even care about. Overall though the anime has been a good experience, and given I see it as seperate to the manga because of its deviation away from it, I'm going to be able to enjoy both :)
Anyway I've been highly considering doing a game based on the anime where you could play through the episodes. I was originally going to do Episode 8- the Esquire Exam, but I was thinking of doing an original level called Episode 18.5- Yukio's Nightmare. A lot of Yukio's feelings aren't explored in the anime, because Rin gets all the expositional monologuing and inner thoughts. Yukio is much more mysterious, especially since he isn't given to expression. He is quite quiet, reserved, and hates getting angry- though he does have a temper at his core. At least in the anime!

It basically leaves me room to do some explorative stuff. Of course, fanbased, but hey, I'm a decent writer! Don't underestimate my skills just 'cause I'm eighteen. I've been writing for a long time and I'm relatively good at reading people and a situation- as long as I'm face to face! I hate phonecalls :C

Anyway I'll be messing with the battle system and how I'm going to do the backgrounds. I want to practice pixelling as well as battle portraits, so I'm doing total sideview.
This is an early wip:

But the perspective is screwy so I have lots more work to do (plus redrafts...:c). For the Yukio's Nightmare stage I need Yukio's run/walk, his and Rin's battle graphics, several other characters and the stage boss. It is deliberately shorter than most stages (because it is a nightmare) but still shows off some goodies. Plus the good thing about the stage's boss is that if I do continue the game I can use its battle graphics for Stage 23. You know. Next week's episode. .3.

Serious Game Development

2011-04-26T19:40:00.002+10:00

Recently, I had an urge to make a visual novel after playing Eastern Starlight Romance: Eternal Dilemma. In case you hadn't heard, I'm a fairly avid Touhou fan these days. Most music I listen to are remixes of the music and usually when I want a break I'll play some bullet hell goodness.

The game's demo can be found here, for those interested: http://dsd.faceroll.net/

This, obviously, is not what this blog is about.

No, the engine, Ren'Py, what that game was made with, is available for commercial distribution and use on the Android and PC platforms. Since I'm an artist and a writer, and the coding for Ren'Py is pretty simple...I could feasibly sell a game. I have a composer waiting in the wings, who has offered to do my work for free...but after some practice ;p

Would it be worth it, I wonder? Would that be selling out my dreams and ideals...not really, I think. But I do plan on getting into game development as a serious field, and that sort of thing could give me a real leg up in getting into a related course.

If I was going to do so I'd have to really look at the market and start considering things like that. Namely this would call for an official name change, which was planned anyway.

For all games released by me and my imaginary team from now on, it'll be under the title of Sorcery Studios, if it isn't taken. If it is, not too hard to come up with something else, but Sorceress Studios is a tad sexist. Just a tad.

Other things I'd have to consider is the level of skill involved in the games that do get published and what I'd have to do to get my game out there. I'm no where near as good as tooya, who did the artwork for Re:Alistair++, which was available for free. But if I was to decide to publish said game, I'd probably be shunned from indie game communities who freak at the concept of donations. =3=. Not to mention I can't get any commissions.

My biggest hook is usually my story. I'm a fairly decent writer, and if I could get a game that looked decent and read professionally, why not sell it? I worked hard on it, after all.

But anyway, moving on. I started learning Ren'Py, of course. It seems far easier to understand than novelty (Yes, I have looked into VN development before). I got the first 'scene' done text and code wise, but of course, I haven't worked on any art yet. Don't really plan too either.

Blood Rose (formerly known as DarkXBlood to all you stalkers) is progressing well. I've got the first frame of Sidian's idle pose done and the first scene in the game fully evented. Still missing graphics and such and such because I'm a slow worker with a lot on my plate. I finished up Emile's default faceset buuuuttt I'm not posting it because apparently it looks like something from a porn movie?

As for the visual novel idea's story...it's AST business as usual, though it's much more traditional in terms of Japanese manga. School kids, drama, etc. It, like Blood Rose, is a prequel, though it takes place a few years before the main stories. The story, currently titled End of Light, will be the first official return of Jackson in game form since the craptastic release of Darkseed: Revival. Yes, THAT Jackson. However, he's fourteen here, as are the rest of the characters. It's a month or so prior to the beginning of the original Darkseed, and it also starts off Kaira's journey to become an Organization agent. End of Light is more or less told from Kaira's perspective as odd things begin to occur around her, Jackson and Lex.
End of Light crosses over into Darkseed territory, and ends when Jackson's...uh...'ability' awakens, which is the only part of the novel that is not told from Kaira's view point. The original Darkseed has this occur two chapters into the story. And no I didn't see the symbolism in the two titles until just now. I have skillz.

If I had time, I wouldn't mind polishing up and rewriting Darkseed... probably just because Jackson and Lex have a major brawl as it nears the ending. I like writing fight scenes. Especially between friends, and plus, it's one of the few times where Jackson ends up on the other end of the spectrum.
I'll leave it at that.

Busy

2011-03-01T20:17:00.000+11:00

Hey, look, it's school work, game work and me.
Though Blank isn't really me :V.
Long time since I updated this blog >.>.

But in any case, I've been busy. Working on CC, working on AST, working on school. You might not believe this but I actually spend very little time actually doing 'fun things' and I always regret when I do because I haven't been working. I think I might take a break once CC's done and just...play some games, relax. Year 12 so far, besides a particularly panicking first week due to me not getting all my homework finished, has been a breeze. It's not very hard to keep on top of the work so far, probably because a) no social life b) I'm just so used to working anyway. I might not have CC done but it's a pretty exhaustive game and there's a lot still to do! Believe me, I've been working on it constantly for months D8.

I've begun work on my two folios this year; Media and Art. Both I intend to link with AST. Though I may regret it in later years and look back and say "what the hell was I thinking", at least I have a lot to go off right now. It's easier to work with something I'm familiar with and I enjoy as school work. Unfortunately I was really, really ill this morning in art, so I didn't get to mess around with watercolours as I had intended. I'll probably play with them on Thursday afternoon though, because I'm really interested in them. Like I've expressed in my folio, I want to find ways to replicate my digital finish with traditional mediums. I know the result won't be EXACTLY the same, but I'm gonna damn well try!

Right now, I'm working on CC limit break sprites. Then I have Yagami to sprite and the world map monsters. I have a couple of areas to map too. Work work work D8.

Rant

2011-01-03T20:22:00.001+11:00

What am I DOING HERE?!

I hate this place. I hate it's people. I'm tired of being a scapegoat, a punching bag, forced and pushed around. It's bad enough at home, with my workspace designated to the kitchen and I am constantly berated by the random people who come marching through. But here I am, in my worst nightmare. Imagine this visit without the computer! I'd have already put someone through a wall.

What a horrible memory that I completed my game HERE. In this horrific place, where every hour there's a new argument, complaint or irritance. With my shit-stirring younger sister who can't deal with no and bawls her eyes out at the smallest thing, and my arrogant asshole of a brother who lies through his teeth and expects everyone to behave as though he's king of the mother-fucking castle. Then there's those few serene moments that are constantly crushed by Liam not getting his own way because Rachael's sitting in his room. The room he DOESN'T EVEN SLEEP IN.

They're all fucking crazy. I'm not even taking into account my beer-guzzling woman bashing bastard of a step father, and my heart fills with anxious fear just typing that damn sentence. I swore I wouldn't complain this year, but I need to vent. I've already had one breakdown up here and nobody seems to care WHY it happened.

On the word 'why': I needed to go to the toilet, which in this place is forever a danger zone, since the door must be locked and nobody knows whether or not someone is in there. So y'know, head in there, and there's pee fucking EVERYWHERE. I'm not fucking joking. SO I have to wipe it up before I can go and then once I have refreshed myself I clean up the rest of it and wash my feet and hands. I'm so fucking repulsed and angry that if I was the She-Hulk some people would be in a lot of fucking trouble. And you know what the worst fucking part is?

My brother didn't do it.

LET ME GO FUCKING HOME ALREADY. Saturday can't come FUCKING FAST ENOUGH.

Strange...

2010-11-12T23:06:00.000+11:00

Destiny.
A word with a lot of meaning behind it. To be guided into your path, rather than deciding it for yourself. It is one of Square Enix's most dealt with issues.

But, in my own world, I like to think I am the creator of my own path. The choices I made are what brought me here, rather than being guided by some force unknown to me.
Or was it?

I was watching Kuroshitsuji just recently. I finished it tonight. As I did, somethings clearly rang home to me- or rather, a sense of deja vu.
If it weren't for the angels, the backstory of Kuroshitsuji- the demons, the setting, the way the demon is portrayed, could have very well been a story from Atrum Somnium Terra.
I'm not joking, here. I never touched on it much because of the story centering around the Seven rather than other demons, but it is very possible to sell your soul. In fact, souls are mentioned in AST- it is the Seven's job to regulate them.
Plus, Terra maybe a modern world, but what time is Atrum set in? The Steampunk era, aka Victorian.
(how did I point this out, you wonder...I found an old picture of Blank. Guess who he looks like. Just go ahead and guess.)

It's happened before with FF8. My original fangame draft had the same plot twist as FF7- and the first time I played 13 years ago, I named Squall Zac. ZAC.

But meh. Dismiss my blathering. I've started a 'bridge' comic, Fangs, which is set after the second arc of Vivian and Visus's stories, while Blank is nursing the two back to health with the help of the two Lex's, Egaile and Zacharya (new character, will explain later).
After coming home from work, he and brunette Lex have a conversation as to how exactly Lex became a werewolf. Lex only agrees to tell Blank on the condition that he tell his own story.
If you've read this post in its entirity, you can probably guess what Blank's job is while he is in Atrum. Teehee.

Libra

2010-10-16T19:11:00.000+11:00

So, I've been working diligently on Cosplay Crisis but I have occasionally been working on a project codenamed 'Lucidity' for now. I'm not announcing any dates, I'm not confirming ANYTHING- this project has just as much likelyhood to be dropped as any other side-project I've started away from CC (excluding DS:R of course, but including DS:RR)
Right now the cast list is:
Lex Crawford, 16, Terran
Blank, 19, Atrumian
Alice, ???, Unknown
I'm using Yanfly's Battle Engine Melody for it and I'll be adding more features as I progress. Right now I have a few different sprites done but nothing like walks. :c I've only started Lex's.
This is an ATRUM SOMNIUM TERRA~DARK DREAM EARTH game, in case you can't tell. There's heaps of information on it in the sidebar.

There are several stories/games I would like to tell that tie into AST, which are(all are codenames):
-Lucidity(Terran Lex's Beginning)
-Night Howl (Blank's Beginning)
-Rising Dusk(Atrumian Lex's and Vivian and Visus's beginnings)
-Moonlit Hearts(Blank, Lex, Lex, Vivian and Visus's meeting)
-Fangs (would would, ideally, be a totally seperate OVA that would come with Moonlit Hearts, shedding more light onto Atrumian Lex)
-Darkseed
-Darkseed: Revival Redux (Revival already being released in its shitty state)
-Darkseed: Awakening
-Catastrophe (Introduction of Kaira and Harrison, probably more characters)
-Convergence (The final battle!)
These stories all have their seperate meanings and plots but everything eventually ties together to create the Convergence (once known as Inversion). The Convergence is a result of the onset of the apocalypse, which is what Catastrophe is about. Once all key characters are established, they will come together in a final game to either save Terra...or destroy it.

I'm never going to get all these games/stories/ideas done, so I might make basic plots of all of them and just put them together. Once I end up dropping my ideas, I'll post the stories here.

Virgo

2010-08-27T14:14:00.001+10:00

Hello everyone, just updating. Been busy with real-life issues and things, musical and whatnot. Still managing to fit in CC work though, ha ha.

Anyway, some Vivian art to the left. I'll be updating the CSS of this site soon, just recently messed with CC's.

Anyway, if anyone has any questions, comments or blah blah related to my game-making, artwork, etc, not something personal, please email sorceressstudios@hotmail.com, the 'official' email for my gamedev work. I can have one if I want dammit, my normal account gets enough as it is.

I'll definitely be doing more work on this site soon, and I might try and keep it restricted to game work rather than personal crapola.

Till next time!

Leo

2010-07-02T17:55:00.001+10:00

EDIT: What the F**K how could I not remember what starsign comes after Cancer?!
*changes blog title*
All of my usual blog haunts (DH, SEM, and lately mindless) have updated recently so I thought I ought to.

As for working on games and things, I've been working on Cosplay Crisis solely though I do have other little things on the side. I don't want to join too many things because of the fact I'm in my final years of high school and I want to get decent scores.

I'm not going to my mum's this holidays because of H/W. I've started parted of it, which was reading Antigone, and I plan on working on my Art theory tonight. Art prac? Probably Sunday, along with reading a 'Doll's House' and finishing off some maths exercises.
I also have to do an analysis on jumps racing (I hate analysis! Grah!) and read three chapters of Generals Die in Bed, but I left the novel at school by accident. Whatever.

Ahh, the thought of having CC done is a good one.
Remember, release date is aimed at 16th of September! Keep an eye out ;)

Lol Supanova

2010-06-20T19:26:00.000+10:00

I'm bored so I'm uploading some photos and a video from April. It was hella fun, I met lots of great people and got to nag people. Teehee.
It also teaches me to have a larger pain threshold- do you have any idea how hot and uncomfortable that costume is with my measurements? DO YOU?!
A couple of the photos (the last two) I found on Facebook and other places.
I am the Squall, and my friend who went with me is the one with the dopey face and more bluish Zack costume.
I really enjoy wearing that costume though. Maybe if I find a good friend who does photography we could do a photo shoot or something.

Atrum Somnium Terra blog up~{Cancer}

2010-06-03T14:54:00.001+10:00

Ok so yesterday I posted up a blog called 'Atrum Somnium Terra'.
http://atrumsomniumterra.blogspot.com/
It's the name of a collective set of three worlds that crossover with each other. Each of them have different roles within the collective.
In any case random storyline stuff like the post 'It's the Beginning' won't be posted here. Game development posts will be mostly posted here but stuff like tentative character profiles, etc, will be posted on AST.

In case you're curious, CC is not part of AST- not at all. However, DS:R IS. DS:R takes place in Terra, though Somnium crosses over with it.

The ending spiel by Brean relates to Somnium, so there! P:

In other news, Ness just posted up her website http://divisionheaven.com.
It's pretty cool looking! I remember having to design a website for my Creative Industries class, unfortunately we couldn't set it up properly because we were meant to host it and our teacher obviously read the hosting rules wrong. Plus we weren't using Dreamweaver at all, which we should've, and he made us create the page as a single image and cut it up, which resulted in black gaps.
I was so pissed >=|

Ok AST's up, enough of the analogy, tata :D \o/

Gemini

2010-05-24T16:33:00.000+10:00

Alright so I'm going to leave behind Darkseed work and finally get back to Cosplay Crisis.
Yeah I'm going :O too.
(IRC joke ;) )

In anycase I'm working on spriting my graphics for the cutscene and doing some stuff I've been leaving out, such as Kumo's dash for his Cloud outfit and Kumo's Cloud hair.
I'm also going to be drawing new facesets for Kumo (cloud hair) and Levi (because Levi's is hideous *shudder*.)

I've been sick the entire weekend and I'm still sick, I've been in my pajamas all day and I have a bad headache but I'd much rather be working than lazing around right now.

Hopefully I'll have the cutscene done in a few days and actually be able to progress further in the game =w=.

Taurus

2010-05-20T18:52:00.000+10:00

Alright. Back to work, back to focus, back to actual page titles.
I'm gonna run out of these fairly quickly but meh~

If anyone happened across my previous two posts, it's because I've been procrastinating again, however it's an old, nostalgic story and I enjoy writing it. Without it I'd be a much more horrible writer description-wise.

Anyway I should be getting back to Cosplay Crisis fairly soon. I've been thinking about the next cutscene, which is possibly the most epic cutscene in what is currently in the game. Actually, I'm sure of it. It occurs right after the Jenova BIRTH fight, involves the entire party fighting a bunch of enemies (cutscene, not actual battles), the Tempest and Hardy Daytona...well, it's going to be pretty big. That's why it's been hard for me to get around to eventing it.
I just have to make sure I do it. Because once I do, I'll be way past where I got up to in the last version.

Oh, and I got a USB today- this means I can work on Cosplay Crisis pixel work at school during lunchtimes. My old ones busted more than six months ago, so you can probably assume I'm very happy~

To leave off I might post some stuff:

Darkseed: Revival is finished

2010-05-16T01:30:00.000+10:00

I had to post it SOMEWHERE!

(Sorry to all people I've scarred with this image)

Annnywaaayy I finished Darkseed: Revival in time for the original deadline let alone the extended one.

You can get it here: http://rpgmaker.net/games/2081/ for now.
Tomorrow after I finish doing my h/w I might draw up an omake pack with some Lydia pictures in it since though she's mentioned heavily you don't get to see her.
I actually have a firm grip on her character, too. She was a main character in the original Darkseed.
As I have mentioned almost everywhere, one of my biggest drives to finish this game was to SPITE MY MOTHER.
Apparently I'll never finish anything.
AHAHAHAHA~!

To leave off, I'll give you Lydia's character description. The original Darkseed, which was a short story, didn't give Jackson a 'proper' description because it was in 1st person POV. But he did end up describing Lydia fairly early into it.

"I stopped paying attention to the weird new guys and glanced over towards the school gate. My heart skipped a beat as I laid eyes on the goddess known as

Lydia

She had platinum blonde hair that was hanging around her waist. She was wearing a plain white turtle neck jumper with blue-grey jeans and a pair of moccasins that came up to just under her knee. She had porcelain skin, and sapphire blue eyes that sparkled as if they were lit by an inner light. Her lips were naturally cherry-red, and she was wearing a pair of gold studs in her ears today- normally she wore peridot studs, since they were her birth stone."

Some small updates

2010-05-08T19:22:00.000+10:00

So...I've been working on Darkseed, of course. I have a week left to complete the game.
I have, of course, been absolutely dedicated to working on this, even if I don't realize it. I have done nothing else the last week.
The faceset on the left is of Harry Peterson, the second main character of Darkseed: Revival.
I have the 'first' floor technically finished, quite a lot of dialogue done...I still have a ways to go so I'll be working my ass off for a while yet!

I find it hard to explain Jackson and Harry without using the term 'cannibal'.
They're kind of like vampires, but not. It was how I described them in the original story this is based on.
In any case...
When I finish this game, I will, of course, be releasing it here.

Brief Hiatus...of sorts.

2010-05-03T19:23:00.000+10:00

I'm participating in Games Gale 2010 for www.rpgmaker.net.

Thus I will be dropping everything to work on the project, which is titled 'Darkseed: Revival'.

For now I'll leave the details obscure but I have begun working on it in earnest.

It'll be graphically original and if I can somehow wrap my head around musical theory in a day...well...we'll see.

Details soon! ;)

Graaahhh (Rants)

2010-04-01T23:32:00.000+11:00

Charlie Lee's CTB is freaking ANNOYING. Let's just say rather than modding the way turns work and etc, it's like he's posting an entire game demo, complete with a SWITCH SYSTEM, which is pretty damn useless in a ONE MAN GAME.
And not only that, he MESSED WITH THE BATTLE ALGORITHMS. So magic now does NOTHING. WHAT THE HELL?
PLEASE explain the point of rendering an ENTIRE SECTION OF GAMEPLAY utterly useless. I wanted to go for a customization system where you could turn your character into a full mage, a full physical fighter, or a mix of the two, but what on earth do I do now?

The WORST thing is that he's made it close to impossible to remove a lot of his changes, especially battle algorithms. And you can't get the Switch option out of the menu even if you REMOVE THE SCRIPT. WUT?
I'm not a scripter but he's releasing this out to the public and it really makes me wonder why. He just released his 'Gaming Arena' revealing the possible reason behind this scripts development in the first place.
As a user of this system I find I have little to no options into changing what I want my player to be able to do. I do realize this is meant to emulate FFX, but there's a lot of good stuff and some really redundant stuff. Redundant, as in, I don't need it, but I can't get rid of it.
Look I think I could survive with the whole dodging the summon system, switching, and a bunch of different skills, but the battle algorithm changes drive me up the wall. He hasn't explained how they work properly at all and basically is just telling his users 'Uh, yeah, this is how my game works, so yours has too to. And I'm not explaining.'

(From this point onward, life issues, so...yeah).
This is on top of a very bad day, where my dad, two weeks before Supanova (cosplay convention) decides to say 'You're not going as Tifa, too revealing.
TWO WEEKS. IT'S THE ONLY COSTUME I HAVE!
(that isn't a crossplay -.-).
The thing is I have been working on this costume since October. The day after Armageddon I began working on it!
I've spent close to $70 on this costume, which could've gone to other costumes or better yet, THE TICKET FOR THE DAY. But no, after six months, he says no TWO WEEKS BEFORE THE DAMN DATE.
He's SEEN me wear this costume before! AND HE SAYS NO NOW?!
Also, I won't be online from Saturday until Thursday, I'm going to my Mum's. Unwillingly, mind you. The idea of doing nothing for nearly a week almost brings me to tears.
AND WE'RE GOING CAMPING.

(Normal, un-life related stuff)
Unless I can figure out a good solution to my algorithm dilemma without blowing a gasket in Charlie Lee's face, I don't know if I'll be able to work on Reaper.
Toldya I often quit early in development =p. I would like to work on it more it's just I'm sick of scripts and bending over backwards just to get the whole thing to even WORK. I did it with Cosplay Crisis and it ended in a 2-3 month HIATUS. I don't know what else I'd use for a battle system (IRC said CTB was the best option...) so continued work on Reaper is a huge maybe.
Sorry guys =/

Announcing: Reaper

2010-03-28T22:36:00.001+11:00

Don't panic, I'm still working on Cosplay Crisis.
I like to have two projects on at the same time and this is intended to be a quick project (I always say that =P)

If anyone has been following my game development closely you'll know this is the title of a previous game of mine.
The story is totally different, though a few of the old characters are returning.
If you know the name of the main character, don't reveal it here! His appearance and name are a 'mystery' up to the third level, which is the 'wind' level, where his hood gets blown off.
The characters returning in this game from the original Reaper are going to be the ones I liked. If I didn't like a character, they won't be here.
In any case this is going to be a one-man game utilising Charlie Lee's CTB (vers. 2.10 to avoid the Switch function). It will also focus on equipment skills rathering than learning them through levelling up.
Your MC can equip many types of scythes with many different abilities however it is up to you to focus on which realm of attack he'll focus on. I haven't decided on what menu system to use yet, but a lot of things are already decided.

Here, have a screenshot.

Oh, and I haven't completely settled on a windowskin yet, either.

Sprites!

2010-03-09T19:51:00.001+11:00

Well...one sprite ;).
If used please credit me, this sprite is all my work :)
(Btw, I suck at spriting hair from the back- someday I'll figure it out, I swear)

Hopefully, I'll have the final demo version of Cosplay Crisis released soon.

Oh, and if anyone is absolutely desperate for a Zidane animated battler, Zidane's is finished. Gimme a buzz if you want it. Keep in mind it's pretty tall and probably only fits with my sprites D:

(Kumo and Levi's gun battlers will not be released).

It's the Beginning.

2010-03-04T19:47:00.000+11:00

Every story has its roots. I've finally found something I'll stick with.
Why? Because I love every character. I love the story. I love the setting.
IT HAS WEREWOLVES.

(Kyrsty's ultimate formula: werewolves=instant win).

The premise: A girl is disguising herself as a boy in order to attend the prestigious academy, where she is studying battle skills and alchemical properties. Her Uncle and only remaining relative, part cyborg, works to create new inventions, including the robot that holds up Vivian's hair.
During a gathering and a study on plants and there alchemic use, Vivian is literally swept off her feet by a daring and courageous young man named Visus. Vivian flies into a violent rage since her hair had come undone, revealing her gender and ruining her plans for study. She tries to storm off but she ends up being stopped by Visus's younger brother Lexerian, or as he's commonly called, Lex (yes, blue haired guy in the previous few posts). They explain that they just want to talk to her about a family issue and Vivian reluctantly agrees. She brings them to her house in the 'Slums' of the city where they discuss matters with Vivian's uncle. It is revealed that Visus is in fact a wanted man for lycanthropy and the murder of his family, however there's a problem- Visus isn't a werewolf.
Upon the revelation of this, Lex becomes enraged and begins completely contradicting the statement. He then falls into a sort of stupor and Visus has to give him medicine.
He explains that he was framed for his family's death, but the second part- that his youngest brother was left alive, but cursed to be a werewolf, was true. Lex apologizes for his outburst and explains that the potion that they use to restrain his werewolf side has been diminishing, and they came to the city to obtain the herbs needed to brew the potion (Wolfsbane and Daffodil [also known as Toe of Frog]). Lex explains they'd understand if she didn't want to be around him that's fine, but she gets really excited and starts quizzing him about being a werewolf. She explains that she finds all walks of life interesting- her two best friends are a Chimera (a creature combined with a human through alchemical means) and a Homunculus (an artificial human). And her Uncle is part cyborg- she can't help but accept others.
She says she doesn't really care that he's a werewolf, but Visus explains that maybe she should. Visus says they're also in town to track down the werewolf who attacked and killed his family- and Vivian's.
Vivian's Uncle explains that he didn't want to tell Vivian about her parents' death yet(the way they died). Vivian says that she'll help track down the killer for answers, but she still doesn't care that Lex is a werewolf.
They start by returning to the University and sneaking into the Gardens to obtain Wolfsbane and Toe of Frog, which are endangered herbs. Visus carefully stores them away.
They then head to the library records where they're stopped by a particular crazy looking woman named Alice (same Alice as before, too). She is a chimera of sorts however she has been fused with a magical essence instead of a creature which makes her slightly insane.
She first of all blabbers nonsense, then goes into a spiel on how their true enemy, a master of deception, deceit and monster-making, has a hidden agenda that will soon become a major part of their lives.
Alice then forces her way into the party. They research a little and find articles related to the death of Visus's and Vivian's parents are stored along with notes about werewolf origins, creation of homunculi and the theory that a powerful member of a species can control others with a special object.
They take the book, and Vivian gets her stuff from her dormitory. They leave quickly because Visus's wanted status could get them into trouble.
They leave and return quickly to Vivian's uncle's house. Visus brews up Lex's potion. Alice has another coherent moment where she says that Vivian and Visus are the key to all that has happened to them. The just do not realize it yet. She also says their enemy will not stop until he has Vivian and Visus in captivity.
Visus decides to press on with the leads in his possession and heads for a house in the middle area, taking Vivian, Lex and Alice with him. They head out in the morning.
They end up spotted by guards who recognize Visus. They end up getting cornered and Lex decides that if he and his friends are going to figure out their problems, they have to embrace them. Lex changes into a werewolf and beats up all the guards. They quickly head for the address in their links.
They find the place deserted, but Vivian finds a few notes pointing back to the University.
AAANNNNDDD....I'll add more later~

Characters to come soon: Kari and Blank!

Aries

2010-02-06T15:25:00.000+11:00

Look it's a post~

I've realized that despite the fact I've been stressing over the holiday homework I received and blatantly refused to do, this year is going to be alright homework wise. Tomorrow, I'll get out my Maths work and do the calculations. We were working on Trig and I didn't have a calculator. All the basic calculations are finished, I just need to do the answers.

Game wise, I've decided to rethink my system for my original game (which I'm either calling Memories of Dreams or Dreamscape, I'm leaning towards the latter myself). I know it's unoriginal to copy systems, but in the long run it'd probably be easier on myself. I'm no coder, and I spent half a year looking for someone to script for LOTSL way back when. That headache has made me extremely reluctant to even consider looking to actually recruit a scripter.
On another note, I have been working extremely hard on Cosplay Crisis since the weekend started. My save game is at 16 minutes, and I'm inside the Reactor at a false savepoint. The actual save point for the area will be in the same place it was in Final Fantasy VII.

On that note, I wanted to say something about add-ons. Personally, I think light effects/shadows give the maps a hell of a lot more depth, and the fact I have a single song file for a cutscene, area and a battle gives the game a sense of continuity. I'm using GubiD's song loop and Sandgolem's battle music, coupled with 'The Landing' from FF8 to replace 'Opening- Bombing Mission', the song used in the FF7 Reactor mission.

So anyway, I have a ton of playable content in CC, I just need to link it all up. I'm assuming its going to be more than two hours of time...=/.

So I'm going to leave with a couple of CC screenshots. Tiles are from one of the trial games made with RMXP. Had something to do with Kerobos or something. I don't know where I got them from, though.

Pisces

2010-01-30T00:52:00.000+11:00

Hey guys! I thought I'd update with something though I don't have much orz. This weekend I'm going to be really busy doing my holiday homework at the last minute. I did get some of it done, but unfortunately, they handed out worksheets. WORKSHEETS?! Jesus, people, they obviously don't understand how much paper we use at home. And my Dad just throws everything out. If he doesn't, it ends up in my bedroom...lost forever...

Keheh, on that note I haven't done a lot of game making lately. Procrastination is my worst enemy.
I did some stuff towards Memories of Dreams, though (the one with Lex and Alice? Yeah)

Did a Lex animation, thought about the system...

Alright, here's the scoop.

If I can get hold of a Dressphere system, that'd be ideal, though in MoD it will be called Dream Change. Dream Change enables the user to change how they dream of themselves, a difficult task in reality, made simple within Wonderland. I don't have a concept of how yet, but it'll probably be through differently coloured Mushrooms.

Lex's default Class- Warrior. Uses a heavy blade he found upon entering Wonderland to slice through foes.
Skills. Power/Metal/Magic/Armor Breaks, Eject Slice, Piercing, Cutting Turn, etc.
Alice's default Class- Time Mage. Controls and manipulates the space/time continuum.
Skills- Demi, Haste, Slow, Stop, Confuse, Mind Crush, etc.
I'll create a proper skill listing later~

Also, each character can only use classes assigned to them. So Lex can't become a Time Mage, and Alice can't become a Warrior.
These are heavily based off of FFX-2's listing, but I shall create my own in time. These will be added to as I continue my development.

Lex's Classes-
Warrior
Thief
Healer (capable of using healing magic and mixing medicinal herbs)
Gunner
Red Mage
Dragoon
Ninja
Berserker

Alice's Classes
Time Mage
Black Mage
Duelist/Monk
Dark Knight
Blue Mage
Chemist (Able to create massive damage through mixing of dangerous/unknown items)
Dancer
Trainer (Cheshire Cat)

I'm planning to use Charlie Fleed's CTB if I can get it working the way I want...mmm. Dream Change will be controlled by Dream Catchers, complicated webs linking dreams together (aka, Garment Grids). Skills, though I haven't decided how as of yet, will be learnt differently to FFX-2, in order to make it different. Then I won't be completely ripping it off ;).
I liked the Dressphere system, I just thought the story was a bit tacky and the fact it was all girls was BORING. And there was a BATHING SCENE. I'M A GIRL. GOD.

Like FFX-2 though, there will be 'Special Dresspheres' known as Dream's End, that reveal the true and final forms of your two main characters. Lex's won't be obtained until near the end of the game, while Alice's isn't far before that. They're powerful, but they leave the character in critical after use.

Well, it's quarter past one, I'd better finish this off and display some images.

His hair won't be as poofy when I'm done colouring and fixing~ (This image is mirrored, by the way. I like posting my images flipped so I can see my mistakes and see if I'm getting anywhere with my drawing skills =P.

Oh and some Alice stuff~

Aquarius [Merry Christmas]

2009-12-26T01:24:00.000+11:00

I still have no CC updates so going to update here again~ especially since the blog title was changed 8D.
I drew some SEM fanart of Gunnar. It's funny, since he's relatively timid, but his name means 'war' and 'warrior'. I was doing research in that area of naming and his was one of the names to show up. As was Levi's but I'll get to that later.
In other news, the new PSP's bust too easily. My Square button in my new one jammed within 15 minutes of play. I was like "YOU MUST BE FREAKING KIDDING ME!". I also got a book on anatomy. The male they used for most references looks like an extremely dumpy rugby player. His legs are so FAT! I don't think I'll ever draw my legs like that, unless they're really, really fat. He also hat really fat ankles, and since ankles are the hand equivalent of a wrist, they shouldn't be fat since there's just skin there. That's why getting tattoos there hurt, which I am never going to do (not on the ankles...might get one on my right shoulder blade.) But yeah, his anatomy didn't look right.
Plus I'm used to censorship excluding boobs so penises were unexpected...I don't think I've actually seen a penis in real life.
WHY AM I TALKING ABOUT PENISES?
I wrote 3 pages of Golden Wolf. Yay for writers block -.-. I remember when I was getting 3-5 pages done a day. My record is 50 pages in a fortnight. That's the kind of standard I have to get up to so I can get my books out there.
*sigh*.
Skie updated with a Christmas blog about the new rank system in SEM with MOAR GUNNAR SCREENIES 8D (this is kinda weird, being a Gunnar fangirl, but he's awesome =3.)
I can't help but be curious about what Gunnar's 'true form' would be (Veili's is an ice demon form...her wings kinda reminded me of Cirno. Was going to draw Veili vs. Advent Cirno but couldn't get Veili's pose right. Broadsword vs. Broadsword is hard =p). But yeah, Gunnar true form, probably more epic than ICE CREAM. I like my demon storylines. It always seems to be my back up.
"Your character stories don't make sense!"
"Ok then *demonifies them* better?"
"O_O".
(I seriously do this...)
On that note you can probably guess why Lex has blue hair and acid green eyes and is a naturally talented swordsman =P.
I'll post a pencil sketch of Lex here. I'll update later with a picture of my Cloud and Squall plushies in 5 minutes Santa hats. They still look as depressed as ever.

Capricorn

2009-12-24T00:57:00.000+11:00

Well since this post has nothing to do with CC, I guess I'd better post it here.
(the weird title is my new consistent way of naming my posts. I'll use zodiacs for the Cosplay Crisis blog because I feel like it =P.
I'm currently actively working on a game I'm DETERMINED to stick to. It's currently untitled, but it stars a young man who is dragged into a world of crazy unknown stuff.
Sound familar? Well your second character's name is Alice. Your main character is trying to find a way home, as well as trying to shake off the nagging feeling that he's been here before...

Well, I'm planning to do all the graphics from scratch. I know the last time I said this I failed very badly at it, but I was doing 32x32 tiles then. I'm doing 16x16 tiles this time, and then I'm going to blow em up by 200% to use in RMXP. So far I have a bit of forest and the entrance to 'Wonderland' finished.

And thus I leave with visuals. The grass in the forest scene has been altered since I mocked it up.

BAH HUMBUG!

2009-09-24T02:46:00.000+10:00

Starting trailer over again. I didn't like the story board I had in the first place for it, it annoyed me because it wasn't properly fluent or anything. And...
The USB with the trailer failed anyway -_-. Both of the same type USB's I've had for the same amount of time failed on me within two days of each other. Coincidence? I think not.
*swears at USB companies*
Aside from that I finished Ruby's front walk and side stand poses. I need to play FF9 again, it's been a while and it takes a bit to get me working on related stuff. For FF7, 8 and 10 I have the games available so it's a different story for them =/.
I also finished a couple of sprites that will appear in the extended version of the airport. Since I figured customs isn't going to let a 19-year-old waltz in with a .45 Magnum in his jacket (well done Levi -_-).
From this scene, the proof that Cosplay Crisis isn't just Final Fantasy will come through as he gets his ass saved by Leonard Shawn Kendal, or Leon S. Kendall for short.
Sound familiar?
Played RE2 or RE4 lately? Nehehe.

Also, I extended the Alleys by LOADS. In fact, it even has its own boss fight in order to get through the gate to get to the Subway and an extra branching map. Thanks InFeCtioN for this suggestion, now I don't have to edit the boss in the Battle Circle.
I'm also in the process of extending the Battle Circle to resemble its FF7 counter part better. This means more fights before you fight he boss, which I will one day get around to changing from a Rangarok Online monster to Elvoret/Enoyle from FF8.

In the meantime enjoy the Kumo picture. I remembered his ear ring!!

(I bet there's tons of Engrish in this post, I typed it up at 3am after crashing from energy drinks =D. I'm not thinking straight, believe me)

Sprites...Just incase anyone wanted them.

2009-09-21T23:37:00.001+10:00

Tifa one is an edit, I don't know who made the first one. Rest are mine.
The boobs on Tifa and Miri were based off a template by Monkeydlu.

Also, if anyone wants the Cosplay Crisis gang in normal outfits, SUCKO!
I'm not sharing until the game is done.
If you however want the action poses I have for the sprites, just ask (don't have any for Leon, (old) Miri or Vincent, however).

If you use these in ANY GAME, I require my sprites to be CREDITED. If I find that you are using or stealing my sprites without my permission I WILL flay you then shove a Handcannon up your ass and fire.

*ahem*.

Girl in blue is mine, Tifa, Cloud, Squall and Vincent are Square Enix's, Leon S. Kennedy belongs to Capcom.

WTF PEOPLE

2009-07-23T18:40:00.000+10:00

I was just browsing Sims 2 downloads and I came across something that kind of creeps me out...
A barbeque to cook and eat your babies on. Seriously!

What kind of parent would EAT THEIR KIDS?! WHAT KIND OF GOVERNMENT WOULD ALLOW IT!!??!?!

Hello everyone =C.

2009-07-18T16:17:00.000+10:00

I'M SO DEMOTIVATED >=[. I can't bring myself to work on anything for more than 5 minutes *pulls hair out in frustration*.
I wrote down some more back story for Reaper...and evented some more of the character interaction. Still...I feel so annoyed with myself. I don't want to sprite, I don't want to draw, I don't want to write *sigh*. Damn my lack of inspiration *grimace*.

IF I could bring myself to do it, I would be finishing off Shadz's battler (finally) and maybe starting Zane's or Ruby's. Life just doesn't work like that...

I need to so something. I'm going to see if I can be bothered colouring Blank. I probably can't, but oh well...

I kinda have a want to play Sims 2. I wonder what Sims 3 is like? I want it! But I need a new video card...*sigh*

sigh Cosplay Dilemmas

2009-07-15T18:29:00.001+10:00

<- not mine =C.
Not about the game, because I'm waiting for Beta Testers to get back to me.

Alright, so here's the scoop. As most people ought to know by now, I'm cosplaying Squall Leonhart this year for Armageddon. It's in October, but I like to be prepared. I know already my sister is not going to have her Inuyasha cosplay done in time, and when I go to Armageddon I'm going to laugh at her.
A lot.

So here's my problems:

Hair. I have natural Squall hair some/most days, but my hair comes almost past my shoulder blades, so unless I was cosplaying his 25-year-old self I don't think I can pull it off. So my next option is a wig. Upon Googling, I found I'm going to have to fork out $40 in American, most likely. My other option is my friend getting me a brown wig and I use a ton of hair gel in it, but I heard hair gel doesn't work to well with wigs. *sigh*.

Gunblade: Not really a problem, but it's another $30 and it's not that good a quality. But I'm not prepared to make my own (I repell costruction materials, except for clothing), so it's going to have to do.

Dissidia?: My biggest problem. Dissidia won't be released in Aus until around Christmas, me thinks, but it's still his latest incarnation and FF fans will probably already know the outfit really well. It won't be too hard to do, I already know how I would do the fur sides and the leather cape-thing, but I'm just not sure about it. Also I probably wouldn't be able to get the Griever belt buckle, which is a problem. However, if I do go as Dissidia Squall, one thing is certain. I LOATHE the way his shirt and necklace are designed, I believe the original FF8 is a lot more elegant and not as rough and choppy. So if I did go down the Dissidia path, only the bottom half of the costume would be incorporated. Not only because I hate the way it's designed, but because the shirt cuts WAAAYYY too far down for me to get away with it, which brings us to my next problem.

My well-endowed chest: *sigh*. I bought $13 bandages the other day, and I'm probably going to have to buy another 2 to get my chest flat enough to pull this off. Guys get it easy when the cosplay girls >=[. Sometimes I wish I was born as a guy. Then being as I am wouldn't be so friggin' complicated >=[.

On a happier note, one of my biggest dilemmas, the belts, has been remedied. I have found a set of great marron belts perfect for the waist belts, and I also know where I can get my leg belts.
I'm not afraid to admit it, but I'll be using dog collars. At least they won't slip down like the ones I got in my costume o.o.

Hey! It's a post!

2009-07-05T02:38:00.000+10:00

O.o yes it is.

Hiiii Carl!! Image: Yugi from Yu-Gi-Oh! Drawn...slightly...realisticly.

On life news: I got Crisis Core and passed all my exams! But I nearly failed Maths. Toldya I would >o<. I also made a trailer for FF8 and wrote a comic for Cosplay Crisis. Whoooop.

I went to a party yesterday, and I met someone who was also into Final Fantasy. Jesus I was surprised! I thought the entirety of Australia hated it! Well, just about anyway! We talked for an hour about it and then I started trying to avoid being dragged into dancing. One of the reasons I'm not mentioning just in case anyone I know decides to come snooping around my blog (hey, it COULD happen, y'know).
My sister watched Twilight AGAIN tonight and just about drove me nuts by saying lines as people said them. Look, I'm already doing that with Crisis Core, but at least I do it IN MY ROOM.
I also got minorly obsessed with Yu-Gi-Oh!. Season 0 is the best!! I swear, 4kids really sucks. REALLY.
I should probably finish Dragon Ball though, eh?

Y'know, I'm up to the final boss fight of Crisis Core, and I have something to say about Cloud.
WHAT KIND OF USELESS GUY ONLY SAYS "MNGH" FOR A JOURNEY HALFWAY ACROSS THE CONTINENT!?!?
Plus, during the events at Nibelheim before Hojo got to them, Cloud could jump waaaaaay too high for a regular 16-year-old guy. He jumped the entire staircase!! Unless he was experiencing a bloody adrenaline rush, it's really going against the whole 'Cloud-was-a-regular-guy-then-Hojo-stuck-him-in-a-tank-and-now-he's-stronger-than-most-SOLDIERs' plotline.
Then again, he also suffers from Main Character Syndrome and Super Hair Disease.
To quote Yu-Gi-Oh! Abridged:

Cloud: My hair gives me super strength!
while Rufus Shinra goes:
Screw the rules I have mako!
and Zack goes:
This next mission is going to be super-special awesome!
While Barret yells:
BROOKLYN RAGE!
while Aerith says:
Look, it's Scantily slut slut, oh wait I mean Tifa.
while Tifa gets angry and says:
MY BOOBS ARE NOT FAKE!
*rest of party* riiiiggghhhtttt. Cloud: I DON'T BELIEVE YOU!
Ok why is Cloud Tristan in this rendition O.O.

Cloud: I was never really in SOLDIER.
Cait Sith: In that case can I be the main character?
Cloud: NO FUCKING WAY.
Cait Sith: Bugger.

Soz >_<

2009-05-20T16:53:00.000+10:00

I got addicted to Dragon Ball after I became obsessed with proving how crap-tastic Dragon Ball: Evolution is. God, if I ever meet the idiot who directed that movie, I'm going to Kamehameha Wave him in the face at point-blank range.
However, after I managed to use up 75% of our internet usage in a week (ehehe >.>) I'm not allowed to watch it *wails*.
So I'm going to get back to CC.

The game is about 40% done game-play wise, since I want to add a few extra bits in order to make the game more lengthy (i.e, instead of going straight to the train station, you have to catch a plane...wearing cosplay outfits. Kehehe). I've sketched up both Hanna's and Lulu's face sets, and I have sketches of body poses for Hanna, Lulu, Zane and Ruby. Only missing Theo, who's a pain to draw because of that stupid arm-guard. Where Nomura got that design from I'll always wonder >.<. That said, yes, I've drawn and coloured Shadz's face-set and redrawn Levi's. Last version was horrid >.>.
I've got exams in two weeks *dies*. I'm going to fail my Maths one, I really shouldn't be in the hardest maths class. And despite the fact I'm pretty sure I'm failing, everyone still thinks I'm a nerd. Oh, the irony.
Hopefully I'll have Lulu coloured by tonight. Hehehe.

Sprite Updates >.>

2009-03-26T08:14:00.001+11:00

Ugh my head >.<. I've been working like mad on battler sprites. Shadz/Vincent is nearly finished, but I still have so....much....to....do >.<. I'm completely redoing Kyer/Rinoa and Levi/Squall, since I've been lazy and been using the FFVIII-2 battlers >o<. On the bright side I'm currently bug testing the CC demo, which is actually finished, but still needs some minigames and events finished like teaching Kumo how to do Cloud's victory pose. Unfortunately there's no savepoint before that scene, so I can't just load a test file, I have to go through all the introductionary drabble >.>.
Meeaaggghhh.

MORE UPDATES

2009-03-23T17:41:00.000+11:00

Weeeoooo. I've finished Shadz's sprite, and just started his battler. I've also done a ton of character art (will ink Miri tonight, and possibly Lulu). Just got up to the 2nd boss fight, against the Tree Spirit (who is notably easier than Randgris) however you fight with two new characters, Kyer and Shadz, neither of whom have Materia, so it's recommended to give all the Materia to Levi prior to going to the Event Circle. I also have added the first EVER switch spot, were Levi gets all excited because he gets to choose the party and be the party leader (not for long, you're searching for Kumo and his spiky head at that point ^_^)

LOLICON

2009-03-19T20:59:00.000+11:00

Hiya random ness blog. Dododo.

Got up to first boss battle in Cosplay Crisis today. Feeling really unmotivated though. In fact I'm doing just about nothing right now....no drawing, spriting or writing. I'm a very bad girl *slaps own wrist*. I drew some sketches of Levi, Kyer and Lulu earlier, and I need to ink them, but I'm not in the mood. Maybe I should listen to some music?
All I've got on the computer is my sister's crap and a couple of songs of my own. Time to do some USB raiding, dododo.

Cosplay Crisis: Updates

2009-03-17T09:25:00.000+11:00

I was having difficulty finding a tileset for the carnival, but I'm now using one by DeathLock.
Station Circle is currently mapped out, which means the mapping section of the game is almost completed (didn't think it would take me this shorter time....). Databasing isn't finished, however, since I'm having difficulty picking out weapons for characters like Theo, Zane & Kumo, since their characters had multiple weapons throughout the game, and I mean a LOT.
Tonight I'll probably start working on Vincent/Shadz, or continue working on Zidane/Zane and Garnet/Dagger/Ruby.
OR I'll finish off Kumo's battler (which will be a relief...) then start working on Elvoret since he's the first boss battle of the game, which is fought, ironically, in the Battle Circle.
Then you can free roam through the Battle, Wonder, Event and Station Circles (rest are currently closed). A recommendation is that you explore each area thoroughly, or you may miss Materia, including an All and a Steal. Yet to discover if All works with RTAB, however >...>.
I've also got to draw up face portraits for everyone except for Kumo (already done ^_^), since the Menu system is going to use faces.
Ahh! And I have to sprite a moogle! Damn Savepoints >.>.
I also screwed up eventing this morning while test playing (forgot to change the screentone from black in an Autorun event), and I didn't have time to play it again. Still wondering how I'm going to time the events right, so I can display the logo if I want to >...>.

Cosplay Crisis: Finalized Character list

2009-03-09T01:13:00.000+11:00

Yes, the character list for CC has been finalized, and your characters stand thus:

Kumo Atsureki, 19, Cosplays Cloud Strife. Limits: Braver, Blade Beam, Meteor Rain, Omnislash.
Levi Raionomoi, 19, Cosplays Squall Leonhart. Limits: Rough Divide, Fated Circle, Blasting Zone, Lionheart.
Miri Joumaeshin, 19, Cosplays Tifa Lockheart. Limits: Beat Rush (will add rest later)
Kyer Shinyuri, 18, Cosplays Rinoa Heartilly. Limits: Trinity Rush, Trinity Cannon, Trinity Phoenix, Invincible Moon & Angel Wing.
Shadz Barentain, 18, Cosplays Vincent Valentine. Limits: Galian Beast, something, something, Chaos (>> i haven't gotten all the FF7 limits yet...)
Lulu Shinyuri, 16, Cosplays Selphie Tilmitt. Limits: Full-Cure, Wall, Rapture, The End.
Zane Atsureki, 16, Cosplays Zidane Tribal. Limits: (I'll have to look em up)
Ruby Alexanders, 16, Cosplays Garnet til Alexandros the 3rd or 4th or whatever. Limits: (undecided)
Theo Carter, 17, Cosplays Tidus. Limits: Spiral Blade, Slice and Dice, Energy Rain, Blitz Ace.
and Hanah Daniels, Cosplays Yuna. Limits: (undecided).

If my Dad ever plays this game (which he won't >.>) his party would consist of:
Kumo (he has to pick him, he's the main freaking character >>)
Theo
Levi

Why? Because all there limits are multi-hit doomsday attacks, that's why.

Bed time, g2g.

Announcing: Cosplay Crisis

2009-03-05T23:38:00.000+11:00

Weee super serious work, bed time for you!

I've got an itch I need to scratch and it happens to be one on the parody side of life, which is why I've started work on Cosplay Crisis.

It's basically got the same things as an FF Parody, however all the characters are original characters...awesome, eh? Main character's name is Kumo Atsureki, which translates literally to "Cloud Strife" :/.

The game basically revolves around a bunch of teenagers, who during a fun day cosplaying, contract a virus that turns them into the character they're cosplaying...or so I've lead everyone to believe!

The virus actually works by turning them into the character the person is most LIKE. It's a super-special spoiler that not even the Story & Characterization section knows about, because it's the major twist in the game- it forces the entire group to admit they are like the character they cosplayed.

As such, the main character does have quite a few flashbacks in-game, though often no where near as violent as Cloud's. He does talk to himself sometimes but, unlike Cloud, no voices answer until about 8/9 through the game, and the voice IS Cloud.

The systems and crap are simple, I just need to ask the creator of Final Fantasy: Awakening about the limit system he's using for it. My current system didn't support Limits for some strange, bizzaro reason.
Also, I've been working like made to get the Materia System intergrated and I think I may have succeeded (yay!!) by using a version created by Atoa.

I'm planning to have 4 limit breaks for each character, since that's what FF8 to FF10 had. FF7 had 7 limit breaks p/c, but Kumo will only have:

Braver
Blade Beam
MeteorRain
Omnislash

And to answer your question "Is Omnislash going to be as frustratingly difficult to obtain as FF7?!"

And my answer is yes. Yes it is.

That's all for now, it's late, I have to go to bed.
Will update tomorrow. And yesh, the logo is mine. MINE!!

Cyas!

Physical Theatre, Games and whatnot

2009-02-16T19:50:00.000+11:00

Hey hey, I really wish it was Saturday =P.
I've really decided to knuckle down and work on my games. And if anyone catches me talking about Mobile Phone game systems, supernatural powers, and button mashing battle systems, kick me, quick, because I suddenly got an urge to make a Heroes fan game and I'm just too loaded up as it is! >.>. Yeah, the sprite IS Peter Petrelli >_<. *kicks self*. So, today in Drama was ok. I really got focused into Baton Twirling, which our group was handed the task mainly (my opinion) because our performance on Thurs last week kind of sucked in my opinion. My opinion, remember, gotta make that clear.
I'm sort of looking forward to Diversity Week, it's going to be interesting to see if I screw up =P.
Ack, ack, GIMP is being bitchy. It refuses to follow the path my mouse makes since I have to use the mouse that came with the Bamboo FUN tablet I got a little while ago. Unfortunately I kind of have work to do, I have 8 battler sheets need by April, I haven't finished ANY of the battlers required for my own two games demos, and the count for THOSE stands at...hmrph...16. 24 BATTLERS? I think I ought to prioritise a little :/. I'm not even counting walking sprites >.>.
At least I'm still getting H/W done, I guess.
Oh, oh, today I got the ENTIRE SET of the "The Black Mages" albums. Most people probably haven't heard of them. They're a Japanese band that focuses on turning the compositions of Nobuo Uematsu, a theme composer for a lot of games (mainly Final Fantasy) into rock songs. They focus on battle themes mainly but they do others. There are 3 Black Mages albums, The Black Mages, The Black Mages 2: The Skies Above, and The Black Mages 3: Darkness & Starlight. They're like...totally awesome.
Ack, sisters kicking me off. Predictable.

Laterzzz o_^. Big Image is of Squall Leonhart, awesomest dude EVA!

Burnt Toast Memorial

2009-02-09T20:44:00.001+11:00

If you're wondering why my blog happens to have such a weirdo name, I'm about to explain it ^_^.
The "Burnt Toast Diner" is a main location in the first season of Heroes. Despite it being a small, almost insignificant diner, a lot happens there, just like my own life.
The Memorial part is from my username, SorceressKyrsty. My favourite video game had a location that was almost insignificant but a lot happened there too... the Sorceress Memorial.
A combination of two insignificant but important places.
I started this blog mainly so I could follow my drama classes blog but I might use it for other purposes as well, such as drawings and stuff. For now I'll just add something I recently made, hehe ^_^.