[CG] Tina of the Stars Options

[Ratty524]

Abstract: Take the role of the cute fairy Tina as she treks across three dangerous worlds to save her fellow fairies! Inspired by the game "Pacman"
Genre: Action/Puzzle
Engine: RPG Maker XP

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Tina of the Stars Final release v1

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Amongst the farthest reaches of the universe, there is a starry galaxy known as the FaefyiGalaxy. Amongst this galaxy is a lush, beautiful little planet called Pix. This planet is inhabited by the galaxy's most respected magical beings, the fairies, and on their home planet they flutter about with their wings and enjoy a peace and tranquility... Untill now.

One day, everything on planet pix seemed to be like any other day, blissful and quiet. Suddenly, a dark haze envelopes the entire planet, blocking out the sun and covers the land with darkness. Several comets suddenly drop from this haze, and what comes out when they crash onto the ground? Beasts, and other bizarre creatures that one can only imagine existing. They attack the citizens and wreak havoc whevever they go, sending this once-peaceful world into a panic. Up in the dark sky, a cloaked figure gazes upon the mayhem and laughs. The Space Demon, Lord Grimm of Darkness, has arrived to conquer planet Pix.

Among the violence caused by the monsters, a small, green-haired fairy rushes to a shrine. She bows down and makes a wish to the stars, her message became a star and flew off into space. Somewhere among the Fairy Galaxy, a space ship hovers slowly, carrying a sleeping, white-haired fairy wearing pink boxing gloves and a star-stubbed sports top. Suddenly, the ship sounds an alarm, awaking the fairy abruptly. The alarm has detected a wish to a Galaxy Warrior, and a planet is in deep trouble. This young warrior's name is Tina, and she sets her ship to warp speed to travel to the planet Pix. While this little fairy doesn't really know what she has to do yet, she has a feeling that she is about to embark on a quest that is larger than her small size.

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Tina Halleys

Age: 130 (Equivalent to about 13 or 12 in human years. Fairies have a long lifespan)
Species: Star Fairy
Tina, is a cheery fairy whose powers are derived from stars. Since she was a young fairy, she always had a fascination in punching things and beating people up. This caused problems during her early days, but luckily, the head of the fabled Galaxy Warriors immediately took interest in her, and she has been training to become a fighter ever since. It is said Tina has a "switch" that turns her from a lovable, cheery young girl to a ferocious, merciless brawler. Regardless, she is all you could ever ask for a friend, provided you aren't starting trouble.

Dori O. Rion

Age: 120
Species: Fairy
Dori is one of the many fairy denizens of planet Pix. She is very kindhearted and caring for others, yet she is also terribly shy and doesn't show much trust for strangers. She is a lonely fairy girl who wants to have a friend who will stick by her side, which is part of the reason why she wished for a hero to save the planet. Just as the wish was finished, however, she was captured by the demon Grimm and was promptly imprisoned. Dori waits for someone she can call a friend to save her.

Lord Grimm

Age: ???
Species: An Evil Spirit
Bearing a wicked glare on his face, Lord Grimm finds nothing more interesting to do than to inspire fear in the hearts of people. He came from outer space to conquer the planet Pix and rid the universe of both Faries and Galaxy Warriors. While no one knows the reason for this, its believed he had some sort of grudge with the species since the beginning of time. Using the power to create monsters, Sir Grimm littered planet Pix with hostile creatures to terrorize civilians. Can Tina stop him?

Fool Ghoul

Fool Ghouls are one of the lowest ranking monsters in Grimm's army, for a reason. They have the intellect of two-year old children, and they never seem to do anything right. The best attacks they do is simply charging into people, even so, it's most likely on accident. In spite of their names, they are not actually ghosts, but reanimated handkerchiefs.

Bonehead

When Grimm realized that Tina has come to planet Pix to oppose him, he cast a spell which brought the skulls of the deceased to life. Bonehead was programmed with a tendency to stalk anyone that catches their interests, mainly Galaxy Warriors. They are slow-moving, but don't let them catch up to you!

Marty

A flying cyclops that preys on anything that stirs below it, especially tasty fairies. They are fast, and they hover over any wall, but their paths are predictable.

Wheelin

A living wheel with a disgruntled look on its face. It drives back and forth in hopes of running someone over. A strange fact about these monsters is that they have two brains located on each side of the wheel.

Bon

These elemental beasts of Lord Grimms army bear a maniacal grin and hot-blooded (quite literally) personalities. They exhaust their fiery energy quickly, however, and often need to take naps to recharge. This is when they are most vulnerable.

Targit

Targits are "dummy monsters" created only for Grimm to hone his battling skills. Somehow, they escaped his domain and found their way into planet Pix. They do nothing in particular, and are only available to fight in bonus games.

Perforato

When Tina arrived to planet Pix, Lord Grimm cast a curse which would turn any monster on the field into the indestructible Perforato if Tina does not destroy the beasts in a given time. Clear those monsters fast, or succumb to the power of this deadly foe!

Tina of the Stars is an action game with a focus on clearing the level within a given time. The objective of the game is to clear out all monsters on the screen. Unfortunately, Tina is very weak early on and a single touch from an enemy can kill her. However, every level is filled with stars for you to collect. Once you get all the stars in a stage, you can achieve your "powered" form and go on a rampage!

Controls:
ARROW KEYS: Move Tina

'A' KEY: Pause the game

... That is all you need to play Tina of the Stars!

Game Objects:
HUD: These include you Lives and a timer. You are given a maximum of 3 lives in the game. If Tina comes in contact with a monster outside of her powered form, she will lose one life. If all lives are lost, then the game is over.


Tina can recover lives in two ways. The primary way is by eating a magical fruit called a Peacheak, which appears randomly when an enemy is defeated in Tina's powered phase (you will hear a sound confirming its presence). The second is by successfully clearing the 2nd bonus stage in the desert world of the game. Note that both life gains will only occur if you are below 3 lives.

Every level has a unique amount of time for you to complete, displayed at the upper right hand corner of the screen. If the timer runs out, the "Perforato" enemy will appear and kill Tina, costing you a life. It is recommended that you keep moving to collect stars and defeat foes to avoid running out of time.

STARS: Stars are scattered about each level. Tina must collect all these in order to obtain invincibility and defeat the monsters in the field. There are certain areas, like the bonus games and final boss battle, that don't require stars to complete.

MONSTERS: Every area, except for bonus games, has a certain amount of monsters you need to defeat. Initially, Tina is vurnable, as if she comes in contact with a monster before collecting all the stars, she will lose a life. However, when Tina becomes powered, she is immune to monster attacks and can defeat them by walking straight into them. The "punched" monster will be launched towards a wall and explode, turning into a gold coin. Tina may collect these coins to convert to bonus points at the end of a level.

Special Areas:
BONUS GAME #1: This is a game where you attack as many "Targit" enemies as possible to gain points. The game ends once the timer runs out.

BONUS GAME #2: This is a memory game. Tina is required to form a shape out of pink blocks within a given set of time. If Tina touches a "good" block, the block will be destroyed, but if Tina touches a "wrong" block, the game will end, and no bonuses will be rewarded.

FINAL LEVEL: This is the only boss fight in the game, the time where Tina finally faces Lord Grimm himself. Put your skills to the test and defeat Grimm for the good of your planet!

Tips:
- Try to learn the movement patterns of the enemies in the game. You can find ways to exploit these patterns to your advantage.

- You do not need to collect all of the gold coins that pop out from monsters to clear the level. If you are running out of time, make some sacrifices.

- The faster your clear time, the more bonus points you will receive during the end of a level.

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Graphics:
> Green Raven (Tilesets)
> Mea (Animations)
> Ccoa (Star/sparkle characterset and Animations)
> Myself (Charactersets and a few Autotiles)

Sound:
> Jun Chikuma
> Clickteam (Multimedia Fusion sound package)
> vgmusic.com
> Sonic Team
> Ragingmullet
> Sillythewilly

Scripts:
> Punk/Punkid (Score display script)
> Moghunter (Scene Title)
> Trickster (Looping animations)
> Ccoa (UMS)



- Pacman-styled, non-RPG gameplay
- Colorful graphic environments
- Fun, easy to pick up game designed for replay value.
- Two planned gameplay modes: Normal Mode for beginners and Challenge Mode for advanced players

Progress
Levels: 100% done
Scripts: 100% done
Graphics: 100% done
Event System: 100% done

RRR COMMUNITY TOP 10 PLAYERS:
Beaten the game? Got a sick score? Post it here to make it to the list!

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[Severity]

Just by reading this thread makes me want to play it. I like the concept of a Pacman-styled game as I really enjoyed Pacman.

[amerk]

I haven't heard about this game in over a year. Nice job, though. Your game topic makes me want to re-download and play it again.

[supercow]

first impression : very cute
gonna try playing it now

[Ratty524]

I haven't heard about this game in over a year. Nice job, though. Your game topic makes me want to re-download and play it again.

Yeah. Lots of things got in the way of the development of this game, including procrastination. The demo that is posted is the latest release, by the way. Normal game is complete, so now I'm working on the Challenge game and addressing any bugs/issues anyone has with this version.

[rewells]

This game ROCKS. You should market it. I'd pay money to see more, and I haven't even beaten it! The artwork is beautiful and tells a story without words. Good job!

It crashed a few times: the first time I tried to load my game after saving and dying on level three (when I restarted the program the game loaded fine though); and after that it crashed every time I died on level 3. PLEASE make more, and I'll be glad to play-test the hell out of it.

[Ratty524]

Yeah, I've been getting some crash reports from other players as well. I am glad you are enjoying it, though.

Definitely going to try to solve the crash issues when I release the next version.

[zacheatscrackers]

Wow... nice work here, pally.

I love how the gameplay's based on PacMan, and the tone's pretty lighthearted as well; I haven't played an innocent, lighthearted game in a long time so it's nice to see this. Oh, and Tina's adorable, fuuuuuuuufff

A+ from me.

This post has been edited by zacheatscrackers: Jul 18 2012, 09:41 PM

[Ratty524]

I have just uploaded the latest download to Tina of the stars. Here are some of the changes:

- The font of the timer was set to its default "Ariel" font as oppose to my custom "Manga Temple" font. This is because not enough people were installing the provided font file, causing a bug where the numbers of the timer were not displaying, so I just chose to leave it default.

- The placement of the enemies in levels 3, 4, 5 and 6 were changed, as to keep enemies far from the starting position of the player so that they won't die too soon.

- The first bonus game, where you are punching the target-shaped monsters, will now grant you an extra life at the end of the level if you are below 3 lives.

- Addressed some crashing issues with two of the scripts in this game. There may be some still out there, but for the most part I've fixed some of the common ones.

- Fixed a bug where the score panel would not display once you load your game from your save file.

- The "Would you like to save your progress" screen now plays music.

I apologize for any inconveniences that occurred with the last patch, but hopefully I've created a more enjoyable game for you all. Give it a try and tell me what you think!

[Silversnake]

Ok I will be doing a Lets play of your game you can find my youtube channel here.
http://www.youtube.com/user/silversnake24?feature=guide

This post has been edited by Silversnake: Jul 31 2012, 08:50 PM

[Ratty524]

Been a while since I posted in this dusty old thread, eh? Well I'm willing to announce the (near if there are any major problems) final release of Tina of the Stars.

Unfortunately, the game is a little shorter than what I originally planned, mainly due to difficulties in implementing post-game content. However, I feel that this project still stands on its own, and I am ready to move on.

There are some gameplay changes in this release that is different from the previous one:

1) The maximum amount of lives in this game has been changed to six, and you start with six lives accordingly.

2) The probability of peacheak appearing to give you an extra life has been raised to accommodate.

3) All bonus games should grant you an extra life if you are deprived of at least one life.

4) Enemy positions have been adjusted slightly to prevent instances of dying where you stand still at the start of levels.

5) Fixed some game-breaking bugs at the boss fight.

6) Info about gaining extra lives has been added to the tutorial.

Thanks to all who have played this game and provided feedback. It's been a fruitful, albiet long development experience. This game was originally meant to be a short contest entry before I decided to go all in with it. Have fun!

Be sure to post your final score if you beat the game in this thread. That way I can add you to the highscore list.