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Philip

Nov 4 2011, 06:29 PM

Okay so I have a habit of renaming my games half way through LOL!! Anyways I've completely gutted Tale of Rings and renamed it VERGO The Jade Ring. The Jade Ring (VTJR) has a completely revamped story (not that many people out there knew the story of Tale of Rings but...) and graphics. I've switched to parallax mapping and am actually proud of the turnout so far. Feel free to check out the topics here and comment. Feedback is VERY welcome and desired at this stage in development.

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Sailerius

Nov 6 2011, 08:57 AM

What's wrong with the faces? It looks like a weird Photoshop filter was applied to them. I suggest getting rid of it.

Philip

Nov 6 2011, 09:27 AM

QUOTE (Sailerius @ Nov 6 2011, 10:57 AM)

What's wrong with the faces? It looks like a weird Photoshop filter was applied to them. I suggest getting rid of it.

Hm... really? I actually kinda liked the face lines buuuuuut that's why this is here so I can get other's opinions. I won't go back and redo the ones I already did it to because that's a LOT of work but I just won't do it to anyone else (unless I get a ton of people who don't like it).

Sailerius

Nov 6 2011, 09:32 AM

I would say that's even worse because then your faces will be inconsistent with one another.

Philip

Nov 6 2011, 10:10 AM

QUOTE (Sailerius @ Nov 6 2011, 11:32 AM)

I would say that's even worse because then your faces will be inconsistent with one another.

@Sailerius
Hm... well crap! I'll redo them but just know this is all because of YOU Sailerius! It's YOUR fault!! LOL!!

@Everyone
Screens have been added YAY!!

LiberalElephant

Nov 7 2011, 04:50 PM

The mapping looks pretty bland. Just pointing that out. Especially in the towns.

Philip

Nov 7 2011, 07:40 PM

QUOTE (LiberalElephant @ Nov 7 2011, 06:50 PM)

The mapping looks pretty bland. Just pointing that out. Especially in the towns.

What would improve that?

amerk

Nov 8 2011, 01:05 PM

I personally sort of liked the take on the facesets, but what do I know? Well, except for the green-haired/green-beard guy, that looked weird. But then again, I've never been a fan of Facemaker's beards.

Philip

Nov 8 2011, 08:09 PM

QUOTE (amerk @ Nov 8 2011, 03:05 PM)

I personally sort of liked the take on the facesets, but what do I know? Well, except for the green-haired/green-beard guy, that looked weird. But then again, I've never been a fan of Facemaker's beards.

Well, I kinda liked the faces too but I really wish I had more resources for FaceMaker. Like more choices than the ones it comes with. Photoshop helps a ton with the looks and features of the face.

Philip

Nov 11 2011, 07:29 PM

Demo will be out very soon! We're working hard on this and feedback is very welcome.

Philip

Nov 26 2011, 07:28 PM

DEMO IS OUT!! Get it from original post under the download section!

supercow

Nov 26 2011, 08:14 PM

as sailerius said, the char faceset is....bad, just bad

, really uncomfortable to look at , is there gonna be a fix?
the name of the title is kindda readable , but the title screen look really messy and random, the lighting makes it uncomfortable to concentrate reading the name, especialy on top of "tale".
class selection is very good, nice to look at, did you make that yourself?
as for maps, im not quite familiar with vx map, but it looks boxy

Philip

Nov 26 2011, 10:03 PM

QUOTE (supercow @ Nov 26 2011, 10:14 PM)

as sailerius said, the char faceset is....bad, just bad

, really uncomfortable to look at , is there gonna be a fix?

Yes there will be a fix for this. I just haven't got around to making the new facesets yet.

QUOTE (supercow @ Nov 26 2011, 10:14 PM)

the name of the title is kindda readable , but the title screen look really messy and random, the lighting makes it uncomfortable to concentrate reading the name, especialy on top of "tale".

Ok, thank you for this. It's hard sometimes when you're the designer and you already know what it says. Sometimes you don't realize others can't read it. I'll fix this.

QUOTE (supercow @ Nov 26 2011, 10:14 PM)

class selection is very good, nice to look at, did you make that yourself?

Thanks

The Icons were made by someone else I did everything else.

QUOTE (supercow @ Nov 26 2011, 10:14 PM)

as for maps, im not quite familiar with vx map, but it looks boxy

Yes, VX mapping is quite boxy. I'm a really bad mapper though, I'd like someone to help out with that. I'm hyperactive and I get bored very quickly LOL

supercow

Nov 27 2011, 01:02 AM

i just doodle this thinking what woud it look like, dunno if its right sytle/got right shadow XD

btw what kind of faceset is this? vx?xp?rm2003?

Philip

Nov 27 2011, 12:06 PM

QUOTE (supercow @ Nov 27 2011, 03:02 AM)

i just doodle this thinking what woud it look like, dunno if its right sytle/got right shadow XD

btw what kind of faceset is this? vx?xp?rm2003?

They are face sets for VX and it looks very nice actually!! I don't want to ask for your help but if you'd like to make facesets I can give you a character line up and see what you can do. That's only if you want.

Philip

Nov 29 2011, 05:41 PM

Several major updates have been added to the demo please download and tell me what you think. Thanks for playing guys!

Philip

Dec 1 2011, 10:54 AM

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Philip

Mar 2 2012, 11:29 AM

The demo has undergone a HUGE overhaul and I've completely rewritten (added new features, changed the style) the battle system. Also, check out the new screens.

Hooraw!!

GuruKing

Mar 2 2012, 05:54 PM

Lol most people dont like to go with the Cleric class.... Thats why im pickin it

Bustin ass with a Cleric Get at me !

Btw heres a negative of this game

1: Characters dont look their age.

Sweyn is 16?? dead ass?

Jason is 25?? He looks like 17

Positive:

Didnt play it yet but im gonna =)

Btw there is an Edit Button. They have it for a reason. Stop posting things that can be edited on the Main post.

Such as:

QUOTE

The demo has undergone a HUGE overhaul and I've completely rewriten (added new features, changed the style) the battle system. Also, check out the new screens.

Philip

Mar 2 2012, 06:16 PM

QUOTE (GuruKing @ Mar 2 2012, 07:54 PM)

Lol most people dont like to go with the Cleric class.... Thats why im pickin it

Bustin ass with a Cleric Get at me !

Btw heres a negative of this game

1: Characters dont look their age.

Sweyn is 16?? dead ass?

Jason is 25?? He looks like 17

Positive:

Didnt play it yet but im gonna =)

Btw there is an Edit Button. They have it for a reason. Stop posting things that can be edited on the Main post.

Such as:

QUOTE

The demo has undergone a HUGE overhaul and I've completely rewriten (added new features, changed the style) the battle system. Also, check out the new screens.

Jason doesn't look his age for a reason that will be revealed in the game. That was done on purpose. I don't use the edit button on a major update so I can bump the topic. That's obviously also done on purpose.

My topic was 3 pages in and I haven't made any updates for quite some time. I haven't done anything against the rules in this.

Anyways please give me good feedback on the game as you play, I'll take them serious. I'm warning you though don't mess with the chickens as the Cleric LOL!!

Philip

Apr 20 2012, 11:44 AM

Blue Mercury Animation added, take a look in the Videos tab. Episode 1 of VERGO Tale of Rings is just about complete! Look for it out sometime in May.

Philip

Jun 19 2012, 09:03 AM

Ok people, Tale of Rings Episode 1 is almost complete. We are beginning voice acting right now. Those of you who asked me about it will receive a PDF file with all the characters and their lines. If you'd like to still help with this let us know please. You can look for this episode to be completed in probably a month. We've taken the download away because it's super old so don't worry it will be back up soon.

Philip

Aug 29 2012, 08:25 PM

Huh... I'm working on the voice acting BUT it's coming along slower than expected because hardly anyone was interested. I'm finishing up a few details here and there and will release a full Episode 1 game very soon (without voice acting

)

Episode 2 is in production and I've switched to parallax mapping (YAY!!) The visuals and things will look much nicer in E2.

I wanted to give you all and update: the battle system is stellar and I've basically rewritten the core of Yggdrasil with a complete AI and the ability to have party members in combat. It's been a long road and LOTS of programming but I'm pretty excited to release the game. This will feature the player moving his saved game file from one episode to the other at certain periods (to revisit areas). The same world map encompasses both episodes.

Oh, and there are 62 states in this game (states as in poison, burn, frozen blah blah). Many are good states though. That's just an LOL for ya.

Philip

Oct 3 2012, 08:20 AM

Oooookay, I haven't forgotten about this game so don't worry about that. I was about to release Episode 1 of Tale of Rings but I couldn't stand the story line so I scrapped the whole thing LOL!! I've revamped the story, the game's getting a new title, and I'm redoing all the maps so needless to say it's set the game back months. The battle system is going to blow your mind though so don't forget about this game. The new title is going to be VERGO The Jade Ring.

Philip

Nov 15 2012, 08:49 PM

I've updated the topic with new screenshots, story, characters, blah blah. Just check out the main post and COMMENT!!

Thanks!

Clord

Nov 15 2012, 11:56 PM

QUOTE (Philip @ Nov 16 2012, 06:49 AM)

I've updated the topic with new screenshots, story, characters, blah blah. Just check out the main post and COMMENT!!

Thanks!

Nicely done.

You effort to have shadows on a forest is bit of a overkill. Still rather nice looking maps. Especially outdoors.

Philip

Nov 16 2012, 07:27 AM

QUOTE (Clord @ Nov 16 2012, 01:56 AM)

Nicely done.

You effort to have shadows on a forest is bit of a overkill. Still rather nice looking maps. Especially outdoors.

Hm... really?? Maybe I should just dim the map instead of the texture. It doesn't look the same with normal lighting.

Jonnie19

Nov 16 2012, 07:39 AM

You could also try parallaxing the Shadows also, that is always effective, combining that with some decent tints. It'll look amazing

Philip

Nov 16 2012, 09:12 AM

QUOTE (Jonnie19 @ Nov 16 2012, 09:39 AM)

You could also try parallaxing the Shadows also, that is always effective, combining that with some decent tints. It'll look amazing

The shadows are parallaxed. The shadows from the actual trees are parallaxed. Yeah I think I'll try just dimming the forest maps without using the overlay texture.

Shaddow

Nov 16 2012, 09:29 AM

I do like what you did with the forest shadows, adds a nice effect, the problem I see is that in the screen shots I had really no idea what was going on in the battles. This could be a problem. If you can find a way to make the battles and such noticeable, then you have a winner in my opinion.

Also I like that little red haired witch, she was cute

Philip

Nov 16 2012, 11:11 AM

QUOTE (Shaddowval @ Nov 16 2012, 11:29 AM)

I do like what you did with the forest shadows, adds a nice effect, the problem I see is that in the screen shots I had really no idea what was going on in the battles. This could be a problem. If you can find a way to make the battles and such noticeable, then you have a winner in my opinion.

Also I like that little red haired witch, she was cute

Haha!! The blue one is in the house stirring the cauldron LOL! I've actually been working on the animation opacity in the battles as it can be a bit much sometimes so yeah I'm gonna fix that hopefully.

Philip

Feb 8 2013, 08:21 PM

New screenshots added for your pleasure

Philip

Apr 22 2013, 08:00 PM

Update: New screenshots have been added for your viewing pleasure and an 8 minute video has been uploaded of some of the first chapter gameplay. Also check out the features section because I added a couple new battle system features.

For a download: I'm very close to a demo, however, I'm not releasing one until it's good and ready.

Philip

May 18 2013, 07:43 PM

DEMO OUT NOW!! Get it from the downloads section!! Please give me any feedback and your comments are all welcome.