District 2 was rebuilt from zero, thanks to Sakura Phoenix tileset.

From darkness...



to light (neon light, to be precise )!



Well, what do you think of this?

Jens

Looking nice ^_~

I'm still adding things to the tileset, just because it's a fun project.
I noticed that the train station is in District 2 from earlier screenshots; so I decided to add a little more to the tileset. Here's a quick example of how it can be used to make a train station.


I may be able to also do some more destroyed looking things for the Old St. Patrick Ruins, and add it to the already existing tileset. But I might be busy over the next couple of days so I won't get it to you as fast as before.

Wow this station surely is amazing!

@Feoden: It's just a demo image, I still have to build District 2 - West station, but with this tileset I have high chance to make it resembles the one you appreciated. Finally St. Patrick can be brought to life, thanks to Sakura Phoenix help

Jens

Nice improvements!

Have you considered using a fog among the picture that makes the map darker jens? (Or get rid of the picture if it is a picture and tint the screen?)

There are both of them in every map:

> a faded black circle spot which is over the whole map;
> a screen tone which vary from Dark to Light (four gradations) - according to the environment:

Darkness;
Shadow;
Low Lights;
Powerful Lights;

Honestly, I can't remember the values I set ATM, but Powerful Lights should be (0,0,0,0) and Darkness something like (-192,-192,-192,0)

What kind of fog did you intend, however?

Jens

New update:

First cutscene reissued (THX Sakura Phoenix for the background image, Veckert was made by me.)

From this:



to this:



It's an improvement, isn't it?

Jens

Wow the difference looks the same as between a regional and an eurostar

How's the demo going on?

Big improvement!

If you have photoshop I would blur the lines of the seat tough they are too visible.

If you want I can give it a try I got photoshop.

[Edit]

Was quick so I did it now.



I also edit some of the character's outline while on it.

that train background image definitely came from @sakuraphoenix , now it made the character look very weird
wasnt the character had blue hair?

yeah the chair doesnt look comfortable at all.

It looks amazing and quite impressive... but the two stylese are weirdly combined:

Sakura Phoenix's background is delined, with sharp details. Veckert seems... too much "watercolor effect" and fading.

Thanks for your effort, but I feel I'll retain the previous one ATM.

BTW your work is something like a piece-of-art

And yes, I know the chair looks uncomfortable, but I'm semi-skilled in drawing by-hand. On a computer, items & furnitures are my Achilles' heel.

Jens

I was going to do something similar (But less) than what supercow did but seeing your ingame character having a shiny blue colour I didn't think it would suit it much.

I only changed small things one being the hair was too bright into the train so I darken it a little, the lines on that chair were too visible for something probably used by many people so I edit it a little and tried to darken/make clear some of the character's outline to make it more fitting.

There's only one thing wrong with the last picture you posted, Vex...
The window lost its transparence...
BTW, if you post something like that image, I'd be glad to take a look

Jens

Yea your right I tried removing the transparency but it was not that easy as photoshop kept adding the character face with the window but here it is anyway:



The window is transparent now.

Demo v 1.2.1 released.
It covers same events as previous demo, but has some new features I'd need feedback for.
Who has just completed Demo V 1.2 could not download this new one, since contents are quite the same, except for:

>New menu concept;
>Fogs on outside maps instead of that dark spot;
>Slight revision of HUD ("pain" word is now visible);
>Train cutscene revisited (thx Sakura Phoenix, Vexus, supercow);
>Grammar correction;
>Passability corrections;
>No more font problems: this version uses an external installer;
>RGSS104E.dll included (maximum compatibility with Windows OS);

V 1.2.1
Broken link, see next post

A new Demo updated to day 2 will be issued (hopefully) during the second week of March.

Jens

Previous link was broken (the installer doesn't work properly), so I decided to post another one with some minor changes:

BROKEN! MAJOR ERROR OCCURRED!
New link between one hour!

Here you are:

Working Demo V1.2.2

>WASD move system supported;
>Some minor grammar issues fixed;
>Revisited credits;
>Difficulty reset for the second encounter (too hard for most beta-testers)

Jens

Pretty epic game you have going there so far. Since it's in GUC, I haven't invested much time in it, but so far I really like what I'm seeing. The visual novel cutscenes combined with an sort of survival horror action adventure will definitely make this game stand out over a lot of other current indie games.

Let me know when the 2nd demo is ready jens. (Hopefully we can continue from last save hehe)

Show us some new screens maybe with new features or new creatures/enemies if you have some

Between 10^th - 15^th March, hopefully.
BTW, I'm mapping District 2 ATM and designing new creatures.

I've just created a credits scene which shows the pictures employed when scrolling credits.

New screens available between a couple fo days, I promise

Jens

EDIT:

Nevermind, little update

New version (maybe I won't use it, however)








Jens

Uhm....Jens? I hope I'm wrong... That train in the screenshot....

it is a photo of a regional train, ain't it?

please tell me it is not

anyway nice improvements

Ah... uhm...
Tell me, do you prefer a beautiful lie or an ugly truth?

Yes, it is, a Vivalto to be honest...
Regional train from Genova Brignole to Savona, 15:15...

Well, I tried arranging it in order to fit my cutscene, but I don't know if I'm planning to use it or not...
It was an experiment, a bare experiment

Jens

its kindda too bright might need to tone it down , my eyes serious hurt.
or maybe be better to just make it white and black.

The Law G14 found another bug (THANKS!!!)
I apologise again.
This is a working/fixed link:

Demo v 1.2.2

I'm sorry, but sometimes my brain is out taking a coffee at the nearest bar

I've modified the battle music and replaced it with one I wrote just yesterday.
I need feedback even on that, thanks in advance.

Jens

I downloaded from the link on the main topic and got an error message before the first cut scene (something like "cut scene not found), then I downloaded the from the latest like and got the error "BGM fighting alone not found" and the game crashed :-(

This looks really cool. The description of the setting sounds a lot like Midgar from FF7, so much that I assumed you borrowed the idea -but that's not a bad thing because that game rocks.

This is a file you should paste into Tryadine Effect Audio folder.
I completely forgot to insert it in the right folder, I'm sorry.

Fighting Alone

"This looks really cool. The description of the setting sounds a lot like Midgar from FF7, so much that I assumed you borrowed the idea -but that's not a bad thing because that game rocks."

Thanks for your appreciations, but - believ it or not - I've never played FF7 (heresy!!!!).
I've seen FF7 - Advent Children and FF7 - Last Order (major heresy!), and played part of Dirge of Cerberus (Triple heresy!!!) but, yes, Midgar was in part my inspiration, thugh the most of the settings setup was inspired by Tron Legacy (St. Patrick in Day 2) and by a short novel I was writing (and then gave up), in which the setting was that futuristic neonlight city, named St. Patrick.

Also, 999 was a fundamental part in Tryadine Effect creation.

Jens

I played through the demo until Blame joins the group. I talked to the elevator and Veck says that he's too weak to open it - I assume I have to switch to Blame? But I can't figure out how...I think the tutorial said press R or L, but that didn't work...but my keyboard is kind of busted, so it could be a problem on my end :-X Anyway, I had some thoughts so far:

- Cool intro. Very suspenseful!
- Nice HUD and menu. I like how the image that flashes before the menu comes up is like a blackberry :-)
- Noticed a spelling error: "approssimatevely" should be "approximately"
- The beginning is a little slow, having to just walk around and talk to all of the blood splatters and townsfolk.
- The dialogue is well-written, but I think you need something to indicate changes between speakers during dialogue other than the text color, like the speaking character flashes or something. The dialogue exchanges are a little confusing at first.
- Nice music, although police sirens in music always scares me, but that might be because I'm paranoid.
- The blood/pain system is a neat concept, but I don't quite get how it works (the tutorial didn't work for me because the R and L keys don't work :-(...
During a battle with two enemies, I killed one while my pain meter was around 60-70%, then all my attacks missed the remaining enemy, so I died. In cases like that am I just screwed? Being able to see the enemies' gauges would be really helpful too, I think.
- The set-up for the story is interesting, but I was hoping Tryadine would be immediately relevant, since it's in the title and it's what drew me to play it :-p
- I don't know if you know about this or similar apps, but this is an awesome app that lets you use multiple tilesets in the same project


So hopefully I'll figure out how to change characters so I can keep playing - which is a sign that you're off to a good start, since I want to keep playing!

In the readme file is specified that L = V key and R = B key:)
Try and let me know


Neither had nor seen a blackberry, but I've got the idea



I've decided not to show their gauges because I wanted the player to feel the atmosphere the game is meant to give.
So I won't introduce them.
Yes in cases like that you should be screwed. The tactic is hit both enemies (not only one) and make their Pain rise before killing one of them.
Later you'll be provided with better protections and painkillers, which will save you from death.

With 70% pain against a full-health enemy you have no chance.
This battle system was meant to be difficult to deal with, I wanted to make the player feel in danger like the characters they are using.
I hope to have reached this aim, though I know is quite difficult.



I've decided for a slow beginning because I wanted to introduce the main character they way they act, and a sudden Haemophages attack would have been too much in my opinion. BTW, if you have any suggestion, I'm truly interested in hearing from you.

Anyway, thanks for the feedback, it will be very precious.

And as regards Tryadine... it will become central during day 3.

Wait faithfully, everything is connected to that and everything will revolve around that

QUESTION: What do you think Lyonell was working on?

Jens

Hey I finished finally lol! I had a lot of stuff to do, but I was able to get through the demo regardless. First of all the demo quite well put together. I’ll give a brief review of what I thought about it:

Game Play: 8/10
The battle system is ingenious, really. It’s unique and different and it actually makes sense. The only thing I would change around here is that you show some indicaction of whether new skills are learned or if levels are gained.

Story: 7/10
The plot seems to be going in the right direction with questions rising about who murdered Lyonell, etc. One problem though is that you leave things a bit too vague. Like it took me a while to understand what Hameophages were and that they were even dangerous. And what are VORS exactly?

Music: 9/10
Great music here, matching exactly how the scenes played out.

Graphics: 6/10
The graphics were custom and I liked them but the menu and message system as well as the battle interface were a bit bland. Maybe you could try spicing them up?

Overall : 7.5/10

Nice job man, I await the next demo!

First review of my work
Thanks, Law, let me answer some of your questions.

1. I'm currently working on Battle System graphics, Menu graphics, and message system. I'm not such good in designing Battle HUDs and Menus, so I'm trying to gather some new idea.
2. There are no levels ATM. New skills are learnt via weapon equip, as a result no exp or gold is gained from battles. I'm actually trying to figure out how to implement this feature.
3. VORS stands for Versatile Operating Robotic System. Blame is actually an android of this kind. I've forgot to say it during the first Demo, because Veckert and everyone else know what a Vors is and needn't to explain it to NPCs, unfortunatley...
Haemophages will be introduced gradually. The plot is something complicated and I've decided not to provide a clear explanation before a certain event.

Anyway, thanks again
I'm working on Day 2 but due to university my project will be subject to some delay.

<<NOTE:>>
If anyone has any suggestions about Menu Layout and Battle Layout, I'd be glad to know.

Thanks in advance,

Jens

I get what you're going for with the battle system, and I like that the strategy is the opposite of most rpgs (where it makes most sense to focus on one character), but getting stuck in a situation where you can't win is frustrating...an option to restart battle might could help this?

As I said before, later you'll have any sort of items which can let you survive even a three-Haemos-combined-attack.
That situation you recalled... well, I've never figured it out before I've released the Demo.
Honestly, I designed that battle system to become as challenging as possible, but to master it you need almost two heroes in your party.
Veckert alone is quite strong, but not enough.

I bet that problem can only be found in the first few encounters, correct me if I'm wrong.
I actually disagree in setting a "reset battle option". There aren't random encounters and if you save often this should not be a problem.

Anyway, this is only my personal opinion and I'm ready to change it.
If you find a better way to do that, well I'd be glad to know

You know, with 70% Pain against a half-dead Haemophage there's little chance to be defeated, however with 70% Pain against a full health Haemophage... well, good luck.

I'm working on enemy balancement, but it's still difficult.
I'll take into account your feedback&comments

Thanks again,

Jens

Just one question, do you have a userbar? Y'know just in case someone wants to show support?

A... what? Is this something which resembles the one in your signature?

Not at the moment, but maybe i could provide one later...

Jens

Ah, yes the same.
I was just curious because sci-fi projects are few and far between and it's a nice way to attract more people to your project.

I reallyreally like this
ALOT
even tho I am a rpg maker 2k3 user I did not belive your sprites were so amazing.
I love this too much, nice demo!

I owe some credit to Feoden to an amazing menu he created for my game.
I'm redisigning menus & dialogues layout ATM.

Day 2 is at 50%.

Hopefully, between a month it will work properly.

BTW... new screen of the menu layout:



Credits to Feoden for the menu layout, to me for the icons

Jens

The game looks very interesting - I am a huge fan of the security pad screen shot, I thought that added alot of flavor. good luck on finishing this project!

New menu looks good

Your game looks so cool : D
the names are cool, the characters are cool, the idea is cool...
It's supercool! i can't wait to see the finished product. ^D^ i really like it so far..

I'm glad to have received positive reviews

After a fair amount of work (and time), I've almost completed day 2.
Wait faithfully.

A new demo will be released by next week's end, after my monday-nuclear-phyisics-pre-exam

Thanks everyone,

Jens

I am looking forward to testing it

Tryadine Effect: Day 2 Demo ready

Link: TE - Day 2 Demo

Obviously, you can use your previously saved file.

Hope you enjoy this one

Jens

file Data/credits.txt was not found.

And if you paste in the proper folder the save file at the end of demo 1... it still ends with credits.

Where are veckert legs in the train scene? You see only the body but legs should be there too..

When the train scene fades into black, the train disappears before fading (maybe a parallel process problem)

When first arriving at the station the audiofile is missing (Audio/SE/Train_to_old)

Files are missing, therefore demo ends here. waiting for you to fix it

Alright, I'll fix it soon.
My installer missed almost ten audio files...
In addition, I've found out that RPGXP CANNOT open .txt files compressed into the rgssad archive.
Weird! The files are inside the archive, but the program isn't able to find them...

Jens

New link! This should work:)

If your save file isn't working properly, send it to me and I'll fix it

http://www.mediafire.com/?0m7mx3or7i4ejql

I'm sorry for any inconvenience previous demo could have done...

I apologize,

Jens

My beta tester found another couple of bugs.
Here's the doctor remedy:

Patch

Extract these files in your Tryadine Effect folder and bugs should be solved.

You folder should share this appearance:



Double click on Game and every problem should be set.

Soon I'll post a working installer.

I apologize again,

Jens

Hey man, for some reason when I press the download link on mediafire, it won't let me download. Has this problem happened to anyone else or is this just me lol?

Probably on your side, unless MF was down earlier. Just tested it out and seems to allow me to dl it. I know sometimes MF gets a bit wonky and slow.

Feoden was succesful in downloading the Demo and reported me a couple of bugs, so there should be no problem with that site...

Anyway, I'd be glad to receive some feedback if someone else were able to download the Demo

I worked hard on it and I'm impatient to know if it works properly:)

@The Law G14
I'm sorry not having answered before, Law, but I'm impressively busy with university ATM...

Jens

I'm still in need of a debugger/tester for day 2.

If anyone is interested, please post right here.
I won't work on day 3 until I have a feedback on day 2, since I could do some modifications according to the feedback received.

Thanks,

Jens