No DBS? Oh Christ, I do not know what to do (unless one of you brilliant scholars before me set up some system I can steal and elaborate on)!
I'll cross that bridge when I come to it (in APRIL!).
argh you have defeated me this time DarkPriest
but I shall have sweet revenge!
hehe how will you continue my chapter
because it will be pretty hard
i am tough in that way
:fogetangry:
Maybe he will kill all of your characters? :fogetmmh:
i have already prepared for that by asking the magi to continue straight from my chapter totally ignoring gelatinous cube's chapter
WATCH THE CHEESE
also in CG2 I did the second chapter and it was Erave who did the first...
coincidence???? :woop:
Well I'll be damned, I wanted to DO something with the battles but errr whatever... I went to New York for a week to meet with my father for thanksgiving so my plans for the battle totally flipped. If anyone wants help with setting up a battle system or anything of the sort for their chapter, give me a call, I'll help you out. Add me on MSN, [email protected]. Looking forward to it!
...and lol dunno if I'll be alive by March 10, if anyone on an earlier spot wants to switch I'll greatly appreciate it.
A word of warning if I may:
Don't do too complex systems. I don't think there would be anything more annoying than having to learn a new complex battle system every 20 minutes. Keep it simple and more importantly FUN!
I don't see how that should affect the number of party members. There can still be multiple characters, they just can't all battle. Does a novel have more than one character even though it doesn't have a battle system? (what an awful example)
I pity the man who bases the number of party members in his game around the DBS!
I'll probably do at least one random piece for CG4 if I have time
If you don't respond to me PM by Wed. I think I'm going to skip you!
Would it be possible to bump my time forward two days or so? I know this would push the entire schedule forward, and I know that's far from a desired effect, but I am working full time until the end of January (I guess it's not really full time, then, isn't it? Hmm.), and I'd really like those two extra days up my sleeve (after what happened with CG3).
If it's not doable, is understandable. I just figured I'd try because it's only 2 days, not like WEEKS or something.
sorry guys, there's no way I will be able to finish my part
I won't explain the details now but please just carry on without my part, unfortunately it's all out of my hands
So would it go to an alternate?
Hmm yeah, I'll only have about a week to work on this unfortunately because finals begin on Monday. I'll try to put something forward that is very decent, even if it happens to be short!
Yeah, I probably should have found someone to switch spots with me because finals pretty much make it impossible for me to start on my portion until Saturday. This is probably bad for me.
Whatever, I'll man it up. :fogetcool:
Don't fold! You have two weeks if necessary.Yes, I really need those two weeks.
Yes, I really need those two weeks.
Workin' on it. :O
Anyway, requesting ONE EXTRA DAY
I was wondering if I could get the game one turn before my own turn. I don't want to lose any second from my two weeks just playing through the game. This was an issue with CG2 and CG3.
I was wondering if I could get the game one turn before my own turn. I don't want to lose any second from my two weeks just playing through the game. This was an issue with CG2 and CG3. Thanks in advance.
PS: I hope Erave is ok. O.o
So if Erave was doing the conclusion... Who's doing that now?
So who is this at now?
I might like to be shoved down the list a bit.
Hey guys, I'm back. I'd be happy to still do the finale of the project or help out in any other way. Sorry for the absence.
Uh.. I'm busy right now. Can you shove me down lower? I still want to contribute, but definitely not in two weeks time I don't think.
Damn DP, your chapter is too hard ; ; (I have bad eye-hand coordination)
Guess I'll have to cheat..
Still pretty fun though.
I was wondering if I could get the game one turn before my own turn. I don't want to lose any second from my two weeks just playing through the game. This was an issue with CG2 and CG3. Thanks in advance.
I think its mostly for the point of being able to play through the chapters beforehand.
As much as I want to agree,
will it be ok to ask what the file size is ? @_@
DP can I have a copy :D
I would like to play the previous chapters before mine that way I won't have problems just in case :D
I'd like to preorder the game as well as soon as Mirthless finishes their part :D
Hello guys, I was wondering if I could get a time extension until Tuesday because I'll be away for the weekend, LINKIN PARK CONCERT HELL YEA. Let me know if this is possible or not, thanks in advance.
you'll have the two weeks starting from monday
Hey DP, can you send the game to me when it goes to the next person? I want to blast through the chapters so that I have more time to work on mine when my turn rolls around.
sleeping wind, you really should play part 3. It was probably the best one so far!
Sleeping I think that was chain story 3?
CG3 was released in G&D :o
Man I want to kick Christophomicus in the ass for that fight with the Sloth guy.I couldn't complete it without cheating. Any tips Christo?
4. some items have no use ? (DARA's soul). Also, the item exchange thing - I only got as far as the giant pencil = nothing + I beat up the old lady (curiousity take over) and I got jar of blood. That's it?)
Wow... someone played CG3... a miracle!
From my post in another topic:
If you get Cheese from Hotmog in Kambod, exchange it for Milk in Spes (from some woman inside some house), trade that for a Giant Pencil from a dwarf in Verdandi (hidden entrance at north-east) but only after Dara finds out about his brother, and ONLY in chapter 4. In chapter 6 get a Bottle of NPC blood from an old woman in Karine (village with the church), you could finally trade that bottle for a very special item inside one of the houses in Mettz after you get the ship
SAVIS told DARA she killed DARA's brother, of which I don't get.I was the one responsible for that rofllllllll. That's kinda the idea I got from the previous chapters...
I aaaaaaaaaaaaaammmmmmmmm sooooooo freaaaaaaakiiiiiiin exciiiiiiiiiiiteeeeeeeeeeddddddddddddd.
Remember, if you need to set up a battle with my CBS' style just sacrifice one of your days to me. >=D
btw (CG3 spoiler alert) I was the one responsible for that rofllllllll. That's kinda the idea I got from the previous chapters...
Ok, Medieve has asked for an extension and I'm granting it.
His new deadline is 11th of may.
UPRC is too busy with real life (what is that) so I'm asking if Kaempfer wants to go next.
DP, is it ok if I redraw the portraits and send them over to you through PM?
I kinda don't like them x.x;;
DP, just for clarity, I'm listed as Sphere XTReme on the reserve list and all for it. XD Even though I'm last, if it comes down to it, I'm your guy.
CG4... alias "The Bad Anime"
It is nice to know that Chapter 2 is still the biggest piss off in the world and is forcing me to fix a bug.
EDIT: Again in Chapter 6.. Man, what is with people trying to use this horrible ABS in their chapters? I'm cheating to get past them because they are so wretchedly unplayable.
At least I didn't waste two weeks.
And I started the chapter, but man.. The game.. There's just TOO MUCH in it for a game that only plays for like.. An hour. There are more forces at work in this game than fucking Final Fantasy 7.
Ah well..
Now do you see why I had no idea AT ALL what to do?
I really tried more for a penultimate dungeon thinking there were still four or five people behind me -_-
That was my assumption at least. Like I said in the Author's Comments regarding storyline, somebody set up a character as such and then somebody else came along and took a massive shit on what was previously set in stone, primarily Wrath's race and Ae Ledt's true identity, so everything became incredibly inconsistent. :\Which made the storyline VERY incoherent. I didn't even know what was really going on.
Don't be so harsh UPRC, you didn't didn't even make your chapter which could have helped. And besides this game is a lot more coherent that say CG2 or 3.
Good luck, Nickad.I'll do my best :P.
Hard to believe we're only ONE CHAPTER AWAY! By the way, not trying to rush you, Nessiah, but did you ever finish those faces?
So I don't get to make a contribution T-T
I'll wait for CG5, if it ever gets produced.
Perhaps I could be of assistance?
You canceled your part because of uploading? You probably just didn't finish your part.No, I finished it ^.^.
I've sent PMs to every alternate, except for the ones who haven't even TOUCHED the forum since January or so...
Sorry, Anathema, you are the only alternate I hadn't sent a PM to since you hadn't signed in in months.
Alright, then. The game plan is this then:
1) Just to get the ball rolling, I'll give it to neo prime as soon as I upload it.
2) I'll give Ana and UPRC the two weeks neo is working on it to decide what to do.
3) This should give Erave at least two weeks to decide whether or not he wants to finsh or not.
If any one has ANY objections to this plan, please feel free to speak up. :)
I wonder...
Has anyone taken to account why Forente used the world key, killed her mother, warned silent song about the judgment council as well as that zatoishi is her lover?
Neo how about making an introductory to the next level?
If...you did that
then my chapter didn't make much sense at all now <_<;
If she was insane, why did she help Silent Song? That world key was a segway and I gave out hints about mother embla one of the beings able to use it as well as Forente's dialogue, she wouldn't address an assassin like that O_o She's supposed to be an opposer to Ae-delt but whatever. Now I'm confused.
I actually never really had that much difficulty with Christo's abs.
Anyway, I'm kind of confused about the current order. Is it Neo Prime and then Erave, or will there be any more chapters in between? I'd like to know seeing as I'm hoping the story won't have a rushed ending.
Well, we're not sure what Ana and UPRC are doing yet. However, I think for sure we'll need at least two chapters because there are still two enemy factions left.
I always cheated to get past those -__- They were SO annoying IMO. (No offense, but they were almost impossible to win!) The only other place I had issues with were Ness's minigame where my computer lagged to oblivion and back.
Is this going to be released anytime soon? What's the buzz.
btw i just archived the subforum. none of the topics were really active, but if you were still using any of them and want them back, pm me.
Yeah, its official; I'm dropping out of this. This has become too big of a mess for me to clean up, thus killing any motivation i had for this. if someone wants the most recent build, ask kitsune. If that gets you nothing, ill just clean up what i have and send that.
Wait does Erave have the final chapter or what? Because I wouldn't mind doing it.No, your part is the part before the finale. He's supposedly going to work on the ending, though we'll see what happens...
Er, sorry, I'm having finals this week so I didn't get to work on it that much yet! Also the person before me told me I didn't have a time limit. :(
That's not going to work I MEAN DP IS A GOOD DUDE and reliable and stuff. But my faith in this project ever being completed is kinda....... dead.
Its ok, Take ur time. Worlds not gonna end before may 9th.
I then implemented the face sets to be in every chapter.
So... supposedly Dark Priest has it. I don't even know anymore. I propose we give him a month starting today, March 16th.
Deadline: April 16th.
PS: SOMEBODY GET ME A FINAL BOSS DAMNIT ;(You should find something suitable for a Final Boss in this pack:
@Mirthless: From what you've said, it's more than ready. I don't really think we need a round of beta-testing before it goes out. It's a Chain Game! Unless it has game killers, no one will care.
Those ABS chapters better have been cleaned up, because that system was the most broken thing I've ever experienced in an rm2k3 game.
I've wanted this opportunity for a LONG time.
The final boss should be defeating the witch who cursed chain game 4, thus breaking the curse....
Who actually has the game right now?Lol, this ''team'' somehow seems damn.... confused. Are you guys sure you are talking about the same game? X,-DD
FUCKKKKKKkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkkk WHO WANTS THIS THING LOL
I'm tempted to JUST RELEASE IT ALREADY without an ending.
I sent it to Erave just in case he wants to do something.
It is sad that I used my time in fixing everything (and fuck there was a lot to fix) but that's how it is... At least it is going to be a VERY polished game.
A last and desperate option is to insert all the closing dialogue (no mimigames) and make the final battle with the default CBS, just try to make it as fun as possible. At this point, anything will do.
How about renaming it to Chain Game Fourever
I just read this whole thread, and this is a very pathetic display of attempted programming. Was the beginning and middle of the game so good that there's just tremendous pressure to make an ending so good that nobody can actually make it?Yes. Lol.
P.S. Please, no minigame. That will just delay this process (the release date was supposed to be like September 2008). Plus it's rare for an RPG to have a minigame at the very end; usually that's where you just put repeated super battles with big bosses in a very lengthy dungeon.The game doesn't have "battles" or things of the sort. It's all made out of minigames and custom systems, that's what we meant by minigames. If it had no minigames and just text then it would have no "final boss battle".
So Mirthless, what is the status of the game, exactly? 20 days ago, you basically said you want someone to take it off of your hands. 20 days later, are you still waiting for someone to take it from you, have you been working on it, or have you shipped it to someone else?
I could've just made an ending from my chapter. I hope you guys didn't fuck with my chapter.
It's certainly possible that they did. I get the sense that certain chapters contained plot devices that didn't make any sense, and they had to go back and try to reduce the amount of contradictions.
I agree completely about changing plot. That's not what a Chain Game is. If people insist on having this edited version than I want a 2nd version that isn't edited. I didn't spend all that time on my chapter than wait 2 years just so someone can come along and make my work meaningless.
Wow this is an overreaction
There is a difference between going back and editing spelling mistakes to make sure the names line up.
Also RPG is right, just release your edition as is Mirthless and we will play it and be left wondering ???
No, fuck that, I'm going to release my own nonedited version real soon, this doesn't seem to be going anywhere.
Huh.
Can I redo my part while you guys are trying to finish this?
Yeah fuck that why would he release a painstakingly bug tested version
(especially YOURS, Kaempfer, I had to fix that so much, as well as every single ABS)
OH MY GOD I'm gonna kill myself. You know what? Give me until Monday. Post the game on Tuesday if I don't post it by Monday.
...
Could someone post this now?
edit2: Now if we could just get Erave to change the name of this topic to let everyone know that the damn thing is, in fact, done.just ask Drule to change it
A suggestion for the next person who edits this gamePseudo-spoiler but not really (Click to reveal)Terror Skull's speech at the top of the tower contains numerous typos, please fix that. I said numerous.
Note: initially, David was to be a detective, solving a murder mystery. Of course, instead, I didn't have enough time to do something longer and my chapter took a turn for the real, but you can try to use that idea if it helps.
With a lot of these chapters, the twists make me wonder how the next chapter can possibly pick-up from here.A pie fight! ..I don't know, I'm still downloading it.
That's good to know. With a lot of these chapters, the twists make me wonder how the next chapter can possibly pick-up from here. With the way your chapter ended... man, ending the game is gonna be tough for whoever does it. Also...Minor spoiler (Click to reveal)did you intend on the detective scenario all being just a dream? Because obviously when he awoke, he pondered whether he was dreaming. With the strange colors in Map 3 and Map 6, I'd tend to think that it was indeed a dream. And man, when Silent Song turned evil, that was really confusing, since he appeared to be a nice guy in his soliloquies when he was all alone. I don't know, maybe he's possessed, schizophrenic, under mind control, or it was all a dream.
Btw, can I edit this game in RM2K just fine? I mean, I can open it, edit it, and play it in RM2K, but I'm just wondering if any complications arise when you edit and save an RM2K3 game in RM2K, and then post it for people to play in RM2K3 again.
Now if we could just get Erave to change the name of this topic to let everyone know that the damn thing is, in fact, done.
It's not really done, right now it ends in some map error. Someone should at least add a screen saying "THE END" or whatever.
Also, do you think more time has been spent on the game, or dealing with this topic and individuals who somehow compromise the systematics of the game getting done efficiently?
I had like 2 weeks off, which I used to solve the infinite amount of bugs, typos, mapping, etc... Nobody else wanted to take it so I tried to finish it but obviously I CANT, I HAVE NO TIME.
Perhaps in the future, don't SIT ON THE FUCKING THING FOR A YEAR Mirthless. If all you have time to do is fix bugs, then fix bugs and we will all give you epic high fives and move on the next person. Don't keep asking for more time and assuring us you're going to finish it or something or whatever.
I understand having a hella busy schedule but there is no excuse for "don't worry guys I'll finish it I can do it!" over and over again and then saying "HEY I JUST DON'T HAVE ANY TIME OK!?!". Choose one or the other, send it on, and we'll credit it for the work you did.
edit: and don't me a facetious "sorry", either, like you're so damn hard done by
Chipotle you wanna know a way to fuck everything up? Play your chapter lulz
I am stuck on the chapter just after the long cutscene whereHidden content (Click to reveal)My gripe here is that there is this puzzle area, then the cutscene, then the other thing, with NO Save Point! I keep failing and have to watch that stupid scene again.you hear about her mother and then have to fight some guy that teleports everywhere
Imay have to pick this thing up myself and see waht to do.. No promiseds righ tnow.
The Chain Game curse has affected all of my other projects, too. I haven't touched RPG Maker in over a year.LOL.
TBH some of the earlier chapters were so hard back when I was making my part that I don't want to do them a 2nd time just to see what came after my part. Some of the puzzles and 'fights' are nearly impossible to pull off Like the one where you are standing in the middle and trying to shoot arrows at a boss while dodgeing instant death every 2 secondsShooting arrows? Instant death? What game are you talking about? LOL
ARRGH! You may well want to table this thing for now and jump to Chain Game 5.I could have sworn they already decided that what they made was all that there was going to be, since there was no ending in sight to the curse. Even if they had a clear plot established for the fifth, which would kill the purpose in this entire idea, life would happen, and the game wouldn't be finished.
ARRGH! You may well want to table this thing for now and jump to Chain Game 5.
I suggest if you do that you guys have a general planned-out difficulty arc all laid out when you start- or at least keep in mind the fact that the USUAL way of structuring a game is to Get harder as you progress! If the very first chapter is pull-your-hair out difficult- as with this one- many people are likely to throw up their hands and not bother with it. I'd also like the DBS to be allowed so newbies like me can work on it.
It's not a community project, it's just a chain game.
Uh what? How is this not a community project?
Yeah, but it's like we have any other outlet for community projects (by which I mean each person working on a chapter in a contiguous game, not each person being responsible for one field; i.e. graphics, music, et cetera) so why not use this as one? ALEX is for silly unrelated chapters, this should be for one story continued overall. I think most people did a pretty admirably job of keeping the story moving forward.Kaempfer that is a horrible idea. this game is a horrible representation of GW. (or maybe a really good one... heh)