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Ooo, that's why the spoiler looked so sucky! :D Silly forum codes! :B

And yes, I know what everybody said. Basically, they're not gonna play it because judging a book by it's cover is more fun. But, I do have to give them the benefit of the doubt. I mean, I don't play that much for games. And not sure I'd play them too if the topic doesn't interest me. And, like I said, they could very well hate it. Even if they don't, not sure they could play it long enough until, as I'm told, it gets good... Still annoys me that, as far as I can tell, not many have really tried it. :\ I could be wrong... maybe you did try it and just happened to agree with everybody. :D

And yeah... I got... like... a couple years into my game... Into the "Master Swords" tournament... When I wanted to make a weapon... for when you beat it... Called the "Master Sword"... It was ONLY THEN I realized how retarded I was. xD
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Hmm... that actually seems pretty helpful. I'll try to remember that. :D Thanks.
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Well, I do know that when I first made the game, it took me forever to learn anything. By the time I made my spoiler video that you see, I still didn't know about the "Move All" or whatever command. :D So, this game was a learning experience, to say the least.

This game isn't black and white. :P Those were flashbacks... I use black and white to describe changes in time (like slowing down) or flashbacks. I didn't even plan on putting in the screenshots when I made the post. But, a friend of mine told me that I needed to, and those were the best things I had ready (granted, those flashbacks do show off the peak of my mapping abilities).

And I really would like to remake the whole game. But, it took me 8 years to make this one. I figure, if I spent any more time on this game, I'd never be able to finish up with other games I have planned.

I better be fine with people not liking it! I could make a long list of things I don't like about this game. :D But, I just plan on not making those mistakes in my next game.

But, I just might take a look at that screenshot topic. :D Cuz, I really do need to work on my mapping. :|
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Alright, well... For the most part, I'm thinking you probably won't like this game. :B Even if ya do, I've been told it only really starts to develop after you complete the first big quest. But, I guess I had to advocate for it just because it seemed like this game was disliked before it was really tested. xD I don't have too much of a problem with people not liking it, but I just didn't want it to be for the wrong reasons (like judging a book by it's cover). :B

I also redid my first post. The only part most people might need to read would be the Gameplay section... I was thinking about removing the character bios, but it could be used as a reference to the armor size they use (assuming the information I put is all correct), so, yeah. :P
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I woulda found it odd that a game that's playable to the end to not be put in the full game section... I mean, it's not really a demo... Just never gonna be fully finished on the maps and other little side projects I had planned for it... Granted, I shoulda clarified that to begin with.

You can get healing items. Most the money you get in this game is from selling items you get from enemies. Like the bear jerky you start off with, you sell it at the town shop. Make sure to buy potions, not armor and weapons. I know those wood helmets are tempting, but you'll need the potions. :D If you just make sure to get the healing items and heal yourself whenever you get under 20 HP, you should be fine.

Another hint, save the Flying Lunge Slash and Lion Strike for the boss battle. The way I do it, I just use the Flying Lunge Slash on each opponent until their HP is dropped, and then Flying Lunge Slash on the Zolidos every round after that to stun them and take them out quicker. I save the Lion Strike for the Nightmare Fiend because that pierces defense. And, like, I said, heal yourself when you get under 20 HP with the Potions you can get with the bear jerky you sell.

Kinda simple, but I suppose I didn't really clarify how to fight these guys, so, yeah, sorry about that. o.o

But, yeah, I probably shoulda made things like this easier to figure out. And, shoulda focused more on certain aspects on my game with my post. But, I'm not good with presentation or bragging. :B

But, seriously, I didn't think that intro was that long. xD Ever heard of setting up a little backstory? xD then again, could be the fact I made the text take forever to go by. o.o Erm, nevermind. =D
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It's incomplete because I didn't finish, like, any of the towns, on account of it taking me so long just to learn how to make the game. I decided it'd be good just to make it playable to the end and worry about that kind of stuff on my second game, where I already know how to make the game and can spend more years working on maps. Which, my mapping is not so good. But, that wasn't my focus when making the game.

The screenshots weren't prepared ahead of time... They were of flashbacks (hence the black and white) to events that the hero remembers (decided to just put the characters from the flashbacks that the hero remembers more than everything that was involved).

Yeah, I got good reviews on my battle scene though. Don't really fully understand it myself. :P I mean, it is a bunch of 16 bit sprites just running around on cue.

The story is the only thing that I worked on really. Everything else is just a side portion to it. Even so, I didn't get comfortable with making the story and dialogue until near the end of the game. Heck, the beginning is so friggin' cluttered, I couldn't fix it without remaking the whole game. But, eh, whatcha gonna do?

And, if the player wants to read everything here, they can. It's not really that relevant to the story. Everything they read here can be learned by playing the game or isn't relevant to the story (for the most part). I actually just made a post with more useless information cuz I figured most people aren't going to bother reading a lot about the post anyways.

And yes... the maps are awful... There's no way I can argue that. xD If I set out to be a spriter or a mapper, maybe I'd take offense to that. But, really, I'm not... I have made some custom sprites and stuff, but I'm not that good and I'd rather focus more on the story.

On a different forums, I got pretty good reviews for my dialogue... I probably shouldn't have posted the screenshots, or at least prepared better ones. :B

Maybe I'm in the wrong place with this. But, eh, whatever. :D
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ATTENTION: THIS GAME IS RATED TEEN DUE TO STRONG LANGUAGE AND MILD VIOLENCE!!![/u]

Master Swords Download

Master Swords w/ RTP Download

READ HERE IF YOU NEED HELP WITH THE BEGINNING OF THE GAME[/u]


READ PAST HERE IF YOU WANT TO KNOW EXTRA, AND PARTICULARLY USELESS NOTES ABOUT THE GAME[/u]


READ HERE FOR SPOILERS OF THE GAME[/u]


READ HERE FOR SPECIAL CREDITS[/u]

Special Thanks:

Chucklee

Abrom

Steve

Speedpaws for Master Swords Title Screen.

JayKaruma from http://www.phanxgames.com/

Kamain’s World for resources and support. http://kamain.com/index2.php

EmporerEvil for the RPG Maker 2000 Update 'Patch'. (Unfortunately, I have no idea where to contact him.)

The following sites for midi resources.

http://www.mididb.com
http://rock.freemidis.net
http://www.hoofjaw.com/
http://freemidis.net/


Several RM2K and RM2K3 for resources (I stole 'em).

If you feel that you deserve more credit than I gave you, or I stole a resource you want me to remove from my game, please contact me at [email protected]

In closing, this game has been nearly 8 to 9 years in the making. No, I will not be completing it. It was stay as is...
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Herro. I am teh Jassi-fricka-nation. I like all things cute. Like Jigglypuff. Not really Pokemon though. Smash Bros is awesome.

I was told by somebody who came here that this would be a good place to show off my game. Not sure how active I'll really be. Not really good with active forums.

Oh, and, I like smilies. But I'm afraid to test them here because I don't know what they'll do... Oh well. Let's give it a whirl. :D

What? :D IS NOT A SMILEY? I AM OUTRAGED... Oh, wait, there's some up there...

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