First Fantasy: Mana Force RPG Color remake! [84+CSE] [hybrid BASIC] [DCSE8]

u/Dream of Omnimaga April 07, 2015, 06:06:56 AM

The game has grown quite a bit in size tonight. This is the result of the final battle aftermath being implemented. In the original game, once you beat the final boss, Yam says he got him, then the game ends abruptly with the worst possible ending imaginable. However, in the remake, you're still not done in your quest yet.

So yeah, the ending is underway right now but I cannot share much due to spoilers. You learn about Yam's origins, though.

A new job has been added as well, which lets you use all 4 first jobs simultaneously in battle (basically, all 16 magic spells, split between 4 options in an extra menu).

Once the final battle is 100% done, I'll be able to finish the entire ending, which will be short but at least present.

And I still need to test the optional dungeon for balance issues.

u/Dream of Omnimaga April 07, 2015, 04:38:18 PM

Game is now 23.3 KB with 6 sub-programs (soon to be 7). This should end under 30 KB. With just elements from the original game this would have been under 20 KB easily, but the new additions and story expansion led to the file size skyrocketing. Hopefully people won't mind if they want a calc RPG.

Also due to the way the new map engine works, I could probably implement even more stuff such as NPCs or map objects if I wanted to. I would probably just need to use decimals in the map data with iPart and stuff.

Also, for the final job that lets you use all magic, it will only let you use a set of magic if you have the job that they come with. For example, if you skipped the 4th game boss then you will not be able to use the 4th magic set.

Last Edit: April 07, 2015, 04:40:13 PM by DJ Omnimaga

u/Dream of Omnimaga April 08, 2015, 03:48:50 AM

It's out! File available in the downloads section at http://codewalr.us/index.php?topic=375.0 and uploaded on ticalc.org!

Thanks for the support guys. Make sure to report any issue if you find any (it shouldn't, but we never know)

u/Unicorn April 08, 2015, 04:24:36 AM

Its on Cemetech too?

u/Dream of Omnimaga April 08, 2015, 04:47:06 AM

I still need to upload it there. I had to go eat some food since it was kinda late.

u/Duke "Tape" Eiyeron April 08, 2015, 05:10:58 AM

Congrats for the v1.0!

u/Dream of Omnimaga April 08, 2015, 05:15:04 AM

Thanks

u/CKH4 April 08, 2015, 02:13:51 PM

Yay, I can't wait to play it.

u/Dream of Omnimaga April 08, 2015, 04:14:50 PM

Just as an head up: archived calculator files still takes RAM. So even if you do a RAM Clear before installing the game, you should still delete some archived files like GB ROMs and unused highscore appvars so you have enough RAM to run the game. It's kinda like with Gemini 3D right now, but not as bad RAM-wise. I'll see if I can fix this in future builds.

u/Snektron April 08, 2015, 05:20:05 PM

How much RAM? because the only thing i can think of that''s using RAM is the VAT table

u/Duke "Tape" Eiyeron April 08, 2015, 05:27:51 PM

Me too, IIRC it's only for referencing them in the VAT.

u/Snektron April 08, 2015, 05:41:56 PM

Yeah and that takes only like 14 bytes per item or something like that. Hard to fill your whole ram with

u/Duke "Tape" Eiyeron April 08, 2015, 05:52:45 PM

Yeah, but one penny unspent is one penny earned.

u/Dream of Omnimaga April 08, 2015, 11:23:06 PM

Yeah it's the VAT that is the problem. Unicorn had like 150 sub-programs, appvars and other files in his calculator archive, which is why he didn't have enough RAM to run the game even after a RAM clear.

But don't worry, I just fixed that issue now. Here comes Version 1.0.1

Changelog:
-All sub-programs renamed to shorter names. Please delete the old ones.
-Now only 1 sub-program has to remain in RAM (MF.8xp, which used to be MFCH.8xp)
-There is one more sub-program now, resulting from the split of the menu and battles.
-Ending text is now faster.

Hopefully this should reduce RAM issues now.

Download: http://codewalr.us/index.php?topic=375