First Fantasy: Mana Force Screenshot Thread

novenary · March 29, 2015, 05:13:07 PM

I like post apocalyptic settings myself.

Dream of Omnimaga · March 29, 2015, 06:08:53 PM

Same, although I prefer when the story starts in a pre-apocalyptic world so we can see the special effects for the end of the world sequence.

123outerme · March 29, 2015, 09:05:01 PM

I prefer this game.
Seriously, this looks amazing! I can't imagine how many times you called det(12,... though

I can't wait to actually play this for myself. I have played very few RPGs in that JRPG style other than Pokemon (and even less from you, since not a lot of them even work on the CSE), and I will wait patiently for a release.

Dream of Omnimaga · March 29, 2015, 09:58:21 PM

The many det(12 calls as well as the replacement of ClrHome by 10->X:prgmMFCH or even 10->X:COLOR->theta:prgmMFCH was enough to jack the file size up in this project's early days. Good thing I got rid of the horrible map engine from 2002. That alone saved 3-4 KB.

But I guess that's the price to pay to have colors. At least det(12 is almost instant on the CSE (something that won't be the case anymore with the {12,value1,value2,value3,value4:Asm(prgmXLIBC syntax that will most likely replace det(12,value1,value2,value3,value4 on the 84+CE)

Dream of Omnimaga · March 30, 2015, 03:23:37 AM

Here are two screenshots showing the game as it is now, including new magic spells and animations:

The boss in those screenshots is not supposed to be at this location. I put it there for testing, and it uses different attacks normally. But you can basically see Poison in action and how to cure it.

Note that all damage values are wrong, since I am planning to replace all magic damage.

Duke "Tape" Eiyeron · March 30, 2015, 04:45:38 AM

The first one makes me vaguely think of Earthbound's PSI animations, which were quite colored and polygonal.

Dream of Omnimaga · March 30, 2015, 11:24:21 AM

Do you mean the battle backgrounds? I haven't played that game in ages and never got far so I am unsure what you mean.

Duke "Tape" Eiyeron · March 30, 2015, 12:10:02 PM

jamu · March 30, 2015, 12:43:07 PM

I kinda really want a demo now, even though i know i won't be able to play it cuz it's for the TI-84+CSE

Dream of Omnimaga · March 30, 2015, 03:43:58 PM

To be honest that will most likely wait, since the entire game is playable now.

I just need to replace damage formulas and add more extra content and it will almost be version 3.0

Snektron · March 30, 2015, 04:45:38 PM

It's getting somewhere!

Unicorn · March 30, 2015, 05:06:23 PM

Indeed!

jamu · March 30, 2015, 08:15:33 PM

After its done we gotta get it ported to an official gaming console cuz its looking dat good xD

Dream of Omnimaga · March 31, 2015, 12:59:15 AM

If I do that and release it via a store, it would need to be rebranded back to Mana Force I think, because I would get in trouble with Square-Enix otherwise.

But it could always be a ROM hack for an old console too.

Quote from: Cumred_Snektron on March 30, 2015, 04:45:38 PM
It's getting somewhere!

Indeed. When gotos got cleared out of the battle attack program and that the menu got finished, this was a sign to me that the game was almost done and mostly needed polishing from now on.

Snektron · March 31, 2015, 03:59:47 AM

Why are foto's zo bad actually?

Quote from: jamesguessis on March 30, 2015, 08:15:33 PM
After its done we gotta get it ported to an official gaming console cuz its looking dat good xD

Someone should port this to Android