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[Bossmaker]

So, for the last 6 months or so, I have been working on what is supposed to be my last MGB game. Who knows, I might still make some small game just for fun. Then again, I'm not 100% done with this game yet. =)

This is an RPG telling a story about a boy who goes on a quest to rescue people. Sounds cliché? Well, yeah, kinda. Don't expect the story to shock you or something, because the story isn't the main focus here.

The game consists of thousands of tiles and actors, and hundreds of maps. The project itself reaches almost 6500 kB, which is as far as I know the largest project on MGB. Yay for that.

I was going to have a save/load system like I did with my Zelda game, if anyone remembers that, but it turned out to mess things up quite a bit, so I'm afraid this will have to be completed in one sitting, or at least without closing the game window.

Any feedback is appreciated, and as this certainly isn't a perfect game, I'm expecting some constructive criticism. If you actually take your time and write a full review, I would appreciate it a lot.

The game has been tested thoroughly(Thanks Zipo!), but there might still be glitches around. If you find any glitches, please inform me.

I intended to write a full walkthrough, but stopped after 19 pages. I don’t expect anyone on here to read such a huge wall of text. =P

The game isn’t too challenging anyway, but keep your eyes open, because there is some hidden stuff in there. If you need any help, just ask. =)

Now, enough of my rambling and just click that button below. You know you want to.

[legowego]

How did that save/load system work?

[gigasflame]

This looks like it came straight out of a gameboy advance game. 6 months well spent!

[treskro3]

Wow. Just wow. This is one amazing-looking game. I haven't had the time to play through the entire thing, so I don't really feel qualified to comment on that portion.

The art is just fantastic. Everything fits within a clearly defined style that looks great and has a lot of variety. I really enjoyed how the maps were put together; the initial town especially does not seem as stale as many of the others that I've seen before.

I wish I could say more, but I'm not sure what I can comment on at the moment. I'll definitely check back later.

[gamecat]

This looks amazing! Perhaps you could create a chapter system so you could begin the game from a different part of the story?

[prince_link]

I gonna play this first thing in the morning, now I have to go to bed. Though I already know this game is probably good.

[nidorb99]

This is amazing.  The art is spectacular and the style is so clean. 

The title screen, the buttons on the world map, and the path in the first town all made me think "wow."

I did find a bug though.  Walking around certain houses, there are dead spots where a wall is on what looks like regular floor.  Since you said there were hidden secrets I melee'd all of them do see if they were intentionally placed there.  Nothing happened (that I noticed) until I melee'd the one in Yofar's house.  It creates a second Yofar.

Other than that all it's missing is an epic soundtrack.

[Bossmaker]

How did that save/load system work?

Basically, people send me screenshots of their inventories and where they are in the game, then I make a map that gives them all those items, and jumps them to where they were.

This looks like it came straight out of a gameboy advance game. 6 months well spent!

Thank you very much. =)

Wow. Just wow. This is one amazing-looking game. I haven't had the time to play through the entire thing, so I don't really feel qualified to comment on that portion.

The art is just fantastic. Everything fits within a clearly defined style that looks great and has a lot of variety. I really enjoyed how the maps were put together; the initial town especially does not seem as stale as many of the others that I've seen before.

Coming from you that means so much! Thank you!

This looks amazing! Perhaps you could create a chapter system so you could begin the game from a different part of the story?

Thanks. =)

I think it's a bit to late to implement that. I want the player to be able to access all the unlocked areas when he/she wants anyway. Kind of like a free roamer. With a loading system, that gets messed up.

This is amazing.  The art is spectacular and the style is so clean. 

The title screen, the buttons on the world map, and the path in the first town all made me think "wow."

I did find a bug though.  Walking around certain houses, there are dead spots where a wall is on what looks like regular floor.  Since you said there were hidden secrets I melee'd all of them do see if they were intentionally placed there.  Nothing happened (that I noticed) until I melee'd the one in Yofar's house.  It creates a second Yofar.

Other than that all it's missing is an epic soundtrack.

All this positive feedback is very much appreciated. Thanks to all of you. =)

I fixed the bug in Yofar's house, and I got rid of one "dead spot" that wasn't intentional. The rest are there because of how big the tile is, for example, the chairs only take up about half of a 32x32 tile, but the rest of the tile still blocks the player.

And yes I'd love to have some music in there, but since the music available on MGB is so limited, I chose not to have anything there. You can always listen to other music while playing.

[shoumssoorm]

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[VincentStudios]

If you actually take your time and write a full review, I would appreciate it a lot.

Is it complete yet? I've been wanting to write a review for a long time now, but no decent full games have been released lately. I doubt you would want me to write one for your game, but...

[Siki]

This game looks beautiful. I could easily say one of the best graphic-ed games I've ever seen on MGB.

I was gonna ask to do a review, but Vincent beat me to it

[Bossmaker]

If you actually take your time and write a full review, I would appreciate it a lot.

Is it complete yet? I've been wanting to write a review for a long time now, but no decent full games have been released lately. I doubt you would want me to write one for your game, but...

Apart from a few optional areas I'm going to add, this game is complete, yes. Why wouldn't I want you to write a review? Where'd you get that from? =P

If you want to, go ahead and write one. =)

This game looks beautiful. I could easily say one of the best graphic-ed games I've ever seen on MGB.

Thank you. =)

[VincentStudios]

If you actually take your time and write a full review, I would appreciate it a lot.

Is it complete yet? I've been wanting to write a review for a long time now, but no decent full games have been released lately. I doubt you would want me to write one for your game, but...

Why wouldn't I want you to write a review? Where'd you get that from?

If you want to, go ahead and write one.

I dunno, I've never written a review before, but if you wouldn't mind, perhaps I will. Thank you!

Actually, I haven't even played your game yet. The device I'm working from doesn't support Flash.

[VincentStudios]

I'm playing it right now. It looks incredible! I really like how you did the different levels of elevation. There's one jump glitch I could spot: regardless of which path out of town you take (be it north or south), you always end up at the north gate. This could be easily fixed with a duplicate area select screen which warps to the south gate.

[prince_link]

This is without doubt the best MGB game I've played. The only thing I've found that seemed a little of what that Bocc says "mosters" instead of "monsters". I've just played the beginning though.
I've always expected something epic like this from you, boss.

[Siki]

There's gonna be some epic games out there for the summer.

This, Jack and Scorpos Ninja Games, My first Eternium game, all the competition games! It's gonna be awesomesauce.

[WinkWink.]

one of the best rpg's on mgb ive seen. also is that bugbud?

[Bossmaker]

I'm playing it right now. It looks incredible! I really like how you did the different levels of elevation. There's one jump glitch I could spot: regardless of which path out of town you take (be it north or south), you always end up at the north gate. This could be easily fixed with a duplicate area select screen which warps to the south gate.

Thank you for the compliment, and well, that's such a small thing. =P

This is without doubt the best MGB game I've played. The only thing I've found that seemed a little of what that Bocc says "mosters" instead of "monsters". I've just played the beginning though.
I've always expected something epic like this from you, boss.

Thanks a lot. =)

I fixed the typo.

one of the best rpg's on mgb ive seen. also is that bugbud?

Thanks, and yeah. It's Prince Link's little prize for winning the "Guess the Video Game Character" topic.

[Siki]

Ha, that's awesome. Wish Id've won it now D:

The island called Eternia, hmm?

If Vincent is doing a review can I do a game guide? I'll make sure to play it thoroughly.