ZVRPG Thread

[Knuckles]

well i didnt wanna put this in other games forum
anyways, i realised 2 things with the carnival
a) i cant sprite & am too lazy to fanfic or draw other peoples characters (that arent super cool liek calvin and hobbes)
b) i need a sprite

anyways, then it hit me... i need to do somethin for ZV, since im not rle a spriter or anythin liek that. and i remembered i recently re-downloaded rpg maker 2003... ah goed memories of makin games on that
so anyways, as long as it's cool with the staff (though id probs still do it... ), i was thinkin of tryna make a simple FF5/6 (2 of the best) style rpg , revolving round ZV. so heres the deal if ya wanna help

PM me characters/sprites, story ideas, general ideas etc with "ZVRPG" at start of the title. heres the kinda thing i need (and dont worry, anything you give me will be used ONLY FOR THE GAME, im not a thief)
[glow=red,2,300]
PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL SPRITES MUST BE 256 COLOUR DEPTH AND .PNG FOR SOME REASON[/glow]

characters:
basic stuffs liek NAME, BACKGROUND INFO, BIO. also description of FIGHTING STYLE, and ABILITIES. what are your characters forte etc. the more info i have to go on, the better. things like WEAPONS, WEAKNESSES, LIMITATIONS are necessary. im gonna try include a LIMIT BREAK/OVERDRIVE style system as well, and a character compatibility thing, so characters work well with similar characters so put your characters FRIENDS as well. also i do need to know if you have a HUMAN/REPLOID ETC character....

sprites:
I will need basic MAP SPRITES for characters... these are basically what you see on the world map. some EXPRESSIONS would be nice as well (if you've played FF6 you know what i mean, that shock look) anyways, below is what i mean
USE THIS TEMPLATE TO PUT YOUR CHARACTERS ON
HERE IS AN EXAMPLE "CHARSET"

Battle characters:
these are what are used for battle animations, your attacks, specials etc. dont worry, they arent liek those small charsets, ALTHOUGH, im not sure, but some of you may need to use less colours in your sprites... im not sure, but someone did make one for mmz zero. anyways, below is an example BATTLE CHARSET, and a few templates. ADDITIONAL POSES IS GOED! dont think you're limited to just the ones on the template
TEMPLATE for BCHARAS
EXAMPLE BCHAR 1
EXAMPLE BCHAR 2
EXAMPLE BCHAR 3
ya can have up to 32 different animations (attacking, defending, attacking, item etc)

Weapons:
some people may wanna change weapons... well you could jus have it already on your sprite (eg a saber) but if ya wanna have some variety, say in colour or look, you can have them on a seperate layer. the BATTLE WEAPON layer. this means other characters CAN be given a weapon that looks liek one of yours... well it saves me some hassle in making variety in the game. anyhows:
here's a template. the pink bit is an arm... the one from the standard rpg maker battle sprite.
EXAMPLE BATTLE WEAPONS

Faces:
finally... i think, we have faces. these just represent ya character in dialogue and on the status screen. more expressions means that dialogue is more interesting i guess. and here ya go
FACESET TEMPLATE (feel free to change the BG colour... if ya do it all the same it looks better)
an example of a faceset


well there ya go.. thats about everything i can think to put. the game will be an old school 2d rpg style, but anything i can put in i will. some of the stuff like limit breaks might not be possible without redesigning the battle system, and im sorry, but i aint doing that, i remember doing it on a game my cousin and i made, and it took far far to long (And we didnt even finsih it) but i will do what i can

if ya wnna help more, theres a few other things i can think of, but suggestions are cool. also here is a link to the biggest rpg maker resource site... i dno you might get an idea of the types of things people have done, or some other templates. most important thing right now is characters. and i must stress
[glow=red,2,300]TO GET YOUR SPRITES INTO THE GAME THEY MUST BE ON ONE OF THOSE TEMPLATES IN PNG FORMAT[/glow]

oh yeah nearly forgot. if theres a song ya liek, lets say as a battle theme for ya character, pm me that too. i can use mp3s in the game as well. ill try set up somethin about intro musics etc.

thanks in advance les gens. and i hope this works out


*cough*couldsomeonemakemeaspriteasafavourforthisiftheythinkitsagoodidea*cough*


Curent People Interested:
Alter
Swim
Random
Frozt
Sevi
NMMZ

[Nightmare]

This is a great idea and I'd be happt to help, but this can't be entered into the carnival in any way. XP

But I'd like to try and help anyways, it seems like a fun idea.

[Knuckles]

the carnival thing was just to get people's attention. all i need is permission to use sprites (and then a lil help jus c&ping them into the templates), and then just character info, so i know how to build their character
(e.g. v strong but slow, what skills etc).
basically if u posted in the fan character section, all i need is a pm of that, and just go further in depth about character abilities etc

[swimstud600]

What we need is different factions, we're planning a fanfic and interactive game about a civil war going on inside zv. So far Alter and I have thought up teams like staff, spriters and spammers. If anyone has a team they would like to add, post it here. Once we get some teams made up I can start writing the story and Alter will make the game.

[Knuckles]

a NOTE on sizes of sprites

(Note: All measurements are in Pixels)
Charsets: 288 X 256
Facesets: 192 X 192
Battlechars: 144 X 384

jus so ya know

[SLA¥ΣR]

Okay, I think NMMZ is gonna send me sprites so I'M IN!!!!

[Tony]

im in, that is if i can get help makeing sprites.

[Knuckles]

all ya gotta do is do yours liek the one ya sent me, just set it onto 256 colours tony
and thanks btw

[Knuckles]

*bump*
cmon people... i need the sprites and stuff... anything i can get is gonna speed this up...

[Knuckles]

update... if anyone actually cares....
found out that it definately is possible to add overdrive/limit break attacks as well as desperation attacks (as in more powerful ones when ya low on hp)
also, for thouse of you whove played FFX-2 or FFVIII, i can put in moves such as Trigger Happy or that Irvine guy's limit breaks
and interactive moves such as Blitz from FFVIj/FFIIIa
Steal commands are possible as well
also a friendship system, so that certain characters work well togetther, or developing friendships can result in better endings etc
also pretty sure i can do Transformations
i might add a materia style skill system.. but that might not work...
also... a weapon making system, in the style of FFX
for tony Blue magic will be possible if ya's want it
replay value as in a New game + (when ya beat it, you get new stuff 2nd time through)
might even get in a HQ/Base System so ya can have a lil home away from home!

so come one guys... ya gotta gimme somethin to work with! i need people's input and characters, and so does swim!

[swimstud600]

Wow, you're getting some stuff done I see. Common guys, now that the carnival is wrapping up I'm going to start writing this pretty soon. Send Alter the sprites and whatever else he needs and send me whatever team you want to belong to. Pretty soon I'm just going to throw people where I think they'd fit and if you don't end up on the side you wanted... you had your chance.

[Nightmare]

Wow, this is really getting interesting. =D

[Captain SpExtacular]

Im interested! Errr, give me somtime!

[Knuckles]

ALL I NEED RIET NOW IS CHARACTER PROFILES!!!!
attacks, personality, who they're cool wit (friends), what side theyd take in the war (own faction, spriters, admins, spammers etc)

oh and any ideas are cool too

i WILL need spritesheets later... in the formats of the 1st post, but thatll be LATER! anything ya can do now though is nice too...

[Ztrl]

Hmm, if only I had more sprites....

>.<