Mysterious Song development log (aka sleepless ranting)

[FM-77]

Idarnoc Neb

Is your name Ben Conrad(i)?

[ParanoiaDragon]

Eh, maybe

[Black Tiger]

WTF!!??? FM-77 = Seldane? When did this happen? During my recent hiatus, I'm sure....

And here I thought we had a brand-new, active member...

This took me a little while to figure out as well. I think he just sort of changed it out of nowhere and didn't even mention why  . I know someone asked about it in another thread, but not sure if Sel... err, FM-77 responded to it yet.

I just changed my user name, now that I know you can do it. 

[FM-77]

What have I started?!

[esteban]

WTF!!??? FM-77 = Seldane? When did this happen? During my recent hiatus, I'm sure....

And here I thought we had a brand-new, active member...

This took me a little while to figure out as well. I think he just sort of changed it out of nowhere and didn't even mention why  . I know someone asked about it in another thread, but not sure if Sel... err, FM-77 responded to it yet.

Black_Tiger, why would you do a thing like that?

I just changed my user name, now that I know you can do it. 

[Keranu]

Oh no, Black_Tiger is missing his underscore now! This brings a tear to my eye .

[FM-77]

It brings tears of joy to my eyes, all five of them. Underscores are bad for people. It brings little tears of very compact sadness to their eyes.

[nodtveidt]

For anyone reading this thread for its intended purpose rather than nick changes , here's what's new

lord_cack completed the cave tileset, so the first cave was linked in to the game. I was also able to add another town and place its NPCs. From here, there are 5 maps left to link in. The cutscenes are about 30% completed and shouldn't take too much more time to complete, I've just been concentrating on the game engine instead. Everything's going smoothly and we will likely be finished well before the deadline.

[nat]

Are you still planning for beta testing to begin July 1st?

[nodtveidt]

Yes, there should only be about six days of development left.

[ParanoiaDragon]

While I'm here, is there shimmery frames of animation for the water in the caves???

[nodtveidt]

Not at the moment. Someone has to draw said shimmery frames of animation.

[nodtveidt]

Today is a six-step process. It's time for the third prototype burn, so I compiled a list of tasks to accomplish. That list is currently 70% complete. Almost all maps have been linked into the game now, only two remain. There's still a lot of event code left to write, but my main goal today is to get all but one map linked in to the game. The last map to be linked in will probably be done in a few days...it still has to be developed.

A master list of known flaws will be compiled during the third prototype testing. The rest of today and into tomorrow will be spent addressing those flaws. Debugging is a necessary evil.

Here's a few new screenshots to check out...all the result of today's work.

[D-Lite]

Just wanted to post that I'm so looking forward to this game guys. 

[nodtveidt]

Update: last map of the day is linked in. That leaves only one map left to add to the game, which is the currently undeveloped one. I've accomplished 95% of my goals today, just need to finish up some grind work (adding text is a real bore!) and that will be the end of it for today.