[Sirocco]

Basically they are used to accomplish the same thing; that is, doing multiple tasks concurrently. Any comparison beyond that is apples and oranges ;)

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[js71]

I have tried Blorp, played it all the way through without any flaws-- But of course, that was on my old computer running win2k proffesional. This is just some shit laptop I have to use until I get my real computer back... I could try blorp and see if it works on this one.

[bay]

i played briefly, ill play more later.

i like the transition effect, and the game plays very smoothly on my box. win2k pro. 2.4ghz. radeon 9800.

i look forward to a complete game.

.02$

[Rooter]

Mandrake's sprites are eyesores

[XMark]

Just had to get a shot in at Mandrake, eh?

BTW, I'm 50% responsible for the state of the sprites, since I tweaked and edited them a whole bunch. Plus a few of them are totally mine.
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[Mandrake]

heh, well rooter, at least they are made originally for Xmark's game.

Yeah- sorry about my laziness with the sprite art xmark.
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[js71]

[janus]

[Mandrake]

[Terry]

I've finally checked this out - have a few comments that you might find useful...

I love how you've made the plot work with Bokk as the main character. Being able to fight with Damien on your team was a nice surprise too!

Some of the dialogue seemed a little rushed, but then I guess it was. It could probably be rewritten for the final version (after all, I know for a fact that you can write better than this - that text adventure you did a while ago was awesome.). Most of Damien's dialogue was fine, and Rydar's dialogue was brilliant!

I hate to say this, but I think the sprites need serious reworking. Their movement looks wierd (Bokk's hands seem to swing too much as he walks), and they look completly at odds with thier surrondings. Not being able to make out facial features doesn't help either. Have you thought about using a higher resolution?

An autorun option (like in FF8) would be nice - As opposed to just holding down left shift continously as you play. Also, It would be nice to be able to customise the controls, and turn off the mouse pointer if you don't use it. Unfortunatly, if you play in a window, the mouse doens't work properly, but this is a typical allegro problem. I think there's a way to make allegro understand the windows pointer, but I'm not sure how it's done.

The front gate animation is awesome :)

If you leave Rydar's store without talking to him about the logo above his storefront, the game won't continue when you head back to the castle (i.e. there's nobody in your room).

The text in the intro cutscene looked very professional :) Reminds me a little of the Arc network startup, with the CURE program. Very cool!

The battle engine isn't bad, but it could do with a little more animation. Some kind of entry/exit transition for the battle would go a long way.

It was nice to have control right from the start of the game, but I think it might work better to run that first cutscene with Damien when you begin, then allow the player to move about from there. (since it's so short, it'll have all the same advantages, and won't leave the player feeling so lost at the beginning.)

Anyway, great going :) This is shaping up to be a lot of fun...

[XMark]

Aha! Yes, the dialogue was written in a hurry. About 70% of it was written in the last 2 days before the release, heh.

[Terry]

[js71]

Well, this is... Interesting... It seems the overworld map worked just fine for me when I tried the game again just now, but of course there wasn't anything to do. So I figured how to trigger the assasination bit, and finished that, but then after that (now) the overworld map doesn't work again... Odd...
(the screen wipe effect is off by the way)

[Rooter]

[janus]