The Meteor Child

When the Meteor hits, destiny will change, all across the land.

The Meteor Child
Links
Version 1.6:
http://www.yoyogames.com/games/3201-the-meteor-child-prototype-v16
Version 2.0:
http://www.yoyogames.com/games/171703-the-meteor-child-v2

Story:
To be added.

Genre:
Adventure Rpg

Time Period:
Fantasy.

Program being used:
Game Maker (I am hoping to switch to a more capable program.)

Credits:
Dean Langley: Lead Developer
Brennan Anderson: Music Composer
Miles Lombardi: Dialogue Boxes
I Like People: Bridge Sprite

Version Changes:
V2.0
Complete edit of the entire game to allow for scripts and variables.
Pressing Space allows you to talk to a NPC
Built Pause Menu
Added new and old music
Altered Battle System for Stats
Houses have upstairs and downstairs
Doors open with animation
Created Terla quests
Pointer no longer goes above or below the attack menu.
Player can input their name and NPC's will call them by it.
When there is no enemy at a location, the attack cursor will not point to that location.
Roof tiles added for villages.
Rooms have different tiles/carpets in villages.
Fireplace tiles added to the Tumhils house in Terla Village.
Bar and INN counters added to Norani INN.
Forest completed
[b]Removed Information Boxes/Dialogue appears on screen[Unable to complete at the time being, majority complete]
Game Start[Unable to complete at the time being]
Added Inventory[Unable to complete at the time being]
Alter sprites

V1.7 [Cancelled]
Fixed collision problem with NPC's.
Pointer no longer goes above or below the attack menu. [To be done in V2.0]
Music added to prophecy.
Changed the Castle music.
Changed the Terla Feilds music. [To be done in V2.0]
V1.6
Forest area 1 added, castle music changed.
Walking off the edge of screen in Norandi village fixed.
Attack animation on enemies, fixed.
New enemy added, Stump.
Item pointer is now able to heal at level 10 and above.
Level 15 Hp cap.
V1.5
House glitches fixed, first village now contains more people and some helpful advice, music added to the main menu and some music changed.
V1.4
Save point, load screen, save screen, main screen, new village added.
V1.3
Random battles can now occur in certain places, The attack curser doesn't dissappear off the bottom of the screen, a moving magic attack curser has been added. More of the story has been added. Waisting moves by attacking fallen enemies has been removed.
V1.2
New battle music, working battle system.
V1.1
Added more rooms.

Screenshots:



Recruitment

I am looking for some spriters to create npcs in the game, I have also made some of my own but I am not all that good of a spriter right now and the assistance would be of great help so I can focus on building the game rather then have to focus my energy on the look of the game.

I am looking for some spriters to create furniture and other objects in the game, same reason as above.

I have some game maker knowledge but it is not complete, anyone that can help me with programming things in the game would be appriciated. I currently am having problems getting the inventory system to work how I want it to. There are also a few issues with saving to do with the music.

Appliable spots
Npc spriter [two openings]
Inanimate object spriter [three openings]
Programming [two openings]

Will this be turn based, or will it be a linear mode battle system with the hack n' slash part?

Turn based and not turn based at the same time, I guess active time battle would be a better description. The enemy attacks would be on a timer and your battle menu would also be on a timer.

So it is on the turn based style, just on timers.

Although I am looking at maybe changing it, perhapse when it moves to a more capable program. Just not sure what I would change it to.

I really need to finish this thread...

Anyone know how to turn these pictures into thumbnails.

I'm quite looking forward to seeing how this game turns out. :)

Deshar wrote:

Anyone know how to turn these pictures into thumbnails.

I don't think you can. Unless there's some way of adding HTML... *checks*
Nope. :/

Darn, the pictures stretch the page and that's only one village.

I don't know.

What do you think of the first village?

Not bad. I do love my rpg games so i look forward to seeing this.

Updated, I'm currently working on the forests second area and the puzzle involved with it.

Update: Although a small update, this update will change the game recognisably. I'm altering the main characters sprite right now, this means not only that the main character will looks different to the one in the screenshots but I will create an in battle and out of battle sprite with a little difference between the two. :)

Just those little extras i like to add in to see if anyone notices.

Cool, i enjoy this very much.

Sounds pretty cool.

With that sprite done there's just a bunch of npcs to alter and the game will no longer have any sprites taken from other games.

Note: Aside from the first screenshot, all the screenshots are out of date.

Reminder to myself: Finish respriting before taking anymore screenshots.

That'd probably make things much easier.

Yeah. Once I get all the sprites complete I'll make a video of me playing the game...Probably...

Once I get Version 2 finished I'll post it up somewhere for people to play...Might post it on Yoyogames site since they make Gamemaker, the program I'm using to make the game with.

Weapon Smith sprites have been completed.

Due to the title of the game it makes me wandering what the story is more.

Bridge.

I guess until you give me a name to credit, I'll just have to leaver the credit as your username.

Yes, I would like if you just credited " I like people".
Its my official user name.

Will do then.

Only two things left to do. One of Tinils Mercenaries and the last forest battle before this version can be uploaded.

Not long now.

All forest battles complete. Once I make the final sprite set and put it in then version 2 will be complete.

Edit:
Small spoiler, the soldiers you fight in battle now look like this and are called Zoldiers. They have no relation to the other soldiers.