[A-Guymzx]

I just started a new project called: The Legend of Zelda, The Mirror Temple.
It's just like all other LoZ Games; You start as a boy like all others untill you hear you are 'The Chosen One'.
Although I Haven't thought of a plot yet, I've mainly been working on the game engine, containing the hearts system, the 'Advanced Sword Engine',
and much more stuff you expect to see in a LoZ game.

Right now i'm working on a new way of saving in mzx. with this you CAN'T load the game from any other game, you DON'T need to press F3 anymore to save, but best of all... It only works in this LoZ Game!


Screenshots are coming soon.

[Val]

im stoed

[Dr Lancer-X]

owesome

[Lachesis]

this game is going to roack

[CJA]

i can't wait for this!!

[nooodl]

can i have a cameo

[A-Guymzx]

nooodl, on Aug 10 2009, 05:39 PM, said:

can i have a cameo

I'll keep it in mind when making the levels. (with levels, i mean places, temples, and other stuff.)

I'm done testing the save system and now fully focusing on the file selection screen. There will be a total of 3 save files. Erase and copy options will (probably) be available. Also there will be settings (like autosave) for each save file which you can change.

[allison]

A-Guymzx, on Aug 7 2009, 03:58 PM, said:

I just started a new project called: The Legend of Zelda, The Mirror Temple.
It's just like all other LoZ Games; You start as a boy like all others untill you hear you are 'The Chosen One'.
Although I Haven't thought of a plot yet, I've mainly been working on the game engine, containing the hearts system, the 'Advanced Sword Engine',
and much more stuff you expect to see in a LoZ game.

Right now I'm working on a new way of saving in mzx. with this you CAN'T load the game from any other game, you DON'T need to press F3 anymore to save, but best of all... It only works in this LoZ Game!


Screenshots are coming soon.

THIS GAME IS GOING TO BE AMAZING!
A Mario game by SmartRutter(simply Mario MZX),
A Legend of Zelda game by you(The Legend of Zelda and the Mirror Temple),
but there is a TRIO of Nintendo characters, not a duo.
I plan to make a Metroid game(Metroid Dread)!
Once we both finish, the trio will be complete!

[Lachesis]

make sure u give Metroid the srcew attack and bombs and grapple because hes just not as cool without it

[A-Guymzx]

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I plan to make a Metroid game(Metroid Dread)!

Try making an fps (First person shooter), like 'Metroid Prime Hunters' for the nintendo DS. If you can't, then just make it awesome in many other ways!


Anyway, i'm close to done with the menu and am thinking of a plot. (man that took a heck of a time(probably cuz i'm just lazy... ))

i thought i promised i should post some screenshots soon
here is the main menu:



It may look boring, but it isn't; it uses smooth highlight move, realy, realy smooth file selection animation, and has a glowing background, just to make it appear not to be 'frozen'. Hope u like it.

EDIT: man, i make far too many type mistakes.... probably cuz i'm dutch(The Netherlands/Holland) and am just 13... hehe...

This post has been edited by A-Guymzx: 20 August 2009 - 10:14 PM

[Val]

A-Guymzx I am compelled to tell you that my email address is guymzx@gmail.com.

In this manner I feel that we are comrades

[A-Guymzx]

(lol) I just made up this name before i even discovered DMZX. and by the way, this 'A' stands for my real life name. but realy, i figured out that you were called 'Guy' veeeeeeeery long after i made up A-Guy. (man, i still don't know why i use the color yellow for my char, while my favorite color is red . Probably cuz yellow is much cooler, a bit more 'neutral' then this burning and evil red)

I mean, what fits me better:

Red...


or yellow...

This post has been edited by A-Guymzx: 20 August 2009 - 11:57 PM

[Revvy]

Ah, the wonderful distraction of menus, and save game engines, and everything that allows a person to put off actually making a game. Good times.

[djtiesto]

A-Guymzx, on Aug 20 2009, 11:09 PM, said:

Try making an fps (First person shooter), like 'Metroid Prime Hunters' for the nintendo DS. If you can't, then just make it awesome in many other ways!

Eew, why would he do that? The FPS Metroids are really bad compared to the 2D sidescroller ones... especially Metroid Prime Hunters.

[A-Guymzx]

......... Oh well... It wuz just an idea...

[CJA]

Kokuchou, on Aug 20 2009, 05:50 PM, said:

make sure u give Metroid the srcew attack and bombs and grapple because hes just not as cool without it

hey, you just made me notice, what is up with Nintendo and giving misleading game titles that make you mistake the player's name

i thought "Link" was named, like, "Zelda," for forever

fuck reading text >:(

[A-Guymzx]

Alright, i just added a new feature to the file selection screen:



this is just in case the save file has been corrupted, a save block is invalid, or if you just wanna play without using a save file. (i'm NOT responsible for the first two things. If these happen, it's probably because you changed the save file for any stupid reason, or stopped the game while saving.)

I also added a bootup file that checks if your save file even exists, is corrupted, or a block is invalid. if one of these is the case, it will ask to reset the file, or if just one block is invalid, it will erase that block. If everything's just fine with the save file, it continues to the game.

This post has been edited by A-Guymzx: 23 August 2009 - 01:02 AM

[CJA]

that's actually a pretty good idea for experimental builds

i always plan on making a "never use file access" counter that can be set so that any file I/O can be skipped

of course the irony is that the "never use file access" counter would be read from the file

[A-Guymzx]

UPDATE: I just added the Save File Reader to the main menu and it works perfectly. So far i made it, the menu now writes in all file boxes 'invalid block' if the file is corrupted, which only leaves 'play game without saving' option to choose (that's why i added that option after all). Also, if the file IS valid, it checks for the blocks if they are in use. if not, it will display 'Start new game' in the file box. If the block is in use, it will display the name of the player (at the start of the game you have to give a name) and when selected, it will move the other options out of the screen and will display more details of that block, including your HP and quest items.

NOTE: I will post any progress of this project starting with 'UPDATE:'. With this i mean update of progress.

PS: I found a way to write overlay to the board, which i need for writing the player names in the file boxes.

This post has been edited by A-Guymzx: 26 August 2009 - 11:36 PM

[CJA]

OMG bro! make sure you include a blank save file so if it does become corrupted they can delete the bad one and rename the new one

I mean, but wait, aren't the chances of corruption extremely slim, unless the file is saved wrong

[A-Guymzx]

The only way the save file can get corrupted is by changing it in notepad or changing the saving system. (still, both of these will only mess up the whole game, so don't do any of these)

Also, there's something i wanna tell about this:

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make sure you include a blank save file so if it does become corrupted they can delete the bad one and rename the new one

I'll include no file at all in the zip when the game is finished. Why? Because the Bootup file, which has recently been changed to a safe file checker, will *make* one as it figures out the save file doesn't exist, And it just wipes the file clean and refill it if it is corrupted (It will ask for permission to do this).

[Jester]

sounds good. bythe way i' love the craphics off the village. nice work

[A-Guymzx]

Hold on a sec... village..? I didn't post any screenshot of a village, and even worse, i did not even make one! The only things i have so far are the main menu, a save file checker, and some stuff for the game engine. No village at all.

[Dr Lancer-X]

I just wonder what Ganon's up to.

[A-Guymzx]

Lancer-X, on Aug 28 2009, 04:24 AM, said:

I just wonder what Ganon's up to.

Maybe he's drinkin' a beer.

[CJA]

A-Guymzx, on Aug 28 2009, 08:37 AM, said:

Maybe he's drinkin' a beer.

it's now mandatory that this be in the game

don't worry. if villains drink alcohol you aren't promoting it

[Lachesis]

I can't wait to bomb some dodongos!

[GetDizzy]

Honestly, given what I just saw of the graphics for this guy's sword engine, this might actually be good. If finished, anyway.

[nooodl]

I like the how the temple looks. And that enemy art is pretty impressive as well. Keep it up - I saw this as more of a joke game to begin with, but this is actually looking good so far!

[Revvy]

Honestly, I think the temple looks kind of bland. It would be much more interesting with some alcoves and pillars to break up the space a bit. Maybe a fountain in the middle, as well. The cave is really coming along - I like the way you use colors and shadows.