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[trudatman]

dude. you are awesome. that was the best answer I could have hoped for. thank you so very much for putting the time in to explaining this stuff. I think I learned more about ZC/ZQ in the last five minutes than I have in the previous decade I have been using the program. enjoy your rice.

[NoeL]

You're welcome.

[trudatman]

demo is about half done. more work to be done in the next few days. NoeL's help should allow me to fix the birds/nest colors. so far, so good.

[trudatman]

update: we did a lot more work on this today, but I still only feel like it's at about two thirds of the way to being ready as a demo. closer, for sure.

[Tree]

do you have any screenshots? This sounds like a very interesting quest and would love to see what it looks like.

[trudatman]

new images cam be seen in the first post of this thread.

Edited by trudatman, 06 December 2010 - 06:19 PM.

[Tree]

outdated, but there is this:



tortoise has changed, as have the nest and bird colors, among other things.

Okay, I saw it but still it looks really good anyway! Did you make those tiles? They're awesome!
I really hope you don't quit on this one because it look like it could be pretty good.

[trudatman]

thanks. I promise not to quit on it. if I die during production, somebody who is good at quest building has to help my partner finish this. I've no plans involving dying, though. yeah, so far we have made all of the tiles ourselves. it will likely be made of approximately 98% unique tiles.

[Shane]

This seems better then HowHigh. Hope you next projects a success, the sideview area seems to be a good idea.

EDIT: Nice concept map, nice layout.

On the side off topic note how did you get you custom title without 1,000 posts?

Edited by Midnight_King, 02 December 2010 - 04:03 AM.

[trudatman]

seniority, I guess. it'd be like 2017 before I hit 1000 at the rate I'm running. somebody make me switch computers and work on quests.

[Wolfo]

That's looking incredible trudatman. A pretty novel idea too, but it's going to be known as the "Paper Zelda" until you find out what you really want to call it haha.

[trudatman]

Pastel Zelda, while it's a demo and in major production. HowHigh2 when it gets released. I'm hoping sometime between now and then some sort of inspiration hits, as neither name really wins much. I know you don't like your music being used in multiple quests, but seeing as this'll likely be a sequel, can I have such repetition? holler.

oh, and thanks!

now, for the serious business part: still struggling mightily with the color set number nine issues, even though I thought I understood. maybe I could send NoeL a copy and get another explanation of the problem. demo is closer to ready, but I'd really like to get the gleeok into it with its intended colors. I also would like to make multiple ohshityoufellanddied screens to match the terrain and enemies below the cliffs. right now there's just a black background with a splattered corpse being used for all of them. not too hard to pull off, but a delay, for sure. well, the demo being delayed is better than the quest getting abandoned, "so I've got that going for me, which is nice."

[vravelo]

Hi trudatman..! I remember your quest "howhigh" played several time because is one of the most!!!
I'm talking about a time gone by the years "" seven or nine years"?? can't recall
But since that time I'm still waiting for this other quest you are working on...!
I know you promised no to quit!!
But now you want to die and pass the heavy load to someone else??
I don't think so.. you are the chosen one !!
that beautiful colored tiles on the game ... only you can do it!!
So keep on going , and call me when is ready
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ty you are working

thanks. I promise not to quit on it. if I die during production, somebody who is good at quest building has to help my partner finish this. I've no plans involving dying, though. yeah, so far we have made all of the tiles ourselves. it will likely be made of approximately 98% unique tiles.

[trudatman]

well, the updated HowHigh is very different from a few years ago and it is still undergoing more changes. with my new quest, I hope to do things right enough that I don't have to go back and change it a decade later! thanks for your support, buddy.

[Nightmeres]

just wondering if there's any custom bosses in this quest