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[Neppy]

Yeah, you showed me this in chat the one day. I think it's looking great. I love the revamp of the item room Cukeman! Really can't wait to see more of this.

[Sheik]

Yeah, I liked it before, but it looks even better now. Speaking of the visuals, I think is a pretty great Classic revamp. Keep up the good work!

[Jared]

Woah, Cukeman. This looks absolutely amazing. I was REALLY doubtful about it before. But now, no way! Great work! Can't wait for more!

[Shane]

As I said in chat, I love both your demo and graphical improvements. Can't wait to see more.

[Cukeman]

Thanks for the nice comments! I finally found a piece of music to replace NES Zelda's "Level 9" music.
I'll save that surprise for when the new demo comes out. It should be pretty soon now, as I have most
of my overworld interactions working. Just a couple more screens to finish. This demo will just be
the new overworld for beta testers. It won't include the dungeon.

[blue_knight]

Cukeman, this quest looks really nice. I love the tileset and screen design.

[Neppy]

Well, as you know, last night I played through the original demo that you have posted in this thread, and I gotta say it's pretty dang good. I am looking forward to seeing the revamp of it though. Great work Cukeman!

[Shane]

Yeah, I can't wait either, it's a very vast improvement that I can't wait to see.

[Haloman19]

Um excuse me, I don't see file quest for 2.0 version. You still work on it?

[Cukeman]

Um excuse me, I don't see file quest for 2.0 version. You still work on it?

Yes. I am still working on it.

[Haloman19]

Oh ok. I can't wait to play this quest so badly. I wonder what happen to the story before A Link to the Past. I just look up rumor about Zelda 3 in NES and they didn't make it and I am really want to see that game until you made this quest. I can't wait to see it.

[Mero]

I think it's cool how you took the gameover from Zelda 2, and made a quest from it.

[Cukeman]

I want to thank blue_knight, and everyone who has posted since for the nice remarks.

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Today (October 30) I have released the new version of my overworld (for beta-testers only).
Just in time for Halloween!

If you want to beta-test, and did not receive a PM, then send me a PM.
Just be aware that only a small number of beta-testers will be chosen.

So what has changed? It might be easier to say what HASN'T been changed .

Everything has been re-colored into my new palette. Many of the tiles have been
revamped with greater detail (mostly shading), some graphics got a major overhaul,
and some new tiles have been created. There are new animations, and a new
active subscreen. I have also added location titles in the passive subscreen.
I've also reworked the lighting/thunder to have both visual and audio functionality.

Much has been changed or added in terms of Music and SFX.
You no longer need to kill yourself if you get trapped in the sword cave (a timer will warp you out).
You will notice a nice feature if you collect bombs before getting the bomb bag.
The message string placements have been improved, and I have added NPCs.
I've got real pits and both weather and enemy SFX.
I replaced the low hearts beep SFX.

There are now scripts in this game (quite a few) - there were zero scripts in Version 1.0

There are quite a few other changes, some subtle, some dramatic, see how many you can find.

I think it's cool how you took the gameover from Zelda 2, and made a quest from it.

Thanks. Yeah, that Game Over screen has always been a powerful image for me, and this idea
allowed me to make a game that has a 'semi-canon' feel because it is connected to the actual
Zelda series, while still being in a fan game scenario that will allow me to take creative liberties
with the series.

EDIT: Also note that with the NPC script I am using, it is possible to be too close to the NPC to talk,
if you are approaching from the south. EDIT: I know how to fix this problem now.

NOTE: I have designed my quest not to have any continue bugs when you die,
but I have not allowed for the use of the "End Game" F6 key, so be aware of that.
EDIT: I know how to fix this problem now.

Edited by Cukeman, 09 November 2011 - 02:21 PM.

[Cukeman]

Well I have nearly all my dungeon tiles made, but I'm seriously thinking of starting over
because my DMaps aren't made for continue points, and while I still plan to use 8-bit color,
I could really use some level dependent CSets, as well as creating some darker and lighter
versions of my palette for light and shadow, since the transparency effects don't quite work
the way I would like them to.

[Cukeman]

Small update, microscopic, really. The Nestopia palette I was using had 4 shades of each color, but only 2 grays,
I changed that to 4 shades of gray, so I was able to improve the sword on the title screen: