Lost Isle
#16
Posted 29 March 2013 - 04:44 AM
#17
Posted 29 March 2013 - 02:05 PM
Didn't ZC introduce quivers and arrow stock afterwords? That must have been after this quest.
#18
Posted 29 March 2013 - 02:48 PM
I guess, I always imagined rupee tipped arrows. Lol
Didn't ZC introduce quivers and arrow stock afterwords? That must have been after this quest.
Actually, ZC did have quivers, hookshots, roc's feathers and all that fancy stuff when Lost Isle was made. And I wanted to have all of those in the quest, but it was Wolfie's decision to restrict us to using just the original Zelda items (from Zelda 1) and I respected her decision even though I strongly disagreed with her.
But looking back at the quest, I'm happy that she restricted us that way because we managed to show everyone and to ourselves you can do some amazing stuff with just the basic items. Also, now I can make Lost Isle 1 pale in comparison when I can do whatever I want with Lost Isle 2... custom items, custom enemies, scripts, side quests, mini games, you name it!
Edited by Peteo, 29 March 2013 - 02:50 PM.
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#19
Posted 29 March 2013 - 09:00 PM
Sometimes boundaries are better than an unlimited supply of potential. It is well known through history that we can actually bland a game by adding too much marvelous things. It's an elusive obvious, but look at a movie that's all intense action. It's actually the boring scenes that make the action scenes that look better.
If we give too much Wow, we make the Wow seem less significant, and that is why it's very important to still have boundaries, and perhaps, that is probably what DFW was thinking when she called that shot. Too many features overcomplicates things, this is also why I avoid using scripts in my quests, but similar as we would when stepping into freezing water on a beach, I am threading lightly into scripts, and than, when the time is right, jumping right in, with the hopes that I don't overscript my quest.
Is overscripting a quest possible? I wonder why there is no topic on such matters? Regardless, I think I'll be playing this quest again tomorrow or the next day.
#20
Posted 30 March 2013 - 03:46 PM
#21
Posted 30 March 2013 - 04:03 PM
... This post was sort of pointless, I am now realizing.
#22
Posted 30 March 2013 - 07:33 PM
I have a question, in this upcoming quest, will you be reversing some of the normal order on which you receive items?
#23
Posted 31 March 2013 - 05:01 AM
Actually, ZC did have quivers, hookshots, roc's feathers and all that fancy stuff when Lost Isle was made. And I wanted to have all of those in the quest, but it was Wolfie's decision to restrict us to using just the original Zelda items (from Zelda 1) and I respected her decision even though I strongly disagreed with her.
I hate to be the picky-picky person but the Longbow, Golden Arrows, Large Wallet, Mirror Shield, Amulet, Titans Mitt, and Spin Attack aren't in the original Zelda 1 either.
#24
Posted 31 March 2013 - 07:17 AM
I hate to be the picky-picky person but the Longbow, Golden Arrows, Large Wallet, Mirror Shield, Amulet, Titans Mitt, and Spin Attack aren't in the original Zelda 1 either.
Yeah, I know Eppy.
But those just felt like necessary additions. I should've said "mostly Zelda 1 items".
Josh, I'm mostly using scripts to functionalize, not to impress. I personally hate dealing with scripts and I try to use them as little as possible, but some things can only be pulled of with scripts. Gameplay is much more important than any cool tricks. But usually scripted enemies and items and functions are cool so what can I do.
I don't quite understand the question. Lost Isle 2 will have many new and unique items. The quest will most likely start with a quite familiar sword/bow/boomerang combo but after that it gets completely wild mostly because many of the dungeons in Li2 can be completed in any order you like! I know I have a big challenge ahead of me to make the freedom work as Li2 will be a story heavy quest, but I'm confident in my ability to find a way.
Edited by Peteo, 31 March 2013 - 07:20 AM.
#25
Posted 31 March 2013 - 07:24 AM
I hate to be the picky-picky person but the Longbow, Golden Arrows, Large Wallet, Mirror Shield, Amulet, Titans Mitt, and Spin Attack aren't in the original Zelda 1 either.
Shh! Don't tell DarkFlameWolf!
So Peteo, kinda curious what the story behind the few custom bosses was. I imagine you had to do a lot of pushing to get those included. Was Morlach at any point intended to be a regular Ganon fight or did you two agree to make him custom from the beginning?
Edited by Moosh, 31 March 2013 - 07:24 AM.
#26
Posted 31 March 2013 - 07:31 AM
About custom bosses, that was actually something Wolfie was very open minded about. She actually told me to go wild with the custom bosses and I think she was even disappointed when I didn't have time to do a custom boss for the Oderra Hideout. So she was good regarding custom bosses and didn't restrict me in any way. I thank her for that.
#27
Posted 31 March 2013 - 07:38 AM
So was there any particular reason you decided not to go fully custom for the first few levels? I always assumed DFW had instructed you to make a walking enemy, a digdogger, and a gohma and you just put your own twist on them and ran with what you had.
#28
Posted 31 March 2013 - 07:50 AM
That's encouraging to hear. It would be a real shame to come all the way to the end only to be stopped by a fire gleeok or something else equally impossible to kill without tanking.
So was there any particular reason you decided not to go fully custom for the first few levels? I always assumed DFW had instructed you to make a walking enemy, a digdogger, and a gohma and you just put your own twist on them and ran with what you had.
Time. That's the biggest reason. Custom bosses take a ton of time to build and make working correctly.
As I said, Wolfie was surprisingly supportive with the idea to have as many custom bosses as possible. But we both knew I didn't have the time nor the energy to make all levels have a custom boss so we decided to leave the custom stuff for later levels. For the first levels she gave me basic guidelines like "for level 1 there should be lanmolas and for level 2 a digdogger" and I followed her instructions but added my own twist to them.
Edited by Peteo, 31 March 2013 - 07:51 AM.
#29
Posted 31 March 2013 - 08:20 AM
#30
Posted 31 March 2013 - 01:24 PM
As for three hearting Lost Isle, I think the bosses in level 4 would be the hardest part. You have basically no room for error with both the miniboss's laser attack and the boss's floor panels.
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