Monster World Legends

Once again, I've taken a huge break on Fantasia to plan, change, and redo certain things about the game's design. I'm going to talk about a few of the many things that have been done since.

1.) Added 3D visuals.

• There will be added effects to magic skills and various actions and events such as Lydia's Sphere wave and gems.

2.) New Moves/Platforms/Gimmicks/Improvements

• Several people have complained about being knocked on the ground after every hit. Now, there is a quick maneuver called Quick Recovery. This skill is similar to Kingdom Hearts II and Tales of Symphonia in which you are able to react to being knocked in a frustrating,unable to act state. This fixes that by adding an extra jump if you are unable to act.

• Thanks to playing recent platforming titles such as Sonic Colors, Super Mario 3D land, Mega Man 9 10 and such, I now have better level design and Ideas. They have also inspired my platform/gimmick choices when deciding new areas.

• A Challenge Mode is also planned. This will be a simple mode with small levels that train you to play the game and get ready for the journey ahead.

• New affects are also added since the hitbox detection kicked in. Now the game is more accurate and feels even better than ever (except for perfecting the ladder movement) Sparks appear when you hit something or if something hits you.

• Darkness Visual. In certain levels, there will be a Dragon-Quest like picture that will show only a portion of the character and the level.

• Fantasia Bar: A 3rd bar will be displayed showing your special skill energy. Once at 100, you can release a massive damage attack. You can fill the bar by dealing and taking damage. This is similar to limits from FFVII and IP skills from Lufia 2.

3.) I'll be ready to receive and start making characters once the engine is to a point where I can't fix it anymore. I look forward to the day I finish Fantasia and move on to Fantasia II or even a III. There is so much more to talk about, but I'll leave you on a cliffhanger for now. See ya!

It's been a while since I posted something for this game. The gameplay has had a development break, but everything else is being developed. I know the owners of the other characters are just DYING to see their character in this game. Just wait a little longer.
Meanwhile, I've been developing the story script, drawing anime-style cutscenes,planning the new battle system and formulas, characters, level maps, worlds and so much more. If there is anything you wish to know please ask.

The story for this game is going swell! For all people created a character, I need details on how you want your character to be animated. What I need to know is the jump, walk, attack, and skill animations. I will also be using these when creating in Fantasia RPG maker 2003. This will look similar to the platformer. But , it will have an deeper storyline.

Recently, I have received so many different kinds of feedback for Fantasia. Some are positive, others negative. However, both help me fix what's wrong with the game.

I am going to read off my "TO FIX" list I wrote on paper before I released the 1.2 demo. This is to let you know what I have planned ahead of time. IF SOMETHING IS CROSSED OUT, IT IS DONE!!

1) Add hitbox detection- Can someone explain in detail what this is? (maybe I should look up a tutorial or ask people on RMN).

2) No more levels or any other content until gameplay is finished- since the update of the game, I've made a test room full of platforms and things that have to be tested. I decided to do this because this is how the most popular game companies develop their games.

3)HUD has to be refined- The HUD is boxy, and has to be redone in some areas. I plan on removing some parts, but they are all necessary. I believe I should remove the score. There isn't a point of this.

4)Add new items or power ups. This could be invincibility, shield, or making the attacks more powerful.

5)Add more platforms- I have the basics, but now I should add more types of them.

6) Attack Engine- I have to wait to get up. I should remove this so the players won't get irritated.

7) Change Sound Effects- some of them need to be removed. Also, people may recognize some of them, so I'm going to be more original.

8) Improve the gameplay engine. I played MegaMan ZX advent and compared the two. This game feels kind of funny compared to it. I'll have to make it play similar to this to make it more fun.

9) Remove extremely familiar music. Some people have never played the games I have. Perhaps I should take from some games they won't recognize. Especially the Final Fantasy III boss theme.

10) The time up was in this game forever. It's about time I make it better than just a message.

11) Add status effects such as Poison, Paralysis, and MP sap.

12) Make a combo engine- One slash is OK, but more would be fun.

13) Fix animation. The animation is good, but some sprites are funny, fix this ASAP.

14) Get rid of any unused material.

15) Finalize controls- Double tap to dash maybe.

16) Add the user's characters. This process is going to be fun! I plan on adding Bai, Ferkin, and Kiki First.

17) Make a way to shake the screen- this is used to make the game effects better. This should be like an earthquake.

18) Fix collision engine. Some of the collisions are weird and may cause bugs.

19) Add more missions. This includes

• Get all gems

• Destroy(x)enemies

• Find(x)item

• Reach the goal, etc.

20) This game may be too hard for some players. Not many people are as good as I am when it comes to action games(cleared MegaMan ZX advent on Expert). Decreasing this could be great for me and the players. I should start off easier, then go hard. Redoing levels could fix this. However, they have to understand that this is meant to be challenging like MegaMan, not easy like Mario. I love Mario, but his difficulty level isn't what I'm aiming for. But, if that's what they want, I'll give it to them.

21) The music is all Midi and can't loop from a certain point. The media player restarts the song with a certain pause. I can't fix that, but it's not a big problem.

22) There are several glitches such as the health going to -1. I'll have to fix that. Somebody is bound to notice that in the 1.2 demo. But, nothing is final.

23) Due to the change in controls and moving speed for Lydia, some jumps have become harder. Fix this immediately.

24) There is no use for bonus either. Games of this type are about the story and gameplay. Who cares about score if there's no use for it?

25) The gameplay could use more fluidness. Thanks to playing games on my Wii's homebrew channel, I can compare them to my game.

26) Play as many 2D action games and compare them while making this game. Having them by my side should let me compare easily.

27) Test out gameplay. It is good to combine different gameplay elements. Some of them work while others don't. Try out the test room as much as possible.

28) Look up more game maker tutorials and make this game better. People are going to make comments about the good and bad, but I'm ready for them.

29) Fix coding, bugs and finalize Lydia's gameplay elements before moving on to others characters.

30) Add custom controls- this is a high demand right now(although they aren't' that hard to get used to.)

31) Make a damage percentage bar so that (similar to Lufia II and FF VII). The Special attack will be available at 100%

32)Fix the timer, it doesn't stop when you reach the goal.

33) Add Game pad support. This isn't important right now, but It will be added in the final stages of the next demo release. It is also, sort of complex. Hopefully somebody has an easy tutorial. If not, the players will just have to get used to the controls. If they have played with an emulator before, this should be a cake walk.

34) Fix wall jump- the character slides up the wall.

35) Play test. See how long it takes to clear the demo, and watch closely for any bugs. Get some testers to test it before I release it.

36) Fix Ladder movement- I keep getting stuck when I'm too close to a wall.

37)Finally, Release the 1.3 Demo Update

So far, I've recieved two chraracters from contestants. 2 of them are made by me, while the others are made by Dyhalto and orochii. They look amazing!


Now, For those of you who haven't made one yet, I would like to see more male characters. So far, Ferkin is the only one. But if you want to make a female chraracter have at it! Also, Clair is not official, she was made for fun.

The contest is still going on, It's not to late to make one.