Splice The Hedgehog: RPG Fangame.

Thank you! Have some more!

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Reminds me of the third zone from SRB2 (Deep Sea?) somewhat in that top picture, and the patterns on the wall remind me of the spike shield from Sonic After the Sequel haha. Maybe that's why I like it so much.

Not quite what I was going for but hey I'll take it. This place is based off Quartz Quadrant Zone, present. I was thinking of adding some of the more mechanical tiles, but I couldn't get them to look right in this area.

Smash The Echidna wrote:

Violet can learn skills from other characters.
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I wish I had a flashier way to go about it, i.e using the skill the moment she learns it, but that would require a lot more work, possibly including an/multiple extra class(es for each one). I don't know how practical that'd be, so I'll just simply hold off on that. At least until I get everything else about her under control.

I managed to do it, but it came with a critical bug, so it won't be happening at all. so now, you just simply get a notification that she's learned the skill.
Shame, really.

Due to some matters that needed attending to on SFW, I had to put this game on a short hiatus before I could begin production on my updates video.

Now that I have a moment to breath, I can get back to working on what really matters.


Before I left off, I've made a start on several mechanics and left them hanging. One of them, which I just spruced up this afternoon, was the Field Abilities. For now there are only two working ones: Splice's fireballs (and later ice balls), and Smash's pushing of heavy objects, the latter of which I'll go into later.

Field abilities are triggered by pressing the 9 key. (for lack of a better button. RPG2k3 has weird key inputs.) They differ depending on the current Party Leader. I plan for everyone to have an active ability (by pressing the key) and a passive ability (something that works automatically as long as the character is leading.)
Splice's active field ability shoots a small projectile forward, which would normally trigger an event upon passing over specific things, such as lighting torches with his fireballs. Here is a very crude example of such.

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His ice ball, when made, can freeze things or put out torches. I haven't figured out exactly how to go about changing between them yet, but it'll happen.

Throwing projectiles at enemies will stun them as well as push them back.



Doing this will leave you a bit open so use it wisely when enemies are swarming.

this is still heavily beta and i plan to spruce up the animations in time

Splice's passive ability is passing over fire and icy terrain with no trouble.



Meanwhile Smash's pushing of heavy objects is actually a passive ability, as everyone can do block pushing puzzles. But when heavier objects block the way, they won't be able to move it. That's where Smash comes in. Not only can he push the heavier stuff, but he is much faster when pushing the regular blocks and objects as well.

I don't have any footage on that just yet, but I'll show it soon.

Character Field Abilities:

As far as coding goes, Splice's field abilities are in working condition. Press the 9 key to shoot a fireball. Hold the key down for a few seconds to switch between the fireball and iceball. While fireballs push enemies back, ice freezes them in place, having roughly twice the stun power that the fireballs do.

When I start working on the visual effects a bit, I'll probably have a sort of graphic to tell you which one you're using.

I've been feeling unusually inspired to map as of late, so here's a brand new area.

Petalwood Pass:

Petalwood Pass is an outdoor dungeon taking place on a small forest mountain trail. Crossing over to the other side would lead you on the path to the Kartilla Desert. The road is very straightforward and actually rather short; it would only take about two-three minutes to cross it at most.

of course, seeing as this is a dungeon, it isn't that simple. The road's out, forcing you to take the scenic route.



As much as I'm liking how this place is turning out, I seriously need to find a way to make these forests stand out from each other. Fox Forest, Night Forest, Petalwood Pass, all three of them re-use the same tileset. (albeit Night Forest's is edited slightly for a darker atmosphere.) I have a few ideas on how to get this one to stand out more, save for the fact that it's the smaller part of a mountain range, but I have no idea what kind of results they'll produce.

Yeah, as soon as I saw this I instantly thought of Fox Forest. The foliage looks really pretty though, cool work. The rocky stuff on the top in that last screenshot looks nice. You could make some neat-looking cliffs with that. Maybe go in that direction? I've been on mountains before where those kinds of slabs are everywhere.

Thing is Fox Forest has a couple those as well.


What I'm planning on doing is editing the ground on the tileset to be checkered. But I need to find a way to do that without making it stand out too much.

Well I think this is a step in the right direction?