Malco('s) Story Demo 1 - FEATURING: STUFF

Demo 1, V.1

I'd post more media but it's late so I'm going to go pass out, but the mod should be self explanatory.

Tell me if there's something you like/dislike/there's a bug/etc because it's not done yet, yadda yadda

And in the same vein as the title screen mentioned above, everything is subject to change.

 

to begin, just looking at your title screen I can tell you you need a new one
I'd suggest actually using a font, I understand that you may not have one suitable for your needs installed on your computer, but the internet is filled with all kinds of fonts. If you can't find one you like installed, check online. Another thing is that MALCO's mychar looks weird, again only looking from the screenshot: I mean, there's enough room to have his whole head there. Why is it squished?

I've yet to actually play it, these are just my very first impressions from only looking at the screenshots.

 

to begin, just looking at your title screen I can tell you you need a new one
I'd suggest actually using a font, I understand that you may not have one suitable for your needs installed on your computer, but the internet is filled with all kinds of fonts. If you can't find one you like installed, check online.

Heh. I figured I should mention this upfront; the title isn't neccesarily finished. I just didn't want to have no title for the Demo. Should've stated it outright, huh?

Another thing is that MALCO's mychar looks weird, again only looking from the screenshot: I mean, there's enough room to have his whole head there. Why is it squished?

There's really not. I tried to make his body more into proportion with the MyChar space to compensate, in ways like shrinking his eyes and removing his neck, but I agree that it does look off.

If it's any consolation, it happens immedietly after Balrog squishes him, so that could be seen as an excuse

 

Well all the new sound effects are all new, but not all are necessarily fresh. I dunno really, the jumping sound effect and the exp bouncing sound effect kinda grind on my ears. Also I like the humor-ish direction this mod is going in.
Some things I found:

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- There's a random block floating in the ground in the first room. I checked the map, and since it isn't marked, I assume it's just something left over.
- At the end near the 'death' pit (cleverly evil, I might mention) the slope leads to a block, so some players might want to be able to just walk over it instead, since it isn't really visible

Is this mod canon?

 

Well all the new sound effects are all new, but not all are necessarily fresh. I dunno really, the jumping sound effect and the exp bouncing sound effect kinda grind on my ears. Also I like the humor-ish direction this mod is going in.
Some things I found:

Spoiler

- There's a random block floating in the ground in the first room. I checked the map, and since it isn't marked, I assume it's just something left over.
- At the end near the 'death' pit (cleverly evil, I might mention) the slope leads to a block, so some players might want to be able to just walk over it instead, since it isn't really visible

Is this mod canon?

Spoiler

Which room is the first you're referring to? The start point, the technical first room, or the first room you enter, the old building?

If it's the Former, it is left over. It was placed there to distinguish between two identical copies of Malco's Power Room for testing. If the Latter, I wasn't aware that there was a random block, and I'll look into it.

As for the deathpit, thanks for telling me, I'll change it asap.

And is it canon? I dunno. I feel like I've designed it cleverly enough to allow the possibility of it being canon. Specific events from the normal game still occur, and interactions with sidecharacters (Chaco, Santa etc) are all within the realm of possibility for the actual story.

So although it technically isn't canon, you could totally consider it happening within CaveStory. It's not neccesarily removed from the actual plot...just seperate.

Edit:
oh jesus I never included "Demo" in the title. I feel like a fool.

Sorry for being misleading.

 

Is this mod canon?

And is it canon? I dunno. I feel like I've designed it cleverly enough to allow the possibility of it being canon. Specific events from the normal game still occur, and interactions with sidecharacters (Chaco, Santa etc) are all within the realm of possibility for the actual story.

From what I can tell, this mod has events not shown in Cave Story and which were not declared as canon by Pixel, automatically making this mod non-canon. However, I believe it would be valid to say that this mod is fanon. I suggest you read up:
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Canon
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Fanon

 

From what I can tell, this mod has events not shown in Cave Story and which were not declared as canon by Pixel, automatically making this mod non-canon. However, I believe it would be valid to say that this mod is fanon. I suggest you read up:
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Canon
http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/Fanon

Oh, that's the term. Gotcha. I suppose that'd make it Fanon.

But on that note, I wrestled with Scripting for the "Ragged Satchel" for a little while, even if there's only one Trinket for it to hold at the moment. It's going to hold alot more, but making the single trinket work was a feat all of its own.

 

This mod definitely has some personality to it. The sound effects were unique, and dare I say hit-or-miss. The thing that killed this for me was the non-stop trial-and-error at the beginning. There are too many spots where, if you make a wrong turn, you die. Couple that with the many invisible wall puzzles and you've got yourself one mod that punishes you for playing it the first time around and not knowing what to expect. After about the fifth insta-death spike kill, I just gave up. One neat thing I did like about this mod was the inventory. I got the satchel, but didn't find the trinket in the same room (damn invisible walls). The part of the inventory I liked was that whenever you hovered over an item, it made a sound depending on what item you went to. That's clever.

 

This mod definitely has some personality to it. The sound effects were unique, and dare I say hit-or-miss. The thing that killed this for me was the non-stop trial-and-error at the beginning. There are too many spots where, if you make a wrong turn, you die. Couple that with the many invisible wall puzzles and you've got yourself one mod that punishes you for playing it the first time around and not knowing what to expect. After about the fifth insta-death spike kill, I just gave up. One neat thing I did like about this mod was the inventory. I got the satchel, but didn't find the trinket in the same room (damn invisible walls). The part of the inventory I liked was that whenever you hovered over an item, it made a sound depending on what item you went to. That's clever.

The thing about the wall puzzles is that I only intended for the player to really struggle with the first one, which would be in the old building. Because you obtain the Map System in there. From there on out, the invisible walls either show you the correct path via the map system showing a clear path, or via arrows visible in the walls themselves.

Spoiler

Although I do agree that it was a little unforgiving; and perhaps save points should be less spread out? Having to recollect the Health Container and Satchel when you die was definitely a huge error that needs to be fixed.

Oh, and the trinket was located at the

Spoiler

human bone at the top of the invisible stairs

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Perhaps I should make a subtle indicator of a trinkets location. Like the sparkle, but smaller.

 

Can you please convert this to .zip format?

 

Haven't touched this mod in awhile (maybe never will) but sure thing. It'll be up soon.
Here.

 

Awesome, thanks. I hope you finish it, it's really awesome.

 

Seems like this is a bump, too.
10/10 Spawned a Booster 2.0 and played the main storyline.