The Dark Platform - After The Fact (Mod)

The Dark Platform - Now with Flavor!

The Dark Platform
Download: http://www.dragonboots.netfirms.com/
Story: http://www.dragonboots.netfirms.com/mainframes/story.htm
Credits: http://www.dragonboots.netfirms.com/mainframes/credits.htm
Walkthrough: HA! Are you kidding me? (Coming soon - maybe)

Alright, this ain't been touched in a long while.

Current version is:
TDP 11

Previous Save-Compatible Version(s):
TDP 10R

Next Version Feature(s):
* New area - Survivors Camp
* New area - The Pits
* New area - Medical Tent
* New weapon - Bubble Matrix
* New weapon - ???
* New BSOD screen


Here be my dragons:

 

Alright, seeing as I have the memory of a shrimp and the patcience to match, I've decided to scrap my now lost original project in favour of a new one. (Don't blame me for giving up, lets see you re-script 3000+ events from memory...)

EDIT: I realize I forgot the "h" in "Scheme... Whoops.

Now that's not so hard...

Seriously, it isn't as hard as scripting 3000+ events from scratch...

 

i wish i could help but i dont know how to script and flag, etc.

 

Now that's not so hard...

Seriously, it isn't as hard as scripting 3000+ events from scratch...

They were from scratch in the first place...
-_-

@poppinkrn (et al): You can help, by being a betatester. Your job is to play a demo version of the game and look for typos, glitches and general "plot-hole-y-ness".

Poll-type thing...
First weapon:

Limited Nemesis
-OR-
Unlimited Snake

 

STUCK AT LEVEL 3 NEMESIS

 

Depends on how many enemies you have around and how much HP you assign. I'd go for the snakey.

 

If I went with teh Nemmy, would it be cruel to put a limit of 25?
>:]

If you started with the Nikimaru counter, would anyone know how to make it save then load a previous time?
Or, should I make all the save point disappear when you turn the counter on?
Also, though I know it's so cliché, would a "You killed my father. Prepare to die." subplot be acceptable?

EDIT: Also, re the above, would a good reward for killing a huge group of those thingys (Drolls, I think - the mud guys that toss their arms at you) be the Missile Launcher, providing you do it with only your starting health? And yes, that would be part of the subplot. (Teh Drolls be pure evil!)

EDIT EDIT: Also also, I need a spriter... I have so much scripting and level-laying out to do that the graphics side of things will suffer if I do it. I'm kinda looking for some killer robot sprites (Gaudi AI) and something like the Gravekeeper, but with a different color scheme. Any help will get your name on the credit sign.

Also also also, I need a purple cube-looking-thing for the Pignon and Giant Pignon AIs... It should only be visible as a thin dark square, except when it moves.

Also also also also:

Spoiler

There isn't a real "boss fight"... As of yet.

 

If you want spriting that looks like Quote's pixel style, I can do something.

 

If you want spriting that looks like Quote's pixel style, I can do something.

That would be great.
=^-^=
Postzorz teh pix if you can.
And TIA.

 

I've decided to do the unexpected with regards to weapons: Missile Launcher. (Starts at 15, upgrades come in bundles of 5, 10, and 25, and I *may* re-sprite the missiles... Make them closer to the name of the weapon - IGR (Inertial Gathering Rounds) Cannon)

Ummmm...
What else...
Over my Spring Break, all I really did was re-do the weapon selector graphics and the weapon names.
They are as follows:
Snake > Phase-Shifting Wave Cannon
Polar Star > Photonic Projectile
Fireball > Plasma Spheres
Machine Gun > Chainlaser (or Chainlazor...?)
Missile Launcher > IGR Cannon
Bubbler > Regenerating Bubble Matrix
Blade > Shuriken (might not even use the Blade, though...)
Upgraded Missile Launcher > Self-Accelerating IGR Cannon
Nemesis > IPIC (Isolinear Polyphasic Instability Cannon) (Say whaaaaa?)
Spur > Dragon's Fury (TM) or Singularity Particle Stream

In case you hadn't guessed, this is a sci-fi spin on CS, and many of the levels will be based in space, with water being replaced by space (same physics, same air restriction... Why not?). Booster will be vital for these portions, as will the Air Tank (Enviromental Field). I'm also going to script in an event that basically does "Has Booster 2.0, if damage taken, switch to Booster 0.8, if damage taken, switch to none" and have the health stations repair the Booster.
So, in a sense, the Booster will be one item, with two realistic incarnations (Full (2.0) and Damaged (0.8)).

So, expect to see a LOT of the Almond tileset, as doing another one when such a perfect on is already present is, well, silly.

Ummm... What else...
Not much.
Oh, and, yes, the main Character's name will be Tilde. There will not be a Curly or Quote (although references may be made to the Earth mission~), nor Red Flowers (Maybe~), nor an evil doctor and a helicopter escape sequence. There will be Star Trek references, Andromeda references and maybe a Buck Rogers reference. There will be a lot of little Blue Bots and a lot of Plasma-Energy creatures. And maybe Tribbles.

However, despite the ambitious nature of the project, all I have so far is a few sprite changes, a start area (with the Maze tileset...? Oops.) a major script overhaul and a major major removal of all the old maps. Going from scratch, FYI.

 

Seems pretty ambitious...

I like the idea with teh booster.

When do you expect to get it done?

 

Seems pretty ambitious...

I like the idea with teh booster.

When do you expect to get it done?

Based on current progression and random other factors, I'm aiming for December. Though it mights see a huge amount of progress over the next few days.

 

!!!!!

Is That... A Shuriken?...

I Can Help You Sprite That

Lemme. Plx

 

Well, work has decided to progress more slowly than I imagined...
Grrr...
Stupid memory-hogging Vista...
xP

Anyway, I've managed to re-skin the the start area, now I'm doing the event scripting for it.

Ummm...
Would someone mind finding the teleporter script?
The one that makes it look good.

 

Ps.
I've decided that this project will be codenamed "Error" and will come in three phases: Ctrl, Alt, Del.
I am currently 40% into Ctrl, 10% into the storyboarding of Alt and haven't touched Del.

Things that are for certain:
The character's name is Tilde.
It is set in space.
Doors will be rare.
Falling off the edge of a platform level will result in insta-death (as per usual rules).
The Booster will take damage.
There will be a Blade.
The won't be the Snake (Maybe~ Maybe it's a secret.)

There won't be:
Boss fights.
Gravity for some levels.
Any real use for the Mimiga mask.

 

There won't be:
Boss fights.
Gravity for some levels.
Any real use for the Mimiga mask.

You gotta get this mod done asap, ecchi freak #3 dude.

 

There is a TSC command for gravity, freezit.

 

[offtopic]Oh really so I failed 'cause I dun really know how to meddle with the editor(SW) and dunno any other editors suitable enough for bottomline n00b like me... And the hacking FAQ by SP-san seems corrupted or maybe it's just me?[/offtopic(ah, there's no such code here)]

 

The hacking FAQ isn't really that helpful yet. Well, for beginners, its a start.

Get MSN?

 

But doesn't that force you to always face forward? Or is there another command that does that?