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Khallid
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 Topic: Legend of the seven crystals 3 : The lost dreams Posted: September 01 2010 at 12:06pm |
After defeating the demons , Humans thought that they can live in peace , but they must face the truth, as long as they care about ruling the world and having the power of the seven crystals, they will never live in peace.
Wars have destroyed our planet , technology is blinding our eyes, power is the only thing that people care , Humans souls became cheap.
We lost our dreams of living in a peaceful world.


Today I will show you " Legend of the seven crystals 3 " which is The last episode in Legend of the seven crystals series ( The story will end in this episode).
Long ago , humans and other creatures who were called "Demons " lived in peace, each kind in its world until the mass destruction that happened in the demons world which caused the demons civilization to ruin. After a deep thinking of a solution for this calamity, demons lord decided to head to the humans world to make it an alternative world for them, but he know that he should control the power of their seven crystals in order to rule their world. Humans begin to defend their world from the massive armies of demons and After many years of fighting , Humans won the battle and the demons lord was forced to return after his defeat by a legendary warrior called " Leonard".
Humans realized that their crystals have the massive power so they started to fight each other to decide who will rule the earth As a result of those battle , humans became very weak , So, demons took their chance and began to attack the humans . Many people were killed During the attack and most of lands were destroyed.
Demons have stole 4 of the Legendary crystals ,ice , water , forest and wind crystals were lost.
Although the great defeat by demons , A group of humans decided to unite the humans in order to defeat the demons , They call them Selves ''Earth Freedom Organization".
This Organization is the only hope for the humans to survive.
The earth future depends on the remained three crystals.
After many battles, The great Leonard city and EFO succeeded to defeat demons and demon lord was defeated by another legendary warrior called " Arthur".
300years later , there were a group of people who gathered and created their own organization in order to rule the world because they think that they are the only ones who deserve ruling the power of the seven crystals . worse than that , they are trying to summon the demon lord by the help of the few troops of demons and make him their allied , and that is the reason of calling them " the dark fangs " ( DFO) . Immediately , the earth freedom organization begins to fight DFO in many huge battles to spread the peace in the world.
Finally, The great Leonard city and EFO were succeeded in defeating DFO and the demons forever and the demons lord was defeated by Raven the one who destroyed the demons world and ended the civilization of the demons.
The story didn't end yet because Gilbeirt , the ruler of EFO city was planning to rule the entire world because both DFO and demons were defeated, so he made all the preparations for the next generations to seize the entire world by using their high technology methods.
After many years of preparation , ALAVIA ( EFO city ) begin to spread it's rule by defeating any who oppose joining it . and sadly, none had the power to stop ALAVIA and it's destructive power. Now ALAVIA almost take control of the entire world and 5 of the seven legendary crystals, now, it's pressuring Estona ( Leonard city ) in order to get the 2 remained crystals and rule the world.
Legend of the seven crystals chronicles
Legend of the seven crystals : Swordsmen's destiny
Legend of the seven crystals 2 : The legacy of heroes
Legend of the seven crystals 3 : The lost dreams
You will notice that there is an episode which is called " Legend of the seven crystals chronicles " , yes, after finishing the 3rd, I will begin working on it.

Here are some of the game's main characters:
Leo
Claire
Cheko
Zack

Here are some of the game's main enemies:
Dr.Walter
Galbeirt
Chris
Dantus
Emma
Josh and Maria

Here are some screenshots from the prototype version:







"Legend of the seven crystals 3 : The lost dreams " will not be as long as the previous episodes , I will try to make it contain just 10 chapters instead of making 16 ( LO7C1) or 21 ( LO7C2).
List of Chapters:
1- Fall of Estona

In legend of the seven crystals 3 , I will use game's soundtracks as usual , but in this game , the credits of the soundtracks will be shown like this:

Anyway, In this section , I will show some of the soundtracks that I decide to use in the game. ( not the PT version )
for Battle theme: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V4vCEHpv6Hg
for Boss battle theme: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v84I4_QyWc8&feature=related
for Battle ( VS ALAVIA cyborgs) : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ypnDBa-OrY
for Battle ( VS Dantus ) : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=B7v4DiiVF_o&feature=related
for Battle ( Leo VS Chris ) : http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SHUExvp68Wo
I'm not sure of what the stages will look like yet , so I didn't know what kind of soundtracks I will use for them.

Not everything in legend of the seven crystals 3 done by the crystal legends team , there are some website and people who need to be credited in the game, so here is the list of credits:
Credits:
Graphics : http://www.geocities.jp http://homepage2.nifty.com http://rmvx.gameclover.com http://www.rpgrevolution.com http://www.famitsu.com Face maker www.deviantart.com 3D max materials from various websites ( I will be more careful with crediting them )
Music : From various games.
Sound effects: www.Findsounds.com
window skin: Woratana ( windowskin generator )
Scripts : RPG Tankentai Kylock Moghunter Woratana Dark Gaia

Prototype version: ( No need for downloading VX RTP)
http://www.mediafire.com/?rrdwa4lq9vgveq2
I hope you will enjoy playing the game .
Edited by Khallid - September 07 2010 at 3:58am
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Hayabusa123
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I can't play right away but I will definitely download this NOW. I'll probably be able to play it this weekend~!
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I haven't played this yet, as I still need to play number II, but from the screenshots my only criticism is that some of the 3D objects are too big compared to the character sprites. The stairs are such an example. However I do like the style you are going for by using still 3D backdrops, as this is something that the Final Fantasy series stopped doing, and the series definately lost something from it, like they lost something when the got rid of the world map as well. @! graphics, reduce the quality, don't have 3D cameras and get the dmnned world map back in!!! *shakes fist*
Anyway its looking good!
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 Posted: September 03 2010 at 5:58pm |
Hayabusa123: Alright, take your time.
Elf Wind: you are right about the big 3d objects , the problem is when I model the maps I think that they fit the sprites but they acually were bigger or smaller . I will be more careful with that.
Thanks for the comments so far, now, let me give a brief about what I'm doing on the game now.
I'm working with my freinds on chapter 1 which will be about the fall of the great city "Estona" , we started on modeling the area of this chapter and this is the work so far .

This secret room is where the game starts, an important conversation happend between Dr,Walter and the ruler of ALAVIA (Wayne). anyway , this screenshot shows how the map be on the game:

Another thing, here is the progress in working on Estona:



Well, that's all for now , hope you like them.
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 Posted: September 03 2010 at 7:32pm |
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Well, that city looks very sexy to me! If possible you should attempt modeling the charset, that would look cool if you could make them a bit 3D also.
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 Posted: September 04 2010 at 5:12pm |
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Anyway... the modeling takes sometime... and we always searching some Textures for the models... It's really interesting... =)
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Someday... I will control the Galaxy... Through Dispair and Hope...
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 Posted: September 04 2010 at 5:31pm |
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Hehe that city screenshot reminds me of Midgar just before the motorbike chase minigame in FF7 :P And that secret room totally looks lke the misson room in the Highwind :P Loving the graphic style, really cool to see something like this in RPG maker :D Will be downloading when my internet stops going so damn slow ><
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Keelhaul that filthy landlubber
Send him down to the depths below
Make the bastard walk the plank
With a bottle of rum and a yo-ho-ho!
Keelhauled by Alestorm
Pirate metal <3
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 Posted: September 04 2010 at 7:32pm |
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That. City. Made. Me. Pee my pants.
It's so...pretty...and...beautiful. I LOVE IT.
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 Posted: September 05 2010 at 10:11am |
Elf Wind: Modeling the charset would look cool but It's much complicated to make characters with my little experience on 3d max.
Abdullah:yes, that's right. anyway , I suggest if you try to model the charset as Elfwind says , give it a try.
Devilmouse:Yeah, they maybe similar , making futuristic cities in not something new. I'm trying to let the player feel like he is playing megaman x or xenosaga games in this city.
Hayabusa: Thanks.
Thanks guys, It's good that you liked it so far , well this is another view of the city ( downtown):


Well, 7/15 maps are completed for Estona - District A0X streets , when I finish them , I will update the topic with some new characters that will be in chapter 1.
Thanks.
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 Posted: September 05 2010 at 3:05pm |
I will do my best... =)
I love Character Modeling .. I'm teaching myself
so I'm bad in environment modeling >_>
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Hmm... It's still a little awkward with facial details etc.., but you could probably pull those off with some well placed textures, but how about trying for a more chibi-style character design? Overall, it would be easier to model and wouldn't require as much detail (and a far less polygon count) than a full-size character, plus, chibi would probably suit the overall design better. A normal-sized character would look awkward and either too short or too skinny, with the added problem of detail... It would either have very little detail on the actual character, or be overdetailed. Getting a right mix is much harder than with a chibi, which looks good, even with minimal detail.
Anyway, that's my opinion on it if you decide to attempt modelling the characters too. The other thing I'll throw in is if you use chibis, you can reuse the model's template design structure as a base for others, as they'll all have relativley the same body shape, whereas with normal-sized, full characters, you'll have to start from scratch with each one. ><
PS: @Abdullah: Lol~~ I'm the opposite. I've done so little character modelling. I'm an environmental designer when it coems to 3-dimensional graphics, yet when drawing, I can't draw environments for $#%!, and instead draw characters. XD
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 Posted: September 06 2010 at 12:46pm |
xHah, Khallid, you've come a very long way since Legend of the Seven Crystals 1XD... That game was a mess. I very fun and cool mess, but a mess nevertheless lol. Anyway, the game looks downright awesome. I love the style; it looks so original and unique for an rpg maker game. The story and characters seem a little cliche, but most games are nowadays so meh. Doesn't bother me too much. I'm defiantly trying this game out; expect a review soon ^^. EDIT: Man, that is one big file for a demo. You might want to find a way to shrink it down a little bit; could be a major turnoff for some people. Just sayin' ^^. EDIT 3: Hey Khalid, I've gotten this bug several times.  It appears on the maps Village 1, the first forest stage map, the third snow cave map, and the first volcano map. I just that you wanted to know, and I've finished the review. I'll edit this post again when I get it up. EDIT 4 (lol): Review! http://www.mediafire.com/?38e9lc537js03ie
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 Posted: September 06 2010 at 4:40pm |
Dracona shade : We will give it a try .
Jaar: it's strange, I'm sure I have incloded the graphics file in the game , and my freinds have tested the game and they said that it run well.
Anyway, check the graphics file in game's folder , if it was not there then put these two pictures in ( the game's folder\Graphics\Characters )

should be $ラルフ O-2
And :

$ラルフ O-1
If the graphics folder was there then I will upload a version that have those pictures in engilsh because their names are in japaness and that made the RPG Maker Encrypter unable to Encrypt them with other pictures so I have incloded the graphics file in the game . ( and I think they made some problems with some computers )
Thanks for trying the game at least. 
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thats pretty incredible with the 3d. Gives it a very nice original look. I'm going to have to try this one out.
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 Posted: September 06 2010 at 6:15pm |
I've updated your review, Khalid!
http://www.mediafire.com/?r3x2qrw28ega4kh - Doc form
http://www.mediafire.com/?kkfnkwud7v6h6s7 - Odt form I've changed your score a bit since the bug was fixed ^^. I hope you like the review and learn a little from it!
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 Posted: September 07 2010 at 4:26am |
BlackEagle: Thanks, I hope you will have a good time playing it.
Jaar: It's good that the bug was fixed, but anyway , I have uploaded another file for those who didn't downloaded yet , because I knew today that Abdullah found the same bug ( he tested the new file and it worked well ).
About your review , it's very neat and well done , I will read it more carefully to learn from it. Thanks.
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