Ocean Dennis 3

[Icey]

Sorry, this game is no longer in production. If you want to follow our latest project you may do so here: http://www.adventuregamestudio.co.uk/forums/index.php?topic=45514.800

Cheers - Icey

[Icey]

UPDATE!

Beta 1B is out, adding battle tweaks and menu tweaks, fixing a bug in the Command menu that would otherwise stop the player from checking card and weapon info. I have also add (i) information icons to each menu, click these to find out more about what you can do in said menu.

Download here: BETA 1B

Beta 1C will roll out next Thursday with what ever other fixes that are needed. Beta 2B should bring about changes to the character speech portraits. Changing them from the static water painting look to the new more detailed ones that better match the cutscenes and promo art. These new portraits will also have different expressions to bring out the scenes more.

Take a look at this comparison img

[Icey]

More character portraits and comparisons, only 3 more to go.

[Icey]

Finally finished all the portraits. Now I just gotta implement them into the game alongside the stat boosters to enemies because right now they're too easy to beat.
Pushing to get the update beta out by next Sunday if I have the time.

I was supposed to release a build Thursday but I got really preoccupied with school. If the next build can't have all the new portraits in then hopefully I can get as much in as possible.

[Ponch]

It's cool watching your art style evolve over time.

[Icey]

Thanks for noticing Ponch, 'been trying yo giveit my all with this game, especially art-wise.

[Icey]

This is coming along very well but the next thing that needs to be added is definitely a new indicator for who is talking, grammar checking, and lastly of course the other scenes all need the same. But hey, this is great progress to know it works. Speaking of work, let me return to that.

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Also, here is an essential key art that I thought would be nice to share.
The End x The Beginning
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[Cassiebsg]

Looking nice!

[Icey]

Thanks mate

[AnasAbdin]

I just love everything about your art.

[Icey]

Thanks Anas.

[Icey]

Download the beta here!

And get the audio file "DLC" here !!1!1

[Icey]

The one thing I can say about this game so far is it is hard and the further you go through the game the harder it gets. I spent a good chunk of time to day after making a big amount of progress such as finishing the replacement of the new speaking portraits, fixing a few old bugs yada yada.
I took time away from that to give the game a full run through with ATK testing mod that makes the player ATK 2000. This help me 1 shot enemies if the attack landed, thus clearing battles really fast but not boosting the player HP meant that the enemies at some point could destroy me as well with 2 hits if not one.
All in all, trying to farm the proper materials I can tell is what the player will spend most of their time trying to do if they want to strengthen up before hitting a road block later on. It took me 150 battles to have a decent amount of HP(390) to survive a few hits if my 1 shot failed.
All in all, just keep in mind for anyone following this game. Just make sure to grind grind as you play.
Beta 1C is currently out and 1D will be on it's way this weekend.

Something else to note is the game currently has a bug where if you leave it running during a battle or I guess just spend too much time in a battle it will crash. Something new that happened to me today was the audio got all funky and then started making this blow horn sound. Really odd stuff that has never happened to me when working in AGS. I'm looking hard into how to fix the bug but if anyone does download the latest build I just want to point out that that is a thing that I'm aware of.

UPDATE: It seems after some more testing the crashing has appeared to stop. I let the game run for almost in hour while in battle mode. But I had two versions of the game running simultaneously to see if the repeatably execute calls was the issue. The only problem now however is the the sound still stops, even with a different audio file...

[Icey]

Spending the day finishing the last animations for Oceanspirit Dennis. I'm pushing to get these done because School is about to get crazy and I want as little work to do one the game as possible on my end. The last thing is just final public testing run that will come later, and the incorporation of sound effects and music.

...OH, and a proof read because I know the game needs but if push comes to shove I'll just do it by myself if I can't find someone to lend me a hand there.

As for recent progress, I've finally finished fixing up the final boss battle in the game, it features a nice mechanic that makes the battle switch back in forth between normal, hard , lethal after every couple of turns. That and the documents are finally finished and all 18 have been added to the game. Hopefully they will shine some light on how the story works.

[Icey]

Finished all the main frames details. Now just to add the swords and put it all into the game.

[Danvzare]

...OH, and a proof read because I know the game needs but if push comes to shove I'll just do it by myself if I can't find someone to lend me a hand there.

I don't mind helping with the proofreading.

By the way, the art is looking great.

[Icey]

Really!? Awesome, thanks mate. I'll PM you today so we can wok out the details and stuff.

Also thanks for the offer and the compliment

[Icey]

Got the swords in the frames, now all I got to do is put them together into animation form.


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edit by Darth posts combined. Do not double-post.

[Blondbraid]

Looks good, love the watercolor look!

[Icey]

Thanks mate