The Amber Throne (Complete)

[Missile]

So awesome! I would very much pay for this game. Your environments are absolutely ethereal.

If I may ask from curiosity- did you parallax those beautiful paintings, or are those tilesets?

Thanks!

Everything is parallax mapped with pictures rather than scripts.

What's the chance's of your adding a narrative voice to this like other indie games and make it tell a story as you unravel through the world and put in some funny moments in the narrative story 

The style is more similar to Braid than Bastion in this sense.

Great project! I specially like the story. Does this game implement pixel movement?

It's tile-based currently.

 

[C-C-C-Cashmere]

I'm making a parallaxed game right now. How long does it take to make so many maps? Do you paint them all by hand? Would you please give us a quick-lapse of you drawing a map pretty pretty pleeease ^_^

 

[GemFall]

Thanks!

Everything is parallax mapped with pictures rather than scripts.

Thanks for the answer! Looking forward to seeing the game as it develops more.

 

[Vox Novus]

Wow this project is going to be something special when it is done, keep up the excellent work.

 

[d_a_renoir]

PAINTINGS! PAINTINGS EVERYWHERE~!

I wanted to make something like this myself, but never got the time to produce the art, so I ended up not doing that. Good luck on this project. I look forward to seeing it. It looks like it would be amazing.

 

[Missile]

I'm making a parallaxed game right now. How long does it take to make so many maps? Do you paint them all by hand? Would you please give us a quick-lapse of you drawing a map pretty pretty pleeease ^_^

One map can take about half to a day to make, depending on size and how much is painted in. Most of the maps are about 50/50 tiles to direct painting. Can certainly do a time-lapse or video of how a map is made as well.

Wow this project is going to be something special when it is done, keep up the excellent work.

Thanks!

PAINTINGS! PAINTINGS EVERYWHERE~!

I wanted to make something like this myself, but never got the time to produce the art, so I ended up not doing that. Good luck on this project. I look forward to seeing it. It looks like it would be amazing.

There's always the future!

And for an update, here's one of the zoomed-out (wip) field/overworld maps, and one of its enemies.

Spoiler

Blue areas are replaced with water in-game.

 

[d_a_renoir]

Oh damn, look at those mountains! The rock texture is fabulous.

 

[Missile]

Added a few new screenshots of the game's earlier segments to the main topic.

Also viewable here:

Spoiler

 

[Doobles]

This doesn't even look like an RPG Maker game.  The art style is just brilliant!  I wish you all the best on this project!

 

[Diego2112]

Very nice coming along!  Looking forward to the full project-this is going to be something very, VERY special.

 

[Zechnophobe]

As a scripter, this always makes me sad. You have gorgeous art that you are very skilled at, and you can easily convey that to people.

When I write some really cool code, I have very little to show for it .

Anyhow, your art style is fantastic, I hope the game lives up to it .

 

[Milennin]

As a scripter, this always makes me sad. You have gorgeous art that you are very skilled at, and you can easily convey that to people.

When I write some really cool code, I have very little to show for it .

Anyhow, your art style is fantastic, I hope the game lives up to it .

Not at all, with cool scripts you can make your game unique in different ways. And if your script is really good, lots of people will use it in their games and credit you.

 

[Missile]

As a scripter, this always makes me sad. You have gorgeous art that you are very skilled at, and you can easily convey that to people.

When I write some really cool code, I have very little to show for it .

Anyhow, your art style is fantastic, I hope the game lives up to it .

Thanks! There is some scripting work yet to be done on the game, so I'll be hunting down someone soon if you're interested.

And a project update:

Spoiler

Been working on getting the sprites more readable against their environment, and re-did the main character's entirely.

And here's the concept art from the original post, more fleshed out (warning, big):

Spoiler

 

[Missile]

Been a bit since the last update to the thread.


Here are some shots of how battles are shaping up!

I've been posting screenshots bi-weekly on imgur: http://imgur.com/a/O9aFY


And keeping a twitter for updates as well! http://www.twitter.com/amberthrone

 

[PixelLuchi]

Stunning stuff right there. I really do admire your graphical abilities and skill with the tablet. This project is sure to become a gem once it is completed.

 

[hiromu656]

The animations are great, and the moving dust in the background is a really nice touch.

I'm very interested in that little kid now...

 

[SomaelCK]

Holy carp! *sry about language!

This game is going to be the ICO, The shadow of colossus and The Journey of RPG Maker game! Freaking awesome!

Even if the gameplay is completely broken, I would play that for sheer artistic visuals!!!

5/5 from me!!!

 

[SomaelCK]

Holy carp! *sry about language! (Oops I even made a spelling mistake there, too excited)

This game is going to be the ICO, The shadow of colossus and The Journey of RPG Maker game! Freaking awesome!

Even if the gameplay is completely broken, I would play that for sheer artistic visuals!!!

5/5 from me!!!

P.S : The MOST amazing project I've ever seen made by RPG maker since that To the Moon...

I double posted by mistake too XD. This game look THAT amazing :3

 

[senpoRiot]

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very speechless right now from how beautiful the artwork in this game is.  

Is the character animation different in every skill?

 

[Dalph]

One word: AMAZING!

I'll follow this one, it's beyond awesome.