Cosplay Crisis

Full Version 2.0 Soon..ish

2012-01-30T23:48:00.000-08:00

1.2 is riddled with bugs, inconsistencies and passability errors. I'm currently going through the game and trying to root out every major one.

Notably, 1.2 IS ONLY PLAYABLE UP UNTIL THE END OF THE HOTEL MEETING IF YOU DO NOT BACKTRACK TO THE ALLEYS. There is a messed up teleport. A fix for this is to hold down Ctrl while test playing- other than that it breaks the game. I am so sorry I did not get to this sooner- hopefully the full completed version will be up real soon!

PLEASE make sure you have version 1.2!

2011-12-10T07:53:00.001-08:00

This version fixes a particularly detrimental error where the Crazy Motorcycle sequence did not fade in correctly/enemies did not show up. If you have downloaded 1.0, please download 1.2 and transfer your save file, which will work across all versions. Alternatively, you can use http://www.mediafire.com/?xt3o5bjyoddeboi and overwrite your data folder rather than redownloading the whole game. If you do redownload, the .ZIP for 1.2 is 'CosplayCrisisFullGame', NOT 'Cosplay Crisis -Full Version-'

Thanks to everyone who has already downloaded. In the last 11 days the game has gotten nearly 200 downloads, which is why I'm trying to work as fast as I can to fix any errors that pop up.

Hopefully this will be the last issue. I'm planning on going on a bit of a hiatus after this. Play some videogames, get new ideas, come back next year ready and roaring to work on some gams.

On the 1st Day of December Cosplay Crisis was released~

2011-12-01T08:05:00.000-08:00

and now we wait for the fanboys to start biiiitching.

*MEANT TO BE SUNG~

Anyway dearests, I've added a full download link. No April fools joke, no herp herp, this should be 100% complete and...playable. Don't expect bug free, it's too buggy for that to actually be plausible. Remember, it is my first full completed game. I have learnt much in the process and I believe every game I make from now on will be amazeballs...especially with VXAce coming out XD XD XD XD.

Realization

2011-11-13T23:10:00.000-08:00

I was playing Final Fantasy VII earlier today and finally comprehended what everyone meant by Cosplay Crisis and its transitions and pacings. It's too fast. Overwhelmingly fast. Things just move so quickly in the game it's hard for anyone to wrap their head around it. It's also with this that I realized that I need to go through and slow everything down again. More waits, more time between events, maybe even slow down the battle speed to something more reasonable. In doing so there will be consequences, and depending on my players this may be detrimental or beneficial. Y'see, Cosplay Crisis, even with its ridiculously fast pacing, is still about 10 hours long (possibly longer!!). That's right. If I'm successful with this pacing endeavour, Cosplay Crisis will probably be the same length as your average professional RPG. No wonder it took me three years to develop, lololololol kill me.
However some things I probably won't touch. Namely random encounters, mostly. I think they're at the point where they're not mind numbingly bad in CC compared to other games (such as FF7! God~! Midgar's random encounters make me want to fucking stab something!). I mean, I should've gotten it from the beginning. The way music is played, everything. CC needs to slow down and really grab the player more. So I'm going to get to work on that. Stay tuned.

Sent to Testers

2011-07-11T19:57:00.000-07:00

Now just got to wait for replies.
Yey. *works on Blood Rose*.

Demotivated

2011-06-09T23:37:00.000-07:00

I didn't realize it at first, but I was pretty badly affected by a review I read a little while ago. Since then I haven't really been productive in making the game, and I apologize to those who are actually waiting for it.

I'm cutting a few different things now. Maybe some day I'll come back and fix everything up properly but right now I just want to get this done and have it over with. 2 and a half years of effort and I just can't bring myself to work properly on it anymore. It was my baby, something I had slaved over, and it was torn to shreds. It hurt, for a while, but there are words that I'll always come back to, a warning against my usual behavior, and you know, I should really listen once in a while.

Don't get your hopes up; you feel less pain.

Game should be released once me and my testers go through it, maybe in a week or so.
The secret ending made it in, and you can still get the Ultima Weapons, fight Bahamut, but not the actual Ultima Weapon, I didn't finish the sprite. A number of limit breaks are rough and unpolished, but eh. Some are done, at least. A couple of maps got redone too. I've also added more items, Silence materia in the allies, etc. Hopefully my players won't find many bugs this time. >3>

Final Polishing Stages

2011-01-10T01:23:00.001-08:00

You read right. I finished the game whilst at my Mum's and now I'm just going through, perfecting what I left behind or what I wasn't satisfied with. Soon, the game will be in the beta-testing stage, and after that...release!!

Once I'm done with polishing and the work's up to my testers, I'll work on the trailer. Get this game hyped up just before release (though I get the feeling a number of people are waiting for it).
Anyway just finished up Gold Saucer except...for the Aio Levi fight, which I would've done today except the thought of it nearly brought me to tears. Which is not a good state to be working in, heh.

Anyway I have the films I need for my homework so I'll be spending some time watching them.

Toodles.

Not dead

2010-12-08T22:32:00.001-08:00

Working on one of the last dungeons. Omniax Building is already mapped, I'm in Banora at the moment, the last area before the showdown with Omniax takes place.
I have a lot of h/w to do, but I am trying to get it done before I go to my Mum's so I can work on CC freely up there (she has a computer now!!)

AND I REALLY WANT TO WORK ON THE GAME.
Believe me!! Everytime I here the FF theme I think of CC's credits theme and how awesome its going to be hearing it for real; knowing that the game is DONE, the story is DONE, and the world has been SAVED.
I've finished basically everything for the battlers, just need Miri's item and Jazz's poses (need to polish the base sprite- it's ancient!). But the main cast is pretty much done. I still have Limit Breaks to make, but only a few require heavy edits to their actual battlers (Kumo, Levi and a little of Miri). I have Kyer's and Shadz's Limit intros done, but I still need to make sprites for Trinity (Kyer's dog) and Shadz's other three forms (Death Gigas, Freddy and Chaos).
I could cheat with Shadz's Gigas and Chaos anims, but that would be lazy and boost the filesize in ways it doesn't need to be boosted :/.
We'll see how it pans out. I'm getting incredible ideas right now, but there is no way I can skip out on my homework. No.
*goes back to work*.

ontzontzontz

2010-10-28T23:16:00.001-07:00

I'M DOING IT FOR YOU GUYS~

Currently mapping the last few maps of the Miehle Mountains. Once they're done, it's Ruins of Banora, the last few maps of Acaridae's slums and the entrance to the Omniax Building, and the final dungeon. Oh, and buckets and buckets of eventing. Like, I'm not exaggerating.
Then the game's finished on a 'technical' level. I still have a lot of graphics to finalize and polish, but this is how I work. Complete what I need to so I know what I have and what needs to be done. Once the base is finished, I can look at what I have left and evaluate how long it'll take me to achieve my goals, and if it's feasible. If not I may substitute/cut somethings.
Event wise I've finished Aetas, but I need to rewrite a few scenes afterward.

Here, have a couple of screenshots:

Rawgh

2010-10-17T03:43:00.000-07:00

Holyyyy crap I have lots to update with. But I won't! I'm just going to tempt and tease you :3

I just finished the city of Oak- I am now testing it. I'm going to start Aetas very soon, I've got most of the mapping already done, I just need to make the events. I've got the basics of them already down but there's several complicated plot points that are started in Aetas. I've got a lot of the mapping done already for the next few levels afterwards (which is Oak return, then Miehlebin)
I still have to map the Miehle Mountains and Ruins of Banora. Once they're done...it's time for the final dungeon!!
I will still have a fair bit to go once that's done, though. There's several sidequests already in the game (Zane, Kupo Nut sidequest and Shiva) but there's also ones like Oak's Floodgate system (Leviathan), the Deep-Sea Research Centre(Bahamut), Aganog...there's also other side-quests on the main line, including a particularly difficult one on the science floor of the Omniax Building.
I've also got to figure out where the player is going to get the final weapons...

Anyway, I'd better go back to playtesting.

Uh, no.

2010-09-16T05:49:00.001-07:00

I'm sorry everyone. I did do my best. I have been working as hard as I can on the game, well, as humanly possible with the amount of homework I have. But I'm no where near done. I have a lot of mapping done, but I have a shitload of story events to do, puzzles and other minigame to add, I need to finish the Crazy Motorcycle sequence, which works...partially. I have the city of Oak done...somewhat. I'm working on its Sewer. Right now, I'm pretty much working to get that done, and bring all the scraps together into something comprehensive. I have that enemy list, I'm slowly working through it. Planning bosses, sidequests, end sequences, even how the credits are going to look.
I swear to god, I will have this game done by the end of the year. If not, I will be polishing up and releasing what I have.
I am definitely replacing Elvoret as a boss because I just can't motivate myself to tackle that sprite, even if I'm not animating it. Now, I have chores to do.
Have some more art:

Updeet

2010-09-05T04:35:00.000-07:00

Been working on mapping and database organizing mostly. Created a massive list of monsters in the CC universe; not quite done because it doesn't have area enemies or bosses.

Reactor
Omniax Infantryman
Omniax Gunman
Gun Turret
Sidewinder
Aeroplane
Omniax Infantryman
Omniax Gunman
Omniax Elite 3rd Class
Forest of Despair
Spore
Oozer
Dark Root
Potpourri
Ochu
Tokyo- Infested
Betrayed Zombie
Despairing Zombie
Mt. Fuji
Ice Elemental
Popsicle
Frost Lizard
Icicle Tortoise
Mountain Wolf
Frigid Flower
Wasp
Frostbite
Albatross Volcanic Tunnels
Bomb
Fire Golem
Crème de la Rouge
Hellhound
Fire Elemental
Buer
Vampy Fang
Shitake Mushroom
Oak-Infested
Furious Zombie
Mutated Zombie
Hideous Zombie
Volatile Zombie
Oak- Sewers
Creeps
Buer (high level)
Vampy Fang (high level)
Sewer Croc
Muckdweller
Aetas
Mothball
Dark Book
Cleaving Axe
Whispers
HammerHead
Will ‘o’ Wisp
Miehlebin
Omniax Elite 2nd Class
Omniax Infantrymen (higher level)
Miehle Wolf
Mountain Lizard
Devilish Whispers
Dark Bomb
Heavy Hander
Guilty Spirit
Vehement Ghost
Ruins of Banora
Omniax Elite 2nd Class
Sawedge
Omniax Infantrymen
Omniax Gunmen
Toxic Mist
Finalized Essence
Lingering Spirit
Remembrance
Omniax Building
Omniax Elite 2nd Class
Omniax Elite 1st Class
Sawedge
Devastator
Mechanical Wonder
Gouger

I basically made it so I have an idea of what I have left to sprite. A number of these I can use recolours or copies of earlier level sprites but still D:
Just pretty much finished Aetas. It's a relatively small town, very isolated. It's a sister town to Miehlebin, so...
I've been working on Terminal stuff too, I've written out profiles for all MC's, Arithial, Alicia and a few other important characters including Kumo's parents. I've also written bios for most locations ex:
Aetas Inconcessus~ The Town of Forbidden Time

A strange, isolated town on the continent of Ivalicia. It is a sister town of Miehlebin. The people seem very reserved and withdrawn and avoid interaction with others. The town is completely devoid of clocks, digital or analog, and do not use numbers in their time keeping, referring to the day’s sections as late/early dawn, morning, noon, afternoon, dusk and twilight.
Levi lived here for several years prior to returning to Acaridae to join Forest.

I'm going to soon start on Limit Break animations, but only after I finish Kyer and Shadz's battlers. They are my foremost priority battlers-wise because I can't release anything without them done.

I have homework to do so I might quit CC work for the rest of tonight and focus on that.
Tata, everyone :)

Sorry for the lack of updates D:

2010-08-15T20:29:00.000-07:00

But I have been working. I mostly update at www.rpgmaker.net because it's nice and I get lots of comments 'w')/. But I have been working, I've gotten quite a bit of stuff done. I'm not feeling too well today so I'm taking it as an oppurtunity to catch up on homework (damn you h/w!! Daaaaamnnnn yooouuuuuuuu).
But once I'm done, I plan to sit down and write down enemy lists for the different regions of the World Map, do some more world map polishing, write down enemy lists for the Ice Caves and Volcanic Tunnels so I can get to work on spriting them. I'm still missing two boss monster graphics (Phantom and Elvoret), one because I haven't gotten around to it and the other because...it's flippin' Elvoret!!
I've redrawn Levi's faceset, as shown to the side. Oh yes. I am so happy with this faceset. I could not be more satisfied. Unless the ears were better....shutting up.
(It's flipped, so the ear stud is on the wrong side...SAI was being weird)
I've also evented out the bare bones of the Zane sidequest. I have to make the boss for it tougher because I beat it at level 12, which pretty much should be an absolute kick in the pants (the fight was long, but doable). In my savefile I have Zane and have just finished AVT.
Playtime: 3 hours, 42 minutes. D: I haven't even gotten half of the Keycards yet.

Shadz Barentain

2010-07-15T03:54:00.000-07:00

WARNING: THIS CONTAINS SEVERAL HEAVY SPOILERS: IF YOU ACTUALLY CARE ABOUT COSPLAY CRISIS'S PLOT, DON'T READ THIS POST!

Name: Shadz Barentain (Originally Valentine, he changed it after the release of Final Fantasy VII)
Age: Appears 20, is actually around 45 or so
Birthday: October 18th
Shadz started out as a Turk for Omniax's dirty jobs, though he knew many of the scientists and researchers well. Namely, Yagami Atsureki, Alicia Ultma, Lucidia Selene and Lorel Camren, who was eventually dubbed 'Hojo' by Shadz after playing Final Fantasy VII.
During the research taking place on the entity known as Jenova and 'okam', Shadz met and fell in love with Lucidia while befriending Yagami. However, Lucidia left him for Lorel, and in despair Shadz decided to take a job working half way across the world.
When he returned a few years later, he discovered that Lucidia had a baby and had become extremely sick because of Lorel experimenting on her. He decides to kill Lorel and find out more about the baby, however he is stopped by Yagami and informed that the child is in fact his, and as a result of a genetic oddity in Yagami the child was able to carry and survive with Jenova inside him, which could potentially threaten the very fabric of the world.
Shadz decides not to tell Yagami that he plans to kill the baby, and Yagami says that he can never tell his wife about the baby, since it was Lorel's idea in the first place. He also says that his wife is expecting her own baby soon and asks Shadz if he likes the name Cloud for a boy.
Shadz says it's a bit of a strange one and says to name him Kumo, since it means both 'cloud' and 'spider'.
Shadz dons a new outfit attempts to kill the child a few days later but is stopped by Yagami who reluctantly shoots his friend in the chest and says he can't let him kill his own flesh and blood, even if it is a threat.
Lorel takes this oppurtunity to experiment on Shadz and attempt to make him strong enough to enable metamorphosis. He creates three forms, however he is still dying and in an attempt to save him Lucidia fuses tainted okam and Protomateria inside him, and is immediately put to sleep.
Shadz did not awaken until sometime during 2008 when a LANDSLIDE division was exploring the mansion. He befriends Kyer, who reminded him of Lucidia, and decides to protect her.
He eventually discovers Lorel's experimenting and almost hurts the LANDSLIDE members, but manages to control himself. He decides to track down Lorel and Yagami if he can, though he soon discovers that Yagami disappeared years ago, but left a living legacy; Kumo. He decides to try and track down Kumo and meet him, initially believing Kyer's sister's vaguely described friend to be him, but discovers it's Levi Raionomoi, who he has also heard of through reports of the Banora incident, and challenges him to a gun duel, but Levi leaves after the Banora incident is mentioned.
On his birthday that year, 2009, Kyer gifts him with an intricate, heavily detailed Vincent Valentine coat. When he questions her decision in getting him such an item, she replies with 'It...just seemed to suit you, I guess'.
Shadz decides to attempt tracking down Lorel on his own and fails miserably, and ends up getting dragged to the Cosplay event in Japan, and becoming the party's number 1 informant on Omniax's structure.
Shadz is generally broody and a bit of a loner, preferring the company of Kyer to all other party members. Lulu claims that he's in love with her, but he rebuts this and says 'That'd be a bit pedophile-esque, Lu. It's more father daughter in my opinion, since I am old enough to be her father.' He, however, is an invaluable team member and is extremely vital in plot progression.
Though his character was even removed from KH because of his similarities to Cloud, Shadz is fairly more similar to Levi. They both wear black and red as dominant colours, know fair amounts about Omniax and are prone from keeping major secrets away from their friends.
Levi also considered wearing three leg belts after seeing Vincent Valentine's Dirge of Cerberus gun holster, but opted for the single crossover belt.
Levi's simularities would be further thrust into the spotlight if a sequel to Cosplay Crisis was ever made (WHICH IT WON'T BE).
Note: Shadz cannot use his metamorphosis during battles, and remains predominantly cutscene-based besides the battle against Galian Beast in the Forest of Despair, where Kumo and Levi are attacked by him.

A good reason(s) as to why there won't ever, ever ever be sequel.

2010-07-06T00:07:00.000-07:00

1. Geo-Stigma much
2. Whacked out
3. Levi would kill a serious amount of people
4. Levi would probably be the villain
5. So would Kumo
6. The world would explode

I'm sorry. I'm bored. I drank 500ml of V.

EDIT: 4&5 make more sense if you play the game to its fullest extent and fight all secret bosses.

What is this?

2010-06-16T17:10:00.000-07:00

Aim to have full game completed: 1st/2nd of September, 2010

Aim for public release: 16th of September, 2010

Yes, you heard me right, I'm announcing a deadline. I don't know if I'll make it, but I'm going to do my absolute best.

The massive gap between completion and release is for testing. Lots and lots of bug testing. the 16th is intended to be the public, full, bug-free release of the game and though maybe a few graphical glitches/minor grammatical errors might be missed, I will not accept the possibility of game-breaking bugs being left in there. And I will be severely pissed off if I miss anything during those two weeks. When the time comes, I will be asking a few people to help me test. Preferrably, people who aren't looking forward to the game, rather people who will focus on the actual game elements rather than the game as a whole.

In other notes, Cosplay Crisis's system is finished (yes, INCLUDING Limit Breaks!) which means I only have to open up the script editor to customize materia. I'm currently working on mapping out areas rather than jumping straight into eventing. I've finished the World Map as well and two directions of the Ragnarok.

I've also decided how the party gets the Ragnarok. You know how in some games when only the party leader does things like ride down a mountain on a snow board?

Not in Cosplay Crisis. Your entire party will be in for the ride...on the same snow board.

I just want to say...

2010-06-01T05:42:00.000-07:00

LULU IS FRAKING AWESOME.

She is going to be in my party JUST BECAUSE SHE TURNS INTO CRASH BANDICOOT WHILE ATTACKING~!

BEST. IDEA. EVER.

That is all.

Vol.3 UP!

2010-05-28T03:07:00.000-07:00

The art gets relatively decent page 13 and onwards (I think) and is cleaner and more refined than the previous two volumes.
This comic covers the period between about April 2009 to March 2010, if I ever finish it. It basically gives you a bit of info on their lives before the game starts.

I probably should started it from mid 2007 onwards, but I didn't feel it was right.

'Njoy ^w^

Wonder Circle Reworked

2010-04-28T06:00:00.000-07:00

Alright Guys, one really major issue out of the way. I've redone the dialog and remapped the stupid area.

Levi and Miri don't find Kumo their either- in fact they decide they're going to leave him alone and explore other places. That's when the Event Circle stuff occurs.

Afterward you get called into the Infirmary by Lulu via Levi's phone. You get a brief explanation but nobody elaborates yet. Shadz says he needs to get some data from an Omniax computer located at the Fairgrounds that's related.

Exhibition Tower- Arithial shows up and summons Jenova LIFE, confirming the briefly mentioned 'Jenova Project's' existence. (Though obviously different than the FF7 one).

The building begins to collapse from heavy damage as monsters begin to attack it. Kumo and Levi steal some vehicles from the Display Room at the Exhibiton Tower and use the highway connected to 'Gold Saucer' to get on to the suspension bridge over a river that can be travelled under via subway- how you initially arrive there.

Tokyo from that point onwards is infested with zombies. Your party devises a plan using Shadz's knowledge of Omniax to obtain the ten keycards and infiltrate Omniax's main headquarters in Acaridae in a blaze of blood and gunfire to find a cure to the virus spreading.
Alicia announces her biological warfare plans on a world-wide broadcast. The TV Station in Tokyo is where they decide to head to try and stop her right then.

It isn't far from this point that you obtain the Ragnarok and though you have to go to the areas in a specific order, you can still explore the areas, you just won't be able to do any of the story events, etc.

In any case, I won't be updating as often. I'm going to take from SkieFortress's example and stop being so frivolous. I want to get this game done, dammit!
And thus I must stop distracting myself. So...ttfn, everyone.
I want to have this game released by September at the latest! So I have a lot of work to do!

Tweaking Some Stuff

2010-04-18T01:19:00.000-07:00

I've been thinking about tweaking the Cosplay Crisis intro into a fully animated, detailed introduction, that actually details a little bit before the actual game started- when Levi is getting off his face (drunk) at the bar Miri works at. (He does this regularly on weekends- Levi is a bit of an alcoholic).
This is when Levi and Miri discuss the plan to bomb an Omniax reactor and Miri rings Kumo to organize the mission. Kumo seems to act normally for most of the phone-call, but there odd moments when he doesn't exactly seem himself...
Also, when Kumo wakes up the next morning, he goes through a regular morning routine- gets his breakfast, watches some TV, worries about something he seems to be forgetting, gets the newspaper without realizing Miri's in the hallway, and then reads the horoscope as Miri knocks on his door.
And blah blah blah.

I've been working out scenes for the areas in the Fairgrounds too. So far I have the Event and Battle circles basically finished. I need to rework the Wonder Circle so badly.
The Ghost Circle will be accessible without the cutscenes and etc. because it's unessecary.
You will be able to rest in the Hotel there, too, but the point is moot due to HP being restored at Save Points (which I might take out to spite you nice people, because I'm just like that.)
But there's a shop there. Wooo~
I also have to make Speed, Chocobo, Round and...finish the Exhibition Tower. Yeha. Then I can move on to mapping out some more Tokyo and putting in the TV Station.
Yey~

To finish, have some art that's not by me :D

Art by ShuryouGospel13

(BTW, Levi gets the most love out of the CC cast.)

The Calamity From the Skies

2010-04-11T04:26:00.000-07:00

In Roswell, June 1947, a large object reportedly crash landed in Roswell, New Mexico.

Its arrival was hidden as well as its nature. Reportedly, it was an alien capsule. Its existence was blacked out, as well as all research and tests.

In 1985, the object was moved from is location in Area 51, Nevada, to a secure testing facility in the city of Acaridae, in Ivalicia.
The scientists there took a bold move that their counterparts in Nevada had never dared to do: gave the alien a name.

They called it 'Jenova'.

The testing on animals already completed, Jenova's cells were allocated to human testing.
In 1990, a virus was created from Jenova's cells. It was called the 'C-Virus'.

Depending on the individual, the virus had different effects. Many were horribly disfigured, transformed into monsters or living corpses.
Others had no effect whatsoever.

Reportedly also occuring in 1990 was the use of Jenova's cells to create 'replicas' of living human beings with the potential to carry and use Jenova effectively.

Very few people with the ability to carry Jenova resulted in this. The only way for the others to become 'whole' was for the blood of who they were cloned from to be infected with Jenova and then injected into them.
Until such a time that they are injected with this, the 'replicas' that resulted from the cloning are referenced as 'Genomes'.

From all accounts, there is a human being able to produce offspring that are 99% likely to be able to carry Jenova. He worked on the Jenova project and transferred to Acaridae with it, originally being a scientist for it in Nevada.
His two children were the ones used for the 'Genomes'.

Though the identities of them are unknown, it is confirmed that they do not share the same mother. His first child was, in fact, infected with Jenova cells through his mother while in the womb.

The other also carries Jenova cells, though was infected during adolescence.

Initially, it was believed he did not hold the potential to carry Jenova. According to a report from 2004, he was apparently spliced with the DNA of the first brother. This may have affected his ability to carry Jenova, or simply activated it.

The first brother is reportedly dead. The second's location is unknown.

There are several others capable of carrying Jenova. They are not properly documented.

Holidays (School ones)

2010-03-26T07:18:00.000-07:00

Wow, 400 views? This might actually be getting somewhere!

In any case I'm about to start the remapping and re eventing of the 'Fairgrounds'.

Once this is finished, there will basically be nothing left of the original 'Cosplay Crisis' build from a year ago except for a few fragments of the Back Allies and the Streets.
It's kind of shocking. It's like I remade the game before it was finished. Maybe it was a bad idea.
Maybe not.

Anyway I've added a characters page with a brief description and a quote each. Don't come yapping at me about Levi's quote, either- not only do I agree with this statement, it also accurately reflects Squall's character- he avoids thoughts of the future and loathes the past.

In other game-related news I am working on a Computer Terminal which will be able to be accessed from a room on the Ragnarok. It's fully evented and allows you to access 'Event' overviews (paragraphs summarising a section of the storyline), Character profiles, Boss list (maybe) and an Image tab that will have no purpose unless you complete certain side-quests and unlock the artwork.
This will not be posted on deviantART, here, or anywhere else, unless it's in draft form, so these images will be brand new material.

And of course, a little menu with Exit in it.
I'm about to start working on the Levi VS. Aio sprites- a tedious, very trying experience it will be. I have gotten a bit way through it before but I'm redoing it now that I have a better Seifer sprite (too lazy to make character sprites for anyone other than the protagonists and antagonists- and Aio hardly falls into this catagories. More like the 'slightly annoying arrogant guy who somehow decided he wanted to be a bad dude. Woo, now we can kick his romanticist ass FOR A REASON.'
Ahem.
In any case I hope to get a lot of work done these holidays. But homework, my mum...they might get in the way. We'll see.

Progress

2010-03-17T05:00:00.000-07:00

You know how I made that list before?

Well, with the demo finally released I can work on the actual game. Which means more MAPPING. But oh well, it must be done!
I'm currently still working on Forest of Despair but I'm almost done! Just got to put in a few more variable events and it's done. I'll work on the cave side-quest -later-.

I've only got a few maps to go, then it's back to city mapping- and unfortunately Tokyo isn't set out districts.

Keep in mind this is fiction and there is not going to be a Shibuya Station. Unless I call the subway that.
In anycase I'm not referencing any real cities while mapping because I am limited on tiles. And it'd be a great big pain in the kahiba!

Anyway, number of passengers required to be found has been reduced from fifteen to twelve.

I suggest avoiding multiple character groups (aka, the FoD boss fight, which puts the variable up by two) until the last minute, just in case there are any little rewards ;).

Now, back to work!

New Demo! ^^

2010-03-13T03:48:00.000-08:00

http://www.mediafire.com/?uyynyz2yznm

I'll add it to the list. For those without the RTP, the three files with yellow and green gears go in Windows/System32.

Then, just double click the game icon, and it's go time!

Other than the font.

http://www.dafont.com/font.php?file=pf_tempesta_seven&page=1&nb_ppp_old=10&text=&nb_ppp=10&psize=m&classt=alpha

yeah this link.
I shall post a patch later.

This nice person made a video advertising my game! Thankyou very much, Vanisher/Xienux, I feel very privileged!
(And he used Linkin Park music, I am so happy :'D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VS0NSSnX9aw

Game Overview

2010-03-01T03:41:00.000-08:00

Here, have a wallpaper! (Not really)
This is not, I repeat, NOT, a plot overview. I will not be posting that.
This is, simply, an overview of the levels and areas needed to be explored and completed to finish
Cosplay Crisis. I might also put a couple of the side-quests in here as well (there are a number of them, big and small.)

-Game Introduction-Acaridae Exploring
-Reactor Level
-Cutscenes introducing next story phase
-Aeroplane
-Forest of Despair
-Tokyo City
-Hotel Cutscenes/Costumes
-Back Allies/Train Jumping
-Cutscenes
-Battle Circle
-Cutscenes
-Wonder Circle
-Cutscenes (uh...)
-Event Circle
-Redezvous in the centre
-Omniax/Exhibition Tower
-Heartless/Monster fight
-Hotel/Cutscenes
-TV Station/Cutscenes
-Mt. Fuji/Cutscenes
-Ragnarok Obtained-
-Further Boss Battles/Cutscenes
-Miehlebin, Oak, Melbourne, others.
-Miehlebin- Cardinal Mansion (Kyer lost)
-Occurs after Oak.
-Return to Tokyo/Kyer returns
-Return to Acaridae
-Omniax Building- Floors 60-70.
-Final Fights
-End Game

Side-Quests(Just a Few)
Rare Candy Sidequest: In every major city, there is a shop selling various lollies, and each one has a mascot resembling Cait Sith, who proclaims you cannot resist his selling techniques because...well, you're Cloud, he's Cait Sith.
After talking to him six times Kumo gets pissed off at him and he runs away. He apologises when you find him (I'm not telling you where!) and offers you a special 'Rare Candy' at a discount price. Unfortunately the first 'Rare Candy' costs $5000! And to top it off, all 'Rare Candy' from that point forward costs $9999. However, they fully cure the receiving party member and inflict all beneficial status effects. If they're really worth $9999, it's up to you.
Hey! I know you! VIII Sidequest
This sidequest, and 'Hey! I know you! VII' requires you to find and talk to members of the corresponding game.
VIII requires-
Irvine
Zell
Quistis
Fujin (non boss)
Raijin (non boss)
Seifer (non boss)
VII requires-
Cait Sith (you do not have to complete the Rare Candy sidequest to fulfill this requirement, you just have to talk to him once)
Cid
Red XIII
Yuffie
Barret (non-storyline)
Aeris (non-storyline)

Both sidequests reward their corresponding main character (Levi and Kumo, respectively) their final weapon.

I have worked on stuff, I'm just too lazy to take screenshots right now. 8D

Bwup

2010-02-06T02:45:00.000-08:00

I'm not going to say much here because I discussed most of it on my main blog, http://sorceressstudios.blogspot.com. I'll probably end up updating there a lot because it's easier.
I've done a fair amount of work, which means that I have some motivation right now. I've mapped out a fair bit of the Reactor but I have no idea where to go next. I suppose I should watch an FF7 intro video or play the game, but right now I can't be bothered.
I implemented a few extras scripts, that have no in-game appearance other than making it look and sound good.
I don't know how long the Reactor level will end up being, but at the moment I'm saved at a false save point with 18 mins of playtime, but that's the full game so far. The irony is that by this point in the original, I would've been in the alleys at least. Probably even at the Fairgrounds and completing the Battle Circle arc.
Though it's boastful of me to say this, I'm finding battles enjoyable so far. It's nice to be able to run around and kick ass, taking names. Plus, I have equipped Levi and Kumo with Water, Cure, Ice and Bolt.
Which means, the Guard Scorpion at the end of the level will be difficult. I'll be warning the players of this, of course, and in the long run I already have a advantage over the average player. In some, very strange occurance, my Kumo started off Level 7.

Oh well. Tata, keep an eye on this blog and the hub blog for updates.

Holy hell

2009-12-29T06:14:00.000-08:00

This has nothing to do with anything except Shadz is in it.
And I have adamantium claws. No, I'm not a Wolverine fan =D

Nothing to do with CC itself, just a blog related thing.

200 HITS?! WHAT ARE YOU PEOPLE DOING WITH YOUR LIVES?!

Plus, CC hit 79 maps the other day. Everybody congratulate the game on such a milestone.

On that note, I'm going to dig up the earliest CC art I can find and post it here for Lulz.
Ok, not the earliest, but:

Hello!

2009-12-27T20:16:00.001-08:00

Hey everyone, I know I haven't updated in a while orz, but I've gotten back to work.
Now, let's see...I had to completely redo Kumo's hair, which is finished. I started Jesse's characterset for the bombing mission, evented the intro for said mission, and drew three facesets, though I'm probably going to redraw Levi-again. F88K YOU LEVI~
Ahem~
I also created a video which I shall link at the end of this post. It includes clips from the new evented scene. Which, may I remind you, is MUSIC based- and timed perfectly. *smug smile*.
I started Levi's run frames because it was kind of necessary for the aeroplane mission, which is almost finished.
Ok, so here's some random stuff:

Announcement

2009-12-13T03:55:00.000-08:00

Miri has officially been demoted.

I've realized just now that keeping her as one of the three 'main' members is foolish. In the original demo, Miri joined your party for the first proper leg of the game- the Alleyways. However, Miri doesn't participate until then in the new demo, either- and before you get to the alleys, you've got to first blow up the reactor, and only after that do you actually MEET Miri properly! (You encounter her briefly during the introduction- that hasn't changed much). Kumo isn't in your party unless you get him some travel sickness tablets during the Aeroplane level, and she's minding the camp during the Forest of Despair while Kumo and Levi track down the remaining aeroplane passengers. Plus, she only has about four different moments in the comic that center around her (though Kumo and Levi wouldn't beat Aio up if he hadn't punched her out) and Volumes 2 and 3 don't feature her at all.
Miri is a very main character- but so are Lulu, Kyer and Shadz. Lulu has had as much comic-screen time as Miri, in fact, and Kyer and Shadz aren't supposed to be featured, but they both play a main role. Kyer and Miri are basically on the same page- they both play the love interest. Miri is more the one resolving conflict while Kyer ends up causing a lot of it. In the end Miri is no more important or less important than those three other members, which means she should definitely not be featured in the title screen or the logo. She basically doesn't, anyway.

Besides, she in her original game was a side member anyway. She played no more important role than Barret except for being a love interest (and come on, you can almost slap Barret with that role -.-). There was the fact she was involved in Nibelheim- and that's no different on the flipside with Miri. However, Kumo and Levi were the main protagonists in their respective games, and as a result, they both play extremely significant roles in this game. Though Lulu would still be a member of Forest, Kyer and Miri would still be in LANDSLIDE with Warren trying to destroy Omniax and Shadz would still be a really creepy guy with way too much info for an 18 year old, it's Kumo and Levi who keep the story rolling. They keep it interesting. Plus, they were the first good guys to be infected with the Character Virus and as a result, infected everyone else. Without them, there would be no Cosplay Crisis- because there wouldn't be a crisis involving cosplaying. Miri and the rest wouldn't even be in Tokyo without them.

Thus, the new logo for Cosplay Crisis will not feature Miri. Plus, I couldn't think of a pose for her anyway.
(Kyrsty's CC party: Kumo, Levi, plus Kyer or Shadz =P)

New Stuff

2009-12-08T02:00:00.000-08:00

Here have some screenshots.

Ok, well I've been working diligently on my game for the past few days, but today I took a break from game stuff to bring something new.

In about 30-45 minutes, I will be uploading the sketch version of the first volume of Cosplay Crisis: School Yard. Though untitled in the pages, I have labelled it 'Distress of Umbrellas and Milkshakes.'
Hopefully in the next few days I will also have Cruelty in the form of Socialization (volume 2) also uploaded. I just feel it is selfish of me to keep these storyline parts away from my 167 page viewers =P.

Please if anyone feels the urge for crying out loud the first volume is almost half a year old! So PLEASE do not comment on the art in the comics! These are for storyline purposes only- if you feel that you can't read them because the artwork is so shitty, then don't, I don't care.
Me, Kumo, Levi and Miri will keep our in jokes =P.

My main reason for doing so was that I was planning out the scene in Acaridae where Kumo and Levi are grabbing a bite to eat, and Levi orders his usual- Big Mac meal with a caramel milkshake, while Kumo has a chicken salad with apple and blackcurrant juice and an apple pie.
(I EVEN KNOW WHAT THEY'D EAT GOD I'M DOOMED D:). Though I have uploaded the pages with Kumo explaining his hatred for milkshakes, Aio mentions the umbrella fight while you're at the Fairgrounds, which I didn't get up to.

So take it as you will. Read and enjoy.

......it's a 31 mb download, just so you know. The comic is about 26 pages long (didn't count them). Volume 2 is about 40 pages long....=/.

The planet of Gaia needs a hero...

2009-12-05T00:31:00.001-08:00

I recently got hold of an emulator copy of Final Fantasy IX, and I have to say, I'm enjoy the hell out of it. Out of the three PSX heroes, Zidane is the one who comes close to Squall's pedestal, and for totally different reasons.
I'm an unemotional jerk, and I understand that side of myself at all times except for the endings of Crisis Core and FFX. I still haven't had the emotional stability to bring myself to finish Crisis Core, in fact.
So when I find a game that almost leaves me in stitches, it's a rare and mostly enjoyable experience, and Final Fantasy IX is one of those games. Despite liking characters with thoughtful backgrounds and general jerkiness (Cloud and Squall) Zidane's happy-go-lucky attitude has me playing the game avidly. I've accumulated 27 hours of playtime since I acquired the game last Saturday, and I've also been playing Dissidia in the meantime, as well as throwing in a bit of mapping and spriting for Cosplay Crisis.
What disappoints me in comparison to other FF's is the lack of side-quests. In all honesty I enjoy breaking away from the story into some back-breaking dungeon of despair trying to discover a new Guardian Force or going after a WEAPON, and compared to FF8 and FF7, FF9's side-quests are difficult, but few in number and rather short. I was recently exploring Gaia before leaving for Terra, trying to find the equivalent of the Islands Closest to Heaven and Hell, only finding areas that had Grand Dragons as their strongest monster. When I began the levelling crusade I was about level 40, and did get wiped out about twice, but after I equipped Antibody and gave Dagger a coral ring I've massed leveled to about level 50 and can't find anything stronger D:. It sucks, and I know I'm not ready to attempt Hades or Ozma...but they're the only two bosses!

Thinking back to FF8, there was Jumbo Cactuar, Odin, all those Tonberries, Bahamut, the Ruby Dragons and co., Ultima and Omega Weapons....and a number of them required dungeon crawling to get anywhere! (especially Ultima Weapon...the descent through the DSRC was worse than the fight!)

I know that some people would probably just say 'Oh, you're being picky', but this is my third playthrough and usually I go for everything at this point. And everything in FF9 isn't that much, disappointingly. Most quests are pretty basic and don't really require much thought on your part.
I hope Final Fantasy XIII has plenty of side-missions. >.> (You can probably tell I thoroughly enjoyed Crisis Core, lol =P)

On Cosplay Crisis notes I haven't really done much...I've finished mapping out the entirity of Kumo's apartment, and the Residential District, and half of the Town Square. I mapped out the main event cave for the area after the incident on the plane (I need to map out the plane still...D:.) I almost finished Zane's character set, implemented Mognet, implemented the new Equip menu, finished the run animation templated and made Kumo's run animation, made the ready pose for Kumo's buster gun weapon, made Levi's intro, ready and half of his skill and item poses, fully fleshed out the Armors tab and set the Materia slots correctly.
Yeah I haven't been up to much. Oh and I also redrew Kumo and Zane's facesets, AGAIN, but this time I'm using the Dissidia character models available in the Museum mode to base their faces correctly.

(Squall's Dissidia face is fucking hard to draw D:)

Why ello thar!

2009-11-18T03:47:00.000-08:00

....I still can't update =D *gets shot*

But I guess I can tell you what I've been up to lately. I've just finished Year 10, I just have exams to go, and I've already completed one (my Vocational Education Training subject's exam. At the end of the year, I'll have a Certificate II in Multimedia. Go me! =D)

We're hopefully installing an aircon tomorrow. Thank god, I'm dying in this weather! Seriously!

I have done some drawing and plans for Cosplay Crisis but it would be much easier if there was another me I could bounce ideas off of D: I'm still working on Acaridae's maps. I was thinking about a few more areas before the Fairgrounds, but I'm already putting a lot more spriting in as it is. Plus, with Chrissy coming around and 3 demanding siblings, and two parents, I couldn't afford a pixel artist.
Dammit.

I brought home a bunch of my Art subject work, some of it's ok, other stuff I'm not proud of. I plan to stick all my work (the ones I work on for a long time) on a wall, and then when I get better, the old ones come down.

Inspire myself to do better, if you know what I mean.

I'm really demotivated at the moment, and I have a pounding headache, so excuse this post for having nothing whatsoever to do with CC.

=p.

And I am so glad that I have gained the ability to draw the same character over and over and over again without having to use a reference...just check my DeviantART, it's pretty funny since it's the same pose :D.

http://sorceresskyrsty.deviantart.com

I need a consistent name for my posts.

2009-11-11T18:57:00.001-08:00

Ok, this is not an update. I need to post in order to transfer Cosplay Crisis files across to my computer at home and keep them safe from worms, etc. My USB's are being very annoying -.-

Yeah well...

2009-10-28T17:29:00.000-07:00

Ok so maybe I haven't gotten a lot done game wise lately, life at home has been nuttier than a Cornetto D:.

Dad just getting home from his back surgery and the fact we've got a house inspection this Friday is doing my head in.

So I've stuck to drawing my comic in my free time because it doesn't require a computer.

But I have done some stuff, such as spriting McDonalds, finishing the recolour of Ruby's stand pose, and drawing and colouring her face set.

The McDonalds is for the new airport scene. With how much I'm going over and redoing for the next demo release, the entire thing is probably going to be different o_O.

I have changed just about every scene- and redone a lot (I mean A LOT) of the maps, including Kumo's house, which has been re-evented as well. The short, rushed airplane scene will be replaced by an entire new level consisting of the use of Levi and his Revolver to liberate the plane from a bunch of terrorists. Kumo doesn't join in because a. he has no weapon and b. he's got motion sickness.

Also, the characters do not change into their cosplays until they reach Tokyo and stay overnight in a hotel. They then try to catch a taxi, but it rips them off and they end up in the Alleys, where you need to find the key to the gate so you can catch the Subway to the Fairgrounds.

Battle Circle has been re-evented, no corny dialogue with Arithial.

So yeah, basically the entire thing has been gone over and changed. Even the scene after Kumo wakes up.

And I will be editting the scene where Levi 'meets' Kyer and Shadz, though he has met them before in Volume 2 of Cosplay Crisis: School Yard, however no names are mentioned.

Now, to abandon you with some more art D=

Ugh =p

2009-10-19T05:55:00.000-07:00

Yeah well I have been extremely busy of late- mainly since Armageddon was on Sunday. On that note, I HAVE done work. Unbelievably. I've redone the entire airport scene to include Leon, and I redid the entire battle circle too. I have yet to play it through, though, must find labrats.
I've started work on Exhibition Tower but none of the custom graphics are done, I'm using Kieara Phoenix's modern graphics for the first floor and exterior at the moment. I'll add the swords statue onto it, but I'll make my own tileset for the Final Fantasy floor.
I did start going over Kumo's sprite cause he sucks, but I want to finish the game first, so new versions of the battlers will probably be only in the Insane edition.
I've added an intro to bring people up to speed on what's going on before the National Cosplay Week, including Omniax(which is a combination of Umbrella and Shin-Ra[PURE EVEL!]), Forest and Landslide. Kumo is of course mentioned in this.
I've also started spriting Elvoret. His base frame is 300x300 pixels! I have barely the lineart done so far!
I'm basing it off this particular Final Fantasy boss:
Yes he is a scary mofo. He's going to be difficult to sprite, so I won't be doing too many frames for him. I'll probably end up leaving out Struck, even. I just don't have the patience to do too much for him.
BUT, on that note, any boss is better than Randgris!!

As a final note, I will leave my dear readers with something super-special awesome: the Cosplay Crisis intro!

In the year 2010, a world not so different from our own has developed a system aside from the government in the form of factions spanning across the globe. The largest of these is the electrical and pharmaceutical company Omniax, considered by many as the greatest evil the world has ever faced. Despite being a ‘company’ they have their own entire mass of soldiers, willing to give their lives for the company. The governments of many countries fear an uprising of the company into power, but in truth the governments’ power is false
under the power of Omniax.
The greatest opposers are a group derived from the environmental movement Greenpeace, now known as ‘Landslide’. Their goal is to stop Omniax’s method of producing electricity and their potentially dangerous virology experiments. However, they have their own haters, given that the reason for them branching away from Greenpeace is their tendency to resort to extreme violence. They have separate groups around the globe, consisting of close to a half
million members, the largest one being in the mega-city of Acaridae, where they are lead by a young woman named Miriam Joumaeshin and a hot-headed man named Warren.
In the middle of the two conflicting sides is a mercenary organization called Forest, training children who seem to have no goal in life to fight for the right price. However, they do have morals, and seem to have an ultimate goal lying underneath their seemingly simple exterior. This ‘ultimate goal’ is not even understood by their ‘Canopy’, their Commander, a 19-year-old named Levi Raionomoi. Despite being a commander, he still actively participates in missions.
The organization also provides work for soldiers of fortune, hiring them in to partner up with particular members. While Levi was still a Sapling, he was partnered up with a drifter mercenary named Kumo Atsureki, who works to keep food on the table for himself and his brother…but he, like everyone else, seems to have a motive aside from this. He has also recently been hired by Landslide to help destroy electrical reactors around Acaridae.
These three individuals- Miri, Levi and Kumo-, are deeply interconnected, as they have been friends since childhood. As a brief respite from the deep world that they are embroiled in, they embark on a holiday to Japan to participate in the National Cosplay Week, an event attracting thousands of people to Tokyo to dress as their favourite characters.
The three may believe this is a holiday, but soon the events of the past and their imminent futures are going to come crashing down on them.
The clouds are brewing. The squalls are growing in intensity.
The Crisis is about to begin.

Yay word play =D

......

2009-10-08T04:39:00.001-07:00

That is all.

BAH Humbug...on the proper blog!

2009-09-23T10:02:00.001-07:00

Starting trailer over again. I didn't like the story board I had in the first place for it, it annoyed me because it wasn't properly fluent or anything. And...
The USB with the trailer failed anyway -_-. Both of the same type USB's I've had for the same amount of time failed on me within two days of each other. Coincidence? I think not.
*swears at USB companies*
Aside from that I finished Ruby's front walk and side stand poses. I need to play FF9 again, it's been a while and it takes a bit to get me working on related stuff. For FF7, 8 and 10 I have the games available so it's a different story for them =/.
I also finished a couple of sprites that will appear in the extended version of the airport. Since I figured customs isn't going to let a 19-year-old waltz in with a .45 Magnum in his jacket (well done Levi -_-).
From this scene, the proof that Cosplay Crisis isn't just Final Fantasy will come through as he gets his ass saved by Leonard Shawn Kendal, or Leon S. Kendall for short.
Sound familiar?
Played RE2 or RE4 lately? Nehehe.

Also, I extended the Alleys by LOADS. In fact, it even has its own boss fight in order to get through the gate to get to the Subway and an extra branching map. Thanks InFeCtioN for this suggestion, now I don't have to edit the boss in the Battle Circle.
I'm also in the process of extending the Battle Circle to resemble its FF7 counter part better. This means more fights before you fight he boss, which I will one day get around to changing from a Rangarok Online monster to Elvoret/Enoyle from FF8.

In the meantime enjoy the Kumo picture. I remembered his ear ring!!

(I bet there's tons of Engrish in this post, I typed it up at 3am after crashing from energy drinks =D. I'm not thinking straight, believe me)

Lol, this proves I'm tired. I posted this on the Burnt Toast Memorial blog first instead of here =D.

Questions?

2009-09-12T04:43:00.000-07:00

Pertaining to the series as a whole, I'm wondering if anybody would like to play through Kumo and Levi's missions prior to the game at current. I don't have anything atm but I already have ideas for what scripts I would use (it would be an ABS instead of ATB). I suppose I'd be better off finishing what I have planned for School Yard before I even consider making a game off it.

In game related news, two separate versions of the final game will be released. The first, the standard edition, will be released to most forums.
The second, the 'Insane' edition, will feature in-depth character profiles, an art gallery, extended ending, summon animations that don't suck, and Swordless Mission, and extra playable part at the beginning of the game where you get to play as non-cosplay Kumo and Levi wielding a machine gun and a Magnum .44 respectively. The battle system won't be any different, but it does give a little more storyline, including information about Levi's past that would usually only be found in Cosplay Crisis: Final Core. It may also include Aeris as an unlockable character, but she was planned as a non-listed one in the original version. I'm now debating this, given that she unbalances the FF8-FF7 balance.

Unless I also put Irvine in, since his character does have a persona now. Yes I am looking at you, Carl.

Get some clothes on for crying out loud.

And yes I'm now putting the game name in italics. =P.

Cosplay Crisis...

Work...

2009-09-07T04:07:00.000-07:00

Alright, an end is in sight! I've got the dialogue for the ending cutscenes written down and I already know how the ending fight goes down. One of the CC trio will end up hospitalized, critically injured...who will it be?

(aka 'who has a fake death in their respective game at the end of disk 1' o.o)

That said I still have a lot to do. I plan to utilize the numerous tilesets I have for Tokyo, but the Bridge and the Exhibition Tower I will have to sprite myself. *sigh*. I still have a lot of battlers to do, etc...
Meh. CC Vol.2 is at Page 6.
I have another scene like Aio and Levi's fight to sprite, but it's a lot shorter in comparision. Just involves some combination Fated Circle + Climhazzard awesomeness...
Climb Circle! o.o
Alongside Brave Divide in CC volume 1...Meteor Zone...and Omniheart Lionslash.

o.o

If anyone feels up to it, I wouldn't mind having a composer for CC. Just some theme remixes (excluding Levi), maybe a theme for the actual game...meh.

It's not necessary but could give the game a little more oomph.

Apologies...

2009-09-01T02:23:00.000-07:00

Argh I drained myself on the demo....
I can't work on it right now, I'm too desperate for Dissidia. I can't even THINK about working on this game. Plus most work I have to do next is spriting and I hope I'm not the only one who finds it draining. Also I always have my nose rubbing against the frickin' screen while doing it because of my short-sightedness.

Oh and by the way...this is the actual demo link:
http://www.mediafire.com/?mxdy3z2dwny

Play it! Tell me your thoughts! =D.

About a lot of the character art, they will be redrawn. Especially early ones such as Kumo, Levi, and Miri's full-body shots.
I'll also be doing a 'promotional poster', not for the fun of it but to say thanks for 1000 views on DevArt. Nehehehe ^_^
http://sorceresskyrsty.deviantart.com/

My DevArt for those interested. The so-far digitized pages of Cosplay Crisis can be seen as well as other artwork. Check it out ;)

Demo released

2009-08-22T04:29:00.000-07:00

Everybody snap at me for the dramatic difference between Levi's normal and Levi's cosplay sprites. Boohoo, I didn't finish cosplay sprite until after I packaged the demo.

Get a grip >=[

http://www.mediafire.com/?abwtmwjzlmn

This is the demo link. It's 46 mb, but would be 40 if I hadn't forgotten something...namely to delete the Opening-Bombing Mission MP3. Sorry =p

It should be pretty much bug-free though some dialogue doesn't fit with everything else. I'll fix it soon -.- At the moment I'm trying to focus on spriting because I'm motivated and I don't want to waste it orz.

Levi's normal and cosplay outfits are finished and I've started Kumo's normal. Ribbed shirts are a bitch, but at least I only have to do it once. Cloud's shirt is also ribbed (which is why Kumo's is -.-) which means when I turned the Kumo sprite to his Cloud cosplay I don't have to worry about it FD. Kumo's hair looks soooo much better now =D.

The fight between Aio and Levi is going to be a bitch to sprite orz.

I've been working O.O

2009-08-20T19:15:00.000-07:00

Yay TRAINS =P.

I've finally got Shadz's and Levi's battlers done. Whoop >.> I also have been working on individual outfits for the character when they're not dressed as FF characters. Levi is the first victim o.o. I'm mainly doing this because they wear normal outfits in the School Yard, but also because I think Levi's sprite looks stupid. Plus I'd like to have the satisfaction that I sprited the cast main by myself.

Which basically means another demo delay, but means that all the cast will look like they should ;).

Levi likes his fur and his belts, yup yup.

Also, Cosplay Crisis comic has reached 21 pages. Kumo's such a crazy psycho at times o.o

is dead

2009-08-15T21:44:00.000-07:00

Not really. I've just been really demotivated and haven't worked on anything, sorry guys orz.

I worked on it a little today but I just can't sprite at the moment. I did some little edits to a Kumo character set so he actually opens his eyes after dreaming at the beginning, but other than that...

I really can't get my motivation up. I've been avoiding everything by playing Touhou O.O. Meiling keeps killing meh =C.

It's probably because I actually had the 'Saving Shadz' segment done but then my data corrupted. I was so pissed, and my back-up didn't have the boss data or any of the eventing.

So, sorry everyone =C.

Sorry everybody about the delay :/

2009-07-31T00:19:00.000-07:00

<- *shock* WTF IS THIS PHOTO? WHY WAS IT IN KUMO'S POCKET? WHY IS THAT GUY SO SMEXY? WHAT HAPPENED NEXT?!

Yeah I know I suck at deadlines >.>

But besides that, I've been trying to think of way to give CC's story more...meat. (Meat is awesome). After all, stuff like CC: Final Core is something I've been planning, which is based around Crisis Core...I've become a bit of an FF7-fangirl, more than ten years after its initial release, lol.

Oh well.

As another note, I'm planning not to have Levi's scar just 'appear'. He's going to get it the regular damn way >=[, from his arch rival O.O.

Betcha didn't even realize that there was a Seifer-type character in CC, did ya XD. I don't even know who I'm talking to...
But yeah, I'm gonna go into proper details and stuff. Like for example, Levi and Kyer will have met before: but they've never been properly 'introduced'. I'm tired of me fawning over FF7, since FF8 had a great storyline, too. I'm going to try and create A DISTORTED VERSION OF THE BOTH OF THEM.

Yes, I'm a sicko. But it's a parody, right? I still need to make sure this stays funny. And what's funnier than getting stopped at the gate by your arch-rival, in a Seifer costume, and getting told you're going to duel him because you beat up his posse with umbrellas?
(That happens in the CC comic XD)

Wow, I update often

2009-07-24T04:17:00.000-07:00

<- Lol, randomness last level mock-up screen. Probably won't happen.
And this one ->
is the logo I decided to make today. It has *Unknown*(Ultimicia) Arithial (Sephiroth), Kumo, Levi and Miri in it. As a side not, Amano has a creepy drawing style. Cool, but slightly creepy...
Well it's not really an update. Not really. I finally got flash's sound to work. Turns out it wouldn't play the MP3 versions of the songs I wanted, so I had to convert them to WAV. Yeah. The file is now 100mb IN SIZE.

I almost immediately gave up on ever having animated sequences in Cosplay Crisis. But I probably wouldn't have them until the final game's released anyway, so...

In other news, I almost lost the game O.O. Yeah, you heard me right! All my files went and corrupted on me, and I think it was because I tried to play it on another computer O.O. Luckily I had a backed-up version I kept to do testing with. Everybody thank the gods of computer data, they shine on me today *basks in monitor screen light*

I also added Summons, but they won't be in the final version either due to the IMMENSE file size of the animation files. Each of them are roughly 25mb!! 5 of them would increase the game by 125mb, and it's 50 mb already. But so far, the Summons list is:
Ifrit
Shiva
Ramuh
Titan
Carbuncle(if, IF I can get a reflection script to work in game...I highly doubt it, but it's still IF)
Mog
Bahamut

However, 4 of these won't even be available if you just play without getting extras. The two summoner secret characters (Hanah and Ruby) come with 2 summons each. Just more incentive to get them, eh?

Also, these are possible thanks to Ringo. They look amazing, thank you!
TrÉs belle, Ringo! Merci beaucoup ^_^.

Over that drama, I also mocked up PSP covers for CC and made a new CC logo. It's not much better than the old one but meh.

I also uploaded a picture of the new logo on its own.

Demo Release Date

2009-07-21T04:58:00.001-07:00

OMFG I never thought I'd post this.

Demo is due to be released 28/7/09/. Hopefully, the game is bug free and fabulous.
I coloured an old Zane drawing, as you can see
<-. I've noticed my work has been getting...shinier? And a lot less sketchy. A turn for the better, I must admit XD. I finished sketching out Page 9 for Cosplay Crisis: School Yard, which involves Kumo ditching Levi and Miri before they can try to drag him into cosplaying. In the words of Kumo: Oh, the irony. In Cosplay Crisis game related news: The hotel at Ghost Circle now has a shop were you can buy weapons, items and Materia. The weapons available are all stronger than everything your party currently has equipped so it's probably a good idea to buy a few, at least for Kumo since he's the main character an all XD. I've been customizing a secret boss that will be available during the final dungeon. The final dungeon, to the relief of those who 'must-get-everything-in-game' players, is unfathomably long with plenty of good EXP enemies. Which is lucky, because this 'secret boss' I have yet to beat with a party at level 46. I survived 4 minutes and got its HP down past 80% (because it blasted me with Dark 3 and basically killed me). If you want to watch me get 'PWNED', go here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WfbrcCOqD5s Also, Archeia posted an update for Advent Cirno on Game Jolt (link is on the page). I hope they go for the Tales of-esque system, but with any system they go for, I'm probably going to fail. I can't even pass Cirno on Embodiment of the Scarlet Devil :C. (You maybe wondering why I'm posting about Advent Cirno in the Cosplay Crisis thread, but please remember, if I hadn't heard of Advent Cirno and looked into it, I wouldn't have started Cosplay Crisis, and this is probably the best fan-game idea I've ever had. It's both serious and funny at the same time and I can take a tongue-in-cheek approach, unlike FF8-2 where I have to be serious, so STFU about it >=[)

sighz Updated...Maybe?

2009-07-04T09:22:00.001-07:00

Lol I haven't worked on this for a while but after some inspiration from Carl I decided to pick it up again. Plus, I got Crisis Core recently, which equals two things: Inspiration and the disability to shorten my game down to CC from now on. Or maybe Cosplay Crisis can be CC and Crisis Core can be CC:FF7? Who knows *shrugs*.

I decided to go back to a previous build of Cosplay Crisis (basically the one without limits screwing everything up) and clean it up to get it working properly. I can survive without limits, especially since I just create my first Debug map. Hoho.
But on another note, I don't think I mentioned that I've lengthened the demo out to include going on a plane and stuff? In order to get to the National Cosplay Day (which is confirmed to be in Japan in the Cosplay Crisis School Yard manga) they need to catch a plane. Plus Levi and Kumo go out for coffee.

It's been really great to be able to go through a battle and not have stuff error when I use items, and be able to use Materia for the first time in 3 months! XD XD XD.
With the way I'm working on CC currently I SHOULD be able to release a demo very, very, very soon. I'm deadlining it to my birthday, ok?! That way, I should probably get it done! Hopefully.
I don't feel like spriting at the moment, I've been tired for the last couple of days due to over-playing Crisis Core. I was up to five in the morning on Thursday O.O. However by tomorrow I should have the next page of CC:SY published and Miri's defense and down poses done. They're just about all I need to finish for her, then I can worry about Levi.
If you want to read the comic, check the Arts section of Creation Asylum www.creationasylum.net OR check out my DevArt page: http://sorceresskyrsty.deviantart.com/

Also, anybody know of a FF7 Limit Break system that DOESN'T conflict with Materia and DOESN'T require the SDK? Because I'm almost considering just using the KGC Desperation Attacks script I'm using for LOTSL.

Cosplay Crisis now has a blog o_O?

2009-06-02T04:29:00.000-07:00

Yeah, I decided to create a blog separate from Burnt Toast Memorial (which needs to be renamed :/). But yeah, this is the first post on the CC blog and I'll try to keep it as updated as possible.

On that note, here's what's new in CC:

Longer Intro Sequence: More character development, and more travel: your characters now have to take a taxi, plane, back alley and a train in order to get to where the Cosplay Day is being held. Go figure :/.
New Miri Sprite: Miri now has a custom sprite that I didn't get from Sithjester's site. I used pieces from Monkeydlu's sprites in order to give her more definition to other characters, and I need to do the same thing to the Tifa sprite.
New Shadz/Miri/Kumo fight: Shadz gets chased around by a robot and it's up to you to save him.

I'm still waiting on GubiD with my scripts and I haven't heard anything from him since...about 10 weeks ago. *sigh*. What is with me and scripts...? They like...hate me or something. :/.