Miscellaneous ~ Surprise!
# Posted on April 2, 2008, 8:59 p.m. by Gideon Zhi

*whistle*

This is pretty much done, other than a (hopefully!) minor issue with the battle system. This is the first I've ever tinkered with actual z80 before, and so far it's been a resounding success. Good game to start with!

Official announcement forthcoming once it's cleaned up a bit. Here's a related video while you wait.

Progress ~ Rejoice! Script translation complete!
Rejoice - Another Aretha Kingdom
# Posted on March 3, 2008, 2:35 p.m. by Gideon Zhi

Silversonic just emailed me this afternoon to let me know that Rejoice's script is done! It still needs an edit (mostly, aside from the stuff I did on my own a few months ago) but barring any major catastrophes, the remainder of the project should go pretty quickly.

So just what is Rejoice, you ask? Well, I think I'll let it speak for itself:

Progress ~ Live-a-Live 2.0 close to completion
Live-A-Live
# Posted on Jan. 13, 2008, 7:57 a.m. by Gideon Zhi

It's taken a whole lot longer than anyone could have predicted, but I think we've finally fixed all of the little niggling technical issues. One particularly nasty one, just resolved, would corrupt your save data and replace characters with multiple Oersteds.

The scripts are all edited save for the final chapter, but of course due to that previously-mentioned save corruption, I need to restart the game from the beginning. Provided a speedy replay and no further technical problems (and maybe some wrangling with SNES9X's cheat engine) an in-house betatest should be coming pretty soon, with a release following shortly thereafter. No promises, though! We thought the technicals had been resolved last September, but look how wrong we were!

Major Release ~ Metal Max Returns: Roll out!
Metal Max Returns
# Posted on Nov. 6, 2007, 4:13 a.m. by Gideon Zhi

After possibly the longest playtest period I've ever had to slog through, Metal Max Returns is finally ready!

Metal Max is an open, nonlinear RPG with a heavy focus on sidequests and tank tweaking. The main game has you chasing bounty heads and finding new vehicles for your entourage, but there�s so much other stuff to do! You can pimp your tanks with decals and accessories, you can buy furniture and wall hangings for your home, play with little critters that eat your money and grow to enormous proportions, or enjoy a host of minigames. Go hunting for this week's target and become a rich and famous bounty hunter!

Miscellaneous ~ Front Page/Forum Integration
# Posted on Oct. 4, 2007, 11:51 p.m. by Gideon Zhi

Just dropping a quick note to say that front page updates have been integrated into the Pantheon. You'll be able to talk about posted news by hitting the "Discuss News" link at the bottom of each post from here on out. Enjoy!

Progress ~ SRW Gaiden - Technicals Mostly Resolved
Super Robot Wars Gaiden
# Posted on Oct. 4, 2007, 1:28 a.m. by Gideon Zhi

Just dropping a quick note to say that most of the technical issues in SRW Gaiden have been resolved. There are still some bad strings and/or crashes, occasionally, and the menu system needs quite a lot of textual work, but none of it should prove very challenging. The biggest "issue" is that speaker portraits garble when a unit gets destroyed. Not sure why, just yet.

Here are some snaps of working battle sequence text.

Progress ~ Super Robot Wars Gaiden - Script Inserted, Kinda
Super Robot Wars Gaiden
# Posted on Sept. 27, 2007, 8:54 p.m. by Gideon Zhi

It still has a lot of technical problems, but the really good news is that all of the necessary pointer writes have been added to SRW Gaiden's script. It's... big, of course - roughly 800K of text, all of which is going to need to be edited. The font routine is also only semi-functional, but the stuff that IS working looks pretty good. Unfortunately, the stuff that IS working isn't a lot of it.

Here are some snaps.

Miscellaneous ~ Pantheon Upgrade
# Posted on Sept. 12, 2007, 6:14 p.m. by Gideon Zhi

Just a quick note to mention that the Pantheon upgrade is complete. The link in the site's nav bar should take you there; if for some reason it takes you to the old address, merely follow Gon to the new one.

Major Release ~ Danzarb Is Done
Dragon Squadron: Danzarb
# Posted on Aug. 24, 2007, 12:31 a.m. by Gideon Zhi

It's late and I'm tired, so I'll keep this brief and let the project's subsite do the talking. Danzarb's out. Enjoy, and for god's sake, if you have problems getting it to run, READ THE README!

Sincerest apologies to DaMarsMan for neglecting to add his contribution (script formatting) to the readme. It's been fixed.

Miscellaneous ~ Pantheon is fixed.
# Posted on July 30, 2007, 6:07 p.m. by Gideon Zhi

Thanks, koit!