On Wednesday October 26 at 8:00pm(EST), join me and the Starmen.net community on Twitch as we play Toby Fox’s Halloween Hack! It’s all part of the 2016 Halloween Funfest. Also known as Press the B Button, Stupid!, this game is an award-winning ROM hack fan sequel of the 1995 cult-classic-role-playing-video-game EarthBound. In addition to being one of the most famous EarthBound hacks...
Here’s another big Unearthed update for all you folks. All the enemies in the game have now been placed on the world map! I’ve put together a little video to show off some of my favourite enemies and locales. Many thanks go out the the SM.net community for helping out with the sprites, and to DalisClock for the rockin’ music! Now that I have placed all the enemies on the map...
As promised, this Unearthed update is a rather substantial one. All of the enemies in the game are now complete! I’ve put together a little sampler video, which you can check out below: In total, there are about 140 new enemies in Unearthed. Almost every single one of these enemies has a new battle sprite made by either Messianic or Artemis251, and most use at least one new ability that...
The coding for multiple use items is now done! This has been a long time coming, and I’m rather pleased with the results. Through the use of an item called a Staple Gun, I’ve demonstrated how this code can be used to give an item “charges” that can be diminished or replenished. Patch Notes Created working code for multiple-use items. Implemented Staple Gun and Pack of...
A small but interesting update this week. Working with Messianic, I’ve finally finished the random text selector! This allows attacks to have multiple text outcomes! The video below shows off the finished product through Mitchell’s taunt ability. Patch Notes Implemented multi-outcome text descriptions. Debugged some random stuff. Implemented frame-works for multi-use items. General...
This was a bit of a weird week. Not because I wasn’t productive, but because I ended up working on something completely different than I thought I would. Coil Snake hit update 2.01, allowing me to integrate the Blue Magic system that I’ve been yappin’ on about for years now. Please enjoy this complimentary video, showcasing some basic functionality! Patch Notes: May 5th...
A few more small updates for Unearthed! EarthBrent and Ninjamaru were kind enough to contribute sprites for both ISAAC and Skoob, two of the main characters in Unearthed. These sprites are not 100% completed yet, but still look pretty great! Here is a short a simple video showing them off: Here’s a list of the other stuff I’ve been up to: Revised game outline to include new abilities...
I’ve been mainly fishing through the ROM for bugs lately (not very exciting), so I thought I’d whip up a quick video to keep the blog interesting. Below is a walkabout of Unearthed’s game world, hosted by myself, Radiostorm (Matt), and Geoff. It shows off some of the game’s areas, outlines the overall narrative of the game, and gives you a chance to see how everything is...