You said something about a person trapped in the nightmare world in long post earlier, is the shaman who used the "Shadowgazer" to seal the Maren at first the one trapped in there, guiding Link? Just a guess.
Yep. Link's guide in the nightmare realm, and the Sheikah who originally defeated the Maren are one and the same person.
So is this going to be the boss for every dungeon, that would be boring...
I've never said that. They may all be in the thrall of the Maren, but each dungeon boss will be unique.
I like the Maren design, its very original. They look really minish cap-like and kinda like mosquitos lol.
Thanks. Interesting you should say that.
When I was designing those guys I came up with an image of them clasping their hands round their victim's head and lifting them off the ground, and a long insect-like proboscis or tongue or something being inserted into the back of the head. Rather than sucking anything out, I imagined it would be 'injecting' nightmares directly into the victim's brain. I thought that was pretty nasty! I dunno if it'll work out yet, or if I could adequately illustrate that with sprites, but I still like the idea...
Regarding z3, progress is going well, I think I can get everything I want done in time for mid-May. Still a ton of spriting and tiling to do on one of the areas, which I'm spending all my fan gaming time on - much to the dismay of my ZFGCCP colleagues, I'm sure, but I feel I need to prioritise this right now. There will be a big splurge of new screens, art, and info (not all relating to the demo) in my z3 booth, and that's what I'm concentrating on right now. ;D