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Discussion / Zelda 2 Recreation
« on: April 07, 2016, 04:36:29 am »
Greetings,
Long time lurker, first time posted here
I've been poking at GameMaker for the last few months and in an effort to learn it better, I decided to recreate my all time favorite old-school zelda game, Zelda 2: the Adventure of Link. While creating it, I've learned a lot about how GM works and how things fit together. Also, browsing around the web, I've not found a lot of love for this game, so in addition to teaching myself something, I've decided that when I'm finished, that I want to release it to the world so that people can make their own Z2 type games, or remix Z2 as it stands today.
Currently, I have most of the core of the game completed for the first area (Ruto, Rauru, and Parapa Palace), currently working on NPCs and enemies. I'm aiming for mostly identical to the original game, though I've already tweaked a few things (graphically) that make the game work a bit better with today's standards (I'm creating the game at a resolution of 1280x1024 and not all single screen rooms fit so I added a few extra blocks to fill them out).
I hope to have a playable demo of the first area by the end of April. If anyone is interested, I'll post it here.
I'm also contemplating remaking Z2 with some updated sprites and higher graphics once everything is said and done, as swapping them out should be trivial. (Concept video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmJ3i7UFtTg)
If anyone is interested in following along on this adventure, I created a youtube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPpc19KKS8apBYrUx1RDjbw
Feedback is welcome!
-Val
Long time lurker, first time posted here
I've been poking at GameMaker for the last few months and in an effort to learn it better, I decided to recreate my all time favorite old-school zelda game, Zelda 2: the Adventure of Link. While creating it, I've learned a lot about how GM works and how things fit together. Also, browsing around the web, I've not found a lot of love for this game, so in addition to teaching myself something, I've decided that when I'm finished, that I want to release it to the world so that people can make their own Z2 type games, or remix Z2 as it stands today.
Currently, I have most of the core of the game completed for the first area (Ruto, Rauru, and Parapa Palace), currently working on NPCs and enemies. I'm aiming for mostly identical to the original game, though I've already tweaked a few things (graphically) that make the game work a bit better with today's standards (I'm creating the game at a resolution of 1280x1024 and not all single screen rooms fit so I added a few extra blocks to fill them out).
I hope to have a playable demo of the first area by the end of April. If anyone is interested, I'll post it here.
I'm also contemplating remaking Z2 with some updated sprites and higher graphics once everything is said and done, as swapping them out should be trivial. (Concept video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wmJ3i7UFtTg)
If anyone is interested in following along on this adventure, I created a youtube channel:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCPpc19KKS8apBYrUx1RDjbw
Feedback is welcome!
-Val