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LW - Populate starting cave with NPC's / boss

LW - Expand sewers subdungeon

LW - Simplify dungeon 1 - Soldier tomb

LW - Simplify dungeon 2 - Desert palace

LW - Streamline dungeon 3 - Underwater prison

LW - Upgrade dungeon 4 - Mansion

LW - Add mystic forest dungeon - Cross a magic forest into several small ruins

DW - Add swamp piramide dungeon - Descend an underground piramide with poisoned water

DW - Add cathedral / graveyard dungeon - Revive old knights to beat the boss together

DW - Add Ice caverns dungeon - Hunt a boss across through a maze with icy floors

DW - Add dual towers dungeon - Climb one tower as training for a harder DW version

DW - Add dark woods dungeon - Explore a dead forest with deep interconnected ruins

DW - Add fortress of medu dungeon - Slowly drive the darkness out room by room

DW - Add fire+ice dungeons - Find fire/ice dragon by solving puzzles across 2 worlds

DW - Add final dungeon

[Martijn dh]

Martijn dh

Re: Alttp - Horn of Balance

So this week I *completed* the new cucco enemies that were originally plan 2 years ago (including angry mode). But then I remember that you could also pick them and throw in the original so I'm still pondering on how best to include that feature. Still, I'm pretty happy with how they turned out. Also, in my game you can turn cucco's into undead cucco's and visa versa with magic powder (cause I felt like it). And a very select few humanoid enemies can even be transformed into cucco's with the powder (cause I thought it was funny).

Progress report:

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0.22.144 (24 januari 2021)
* Finished scenes for bringing hostages to target locations
* Fixed depth issue in mine B2 room if NPC is following you

0.22.145 (25 januari 2021)
* Fixed collisions between bunny beam and trees

0.22.146 (26 januari 2021)
* Fixed pots not spawning over bunny beams anymore after bunny beam update

0.22.147 (30 januari 2021)
* Fixed error when freezing cukeman
* Added ability to switch between cucco types with magical powder
* Finished new enemies: Cucco (alive / bone version)
* Added abilty to turn more enemies into cucco's (with magic powder)
* Cleaned up block pushing code slighlty

0.22.148 (31 januari 2021)
* Adjusted movement script fairies (also used by various enemies) to prevent terrain collision issues
* Adjusted anti-faery movement to auto-correct endless movement loops (slowly)
* Started work on ability to grab and pick up cucco's
Stuff left to do:

Beta components:
- Add bombs or enemies falling from above
(MOSTLY) DONE - Finish chickens
- Add new enemy (humanoids)
- Add dungeon end scene
DONE - Add NPC scenes
- Add scene after boss fight
- Tweak boss fight
- Adjust hammer masking (?)
- Add proper enemies and placements to the dungeon
- Balance container contents
- Add further balance to the dungeon

Other reported points left to adress (after the beta):
DONE - Fairies get stuck in terrain (floating point error issue)
- Various smaller issues

NEW ENEMIES:
- Cucco / Undead Cucco

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[pxl_moon (dotyue)]

pxl_moon (dotyue)

Re: Alttp - Horn of Balance

But then I remember that you could also pick them and throw in the original so I'm still pondering on how best to include that feature.

What about a Cucco Catch Sidequest/Minigame like the one in Minish Cap?

and another idea: Cucco Gliding, like the Minish Cap Function where you could glide with your hat from cliff to cliff in some regions because of gusts

~~Resources~~
~Minish Cap Style~
Minish Cap Beta:Firerod Icon, Majoras Mask:ChuChu, Ocarina of Time:Gossip Stone, Oracle Series:Link plays the "Herpes of Ages", Impa, Wand Maker: HUD
~GB-Zelda Style~
Ocarina of Time: Deku Caca
~Other~
Paper Mario Style Zelda&Link, Tetra Trackers HUD-Cleanups

[Martijn dh]

Martijn dh

Re: Alttp - Horn of Balance

Adding a cucco mini games sounds like fun. I'll look it up and take it under consideration for demo 24.

The engine isn't quite ready for gliding just yet. Maybe at a later date.

Still working on my Alttp-engine: http://www.zfgc.com/forum/index.php?topic=33701.0
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[Martijn dh]

Martijn dh

Re: Alttp - Horn of Balance

Small update ('cause I took a few days to relax).

Progress report:

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0.22.148 (1 februari 2021)
* Added ability to pick up and carry cucco's

0.22.149 (3 februari 2021)
* Fixed bug where Cucco's fly north endlessly if grabbed with specific timing

0.22.150 (7 februari 2021)
* Finished additional cucco features
Stuff left to do:

Beta components:
- Add bombs or enemies falling from above
DONE - Finish chickens
- Add new enemy (humanoids)
- Add dungeon end scene
- Add scene after boss fight
- Tweak boss fight
- Adjust hammer masking (?)
- Add proper enemies and placements to the dungeon
- Balance container contents
- Add further balance to the dungeon

Other reported points left to adress (after the beta):
NEW - Add small helmasaurus enemy
- Various smaller issues

Still working on my Alttp-engine: http://www.zfgc.com/forum/index.php?topic=33701.0
Want to help out in whatever way you are talented? Send me a PM.

[Martijn dh]

Martijn dh

Re: Alttp - Horn of Balance

A little bit of bad news - good news:

The bad - To my surprise Gamemaker forced me into the latest release ( = I can't return my project to previous versions). The plan was to schedule march/june to make that transition and deal with the fallout, but I guess that's been pulled forwards.

The good - Gamemaker improved the automated transition and I can at least launch and play without instant errors. (The upgrade attempt last year ended in a nightmare). There are a number of visuals issues now (likely due to a specific outdated feature I was meaning to get rid of anyway) and I'll still have to comb a massive number of scripts, but it looks WAY better than expected.

So all in all I'll have to postpone finishing the latest dungeon for now. At least untill the most glaring visual hickups are dealt with. I'll also release the current state after the weekend for those that want to help with bughunting new issues after this update.


EDIT: Uuuhm. Found out why I didn't remove that one outdated feature earlier. It's used literally thousands of times. Welp, it's going to be long weekend.

Still working on my Alttp-engine: http://www.zfgc.com/forum/index.php?topic=33701.0
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[Martijn dh]

Martijn dh

Re: Alttp - Horn of Balance (alpha out)

As stated, here is the current state after the gamemaker update. It took all weekend going over tons of scripts but I'm hopefully optimistic that the game is fully playable again. Based on past experiences I was honestly expecting this thing to take closer to a month so I'm really happy about it. Haven't had time to also playtest though, so if anybody finds any kinds of new issues be sure to let me know.

@Miles07: In regards to your feedback and bugreports: the results are in here too except for two outstanding: the underwater prison dungeon alternative order (=which I'm still thinking on if/how to handle) and the underwater prison dungeon diving collisions (which I haven't gotten around to looking at yet).

Download
Demo version: 0.22.151
File Size: 20,00 MB (Zipped)
Screen Resolution: 320 x 240 (Changable)
Download (Mediafire): http://www.mediafire.com/file/4bfbenskpqfxcjg/Zelda+0+22+151+alpha.zip/file

Progress report:

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0.22.151 (12 februari 2021)
* Mandatory upgrade to latest Gamemsker 2.3 version
* Cleaned up unused dungeon skip functionality
* Replaced array_length_1d()

0.22.152 (13 februari 2021)
* Replaced array_length_2d()
* Replaced array_height_2d()
* Removed gml_pragma()
* Renamed depth_scale to depthLevel
* Converted / cleaned up code for audio scripting
* Converted / cleaned up code the first few misc objects
* Settled on new coding standards

0.22.153 (14 februari 2021)
* Converted / cleaned up code for various terrain objects
* Phased out image_single usage for image_index
* Experimented with first usage of new structs features
Stuff left to do:

Beta components:
- Add bombs or enemies falling from above
- Add new enemy (humanoids)
- Add dungeon end scene
- Add scene after boss fight
- Tweak boss fight
- Adjust hammer masking (?)
- Add proper enemies and placements to the dungeon
- Balance container contents
- Add further balance to the dungeon

Other reported points left to adress (after the beta):
- Add small helmasaurus enemy
- Various smaller issues

Still working on my Alttp-engine: http://www.zfgc.com/forum/index.php?topic=33701.0
Want to help out in whatever way you are talented? Send me a PM.

[Martijn dh]

Martijn dh

Re: Alttp - Horn of Balance

Wasn't feeling great yesterday evening, so a delayed progress report.
I'm not entirely sure, but I'm currently suspecting the Gamemaker upgrade created new issues beyond my earlier estimation (= I suddenly encountered an array related error when destroying pots/grass  - which makes no sense since Miles07 tested that not too long ago).

Weekly progress report:

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0.22.154 (17 februari 2021)
* Settled on coding standards for Struct usage
* Converted / cleaned up more terrain objects

0.22.155 (20 februari 2021)
* Added placeholder scenes for end of game

0.22.156 (21 februari 2021)
* Tweaked the underwater prison dungeon order
* Added third secret chest to underwater prison
* Fixed visual issue textbox
* Fixed error when stunning enemies
* Fixed error when destroying containers
Stuff left to do:

Beta components:
- Add bombs or enemies falling from above
- Add new enemy (humanoids)
- Add dungeon end scene
- Add scene after boss fight
- Tweak boss fight
- Adjust hammer masking (?)
- Add proper enemies and placements to the dungeon
- Balance container contents
- Add further balance to the dungeon

Other reported points left to adress (after the beta):
- Add small helmasaurus enemy
[NOW ONLY 1 ISSUE LEFT] - Various smaller issues

Still working on my Alttp-engine: http://www.zfgc.com/forum/index.php?topic=33701.0
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[Samyur]

Samyur

Re: Alttp - Horn of Balance

Wasn't feeling great yesterday evening, so a delayed progress report.
I'm not entirely sure, but I'm currently suspecting the Gamemaker upgrade created new issues beyond my earlier estimation (= I suddenly encountered an array related error when destroying pots/grass  - which makes no sense since Miles07 tested that not too long ago).

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Hello there my friend long time no see, great to know that you are progressing so much in the project, that i have to download the newest version to try it out, and see what is new, i'll feedback, and thanks again for your great work.

[Martijn dh]

Martijn dh

Re: Alttp - Horn of Balance

Thanks you for your continued support!

Note that the game crashes upon destruction of grass and pots so be sure to save often. Also, picking up containers has a similar issue (=found late last night; also already fixed on my end). Sorry about releasing it in that state. I was unaware.

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[Miles07]

Miles07

Re: Alttp - Horn of Balance

I'll wait for the next stable version before demoing again.

I was talking to my friend last night, and he was mentioning about how in 1980, he thought the internet would become this amazing place where people from across the world would share ideas. I was telling him about how this project [KOT] has worked, lurching along for years and drawn by different people from across the globe, and he thought it was beautiful. And he was right, it's awesome.

Zelda Items Spritesheet album - (link here)
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Boss Keys project Trello Board - (link here)

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[Martijn dh]

Martijn dh

Re: Alttp - Horn of Balance

Had some days off so there has been decent progress.

Weekly progress report:

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0.22.157 (22 februari 2021)
* Finished scene for end of game
* Fixed HUD being draw during credits
* Tweaked room near mines boss encounter
* Added placeholder scene for mines boss encountered
* Fixed error in container destruction script

0.22.158 (23 februari 2021)
* Finished scene after mines boss encounter
* Added placeholder scene for mines completed
* Started work on new enemy: boulder trap

0.22.159 (25 februari 2021)
* Finished new enemy: inside boulder trap

0.22.160 (26 februari 2021)
* Added boulder traps to mining town dungeon

0.22.161 (27 februari 2021)
* Improved text engine to also work with moving camera
* Finished mining dungeon end scene

0.22.162 (28 februari 2021)
* Tweaked mining town dungeon end scene
* Made it so all enemy body parts show the same colors when damaged
* Started adding new enemy: hokkubokku
Stuff left to do:

Beta components:
DONE - Add bombs or enemies falling from above
- Add new enemy (humanoids)
DONE - Add dungeon end scene
DONE - Add scene after boss fight
- Tweak boss fight
- Adjust hammer masking (?)
- Add proper enemies and placements to the dungeon
- Balance container contents
- Add further balance to the dungeon

Other reported points left to adress (after the beta):
- Add small helmasaurus enemy
- Test underwater main prison room collissions while diving

New enemies:
- Boulder trap
- Hokkubokku (Work in progress - not located in mining town dungeon)

Still working on my Alttp-engine: http://www.zfgc.com/forum/index.php?topic=33701.0
Want to help out in whatever way you are talented? Send me a PM.