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Dev update for Former Dawn, an upcoming RPG for the NES and PC!
* revised town gfx
* upgraded character portraits
* fleshed out dialog box
* added sunbeam env. effect
It all works on NES hardware, but the song will be used elsewhere in the final version.
#indiegame
#pixelart
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Recent WIP collage for the new Jeku walking animations in Former Dawn, a new RPG for the NES. Sticking to 16-frame for these; planning on 12-frame for running.
Per usual, these work on real NES hardware.
Getting closer to viability for a playable demo...
#nesdev
#indiegame
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Dev update for Former Dawn, an upcoming
#RPG
for the NES and PC! (Unmute the video...)
* Transition from realtime to turn based combat
* Battle animations can now play simultaneously
* Victory fanfare now plays at end of battle
* Victory poses do as well
#pixelart
#indiegame
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Fleshed out more of the Town of Gerosch in
#FormerDawn
, an in-development Action RPG for the NES. Partially de-janked the running animations and added 2 more NPCs.
Note the railing on the stairs in the Mayor's house.
All of this works on real NES hardware.
#nesdev
#pixelart
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Just showing progress on the engine for Former Dawn on the NES.
Areas are now linkable, which lets us create interiors and stitch the world together in general.
Nothing special, but can't really make a good RPG w/o it!
#nesdev
#indiegame
(Re-post of accidentally deleted tweet)
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We think this is probably the best waterfall on the NES.
What do you think?
#nesdev
#indiegame
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New blog post detailing the development history of MXM-1 expansion audio for the NES:
This audio system is used in Former Dawn, an upcoming
#RPG
for the NES and PC!
Also, here's a sneak peek of Jeku fishing.
(Unmute your audio!)
#pixelart
#indiegame
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Former Dawn dev update!
Our NES game now has new style 8-directional animations and other content:
* 16-frame walk & 12-frame run cycles
* 3 unique blade slash attacks
* Mountain Path & Cave areas
* Crog enemy type (per tradition, color indicates strength)
#RPG
#IndieGameDev
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Wh...wh...what was in those tanks?
A place that should not exist from Former Dawn, an upcoming Action RPG for the NES and PC.
#indiegame
#pixelart
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Check out what color FMV can look like on the NES!
This uses a new custom dithering algorithm for the NES and runs smoothly on real hardware @ 30FPS.
This clip is for demo purposes only; Former Dawn's FMV will be handcrafted, not demade from stock footage.
#nesdev
#StarTrekTNG
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Which vintage console do you think this is for?
If you guessed the NES, you're correct!
These are actual in-game graphics for The House of Truth in the Town of Mita.
Thanks go to Hali Hoag,
@FrankenGraphics
, and Brandon Rodriguez for co-creating this.
#nesdev
#pixelart
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Our dialogue system is now at the level of late 80s RPGs, but aiming at Star Control II or Planescape: Torment eventually.
√ Arbitrary NPCs, portraits, & text
√ Skippable text!
√ NPCs turn to face you
√ Left and right portraits
√ Smoother sliding effect
#nesdev
#indiegame
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Pre-Launch for Former Dawn is delayed because apparently we really should put at least a draft of the game trailer on it.
Coming soon!
Meanwhile, here's one of the animation sets that we're revamping; gives you more of an idea of what battle will look like.
#nesdev
#indiegame
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Town of Gerosch coming alive in
#FormerDawn
, an upcoming Action RPG for the NES.
Begins in the general store and ends with Shifra walking around in her bedroom. Shifra is Jeku's mother.
All of this works on a real NES.
Improved graphics coming soon!
#pixelart
#indiegame
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Introducing Fullest Motion Video on the NES:
30.05FPS at full screen (can do 60.1FPS)
44.2KHz true 7-bit PCM audio
Thank you,
@krikzz
, for making this possible! We had to hack live SD card access on the N8 Pro, but the work is done.
#nesdev
#retrogames
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(Unmute for another song from the OST.)
Now recruiting playtesters for Former Dawn, an upcoming RPG for the NES and PC!
In ~1 week, v0.1α of the demo will be available for a select few gamers who have either:
· A frontloader NES and an EverDrive N8 Pro (preferably also a CRT)
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Current state of the real-time combat engine in Former Dawn, a new Action RPG for the NES!
Notable features for an NES game:
* 8-directional movements and attacks
* Multilayered character and enemy sprites
* High frame counts
Many improvements coming soon.
#nesdev
#indiegame
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Welcome to the Snowy Swamp! New in-game graphics for the NES RPG called Former Dawn.
This is a 2-screen-wide section of the area.
Thanks go to
@Aitchess55
for the love that went into the 15,360 palette choices necessary to take advantage of 8x1 attributes.
#nesdev
#pixelart
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Flamethrower attack for Ava, courtesy
@FrankenGraphics
.
Works beautifully on a real NES and doesn't cause excessive sprite flicker due to great care being taken during its creation.
Will be a powerful support move in Former Dawn, a new Action RPG for the NES!
#nesdev
#pixelart
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You hear rustling in the "trees"...turning toward the sound, you suddenly become aware of hundreds of huge and derpy black eyes staring at you.
SQUORK!!
It's the Durple Forest!
Actual in-game gfx for a new level of
#FormerDawn
, an upcoming RPG for the NES.
#nesdev
#pixelart
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We have released the House of Truth demo ROM and minimappers for the PowerPak, EverDrive N8, and N8 Pro.
See it for yourself on real NES hardware!
Please give feedback here, at , or email: contact
@somethingnerdy
.com
#nesdev
#8bit
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Another 8x1 room interior coloration we commissioned
@FrankenGraphics
to do for the upcoming NES game Former Dawn. Still a work-in-progress.
As we keep saying, these graphics can (and will) be put on real NES hardware thanks for our new MXM-0 memory mapper.
#nesdev
#pixelart
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#indiegames
#pixelart
The Inversion project is moving into a new phase -- the final name of the game has been decided!
Former Dawn
Here's the logo for our title screen on the NES:
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Proposal for revision to the graphics for Jekuthiel, the protagonist of Former Dawn. Better use of the available colors, better shading, better detail, and better proportions.
But definitely a lot of work to redo all of the associated animations.
Thoughts?
#nesdev
#formerdawn
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Inside the waterwheel house in Gerosch. We love the sense of lighting in this one, despite the lack of colors used. It seems to demonstrate the power of high entropy in vintage graphics systems (like the NES's) more than anything else.
#pixelart
#indiegamedev
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@theninjaceo
@FrankenGraphics
We'll do you one better. Here is Jeku (main character) walking around on a real CRT on real hardware.
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Animated version of the Snowy Swamp level in
#FormerDawn
. Thanks go to
@FrankenGraphics
for the subtlety and intricacy all over this one. No sprite overlays!
(Zoom in if you can; Twitter's handling of .gif files is quite inconsistent across different clients.)
#nesdev
#pixelart
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Another Gerosch interior for Former Dawn using 8x1 attributes provided by MXM-0.
The afforded lighting is subtle but meaningful. Without MXM-0, sprite overlays would be needed for something like this, imposing palette constraints on any NPCs in the scene.
#IndieGameDev
#nesdev
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This is how the dialogue will look on Former Dawn. (See below for screenshot from a recent game build.)
* high quality character portraits
* variable width fonts
* mid-screen palette swaps
* enhanced colors
Divider bars will be user-configurable.
#screenshotsaturday
#indiegame
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Mayor's office in the town Gerosch. Just another background image for Former Dawn made possible on the NES by the 8x1 attribute mode of MXM-0.
#indiegamedev
#nesdev
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East-facing above water swimming animation for Jeku. Still no sprite flicker on a real NES!
Still working with
@FrankenGraphics
to give the primary pixel art animations of Former Dawn the smoothest appearance that we possibly can.
#nesdev
#pixelart
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Just to clarify, the original tweet quoted below means that anyone can now view THIS image on a real NES (or a variety of consoles).
It shows Mita during The Lesser Light and The Greater Light w/ 8x1 attributes.
Feedback welcome!
#indiegames
#pixelart
We have released the House of Truth demo ROM and minimappers for the PowerPak, EverDrive N8, and N8 Pro.
See it for yourself on real NES hardware!
Please give feedback here, at , or email: contact
@somethingnerdy
.com
#nesdev
#8bit
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Behold, the amazing PCBs from
@InfiniteNesLive
that will be inside our first custom dev carts. This is where the Former Dawn magic will take its final form!
In other words, YES we are targeting real, physical NES cartridges for play on real, physical NESes.
#8bit
#RETROGAMING
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Needs a little more polish, perhaps, but this is the living room inside the house of Gerosch's resident Enforcer.
#indiegame
#pixelart
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Ever play Chrono Trigger? Remember that mode 7 cutscene when Lavos falls?
SNS FMV technology can put clips like that on the NES. Click below to see!
Playing our NES game will make you feel like you're on a TurboGrafx-16 or SNES.
#ChronoTrigger
#NES
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To clarify, YES we are making a full game for the NES and PC. It'll be CD-ROM size, but able to fit on an NES cart thanks to our MXM-0.
This is an Action RPG, and will take 15+ hours to beat!
There's a hint in this concept art that it's a Science Fiction game; can you find it?
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What we showed before was not some isolated demo. As you can see, we're patiently crafting Former Dawn's aesthetic via the power of MXM-0. The interiors in the Town of Gerosch will actually look like this.
#nesdev
#8bit
WIP: Room inside Jeku's mother's house.
We're working in relay.
Left: line art by
@saltandpixeldev
Right: Surfacing & colouring by me.
Game by
@SomethinNerdy
8x1 NES colour attributes at work.
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We all waited for 30 years for this game to become reality, and it's finally here!
It was fully funded in less than 4 hours, but there are plenty of stretch goals left to go...
The Kickstarter for Free Stars: Children of Infinity is now live!
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This is basically a concept "sketch" and will almost certainly be redone, but it gives an idea of the concepts that we're playing with. This is an airship docking scene at the Cossin Tower. The Forsaken Desert looms in the background.
#pixelart
#indiegamedev
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Here's another color FMV demake for the NES. Widescreen footage is more challenging than 4:3 content, since the NES was designed for 4:3 CRTs.
We recommend squinting for the best experience.
#TheMatrix
#nesdev
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Introducing the Mary character!
We're pulling out all the stops on the dialogue system. This is the NES-ready portrait for her that will be displayed in game using 8x1 attributes, sprite layering, and other special sauce...
#pixelart
#indiegame
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@Dragosbeard
As you're probably aware, capturing a CRT's output with a normal camera is almost impossible. (It always looks a lot better in person.)
But ask and ye shall receive:
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Here's an NPC animated with the new art style and palette that have been proposed for Jeku. Doing our best to approximate SNES sprites on the NES.
This fellow seems like a member of the aristocracy; perhaps the mayor of Gerosch?
Thoughts/critiques welcome.
#nesdev
#formerdawn
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@RobinPoedev
We are as much as we can ATM. We could actually do much better than this (think Breath of Fire III boss animations), but we don't have the budget to pay artists to delve into that quality/quantity of animation. The hope is that the crowdfunding campaign will make that possible.
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Northward swimming animation for Jeku.
This and the last one are for the standard JRPG 45° top-down isometric view.
Former Dawn will have other views, like side-scrolling for traveling between areas. Might do something similar for certain swimming scenes.
#indiegamdev
#8bit
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@BlackMage1985
Accidentally recorded this at 24FPS instead of 60FPS, but this is the game running from a frontloader NES to a 20" Sony Trinitron PVM. Everything looks a lot smoother (and nicer) in person. We may post another one in a bit with the correct framerate.
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@matthughson
Thank you!
It took quite a bit of effort to get that particular feature working correctly because it's an awkward middle zone of objects and subroutines. Have to blend pieces of the codebase pertaining to the two different engines without any glitches.
(Or crashes!)
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@RoverThx
Technically, the full color palette of the NES is 425 colors, not 54...but hardly anyone uses the other 371 colors because they are exceedingly difficult to integrate into a game. We're already using 53 of those 371, and plan to use more.
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People often say that this room from Former Dawn is reminiscent of Chrono Trigger.
...and that's not a bad thing!
#screenshotsaturday
#pixelart
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A message from our CEO...
Also, Merry Christmas!
My wife gave birth to our 3rd child (a little girl) on Nov. 20th, 2022. Naturally this means that work at SNS will be slow for a while. But it has not stopped!
We'll be back in full swing soon enough.
My daughter agrees:
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We've created near-100%-working 8x1 attributes mini-mappers for the EverDrive N8 Pro and the PowerPak. These mappers can only show the Mita scene at full screen w/ user-selectable dim mode. Coming soon: the EverDrive N8 (non-pro) version.
Stay tuned for public release!
#nesdev
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Here's the .gif "corrected" so that Twitter doesn't butcher the looping. If you look closely at the original one we posted, you'll see that it has a slight (false) pause at the very end before it starts over.
(None of this matters for the NES, of course...)
#indiegamedev
#8bit
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@arnpoly
Thank you!
Assuming you own a real NES or Famicom, you'll be able to see for yourself that it's real once we launch our KS campaign. The playable demo will release upon launch and it will include the first boss battle of the game. Hopefully about 30-60 minutes of gameplay.
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