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[Mr Meow Meow Meo...]

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Progression Phase
Completed
Character Submissions

Ongoing
Face set creation
Sprite set creation
Audio
Database
System
Game creation (Mapping/Eventing)

Not started



Click here for character list

Click here for Illustrator Template
Heres a png template, though uneditable, you may use it as a guideline.

News Feed
May 8 2010
Finished the main menu design. Will continue to edit script until finalized but so far it's good. Also you guys probably noticed dropbox has deactivated my public links. I guess all the downloads from prelude was enough to have an impact, so thanks guys >.>
May 7 2010
Working on database entries. Every skill is being made and attached to a particular cat based on their identities. Will check for special request skills after base skills are added.
Those familiar with my games will know how the skill format works. It's simplified in this game due to its length, but I'll go through the plan. I'm also going to outline states and other stuff below.


Gameplay Style
The game will play in a Megaman Esque style where you choose one of 8 locations from the map screen. There will also be a menu for choosing the party and purchasing items. The actual gameplay inside the levels will play like Mass Effect, with each location being a hub for mini dungeons in which individual missions take place. Each stage contains 6 cats, 5 found within the levels and 1 boss cat which will require recruiting specific cats prior to the battle. I plan to make the game non-linear so there will be no "levels" in the traditional sense, but will instead be dependent on equipment. With 50 cats, I don't want to have any be underpowered.
By the way, Napoleon will have no real methods of attack besides the default, and all his skills are buffs. This will require you to recruit other cats to maximize your arsenal.

Battle System

The states in this game are categorized and sub-categorized:
Physical Distance
- Melee
- Ranged
Physical Type
- Anti-Personnel
- Anti-Armor
Elements
- Fire
- Water
- Earth
- Wind
- Light (includes electricity)
- Void (space, time, etc)

Common skills (skills available to all cats) will take from the above elements in the form of an attack. There are also healing spells for some cats.
Napoleon as stated above is unable to damage enemies, but is the only cat in the entire game able to buff/debuff. He will gain specific skills available to him only. In addition there are 50 class skills, one for each identity. Each cat will get one unique skill each, and some of these skills will be necessary to recruit the various boss cats.

Map System

The map is split into 8 sections of the city of Rouen. Each section when entered brings you to a hub area where preparations can be made. The following area after that is the dungeon area, which will appear to be a maze with various puzzles and traps. Within the dungeons will be "Rest Rooms" where players can save or change and heal the party midway. At the end is a boss room where boss encounters happen, and if a successful recruit action is completed, the following scene will result in the recruitment. All future returns to the boss room will result in teleporting back to the entrance. In addition to the regular dungeons are alternate paths for other cat recruitments, so there is a key emphasis on exploration. Once all 8 bosses are defeated the map will open a final dungeon, and any missing cats (besides boss ones) may be recruited prior to entering the dungeon.

Aside from the main game area, there is also a shopping area accessible through the map menu.


Story & Setting

Story
The story is about a house cat named Napoleon who lives with his owners Victor and Ellen Vabre. One stormy night, a giant flash of light engulfed the city they live in, and in the morning there were no humans left. Napoleon escapes the house and goes out to find out what happened to his owners, and everyone else's. The dogs and other animals are still present, but many of them pose as a threat to the kittenhood. Napoleon will now have to gather his brethren and fight to stay alive in this new reality, and to find out what really happened that fateful night.

Setting
The setting takes place some time during Rhapsody of Identities, which ties in this game with the rest of mine. The city is Rouen, in the noble province of Ferrand. The cats and other animals now populate the entire city themselves, and they must scavenge for food and seek shelter. There are no humans to bind them, so animals of much lower intelligence strive to seize the city as their own territory. The cats will need an army and much strategy if they are to survive against beasts much stronger and larger than them.

As with my other games, Ether is present, and will affect animals as well. Certain cats will be able to cast spells to assist the rest of the party.

[Locations/Bosses]
Napoleon (Gained at start) [The Dorm]
Clausewitz (Gained at start) [Intro Stage: Ruins]

Wellesley (Boss 1) [The Club]
Kitler (Boss 2) [The Metro]
Franco (Boss 3) [The Cathedral]
Bonaparte (Boss 4) [The Parlement]
Sal (Boss 5) [The Museum]
Prof. Meow Meow (Boss 6) [The University]
Raelo (Boss 7) [The Hospital]
Caliphonco (Boss 8) [The Hotel]

???? (Final Boss) [The Archives]


Credits
Special Thanks
Everyone who has submitted a cat so far.
Audio
Persona 2 OST, both games
Graphics
Anebriate Sprite by Drunken Paladin
Elrid Sprite by godslittledude
Gryco Sprite by Ihsorak
Prof Meow Meow Sprite by Prof Meow Meow
Ryuu Sprite by KuroiNeko
Lyxia Sprite by Therie
Nes Sprite by Sen?
Raigeki Sprite by ThunderionRaiden
Teh Sprite by t3hplatyz0rz
Veranda Sprite by Das Ghoti
Rest of the Sprites are by Catcat
Face Graphics by MrMoo

Are you still working on Crescendo of Identity?
The topic for that can be accessed by using the CID button on my signature.

This post has been edited by Mr Meow Meow Meow Mix: May 9 2010, 04:07 AM

[Super Sevith]

Moved to project recruitment.

Love this idea! Since Professor Meow Meow is already a cat, I believe his spot should be guaranteed.

[Rob]

We can't do anything until you post the excel file.

[Mr Meow Meow Meo...]

We can't do anything until you post the excel file.

I did. It's bolded and underlined. "Click here for character list"
It's in my drop box and only I can save it. Meaning this same link will always be updated without me having to reupload.

[Rob]

Apologies, I didn't see it first read, did a quick scan for excel, but didn't see the link. It's pretty good, I do like the idea - you've got a wide list of identities, and I hope lots of people help you out here.

[Mr. Anonymous]

This is a community based project, meaning a vast majority of what the end result will appear like depends entirely on how well the community responds. I'm going to post a excel file with a list of archetypes for typical rpg characters. These will be the playable characters of the game, but if you open the file you may notice at the moment it's a little empty. There are 50 archetypes, which means 50 characters, 3 are currently filled out, meaning 47 of them will be user submitted characters. Each character will be a cat, any type of cat, but make sure it aligns with the archetype you would like to use. Each user will submit their own character's name, face picture, sprite, and biography with all necessary info. I will provide templates for people to use for the face pics and sprites.

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What if you're a pug? ._.

[Mr Meow Meow Meo...]

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What if you're a pug? ._.

I only planned on having one other animal, and someone already took that spot (The Faux) as a bunny.
Btw if you plan on posting a character, please post it in this thread. I got a PM recently, and i just wanted to clarify that all character posts will be here.
Also I plan on having "voice acting" so if you want a custom meow, feel free to post a wav/mp3/ogg of that.

[Aarón N.P.]

Pokemon+Suikoden with Cats it sounds like?

Uhh I don't have Adobe Illustrator but would like to contribute a cat

Name: Volsung
Breed: Abyssinian (for more info click here and here!)
Sex: M
Identity: XXIV The Explorer
Personality: Playful/Curious/Brave/Modest
Weapon: Claws (but it'd be neat to see a tiny blade attached to the end of his tail haha)
Biography: Volsung is easily excitable and always ready to go on a new adventure. He frequently disappears from his master returning with a dead exotic bird or some other prize for his owner, and is always interested in what's going on around him. He wears two silver rings he once found on his ear, one of his most cherished prizes. When his owner tells him how brave he is, Volsung modestly looks away (as if to say "Aw, shucks!"). Volsung loves shiny things and will go to boundless efforts to obtain them: we can only hope curiosity won't kill this cat!
Owner: Aarón N.P

Possible "How To Recruit": Present a specific shiny object found somewhere?

This post has been edited by Aarón N.P.: Jun 6 2009, 12:48 AM

[Tentacles]

Hopefully this will be good anough, though i can change some if you wish.

Visual characteristics: He has very short fur, no tail, a scar through his left cheek from a claw fight. He carries around an amythest pendent
on his leash left over from his previous owner. He is a little larger than most cats, being around 23 pounds.

Name: Caliphonco
Breed: Tabbie/Manx Hybrid
Sex: Male
Identity: Narcissist
Personality: Slightly Arrogant/Aloof/Sarcastic/Manipulative
Weapon: Claws
Biography: Once upon a time, there used by to a small gentil kitten. One day the owner decided to leave it behind, because the nw house didnt allow pets. Every day he wished he owner would come out, but gradually he became cynical. So he ran away from home, and now follows a young
man with an craving for adventure.
Owner: Tentacles

[Mr Meow Meow Meo...]

Pokemon+Suikoden with Cats it sounds like?

Uhh I don't have Adobe Illustrator but would like to contribute a cat

I've added a template as a guideline or free for you guys to edit. Photoshop also opens it, but has limited vectoring tools. If you cannot edit it by any means, perhaps you could draw and scan that in, and I'll make it into a vector. Hopefully eventually someone will be able to help me draw the cats, as it'll take a while to do them myself. Plus I'm having a hard time doing the really furry cats =X (persians >.>).

[Aarón N.P.]

Uhhh I have MSPaint...... yeahhh I don't know how well I can help there :\ and I am devoid of drawing skills; can you vector online images? I have posted reference stuff

Another person posted so.... (this is the last one I promise, since I can't do the graphics)

Name: Ixchel
Breed: Burmese (for more info, click here or here!)
Sex: F
Identity: XLI The Blind
Personality: Loyal/Intelligent/Good-natured
Weapon: Bite
Biography: Once a faithful adventuring companion of Volsung, she was the victim of a kitchen cutlery accident which claimed her vision. She is now dependent on her other senses (smell, sound, etc) but has accelerated recognition due to her lack of sight. She was found wandering aimlessly after the accident and brought to an animal shelter, where she was affectionately given a little pair of sunglasses to cover her irreversibly damaged eyes. One day she disappeared from the shelter, hot on the trail of Volsung, hoping to adventure with him once more
Owner: Aarón N.P

Possible "How To Recruit": Present Volsung?

This post has been edited by Aarón N.P.: Jun 3 2009, 10:52 PM

[Touchfuzzy]

Name: Clausewitz "Clause"
Breed: Maine Coon/Bobcat Mixed
Sex: M
Identity: II The Strategist
Personality: Gruff/Softhearted/Aggressive/Brooding
Weapon: Fangs
Biography: Thrown to the streets after being born a mixbreed and deemed dangerous, Clausewitz survived on his wits and intelligence, avoiding fighting the other alley cats for as much he could. Despite this at an early age he lost his right eye to a dog named Rex. As he grew, which he did, he learned how big he would be. Thanks to his Maine Coon and Bobcat heritage, he grew to a prodigious size, enough to be a menace to any of the other cats, and even to the large dogs of the area. Even with this, he never relied solely on his great size, knowing that with his impaired vision, and the many enemies he had developed, he must continue outsmarting his enemies. He has a soft spot for timid cats who don't have the heart to live on the streets, and takes them in and teaches them how to force enemies into fighting under unfair circumstances.
Owner: Touchfuzzy

[Super Sevith]

Name: Prince Safi
Breed: (I don't really know much about cat breeds. Make it whatever my picture looks most like, I guess)
Sex: Male
Identity: The Elite
Personality: Social/Confident/Light-hearted/Cheerful
Weapon: Claws
Biography: Born into a family of self proclaimed Royal kitties, Prince Safi chooses to live life to the fullest, helping the lesser kitties, protecting the unprotectable, cheering up the uncheerable, and wearing fancy hats. He may be a cat's cat, but damn does he love his hats.
Owner: Sevith

(I'll make the sprite tomorrow)

[Mr Meow Meow Meo...]

By the way, if you guys who already posted can go back and edit your posts to have physical details on your cats as well. If you did an image, say a facepic or sprite then that would be good, but if you can't try to describe them in as much detail as possible. I want each cat to be unique, and not be a generic cat.

For example, they can have scars, accessories, weapons, etc. Doesn't have to be 100% realistic, but if you wanna attach a laser to the back of your cat, you can. A cat with glasses? Why not. Generic cats may be easier on spriters but I really want some unique entries.

On that note, if you're a spriter and you think you can help, that'd be great. I'd imagine majority of it would be recolors but for furry/no hair cats we might need to make a sprite from scratch.

Also Sevith, I love the hat. I was waiting for someone to do that lol.
If you're going to attempt a face picture, try to make it similar to my avatar. If you're doing a pencil sketch try to line it with black pen so I can trace it much better as well.

Another edit: I didn't realize this was pinned lol. Thanks whoever did that.

This post has been edited by MrMoo: Jun 3 2009, 04:04 AM

[Mr. Anonymous]

PSD File Here

Name: Tango
Breed: Maine Coon/Tabby Mix
Sex: Female
Identity: L. The Multi-Id
Personality: Unpredictable/Curious/Primitive/Impatient
Weapon: Claws
Biography: Tango's first memories are of roaming the streets for food. Whatever it was, Tango would eat it. She found her way in and out of various homeless cat shelters and through various jobs. She began to abuse a strong strand of hallucinogenic catnip at an early stage in her life while she rolled with the "wrong crowd". While in this state, she often found herself waking up in entirely different cities and towns with no recollection of how she got there. After years of said catnip abuse, she has found herself to be in a constant state of hallucination, often flipping from a pool of 10 personalities in short bursts. In her "natural" state, she often finds herself doing whatever fancies herself most at the moment, regardless of potential repercussions.
Owner: Mr. Anonymous

[Touchfuzzy]

Behold CLAUSEWITZ

[Mr Meow Meow Meo...]

Behold CLAUSEWITZ

That's very good! He looks like the war vet type.
I'll be working on some of the other face sets today. Will eventually need a spriter still for most of the cats, so if you're interested drop me a PM.


My attempt at Volsung. Right now he's a bit generic. Is there anything on the head you'd like me to add?
I used your abyssian cat as a reference and did the same fur pattern and large ears. I will leave it like this for now, just tell me if you want any changes.


Here is Ixchel. I added a little red blindfold to signify that she has lost her vision. I used a gradient to make her fur look shiny like in the picture.

This post has been edited by MrMoo: Jun 3 2009, 06:19 PM

[Aarón N.P.]

My attempt at Volsung. Right now he's a bit generic. Is there anything on the head you'd like me to add?
I used your abyssian cat as a reference and did the same fur pattern and large ears. I will leave it like this for now, just tell me if you want any changes.


Here is Ixchel. I added a little red blindfold to signify that she has lost her vision. I used a gradient to make her fur look shiny like in the picture.

They look good I guess if you want Volsung to be "unique" you can put a silver ring around one ear, I'll update to say it's a "treasure" he found, I'll update Ixchel's info to be a headband rather than sunglasses

[Mr Meow Meow Meo...]

They look good I guess if you want Volsung to be "unique" you can put a silver ring around one ear, I'll update to say it's a "treasure" he found, I'll update Ixchel's info to be a headband rather than sunglasses

Actually I might change it to sunglasses because last time i tried to put it around the ears and it looked awkward. But I tried small sit on nose only glasses and it works well.

Here they both are. I added two earrings to Volsung and Glasses to Ixchel.


Or did you literally want a ring around one ear.

This post has been edited by MrMoo: Jun 3 2009, 06:38 PM

[MetalFlare]

Name: Odin
Breed: Bombay
Sex: M
Identity: The Hunter (XXXII)
Personality: Cruel/Elitist/Experienced/Silent/Cynical
Weapon: Hairball Projectile (Ranged)
Biography: He was born to a family of fairly well-off cats, and had a good childhood. When he was little more than a kitten, Odin fell in love with a neighboring Siberian, but she had affections for another. One night, Odin laid a trap for his rival and killed him. Unable to live with what he had done, but understanding his talent in tracking and killing, Odin became a hunter, a cat assassin of sorts.
Owner: Metalflare