[T] SYNOPSIS RELEASED! Athena Cykes ~ Locks on the Heart (game unfinished, full-length synopsis released)
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- risefromtheashes
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Re: [T] Athena Cykes: Ace Attorney ~ Locks on the Heart ○○○○
Hi again! Please read this reply in its entirety!
After ELEVEN MONTHS of writing and re-writing the script, discussing mental disorders and psychological dynamics, and writing music... I would like to announce that
Case 1 for AAO is now in production!
This is my first ever AAO case and I estimate it will be about 5,000 frames. (Enthalpy's gonna LOVE this.)
Right now, I'm working, pretty much entirely on my lonesome, on importing the entire script to the editor. (And making it look as close to perfect as I can, with fades and pauses and all. I'm too obsessive-compulsive of a person to not do that.)
We have all of our custom artistic assets made for the Case 1 demo! However, we will be switching out a few characters' sprites for the "full version" to be released on PyWright (estimated release date TBD), and will need to commission spriters for said characters. Hopefully - and I believe this will be the case - Case 1 will look promising enough that some of you artists out there will be willing to work with me and the team, commission or not! (Hey, Gamer2002, I took your advice, dude! Trust me, you weren't the only person who told me that, and I'd already figured that working on Case 1 as hard as possible to get it out ASAP was the best plan of action. I wasn't going to just depend on "help wanted" posters! )
Please look forward to the release of Case 1 here on AAO! As of now, it seems the demo release date will be somewhere between mid-June and mid-July, at the pace we're working! (I've already finished ~400 frames!)
And as of now, please refer to the OP for more details on Locks on the Heart as a whole, and for details on what kind of help we'll need, if you're willing to help. And if you choose to wait until Case 1 is released, that's quite understandable!
Thank you!
After ELEVEN MONTHS of writing and re-writing the script, discussing mental disorders and psychological dynamics, and writing music... I would like to announce that
Case 1 for AAO is now in production!
This is my first ever AAO case and I estimate it will be about 5,000 frames. (Enthalpy's gonna LOVE this.)
Right now, I'm working, pretty much entirely on my lonesome, on importing the entire script to the editor. (And making it look as close to perfect as I can, with fades and pauses and all. I'm too obsessive-compulsive of a person to not do that.)
We have all of our custom artistic assets made for the Case 1 demo! However, we will be switching out a few characters' sprites for the "full version" to be released on PyWright (estimated release date TBD), and will need to commission spriters for said characters. Hopefully - and I believe this will be the case - Case 1 will look promising enough that some of you artists out there will be willing to work with me and the team, commission or not! (Hey, Gamer2002, I took your advice, dude! Trust me, you weren't the only person who told me that, and I'd already figured that working on Case 1 as hard as possible to get it out ASAP was the best plan of action. I wasn't going to just depend on "help wanted" posters! )
Please look forward to the release of Case 1 here on AAO! As of now, it seems the demo release date will be somewhere between mid-June and mid-July, at the pace we're working! (I've already finished ~400 frames!)
And as of now, please refer to the OP for more details on Locks on the Heart as a whole, and for details on what kind of help we'll need, if you're willing to help. And if you choose to wait until Case 1 is released, that's quite understandable!
Thank you!
The Mindcastle System
(Don't know what a system is? Play 6-4, and take a look here.)
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OUR CASES:
- Athena Cykes ~ Locks on the Heart (synopsis)
- May Your Memory Be a Blessing
- A Little Piece of Healing
- The Killer Turnabout (~70% complete!)
- I guess we made the Looking Back case comp ceremony with Super legenda, but that's not an actual case
----------
Check out our music & art thread here!
(Don't know what a system is? Play 6-4, and take a look here.)
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OUR CASES:
- Athena Cykes ~ Locks on the Heart (synopsis)
- May Your Memory Be a Blessing
- A Little Piece of Healing
- The Killer Turnabout (~70% complete!)
- I guess we made the Looking Back case comp ceremony with Super legenda, but that's not an actual case
----------
Check out our music & art thread here!
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Re: [T] Athena Cykes: Ace Attorney ~ Locks on the Heart ○○○○
Is an interesting project, I'm sure will be amazing, unfortunately, I don't have artistic talents when comes sprites, I mean, I can draw well, but in the size of AA screen and like sprites... quite hard for me.
BUT, I think I can help in one thing, how you may now, the trilogy was released, so more much fans will appear and like big games are doing this now... I can help you to translate the game to Portuguese, it's my mother language after all.
BUT, I think I can help in one thing, how you may now, the trilogy was released, so more much fans will appear and like big games are doing this now... I can help you to translate the game to Portuguese, it's my mother language after all.
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Re: [T] Athena Cykes: Ace Attorney ~ Locks on the Heart ○○○○
Mini-update!
OP has been updated to the most current version of events.
Lots of progress is being made with planning and music; not so much with art, for rather obvious reasons. Case 2 got a re-write and is now 30x better!
This project is still being worked on, and we need all the help we can get! Please refer to the OP for details. (Read the whole thing! Also, follow @ArmenDev on Twitter for *QUALITY* retweeted AA content, and occasional updates that won’t be posted here.)
The demo version of Case 1 is projected to be released by July 1!
OP has been updated to the most current version of events.
Lots of progress is being made with planning and music; not so much with art, for rather obvious reasons. Case 2 got a re-write and is now 30x better!
This project is still being worked on, and we need all the help we can get! Please refer to the OP for details. (Read the whole thing! Also, follow @ArmenDev on Twitter for *QUALITY* retweeted AA content, and occasional updates that won’t be posted here.)
The demo version of Case 1 is projected to be released by July 1!
The Mindcastle System
(Don't know what a system is? Play 6-4, and take a look here.)
----------
OUR CASES:
- Athena Cykes ~ Locks on the Heart (synopsis)
- May Your Memory Be a Blessing
- A Little Piece of Healing
- The Killer Turnabout (~70% complete!)
- I guess we made the Looking Back case comp ceremony with Super legenda, but that's not an actual case
----------
Check out our music & art thread here!
(Don't know what a system is? Play 6-4, and take a look here.)
----------
OUR CASES:
- Athena Cykes ~ Locks on the Heart (synopsis)
- May Your Memory Be a Blessing
- A Little Piece of Healing
- The Killer Turnabout (~70% complete!)
- I guess we made the Looking Back case comp ceremony with Super legenda, but that's not an actual case
----------
Check out our music & art thread here!
Re: [T] Athena Cykes: Ace Attorney ~ Locks on the Heart ○○○○
Oooh, it seems really cool! I love the character of Athena so i'm excited to see the result ^^
I maybe can help you for an animation of sprite or things like that, i know how to do that. It would be a pleasure to help
I maybe can help you for an animation of sprite or things like that, i know how to do that. It would be a pleasure to help
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Re: [T] Athena Cykes: Ace Attorney ~ Locks on the Heart ○○○○
Ahh, sorry I didn't see this until now! I don't know if you already joined our server or not by your username, but it would be a pleasure to have you!Loulou01 wrote:Oooh, it seems really cool! I love the character of Athena so i'm excited to see the result ^^
I maybe can help you for animation of sprite or things like that, i know how to do that. It would be a pleasure to help
Additional Update:
The "Locks on the Heart" demo is on par to be released on July 1!
The demo will consist of the "trial former" segment of Case 1, and hopefully all of you will enjoy!
The Mindcastle System
(Don't know what a system is? Play 6-4, and take a look here.)
----------
OUR CASES:
- Athena Cykes ~ Locks on the Heart (synopsis)
- May Your Memory Be a Blessing
- A Little Piece of Healing
- The Killer Turnabout (~70% complete!)
- I guess we made the Looking Back case comp ceremony with Super legenda, but that's not an actual case
----------
Check out our music & art thread here!
(Don't know what a system is? Play 6-4, and take a look here.)
----------
OUR CASES:
- Athena Cykes ~ Locks on the Heart (synopsis)
- May Your Memory Be a Blessing
- A Little Piece of Healing
- The Killer Turnabout (~70% complete!)
- I guess we made the Looking Back case comp ceremony with Super legenda, but that's not an actual case
----------
Check out our music & art thread here!
Re: [T] Athena Cykes: Ace Attorney ~ Locks on the Heart ○○○○
Oh, you talk about Discord? Sorry, i didn't have it x3the.armenator wrote:Ahh, sorry I didn't see this until now! I don't know if you already joined our server or not by your username, but it would be a pleasure to have you!Loulou01 wrote:Oooh, it seems really cool! I love the character of Athena so i'm excited to see the result ^^
I maybe can help you for animation of sprite or things like that, i know how to do that. It would be a pleasure to help
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Re: [T] Athena Cykes: Ace Attorney ~ Locks on the Heart ○○○○
The LotH Case 1 demo is now available to play! Click here to play!
(NOTE: Every testimony, present prompt, and "select an option" prompt has a unique failure dialogue! Please feel free to save spam and choose a wrong option or piece of evidence for all of those! There is also a walkthrough in the OP, but please don't use it unless you need to!)
This is my first-ever work on AAO, so if there are any errors, let me know! I hope it surpasses your expectations, though!
PLEASE share the demo to as many people as you can! It took so much work and I’d like to spread this project as far as possible!
And also, please leave a stream of consciousness in a reply if you'd like! Feedback is welcome and appreciated!
Also, the demo section will be slightly changed for the PyWright release, so look out for that!
(Hah, a day early!)
(NOTE: Every testimony, present prompt, and "select an option" prompt has a unique failure dialogue! Please feel free to save spam and choose a wrong option or piece of evidence for all of those! There is also a walkthrough in the OP, but please don't use it unless you need to!)
This is my first-ever work on AAO, so if there are any errors, let me know! I hope it surpasses your expectations, though!
PLEASE share the demo to as many people as you can! It took so much work and I’d like to spread this project as far as possible!
And also, please leave a stream of consciousness in a reply if you'd like! Feedback is welcome and appreciated!
Also, the demo section will be slightly changed for the PyWright release, so look out for that!
(Hah, a day early!)
The Mindcastle System
(Don't know what a system is? Play 6-4, and take a look here.)
----------
OUR CASES:
- Athena Cykes ~ Locks on the Heart (synopsis)
- May Your Memory Be a Blessing
- A Little Piece of Healing
- The Killer Turnabout (~70% complete!)
- I guess we made the Looking Back case comp ceremony with Super legenda, but that's not an actual case
----------
Check out our music & art thread here!
(Don't know what a system is? Play 6-4, and take a look here.)
----------
OUR CASES:
- Athena Cykes ~ Locks on the Heart (synopsis)
- May Your Memory Be a Blessing
- A Little Piece of Healing
- The Killer Turnabout (~70% complete!)
- I guess we made the Looking Back case comp ceremony with Super legenda, but that's not an actual case
----------
Check out our music & art thread here!
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Re: [T] Athena Cykes: Ace Attorney ~ Locks on the Heart ○○○○
Alright! Started playing the demo, one SoC coming up!
Spoiler : SC's SoC :
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Re: [T] Athena Cykes: Ace Attorney ~ Locks on the Heart ○○○○
Response coming up! Answers are in orange. Pretty freaking major spoilers for the demo in here, so don't open the spoiler tags. Or else.
Southern Corn wrote:Alright! Started playing the demo, one SoC coming up!
Spoiler : SC's SoC :
The Mindcastle System
(Don't know what a system is? Play 6-4, and take a look here.)
----------
OUR CASES:
- Athena Cykes ~ Locks on the Heart (synopsis)
- May Your Memory Be a Blessing
- A Little Piece of Healing
- The Killer Turnabout (~70% complete!)
- I guess we made the Looking Back case comp ceremony with Super legenda, but that's not an actual case
----------
Check out our music & art thread here!
(Don't know what a system is? Play 6-4, and take a look here.)
----------
OUR CASES:
- Athena Cykes ~ Locks on the Heart (synopsis)
- May Your Memory Be a Blessing
- A Little Piece of Healing
- The Killer Turnabout (~70% complete!)
- I guess we made the Looking Back case comp ceremony with Super legenda, but that's not an actual case
----------
Check out our music & art thread here!
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Re: [T] Athena Cykes: Ace Attorney ~ Locks on the Heart ○○○○
Responses in red.
the.armenator wrote:Spoiler : SC's SoC :
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Re: [T] Athena Cykes: Ace Attorney ~ Locks on the Heart ○○○○
I had to make an account just to comment on this. Pretty good demo, I would say the only thing that ticked me off a bit was:
In terms of writing I'd say it was good for a WIP, but there is one thing I did not enjoy as much and that is the pop-culture references. When done in a reserved manner and every once in a while they catch the attention of those that know them, but from the way I saw it, there was a reference every like 10 lines of dialogue at some points, which really made me go "Okay the first 3 times were funny, now it's just bland." So no, Athena, Quantity over Quality be bad sometimes, lol.
I have my theories of where this will probably go, but I'll keep them to myself, but I will say for anyone wondering about that Bailiff joke. Yes, a NicoB reference, yes you need to watch his playthroughs of the AA series. TOTALLY worth it though, specially if you're an AA fan, which... come on, you have an account in this forum...
Spoiler : Spoilers, beware :
I have my theories of where this will probably go, but I'll keep them to myself, but I will say for anyone wondering about that Bailiff joke. Yes, a NicoB reference, yes you need to watch his playthroughs of the AA series. TOTALLY worth it though, specially if you're an AA fan, which... come on, you have an account in this forum...
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Re: [T] Athena Cykes: Ace Attorney ~ Locks on the Heart ○○○○
I was definitely unsure about whether I was overdoing it with the references. I think I only had three full-on references, but I can see how it may have gotten a bit repetitive. (Aside from the fact that the murder literally happened at VidCon.) I'll keep your feedback in mind! Especially on the MM - I was wondering if I was making things clear enough.Tromend wrote:I had to make an account just to comment on this. Pretty good demo, I would say the only thing that ticked me off a bit was:In terms of writing I'd say it was good for a WIP, but there is one thing I did not enjoy as much and that is the pop-culture references. When done in a reserved manner and every once in a while they catch the attention of those that know them, but from the way I saw it, there was a reference every like 10 lines of dialogue at some points, which really made me go "Okay the first 3 times were funny, now it's just bland." So no, Athena, Quantity over Quality be bad sometimes, lol.Spoiler : Spoilers, beware :
I have my theories of where this will probably go, but I'll keep them to myself, but I will say for anyone wondering about that Bailiff joke. Yes, a NicoB reference, yes you need to watch his playthroughs of the AA series. TOTALLY worth it though, specially if you're an AA fan, which... come on, you have an account in this forum...
I hope you enjoyed the NicoB reference!
I'd love to maybe hear some more detailed feedback if you're up to it. It can be in PMs or in a longer spoiler-tagged post here.
The Mindcastle System
(Don't know what a system is? Play 6-4, and take a look here.)
----------
OUR CASES:
- Athena Cykes ~ Locks on the Heart (synopsis)
- May Your Memory Be a Blessing
- A Little Piece of Healing
- The Killer Turnabout (~70% complete!)
- I guess we made the Looking Back case comp ceremony with Super legenda, but that's not an actual case
----------
Check out our music & art thread here!
(Don't know what a system is? Play 6-4, and take a look here.)
----------
OUR CASES:
- Athena Cykes ~ Locks on the Heart (synopsis)
- May Your Memory Be a Blessing
- A Little Piece of Healing
- The Killer Turnabout (~70% complete!)
- I guess we made the Looking Back case comp ceremony with Super legenda, but that's not an actual case
----------
Check out our music & art thread here!
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Re: [T] Athena Cykes: Ace Attorney ~ Locks on the Heart ○○○○
Responses in orange again.
Southern Corn wrote:Responses in red.
the.armenator wrote:Spoiler : SC's SoC :
The Mindcastle System
(Don't know what a system is? Play 6-4, and take a look here.)
----------
OUR CASES:
- Athena Cykes ~ Locks on the Heart (synopsis)
- May Your Memory Be a Blessing
- A Little Piece of Healing
- The Killer Turnabout (~70% complete!)
- I guess we made the Looking Back case comp ceremony with Super legenda, but that's not an actual case
----------
Check out our music & art thread here!
(Don't know what a system is? Play 6-4, and take a look here.)
----------
OUR CASES:
- Athena Cykes ~ Locks on the Heart (synopsis)
- May Your Memory Be a Blessing
- A Little Piece of Healing
- The Killer Turnabout (~70% complete!)
- I guess we made the Looking Back case comp ceremony with Super legenda, but that's not an actual case
----------
Check out our music & art thread here!
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Re: [T] Athena Cykes: Ace Attorney ~ Locks on the Heart ○○○○
My nerdy replies are in red once more! They may not be completely truthful, however.
the.armenator wrote:Spoiler : SC's SoC :
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Re: [T] DEMO RELEASED! Athena Cykes ~ Locks on the Heart ○○○
Spoiler : SoC :
Spoiler : Final thoughts :