Hey guys, I hope this is the correct place to put this thread >.> But yeah, I posted this on the Berserk subreddit, and funnily enough, it was my first actual post on Reddit. And it's my first post on here, too ^^ I want to get as many opinions on this as I can, and once I feel like I have a good 20 min of gameplay or so I'll post an actual demo here.
So yeah (and I'll just be copy-pasting what I wrote on Reddit here if you don't mind), for a while now, I've been toying around with RPG Maker (WAIT wait.... before you laugh this off and close the thread, please hear me out...) and I came across this script for the engine that allows real-time combat called "Falcao Pearl ABS Battle System." While messing around with it, I gave my character a huge ass sword. And then it hit me: BERSERK. A Berserk RPG with real-time combat akin to Zelda or Secret of Mana would be pretty sweet. So I set out to find if anyone else has tried making a Berserk fangame, and what I found was... quite horrendous: http://www.skullknight.net/forum/index.php?topic=10223.0 <--- I don't know how many of you here on SK.net remember this catastrophe, and it would probably be for the best if you didn't. Hahah
It's so bad. Soooo bad and cringe worthy (although I have to admit... the thread is pretty freaking hilarious, read it for a good laugh). I decided I would download the crappy game myself, but, fortunately, the links were dead. Darn.
So then I thought... How about I take up this job? I'll improve my skills with RPG Maker and this battle system script, and make a game that would be a nice little tribute to the greatest manga ever made.
And that's why I come to you guys: would you be interested in some sort of Berserk Action RPG? Do you have any ideas of how the gameplay could be like? Or do you have any ideas on a story? I want to know what other fans would want out of a fangame like this.
OBVIOUSLY, this is going to be a completely non-commercial, just-for-fun project. Just a disclaimer.
But yeah, should this fangame project be a sidestory or should it follow a part of the manga? What are your guys' thoughts on the matter?
And while we're at it, I made a really quick spritesheet for Guts: http://i.imgur.com/vPm5Crb.png
EDIT: I added in Guts' nose scar and removed that terrible scar from his eye! http://i.imgur.com/MBMinOj.png
So yeah (and I'll just be copy-pasting what I wrote on Reddit here if you don't mind), for a while now, I've been toying around with RPG Maker (WAIT wait.... before you laugh this off and close the thread, please hear me out...) and I came across this script for the engine that allows real-time combat called "Falcao Pearl ABS Battle System." While messing around with it, I gave my character a huge ass sword. And then it hit me: BERSERK. A Berserk RPG with real-time combat akin to Zelda or Secret of Mana would be pretty sweet. So I set out to find if anyone else has tried making a Berserk fangame, and what I found was... quite horrendous: http://www.skullknight.net/forum/index.php?topic=10223.0 <--- I don't know how many of you here on SK.net remember this catastrophe, and it would probably be for the best if you didn't. Hahah
It's so bad. Soooo bad and cringe worthy (although I have to admit... the thread is pretty freaking hilarious, read it for a good laugh). I decided I would download the crappy game myself, but, fortunately, the links were dead. Darn.
So then I thought... How about I take up this job? I'll improve my skills with RPG Maker and this battle system script, and make a game that would be a nice little tribute to the greatest manga ever made.
And that's why I come to you guys: would you be interested in some sort of Berserk Action RPG? Do you have any ideas of how the gameplay could be like? Or do you have any ideas on a story? I want to know what other fans would want out of a fangame like this.
OBVIOUSLY, this is going to be a completely non-commercial, just-for-fun project. Just a disclaimer.
But yeah, should this fangame project be a sidestory or should it follow a part of the manga? What are your guys' thoughts on the matter?
And while we're at it, I made a really quick spritesheet for Guts: http://i.imgur.com/vPm5Crb.png
EDIT: I added in Guts' nose scar and removed that terrible scar from his eye! http://i.imgur.com/MBMinOj.png