Demo 1
The 1st demo is almost, but not quite, completely unplayable. I've managed to replace Link with me and put together the campus. (Steve will complain that Tempe High students have an unfair advantage, but, thanks to the scale difficulties of fitting Tempe High onto an 8x16 grid, this is completely untrue. For one thing, west is up. For another, I have, for the time being, haphazardly combined different elements of different years; the parking lot that was added my senior year is present, yet Taysom's room is still located where it was my freshman.)
There are only a couple enemies and a couple items. I am quite proud of my animation, but my Taysom and Miller/deNeui sprites leave some things to be desired. Oh well. It should be fun for about five minutes. ...Unless you're shrewd enough to figure out how much goddamn time it took me to make all those brick tiles. Then you'll worship me for the rest of your life.
Demo 2
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The 2nd demo has made a considerable amount of progress, and contains the following notable features:
In short, it's made major advances over the original version, but there's still a hell of a lot more ground to cover. What's next, you might ask? |
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Demo 3
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No substantial updates this time, I fear. (Well, except I added the Compass to Level 2.) Purely graphical...but I couldn't help myself. Added some pillars, grass, trees, and other assorted cosmetics, turned the hearts into the Hitchhiker's Guide logo, changed some more enemies, and damn it looks too good not to share. ...And I finally fixed the "enemies die and it cycles through the heart container, watch, compass, and other assorted weird tiles" bug. ...Yeah, yeah, I know, it was possibly the most amusing portion of the game up to this point, but c'mon, you knew I wasn't going to keep it that way forever... |
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Demo 4
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Demo 4 could have included Level 3, but I decided to keep that under wraps for now. Suffice to say, I have finished Level 3. However, I don't want this to turn into a serialized game, so I don't plan to unveil any more levels until it's finished. However, I have made significant enough progress in my graphical alterations to feel a new demo is worth releasing. New enemies, new items (sorry, but since I've blocked off Level 3, you can't actually get the Chakram -- flagrant false advertising, I know), and an overworld map I'm so happy with that it may well actually be the final version. Enjoy! |
Demo 5
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You know that bit about not unveiling any more levels until the game was finished? Well, it's been over a year since I said that, and now I've changed my mind. Enjoy Demo 5. A laurel and hearty handshake to MetaStaiford for a bit of encouragement that solidified this decision. So what's new? Well, the game itself is about 50% along; the first two years are complete (and it only took me a year and a half!). I've decided, in this version, to leave them completely playable, meaning you can also play through levels 3 and 4. The cutoff point is a few screens into Level 5, which actually means you can safely wander around the Junior year overworld (well...I don't know about safely, but you won't wander off into nothingness). As for graphics (which are the most difficult and time-consuming part of this thing), I'd like to think they're considerably more than 50% complete. I still have to replace a few regular enemies, most of the bosses, and the layouts for levels 6-9. |
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