Hi, everyone.
I've decided to take a small hiatus from Brawl modding, to focus on other things, mainly my singing and social life, but also I'm reacquainting myself with RPG Maker VX and its scripting features. I intend to try my hand at developing an amateur 2D sprite-based Super Smash Bros. fangame. I decided on the itle of "Super Smash Bros. Feud".
I will still use modding tools to assist me, such as BrawlBox, for a few things, mainly for converting GIF frames into sprites of the veterans and creating animations and stuff for my newcomers, and making BRSTMs (read below). If I'm lucky, I might even use it to make stuff like hitboxes, hurtboxes, effects and misc stuff like that. That doesn't mean the fan-game will support PACs and all. Everything is hard-coded by hand.
I want it to feel a little more like Smash than the Super Smash Flash games do, and to have a fairly large roster featuring almost every veteran ever introduced and a generous portion of newcomers.
I decided on my roster, but like ol' Sakurai, I'm gonna keep it secret for now. It's also going to have a generous selection of stages and a huge soundtrack.
Now, since it's RPGM, I don't think online play or multiplayer is possible, but I will definitely try. I'm currently busy modifying the game engine and rebuilding certain scripts and creating new ones, and it's going well. A lot of the errors I'm getting are due to my genuine absent-mindedness. LOL. Except I have trouble resizing the screen to make it bigger. XD I hadn't studied RGSS/Ruby in school when I was in computer science, but it's not that hard, looking at the docs. I just have to make the code do what I want and piece it together.
If anyone is interested in assisting with the development, I would absolutely love to make this a team effort. I may need spriters for graphical effects and others I may think up later, SFX makers, fellow musicians, modellers (rigged to custom bonesets and usable in BrawlBox) and online play and music programmers. Also people who are good with game physics to assist me. I need scripts to be able to go online and if at all possible play BRSTM music. lol PM me if you're interested.
I don't intend for this project to become the next best thing in Smash fan-games. I'm just looking for a new challenge to have fun with and a somewhat decent PC game to play.
When I want a break from Super Smash Bros. Feud, I'll come back to modding.
Yes, this means the beta I had planned to release might indeed be delayed.
And as for my singing and music, starting next week after mass, I'll have a recording or two available on my YouTube channel and Facebook page. No, not the Tabuu Forte Akugun ones. The YT Channel is called "NickWandeltPopera" and "Nick Wandelt" is the FB page. (an actual page, not my main account). I hope you'll find it in your heart to give me honest feedback and follow me if you like my voice.
That's all. I bet you're like "It's about time. lol"