Devon Does Stages

[Devon]

(I will release it I promise).

[Momotaro]

I love RS series!
Hope to see this stage released!

[Devon]

The stage is ready for release, I'd just like a video to go with it.
My Fraps is not recording audio yet and that's unacceptable.
If anyone can oblige I'll send them a link and will credit in the topic OP, thanks.
First in, first served.

[PeXXeR]

I can record a video for you in 1080p no prob.

[Viscount]

Hi Jack, sorry about your harddrive problems.

I don't post here much. I know your stage is finished and I'm late to the party, but I have a request.

Can you release a version of your stage just like in your 'Day 4' Preview? I think that the version without humans and without skyscrapers has a sort of beautyful tranquility about it.

Great job on the stage.

[Devon]

Yeah sure, I can do that.

[Devon]

Topic has been renamed to a stage general.



Design for Sherman Park currently ongoing, here's what I have planned:
Parallax, Animations, Optional Zoom

Edit: 5 Feb '17



Aiming for a release on the 27th to coincide with RCR Underground's release.

I'm also planning a sunset and a night version as well, provided I have time.

[PeXXeR]

Looks dope as hell, good job.

[Devon]

Thanks Pexxer.
Here's the first vid of the build, starting to nail down the deltas but it's a tough job and I definitely still have lots to do with those.

And here's the little bit of work I've done with the night version of this stage:

The night version will be largely devoid of people (because they gotta go home to study to become honor students) but I'll have an animated sky and some lights and stuff.

[PeXXeR]

you remember the original animations the game had, I grew up with the japanese version as a kid, but having some of the chars in the bg screaming barf or some stuff would be awesome, as for deltas, tell me about it....

[Devon]

Yeah I'm gonna have people walking around and have Blade loitering around the entrance. I wanna have a couple runners some past and maybe a soccer player or something. Maybe I can have get Blade to attack someone and they say Barf lol I got a lot to work with.

Anyway new video:

ALPHA download:
https://www.dropbox.com/s/roj9ntgxeiwa27m/sherman%20park%20ALPHA.zip?dl=0
Don't forget to check the readme, also don't play this too much

[Staubhold]

This looks nice. Love me some River City Ransom!

[PeXXeR]

You mentioned soccer ? Dunno if you know the Nekketsu soccer 2  was released only in japan and its awesome take a look, dunno if someone ripped those. I had a pirate cart as a kid with all the Kunio Kun games, bought it for 2 bucks back in the day,best deal of my life.

There's also basketball the music in all of these games is awesome, really hope someone ripped some sprites.The games are awesome as well.

[Devon]

Thanks for the links, ha I actually want to play that basketball game. It's like how basketball should be played - with stacked hoops and violence.

But enough about that, just added the final touches to the day stage:

I'm gonna take a break and then start working on the night stage which I'll probably throw up even quicker.


The last night screenshot actually wasn't properly colored I just threw an orange subtract layer on top of my day mockup and moved some things around, but this time I've colored each layer properly including lighting up some buildings.

So the question (of course) is should I add more lighting to the next layer? What more do people want to see? I'm currently scouring the net for a nice moon sprite so there's that.

[PeXXeR]

looks awesome, as for the night version, why not add the light yellow bubble on the lamps, maybe a flying blimp in the sky, my biggest tip is have fun with it.

[Devon]

yeah all lights are pulsing...ish

and as for the lack of news, well... I'm just waiting, haha.

[Devon]

New Stage

I don't really have a vision for this stage yet, we'll just have to see where it goes.

Also RCR:U was a disappointment to me. Ahh well.

[Speedpreacher]

Hmmm, train platform for the London Underground?

[Devon]

Nah I can't really see it, I can do a train platform but there's a certain aesthetic to the London Underground.

[Devon]

LizardCube was nice enough to leave their graphics where I could find them:



Meka Dragon's Castle mockup. More to come. Yeah don't get excited, it seems I have no idea how to implement high quality .pngs with alpha blending into MUGEN.