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A Preview of What is to Come...

Posted: Sat May 03, 2008 9:30 pm
by Com Rante
Hey everyone!

You might've been wondering why I haven't released any new adventures lately.

Well, I've been working on a project of mine called "Rainbow's End".

I don't know what to really call it, I'm thinking that it could be best described as a "mod".

Here are some screenshots to show what I've already done:

Posted: Sat May 03, 2008 10:33 pm
by maxnick
I s this your "project" you metioned in the "Other Custom Content" fourm??

Posted: Sat May 03, 2008 11:17 pm
by Com Rante
Yes, it is...

Posted: Sun May 04, 2008 11:15 am
by Lucky-Luc
Looks great so far. As I said before, your designing skills are really amazing. I'm looking forward to it! :D

Posted: Sun May 04, 2008 12:30 pm
by maxnick
Lucky-Luc wrote:your designing skills are really amazing.
I second that!!! :D

PS Whats a mod????

PSS Can you post a demo... :lol:

Posted: Sun May 04, 2008 1:54 pm
by wondertown
That was very beautiful :D

Posted: Sun May 04, 2008 7:47 pm
by mqdar
Com Rante, you really have amazing designing talent! Your level, no, adventure :lol: :oops: designs could trick someone into thinking that it was the official WA. :D :D

Posted: Sun May 04, 2008 10:19 pm
by Com Rante
Thanks for all the feedback!

@maxnick

"Mod" is short for "modification", which is a term used when someone makes a game out of another game. That is sort of what I am doing here.

And when it comes to releasing a demo, I don't think that will happen. You should expect the full adventure in its 60 room glory by atleast the end of summer.

I will put up more screenshots as the production progresses...

Posted: Mon May 05, 2008 12:29 am
by maxnick
Com Rante wrote: "Mod" is short for "modification", which is a term used when someone makes a game out of another game. That is sort of what I am doing here.

And when it comes to releasing a demo, I don't think that will happen. You should expect the full adventure in its 60 room glory by atleast the end of summer.
Thanks for the info... :D

Can't wait for it :D

Posted: Mon May 05, 2008 3:32 am
by Boppelist
Wow!
That looks very beautiful! :D

Re: A Preview of What is to Come...

Posted: Mon May 05, 2008 1:50 pm
by Erwin042
[quote="Com Rante"]Hey everyone!

Well, I've been working on a project of mine called "Rainbow's End".
....quote]

When can we expect your new project?
At the end of this month? After the summer? Or....

Posted: Sun May 11, 2008 11:46 pm
by Com Rante
As I said before Erwin042, I hope to have it ready by the end of summer.

I've already finished 2/7 of it.

Anyways, here are some pictures of the dreaded and spooky "Indigo Woods".

Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 2:03 pm
by jdl
Hows it goin so far?

Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 6:51 pm
by maxnick
Yea, :idea: How's It going?

Posted: Wed Jul 23, 2008 7:02 pm
by Com Rante
Actually, quite good. I've finished a whole new world. I'm making the textures more "WA"-ish right now, but progress is a tad slow.

I hope I can finish it within the next 6 months, but maybe sooner than that. I'm not going to promise anything. Most of the "adventure" has been designed, but it is all on paper. I have some other commitments at the moment, so don't be surprised if you have to wait awhile.

Posted: Fri Aug 15, 2008 7:33 pm
by maxnick
How are the textures coming? :?: :) :?:

Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2008 4:06 am
by Com Rante
I just finished fixing up the "purple shore" texture, but to be honest, the progress on this thing is around 0. I had my most recent work on a USB, so that I could work on my stuff over vacation, however, the USB broke.

I lost around half of my work.

I HATE giving up projects, as for that is the reason why I never show ones that I don't know I will finish, but this time other elements decided if I could finish this or not.

After losing half your work, you really need to wonder if it is worth it to move on. Here is a deal, I'll have a release of the most up to date version I have right now. I really don't see myself finishing this. My deep apologies to everyone who was looking forward to it.

Edit: BTW, I might also finish all the textures I had planned for this, so stay tuned...

Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2008 2:47 pm
by maxnick
Com Rante wrote:I lost around half of my work.
:shock: :shock: Wow!

So no Rainbow's End :? :(

Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2008 6:03 pm
by Qloof234
Hmmmm... Well, this looks like a very interesting project, for sure...

Need help :D :lol: :lol: ?

In all honesty though, I don't have much to do nowadays, apart from playing random games in Emulators *coughSuperMarioWorldcough*

Looks very interesting, I hope you can recover all the data you need for it, because it looks like it can easily rival WA itself!

Posted: Sat Aug 16, 2008 11:18 pm
by maxnick
When do you think your going to post the textures? :?: :)

Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2008 2:24 am
by Com Rante
Once I finish them. As I previously stated, I have some current commitments that hinder the amount of work I can dedicate to certain projects. I will, however, release the current version of Rainbow's End, along with the brand new "Purple Shore" texture, very shortly. Just wait a little long... :wink:

Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2008 4:00 pm
by jdl
Oh well... At least we'll have a demo level! :D

Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2008 9:22 pm
by Com Rante
Okay everyone, here it is.

This is the most up to date version of Rainbow's End that I have now. It comes with both the custom textures and the adventure itself.

This is very, VERY, unfinished. Remember this when playing.

There is enough stuff here to last you awhile.

If you have any questions about anything, I'll be glad to answer them.

So, have fun!

Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2008 12:41 am
by jdl
Good! I liked it! :D Long adventure though... :shock:

Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 1:59 am
by maxnick
So you don't plan to finish it correct??? :?

Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 4:36 am
by Com Rante
No, I do not. Losing all of the newer stuff I was working on completely killed all of my motivation to make the adventure.

Sad really, since I would have loved to see it finished.

Re: A Preview of What is to Come...

Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 12:41 pm
by duncan
Erwin042 wrote:
Com Rante wrote:Hey everyone!

Well, I've been working on a project of mine called "Rainbow's End".
....
When can we expect your new project?
At the end of this month? After the summer? Or...
I changed your post

Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 1:58 pm
by tyteen4a03
Com Rante wrote:No, I do not. Losing all of the newer stuff I was working on completely killed all of my motivation to make the adventure.

Sad really, since I would have loved to see it finished.
I think next time you should save your work on BOTH your computer AND USB.So 1 of them broke you won't lose lots of works.

Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2008 2:03 pm
by maxnick
Com Rante wrote:No, I do not.
Can you tell us the story line then :?: :) :?:

Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2008 2:54 am
by Com Rante
tyteen4a03 wrote:
Com Rante wrote:No, I do not. Losing all of the newer stuff I was working on completely killed all of my motivation to make the adventure.

Sad really, since I would have loved to see it finished.
I think next time you should save your work on BOTH your computer AND USB.So 1 of them broke you won't lose lots of works.
I was on vacation, working on my grandmother's laptop. I didn't have my computer with me, since it isn't, ahem, portable. So I kept all my data on the USB. However, my USB broke along the way.

As far as the story goes, I will tell you what I was thinking...

You are ship wrecked on a strange island. You figure out that this island is a place called Rainbow's End. You meet a native who shows you a machine that is sucking up the color. He tells you that there are more of these machines, and asks you to help him get rid of all of them, in exchange for a way home. You go exploring all seven worlds, each one based off a color of the rainbow. You find more of the machines in these worlds.

The adventure would have three endings. The first one, the bad ending, is achieved when you collect 75 coins and pay the Red Thwart to send you home. This ends with you coming home to a destoried Wondertown. The second ending, or the regular ending, is achieved when you collect all 7 colored keys. You use the keys to access the inside of the "mother machine", where you are treated to one final puzzle where you have to turn the mother machine off. This ending has you returning to Wondertown, where nothing is destoried, but all the color is sucked out. Apparently you only destoried part of the machine, thus it was still able to cause some damage.

The good ending, achieved by collecting all 120 coins, all 7 color keys, and all 7 rainbow keys, has you turning off the machine completely, and you return to a happy Wondertown, where you can meet Stinky and Loof (who just had an "adventure" themselves :wink: ) and Qookie and Peegue.

There was some more ideas I had, but I really don't have the time to explain them all...