DREAMBOUND - Bound to the dream of releasing before 2037

[PluMGMK]

Mine is beautiful ( IMO ), theirs not ( IMO ).

I agree.

[MLII]

Not making accusations here...

[Droolie]

Accusations? For what?

Anyway, I'm making the language right now. I'm going to re-record all of the voices. I'm going to do some myself, some are going to be done by my sister, and maybe, my parents will do some as well. And if the voices aren't good enough, I'll ask everyone here again.
Electrix will be pronounced "Lèh-Tridz" by the way. And Electoon will be pronounced "Lèh-Ton".
Oh, and the "Fééil" from Rayman 2's "Ly, the Fairy?" will also be used in this game.

Also, I've been stuck for a very, very long time last month, because I couldn't think of how the Ancients ( who will play a major role in this game ) would look. I've got a great idea now, so I can continue working on the third part of the training level ( which is also the demo level ): the Hall of the Great Protoon ( pronounced "Ooh Po-Ton" by the way ).

[spiraldoor]

Also, I've been stuck for a very, very long time last month, because I couldn't think of how the Ancients ( who will play a major role in this game ) would look.

This is the background from the Heart of the Ancients level in R3 GBA. The statue in the background could be of an Ancient, or the god of the Ancients, or something. I'm just saying.

I'd also like to say that, in the N64 version, at least, the Tomb of the Ancients has what appear to be dead, stone Razorbeards (fossils? statues? multiple Razorbeards? history repeating? the lum that Razorbeard ate which was later found in TOTA = connection?) in its tombs. Make of that what you will...

[MLII]

Accusations? For what?

PluMGMK kinda reminds me of VNKzero.

[Droolie]

Heart of the Ancients picture

Awesome, you managed to guess my idea.

I'm right now half-way of replicating that Ancient statue ( except for the hands ), and making it a limbless god-ish creature that is said to have created the valley of Rayman 1. Here's the story I made up for him ( which you will be able to read in a better-written form in the "History of the World" section of the game... just like in R2 ). He created that valley, but when he saw the endless chaos that ruled there, he granted the valley the Great Protoon: a magical orb that radiates positive energy. The limbless then showed him their gratitude by making a statue of him that holds the Great Protoon in its hands... It's a living statue: the body parts are not attached to any walls, they just float in mid-air as if it was a living limbless. He has a huge tongue which he often uses to lick nice people. But his burning eyes that symbolise his evil nature are always open when other evil approaches, and the statue stares at creatures like Mr. Dark until they get scared and run away.
In short: it's a real god. He's good to good people and bad to bad people.

I've got a lot more stories about him and other ancients ( for example POLOKUS, who looks totally different, but who is also mentioned as one of the known ancients in the "History of the World" section of the game ), but it'd be stupid to post all that now, that'd ruin the "History of the World" section for all of you.

Oh, and can I get a screenshot of the dead, stone razorbeards? I don't really remember them ( though for some reason, my sister does ), so I'd love to see them.

[spiraldoor]

I can't get a screenshot at the moment; I lost my R2 N64 100% save file when my laptop died and I haven't been bothered playing all the way back up to TOTA.

~As the PC and N64 versions are identical, I assume that the stone Razorbeards are in the PC version as well. Someone could probably get a screenshot from that one...

[El Dango]

I gotta try this.

[spiraldoor]

They're in the crypt/tomb things.

[Droolie]

By the way, I just let my sister read ECLIPSE's complete story ( which is probably 100% final! ), and boy, she was amazed! She was almost crying when she read the ending, and she congratulated me a lot for making such a beautiful story! She even updated her facebook status by saying "... has a little brother with talent! =D".

Now for the game itself...

[Droolie]

Sorry for the bump, but I've got some new screenshots to show some of the recent changes... ( there are more, but I can't show you yet, that'd spoil something from the demo for you )


As you can see, there are now perspective platforms, which, in my opinion, look a lot better than the flat ones. Don't you think?
Also, there's a new background.
Oh, and did you notice that Electrix looks a little bit different?


Yeah, I've changed the weird slime-ish thing to ice. Much better. Oh, and did you notice the perspective platforms and the new background?


Hmm, what's different? Yeah, of course. It's Electrix himself, and also that pretty little lantern... Oh, and the perspective platforms, of course.
By the way, did you notice that the "awesome face" is in the background of this screenshot? XD

[spiraldoor]

I like the "perspective platforms". I can already see from the second screenshot that the ledge-hanging mechanic looks better with them (it looked a little odd in the videos).

I think the HUD should be customisable. Each part of the HUD should have three options, accessible from the pause menu: 'Opaque', 'Transparent', and 'Invisible'.

Maybe there should be rewards for finishing the game under different circumstances; perhaps you could unlock something for finishing the game with the HUD completely disabled all the way through? That would be quite an achievement. There should be unlockables for finishing the game on different difficulty levels, too. Or for beating the bosses without losing any lives. You should also get something for collecting all of the lums (assuming the game has lums), and something else for breaking all of the cages (assuming the game even has cages). Maybe the ultimate reward for finishing the game 100% and unlocking everything is the option to play as the Great Protoon?

When you finish the game, you should unlock a few things in the main menu; a cutscene viewer (assuming that this game even has cutscenes) would be good. Also, a 'Boss Rush' mode. Perhaps a 'Behind-the-Scenes'/'Making Of' video (I'm not quite sure how that would work, though).

~Remember I said that when you get hurt, the health circles should turn yellow instead of getting an 'X' on them? Well, maybe they should turn yellow and get an 'X' on them.

~~I'll come back and say more stuff if I think of anything.

[Droolie]

Thanks, I thought you'd like them.

About the HUD, I'll probably have an option to either always deactivate the HUD, always activate the HUD, or be able to activate it with a button press and let it fade out if you don't press that "HUD button" for a little while.

I don't really think there will be that many rewards... but I could put in something like achievements ( XB360 ) or trophies ( PS3 ). There will be one reward for certain though... a secret that I will not spoil. It's certainly a lot better than playing as the Great Protoon.

The game has cages ( I don't know about lums yet though, they'll probably just be scenery ) by the way. There are baby globoxes and teensies in them. There will be no electoons in them. Talking about electoons, there will only be 2 in the game. One is Electrix himself, and the other is... well, you'll find out. ^^

The game also certainly has cutscenes! Many cutscenes. And they'll be really awesome ( at least me and my sister think so ). So it's probably a good idea to have a cutscene viewer.
I was thinking of a "Making Of" video, and also a "Beta" level accessible in the extra section of the main menu... you'd get to walk through a part of the old "Toon Town" ( remember that? XD ), and other parts of all the levels that were scrapped. With Electrix's old look ( old graphics style ), perhaps.

Finally, about the health circles, I don't think I'll make them get an X on them too. It was a good idea to scrap that, because it just really doesn't look good.

[spiraldoor]

Maybe the health bubbles should be yellow when you have health, but turn red when you lose it? That's the way it was in R1, and there's no reason to switch it...

[Rsandee]

''There will be no electoons in them. Talking about electoons, there will only be 2 in the game. One is Electrix himself, and the other is... well, you'll find out. ^^''

hmm....
Electrix: whats wrong bud?
Electoon: i have something important to tell you...
Electrix: What?
Electoon: I..... am.... your.... father.... Mr. Dark
Electrix: OMFG

(impossible... i know because that electoon would be an antitoon if that was true )

[PluMGMK]

I... don't get it!

[Droolie]

Maybe the health bubbles should be yellow when you have health, but turn red when you lose it? That's the way it was in R1, and there's no reason to switch it...

It honestly looks a lot better the way it is now.

''There will be no electoons in them. Talking about electoons, there will only be 2 in the game. One is Electrix himself, and the other is... well, you'll find out. ^^''

hmm....
Electrix: whats wrong bud?
Electoon: i have something important to tell you...
Electrix: What?
Electoon: I..... am.... your.... father.... Mr. Dark
Electrix: OMFG

(impossible... i know because that electoon would be an antitoon if that was true )

Nope, the story is a lot better than that. You'll see.

[Phoenixan]

The platforms do look nice (especially with the lights on the sides), but I honestly think that now, they look a little bit to rough and uniform. Especially with the outside scene, where it's supposed to be dirt. I'd recommend using not so many straight lines for those.

[Droolie]

Especially with the outside scene, where it's supposed to be dirt. I'd recommend using not so many straight lines for those.

No, it's not supposed to be dirt at all. You can see that in the video.

[Phoenixan]

No, I'm talking about the outside bit with the grass on it.