Tim Hjersted

Finishing my play-through of the first dungeon. Fixing some impossible jumps. Tweaking chest contents. (More bombs) Woop!

I want it to be a challenge but yeah I hope it finds the right balance. Also, I want periods of badassery mixed with new difficulties, so there's a mix of flows. All this should get worked out during beta. But yeah.. somewhere in between just right??? :D

Speaking of which, is this map going to have any Crowning Moments of Badassery? :D

I would say... many moments. :) Also the final boss was custom designed and is a ton of fun to play (especially melee style), as it is entirely skill based (all attacks can be dodged but you have to stay on your toes and dance like a zen warrior to defeat him) and the AI patterns are nicely varied and unpredictable.

I just want a release by May. Hoorah! This map looks fabulous.

Ha, yeah, you will have the beta in a week or so. Depends on how fast everything progresses and the bosses that get released on the 14th. But I can try to get all the broad strokes finished for that and such work on fine-tuning and adding any extras during the beta period.

One thing is for sure, you'll be glad I took the extra time. At the end of march I think I was just getting the new game mechanic hashed out and implemented. It's really grown in scope over the last 2 weeks. Plus a new boss. :)

Lol.. yes.. yes I do. Kind of funny how that happens isn't it? :D

The only thing I regret is because you were looking for a release "by the end of March".

Yep, 1 mod to install using select bits from a dozen mods or so, with recipes changed for most everything to fit with the game's mechanic. Shortly after release I'm going to start a mod thread with the release of the Red Cloud Mod, which will be compatible with randomly generated maps as well, though the true potential of the mod will always be for custom maps (you'll see why when you play it)

I may talk to CMHQ about some global cs codes to make a specific tile needed for crafting to generate throughout the new worlds. Though I'll also be encouraging folks to design new maps using the mod as well, expanding and tailoring it to taste.

hey, how goes it?

Eh, so-so. How are you?

W1k is awesome.

That said, yes I hope it captures at least some of the feeling of this game. :D Pre-hard mode and hard mode, to balance with the new mod stuff, are both going to get a notch up in difficulty, so that getting the upgrades will be necessary and satisfying.. Mmm you shall see soon. And I can stop being vague ;P

If you do ever make another map with the Red Cloud Mod, how about branching paths? It'd be a complex chest setup using hidden chests and such to choose to make a sword. Also, I heard you said something about sacrificing to a god earlier on your work on the map. Will this be a karma choice?

Yea I might make a pure sand-box version just for the fun of it. We shall see. The sacrifice is more of a narrative device, I'd say. But it is optional, though, to advance the story.

Ah, yeah that bit is a bit confusing. Good luck!

The Lich wasn't well animated, was it? XD!

I actually thought you did a good job on Lich. My house mate saw it and actually complimented how good it looked, not knowing anything about it beforehand. I mean, it's using more complicated animations than anything in the original game. By the way, will you be putting anything out for the boss competition, just for fun?

Awesome : D I hope ot finish the Kraken (FF1) and Tiamat after I finish testing :<

And I finally got the dust effects working! Yay!

Oddly enough, the use time being set to 90/30 is what was causing it not to display on teleport. Put it down to 2 and it worked like a charm.

Yea there's a ton to choose from. I'm currently going through the selection process now. Picking out the best stuff from about a dozen mods. Definitely gonna be paring it down to keep it focused and the quality high

Plus a lot of it will be discovered or crafted, (and some stuff will have upgrade tiers, so if you don't upgrade an item you'll never know what that can be upgraded to) so no one will likely discover everything or use everything, ensuring everyone has a unique experience.. depending on what you want to specialize in.

The end sort of feels in sight. Sort of :p

This is true. Just hoping. I'm also awaiting CMHQ to release their Egyptian themed Pharaoh boss. Though it won't be required. And there's an exciting looking spells mod that will also be releasing on the 14th.

Either way, I've just started diving into mod integration, which will probably take at least a week or so, as I'm going to be tweaking several things and also changing the crafting requirements for everything I include (which will also involve game balancing and such) so all that is going to be keeping me busy. :)

In related news, the new game mechanic/mod that CMHQ is helping me with is working like a charm. Just up to me now to get all the crafting recipes balanced. Cheers :)

Thanks for the suggestions. Spot on the money as far as what I have planned so far. (Remix of Reborn, W1K, possibly Obsidian's mod, and then after this, releasing the vastly less awesome (by comparison) vanilla version :) As far as number of players goes, I'm wondering which you're looking foward to more/plan on playing: the 2-player coop or single player?

Hmmmm, probably single player, as I have only one Terraria friend, but he hates adventure maps. I think it would be pretty cool if it was two different version altogether, with pretty much double the items, some puzzles replaced with co-op ones, and story changes.

Thanks for the input. I'm curious what your friend likes to play in Terraria since it is basically an adventure game by default. Right now I've been designing the map more with coop in mind but it won't take too long to edit it for solo play (I'll release both at the same time). There are currently only a couple challenges that are coop dependent so they will be easy to change.