Released NEW! PS Legends: Frontier 2.0

Chronos · Feb 22, 2023

This is gonna be good

Cuprite (Kyu) · Feb 22, 2023

Wow. Wasn't expecting an MZ game here, much less one using the 3D plugin. Immediately caught my attention. Lol.
Normally with stuff like this I'd wait until they were 100% complete, but for the sake of the jam (And also cause I really wanna see what this one is like) I will probably play it as-is. :)

AenaonDogsky · Feb 22, 2023

Cuprite (Kyu) said:
Wow. Wasn't expecting an MZ game here, much less one using the 3D plugin. Immediately caught my attention. Lol.
Normally with stuff like this I'd wait until they were 100% complete, but for the sake of the jam (And also cause I really wanna see what this one is like) I will probably play it as-is. :)

Oh hey, you are the zelda/mon dev right? One of the few games I didnt get to play last jam, and I'm a huge zelda fan... I wanted to play as many as possible and left those that were from experienced devs for last, but then got burned out. As soon as I recover from the crunch (which means Im probably out for at least a couple of days, lol) I'll get to play both that and your recent entry!

Thanks for your interest! This is a demo and has a good verticlal slice and story conclusion (or cliffhanger) as is, so I think you'd enjoy it anyway.

We are using an older version of MZ3D which runs more smoothly, but there might be a chance you will be affected by a loading bug, so like the thread says, it's better to play the game in one sitting or leave it on the background if need be (it's not that long).

DemICE · Feb 22, 2023

To players about to play the demo: A new previously nonexistent bug has occured, presumably some oversight during the last ditch all nighter crunching, where pokemon encounters do not trigger battles and are just automatically defeated in the overworld. Dusky has gone to sleep so I don't know when will this be fixed but it drastically waters down the game experience. You might want to wait for a bugfix before playing.

AenaonDogsky · Feb 22, 2023

Version 1.1

- Canyon and Cave encounters are working properly now

Boony62 · Feb 23, 2023

The canyon is hard when you can't move the camera with page down/up keys (i don't have them on my keyboard).
Nice graphics, nice music, the game looks cool overall.

AenaonDogsky · Feb 23, 2023

Boony62 said:
The canyon is hard when you can't move the camera with page down/up keys (i don't have them on my keyboard).
Nice graphics, nice music, the game looks cool overall.

Oh, sorry I had no idea there existed keyboards without those keys, I will try to fix that in the next bugfixing patch. Meanwhile, can you try with a gamepad?

AenaonDogsky · Feb 23, 2023

Boony62 said:
The canyon is hard when you can't move the camera with page down/up keys (i don't have them on my keyboard).
Nice graphics, nice music, the game looks cool overall.

Seems like fixing that right now will take some time, in the meanwhile, if you can't find a gamepad, hit me up so I can send you a savefile right at the end of the canyon!

Version 1.2

Fixed abrupt camera turning speed
Fixed Render Distance Options not allowing for the smallest render distance
Fixed the possibility of getting stuck when approaching the two roadblock events diagonally

AenaonDogsky · Feb 23, 2023

Version 1.3

Fixed 4 enemy mons using the wrong sprites
Fixed Onix sprite transparency bug
Fixed some lategame mons dropping the wrong Residues
Fixed incorrect attack times for Nickit
Fixed incorrect attack value for Mandibuzz
Fixed wrong EXP value for Mightyena

Version 1.4

Fixed a tip event in canyon possibly getting you stuck if approached from one particular tile
Fixed wrong canyon name in Tehuta dialogue
Fixed wrong descriptions for some Crafting Recipes (might only be applicable to new saves)
Fixed a wrong tile in Tehuta
Fixed "autosave" appearing as an option since autosave hasn't been implemented

AenaonDogsky · Feb 25, 2023

Version 1.5

Fixed wrong placement of cacti indicators in 3 spots
Fixed wrong description for Ribon Bee item (incorrect amount of HP restoration)
Fixed glitchy ledge in southeastern part of canoyn
Fixed 4 big pillars placed in the wrong spots

AenaonDogsky · Feb 27, 2023

Version 1.6

Fixed PageDown not being shown along with Interact in the tutorial text in Tehuta
Fixed grammar and typos
Fixed Water description saying it restores MP, instead of VP.
Fixed camera distance not defaulting to 5 after fishing scene in canyon
Fixed bird event giving residue not activating
Fixed incorrect shout skill animation
Fixed tighten up skill calling animation 0
Fixed Justin showing up as a follower after big moon phase 2, after the battle
Fixed NPCs in Outskirt Stand interior appearing behind their seats
Fixed three of Phenac's interior doors needing to be interacted with to open, instead of touch
Fixed Phenac upper eastern position

AenaonDogsky · Mar 2, 2023

Version 1.7

Losing canyon battles will now spawn you next to the campfire you last interacted with
Added instructions regarding running away from wild battles
Fixed Fought Onix Switch event page missing
Readded 2 campfires I accidentally removed during my pre-release night crunch LOL
Fixed wrong description for certain elemental weapons
Fixed NPC not mentioning that you can hold shift to run
Fixed Water being usable from inventory
Added description about how armors work against Beasts
Fixed bird getting stuck
Initial Zubat encounter is now non-random and only yields one Zubat enemy
Removed wrong description about campfires being guarded by strong Beasts
Added entry Campfire to Cave
Fixed prologue typo

Some tips for the canyon map if you need em:

- Like Luta mentions, there's certain landmarks and objects you can use to orient yourself.
The first is, the dual cacti (side by side). As hinted by the camera preview of the area, where the cacti appear outside the cave entrance,
this pair is your primary indicator that you are following the right path. Second is the very big rocky pillars. Third would be a series of various small objects like rocks, dirt, and some cacti, these usually appear in linear fashion. However, focus on the dual cacti, and you can traverse the canyon in 3-4 minutes.

Battle tips:

- It is expected that mons can wipe you out easily. Defense is something humans cannot afford against Pokemon - the focus should be on speed and proper Elemental equipment. Your spear is generally the best weapon against them, since it grants you defense due to range, and it can attack twice. You may craft AIR weapons that attack twice on top of any other existing weapon properties. You should use your gut and avoid many difficult battles. It is also expected that you shouldn't mess with packs of Pokemon. They can obliterate you even at high levels. Think of these factors realistically.

AenaonDogsky · Mar 2, 2023

Version 1.8

Fixed diagonal passage in roadblock event pre-trial potentially getting the player stuck
Fixed very tall ledge in tehuta
Fixed grammar in camera description
Fixed area northwest of overworld being accessible
Fixed incorrect description of Vigor Points.
Fixed MoP showing on the status menu
Fixed Cave fires going out after being interacted with

If you need any tips check out the previous comment, or the Notes section on the thread.

AenaonDogsky · Mar 3, 2023

Version 1.9

All Eclo Cave losses will now spawn you next to the last campfire you interacted with
All Dohasan Mountain losses will now spawn you next to the last campfire you interacted with
Fixed all Overworld Locations not appearing from the start
Fixed in-battle enemy positioning sometimes being hidden by the UI
Fixed farm chest broken in two
Fixed overworld part of the sea digging into the chasm
Fixed Lair of Trial repeating certain tall tiles when viewed in maximum rendering distance
Fixed certain skills showing MP consumption instead of TP
Fixed Bill's initial level being 16 instead of 13
Fixed Longbow description
Fixed Earth Linen's description
Fixed Ursus Ring Hide description
Fixed an incorrect tile in Eclo Canyon
Fixed grammar and typos
Fixed a couple of overworld tiles

Unless something pops up, this will be the last update - since almost every major, or significant bug, has been taken care of.

Thank you all for your bug reports and Thundaga for his stream! Thanks to your help, we managed to iron out everything we are allowed to, for the post-jam
bugfixing period.

As stated at the end of the demo, if you wanna get involved with development (it's quite the challenge due to the nature of the game), feel free to hit me up!
Have fun!

AenaonDogsky · Mar 21, 2023

pepsilon said:
Dropped it looking for the firefly. It was... obviously unique! I can appreciate the game not holding my hand but I probably needed a better clue. It doesn't help with how samey each section of the map is, but that's an obvious limitation that was beyond your control.

I can't really offer any meaningful feedback.

There are better ways to handle this, it's something we're looking to improve, moving forward.
That said, the no1 indicator is the side-by-side cacti; they will get you through the canyon very fast.

Tomix9tomix · Mar 21, 2023

Some thoughts:

The things I have feedback to give on are pretty simple so I'll just start with those dot points:

-Minor thing, but when you come back at a campfire after fainting, your hp is set to 1, it feels odd since it is a free healing station, so it would make sense to just revive you at full health instead of making the player interact with the campfire after fainting to actually heal.

-I like that this game uses a new type chart, incorporating weapon types as well elemental types. But it is rather unclear what is good against what. Even when you are using a super effective type or weapon, there is no indication that you are doing something right. It would be nice to have some text say that "it is very effective" or maybe a special sound effect for super effective attacks, just so that the player knows that they are using the right weapon. It would also be nice to have something similar to a pokedex so that you can check what type/armour type it is. Since you can't even catch pokemon, the only way to check its type would be trial and error, and even the first pokemon game had a pokedex where you could look up a pokemon's type.

-The first actual area that you can explore is by far the most complex, disorientating, longest , and it is the intro area. I feel it makes sense for the first area to be rather simple in design, and then the designs of the dungeons/routes increase in complexity as you go. Think route 1 vs victory road. I will also say that I get the cactus pairs are there to help, but it isn't too intuitive without being told that explicitly. They really blend in among the other cactus types, and rocks as environmental details to pretty up the place.

All that aside, I just finished the demo and wow, what a splendour. Such a beautiful and breath taking game. Just everything aaaaaaaa. From swinging the camera as I travel through the canyons, traveling through dark caves in first person, walking down a train feeling like an absolute boss. Watching Telly get swooped away, only leaving his hat behind. The whole game feels so cinematic and beautiful! Really amazing job. I am so so so looking forward to what is to come. Please keep up the good work.

AenaonDogsky · Mar 21, 2023

Tomix9tomix said:
Some thoughts:

The things I have feedback to give on are pretty simple so I'll just start with those dot points:

-Minor thing, but when you come back at a campfire after fainting, your hp is set to 1, it feels odd since it is a free healing station, so it would make sense to just revive you at full health instead of making the player interact with the campfire after fainting to actually heal.

-I like that this game uses a new type chart, incorporating weapon types as well elemental types. But it is rather unclear what is good against what. Even when you are using a super effective type or weapon, there is no indication that you are doing something right. It would be nice to have some text say that "it is very effective" or maybe a special sound effect for super effective attacks, just so that the player knows that they are using the right weapon. It would also be nice to have something similar to a pokedex so that you can check what type/armour type it is. Since you can't even catch pokemon, the only way to check its type would be trial and error, and even the first pokemon game had a pokedex where you could look up a pokemon's type.

-The first actual area that you can explore is by far the most complex, disorientating, longest , and it is the intro area. I feel it makes sense for the first area to be rather simple in design, and then the designs of the dungeons/routes increase in complexity as you go. Think route 1 vs victory road. I will also say that I get the cactus pairs are there to help, but it isn't too intuitive without being told that explicitly. They really blend in among the other cactus types, and rocks as environmental details to pretty up the place.

All that aside, I just finished the demo and wow, what a splendour. Such a beautiful and breath taking game. Just everything aaaaaaaa. From swinging the camera as I travel through the canyons, traveling through dark caves in first person, walking down a train feeling like an absolute boss. Watching Telly get swooped away, only leaving his hat behind. The whole game feels so cinematic and beautiful! Really amazing job. I am so so so looking forward to what is to come. Please keep up the good work.

Thanks so much, I also caught a bit of the stream! Twas great, hopefully you managed to get some sleep after.

Yeah, all of these issues will be addressed very soon. Most were a time-constraint derived thing, and some, like HP not being healed after respawning was the result of trying to overcome the potential save-affecting lag bug. Big Moon boss underwhelmingness that you mentioned on stream, was another problem affected by the bug - if it was more challenging, it'd have led to more gameovers and more lag.

Gladly this rarely shows up now and can be resolved by refreshing the map :bigbrain:

Nice to see that it felt cinematic, some inspirations were taken from Spaghetti Western overdramatization, I hope it didn't feel too exaggerated

AenaonDogsky · Jun 8, 2023

Howdy fellas!

A humongous update has just dropped! Frontier Demo has been updated to 2.0!

Massive list of enhancements, additions, and other improvements including:

A minimap
Revamped Canyon (if you had trouble navigating before, you won't now)
Extra prologue and main story levels
new bosses
better designed implementation of concepts
Lorebook
and many more enhancements and additions!

There's three noteworthy bugs:

Luta's minimap icon won't change into the future version
Some lore entries won't show up. Please report those! It's been driving me nuts
Mouse functionality for camera isn't available currently (it caused key strafing to not work). Might be gamepad

related, but gamepad itself should function properly

Released NEW! PS Legends: Frontier 2.0

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