Final Fantasy Hacktics

June-July 2010 Progress



Marketing Promotional Material related

- Logotype (Not done)
- Logo (Not done)
- Font (Not done)
- Generic Class Preview Photoshop Template (Not done)
- Hero Class Preview Photoshop Template (Not done)
- Title Screen (0%)
- Promotional Video (10%)
- Demonstration Video (0%)
- Marketing Plan (see Marketing Thread)


Campaign related

- Hero Team Selection > Zodiac..
- Monster Recruitment System (Undecided)
- Map Ordering Related (0%)
- ENTD Related (1%)
- Character Backgrounds (95%) <--- Lasting_Dawn and Eternal rocking!
- Character Quotes
- Story Scripts (5%)
- Event Quotes (1%)
- Event battles (0%)
- Final Battle Event (0%)


Game Mechanics related

-Game Mechanics Document (http://hotfile.com/dl/54243241/5161f1e/IA_Outline_v0090.rtf.html)
- Force Immortality Hack > (completed by Zodiac)
- Ability Requirement Hack 1.1 (completed by Zodiac)
- HP, Gear HP, damage, MP, and other stat related scaling (80%)
- Item Sets (30%)[Raven is reworking them]
- R / S / M hacks (Somewhat done)
- R / S / M System (80%)
- AI Enhancement Stress Tests (Mostly done)
- AI Testing on Generic Classes (50%)
- AI Testing on Hero Classes (0%)
- Status Effect Mechanics (90%)

- Hero Skillsets (Pending... 20%)

- Generic Skillsets (Needs to be revised, in review by Raven and Philsov)




In-Game Artwork related


New Palettes Completed: 100+

Generic Sprites

• [s:28w9v1ru]Swordsman M 0% W 0%[/s:28w9v1ru]
• Chemist
• Monk
• Hunter
• Rogue M 100% W 85%
• White Mage
• Black Mage
• Warlock M 100% W 99%
• Shooter M 75% W 100%
• Gladiator M 95% W 95%
• Summoner
• Phantom M 100% W 100%
• Mantra Knight
• Dragon Knight
• Samurai M 90% W 25%
• Blue Mage M 10% W 100%
• Paladin 75% (might redo)
• Hermit 60%

Special Generic Sprites

• Time Mage M, W (25%)
• Frost Mage M (90%)
• Thunder Mage M (100%), W (100%)
• Shadow Priest M, W
• Mime M
• Mediator M, W
• Thief M, W
• Oracle M, W
• Ex-Ninja M
• Ex-Dragoon M
• Ex-Samurai M, W
• Bard M
• Dancer W
• Sage M, W
• Squire M, W
• Lucavi Warrior
• Lucavi Death Knight M
• Lucavi Necromancer M
• Lucavi Succubus W (0%)
• Lucavi Banshee W (0%)

Hero Sprites

• Alicia (design complete)
• Lavian (design complete)
• Anastasia "Tiamat" & Czar (Hydra) (design complete)
• Desburiga "Lich" (design almost complete)
• Zorine "Marilith" (design complete)
• Rakunar "Kraken" (design complete)
• Sorcerer Cletian (design complete)
• Samurai Garamonde Elmdore (design complete)
• Holy Swordswoman Katelyn (design complete)
• Cleric Ovelia (design complete)
• Agrias (design complete)
• Meliadoul (design complete)
• Sorceress Matoya (design complete)
• Baron Grims (design almost complete)
• Engineer Balk & Iron Giant (design complete)
• Celia & Lettie (design complete)

Monsters
...(pending)

Lucavi and Boss related

• Quekelain
• Velius
• Zalera
• Andramelk
• Hashmal
• Zodiark (Design 50%)
• [s:28w9v1ru]Exodus[/s:28w9v1ru]
• Famfrit (Design 70%)
• Shemhazai (Design 90%)
• Mateus (Design 80%)
• [s:28w9v1ru]Zeromus[/s:28w9v1ru]
• Chaos

... (pending)

I am sure that those 90% sprites just lack portraits, yes? Post some sprites in the topic I made, we can decide how to execute the port and all.

Hmm... who is Katelyn? Based off Katethegreat19? I have to say that would be interesting...

@Kage: Currently a lot of the sprites are Missing Portraits, i actually consider portraits as separate projects, but they can be done relatively fast most of the time (and they are really not important).  90% means the sprite needs minor error corrections.

I have been itching to post the sprite work hehe. But give me sometime please...I'll put them up within a week or so.


LastingDawn: Oh I am surprised you noticed. Katelyn was just a temporary name given for that Agrias' teacher / apprentice concept that I have been trying to do for a while. Who's Katethegreat?

Wait... Thunder Mages are 100% heh heh ;]

Just a teeny tiny question(s)..


Are theree gonna be new esper lucavi sized sprites done?
Who's gonna make them?

Yes, they will be Lucavi sized. R999 gonna make them, along with Lijj. We can crit or do our own concepts too, Smash. Sorry for my late inactivity, I was away for a bit.

Prototype flash video is now up!

http://winshmo.deviantart.com/art/Proto ... -169899557 (http://winshmo.deviantart.com/art/Prototype-Intro-FFT-IA-169899557)

This a very rough animation reel for the intro so it is subject to a lot of changes and revisions especially the images and subtitles.

Whoa, that was great! I especially loved the ending,  I'm glad the Leylines really made an appearance there. Also, no doubt that was just a Black Mage posing as Elidibs for the beta of this, but you followed the Elidibs Manifesto, to a T.

I'm glad you're happy LD  
My next update on this would hopefully have the contestants sketches as they receive Elidibs letter.
I have a nice plan for Elmdor as well.

haha awesome job on flash. The only thing Flash is good for... prototyping animations.  Overall it's a great start, there are some stuff that I think needs work (as per our discussion in the chat today)


1) The tone of Elidibus should sound more like Old English. That might make it possible to lengthen the letter slightly so... which would be important for the next point (Eternal is working on this.)

2) The movement of the maps near the end is way too slow compared to the music. You'll need to insert some text and or something else prior to this.

3) I know you haven't played with the typography just yet, but this is a very important aspect for this kind of intro.


Looking forward to see the next update~
PS I am aware that the movie was put together in Flash. But I am curious will you be using FCP? (FinalCut Pro).

No, I might use Adobe Premier + After Effects though.

Quote from: "winshmo2"Prototype flash video is now up!

http://winshmo.deviantart.com/art/Proto ... -169899557 (http://winshmo.deviantart.com/art/Prototype-Intro-FFT-IA-169899557)

This a very rough animation reel for the intro so it is subject to a lot of changes and revisions especially the images and subtitles.

WTF?

we can put this in the actual game?

That is great Winshmo, though that Black Mage don't look good there, Elidibs would be better afteral, does he have some original arts from FFT?

He has a portrait and a sprite I think...
The black mage was just a placeholder until I come up with a worthy sketch of Elidibs.

EDIT: For Eternal:
Here's the intro script,


The Kingdom of Ivalice;
Two years before the events of the Lion War...

After the recapture of Riovanes by Ivalice, the grand
magician Elidibs had went missing and has not been found
ever since.

But, now a man purporting to be him has appeared
and has sent out a message to many lands in Ivalice.

"Your prizes will be vast, as within my studies
I have learned the secrets of immortality and eternal youth."

"I have also come across a priceless gem
that any king would surrender his throne for."

"All of this and more will be yours
if you are able to meet with me face to face."

There will be a grand tourney held in the lands of Lesalia.

Situated in the core of the land.

"So I, the wizard Elidibs, challenge you. Urge you."

"To all the daring men and women of Ivalice,"

"Warriors, magi or any talented individuals
from their respected territories."

"Follow the leylines towards the center of Ivalice."

"There you will find me waiting..."

"And a tournament which will shake
the very foundations of our world."

Well time has passed but I am glad to finally see this big list seeing completion,

We started this forum on Jun 15th, and now One Month has passed! Remember back then, we barely even had character ideas down. Anastasia, Rakunar? They didn't existed then!


Hero Sprites

• Alicia (design complete)
  (http://img59.imageshack.us/img59/9194/aliciar21.png)
  
• Lavian (design complete)
  (http://img375.imageshack.us/img375/4519/lavianr13.png)
  
• Anastasia "Tiamat"
• Czar (Black Hydra) (design complete)
  (http://img809.imageshack.us/img809/7717/screenshot20100705at104p.png)
  
• Desburiga "Lich" (design almost complete)
  (http://img14.imageshack.us/img14/4153/screenshot20100625at133.png)
  
• Zorine "Marilith" (design complete)
  (http://img291.imageshack.us/img291/3645/marilithprotor8.png)
  
• Rakunar "Kraken" (design complete)
  (http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/3885/krakenprotor6.png)
  
• Sorcerer Cletian (design complete)
  (http://img824.imageshack.us/img824/8994/cletianprotor8.png)
  
• Samurai Garamonde Elmdore (design complete)
  (http://img37.imageshack.us/img37/3900/screenshot20100627at103.png)
  
• Sword Saint Katelyn (design complete)
  (http://img820.imageshack.us/img820/1456/protokatelyn53.png)
  
• Cleric Ovelia (design complete)
  (http://img580.imageshack.us/img580/5761/r16.png)
  
• Agrias (design complete)
  (http://img85.imageshack.us/img85/5255/r6r7.png)
  
• Meliadoul (design complete)
  (http://img64.imageshack.us/img64/5222/screenshot20100712at346.png)
  
• Sorceress Matoya (design complete)
  (http://img576.imageshack.us/img576/6228/matoyar12.png)
  
• Baron Grims (design almost complete)
  (http://img27.imageshack.us/img27/104/screenshot20100713at106.png)
  
• Engineer Balk & Iron Giant (design complete)
  (http://img31.imageshack.us/img31/165/balkr14b.png)
  
• Celia (design complete)
  (http://img46.imageshack.us/img46/5198/celiar5.png)
  
• Lettie (design complete)
  (http://img517.imageshack.us/img517/2455/screenshot20100714at112.png)

There might be a few more...

1) Valmafra -- Turns out my initial idea of having her hair down wasn't exactly a good idea... despite how she reveals so much skin, wears makeup, has eyes closed in portrait -- pretty much breaks all other generic rules.

2) Malak -- Ok LD almost convinced me to redo his sprite. I will see.

3) Rafa -- After Winshmo showed me some of her fan arts, I am Really tempted to redo her sprite.

4) Elmdore -- A Silver Noble in Silver armor is possible. I will see.

5) Gaffgarion -- Needs no introduction. A one of a kind vet Mercenary. Who doesn't love Night Sword? Anyway, his sprite could use some touch ups. He's the only other Black/Dark/Fell Knights in the game (next to Grims, who is wearing full black armor).



Some other updates:

Character Background / Bios 95% complete -- Lasting_Dawn (and with help of Eternal) is rocking this. I recommend you all to go read the character bios at least twice. Each and every character in IA has a story.


Two new Nu Mou sprites in the works under Twinees, but characters not yet finalized yet. They so far look very promising.


Lucavi sprite concepts are looking really fantastic.

(http://i27.tinypic.com/ej64oy.jpg)
Much thanks to Smash for starting us off here. The designs for Shemhazai, Mateus, Famfrit are all looking amazing. We even have a pretty good concept of Zodiark by Lijj. There's but only one Lucavi remaining; Chaos.


In addition to all the new sprites, we also have Zozma helping out with new special effects (we already have a few good ones!).

Last but not least, our very first intro video by Wishmo along with some very high quality illustrations (Anastasia, Rakunar and Zorine!). If you haven't seen them yet already, please go do so now!



So all in all, progress has been fantastic in the small amount of time that we have had... though I think we can do a lot better! We really do need to pick up on the game mechanics side of things (I am looking at you Raven). Philsov, please hurry and finish ASM'D!

great sprites there R999!! so elmdor in silver armor i did fomething a while ago maybe u can use it

look at those friggin sprites!!!!!
Who did those? they all look sexy!

Really guys, go away, at least pretend it is still a secret forum -_-. Those sprites were supposed not to be shown untill the release of project, now everything has gone to fuck.

General Strife: Those are all of R999's Hero prototypes for the patch.. There are actually a bunch more awesome sprites (all the generic mercenaries) to still be released at project completion.
Scattman: We have something similar to that Samurai.. Only a bit more custom
That's already 100 percent done. But thanks I do like it