Official Mercenaries Title screen!

[MiKeMiTchi]

Thanks a lot, mav!
That would surely save my time.

EDIT

v4:



changes:
-Removed the ffhacktics.com part
-used mav's rendered fft logo (bigger)
-made the FFT text less pixelated, but more blurred.
(Looks better now, imo)

Any comments?

Progress so far:

spoiler

v4:


v3:


v2:


v1:

[LastingDawn]

Hmm, as they say, less is more! It's really starting to shape up very well.

[MiKeMiTchi]

Yeah. I hope it will turn out great.



Oh, btw sir LD, I updated my last post in the Gambler discussion.

[mav]

v4 looks perfect, in my opinion. In fact...it looks complete--is there anything else that needs to be done?

[LastingDawn]

Well, aside fro the planne FF-classic Silhouette of a character (or characters) (I plan for it to be Rad sitting in a tree looking up, Ramza sitting at the trunk looking down and Gafgarion's gaze steadied)

[MiKeMiTchi]

Is there such an image? I was planning to add silhouettes, too. But I will need some mercenary resources..

Line art would do. Even a drawn by pencil fan art image would be useful.

[LastingDawn]

Well, Ramza is normally garbed in his second outfit, Rad looks as he does in Mercenaries, (Warrior v1.2 which you can find in the Custom sprite download secion) and a helmetless Gafgarion which you can also see in the custom sprite downloads. Unfortunately my art skills are not good to show such a thing, my art skills aren't really good enough to show... well anything.

[MiKeMiTchi]

^ Sir LD, I think it might be better if you post that on the Mercenaries Art thread.

Okay, I tested the title screen myself.
What do you think? This is how it'll look in-game.
(epsxe, 1280x800 comp res, 640x480 win res)
(peops soft driver 1.18 video plugin used)

[mav]

Looks perfect, in my opinion. Very well done.

[LastingDawn]

Oh yes, feel free to add it to the Mercenaries Art Thread, no reason why not.

[MiKeMiTchi]

Hehe. If you guys need help on some image editing, I would thankfully help!!

I would help on changing the chapter titles, gameover screen, etc..
What would you like me to do, Sir LD?

[LastingDawn]

Hehe. If you guys need help on some image editing, I would thankfully help!!

I would help on changing the chapter titles, gameover screen, etc..
What would you like me to do, Sir LD?

Let's see... we have a few chapter titles in the mix, but nothing definite, if you would like to work on a new GameOver screen though, that would be pretty nice!

[MiKeMiTchi]

I have a question for the gameover screen.
Do the screen really turn blue when the "gameover" appears?

Can we change that?

[Xifanie]

Yeah, it's the event 0x0193 or something, LD might have noted it.

[MiKeMiTchi]

I see.

What do you guys suggest for the GameOver screen??

[LastingDawn]

That's really a tricky one... hmm... what do you have in mind, MikeMitchi?

[MiKeMiTchi]

Well, nothing as of now, but I think.. it's better if we place a picture of Ramza being fallen.
How's that sound?

Oh btw, I have finished the gambler sprite.
Check it out on the gambler thread. Thanks!

[LastingDawn]

Well keep in mind, MikeMitchi, the game also ends when Rad falls (crystal or treasure box) or certain mission objectives aren't upheld. Leaving it only to show Ramza's fate is a bit... betraying of the overall principle of the characters, as the game makes sure to focus on Rad, Ramza, and Gafgarion in equal terms (not that Gafgarion isn't Immortal... he is, so a gameover from him isn't a possibility.) Hmm, I'm a bit torn on what to do with this..

[MiKeMiTchi]

^ Well, can we also edit the Now Loading screen? or Now loading text only?
I really want to copy the 'now loading screen' of Suikoden's.
Wherein a character is running while loading, besides the 'now loading'.

For the gameover,.. hmm..

[LastingDawn]

I'm not sure that's very possible MikeMitchi, mainly because I think "now loading" is really only that small and I believe it's in Frame.bin if memory serves me correctly.