Dragon Quest Fan Game

A blog created by rinkunokoisuru/laziarteest for a Dragon Quest fan game.

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I dunno, I got bored :T Based off the sprites from the DS remakes, but scaled up to 48x64 instead of the original 24x32.

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Some potential party members maybe? Maybe. I’m not particularly attached to any of them, although I do like the thief. Designs are based on a mix of things, most notably the color schemes are based on the classes in DQ3. I’m up for suggestions for changes or additional party members.

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Now in color, how fancy

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Remember when I used to be active? Me neither, but I’m gonna try to bring this project back, so here’s some sketches for a potential redesign of the hero.

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!!! When did this happen? Thank you everyone who is interested so much. I've sadly been very lax about making any progress, but I'll force myself to get something done tonight! Would you rather see more character designs, character sprites, or a prototype overworld map?

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A list of current resources was requested by kittydoggie. As it stands, for most of my needs, I am hoping for volunteers to help with things I'm unable to do myself. Although there are workarounds if no one is able to help. As far as programming is concerned, I have: -RPGMaker VX Ace -Various free to use scripts based on the Dragon Quest GUI - xsorrowxlightx (introduced me to RPGMaker) has been learning Ruby script

Art, as far as character design, environments, maps, items, monsters, are all things I've been working on personally, using official Dragon Quest assets as reference and inspiration. Most if not all of the art will be made in: -Clip Studio Paint -Photoshop Elements

Animation will most likely be entirely done in sprites, which are also done in the above programs, unless someone would like to step in.

I currently have no one working on music. I'll most likely have to take tracks from official games if there are no volunteers.

Story so far is being done entirely by me with suggestions from other people, and occasional input from xsorrowxlightx

So I suppose in summary= Programming: RPGMaker VX Ace Free scripts Possibly xsorrowxlightx's scripts

Art and Animations: -Clip Studio Paint -Photoshop Elements -Other programs such as: FireAlpaca, Seashore, MSPaint

Music and Sound Effects: -Official game tracks (not preferred) -Official game sounds

Story and Dialogue: -Mostly written by me with help from followers, fans from other websites, family, friends, etc.

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Hey I was hoping I could design a Thief-ish type guy?

Sure. I'll make note of it so I don't accidentally make two of the same character. :)

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Well, since my tablet is still not working, I've dug out a sketchbook and I'm going to try to work on more character designs since people are really the only thing I can draw decently. No Toriyama style for now though because I have a much harder time with it on paper than on computer. But, if there's anyone who would like to contribute character designs for the fan game, now would be the time to tell me what sort of character you'd like to design so I don't do a design for that particular type of character. Like their race, class, gender, maybe even a small bit of backstory that I can work into the game. Monster designs can be submitted too, if you'd like.

Don't be afraid to share even if you think you aren't an artist! :) If you'd like, you can submit a drawing and I can refine it for you. 

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Oh wow, when did this blog get followers? Thanks to everyone who's been interested in this project! Unfortunately I'm unable to use my art tablet right now because the cable is busted, but I'm working on story a bit right now.  Hopefully I'll have some stuff to share with you again soon. If you've sent an ask and I have yet to respond, I apologize, I've just been so out of it with work lately. I'll try to answer very soon though! Thanks again! I'll post some more character art later today if I can think of some cool designs.

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Amazing! You're making a Dragon Quest game! How can I help?

Oh gosh, um, what would you be interested in helping out with?Unfortunately at this point, if it's not on this blog, then chances are I haven't done it yet. But that means there's plenty of things to help with, if you'd like.

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Im not quit sure i understand... Are you making a dragon quest?

That’s the plan :)I intend to make a fanmade game, hopefully with the help of other fans if they don’t mind and are interested, that is similar to the official games using RPGMaker VX Ace and various art programs. A lot of my inspiration is taken from the DS remakes of the Zenithian trilogy, but I’m also taking suggestions from other fans, and I’d love for people to submit designs for party members, NPCs, monsters, towns, etc.I’ve unfortunately not made much progress yet. So far it’s mostly concept art for the main player character, a world map that I’m trying to parallax, and some basic ideas for the story.I noticed you followed the blog, so if you have anymore questions or want to help out in anyway, feel free to send an ask or submit something!

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Well would it be alright for me to send in some drawings for hairdos and such ( assuming characters are customizable) and maybe weapons?

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At this point, I think it's probably unlikely to have character customization aside from alternate costumes. Although I won't say it's impossible if I can find a way to include it and enough people want it. Even if that's the case, you can still submit hairstyles and weapons if you'd like. I'd love to see what you come up with, and hopefully incorporate it some other way if customization isn't an option.

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Im not quit sure i understand... Are you making a dragon quest?

That's the plan :)I intend to make a fanmade game, hopefully with the help of other fans if they don't mind and are interested, that is similar to the official games using RPGMaker VX Ace and various art programs. A lot of my inspiration is taken from the DS remakes of the Zenithian trilogy, but I'm also taking suggestions from other fans, and I'd love for people to submit designs for party members, NPCs, monsters, towns, etc.I've unfortunately not made much progress yet. So far it's mostly concept art for the main player character, a world map that I'm trying to parallax, and some basic ideas for the story.I noticed you followed the blog, so if you have anymore questions or want to help out in anyway, feel free to send an ask or submit something!

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As a DQ fan, may I just say this looks amazing? :D I don't know what I could do to contribute, but I'll definitely be following your progress!

Thanks! :)I'm always open for any sorts of suggestions if you happen to think of something. I'll probably be taking submissions for possible character designs too pretty soon.

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Well, it's a start. I'll have to stop here and pick up later though because I have work now. And don't worry, it won't look so rough when I'm done.

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Oops, I sort of let this blog die down for a bit. I've been busy with work and short little bouts of sadness. I plan to get back to working on in-game maps soon, but I'm starting to think I might have to do all custom tiles? A lot of the ones from the SNES games are weird sizes for VX Ace even if I parallax, and I don't want to just use the generic sprites that come with the map editor. Plus all the character sprites are too small for what I need.  So if I end up needing to do all custom sprites except for maybe items, would anyone want to help out? I'm typically better at spriting characters than backgrounds simply because that's what I have more experience with. And there's of course still plenty of other stuff to work on. If you're interested in contributing at this stage, then I guess either send me an ask here, on one of my other blogs or on deviantArt. rinkunokoisuru laziarteest DeviantArt

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Can we have a dragon of some sort with a crush on a princess

Absolutely. I think that can be worked in.

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The best way I see to craft a traditional Dragon Quest story is to have a problem at the start and a goal to reach midway through the game. Inbetween have episodic stories of each town and village the hero comes across, some introducing new party members. There'll be 4 by the time the midpoint is reached and from there it's episodic adventures again but tied together with the new escalated goal, things get super heated near the end and the heroes fight the big bad.

That's more or less the plan at this point, I think. I have a couple ideas I've gotten recently from replaying a few of the games, so I have a decent idea of where to go with it. Input on specifics is still appreciated though of course!