It’s not a demo I’m afraid, but a tiny glimpse at what’s going on with Shining Online. Despite being pretty much silent for the past year or so, we’re still working on it. It’s very slow going, but if all goes to plan there’ll be a lot more action next year. I’m sure I’ve said that every year, so no promises ;)
Anyway, below is a little screenshot of the current Shining Online website. We’re using a wiki to keep our notes and ideas together, which also acts as a complete reference of the game world. The light version of the main site will go live in the second quarter of next year, and after that updates should be a little more frequent. Hope you like the design!
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Forum member Aura4 has been hard at work creating a remake of Shining Force 2. All that effort has paid off, with the first demo being recently released on Ye Olde Blah.
To get things running, you’ll need the following bits and pieces:
Windows XP:
Windows Vista:
I’ve managed to get it working without having to install the LIVE redistributable, but your results may vary.
Anyway, download the demo here.
(Don’t forget to check out Elvenfyre’s updated Shiny Sword demo too!)
How can this be?
I’ll tell you how: Grimmm determination.
Devlyn gave me a heap of support 3 years ago to release this, but I didn’t step up and add the bits I wanted added when he became the busy man he is. Anyway I finally got the motivation together to do it, mainly thanks to the posts of the boys giving me a reason to smile.
Download under 2mb, unzip and play straight away! Discover the village of Lycadell and 3 battles with your team of 7 against 8 unique monsters. Listen to the groovy 16bit sounds we’ve developed over the years. Laugh at how when you heal yourself you appear twice on the screen. Laugh at lots of things, really… like how earning over 100 experience points at once doesn’t level you up. But nevermind about that, it does work to the necessary degree!
You’ll need Java 1.5 or later I believe, you can get it here:
http://www.java.com/en/download/index.jsp
Please leave me comments in this forum thread: BABS 2.5, Lycadell Campaign. Bugs, Comments, Updates : )
Any feedback is welcome.
Download it by clicking here!
If you don’t visit Ye Olde Blah on a regular basis, you might have missed Grom’s latest project. It’s an album of electric guitar covers based on the original Shining Force music.
You might think that heavy guitars and Shining Force don’t go together, but check out the tracks and you’ll be pleasantly surprised.
The track listing so far is as follows:
- Introduction
- Title Screen
- Simone’s Theme
- Town Theme
Check out the forum topic for more info and the latest updates, and be sure to leave some feedback!
That’s 94 sprites in total.
Or 752 frames.
Or 433,152 pixels.
Check them out here.
Next job on the list is NPC characters, and then the actual Shining Force.
