Job – The Shining Source https://www.shiningsource.org Home of the Shining Style! A great place for developers of shining force fan games to hang out, exchange tips and share their projects. Fri, 04 Jul 2025 15:04:54 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.1.19 Javascript Engine: Proof Of Concept https://www.shiningsource.org/2007/01/javascript-engine-proof-of-concept/ https://www.shiningsource.org/2007/01/javascript-engine-proof-of-concept/#respond Mon, 08 Jan 2007 04:47:53 +0000 http://www.shiningsource.org/2007/01/javascript-engine-proof-of-concept/ I’ve been moving out of Flash and into Javascript/Ajax. I’ve been meaning to get started on a multiplayer Javascript based battle engine, so i put together this demo to see how such an engine would perform.

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I’ve been moving out of Flash and into Javascript/Ajax. I’ve been meaning to get started on a multiplayer Javascript based battle engine, so i put together this demo to see how such an engine would perform.

http://www.bloo.us/javascript/tileengine/

No complaints so far.

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Shining Flash has a new URL https://www.shiningsource.org/2006/09/shining-flash-has-a-new-url/ https://www.shiningsource.org/2006/09/shining-flash-has-a-new-url/#comments Sat, 23 Sep 2006 12:22:37 +0000 http://127.0.0.1:82/2006/12/shining-flash-has-a-new-url/ Shining Flash has had a change of URL, and accounts are no longer required to launch the game. You can find the updated version at the following URL:

http://www.bloo.us/entertainment/shining/

The old page is still accessible at http://www.bloo.us/shining/.

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Shining Flash has had a change of URL, and accounts are no longer required to launch the game. You can find the updated version at the following URL:

http://www.bloo.us/entertainment/shining/

The old page is still accessible at http://www.bloo.us/shining/.

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Penn Pong Cheats https://www.shiningsource.org/2005/03/penn-pong-cheats/ https://www.shiningsource.org/2005/03/penn-pong-cheats/#respond Mon, 28 Mar 2005 10:34:10 +0000 http://127.0.0.1:82/2005/03/penn-pong-cheats/ Are you tired of trying to beat Penn Pong without success? Think the game is too hard? That’s in the past, here’s some brand new cheats to help you to victory:

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Are you tired of trying to beat Penn Pong without success? Think the game is too hard? That’s in the past, here’s some brand new cheats to help you to victory:

Secret Characters:
In the character select screen press CTRL + SHIFT + SPACEBAR. The word “cheater” will appear on the screen if the cheat has been entered successfully and you’ll be able to choose from an additional three characters.

Single Round:
In the character select screen press CTRL + SHIFT + BACKSPACE. The word “cheater” will appear to let you know the cheat has been entered. Now you only have to play to the score of “1” to defeat an enemy character (watch out, you’ll lose in a single round too).

Invincibility:
If you don’t like the idea of losing in a single round, in the character select screen press CTRL + SHIFT + UP-KEY. Congratulations, you are now invincible. :)

Note:Make sure the flash movie has focus before you try to enter the cheats. You can give the movie focus by clicking anymore on it.

Some screenshots for your viewing pleasure:


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Shining Flash Q&A https://www.shiningsource.org/2005/03/shining-flash-qa/ https://www.shiningsource.org/2005/03/shining-flash-qa/#respond Wed, 23 Mar 2005 02:42:32 +0000 http://127.0.0.1:82/2005/03/shining-flash-qa/ I’ve recently checked the comments area of SF and discovered people had used it to post some questions. I apologize for being so late in answering them, I simply stopped checking the data-store for new comments, it was never heavily used. Anyway here they are:

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I’ve recently checked the comments area of SF and discovered people had used it to post some questions. I apologize for being so late in answering them, I simply stopped checking the data-store for new comments, it was never heavily used. Anyway here they are:

For the latest demo:

Can you add a section somewhere that tells us the controls?
Yes, that sounds like a good idea :P. I’ll get to it soon, meanwhile:
Move Character/Navigate menu: Arrow Keys
Bring Up Menu/Select: “Delete” Key or “A” key
Deselect/Escape: “End” Key or “S” key
Talk to Townspeople/Open Chests/Bring Up Events: “Page Down” Key or “D” key

If at any time the controls don’t seem to work it’s probably because the game doesn’t have the focus. You can give the game the focus by clicking anywhere on its display screen.

How do you enter the castle?
You don’t :P. The current demo has only the Town portion, you can’t go into the castle as I haven’t built the map for it yet. You are able to leave town, however, through the exit at bottom left region of the map. Supposedly the exit should take you to zone just outside the castle where you could go into the Kingdom of Galam (if I’m correct, I’m not a SFII wiz ;)). However, because that map is not completed either, although I have most of it done, beautifully if I may say, an exact replica, but I’m missing some key tiles ( it’s on my to-do list). That means that after you exit it you are brought to an unrelated location (the original starting location for previous demos of SF).

Why won’t this work?!!!
There are a variety of reasons why the movie might not work:
You do not have Flash Player 7 or an earlier version installed. (download from the Macromedia Website )
If the movie does not finish loading it might have locked. Clean your browser cache (In Internet Explorer click Tools – Internet Options – Delete Files) and then reload the page.
If you are on a public facility such as a library, ActiveX content has only limited functionality. This means either the Flash Player is not installed or it is but due to security settings flash objects do not load.

For the old demo:

What are the directions to play these games? How do you end your turn/attack?
The controls for the new demo were given above, the controls for the old demo are slightly different:
Move Character/Navigate menu: Arrow Keys
Bring Up Menu/Select: “Insert” Key
Deselect/Escape: “Home” Key
Talk to Townspeople/Open Chests/Bring Up Events: “Page Up” Key

The battle engine controls are the same as the controls for the new demo. Sorry for this incoherence.

The battle engine is rather old and somewhat buggy, so it sometimes just hangs (particularly after casting spells). This engine has been “discontinued”.

I don’t know how to get started in playing the demos.
You need to register to play the demos. The registration process is very short and easy (really really). In Shining Flash’s main page click on register (at the bottom of the page below the awesome screenshots). You are brought to the registration page. Fill out the required information and click register, you are now registered. Go back to the main page and, if you have not been automatically logged in, do so now. After you login you are brought to the My SF page where a list of the various demos are available (make sure you try the Shining Flash Console). Click on a demo to launch it.

Where can i get permission to use that shining force 2 image with the japanese writing?
That image is not “mine”, I “stole” it from SFC (I did send Moogie an email about it) though so I would suggest the same conduct. Generally you would add a caption next to the image indicating the source. I’ve chosen to link to SFC and its forums instead simply for aesthetic reasons, it’s not something that is particularly enforced.

COOL SITE!
Thanks.

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Multiplayer Shining Battles https://www.shiningsource.org/2005/03/multiplayer-shining-battles/ https://www.shiningsource.org/2005/03/multiplayer-shining-battles/#respond Sat, 19 Mar 2005 17:25:10 +0000 http://127.0.0.1:82/2005/03/multiplayer-shining-battles/ I want to announce that i’ll be putting Shining Flash on hold for what i would call “a more worthy project.” I’ve been playing around with MM Communication Server and realized that a one-on-one Shining Style battle system is very much within the realm of possibilities. The turn-based nature of the Shining Style battle system fits perfectly within the multiplayer scheme, like a good old chess game.

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I want to announce that i’ll be putting Shining Flash on hold for what i would call “a more worthy project.” I’ve been playing around with MM Communication Server and realized that a one-on-one Shining Style battle system is very much within the realm of possibilities. The turn-based nature of the Shining Style battle system fits perfectly within the multiplayer scheme, like a good old chess game.

Furthermore there are some major advantages, for example there’s no need for Artificial Intelligence.

I’ve created a Flash Chat application to showcase the server. Recently i have expanded the chat to contain a lobby and allow users to pair up to play a game, so things are already in motion. I don’t have a page up for this project yet, but i’ll be posting news here to keep things updated.

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Shining FLash Update https://www.shiningsource.org/2004/01/shining-flash-update-2/ https://www.shiningsource.org/2004/01/shining-flash-update-2/#respond Tue, 27 Jan 2004 15:46:22 +0000 http://www.shiningsource.net/?p=845 There’s a new shining flash demo available. New features include:

  • Display bug fixed. (This bug caused an eight pixel black margin on the bottom and left side of the screen when the user moved in the respective direction.)

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There’s a new shining flash demo available. New features include:

  • Display bug fixed. (This bug caused an eight pixel black margin on the bottom and left side of the screen when the user moved in the respective direction.)
  • Extended the game area. It used to be 400*320, but now is 400*400. This extra area includes an always visible menu with plenty of options, and is also used so that the dialogue box doesn’t cover half the screen, the dialogue box has actually been pushed down.
  • New in-game menu includes display, sound and game options. You can now change the volume and pan of the background music, hide/show the various layers of the game, and change the dialogue speed. :)

You can launch the game here (opens up a new window):

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Granseal is back https://www.shiningsource.org/2003/12/granseal-is-back/ https://www.shiningsource.org/2003/12/granseal-is-back/#respond Sat, 27 Dec 2003 15:30:56 +0000 http://www.shiningsource.net/?p=829 The new shining flash demo is here.
New features include:

  • Replica of the town of Granseal, slightly extended and altered.
  • Plenty of characters and storyline.
  • Search ability. Search a spot by selecting search from the menu, or by pressing the “C” button, so you can now read signs, papers, inspect wells, bookshelves, search chests, vases, and barrels and any place at all.

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The new shining flash demo is here.
New features include:

  • Replica of the town of Granseal, slightly extended and altered.
  • Plenty of characters and storyline.
  • Search ability. Search a spot by selecting search from the menu, or by pressing the “C” button, so you can now read signs, papers, inspect wells, bookshelves, search chests, vases, and barrels and any place at all.

Controls:
Insert Button – Select, call menu
Home Button – Deselect, uncall menu
PageUp Button – Talk to people, search, bring up events.
Arrow Keys – Walk around.

Click Here To Launch SF

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