Here’s some great news for Shining Force fangame developers. Aura4, author of the Shining Force II remake project, has released the source code for the original demo!
You’ll need a few things before it will compile:
There’s more information on the download page, including a few tweaks you’ll need to make to get everything playing nicely.
Enough talk, Go get it!
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ChrisW posted in Ye Olde Blah to show off screens from his new project, "Gathering Light". It’s Flash based, and although it’s still early in development it’s looking very promising.
From the forum topic:
All information is stored server side, but the game still remains single player. You can search for players in the arena, which are pulled up randomly, from there you can check out their status page and all of their members and then battle them. Your rank will either increase or decrease depending on your wins and losses, party level sum, total gold, etc, etc.
Even though battles are all single player, you can still trade, join guilds, and enter tournaments. There is also a story mode which you can play when you don’t feel like PvPing. Story mode allows players to gain special characters, items and unlock new PvP maps.
You can find more information on the Gathering Light Website, including a forum for feedback and a blog with plenty of screenshots and development news. Stop by and take a look :)
Here’s a little project I stumbled upon a few days ago. At the moment it’s more of a tech demo, but it’s still a neat little concept.
I’m sure you’ll recognise some of the tiles, too ;)
Homepage: Undeadly.ca
Aura4 dropped me an email a few days ago to let me know that his Shining Force remake project has been updated. This released contains some bug fixes, along with improved AI.
Take a look and see if you can beat the new improved enemies :)
Download it here.
Update: The page and tracks are now mirrored at the Shining Guitar Project Page.
Grom dropped in to Ye Olde Blah to let us know about to the release of the Shining Guitar website. Shining Guitar is an album of Shining Force heavy metal covers. It’s been a labour of love over the summer, and it’s great to see it finally come to fruition.
Here’s the complete track listing:
- Introduction
- Title
- Simone’s Theme
- Town
- Attack
- Enemy at the Gate
- Overworld
- Circus
- Holy War
- Battle on the Ship
- Castle
- HeadQuarters
- Shade Abbey
- Sad Theme
- Darksol
- Dark Dragon
Several more tracks are also being recorded, including the ending theme and a cover of Shining Force II’s town theme.
Visit the Shining Guitar website and give them a listen, and be sure to congratulate Grom on a job well done :)
