Canceled Tides Before The Tragedy (Openbor)

Project is halted prior to completion and will not receive further updates.
Jeremeister Jambatron

Jeremeister Jambatron

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Hey my brothers and sisters from Chrono Crash, long time no see huh? I am here to show off a mod that I finished making called Tides Before The Tragedy. It started out as an experimental mod as I tried to add characters from the games Power Moves, Final Fight, and Sonic Blast Man before ultimately going for the Denjin Makai/Aggressors of Dark Kombat route. The majority of the Tides Before The Tragedy mod is both a side story and a prequel of Neon Lightning Force as it takes place a year before that said game's storyline.

Here's the preview of the mod's gameplay I uploaded last year:


And here's the gameplay followed by the download link of the mod's release:

 
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Here are the main characters introduced to the storyline:

Arnold Mishima (The titular protagonist from Denjin Makai) - A 24 year old martial artist who works as a car mechanic at an car repair shop located in the downtown area of Neopolis. He often trains at the dojo run by Sergio Yoshitora during his spare time. Due to being mistaken as the lead character, Arnold is the deuteragonist of the game's storyline.

Jamal McClaren (Bobby Nelson from Aggressors of Dark Kombat) - A young 12 year old African American orphan who lives in the suburban orphanage of Neopolis. While playing basketball one afternoon, he eventually encounters the bird winged RELINQUISHER Aloura being chased by the Neopolis SWAT team, causing him beat down the pursuers and flee with her to Sergio's dojo. Jamal is the main hero of the storyline.

Aloura Hattori (Zeldia from Denjin Makai II/Guardians) - A 19 year old girl that attends high school in the downtown district of Neopolis. One day while having dinner at home, she and her parents was attacked by the NEBUCHADNEZZER soldiers led by Rachel Anatolia, causing Aloura to be taken to one of the organization's laboratories. while there, she helplessly underwent many experiments conducted on her which turned Aloura into an angel winged RELINQUISHER. She eventually use her newfound powers to escape NEBUCHADNEZZER's captivity, causing Aloura to go into hiding from the authorities until she met Jamal McClaren.

Sergio Yoshitora (Tulks/Tarkusu from Denjin Makai) - A 50 year old half Russian, half Japanese veteran martial artist who runs a dojo in the suburban district of Neopolis. Sergio used to be a high ranking official of the NEBUCHADNEZZER organization as he helped them with many of their activities, but he eventually grew repulsed of their vile experimentation of turning innocent teenagers into animal-like RELINQUISHERS and defected from their corporation. One day Sergio's meditation was interrupted due to both Jamal and Aloura breaking inside his dojo to hide from the SWAT troops who eventually caught up with them, causing him to take action.

Nathan Valenzuela (Rou from Denjin Makai II/Guardians) - A 45 year old half Columbian, half Japanese mystic and Sergio's best friend who fought in World War 3 as part of the Columbian army. Like Sergio, He used to work for the NEBUCHADNEZZER organization as his second in command until they both defected, prompting Nathan to open up a Chinese restaurant downtown in Neopolis. One day Nathan sends a distress call to Sergio and his companions in a attempt to rendezvous with him before he ended up being attacked by a vampire bat RELINQUISHER.

Melania Shinawara (Kurokishi from Denjin Makai II/Guardians) - A 23 year old stripper who works at a high end players club in Neopolis, and is the cousin of Melania Shinawara as well as her roommate. Tides Before The Tragedy reveals that she used to work for the NEBUCHADNEZZER organization as Sergio's secretary until the three of them was disturbed of the vile experiments that their superiors were conducting and defected from their coporation. This causes Melania to go undergo a new line of work by stripteasing.
 
Looking at the video, you seam to be improved as a coder,  Jeremiah. Congrats!
Just watch out for the sprite aligment - both Amazones and Battle Droid are misaligned in their walk animation.

 
O Ilusionista said:
Looking at the video, you seam to be improved as a coder,  Jeremiah. Congrats!
Just watch out for the sprite aligment - both Amazones and Battle Droid are misaligned in their walk animation.
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Why thank you so much for the props O'Illusionista! It means a lot to me. And i'll make sure to update the walk alignment for the battle droid and amazoness enemies next time! thanks again!  :)
 
Are you aware there is a debug mode on this game, where you can rip all the enemies already aligned?
I've ripped a bunch of sprites http://brazilmugenteam.com/other/rips/guardians-denjin-makai-ii-sprites/
 
O Ilusionista said:
Are you aware there is a debug mode on this game, where you can rip all the enemies already aligned?
I've ripped a bunch of sprites http://brazilmugenteam.com/other/rips/guardians-denjin-makai-ii-sprites/
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Well to be fair O'Illusionista, I never thought that Guardians rom had a debug menu since last month while I was making Tides Before The Tragedy until i recently discovered it. And i spend the beginning of this month ripping many of the sprites for Rou (as Nathan in the mod.), which worked out perfectly for me and added some the special moves that he had in Denjin Makai II.
 
I like this idea.

But one thing always give your project a bad visual renderig.
This is the color modes.

The fact you limit the number of color / palette, gives very weird results like color loss.
It's a waste, because your project looks awesome!

You should really consider fix colors on your future projects.
This is just my opinion :)
 
nedflandeurse said:
I like this idea.

But one thing always give your project a bad visual renderig.
This is the color modes.

The fact you limit the number of color / palette, gives very weird results like color loss.
It's a waste, because your project looks awesome!

You should really consider fix colors on your future projects.
This is just my opinion :)
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You're right NedFlandeurse, next time i need to make the color palettes for the characters sprites look better instead the same palette from the original beats of rage mod, because that said palette makes the color of the sprites look out of place like you pointed out.

Thanks again for the advice!  :)
 
Uche said:
That is quite the compelling prequel you made.
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Thanks for the kudos my friend, the only reason i made this Tides Before The Tragedy mod was due to me being a big fan of the Neon Lightning Force mod that Crimson Death made himself. So i figured, why not make a prequel game that ties in with Neon Lightning Force's storyline? And that's where i took my ideas from there.  ;)
 
Good evening my friends from Chrono Crash! just to let you guys know is that Tides Before The Tragedy mod is entirely finished. I had a lot time on my hands for the last two months trying to make up a new playable storyline for the game, so I had to balance between finishing up this mod and working at my new job. I also had a wonderful birthday last weekend as I am now 27 years old! (I bet you guys noticed it already lol.) But I had a great time and I managed to muster up the courage to get this project fully done with.

Here's the following updates for this mod as followed:

- The bonus stage where you break the car has been added as an unlockable game mode after you beat the game. A resource I am giving CrimsonDeath credit for.

- A new storyline game mode titled "Jamal & Aloura" has been added to this mod, as it takes place three days after the main storyline and it revolves around Jamal McClaren and Aloura Hattori thwarting a revenge plot orchestrated by the not-quite-dead former NEBUCHADNEZZER official Rachel Anatolia.

- Just like the skipselect feature I added for Knights of the Round Revenge, I done the same for the Tides Before The Tragedy mod, allowing Sergio, Arnold, Jamal, and Aloura to selected for the first four stages. Nathan and Melania can also be selected later on in stage 5 and onwards.

- Kisarah Westfield has been added to the game and will be involved in the Jamal & Aloura story mode. Her character is depicted as a english speaking brazillian high school student named Leah Jimenez, who is the best friend of both Aloura Hattori and Jamal McClaren.

- New stage backgrounds and two boss characters from Denjin Makai 2/Guardians are included in the stages of the Jamal & Aloura storyline. The Central Highway and Chinatown backgrounds from the Neon Lightning Force mod will be included in the beginning and middle parts of Stage 3, another resource which I'm also giving credit to CrimsonDeath for.

- Just like Isolde was featured as NPC for the main storyline, Steven Wolfgang is featured as a unique NPC for the Jamal & Aloura Story mode, except he will be involved in the majority of stage 2 and only the first half of Stage 3.

I think that's it for the last and final updates of the Tides Before The Tragedy mod. If you're experiencing and problems with this mod, please let me know about it and i'll do my best to fix them.
I am about to finish this post by uploading a preview of the new story line game mode and add some final downloadable links to this thread. You guys have fun with this mod and i'll see you later! Peace! 8)

Here's the links to download:




Here's the final preview to the new storyline for Tides Before The Tragedy:

 
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jack5881 said:
Thanks for the hard work,and happy birthday to you,i know it's to late to say that...
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Thanks again for the kudos  Jack5881, and i am not worried about the late birthday wish, I totally understand. But you enjoy yourself with this mod and I'll see you later.  ;)
 
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