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So, I may have mentioned in passing a few times that I've been working on a PC RPG game based on Code ANGEL (possibly with an Infinite Crisis expansion later). Here's a first look.

Graphically speaking, I didn't have much to work with. There are no sprites out there for most of Code Lyoko. As such, all human characters will appear in battle as Gaia avatars, usually with significant editing. I'm going to try and create my own images for the monsters... what's in here right now is basically a placeholder. (image by ~Sanxay)

The map tiles here are from some game maker website, but I'm going to keep looking for better ones. They look nothing like the forest sector. The battle background is just an old screen shot.

The engine will allow three party members and up to three enemies per encounter. I'm having trouble getting the turn order to calculate properly based on the character's speeds.

All characters have LP, AP, EXP, ATK, DEF, and RFX stats that will be used in the battle system. Simple enemies will just have simple attack once per turn behavior, but bosses will have complex move sets, including special moves.

The attack command let's you target and attack one enemy.
The program command let's you run "programs" (spells) that vary by character. The number of these increases as the character gains levels.
The guard command reduces the damage you take until next turn.
The item command let's you use items to restore your health, item's can be acquired by defeating enemies.

That floating Xana mark rotates and acts as your cursor.

Here's what I eventually hope to include in the game, but some things may get cut depending on whether or not I can get them working.

Reactive Battle Commands - offensive and defensive programs may have some sort of "mini-game" effect to increase their effectiveness. For instance, William launches a special attack where he throws his sword at you, but "L" quickly appears on screen, and if you hit L in time you'll dodge it. Or Odd launches an attack and a fast-moving target appears on the screen, and clicking it in time results in a critical hit. (Very time-consuming and kinda unlikely... it's kinda a pie-in-the-sky idea.)

Mini-Game Levels - a few levels thrown in here and there, such as Skid Missions, and another where you play as Ulrich and fight from on the overbike. (Quite likely, I know how to do this stuff.)

Simple Cutscenes - play out the story in simple cutscenes, with torso-up shots of the characters and textboxes. (Necessary, will just take time.)

Guest Characters - special characters that will join the party for a single level, such as Kiwi or Franz Hopper. (Easily done.)

I will release the game episodically. Once the first episode (the first four chapters of Code ANGEL) is done, I'll do the initial release.

Please give me some feedback if you have any ideas of how I can make this game better. Do you know of any decent graphics I could make use of? Do you have any sprites or anything I could use?

Description
So, I may have mentioned in passing a few times that I've been working on a PC RPG game based on Code ANGEL (possibly with an Infinite Crisis expansion later). Here's a first look.

Graphically speaking, I didn't have much to work with. There are no sprites out there for most of Code Lyoko. As such, all human characters will appear in battle as Gaia avatars, usually with significant editing. I'm going to try and create my own images for the monsters... what's in here right now is basically a placeholder. (image by ~Sanxay)

The map tiles here are from some game maker website, but I'm going to keep looking for better ones. They look nothing like the forest sector. The battle background is just an old screen shot.

The engine will allow three party members and up to three enemies per encounter. I'm having trouble getting the turn order to calculate properly based on the character's speeds.

All characters have LP, AP, EXP, ATK, DEF, and RFX stats that will be used in the battle system. Simple enemies will just have simple attack once per turn behavior, but bosses will have complex move sets, including special moves.

The attack command let's you target and attack one enemy.
The program command let's you run "programs" (spells) that vary by character. The number of these increases as the character gains levels.
The guard command reduces the damage you take until next turn.
The item command let's you use items to restore your health, item's can be acquired by defeating enemies.

That floating Xana mark rotates and acts as your cursor.

Here's what I eventually hope to include in the game, but some things may get cut depending on whether or not I can get them working.

Reactive Battle Commands - offensive and defensive programs may have some sort of "mini-game" effect to increase their effectiveness. For instance, William launches a special attack where he throws his sword at you, but "L" quickly appears on screen, and if you hit L in time you'll dodge it. Or Odd launches an attack and a fast-moving target appears on the screen, and clicking it in time results in a critical hit. (Very time-consuming and kinda unlikely... it's kinda a pie-in-the-sky idea.)

Mini-Game Levels - a few levels thrown in here and there, such as Skid Missions, and another where you play as Ulrich and fight from on the overbike. (Quite likely, I know how to do this stuff.)

Simple Cutscenes - play out the story in simple cutscenes, with torso-up shots of the characters and textboxes. (Necessary, will just take time.)

Guest Characters - special characters that will join the party for a single level, such as Kiwi or Franz Hopper. (Easily done.)

I will release the game episodically. Once the first episode (the first four chapters of Code ANGEL) is done, I'll do the initial release.

Please give me some feedback if you have any ideas of how I can make this game better. Do you know of any decent graphics I could make use of? Do you have any sprites or anything I could use?