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[Softmints]

Wow, it's been a long time since I last looked at Cave Story. A lot's changed here on the forums, and I would have lurked for a bit before leaving if not for one jcys810. The act of making some sprites for such a long dead project really touched me, so I decided to rumage through my old files and whip out the CS editor again.

No, this is not going to be completed. I imagine it's nasty, bugged, riddled with errors and so on, and it'll likely stay that way forever. But hell, at least there's some original stuff in it that someone might learn from.

There aren't really any plot updates; and the new stuff's hard enough to be a Corridor transplant. If I were more creative about cutscenes, this might have gone a lot further - but I'm not. Nice instant download this time.

• New stage: Mountains (a bit empty)
• New stage: Caverns (one-way)
• New puzzle: Apex (one-way)

_ _ _ _ _ Link To Download [Final Version]

There's some (old, old) screenies, because if I didn't have them then my mod would never have happened, and the paradox would destroy my brain. Though that bottom one is the Mountain stage, which is new.

Have fun (anger), y'all.

[Epsilon]

Heh, ninja robots.
Seriously though, it sounds good so far. However...if the hero is the one sent to destroy the island, then who becomes the antagonist? And how did Quote lose the Blade? For that matter, which ending are you following? Sorry to pest, but as is my nature, I'm quite curious.
As for scripting, use the attached text file, and take a look at other events throughout the original game, and see what you come up with. If you still need help, I'm sure the other forumgoers will be able to assist you.

Attached Files

•  cave_story_tsc_notes.txt   19.08K   149 downloads

[Softmints]

Here's a few screenies of the upcoming version. The first boss is too hard at the moment (because I don't know how to edit sprite damage) so I've left a gap where it can be skipped. If anyone can show me how this is done or give some advice, it would be much appreciated.

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The beta will go up to the third boss fight and stop there. I hope y'all will help out with testing it.

[RuneLancer]

Have a look for npc.tbl using the forum search functions. You should turn up a few posts where the format is listed. The damage can be edited there.

Good luck!

[Daniel G]

Is the beta coming any time soon?

[Softmints]

Well the first... stages are complete. Everthing until the Mimiga Village. I could release it, but the filesize is pretty big, probarbly because of the edited .pbms. If nayone could give me somewhere to upload 4-5mb then I'd be glad to release the Beta, on the condition that no-one plays any further than the place where you're forced to drown. I don't want to ruin the story for everyone when it's not polished or fully decided upon.

[Daniel G]

http://www.esnips.com/signin/
As for the drowning part, just make us unable to go further. Put the guy into a block box or something.

[Softmints]

The First Beta.
I blanked most of the stuff in Sue's for this Beta, but please don't use Sue's on the file until I'm reasonably finished with it.

[NoraHamuChan]

just played some of it. if you drown, it shows Quote still btw.

it's neat. but I can't get passed the Aquaduct level, keep dying :< (darn you jellyfishies!!)

[Softmints]

I think the Aquaduct should be considered reasonably easy as a stage, if you got the life capsule and I don't think it's even possible without the missile launcher. One thing that is annoying is that I can't find how to [Read after you've played]make the missiles stop spawning because the missile launcher has infinite ammo.