Cave

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Doukutsu.Club

 

amazing
truly this is a work of art

 

This is supposed to be fun and/or have any point?
Edit: I was a bit of an asshole, I'm sorry. This mod actually gets quite interesting.

 

I try this mod for a couple minutes and I find the AIR animation stolen from me. At least ask permission if you wanna use someone else's custom sprites. Here's the sprites I made for those who think it's a coincidence.

 

This is actually a lot of fun, I do recommend you give it a chance because it's worth it. Very odd, maybe disturbing, but that's why it's interesting.

And if you're unable to progress, you have to do things in the original order you did in the normal game (I.E. go to reservoir, shack, graveyard, arthur's house etc).

And some of the...odd things that can happen can be very surprising. They're very clever, I'll give the creator that.

 

I try this mod for a couple minutes and I find the AIR animation stolen from me. At least ask permission if you wanna use someone else's custom sprites. Here's the sprites I made for those who think it's a coincidence.

I think it's rather presumptuous to assume that someone stole your "custom sprites" when your custom work here was just using the fill tool on one of the sets of letters.

 

This mod.
This mod.
Oh my dear god, this mod is amazing.
Comments below (Spoilers ahead!):

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At first, I thought the mod was inspired off of KNF -- No music, no enemies, nothing.
Then, as ghost NPCs starting appearing... I was intrigued. (And, later, I realized that it probably wasn't inspired by KNF.)
I love the weapon and I love how it says [ READY ] when max, and I love the music changes.
I love how you made dying impossible, i love how just... everything.
But, the final boss...
The script didn't work the first time. That is an issue you may need to fix.
And, the ending...
This mod just leaves so much room open for interpretation!
We all thought this was a crappy mod, but thanks to Linco saying that the Air sprites were taken, I downloaded it and played it.
Kudos to you, sir.

All in all, this mod is not what you think it might be...
I encourage everyone to play it, because the further you get, the better it gets.

 

Alt Account, huh?

 

Well, I beat the mod.

I don't know what else to say aside from "bravo". My expectations were certainly smashed. Again, you should probably play this. The lack of saves might be a turn off, but this mod certainly knows how to set a mood. And how to end a mod.

 

Eh....I'm not sure if it's really...worth it.

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Just saying, about 50+ minutes of walking and the like for about 4 minutes of action?

 

amazing
truly this is a work of art

 

Wow, I can't even get in 5 seconds without fucking something up.

Err...help...please?

 

Well, what a mysterious mod. I decided to do what I've done with a few previous mods and record my thoughts and similar junk as I played through it. Note: The following spoiler contains some pretty heavy spoilers.

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Well, may as well keep a log of my thoughts as I play through this... HERE WE GO.
Huh, for some reason I was expecting there to be something in the Hermit's place, yet unsurprisingly it was empty. No Polar Star for me I guess.
Also, I wonder why Quote's missing his hat and is also nearly dead?
And here I thought Mimiga Village was a ghost town after the fight with Ironhead...
So I guess Quote just doesn't want to go into the Cemetary. Mkay.
http://puu.sh/bO1Jr/c2add7075c.png
^ Excuse me Cthulu since when could you move?
And it's gone again.
Something just feels amiss.
From what I've seen so far, it seems like this is sort of following the order of "events" that are in the original Cave Story.
Off to Corridor, I guess.
Man, not even Basil is here...
http://puu.sh/bO2ac/9f0b9f766c.png
^ ohhey a person that actually exists.
And he's gone. Kinda saw that one coming.
Well, at least the elevator's still in the Room.
That door just Hey'd. Nobody inside the room, though.
...and now the other door opened.
That door just Hey'd again. Still nobody. I guess I'm just crazy.
Is this just Quote misremembering what happened during his way through CS the first time? It'd explain the near-deadness, maybe.
Also I've heard in Skype just now that the final boss or whatever needs you to press Z after an event happens. Spirit is not amused, by the sounds of things.
Aw man, even Santa's pet death spikes are gone.
http://puu.sh/bO2M5/798080b3a3.png
^ Sue whatchu doin' over here in Town?
http://puu.sh/bO2Pz/a044247cfc.png
^ Uh, couldn't this pose a bit of a problem if you fall down these anyways?
Huh, apparently you just teleport. Nice thinking. (for a second, I didn't want to test it, lest I had to start over)
http://puu.sh/bO34h/d7d93d4e5a.png
^ Now Santa's in a room where people would get smashed to bits by things.
Still no sign of Chaco, strangely. Probably going to show up later, though.
http://puu.sh/bO3lk/690bc68e8b.png
^ Ohhey Jenka.
http://puu.sh/bO3o8/f06b151dc9.png
^ Oh pffsh, I was going to check if there was a secret still there, but I guess I know the answer now.
http://puu.sh/bO3rV/40661af666.png
^ Uh???
Okay now things seem even more amiss.
I'd try to go back to say hi to Santa, but I still can't jump up to where he is without the Presses there...
http://puu.sh/bO3AA/0a248e369b.png
^ Curly please tell me what's happening
http://puu.sh/bO3Uf/8c309c6911.png
^ ohshit, it's a dog. SOMETHING I CAN INTERACT WITH.
-dog vanishes in front of my own eyes-
excuse me you what
ohhey another dog
which just ran away from me and into a wall.
Quote's foreveralone my goodness.
No Toroko or King... That's good at least.
and now I'm in Maze somehow.
http://puu.sh/bO4lD/6e61524242.png
^ Chaba please give me a weapon that isn't literally an error
Ohhey Toroko's in front of the abandoned infirmary place.
...and startled me by going into it.
http://puu.sh/bO4tv/c0db969327.png
^ Ohhey, more people who will vanish inexplicably when I get close to them maybe.
Called it... though now there's a sparkle where I just was.
...which is now gone??? Game please.
http://puu.sh/bO4JO/6000777a2d.png
^ omigod it's Booster. It's a shame I can't, yknow, talk with him.
I just went from Chamber to Maze and heard a teleport noise. hwat
what a mysterious mod
http://puu.sh/bO4UZ/18b81da60e.png
^ oh so there's where the sound came from maybe
unsurprisingly chaba's gone, too
http://puu.sh/bO54b/364fb9965f.png
^ ohhey King's here and the music stopped. Just as I was about to say that it was starting to drill itself into my brain
king no come back why'd you trip on the stairs
how'd you get below the elevator
okay good I didn't accidentally squish him with it
gdi king stop wall hacking
Found Booster v0.X? hwat
okay so I guess it's just a recolored 0.8. Also new music yay
wait what if king turned into the booster 0.X. gasp (not really that'd make even less sense than this is already making)
going through the waterway with no air tank. hoo boy here we go
oh wow Misery showed up again
http://puu.sh/bO5q5/459305cdb7.png
^ I need that heart god damit
ohhey a bubble just appears around me when I'm about to drown. convinient. Also Jenka shown up again
MY GOD IT'S A PETIT. first enemy. can't even kill it. d'aw
Booster how are you underwate- you know what nevermind
why was there one of the big jellies
nooooo I wanted to shoot at it. oh well. (I missed)
so uh, nobody's in the main artery with me. hwat
okay I guess it just spat me out
http://puu.sh/bO5UQ/f2bded95f6.png
^ oh awesome, some loot! Probably going to disappear before I can get there, though
yup.
http://puu.sh/bO63d/4d1d3244b5.png
^ what is even happen
Corridor? Room? Egg? And now Wall
I wonder what'll happen if I fall off? I don't want to risk it, though
And now apparently the Plantation is now a Garden
and also all the statues are gone from that one sideroom
...and going in there ate the music
OHHEY IT'S THE HAT AWESOME. And it's Familiar, too. Also new music. Also when the room was called Hide I thought that I would have to legit hide from something.
http://puu.sh/bO6E5/0f8f5e43c7.png
^ more people I can't speak with!
Ohhey some actual lava in the Cave
And I died to it. gg me
And now I'm on the Balcony
http://puu.sh/bO6Z2/5c1a8c552c.png
^ Were these graves always here? if not then oh jeez
Ohhey Chie, though you're in a suspended cage so can't speak still
random earthquake (the island's falling, I know)
Bye Chie
Oh I can't go into the Building. No Best ending for me I guess.
Somewhere Unfathomable? hwaaaaat
Suddenly moved to the random access memory disk?
Reformat this disk? Yes/Yes (I guess so)
HOLY SHIT I JUST ACCIDENTALLY THE ISLAND.
ALL OF IT.
WHAT.
Even the Building I just went in.
I fucked up bad
even hell is eating itself
oops I fell
shouldn't have went for that extra heart that the Deleet or whatever it is dropped
...
well that was a dick move at the end there.
phew, made it to the throne in 1 minute 58.8 seconds
One Light Antivirus? I don't like the sound of this...
One Fight DeAntivirus.torrent. excuse me hwat
oh jesus what is happening
only took a total of 7 minutes and 3 seconds to beat... /that/
what even
uh, hi curly, misery, balrog, and kazuma
ohhey I woke up. And this is a house with a beautiful view apparently
and THE END
pretty nice ending music

My thoughts on what the story was in this story-less mod? I'm guessing that Quote was infected with a virus, causing him to relive his memories of his escapades on The Island. However, these memories were damaged by the virus, and as such barely contained any actual people. Near the end, the virus began the final wipe, destroying the island along with Quote on it. However, once he makes it to the very end of what he remembers the Sacred Grounds as, the virus is unable to wipe him away, so it deploys an "anti" antivirus to eliminate him. When he eventually beats it with his glitch of a weapon, he ends up making it so Kazuma and the others can repair his damaged data, which all seems to take place after the events of Cave Story, seeing that the house that you wake up in is called "A House with a Beautiful View," somewhere where Curly wanted to live.

In my opinion, the first 90% of the mod was rather boring, though the last 10% helped make up for that somewhat. I just wish that there were some things to use your... weapon... on during that 90%. Other than that, it was pretty decent.

 

Well it's an interesting experiment...

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At the end... at least! Nice bit of work, though I had a hard time with that boss battle. Didn't know what to kill most of the time without any damage bars. But it worked out in the end!

The scripting was nice, the story is... interesting.

But, the full trek through the whole game, but empty... probably could be made into something FAR more interesting. Though I guess maybe that would give it away sooner. But, that wouldn't be a bad thing...

I'm thinking, hints at corrupted graphics as you go, maybe skipping through the game a bit jerkily. More flashy effects. Or maybe even if you had started the game normally as Cave Story, and the further you go, the more things begin to fall apart/go missing... Meh, just conjecture.

What you did was good. Just too much empty walking...

Nice work.

 

It was a thing.

 

A Semi-Explanatory Post-Assessment ​

I agree with many of you. It was an interesting experiment. It was a thing. It wasn't all that special since it was a measly deletion of almost all NPC's and then stringing the maps together. Contrary to this, many appreciated the Sanctuary portion, in which I added in my personal touches of chaos and finished it off with an unanswered question, in the hope for player reflection. The overall view of these events seemed more positive than I expected, coming sooner than I anticipated, and meant more to me than what I thought it ever could.

My name backwards is "AltAccount" as many have pointed out. This is not the outcome of a pre-existing ban, nor anything malicious-intended at all. The reason behind this was because of the risk. I posted this mod, with its purposely empty thread OP and boring base concept, not knowing what would happen. Would my hypothetical reputation be smitten for the making of such a strange concept? Maybe I should have just went with it, but it's too late. As a plus, the new member vibe might have added to the effect to be honest.

I almost expected it to just go largely unnoticed, and instead I got the opposite. I read everything from my home account, lurked the Skype group (which contained the largest source of real-time feedback), and grew a little. I now know that I still have it in me to rip out the forum's attention and can still throw a surprise punch to shock some members a little.

Maybe this is all just pretentious. If one thing is for sure though, reading those Skype messages yesterday helped me regain my desire to finish my main modification, one reaching far beyond what this social experiment did. The hidden story of Cave is over, but that one final tune will play again, starting the new journey I can't wait to tell.

I will now take my leave, with TnuoccaTla silenced and all. Goodbye.

 

well you should just
continue being amazing
kthnxbsi

 

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And my fingers are now utterly dead after beating that final boss.

Those teaser npcs, chests, hearts and the like that were always just out of reach gave the game a sense of desperation and loneliness. This is such a simple concept, and one that in normal circumstances would bore the pants off of anyone and would be nothing more than a novelty, but you pulled it off. And that exhilaration that followed from racing the end of the world...

 

this is a weird thread

 

1st I'll say what a genuine and genius mod. 10/10
2nd I have to say if Cave Story was an actual snes game this will be it's Ben drowned.
3rd 30 minutes of nice memories and suddenly at the end HOLY SHIT i was panicking after the nice memories

Overall great mod. Make more like this please.

(P.S.

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I love the Yes/Yes options at the end

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