Project Spike's Quest

[MisterBull]

==old copy/pasta from the Ponychan thread===================================

Story:

The Diamond Dogs are at it again! They've kidnapped the main six and have retreated back to their underground abode. Its now up to Spike to venture down into this massive subterranean world where he must explore every nook and cranny, find items (and special gear) to help him on his quest to rescue his friends. But is there more to this story than there seems?

Game style: Metroid/Castlevania/Cave Story

Pretty much you play as Spike and explore a massive underground world (with a few exterior connections). You collect items (and gear) to help you proceed to hard to get locations. Also as you rescue your pony friends they each help you in certain ways throughout the game (Rainbow Dash could be summoned to transport you to a certain location, Fluttershy's calming magic is needed to calm the dark settings of certain rooms for you to progress, Twilight Sparkle's magic is needed to move certain blocks for platforms, etc, etc)

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As a note, the description above is over a month old but the concept remains the same. I've been working hard on this game programing first with Blitz 3D and then I converted the code line by line to Blitz Max which was a full week's project in itself.

The project was first unveiled in /collab/ on Ponychan, you can find the thread here: http://www.ponychan.net/chan/collab/res/10544.html

and later I started a blog on Blogspot concerning the project: http://spikeqdev.blogspot.com/

and then a twitter account: http://twitter.com/#!/SpikesQuest

The project has had two honorable mentions on Equestria Daily which you can find here: http://www.equestriadaily.com/2011/07/g ... quest.html and here: http://www.equestriadaily.com/2011/07/s ... emo-3.html

There are a few old test demos that you can play around with though they are severely dated (last test demo was before the code transfer) you can find these demos here: http://spikeqdev.blogspot.com/search/label/Test%20Demos

Since the code transfer to BMax, the project has progressed greatly and most of the bugs reported from test demos 2 and 3 have been fixed. The 4th test demo is scheduled for the 7th of next month (September) and I hope to make it worth the wait! - (I'm hoping to make it available for Mac and Linux for that release)

By posting this thread I am not trying to find help for this project but rather I hope to generate some interest (I prefer working solo so to avoid pointless team drama). I will be opening up to the brony community later on seeking musical talent for the game by releasing a production package that will include the desired freeware music composing software (orgmaker) and a few other things that will help guide the would be composers with the right mood needed for the music. And also I'm always open for beta testers when the test demos are later released for that purpose

Also I should note that I was guided here by NinjaFanpire who kindly suggested that I should come here and request a sub-forum for my project. If I am granted my wish here then I shall put it to good use, making logs of items, enemies, locations and the occasional update about the game's progress.

Until that request has been addressed I'll continue to use this thread to post simple updates and other things.

For now I need to get to bed. I've gotten to where I hate staying up so late because it effects my production time in all the wrong ways.

Let me know what you guys think, and until morning I bid you all good night!

[Manestream]

Excited to see you here- i've been watching your stuff float by on EqD now and then, and I keep thinking "Whens that gonna come out?" xD

This is definetly a good place to post some updates as they come; our user base is growing everyday; and the visits are climbing a bit-scary rapidly! It sounds like you wont be needing a team- but if you find yourself in a situation where you might need some help or a more formal setup (sounds like you may be interested in that), let me know and we can talk in PM or over skype- my user name is Manestreams. We'll see what we can cook up :3

I'm trying to encourage bronies to share their talents here on the forums- I think we've got a community ripe with talent and interest; thinking about what just one pony (like yourself) has managed is really cool- but imagine what we can do when we team up. :3

Anyhow! Welcome to the forums, and sorry for the late welcome!

[MisterBull]

Excited to see you here- i've been watching your stuff float by on EqD now and then, and I keep thinking "Whens that gonna come out?" xD

This is definetly a good place to post some updates as they come; our user base is growing everyday; and the visits are climbing a bit-scary rapidly! It sounds like you wont be needing a team- but if you find yourself in a situation where you might need some help or a more formal setup (sounds like you may be interested in that), let me know and we can talk in PM or over skype- my user name is Manestreams. We'll see what we can cook up :3

I'm trying to encourage bronies to share their talents here on the forums- I think we've got a community ripe with talent and interest; thinking about what just one pony (like yourself) has managed is really cool- but imagine what we can do when we team up. :3

Anyhow! Welcome to the forums, and sorry for the late welcome!

Hey, Manestream, thanks for the response

Yeah, the project is slow going but the more patience I (or anybody else) has with it, the better it gets!

Anyway, as promised I hope to have a 4th demo up and ready early next moth.

Here's the most recent screen capture from the project if anypony is interested:

[Skye]

I'm very much looking forward to seeing this!

[MisterBull]

I'm very much looking forward to seeing this!

Well, I'm glad somepony is