Others Forest of the Blue Skin [Build January] [Zell23]

[MrNice88]

I mean, I guess that's progress lol? Two new enemies isn't really a high water mark for me, but I guess it might be considering how slow Zell typically is. There were a butt-ton in Succubus Affection and his horror game. 2 doesn't really seem like something to scream about to me.

To be fair Zell is working on FOBS alone, and the programming isn't his forte. So it's not too surprising if things take a bit longer. SA and the horror game have Ansala working on them as well so Zell could focus purely on animation.
But from my recollection with the horror game demos, we were only getting one or two new characters each month.
IMO progress is quite similar in that regard probably even quicker with FOBS as he's tackling level design etc.. at the same time.

I've never done any work on games or animation so I can't really judge how long it takes, I don't know what it involves.

 

[Kisama33]

To be fair Zell is working on FOBS alone, and the programming isn't his forte.

Tho from what I heard “Zell“ consists of 2 different person, not only one (one responsible for pixel-art and animation and the other all coding and polish).

 

[TheLoliRealm]

This has never been the case, zell is 1 person.

 

[Supreme Dumbass of Thyme]

Are you perhaps German or why did say danke like that?
Also I never used google stuff so I can't help with anything other then gathering info for you.

Fair enough. Google apps are super strange if you're not used to them already, and even then they can still be confusing, so that makes perfect sense. Also, I'm not German, but ever since I started taking German classes, I have had a tendency to swap between German and English for small words and phrases. Not really sure why. Probably just a weird habit that I don't feel like breaking.

That's odd.
I didn't change nothing yet my S is for masturbation and shift is for dashing.
Spacebar stayed as jumping tho.

I think Zell might've been messing around with the controls a bit to see what works for most people and what doesn't. Whatever the case, it's luckily not too difficult to adjust if needed.

 

[Supreme Dumbass of Thyme]

Tho from what I heard “Zell“ consists of 2 different person, not only one (one responsible for pixel-art and animation and the other all coding and polish).

I think I know what you're talking about, and you may have misunderstood it slightly. Zell is one person, but did collaborate on another project with someone else, being in charge of the pixel art and animations like you said while the other party was in charge of coding and polish. This was done precisely because Zell knew they were not the best at coding yet.

 

[Supreme Dumbass of Thyme]

most of them just give small stat buffs far as i've found so far(i'm missing like 6 of them in my save atm though) you can make it show the description text for them instead of a blank square by setting the player to Japanese(Settings>Game screen top left) and the ingame language setting to English

Just bumping this real quick, because it looks like some of the items from the last build can be equipped now. And because of this, you can tell what they actually do. I'm kinda mad at myself for taking this long to test it-

 

[Supreme Dumbass of Thyme]

Just bumping this real quick, because it looks like some of the items from the last build can be equipped now. And because of this, you can tell what they actually do. I'm kinda mad at myself for taking this long to test it-

I did a little more testing, and I am now so, SO mad at myself. Changing the language to Japanese through the Game Maker Engine then changing the in-game language to English makes everything make SO much more sense. Game Maker did not do the work that Zell put into this justice whatsoever.

EDIT: Here are some examples outside of the menus, so it doesn't seem like I'm rambling mindlessly.


------------------------English-----------------------------------------------------------------------Japanese-----------------------
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[AldoraTempo]

Is there a way to change controls because my attack is d, my skill is s and a is dash. my jump also got changed to x from space bar.

 

[Supreme Dumbass of Thyme]

Is there a way to change controls because my attack is d, my skill is s and a is dash. my jump also got changed to x from space bar.

Also, additional note for anyone using the February build, the controls might be a bit botched. Either that or my controls fucked up somewhere within the downloading process. Either way, these are the controls as they should be, as listed in the controls menu.

(I should note though, X is not used for jump normally. Space is. But I find X to be far more comfortable and intuitive for me personally.)

(To that same end, it should also be noted that Shift is normally the button for masturbation, but I use E because, again, it feels better.)
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To change your controls, press Settings --> Operation Settings --> Select Input Device --> Keyboard and Mouse, then click on any of the inputs listed to remap them.

When in doubt, scroll or search.

 

[millyrainbow]

Anyone figure out how to cap the goblins yet?
They got a hint thing in the achievements section, so im assuming theyre capturable. Theres also doubles of some of the monsters but with different hint images, so im wondering if those have things that can be done too...

Also does anyone have any idea what items do?

 

[Nightblaze]

Anyone figure out how to cap the goblins yet?
They got a hint thing in the achievements section, so im assuming theyre capturable. Theres also doubles of some of the monsters but with different hint images, so im wondering if those have things that can be done too...

Also does anyone have any idea what items do?

if you mean the thinner orcs that throw axes, you beat them in the "bossfight" just before you get the ancient coin, then when going back through the room full of tents enter the first on the left, and you'll trigger an H-Event with two of them, after the event there will be a capturable one

 

[millyrainbow]

if you mean the thinner orcs that throw axes, you beat them in the "bossfight" just before you get the ancient coin, then when going back through the room full of tents enter the first on the left, and you'll trigger an H-Event with two of them, after the event there will be a capturable one

why did i never check the tents xD I knew they were for something!
Thanks

 

[millyrainbow]

I did a little more testing, and I am now so, SO mad at myself. Changing the language to Japanese through the Game Maker Engine then changing the in-game language to English makes everything make SO much more sense. Game Maker did not do the work that Zell put into this justice whatsoever.

EDIT: Here are some examples outside of the menus, so it doesn't seem like I'm rambling mindlessly.


------------------------English-----------------------------------------------------------------------Japanese-----------------------
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This changes the game entirely for me xD
For some reason mine was default set to english. no idea why. Now i know what things do!

 

[Supreme Dumbass of Thyme]

This changes the game entirely for me xD
For some reason mine was default set to english. no idea why. Now i know what things do!

It's set to that by default for everyone, and everyone here has been lost as a result. But thanks to the trooper that got curious, the game actually makes SENSE.

 

[millyrainbow]

It's set to that by default for everyone, and everyone here has been lost as a result. But thanks to the trooper that got curious, the game actually makes SENSE.

Right?? I almost want to start over again just to see if i missed something.

 

[Kisama33]

This has never been the case, zell is 1 person.

I think I know what you're talking about, and you may have misunderstood it slightly. Zell is one person, but did collaborate on another project with someone else, being in charge of the pixel art and animations like you said while the other party was in charge of coding and polish. This was done precisely because Zell knew they were not the best at coding yet.

This is from the last post of Shiratake Tower.

And this from the first post of FOGS Remake return.

Note how both posts refer the word “We“.

Now you may ask, isn't it possible that it's a mistake of the MTL, sure it is possible, but this is a change that only started somewhere around the year of 2023, any posts before the first one referring a “We“ only mention an “I“.

But maybe it truly is a conspiracy to make us never truly know the truth.

 

[Supreme Dumbass of Thyme]

This is from the last post of Shiratake Tower.
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And this from the first post of FOGS Remake return.
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Note how both posts refer the word “We“.

Now you may ask, isn't it possible that it's a mistake of the MTL, sure it is possible, but this is a change that only started somewhere around the year of 2023, any posts before the first one referring a “We“ only mention an “I“.

But maybe it truly is a conspiracy to make us never truly know the truth.

The world may never know...

 

[Supreme Dumbass of Thyme]

Right?? I almost want to start over again just to see if i missed something.

That's exactly what I've been doing. It's actually helped a LOT with prettying up the guide so that it's a lot more comprehensive. It's not so drastically different that it's unrecognizable, but it feels like an actual GAME now instead of a tech demo.

 

[millyrainbow]

The world may never know...

it takes 341-411 licks to get to the center of a tootsi-...
oh.
We're talking about something else. M'bad

 

[Supreme Dumbass of Thyme]

it takes 341-411 licks to get to the center of a tootsi-...
oh.
We're talking about something else. M'bad

Yeah, no, I was talking about Zell--wait. Why do I hear knocking at the door and the looming sound of "Baby I'm Yours?"