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After playing a buncha different SQ remakes and lamenting their poor quality I came across yours and I feel like this is close to being the "AM2R" of SQ remakes. It has all the QoL things most other hacks/remakes have like saves, more forgiving difficulty and gold as currency but with original art, actual re-imagined level design and I noticed you're even using Optomon's music from "Castlevania Bloodlust"! And it makes perfect sense considering the quality, this may as well be in spirit what that project was trying to be.

I was really, REALLY enjoying this, especially the new set pieces you've constructed to just make things make things less obscure and for new content like the Axe! but a buncha bugs hindered and eventually killed my playthru.

One bug was around the Aljiba Church segment I seemed to trigger an invincible state where I couldn't be killed at all, even from pits. Once after buying the Laurel and once after using the Garlic in the church. Reloading from the title screen solved it

Also after this going back to Aljiba the whole game started chugging, going very slow till I exited the town.

The big one was a full on crash in the "Lost Castle"(?) the dungeon under Yuba Lake. After finally conquering that very tough stretch of platforming with the red skeletons and the balloon pods I was rewarded with a crash to desktop😭:

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ERROR in

action number 1

of Draw Event

for object lighting_cont:

Variable create_boss_light_obj.draw_rady(100848, -2147483648) not set before reading it.

at gml_Object_lighting_cont_Draw_0

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gml_Object_lighting_cont_Draw_0 (line -1)

That's all I got for now. I'll be looking forward to more updates :D!!

Edit: Other things I want to mention, the method to stair climbing messes with my muscle memory horribly and lead to a lot of frustration in general, I hope you'll consider making them behave more like they traditionally do.

MetzgerMade54 days ago

Hi, I'm so glad you enjoyed!

I'm sorry it is still very bugged but I promised to release a fix for those this month. Also I must apologize for not having any updates come out for a while I have been working on my first project im going to sell. But this month I'll try to release a patch and maybe something new (maybe). If worried about the fate of this project I have been doing this for many years and made other games sometimes in between rest assured once I got the other project done (its looking good but not done yet) I will work on this as priority again.

Yeah I really love Optomon's game projects and music and I had to ask his permission to use his music on this and he agreed, it was amazing.

My original plan was to do all the outside areas this year and finish the game in 2025 but due to my current project its been delayed a bit.

Also thanks for reporting bugs I do bug test A LOT but sometimes I think I change minor things that don't require testing and something breaks like the lost castle name error was variable name correction but forgot to correct it in calling scripts. My bad.

In the game there are a lot of hidden things that happen already that affect things that you have done and in what time what order and who you met, killed, etc. Little things hidden from proper sight affect the games endings and other things. There also will be several endings. There are places you have probably already been to, seen and people you talked to that might seem meaningless but affect several things. I like to obscure and add things but still keep it simple and about the same as people are used to. This might not make any sense but I cant say more.

Yes the stairs, I wanted to make them as original as possible but so the steps sync with the stairs unlike in any other castlevania or fan game I have played. Thou at this point I most likely wont change them as it would require me to revamps the whole movement system. Thou in the future when I make more metroidvania games I WONT DO STAIRS LIKE THAT EVER AGAIN! =D so I'm afraid the stairs will stay I might improve them a bit and maybe I can add jumping but they will always be on rails. sorry =/

Thank you very much for showing interest in this, comments and interest keep this alive =)

LL4m49 days ago

it's a very exciting project you have going on, I'm checking back daily to see if you've uploaded a fix because I'm dying to continue.

Also for the stairs I understand it is what it is but is it possible to at least change it so you have to press down to mount the stairs from above when going down the stairs? that'd help a lot.

MetzgerMade49 days ago

Hiya again, thanks for commenting once more!

Already fixed those bugs (hopefully) and changed the ruby graphics that was mainly a place holder as I had no idea what to add for it. Now the ruby is swapped for saving grace graphics that ties in better with the intro graveyard part.

The stairs downwards mounting when above can be done easy but then that causes other issues. Like in many cases where you have stairs nearby you cant crouch no more to dodge. But I might add an special option for that. I'm also working on special option or just alternative to add pressing down while crouching on platforms to go down and not just double tap down.

But after early you have prolly noticed there are a lot less stairs, and I try to keep it that way. Thou Draculas castle and Carmillas might have one or two stairs are kinda essential for that oldschool hammer film atmosphere in dracula films.

Might want to add a bit more like few effects I have been tinkering with and some other things but we will see. Might even see if I can release it this week. Thou will prolly slide to next.

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