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Polling / Re: If you had to...
« on: September 20, 2008, 07:05:02 pm »
Ayla, because she doesn't contribute much to the story... though, I do like her a lot (physical powerhouse much?) and she's the only character who feeds my rampant kleptomania.  That said, I'm an educated man who loved dinosaurs as a child, so "lol dinosaur!" was never my favorite part of the story.

As a side-note, I'm somewhat of the opinion that Magus should never have been in the playable party.  Even if Frog elects not to kill him, I'd rather Magus just show up at the end and try to one-up the players by killing of Lavos... failing of course, then maybe assisting the party as his last-ditch effort.

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Well, now... it's been far too long since I was last here.

If anyone has visited the site recently, you'd see that it's closed down.  This decision was made after considering many factors, both in the project itself and in the lives surrounding it.

However, that doesn't mean it's dead, necessarily.  The authority has passed from Gangis to me, so now I'm the arbiter of the project, and for now it needs to take a bit of a rest as I try to become more responsible (like disappearing from the forum for so long: that's not responsible), and as I finish, once and for all, what I was put on this project to do: the damn plot.

A more comprehensive history of the project, current status, and future direction will be forthcoming...

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General Discussion / Re: 'Gundam Defends Japan'
« on: October 30, 2007, 01:09:41 pm »
Yeah, it's a hoax... obviously.  For one thing, that's the RX-93 v Gundam (Nu Gundam) from Char's Counterattack.  Secondly, I saw that on a promo once... I think it was for model kits, though I'm not sure at all.  Third, if giant robots are going to cost as much money as they inevitably would, why would the military want to pay royalties to Sunrise/Bandai on top of it? :D

Still....... I'd love to have Nu Gundam...

Hell, I'd settle for a Zaku...

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"Chrono Ideologues" has been the tentative title for the last few months, indicating the evolution that the project has undergone over the years.  It's still evolving, but all is not well.

It comes down to a lack of manpower.  Not so long ago, we lost our main programmer and, at the same time, came to the realization that a full 3D game was beyond our capabilities.  It was a hard pill to swallow, since we had promised it and didn't want to go back on our word.  However, we simply don't have the time, manpower, or resources to create a 3D game, never mind one that we would be satisfied with.

In the meantime, I've been looking at the scripts, counting the huge number of lines I'd written.  Recently, I've been working to pare down the lines, scenes, and plot elements to what's necessary and effective.  To give an example, one annotated version of the first act was 130 pages long.  The next version was 36.  I hope to streamline it even further, cutting down non-interactive "cinema" scenes to what's absolutely necessary.  It's a work in progress and, with the current lack of manpower, I'm not exactly pressured to keep up with anything (as nice as that sounds, it also means a lack of motivation, sometimes).

Before I move on to revealing details of what's ahead, I'd like to start with what we need.  We've decided to start from the ground up, beginning by working on the actual statistical engine: how the game actually works.  We've ironed out a competent battle system, but the devil really is in the details.  Because of that, our foremost priority is:

Mathematician/Statistician - Not necessarily a professional one, mind you; our needs aren't that great.  It's just that my hands are full with the plot and I haven't practiced math for at least two years.  We don't need a genius, just someone who's up-to-date to help us create damage and development formulae.  Education up to Calculus would be nice, but it probably isn't necessary.  This is, by far, the first position that needs to be filled.  All the graphics and programming the world are meaningless without a core system to build it all around.

Programmer - Expect us to narrow this down as we get a better idea of what we need.  Since we intend to build this world from scratch, we need someone who can put it all together.  Gangis says applicants need to be "capable of developing in a C++ cross-platform environment with OpenGL/SDL."

Anyone interested, please send me a PM and I'll relay the info.

Now that that's out of the way, I think it's high time some details were released.  To be honest, we've held back what we were intending for far too long, and what I've intended in the plot has changed over the years.  So, without further ado, I'll now let you all know some of what's planned...

The protagonist of our story is a girl named Simone Veritas, the star pupil of Crono Anrui and the main instructor of his swordsmanship academy.  She trains children in the way of the sword and the calming of the soul, passing to them the same gifts that her master had given to her.  For most of her pupils, it's a way of keeping reality at bay, their friends and family fighting and dying in the war against the People's Alliance of Zenan, the coalition of secessionist provinces led by Porre.  Meanwhile, her master remains cloistered among memories and meditations; she can sense the great weight on his shoulders and the many burdens he carries, even if he refuses to relate them.

In Guardia Castle, tensions are escalating.  The King has fallen ill, bearing the weight of his years and the sacrifice made by the young in the war.  Even though he's still the sovereign, day-to-day administration has passed to his daughter, Nadia, and her husband, the Heir Apparent Sören.  As these young heirs struggle to be taken seriously among the noble families of the Court, it becomes clear that the blemishes of their respective pasts have taken root and now bear fruit in the form of secret whispers and looks.  Meanwhile, the innovative tactics of the Alliance's brilliant commanders are starting to take their toll.  Around Truce and the other cities still loyal to the Kingdom, some begin to whisper about the unthinkable, others begin to consider the impossible.

Against this backdrop, Simone discovers the power to enter another world.  Its existence is beyond time and space, yet is inextricably linked to both, each one having significant effects on the other.  Using the hearts of people around her as gates, she can traverse to the expansive realm accessible only through dreams.  From there, she discovers what once was, what is, and what shall be in her world...

Naturally, I intend to update further as time goes on and, hopefully, we pick up new staff members.  Until then, thank you all for taking the time to read this.

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Branching response time!!

If you're saying that as an example of "environmental degeneration," global warming doesn't count.  The earth was hotter than it is even now in the Mesozoic Era, when dinosaurs reigned... hell, we're still in the ice age!  The way it's happening may not be natural, but the earth warming certainly is.

If you're saying it just to be silly, then I propose that George W. Bush is Lavos' terminal, just like Queen Zeal was.

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I think it'd be safer to suggest that Lavos will eventually come into being during the effectively eternal Quantum Reign that begins after the slow, torturous, freezing death of the universe. :P When quantum effects are king, anything literally can and, theoretically, everything will happen!

Of course, that'd also mean that there'd be flying pigs, competent politicians, and Sephiroth... my, the sky is indeed the limit.

While it may be indeed possible that a planetary parasite is indeed infesting our planet from beneath the crust, that would be resting on a few other major assumptions, the greatest being that the Gaia concept (the planet has a lifeforce, which it may or may not share with us) is true.

Even if it is true, it probably won't affect us in the least.  If we're talking about a being that has been sapping away the lifeforce of our planet for the last 65 million years, without any noticeable change in our planet's capability to bear life (think FFVII's spiel about what happens when enough Makou is removed), then that being probably won't emerge to rain destruction from the heavens while the human race still exists.  We've been here for 100,000 years... those are tiny chances.

Besides, considering the crap that flies around in our universe, as well as the huge radiation effects, I'd say the wholesale decimation of the dinosaurs was "getting off light."  It was the most common of common disasters, hardly anything so significant as a planet-eater.  Who knows?  A magnetar may be in our near future, and that would solve all our problems... :D

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Characters, Plot, and Themes / Re: How Guile is Magus
« on: September 07, 2007, 05:15:25 am »
Guile isn't the Magus.  It's just the truth.

However, if Guile (or Alf) were connected with the Zeal Royal Family, I'd suggest an alternate idea... that he'd be Janus, but not the Magus.

After Crono and his friends invaded Ocean Palace, I recall one of the survivors (perhaps in the Last Village) describing the whisking away of Janus and the Gurus into Gates.  During the flashback of the original event, all four of these people were taken into different Gates.  This time, however, it seems that Janus and Melchior entered the same Gate, leading to the possibility that Janus went to the 10th Century instead of the 6th, leading to a whole different life for him.  Thus, a mysterious, magically gifted young man in the 11th Century could be Janus Zeal and yet have no memory of the doings of the Magus...

Of course, that has nothing to do with this discussion, when it comes down to it.

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Time, Space, and Dimensions / Re: Space in chrono trigger
« on: September 07, 2007, 04:36:57 am »
I gotta say, it'd be pretty interesting to see a scenario involving human colonization...

Like, say, Lavos rains destruction from the heavens and takes out humanity on the surface.  The colonists out in orbit and on the moon then rally and make war on Lavos and the machines.

Though, that would completely ruin what the developers were trying to say, as well as the sense of urgency (it'd still be there, just not as powerful) for the Kurono Senshi.

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Welcome / Birthday / Seeya! Forum / Re: Hullo
« on: September 07, 2007, 04:13:29 am »
Why, thank you! :D I'll do my best to bring updates here directly, perhaps even a bit more often than on the main site.

The sig is a redesigned Sayla Mass from For the Barrel, a huge overhaul/retelling of the original Mobile Suit Gundam.  I've desperately been wanting to find materials, information, et cetera on it... but all my efforts so far have been met with failure, and all I have to show for it are sexy promo pics like this. :P

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Welcome / Birthday / Seeya! Forum / Hullo
« on: September 07, 2007, 03:58:09 am »
Periodically, I'd look through these forums for theories and information concerning the Chrono series.  Mostly because it's pertinent to me, as a fan project writer. :P

So yeah, I'm Kenji, writer of Unofficial Chrono Trigger 2 (now known as "Chrono Ideologues") and a general Chrono fan... y'know, that sorta thing.  I played CT and CC in rapid succession in the beginning of high school, back around the turn of the millennium.  It was sorta by accident... I mean, I borrowed CT (the second RPG I ever played) and then bought CC (the third) with my PSone.  I liked CT, which motivated me to buy CC instead of, say, FFVII.  However, it wasn't until I'd finished both and been given time to think about it that I started to become a fan.  Mostly, my fandom springs from the possibilities that stem from the Chronoverse.

As for my finally registering here instead of lurking into eternity, I guess there are a couple of reasons.  One, so I can post and express my ideas.  Two, so I can more directly see what Chrono fans desire... after all, what's a fan project without a connection to the fans, themselves?

Anyway, here's hoping for the best! :)

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