Zenan Plains - Site Discussion > Polling
If the series truly is dead, what kind of fan continuance would you like to see?
ZeaLitY:
Obviously, dead franchises and fandoms don't stay around forever. People move on, and the intellectual property is slowly forgotten until it's just a footnote. The day approaches, years from now, when Chrono Trigger will be talked about as a great example of 16-bit RPG design, but nothing more—just a high point in a historical overview of the medium. We shouldn't have any deluded ideas of keeping this going forever; eventually the site itself (as it has been heading towards for a couple years now) will be a cold archive.
But until that day comes, there are enough hobbyists and fans left to get a little more enjoyment out of this beloved world. Of course, I won't have any personal involvement with something like this (no time, plus the cease & desist order), but out of the options above, what's the most sure-fire way to relive the fun one last time?
My vote's on a Prophet's Guile-style ROM hack (and CT ROM hacks in general). RPGMaker, to be good, requires a lot of work from a large team, and I'm not sure something like that can be assembled anymore. Chrono Ark had several people contributing but still had a hard time getting off the ground, as huge undertakings like that require a lot of help. Ditto for Chrono Cross; to really output something new, there'd have to be a lot of graphical talent on board to create new field maps, as well as higher-level skill to map out the 3D clipping areas/model new enemies, characters, etc.
Something like Crimson Echoes of course would be fantastic, but I have doubts that, given the diminishing community, a team could be assembled to put it out in anything less than 5 years. Even in a Prophet Guile-style hack could take one to two years, but it's something with a proven formula that, if done well enough (and centered on a Chrono Trigger player character), could re-energize things a bit.
Anyway, just curious how others feel. This polling forum's gone unused too long, too.
Mauron:
I'd most like to see a Crimson Echoes style ROM hack, but a Prophet's Guile style ROM hack would probably be the most practical, especially if the hack reused resources whenever possible.
Schala Zeal:
I managed to land a gig with Nicktoons Studios with Unreal Engine 4 possibly being involved in my work. I do have spiritual successor fever lately, so who knows...
Mr Bekkler:
Well, I'm still working on Chrono Shift, and in my hiatus, some of the other Shift team members were still working on it. The team is small now, but the work is flowing, and will eventually be done. My vote is for that, obviously (a full RPG Maker game).
However, I recently re-posted a small shooter game Epoch Battle, in the "Submissions" section if anyone wants to play something new/different in the franchise any time soon.
And one thing I'd really like to eventually learn to do (or just to see completed) is work with Chrono Cross and change just a few small things, very similar to Magus Unmasked, but with a few more characters tweaked visually (and no big changes at all to story or gameplay). If anyone who reads this could help me figure out how to do this please PM me.
TheMage:
I guess i'm greedy but i'd like to see a full Rom Hack like Crimson Echoes, a full RPG Maker Game (I'm working on Chrono Shift with Bekkler) And lots of "Little" hacks like Prophet's Guile.
I guess I want to see the things I can contribute to. (I have no skill in 3D graphics ala Chrono Cross) but I'm not too shabby with sprite insertion and know my way fairly well with Temporal Flux. I'm also pretty good at spriteing, and map design with tiles.
For awhile a group of us had a small rom hack going for the 20th anniversary but I think the project got too ambitious. It could be scrapped into something smaller though. There IS a fully functioning 1999 Map with new tiles and it took me 6 months to do it SO SOMEONE BETTER USE IT *RAGE*
While I am working hard on Chrono Shift i'd be open to helping on other projects as well. And heeey Chrono Shift does need mappers. #shameless recruit
But I'd have to throw my vote at full CT Rom Hack since I already know Chrono Shift will be finished and I want mooooooore Chrono Trigger.
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