Yeah, those are all some great ideas. I hadn't thought about a prequel to the series, but there's definitely some room for many of those! Last night I thought of an excellent tie-in for a plausible sequel.... of course I'm not telling!
Thoul wrote:My suggestion would be that if you make a PSV, don't actually call it PSV. Take PSIV's example and don't use a number in the name. I've seen so many "PSV" games that it's kind of silly.
That's good advice! I certainly don't have a title in mind right now for it though.
kaloes wrote:i always thought a prequal to the series would be good, i mean we see every other planet but know so little about palma/parma
That's a fine idea. PSI was so limited that we don't know that much about it at all. I do agree with Shinuzzo that that a game on Palma close to the explosion would be a pretty awesome premise too. Geez, there's a ton of great ideas!
Thoul wrote:I actually had a great idea along those lines just the other day. The Medusa subplot in PSI would make a great basis for a prequel. It even comes with a ready-made hero in Perseus and source material from the Greek myths that could fill in some of the game.
Wow. I really like that one! It sounds like we all need that PSIV Editor since so many of you have great ideas for games! I'd definitely like to play that game.
Tsunami wrote:I think the idea's good, but I imagine that fleshing out PSI-III's stories would take awhile.
Yeah, that is very daunting to even think about. I think for now I should focus in one on title, because expanding three and making a new fourth isn't realistic on my time schedule right now. I'd still love to do them all though.
Tsunami wrote:What about the battle sprites? I think many of the characters would need their own custom sprites rather than bases to work off of.
For sure. I'd need some original work, but I was thinking as a first step to use the current battle sprites as a base, and do some editing off of them; more than just palette changes. Though some of the palette changes on that Hahn Fan Game "Fade to Gray" look alright. Character portraits... I think I would make entirely from scratch. Going one tile at a time certainly can be tedious though. That's the only part I really dread.
Well, thanks for the input! Like I said, I'll embark on the PSII hack, which will probably take a couple of weeks, maybe three, then it's on to something bigger. For the scope of all the projects involved it sounds to me like focusing on the one sequel rather than a remake first would be the best choice. I may not be able to commit more time than that. With that in mind, I'd rather work on new content.
"Impossible is just a word people use to make themselves feel better when they quit." Vyse, Skies of Arcadia Legends.