Completed World domination? Threads of Fate (aka Dewprism) MEGATHREAD!

Crooked Bee · Jun 25, 2011

spekkio said:
You think I actually READ through all this crap?

You are not Andyman.

Edward_R_Murrow said:
Calling it now:

Mint and Maya make up before fighting the endboss, who will be either Mel, Klaus, or the guy in blackface from the beginning).

Right? Close?

It's a mystery!

Saved for posterity, though.

And so we get back to Carona

"They completely fooled me, saying it was herbal medicine."

You gullible bastard, you

"I wonder what they're up to..."

Probably wanting to throw the Poppul Purrel in a pot and add some potato. Mmm, potato...

Let's get the party started, now!

Making it through the already familiar area to another, no less familiar one

Yeah, looks like this is the hoodlums' favourite mugging spot

And the annoying little beastie is here, too

The little one's got some spirit

You better get down and apologize, or I'm gonna hurt you real bad.

...

YOU shut up, you little maggot!

Eh-heh, Eh-heh! Let'd do it, Bro!

Teach him a lesson.

SUDDENLY

DRAMATIC CLOSE-UP

...

Smokey!? You alright?

...

If you wanna fight, you're on!

Get up, Smokey! Let's chop her up!

And another Blood & Smokey battle ensues

Just as piss easy as the first one...

Sheee... I need a new partna.

Ah yes, almost forgot about the little bastard

Yeah-Yeah.

Come on, I'll take you home.

I ok. I go home by myself.

It's Mint. Don't you forget my name.

Ok, I remember.

And off the Purrel goes

I wonder if Mel lives up to her end of the bargain...

Mrowak · Jun 25, 2011

Good LP. Just finished reading the whole of it in one go.

Carry on bee! :salute:

Radisshu · Jun 25, 2011

What sucks with new LPs is that you can't just go through them, you always have to wait for the next chapterrrr.

Coboney · Jun 25, 2011

Radisshu said:
What sucks with new LPs is that you can't just go through them, you always have to wait for the next chapterrrr.

Agreed. You have to wait and when its a good LP you don't want to wait!

Crooked Bee · Jun 25, 2011

It's nighttime, and we're back in town

Before going to sleep, however, let's pay Rod a visit

Why don't you come sit here with us?

"With us"?

Ah yes, you mean your canine pal, carry on

Yeah?

...

Just like my old man did.

Old man...? You mean your father?

He was the best swordsman in the world.

He fought hundreds of battles in his life and never lost.

You've heard of the Great Swordsman Pleskin, haven't you?

I wanted to beat him and take his title.

I wanted to be hailed as the greatest swordsman.

My old man died before I could fight him...

......

So I decided to take a different path and started making weapons.

That's how I wanna go down in history.

I guess I talked a little too much.

You've gotta get up early tomorrow, don't ya? Better go back and get some sleep.

Indeed, the guy talks too much

Yeah.

And rest we do

Huh, what's this?

A familiar sight...

That's... Maya!

And that's... Mint!

My dear sister.

......

Oh, and I have a message for the chef.

...

Yikes! Pumpkins!

Or should I have you massage my back?

Of course!

......

Maya...

Do you really enjoy treating me like this?

Responsibilities!?

That's not true.

What do you mean, "ex"!?

Well, aren't you? You no longer have right to the throne.

What did I ever do to deserve this!?

...

Brother None · Jun 26, 2011

The pumpkins...THE PUMPKINS!!!!!!!!!

Coboney · Jun 26, 2011

Evil Pumpkins!

So I guess this is meant to be somewhat of a kick the dog moment for Maya and them if the player is having any wonder about if you're playing the bad guy.

Does the game have a good number of optional scenes? We've seen a couple of them I understand.

I gather outside of that most of it is pretty linear and you don't have much choice on what to say or do.

Kz3r0 · Jun 26, 2011

Kz3r0 said:
Bumpity bumbity bump.

Badabadumpitybump.

Crooked Bee · Jun 26, 2011

Coboney said:
Does the game have a good number of optional scenes?

Yup, quite many.

Coboney said:
I gather outside of that most of it is pretty linear and you don't have much choice on what to say or do.

Aside from having some optional or sometimes alternative content, depending on winning or losing some fights or finding bonus items, this is indeed a totally linear game. Still p. awesome, though.

Crooked Bee · Jun 26, 2011

Chased by malicious magic pumpkins...

...Mint wakes up

...

It's already morning, so we can go on with our mission

Scary?

Scary!
We'll get to that later.

Now it's time to revisit Mel and see if she has anything to tell us about the Cube

And so we reach Mel's atelier

The Purrel is happy to see us

Hello, Mint.

...

But Mel say, so I do.

I'm so glad you found him. Thank you.

Well, aren't we eager.

I've written everything in here. You can read it when you get back to town.

Yay!

Yes, about that...

Mel jumps up on the podium again

I've been wanting to ask you something.

What?

It's a kingdom of magicians that has flourished for centuries.

(No idea why Mint is so surprised here, after all, she told the Poppul Purrel she was a princess earlier.)

She's been missing since.

...Mint, what's wrong?

Oh, it's a very famous rumor.

I kind of feel sorry for her. Word is that nobody at East Heaven is worried about her.

...revered by her people for her graceful nature.

Are you really alright?

I'm that big, bad princess!

Well, now that we have that in the open, I must ask you something.

What?

Are you trying to reclaim your right to the throne?

You said Valen's relic is the most powerful Aeon relic, right?

Then I should be able to thrash Maya's puny Book of Cosmos.

What are you talking about!? That's not the end of it!

So your final goal is world conquest?

I'll say it again. Don't take the relic lightly.

You worry too much. How can it lead to the end of the world?

You're obviously going through with it no matter what.

When I make a promise like that, I always keep it.

Aye-yi-yi?

...

A knocking is heard

Huh?

Another guest...

Mint, let's continue some other time.

Now that we regain control of Mint, we can ask Mel... about her age!

You wanna know my age? That's something you shouldn't ask.

...

How long has it been since I built this atelier...?

Naturally, Mel doesn't feel like answering that

As we go outside, we bump into Elena and Rue

This is probably the most cutscene-heavy part of the game

There's something I wanna tell you! It's about Rue. He's really amazing!

Indeed

Rue comes closer

The fuck are these two babbling about?

You told Elena, and you're not gonna tell me!?

Sorry, Mint.

With that, Rue enters Mel's atelier

Nope.

He just needed help getting there. I'm going home now.

Alright ♪ Let's go, Mint.

Brother None · Jun 27, 2011

spekkio · Jun 27, 2011

Congrats on reaching the 10th page.

Good to see that LPing game full of weaboo faggotry atracts codexers like nothing else, maybe except alien sex.

:rpgcodex:

Crooked Bee · Jun 29, 2011

I wanna be a star!

:yeah:

Intrigued by Rue's secret...

Mint keeps asking Elena about it, but to no avail

I promised Rue I wouldn't tell.

Oh, come on. We're friends ♪ You can tell me.

...Ok. I'll give you a little hint.

Huhhh??? That doesn't make any sense. Give me another hint.

Nope. That's all I can tell you.

Come on, Elena.

But Elena has already run away, stumbling into something moving along the way:

What could that be...?

Hey, that's Duke...

...disguised as a star

What!?

I can't believe you spotted me.

Elena, you noticed him too, right?

Dang, forget it...

Give me the cube and the information you got from Fancy Mel.

You'd better hand it over before you get hurt.

Yeah, right.

Just give me back the tiara and get out of here, you big dork!

You went too far this time...

Oh yeah, you don't know about my acts, huh?

What acts?

They're so big

so bright

so powerful...

I wanna be a star.

:yeah:

It's high noon. There are no stars.

Oh, yes there are. Look!

...

What the heck!?

...

And so the battle begins!

"It's my time to shine!" is what Duke actually says

Piercing shot...

...is highly useful in this battle
Oh, and we can only harm Duke when he's lying on the ground after his Armageddon attack

His another attack is, uhm, star whirlwind

As well as star kick

Finally, when we defeat him, he soars high into the air...

and delivers his final attack, hurting Mint for 20 more damage
So we'd better not be low on HP when he does that

Alright, your stupid act is over. Give me back the tiara.

Mark my words. Starlight Duke will shine again.

It's not funny anymore. Come on. Where's the tiara?

And off he flies!

Dang... Is he really human?

:facepalm:

Crooked Bee · Jun 29, 2011

Before we switch on to the next episode, however, let me show you the hilarious scene which takes place if we lose to Starlight Duke
(C&C, baby!)

Mint! Are you ok!?

Sorry, sis, it's only for LPing's sake

...

Someone must fall. That's the rule.

But...

What?

What do you mean by that?

Oh... Well, my father is doing research, and----

!? Why?

This is what I want you to tell Duke.

What!? Really!?

Yes. The doctor told us that... he has only 3 months left.

No... No way!

Ever since I met her, Mint's done nothing but look for the relic.

So please, Duke. Please don't hurt Mint anymore!

Duke falls on the ground, crying

No! That's not fair! Why do you have to die!? You've done nothing but help us!

Elena, there are some things in life that can't be helped.

Take care of yourself, ok?

What have I done!!!?

I'm scum!!! A degenerate! I don't deserve to live!!!

...

...And off he flies!

Mint...

Yeah?

......

Coboney · Jun 29, 2011

*facepalm*

Apparently being in Mel's world breeds stupidity among NPCs significantly.

Seems like the Devs made this area to just get out all their silliness and childishness.

spekkio · Jun 29, 2011

Well, I certainly can tell a GIGANTIC FAGGOT when I see one.

:rpgcodex:

One of only two LPs that such an elite individual as myself follows ATM.

:obviously:

lightbane · Jun 29, 2011

I prefer to laugh than to cry, that was so silly... Actually, that, uhm, "scene" could be a funny methapor explaining that if you stay too close to ~~Mel's world~~ the popamole for too long you eventually go full retard, as Duke experienced first hand.

spekkio · Jun 29, 2011

Also - this.

Radisshu · Jun 29, 2011

That entire Starlight Duke scene was hilarious and retarded

ghostdog · Jun 29, 2011

Radisshu said:
That entire Starlight Duke scene was hilarious and retarded

this and

Coboney · Jul 4, 2011

Hey Bee... where's our spoiled princess with plans of world domination?

Come on... we want more!

spekkio · Jul 6, 2011

Alrighty, boys and girls - it's ~~attention~~ graphics whore time, again!

If ANY of you is wondering how this game can look like, depending on which emu you use...

0. Bee's orignal:

My bet - epsxe + Ogl / D3d + 16:10 resoultion + stretch 2 fill + standard filtering + some shitty scaler on top.
Not bad at all, except font and 1,7 ratio (stretched horizontally).

:smug:

1. psX - the one and only emulator that can display ~~most~~ PSX games with proper aspect ratio:

2. epsxe - Peops - "Stretched to fill image"
Cannot into proper AR (image stretched vertically a bit):

Still, not that bad.
Don't use "Keep aspect ratio" option, or you get this:

3. epsxe - Pete's Opengl "Stretched to fill image", unfiltered:
Same thing as above (wrong AR):

Don't use filtering, or you get either this (fucked-up font):

Or this (fucked-up 3d models):

4. epsxe - Pete's Opengl2 "Stretched to fill image", unfiltered:

Better than regular Ogl, but suffers from same problem as all epsxe plugins (bad AR).

Thanks for reading.

tl;dr

psX FTW!

:obviously:

Kz3r0 · Jul 7, 2011

Kz3r0 said:
Kz3r0 said:

Bumpity bumbity bump.

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Badabadumpitybump.

Bimp Bump.

Coboney · Jul 9, 2011

Grr... still no update? Come on Bee! Stop torturing us like this.

I believe the term Cruel and Unusual punishment deserves application for the halting of a good LP like this without reasons!

Crooked Bee · Jul 9, 2011

I have a reason! I'm on vacation.

It's summertime, after all.

This LP will be resumed in a few days. A week, maybe. Who knows.

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