Terezi Pyrope: Ace Attorney Dev. Thread 2, (Subtitle TBA)

[Alphadin]

Subtitle TBA
Info
This topic is formatted with green being Alphadin's comments. Blue is roundy, and Red is FlareDragon. I didn't know what roundy had for the matters so most of comments are green.
After a long and sleep-deprived night of playing Phoenix Wright and screwing around in AlterniaBound, I came to the realization that a Terezi Pyrope: Ace Attorney game would be awesome. So the next morning, I booted up PyWright (a casemaker for the Ace Attourney series) and got to work learning to use it. I figured that the best way to make this a not-terrible possibly-decent game is to involve all of the talented artists and programmers here on the forums.
Credits

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Directing
Flare-Dragon (Overseer)
Alphadin (Director)

Graphics
felicitousArtisan (Art Director)
shinyjiggly (Lead Backgrounds Artist, Lead Spriter)
retardokoolaid (Concept Artist, Spriter)
Aduross (Sprites)
Alphadin (Sprites)
vento (Concept Artist)
Pix. (Sprites)
tanoshiibento (Concept artist)
GogglesOwl (Sprites)

Storywriting/Scripting
Vyro P. Dragon III (Lead Storywriter, Lead Scripter)
Unclever title (Storywriter, Scripter)
tanoshiibento (Storywriter?, Scripter)
Ario (Scripter)
shinyjiggly (Unimportant dialogue writer)


Coding
Alphadin (Lead Coding)
Unclever title (Coding)
mutputSeven (Coding[Modifications])

Testers
Perrino (Proof-reader)
MagicalTimetravelingZombie - (Beta-Tester)
Unclever title (Beta-Tester)

Special Thanks
Roundy - Carrying the project first
Well Manicured Man - Epic Thread title graphic
Please alert me about anyone one who was forgotten/recently added.

Gameplay
As mentioned, we're going to for a Pheonix Wright style, but a few twists have been mentioned.

• Too old twists sadly, no new ones yet.

Scripts
A major thing any game requires.
I got most the coding, but I don't do troll translations well...

Codes and Tutorials

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External Tutorials:

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Setting Up Case Script
Characters and Settings
Text in PyWright

Alphadin's Three-Choice System:

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label top
bg [BG HERE]
char [CHAR HERE]

list Options
li [Option1]
li [Option2]
li [Option3]
showlist

label [Option1]
[ONLY IF WRONG, WRONG CODE]
[ONLY IF Right, RIGHT CODE]
goto top

label [Option2]
[ONLY IF WRONG, WRONG CODE]
[ONLY IF Right, RIGHT CODE]
goto top


label [Option3]
[ONLY IF WRONG, WRONG CODE]
[ONLY IF Right, RIGHT CODE]
goto top

Roundy's Court Setup

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mus
clear
label court
clearcourt
set _defense [name of defense (will always be Terezi)]
set _prosecutor [name of opposing prosecutorl
set _witness [name of witness at stand]
set _judge [judge name (almost always going to be gamzee)]
set _helper [person at your side, helping you out]
startcourt

Graphics & Sounds
Another key component. We're currently using a bit of alt bound sprites and kan return sprites. We don't have any OBJECTION or HOLD IT or TAKE THATs yet. I think we need voices. We also might need misc sounds.
Quite a few custom sprites have popped up here and there for the record.
All sprites and art resources:

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Sprites:
Polly's Tavros Sprite
Arduross' Vriska Sprite
Arduross' Terezi Sprite, beginnings of the Karkat Sprite
Arduross' Karkat Sprite
Roundy210's Pomade Gracer Sprite
Arduross' snickering edit to the Pomade Gracer Sprite.
ChrisTheTsunami's Judge Gamzee Sprite.
(dunno which smirky Karkat got chosen)
Pix's small Terezi Sprite
Arduross' Witness Karkat Sprite
Arduross' Suitless Terezi Sprite
tanoshiibento's Aradia Sprite

Resources:
Well Manicured Man did a logo/title thing.
Systemic_Hysteria made OBJECTION, HOLD IT, TAKE THAT, and FUCK YOU for both Terezi and Karkat here and here. Also did a Terezi badge thing. Here it is scaled down, and with the addition of a Psyche-Lock by Alphadin. Here it is done higher-quality scaled down.
Systemic_Hysteria also did a logo/title thing.
mamkut made a swishy-eye-contact thing for Karkat.
Systemic_Hysteria made a grey-handed gavel-banging sprite.
GogglesOwl did some cutscenes for some case. More are down under character design.

Character Designs:
FrostedWarlock's character designs: Gamzee, Terezi, and Karkat.
adimal did character designs for Eridian, Kanaya, and Vriska.
radcat101 made a character design for a potential victim.
ChrisTheTsunami made a character design for a witness troll, and also a sprite sheet for it.
GogglesOwl made a character design and sprite sheet for another witness troll. (Profile picture plus cutscenes, more sprites, and more more sprites.)

Backgrounds:
maliciousSketch did a cliff background for the first case.
Roundy said that backgrounds are being borrowed from octocephalicDragon's case.
BluddoSW made an interim court background which was fleshed out by Systemic_Hysteria.
shinyjiggly did a rough lobby background.
retardokoolaid has a rough Terezi's office.
felicitousArtisan made a crime scene background.

All music:

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Zosephine posted this, just called it a thing.
Groundah posted this, a savior of the waking world blend with examination, as Alphadin called it.
Music by Well Manicured Man here.
Straylight made a start on an Announce The Truth.
More music by Well Manicured Man here.

General Ideas
Ideas for the core of the game. Ideas for the core would include

• Cases
• Dialog
• Game interface

Some Ideas presented

• Nope old list has already been added into the game.

Thanks to Well Manicured Man for main post image (Hope you didn't mind)

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Meanwhile with the dev team...

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Alphadin:01:01 we're doing this instead of the sweet bro case
Vyro:01:02 YES
Alphadin:01:02 we're blowing minds all day
Vyro:01:02 HELL YES
Alphadin:01:02 and all night
Alphadin:01:02 there will be nothing left
Vyro:01:02 PLOT TWIST
Vyro:01:02 NOTHING IS EVERYTHING
Alphadin:01:02 dun dun dunnn
undefined:01:02 We'll still have to have an SBaHJ case
undefined:01:02 But that can wait
Vyro:01:02 Yes.
Vyro:01:03 It can wait forever
Alphadin:01:03 mind blow case is better
undefined:01:03 Snehanigans comes first
Alphadin:01:03 tons of them
Alphadin:01:03 we're gonna need a new game for this mind blow in a can
undefined:01:03 I thinks I mispelt shenanigans...
Alphadin:01:03 who cares
Alphadin:01:03 you don't have a mind anymore
Alphadin:01:03 so it doesn't matter too much
Vyro:01:03 WAIT. THIS SHOULD BE THE SEQUEL
Alphadin:01:03 hahaha
Vyro:01:04 TEREZI PYROPE: ACE MINDFUCKER
Alphadin:01:04 :D
Alphadin:01:04 mindblower
Alphadin:01:04 we need kiddy approval
Vyro:01:04 Better
Alphadin:01:04 after first mind blow
Alphadin:01:04 we bring out the f bombs
Alphadin:01:04 and plan a full assult on the minds
Alphadin:01:04 we'll invade through the eyes
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it's been a long day...

[felicitousArtisan]

Well then, let's get this new thread going.
I'm the sort of 'creative director' for Case 2, "Bloody Turnabout". Which is currently in progress of being written and sprited. We're open to thoughts and suggestions based on everybody's experiences of the first case. The crew is a mixture of people who worked on case 2 and new people.
Please note, we are not interested in any more 'character designers' for case 2. If you want to help with art, we could probably use more people who are experienced in spriting and/or or animation. We would also love to have people who are good at drawing environments, with a good grasp of colour and perspective. We don't need writers for case 2, but we may need them for later cases.

[Aduross]

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From the previous thread:

@Aduross omg too amazing. I cant. Just.
Did you Do the sprites in the first case too?

Thanks. Indeed, I made the suits for Terezi and Karkat, the front facing Vriska sprites, and did a minor animation for Gracer.

The suitless is probably harder due to the lack of shading or detail meaning the outline has to work extra hard. I think this looks great though!

Yeah, that's what I was thinking as well. Shading is usually the thing I'm the most meticulous about, so having none is proving... vexing. And thanks.

So in the last thread, there was some interest expressed in a new Terezi sprite more fitting with the Kanaya: Return to the Core style. So I figured what the hell and gave it a shot.

So I came up with this. Unfortunately, I think the head's a bit too small for the style. Mostly did this for fun, but if everyone's interested I could try to fix it up, add the suit, animations, etc. I still think the current Terezi sprite works, so I'd be happy sticking with it and that would mean a lot less work for me. :3 I just wanted to present the option. (and waste a bit of time)

[Superdog]

Hey, I played through the demo of the first case a while back, and I don't remember if I ever posted... It was really fun and I'm glad y'all are doing this!

[trulyElse]

So in the last thread, there was some interest expressed in a new Terezi sprite more fitting with the Kanaya: Return to the Core style. So I figured what the hell and gave it a shot.
http://i.imgur.com/e24RL.png
So I came up with this. Unfortunately, I think the head's a bit too small for the style. Mostly did this for fun, but if everyone's interested I could try to fix it up, add the suit, animations, etc. I still think the current Terezi sprite works, so I'd be happy sticking with it and that would mean a lot less work for me. :3 I just wanted to present the option. (and waste a bit of time)

Looking good. I would honestly prefer Terezi to be in K:RttC style, but if you feel it to be unneccisary I guess I can live with the one we have.

[Vyro P. Dragon III]

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From the previous thread:

Thanks. Indeed, I made the suits for Terezi and Karkat, the front facing Vriska sprites, and did a minor animation for Gracer.


Yeah, that's what I was thinking as well. Shading is usually the thing I'm the most meticulous about, so having none is proving... vexing. And thanks.

So in the last thread, there was some interest expressed in a new Terezi sprite more fitting with the Kanaya: Return to the Core style. So I figured what the hell and gave it a shot.

So I came up with this. Unfortunately, I think the head's a bit too small for the style. Mostly did this for fun, but if everyone's interested I could try to fix it up, add the suit, animations, etc. I still think the current Terezi sprite works, so I'd be happy sticking with it and that would mean a lot less work for me. :3 I just wanted to present the option. (and waste a bit of time)

God damn that is INCREDIBLE.

[Alphadin]

flip it, slap her dress onto it, and we're golden

[felicitousArtisan]

Aduross, that is an excellent sprite. I'm all for it on this end.

[GogglesOwl]

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From the previous thread:

Thanks. Indeed, I made the suits for Terezi and Karkat, the front facing Vriska sprites, and did a minor animation for Gracer.


Yeah, that's what I was thinking as well. Shading is usually the thing I'm the most meticulous about, so having none is proving... vexing. And thanks.

So in the last thread, there was some interest expressed in a new Terezi sprite more fitting with the Kanaya: Return to the Core style. So I figured what the hell and gave it a shot.

So I came up with this. Unfortunately, I think the head's a bit too small for the style. Mostly did this for fun, but if everyone's interested I could try to fix it up, add the suit, animations, etc. I still think the current Terezi sprite works, so I'd be happy sticking with it and that would mean a lot less work for me. :3 I just wanted to present the option. (and waste a bit of time)

YES!!

[tanoshiibento]

Besides the original, I'm really liking this one.
It's especially better if the original style "creeps people out."

It still pretty much has the same idea! Which I'm getting very fond of.

[shinyjiggly]

Looking awesome!
Anyways, I peeked at the credits behind the spoiler, and it said that I am apparently lead lotsastuff? I really don't think that I deserve such a high title.
My contributions so far have been lacking and replaced by better talent so I think it would be best to have those higher-quality sprite artists get more credit than myself. Would it be a reasonable request to have myself demoted and a much more worthy spriter promoted in my place? (I was even kicked out of one of the many sburb projects for not holding up to their standards of quality for crying out loud!) I'll keep working, I just don't feel like I deserve the title of "lead of something" compared to the many greater artists that already have surpassed me.

[Flare-Dragon]

shinyjiggle, if you really feel this way, we can make arrangements, but one thing about being a lead, is sometimes that just simply means keeping a certain vision of what it should look like and trying to get other to make it so (at least that's my interpretation of the matter).

[liquidMountain]

So many new sprites have been made recently. Now if you can just put that last Terezi in a suit we'll be good.

[Perrino]

Well said, Flare-Dragon.

[Vyro P. Dragon III]

Before I write any more, I am going to wait until more of the graphics are done. One that happens, the coding can catch up, and we'll be set.

[Perrino]

I apologize for not doing too much so far. I've had a lot of irons in the fire. I am going to give the new script a read through and post things in the dev pad.

[tanoshiibento]

I told Vyro I was spriting. Why didn't he stop me? My computer should have been confiscated. Cause, holy crap. Look what krilled me.


I just really loved the Aradia bot sprite okay. I'm sorry about this.

[Perrino]

Hey, tanoshiibento, why do you type in such a small font size?

[Vyro P. Dragon III]

I'm glad I didn't tell you, because that's pretty cool.

[tanoshiibento]

@Perrino Because I like the way small font looks. I think it's nicer.

@Vyro Pft. Thanks. XD
But my gog her hat. That freaking hat took me, like, 30 minutes alone.
I'm pretty proud though, yo.

[radcat101]

Hey, other person from the original thread here, with an interest in helping out in any way possible!

By any way possible, I actually mean writing (for dialogue, case outlines, flavour text and whatever else have you).

I actually have a pretty solid outline/background for a potential third case that I was working on with Roundy if the new project leads would be interested in seeing it. In addition to that, is there anything in the current case that needs writing that I could potentially help with?

[Alphadin]

@tano
It'a cool and all, but we're on a road to very original graphics and I'm liking the work.

[tanoshiibento]

@Alphadin I wasn't asking for it to be used, I just got bored and god knows why, but this SEEMED like a good way to occupy time.
Thanks for saying its cool though. XD

[Vyro P. Dragon III]

Hey, other person from the original thread here, with an interest in helping out in any way possible!

By any way possible, I actually mean writing (for dialogue, case outlines, flavour text and whatever else have you).

I actually have a pretty solid outline/background for a potential third case that I was working on with Roundy if the new project leads would be interested in seeing it. In addition to that, is there anything in the current case that needs writing that I could potentially help with?

Aw man, I totally had a solid outline for case 3 going too.

[tanoshiibento]

@Vyro Actually, Flare-Dragon suggested that we try new cases, sense the majority of the team is new now.
Being the lead script writter, wouldn't you be the one deciding to go with your stuff or something from the old plans? Just thinking out loud here.

@Alphadin I have a question. If you are starting to lean toward "very original graphics," we will still be keeping the Alterniabound style to them, correct?
What you said by original graphics was pretty vague for me, so I am just making sure. If we get "too original," then the games graphics are getting dangerously close to unorganized. . .