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The Chrono Flux Project
« on: June 26, 2008, 04:57:10 am »
I'm surprised I didn't post about this earlier. Well, months ago, perhaps a year, I began brainstorming ideas for an indirect sequel, based on my gathered opinion what happened next.

Before I explain, I am sure if I don't state this beforehand, I'll get criticized, saying Lavos was erased from history and what not. I'd like to say not necessarily because that would blow the whole historical timeline out of proportion, let alone cause a time paradox. If Lavos never existed, that would mean Zeal never existed, and since Lavos contributed to human evolution and expansive mind power, saying his existance was erased would throw humanity back to where it was in the stone age, with the exception of reptites being long gone. Without further adue, here's the plot:

Twenty years have passed since the destruction of the Time Devourer. No memory of the occurence remained. However, that doesn't mean it ever happened at all. The six dragons prior to the destruction of the Time Devourer were also destroyed...

Only six... out of seven.

This seventh dragon, the Dark Moon dragon, was unique in that she possessed the qualities and attributes of a princess lost in time, a young hotheaded thief, and a dragon itself. How had it come to be? An allegience to the Time Devourer was offered by the six dragons. Because of this, the Time Devourer blessed them with the seventh of their kin... in the form of a baby girl, forcibly birthed by the imprisoned princess herself under the control of the mighty parasite.

After the events leading to, and including the Time Devourer's destruction, a new empire emerged: the Acacia Empire, lead by Emperor Glenn and Empress Riddel, manifested from the dominance of General Viper's legacy and the titled dragoons themselves. Though twenty years it stood in glory and ever expansive, a shadow would descend upon it, this time, in the form of an enigmatic blue-haired woman.

The mysterious woman exalted herself with the empire in a matter of days. It was once that she was appointed chief advisor to Emperor Glenn himself that things took a turn for the worst. Almost immediately, the Emperor was driven mad by a dark influence. The once beloved Emperor Glenn was now a vessel of cruel inhumanity. Prisons were overcrowded as a result of new laws and executions skyrocketed 70%. Still, this new vicious Glenn persisted in growing ever more powerful. It was at this point that his dark advisor told him of a legendary parasite banished from the world by a boy who she referred to as... "mon amour."

A new threat looms and a life is in danger. Is history itself prepared to face extinction once again?

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Re: The Chrono Flux Project
« Reply #1 on: June 26, 2008, 11:08:42 am »
Interesting!  So how far did it go?  I always wanted CC's Glenn to have a bigger role.

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Re: The Chrono Flux Project
« Reply #2 on: June 26, 2008, 11:09:08 am »
The Emperor Glenn / Empress Riddel thing sounds like a really neat ending possibility for Chrono Cross: The Darkness Beyond Time. Hmm...

Is this meant to be a Temporal Flux project?

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Re: The Chrono Flux Project
« Reply #3 on: June 26, 2008, 02:24:23 pm »
The Emperor Glenn / Empress Riddel thing sounds like a really neat ending possibility for Chrono Cross: The Darkness Beyond Time. Hmm...

Is this meant to be a Temporal Flux project?

No, I plan to do this from scratch using Free Pascal. I'm a bit skeptic about DirectX though (yes, there is a glue library for it for FP) because I'd like the opportunity to port this to other platforms. The only cross-platform library I can think of is SDL. Good choice? I just find FP to be more supportive than C++ and it keeps up to date. I've seen a good amount of 3D games made in it and it has good Delphi compatibility in case anyone experienced in that area cares to join me.

I know intermediate C++ but it raises too many concerns for me, sorry.

Anyway, as for the story, I use Harle for the main antagonist because of her role in Chrono Cross followed by her taking off with the dragons, not to be heard of again. Her mysterious return, let alone her shedding her harlequin disguise revealing an identical clone of Schala, will play well I think. As for Glenn and Riddel ruling an empire, I felt since Darrio died and Glenn was there to assist her after his death, that eventually she would fall for him instead, and since the dragoons inhabit a lot of El Nido, their power makes it into an empire.

Side stories will be planned like the trek to New Guardia, where a tyranous Dalton reigns terror, as well as a visit to the mysterious icy continent of the far north where familiar ruins of a certain magical civilization are discovered. And what of all the dark reminants of that lost kingdom scuttering about, and the underground labyrinthine structure where, at the center, are a sect of necromancers resurrecting their beloved queen as an undead monstrosity?

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Re: The Chrono Flux Project
« Reply #4 on: June 26, 2008, 02:48:55 pm »
Ah, I know nothing of coding aside from HTML, and I never got farther into C than doing the "hello world" exercise. After I get some Python under my belt, I'll have to have a look at Free Pascal, as this is the first I've ever heard of it.

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Re: The Chrono Flux Project
« Reply #5 on: June 26, 2008, 03:32:58 pm »
Well, here's some helpful links:

Free Pascal homepage -- http://freepascal.org
Lazarus, a Free Pascal IDE that strives to be a Delphi clone -- http://www.lazarus.freepascal.org

Also would like to add FP has the capability of even compiling GBA and DS games, though I can't find the "binutils" for such

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Re: The Chrono Flux Project
« Reply #6 on: June 26, 2008, 04:58:49 pm »
Also would like to add I have programmers block, so I don't know where to start.

I have an idea for an MMORPG Chrono game that takes place after Flux. I've sort of been planning out both, but I've outlined a lot more in Flux, so chances are I'm going to develop that first before looking into the possibility of an MMORPG.

I don't have much of a storyline if there is an MMO. I might switch some parts of Flux's story to the MMO, like the side stories of the return of Queen Zeal and New Guardia. It's a precaution so that there's a possibility for expansions to be released. What the main story for the MMO I've been thinking of is that reminents of the Time Devourer have been scattered across time and have sought to alter important events in history as a last ditch effort to destroy space time.

It would be interesting to see elements such as player-versus-player, group raiding, and what not in a sequel to Chrono Flux. You'll be able to replay events and locations in previous games in a whole new cooperative gameplay perspective. Imagine having TWENTY people infiltrate Magus' Castle and fight him and his minions, or the Black Omen even, provided that the reminents of the Time Devourer have messed with time, preventing our heroes from doing this and jeopardizing history.

Again, this is just my consideration. I want to put out a third game before an MMORPG. Even if there were to be one, server hosting would be expensive, and if donations or an in-game bonus item store system were available, even if the game were free, I fear Square might whine about it.

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Re: The Chrono Flux Project
« Reply #7 on: June 26, 2008, 09:08:44 pm »
So if Glenn and Riddel get together, what happens with the Dario that did not die? Are you assuming he was supposed to die and once the worlds merge after the Time Devourer is destroyed he ceases to exist?

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Re: The Chrono Flux Project
« Reply #8 on: June 26, 2008, 10:08:01 pm »
The Time Devourer is dead, but it is not as if he were never present at all. With the worlds merged, I'm going with the assumption Dario is still dead. Let's just say it was iminent that he died in the line of duty. Besides, Glenn is better known in the game to the player than Dario is. He's an ideal Emperor I believe. Remember that Flux takes place twenty years after Cross. Anything could have happened during that time period.

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Re: The Chrono Flux Project
« Reply #9 on: June 26, 2008, 10:11:58 pm »
By the way, Faust, and anyone else who's interested, here's a basic Pascal tutorial. This does not cover OOP constructs though: http://www.taoyue.com/tutorials/pascal

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Re: The Chrono Flux Project
« Reply #10 on: June 26, 2008, 10:23:56 pm »
And additionally, if you are a C/C++ programmer and would like to use any existing code in contribution to Flux, or use any future code from Flux in a contributing C/C++ program/library, or possibly the MMORPG, here is a few helpful resources from the Free Pascal programming guide:

Exporting an FP library to be used in C/C++: http://community.freepascal.org:10000/docs-html/prog/progse53.html#x241-24300012.2
Using a FP library in C/C++: http://community.freepascal.org:10000/docs-html/prog/progse55.html#x244-24500012.4
Using a C (not C++) library in FP: http://community.freepascal.org:10000/docs-html/prog/progse54.html#x242-24400012.3

Further reading on the subject can be found at ftp://ftp.freepascal.org/pub/fpc/docs-pdf/CinFreePascal.pdf and that includes instructions on how to "flatten" your C++ code into C so that FP is able to use it, as it is unable to import C++.

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Re: The Chrono Flux Project
« Reply #11 on: June 27, 2008, 01:12:33 am »
Thanks for the Pascal stuff! I'll take a look at that down the road.

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Re: The Chrono Flux Project
« Reply #12 on: June 27, 2008, 01:26:14 am »
Thanks for the Pascal stuff! I'll take a look at that down the road.

Glad to help *bows*

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Re: The Chrono Flux Project
« Reply #13 on: June 27, 2008, 09:26:31 pm »
Playable character announcement:

Serge (junior): The son of Serge and Leena (allegedly). He was given the name in honor of his father, who has disappeared to parts unknown. Although Leena is the mother, with unexplainable magic abilities, one would speculate that he is the love child of Serge and, not Leena, but Kid instead. Serge senior, with no memory of Kid, simply believes his son has a gift.

Magil: The master of the mysterious hidden brimstone-constructed tower within the forests of El Nido, Magil, to this day, still searches for his sister lost in time.

Alexia: This masked, mysterious sorceress tags along with Serge Jr. and Magil shortly after the collapse of Magil's Tower. Who could she be? Her voice is so soothing, yet somehow familiar. Alexia is only able to spellcast, not melee.

More to come soon!

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Re: The Chrono Flux Project
« Reply #14 on: June 28, 2008, 03:49:03 am »
Final battle scenario

With Emperor Glenn released from Advisor Zeal's grip (Advisor Zeal will be Harle), our heroes storm Acacia Palace to confront the mysterious Advisor Zeal herself.

<Familiar chuckles echo down the palace halls and the party stops in their tracks.>
Serge: That laughter... I can't quite put my finger on it, but it sounds... familiar...
Familar voice: Mon dieu, you have really grown up, non?
<Advisor Zeal materializes from shadow.>
Serge: Grown up? What do you mean? I don't understand...
Advisor: Oui, zat is because of zis chienne over here. <Advisor Zeal hovers over to Schala.>
Schala: I did what was necessary those twenty years ago. However, you have no right to address me as such. Now, you... You use my name as if you earned it. I assure you, you twisted abomination of the Time Devourer... you stole part of my soul, and now I plan to take it back...
Advisor: Why not? Ze hour of ze Time Devourer's return is at hand. Fight moi all you would like...

After battle...

<The palace rumbles and a giant rift tears open the floor.>
Advisor: Enfin! <She turns from the rift to the party.> You imbeciles are too late. Within moments, ze Time Devourer will fuse with moi and enter zis world once more! Consider your wretched lives spared to witness history unravel before your very eyes! Adieu mon amies! <She leaps in to the darkness of the rift...>

Schala: There isn't much time. If history is to change, it must not. If the world is to be destroyed, it must not. If my fate is to be destroyed, then so be it!

Player presented with a preparation dialogue...

As the battle begins, Serge and the party once again wind up in the Darkness Beyond Time. Another rift opens and a more frightening Time Devourer rises from it. Advisor Zeal is fused with it and her will has control of the massive parasite...

Stay tuned for more!