Plot Add-Ons

[kickacecrono0091]

i like barris and theriss

[Tonjevic]

Why, BZ, did you have to say a friend PMed you? Now I practically have to post!
Whoops!
Oh, well. Therris sounds best to me.

P.S. I didnt want to post because I comparatively new and didnt want to just butt in and sound like a tit.
I guess I already did that.

[Burning Zeppelin]

 Now you have been caught, and can never escape!

[Solidstar]

Haha, yeah.  You should post more in here.  Any ideas are welcomed.  I'm going to work on the game now.  Here's what's going to happen at the start... you choose between either Crono or Alex to start.  Each will have their own path to the cave...  Yeah, or that's what I'm going to do anyway.  Heh.  Good idea / bad idea?  Let me know.  Leave it ppls.

[Cooper]

And again new version.

Chrono Stream Logo 4 (small)

[kickacecrono0091]

Man, the logos just keep getting better and better! I like how the blue water background is brighter and more vibrant now. Also, I like the idea of choosing who to start with. It adds some replay value.

[Solidstar]

Again, Cooper, that looks amazing.  You have a lot of talent.
Kickace - started working with the choosing who to start with thing.  I think I've also may have figured out how to do a new game + mode in this when we're ready to implement it (sweet!).

I started working with both ideas.  Alex's story starts out by going to the cave.  Haven't named it yet, as you'll be able to see by the screens I updated in the game section thing.  It's coming along very nicely.  Crono's story, I just started the intro to that, and it'll be at Guardia Castle.  There's uncertainty in the ranks as Porre is growing ever more powerful.  Guardia is going to send Crono (and Marle wants in too) on a mission to the South to acquire knowledge and the like.  Or I may change that, I'm unsure.

The beginning is coming along VERY well I must say.  I truly hope that when we're ready to release a demo that everyone will enjoy it.

That reminds me, anyone know where I may be able to upload this when it's ready?  Let me know.  And now to update screens and get back to work.  Hope you all enjoy.

[Burning Zeppelin]

Wait...Crono isn't going to the cave...
The caves name should be Hijra or Hiraj.

[kickacecrono0091]

I like Hijra.

[Tonjevic]

There is the possibility of a sidequest, or at least manipulation of the players' emotions here.
You could have Marle be taken away and have to be rescued by Chrono(sidequest/plot devic/integrated into main story stream) or just kill her (manipulation of players' emotions.) You'd have to make her idiosyncratic and vibrant, full of energy or at least lovable, so that the character became attached to her and make it a painful event when she is killed/captured.
If you did this though, you would have to develop the characters more than just assuming they are already known. Possibly you'd have to develop the other characters as well to balance the game's story and feel.

I know it may be a bit of a frivolous idea, but i think it has at least SOME merit. If more sidequests were to be made, though, you'd need more people working on the main game in RPGmakerXP or whatever it is.

[Solidstar]

RPG 2K3 actually.
I kind of like Hiraj.  Or Mirage even could work.  
In any case, Crono doesn't go to the cave - to start at least, but Alex does.  I'm thinking of having Crono and Marle start a quest in the forest, after gathering information in Porre, which actually leads to the cave. They find Alex there and take him to a hospital type deal to get him healed.  From there, I'm not sure.  Or that's what I programmed up to last night.

Edit: Check the section on join the stream team as I've just updated quite a bit on there.

[Burning Zeppelin]

Am I missing something, because the cave has nothing to do with the majore story, its only where...the main guy...has his squad killed, him almost killed, and where they find a genetically altered creature of some sort.
Hijra
Maybe I'm too late, but could we have a kinda recap of the events of Chrono Trigger at the start of the game, with you battling Lavos, but for some reason its only Crono, as in kinda a dream of how Crono felt so alone and scared when he fought Lavos? This only in Cronos version, OK? And in Alex's...in a training match with his friend, where everyone is cheerful, so you feel sad when they inevitably die?

[Solidstar]

We could do flashbacks as Alex regains his memories... taht could add depth to his character.  Maybe we could even give the player choices as to how good or evil Alex really is.  I could store that variable of good and evil and depending on what it is will determine one of the many many many endings... yeah!
I'm not so sure Crono felt alone while fighting Lavos.  Scared probably, but he did have people with him (unless you're New Game +'ing).  I dunno.  I suppose we could do something like in FF6 where Shadow has dream sequences.  We could have Crono have them randomly.
This could also totally tie in to the idea of Chrono Stream.  As we're writing history (and in some cases - with Alex - rewriting events), we're also in a stream of consciousness and memories... it could work?
Don't know, let's just see how this works out and we can change it if need be.
Crono's intro is finished (for now).  I'll update pics later (I have to work now).

[Burning Zeppelin]

BUT WHY IS CRONO GOING TO THE CAVE!

[kickacecrono0091]

He goes there to get clues or evidence on Porre. So I think anyway.