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Psychotic
06-20-2017, 03:20 PM
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Death of a Fansite is a silly little classic JRPG based on Eyes on Final Fantasy. The game is set in a world where Loony BoB has died and Eyes on Final Fantasy has fallen, the game stars a cast of over 80 EoFF members past and present as our heroes attempt to both restore EoFF as well as understand the reasons for its decline.

During its 3-5 hours of playtime, the game features some tricky and challenging boss fights that I hope will cause you to see the Game Over screen a few times, but will also give you a sense of satisfaction when you overcome them. All of this is to a soundtrack of nostalgic songs from FF titles and other JRPGs, as well as some original songs created by EoFF members.

Death of a Fansite is also packed to the brim with EoFF references and injokes, as well as some dorky and goofy humour. I hope that the average EoFF member will get the odd chuckle here and there, but a fair warning to those with a low tolerance for cringe - it's an RPG Maker game based on a Final Fantasy website. You get what you expect!

If you have played the superb Final Fantasy Record Keeper, you will feel very at home in this game as the battle system was originally an attempt at recreating RK's. I have translated a lot of the mobile and F2P elements into a more familiar and accessible environment.


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Click here! (https://www.dropbox.com/s/icwzs22k0mjys8j/Death%20of%20a%20Fansite.rar?dl=0) (Dropbox, 316 MB)

(The above version is fully patched but if you got the game before the 22nd June here's Patch 1 (http://home.eyesonff.com/showthread.php/170081-Death-of-a-Fansite-An-EoFF-RPG?p=3668037&highlight=patch#post3668037) and before 23rd of June here's Patch 2 (http://home.eyesonff.com/showthread.php/170081-Death-of-a-Fansite-An-EoFF-RPG?p=3668251&viewfull=1#post3668251) and here's Patch 3. (https://www.dropbox.com/s/4jjmthxi6g34lwo/Patch%203.rar?dl=0))

Mac OS-X version released, download it here (https://www.dropbox.com/s/3jx82dgd1tcdjff/Death%20of%20a%20Fansite%20OSX.rar?dl=0). I can't test it myself, but this thread (https://forums.rpgmakerweb.com/index.php?threads/failed-deployment-to-mac-os-x.55209/) has some good troubleshooting tips.

. To play, simply open the .rar file (something like WinRAR or 7zip will be needed), extract the files, and then run the Game.exe file in the Death of a Fansite folder. System Requirements are here. (https://www.systemrequirementslab.com/cyri/requirements/rpg-maker-mv/14336)


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The most important thing I can possibly tell you: F4 = full screen mode. Oh, and have a look at the options if the music or sound effects destroy your ears. RPG Maker likes to make things LOUD.


Joystick moves, X/A confirm and interact, O/B cancel, Triangle/Y menu, and Square/X dashes. Shoulder buttons scroll through characters.
There is a glitch whereby the controller commands don't work at the start. Just hit an arrow key on your keyboard and then the controller will work perfectly. No idea what causes it and indeed it may only be on my laptop! Easily fixed though.

Fairly standard, although sadly no WASD. Arrow keys will move, Enter/Z confirm and interact, ESC/X cancels as well as opens up the menu, Shift is dash. Pg Up and Pg Dn scroll through characters.

Click on menu items, click on where you want to go, and click on anything you want to interact with. Right clicking will bring up the menu and cancel.

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You may find it useful to have
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It's not exhaustive though!
You will need to tailor your set up to each battle accordingly, as you can only use two abilities per battle with each character.
Don't go for all out damage! Damage mitigation is really important! Buff your characters with some white magic and use someone like Formalhaut or Scruffington to debuff the enemy.
Keep your equipment up to date. My advice is to use the random lucky boxes through sharky and Levian first, and only then stopping by the weapons stores if you have a specific gap in your coverage.
The Limit Start shard is expensive for a reason. It's bloody good, especially on Fynn or Bubba.
There are five optional bosses (mostly hidden in the giant desert outside). Beat them all to get a secret post-credits ending!


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I'm a one man band, with a little help from my friends. I know there will be bugs and spelling errors I haven't spotted. Please PM me and let me know right away!

There is a slight issue with the turn counter in the top right of the battle screen. An enemy may suddenly have a second turn right after its first without you expecting it. The reason is the turn counter only shows one turn per battle participant at a time. After each participant has a turn, its position in the existing queue for its next turn is then recalculated. The system may decide its next turn should be right after this one and it'll move again.

This isn't a bug, the enemy is meant to have two turns at that point. As there are five of you and usually (not always!) one of them, they have a much higher speed than you to compensate. In my ideal version of this, the turn counter would be like FFX's, and show all the next moves instead of showing one per participant at a time. Unfortunately it's an external plugin and there's not much control I have over it, so I am sorry that I can't deliver the better system I have in mind. Just remember that when an enemy has a turn coming up, it may have another one right afterwards too and plan accordingly.


I hope you enjoy my silly hobby, and please feel free to share your experiences as you play through the game in this thread! :)

Fynn
06-20-2017, 03:23 PM
Holy crap I need to get home and play this!

Freya
06-20-2017, 03:27 PM
Oh man! I'll try this when I get home! YAY!

Old Manus
06-20-2017, 04:30 PM
Congrats to all the winners

Psychotic
06-20-2017, 04:33 PM
Congrats to all the winners72652

krissy
06-20-2017, 05:16 PM
way to spoil the final scene ^

Lyndis Highwind
06-20-2017, 05:19 PM
Downloading now! :D

Psychotic
06-20-2017, 05:21 PM
way to spoil the final scene ^My b :shobon:


Downloading now! :DExcellent, let me know if it works and I hope you enjoy it!

Fynn
06-20-2017, 05:26 PM
PSA: Guys, please use Fynn

Fynn
06-20-2017, 05:41 PM
DOWNLOADING :omgomg:

Galuf
06-20-2017, 05:55 PM
Darn. Cant use on phone yet. Lol well ill try it as soon as ever possible

Fynn
06-20-2017, 05:58 PM
Don't you have a PC or a laptop you could use, Galuf?

Galuf
06-20-2017, 06:08 PM
Don't you have a PC or a laptop you could use, Galuf?

Nah havent had one in a while. Lol.

Fynn
06-20-2017, 06:12 PM
Okay, the beginning really reminds me of Final Fantasy Legend I so far

Fynn
06-20-2017, 06:14 PM
Bug report: game crashes whenever I exit the options menu

Psychotic
06-20-2017, 06:22 PM
Bug report: game crashes whenever I exit the options menuWe're off to a good start! I've tried but I can't replicate that one. If anyone else is able to get it and tell me what they were doing before that (and whether they accessed options from the title screen or party menu screen) please do let me know.

Shauna
06-20-2017, 06:24 PM
fwiw I played some last night and posted a few crashes I got in our Discord chat xD

Fynn
06-20-2017, 06:27 PM
More bugs

- sometimes when starting the thing, the lead character will just stand in the front door of the first town area staring right at the camera, not responding to any input, though I can access the menu
- all was well once I restarted but then I found out I can't save. Tried deleting all files and re packing them again - still can't save. And also can't move at all anymore.

The game is unplayable to me at this point sadly :(

Shauna
06-20-2017, 06:29 PM
Your first bug appears to happen if you rush through the dialogue at the start, like you need to wait for the cam to pan back down to the party.

Fynn
06-20-2017, 06:30 PM
Oh my God

What about the save bug?

Psychotic
06-20-2017, 06:31 PM
Don't mash enter through the start up bit. Let the camera pan all the way down to the bottom of the tower, then mash.

EDIT: SHAUNA :argh:

Never heard of the save bug if I'm honest. It sounds like there's some issues on your end? Are you meeting all the requirements? https://www.systemrequirementslab.com/cyri/requirements/rpg-maker-mv/14336

Shauna
06-20-2017, 06:32 PM
*shrug* I never came across any issues with saving.

Fynn
06-20-2017, 06:33 PM
Apparently it works now that I let it all scroll now!

Psychotic
06-20-2017, 06:35 PM
I've figured out the cause of it. I actually start the game off with the character invisible. They then walk to the top of the tower and back (there's better ways of doing it, I am lazy) and then they're set to become visible and teleport to the tower when the speech is done. So if you skip when they're still trying to walk down, they'll teleport, find they can't walk down like they're being told and become stuck there forever. My b. Will fix in the first patch.

Fynn
06-20-2017, 06:41 PM
This is perfect

(Paraphrased)

Fynn: A graveyard? Pretty on-the-nose
Pumpkin: Its actually a cemetery - graveyards are attached to churches
Scruff: Wow what a GRAVE mistake Fynn
Fynn: I hate you all already

Fynn
06-20-2017, 06:44 PM
Oh no I have tetanus
Should've listened to Scruff

Pumpkin
06-20-2017, 06:45 PM
i am so exccitted to play this tomorrow but I have to wait because work todaaayyy

Fynn
06-20-2017, 06:48 PM
You used that FFIII boss theme remix I love! :flirt:

Psychotic
06-20-2017, 06:48 PM
Oh no I have tetanus
Should've listened to Scruffit gives a -10 to every stat man don't get tetanus

Fynn
06-20-2017, 06:53 PM
Beat theundeadhero! That was pretty easy so far, but also very enjoyable!

Pumpkin
06-20-2017, 06:55 PM
Wow rude

Psychotic
06-20-2017, 07:43 PM
literally unplayablethat is because you are doing it wrong! you need to assemble the twelve ciddies statues and deliver them to the lounge. you can either bring them to the game of thrones shack as an offering to shaibana so that she'll help you with the resurrecting raistlin quest, or alternatively the english football thread pub where rocket edge will give you a +2 hat of the :greenie: smiley

Psychotic
06-20-2017, 09:42 PM
A couple of people have had issues with RPG Maker itself (stuff like Game.exe has stopped working) and I've looked about online, and running as administrator seems to reduce issues. https://forums.rpgmakerweb.com/index.php?threads/game-exe-has-stopped-working-rpgmmv.65589/

Fynn
06-20-2017, 09:50 PM
Guys, you can change the skills each character can use in battle by going into skill and then equip

I beat undeadhero without being able to steal any items :monster:

Vincent, Thunder God
06-20-2017, 10:01 PM
Lol I'm one of the Seekers who returned broken? Sounds about right.

My avatar is great too. xD

Fynn
06-20-2017, 10:53 PM
Nutty, you smurf trout up in this game

10/10 would recommend

FFNut
06-20-2017, 10:58 PM
Just got home from work. After downloading and looking at the files maybe I will create a cheat trainer.... no I won't do that.... would I?

Slothy
06-20-2017, 11:03 PM
Only beat Raist so far but like it. Except my armour selling avatar has yet to insult me or anyone else so that ruins it for me. Utter garbage. -5/7

I kid.

Bubba
06-20-2017, 11:04 PM
Will await patch before downloading

FFNut
06-20-2017, 11:07 PM
Will await patch before downloading

Pre patch downloads and patch are free.

Post atch download is $179.99 but you can't patch it.

Vincent, Thunder God
06-20-2017, 11:23 PM
I'm stuck on the Sephex boss battle - where are the jerk crystals that you have to destroy?

fat_moogle
06-20-2017, 11:26 PM
I'd give this a go if I had a PC or laptop but alas...I do not. Maybe one day :) It was a good idea to base it off this site, bet you had a lot of fun making it!

Psychotic
06-20-2017, 11:37 PM
Just got home from work. After downloading and looking at the files maybe I will create a cheat trainer.... no I won't do that.... would I?Good luck with that one, I can barely understand half the things I did when I look at the files and I made them! There may actually be an in built cheat in the game though, sorry!
I'm stuck on the Sephex boss battle - where are the jerk crystals that you have to destroy?They appear when his HP is reduced to a certain percentage. I can't remember what that is and I'm on my phone in bed so can't check, but I feel like the first one should pop up around 60% health left. Give or take!

Del Murder
06-21-2017, 12:47 AM
I'm stuck on the Sephex boss battle - where are the jerk crystals that you have to destroy?
You just have to think about them, really hard, and they will appear. If they aren't there you haven't thought about them hard enough.

Freya
06-21-2017, 01:55 AM
Holy shit.

Fox' anime girl move 9999x3'd raistlin

krissy
06-21-2017, 02:03 AM
http://i.imgur.com/xw2xyvr.png

krissy
06-21-2017, 02:06 AM
rofl i speak in lowercase

brilliant

FFNut
06-21-2017, 02:21 AM
Well shall we begin!

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krissy
06-21-2017, 02:34 AM
all the music so far is great too good job everyone

theundeadhero
06-21-2017, 02:48 AM
One of my attacks was named Horror House :heart: When you started talking about how I couldn't hear well it reminded me of old usernote conversations where I talked about how sometimes my ears fall off. And I'm busy summoning a sorceress? hmmm.

krissy
06-21-2017, 02:58 AM
I'm stuck on the Sephex boss battle - where are the jerk crystals that you have to destroy?They appear when his HP is reduced to a certain percentage. I can't remember what that is and I'm on my phone in bed so can't check, but I feel like the first one should pop up around 60% health left. Give or take!

i got the crystal status on my peeps at the beginning of the battle and there's no way i can take him out in 8 rounds

krissy
06-21-2017, 03:07 AM
i think i found a solution let me get back to you

it involves killing everyone in the party

Sephex
06-21-2017, 03:27 AM
Man, I was pretty busy today, but I intend on playing it after work tomorrow! Can't wait.




















Ever think of the jerk hole?

theundeadhero
06-21-2017, 03:42 AM
Sephex was a tough fight. Here's what I used to beat him:

Freya~ Wyvern Strike/Quick Jump
Nut~ Piercing Strike/ Circular Swing
Fox~ Darkga/ Drain
Bubba~ Power Ballad/Gifted Symphony
Fynn~ Curaga/Raise

It was close. Three of my party were dead, but Nut and Freya limit breaks were crucial. Good luck!

Lyndis Highwind
06-21-2017, 04:28 AM
This game is tons of fun! Thinking up a different strategy for every boss fight has been really fun. Also the puns are great.

Fynn
06-21-2017, 05:12 AM
all the music so far is great too good job everyone

I think so far the only original tracks have been my town and shop theme, though I don't know how far in you got :p


Though I may have directed Psy to the FFIII boss theme remix I found on YouTube that you fight theundeadhero to :shifty:

Anyway, wish me luck! Imma try to beat Wolf Kanno again!

EDIT: Also, one thing came to mind - I think it's pretty safe to assume everyone who is a player character in the game is using themselves as the leader, but what about all you other guys? Who do you pick? Do you just swap them around?

Lyndis Highwind
06-21-2017, 05:51 AM
I swap them around. My team is always changing, so the leader is never set.

Fynn
06-21-2017, 06:33 AM
Wolf Kanno went down pretty easily this time! A team of Fynn, Psy, Shauna, Nut and Freya did the trick!

Fynn
06-21-2017, 07:00 AM
OK, the next boss went down without a hitch

Psychotic
06-21-2017, 08:01 AM
I'm stuck on the Sephex boss battle - where are the jerk crystals that you have to destroy?They appear when his HP is reduced to a certain percentage. I can't remember what that is and I'm on my phone in bed so can't check, but I feel like the first one should pop up around 60% health left. Give or take!

i got the crystal status on my peeps at the beginning of the battle and there's no way i can take him out in 8 roundsWhen the crystal shows up, when you smash it it'll reset your timer. Just gotta burst him really hard over the start of the fight. Dark damage (and in particular drain abilities) are your friend, although I recommend against Freya because she's not good at quick damage.
OK, the next boss went down without a hitchYeah, that one is probably the easiest one.

Fynn
06-21-2017, 08:09 AM
I actually got him with Freya! Just don't jump when he does the thing and makes you think about it.

So the breather boss is out of the way. So far the really challenging ones were Sephex and Wolf Kanno. But I noticed that when you change around your setups, they don't get just slightly easier - you just win. In that way, it's pretty much the same type of difficulty as SMT or Dark Souls - you go in, die, take notes, and try again. It's fun.

Psychotic
06-21-2017, 08:12 AM
That is exactly what I'm shooting for, yes! Although way easier than those games, I want everyone to win on their second or third try at worst. I've never game overed to 5 or 6, but 6 especially with all the statuses provides a little bit of a punch even if you know what you're doing.

I think once you get the game and how it works you can get through most of the rest without game overs, especially with power creep, so don't lose heart if Sephex and Kanno are pounding you!

Scruffington
06-21-2017, 08:44 AM
So I can't actually unzip the game, apparently?

I keep getting an "Unknown or corrupt image file!" error.

Fynn
06-21-2017, 08:46 AM
Well that doesn't sound good!

Psychotic
06-21-2017, 08:58 AM
So I can't actually unzip the game, apparently?

I keep getting an "Unknown or corrupt image file!" error.Weird, I don't think anyone else has had that issue. What are you using to unzip it? Maybe try a different program?

Scruffington
06-21-2017, 09:19 AM
So I can't actually unzip the game, apparently?

I keep getting an "Unknown or corrupt image file!" error.Weird, I don't think anyone else has had that issue. What are you using to unzip it? Maybe try a different program?

WinRAR.

Fynn
06-21-2017, 09:25 AM
Try 7zip!

Psychotic
06-21-2017, 09:31 AM
Doubly weird then as that's what I used to make the file. I'm at work right now so can't check it out.

Try some of the stuff here: https://www.neowin.net/forum/topic/258852-how-to-fix-a-corrupt-rar-file/

Failing that, usual stuff like redownloading the file and using 7zip instead of WinRAR are worth a go.

Bubba
06-21-2017, 09:43 AM
http://i.imgur.com/xw2xyvr.png

Accurate

Scruffington
06-21-2017, 09:45 AM
Okay cool, 7zip worked!

Fynn
06-21-2017, 09:50 AM
Woohoo!

Now don't make my mistake and PLEASE set up steal item for yourself! There's tons of stuff you can steal and you're really good at it!

theundeadhero
06-21-2017, 10:02 AM
The last fight feels very... adaptive. I've been at it a while now, and every time I change up the strategy they change as well. I'm not sure its intentional, but ughghhh.

Psychotic
06-21-2017, 10:04 AM
The last fight feels very... adaptive. I've been at it a while now, and every time I change up the strategy they change as well. I'm not sure its intentional, but ughghhh.When you say "the last fight", you're not on the final boss already are you?!

There is only one adaptive boss, by the way. And I think it'll be obvious who and what it is and why, and it's also the quickest and easiest fight there is xD

theundeadhero
06-21-2017, 10:07 AM
Have been for a few hours, yeah.

Psychotic
06-21-2017, 10:11 AM
Have been for a few hours, yeah.Dude nice work! No, that boss does not adapt. My advice is to try to hit some of the status effects, you should have plenty of room to make sure all four are possible. Draw Fire is also pretty useful in physical stages, I think stage 3 especially. Also if there's any phase shift that's been giving you grief, save up your best limits for that and burst through it to get onto the next one.

Fynn
06-21-2017, 10:43 AM
Can we put a playlist of the soundtrack of this game on our channel? A lot of these remixes are insanely good and I have no idea where they came from

Psychotic
06-21-2017, 10:49 AM
Can we put a playlist of the soundtrack of this game on our channel? A lot of these remixes are insanely good and I have no idea where they came fromWhich remixes?

Fynn
06-21-2017, 11:00 AM
Like the fifth boss battle theme

Psychotic
06-21-2017, 11:02 AM
You won't like the answer to that Fynn :greenie:

Fynn
06-21-2017, 11:23 AM
Why are you making me this big fat RK hater? I said it's fine, just not for me! :mad2:

theundeadhero
06-21-2017, 11:56 AM
Okay, it was the second to last boss, and that monster was hard.

Shauna
06-21-2017, 12:16 PM
I just wanted to shout out to the EoFF arcade gravestone. I had legit forgotten this was once a feature of this place.

Psychotic
06-21-2017, 12:16 PM
Okay, it was the second to last boss, and that monster was hard.My advice probably made no sense.

Perhaps the easiest way for me to find out who you mean: Did the boss have music from FFV or FFVI?

Fynn
06-21-2017, 12:20 PM
shuna pls

http://i1145.photobucket.com/albums/o509/Paplyk/IMG_7224.jpg

theundeadhero
06-21-2017, 12:52 PM
I did it! I cleared the tower and now I'm the savior of EOFF and protector of the realm. Aw God, does that mean I'm a Cid's Knight again:onoes:

Psychotic
06-21-2017, 12:58 PM
I did it! I cleared the tower and now I'm the savior of EOFF and protector of the realm. Aw God, does that mean I'm a Cid's Knight again:onoes:YES.

Although it's not over yet, of course. Now you have to leave the tower and go out into the desert! Or as I like to call it, the Open World section of the game because that's trendy. I'm curious if anyone has actually been out there yet, even by accident. krissy and VTG did some great music for out there too.

Night Fury
06-21-2017, 01:05 PM
Haven't had a chance to play yet or download - can anyone tell me if Pheesh is in this? Also what is my class in the battle? ��

Psychotic
06-21-2017, 01:07 PM
Haven't had a chance to play yet or download - can anyone tell me if Pheesh is in this? Also what is my class in the battle? ��Yes, he is. You may miss him, but he is located not too far from you. Your battle has sort of a mini team of three: one physical, one magical and your good self, a hybrid of the two.

Night Fury
06-21-2017, 01:09 PM
Ahhh he will be excited to hear it!

Does he happen to say 'peace out and :rock:!' ?

Psychotic
06-21-2017, 01:10 PM
Haha, no sadly eternal essence does not make an appearance. I suspect he won't be thrilled when he sees what has happened to him, but as you are responsible for his state you may get a little chuckle.

FFNut
06-21-2017, 01:10 PM
I have played a bit of it but haven't got a chance to sit down with t yet. May get that chance tonight. I like it so far.

Fynn
06-21-2017, 04:05 PM
So I kind of have a teeny tiny minor gripe. Unless it's a limit break, characters can't get past the damage limit. But if they hit a target with their weakness, they deal either max damage or near max damage. Getting their attack power up at that point seems kind of pointless, so I've honestly never found a use for Bubba so far. My idea of balancing this would be to either limit the overall damage dealt, or let beefed up characters go over the damage limit.

But of course, I could be dead wrong and it's your game, but I just thought this could be a useful idea to throw out there :monster:

krissy
06-21-2017, 04:17 PM
When the crystal shows up, when you smash it it'll reset your timer. Just gotta burst him really hard over the start of the fight. Dark damage (and in particular drain abilities) are your friend, although I recommend against Freya because she's not good at quick damage.

he casts reflect that lasts for the same 8 turns that my pink orbs over my guys last for! is there a status element im affected by im not aware of? cause they all get doomed right after the pink balls over their heads reach 0

Psychotic
06-21-2017, 04:21 PM
No no, it's a fair point. I would really like a discussion about the battle system, balancing, strengths, weaknesses and so on, as this is only Version 1. More to come. But I also think it's a conversation best timed for a few days from now once all is said and done. There are ideas for future endeavours, I think.

To give you a quick hot take on that though, I do find Bubba's boost to be incredibly useful myself. If we zero in on weaknesses then of course the impact will be relatively negligible. Where it shines is on multi-hit skills and non-elemental ones. Nut's Wild Swipes, for example, or Scruffington's Thief's Revenge. Plus it also just raises the generic damage of more general utility skills like Formy's breaks and drain abilities. Plus naturally the impact on the two damage limit breaking limit breaks (...what the hell did I just type) is sublime. But, more anon, perhaps.

Psychotic
06-21-2017, 04:24 PM
When the crystal shows up, when you smash it it'll reset your timer. Just gotta burst him really hard over the start of the fight. Dark damage (and in particular drain abilities) are your friend, although I recommend against Freya because she's not good at quick damage.

he casts reflect that lasts for the same 8 turns that my pink orbs over my guys last for! is there a status element im affected by im not aware of? cause they all get doomed right after the pink balls over their heads reach 0Ah right. Yeah, the pink balls are a doom countdown. You need to smash Sephex down to 60 or 65%ish health before they hit 0. Either use dispel (Fynn has it and Psychotic has Banishing Blade which also does it) to take his reflect away, or use physical Dark attacks and ignore reflect. Shauna's Drain Strike and Nut's Furious Reckoning both fit that bill.

krissy
06-21-2017, 04:43 PM
oh nice good call

Sephiroth
06-21-2017, 05:06 PM
GODDAMMIT

BUBBA IS THE MOST POWERFUL BEING IN THE UNIVERSE

FRENETIC BEAT IS OVERPOWERED

Fynn
06-21-2017, 05:09 PM
Damn it I need to put him in my party already!

Psychotic
06-21-2017, 05:15 PM
So all it takes is one caps lock post and you do a total u-turn on him? :colbert:

Sephiroth is right, by the way. Frenetic Beat is one of the best abilities in the game. I actually meant to put it at 4 uses, not 5, but there you go. Enjoy.

theundeadhero
06-21-2017, 05:19 PM
I've beat down three of the hidden bosses so far. That laugh is creepy. And perfect. I also found all three of the things the lady asked me to find, but didn't get anything for it. Do I have to take out the fourth boss in the tent first, too?

Psychotic
06-21-2017, 05:21 PM
I've beat down three of the hidden bosses so far. That laugh is creepy. And perfect. I also found all three of the things the lady asked me to find, but didn't get anything for it. Do I have to take out the fourth boss in the tent first, too?You should have gotten a thing from the lady for finding those other three things, and then the thing she gives you lets you fight another.

The laugh is an actual recording of the person in question.

Fynn
06-21-2017, 05:33 PM
So all it takes is one caps lock post and you do a total u-turn on him? :colbert:

Sephiroth is right, by the way. Frenetic Beat is one of the best abilities in the game. I actually meant to put it at 4 uses, not 5, but there you go. Enjoy.

I mean, you can't argue that Seph doesn't make a compelling argument

theundeadhero
06-21-2017, 05:33 PM
After looking for them again I've notice you have to find them in a certain order. Got it now!

Psychotic
06-21-2017, 05:37 PM
After looking for them again I've notice you have to find them in a certain order. Got it now!Oh, huh. That... shouldn't be a thing. They should all just add +1 to your "found thing" count and when it hits 3, you're good. I may have to look into that!

theundeadhero
06-21-2017, 05:44 PM
I'm not sure exactly what it is. After I started the quest I interacted with one every time I saw it, then the game randomly decided to say "hey, there's the first one" at one of them. It may have somehow not started before, as well. Totally possible to be standing in the wrong spot when you turn the quest in and get stuck, though :p

Sephiroth
06-21-2017, 05:44 PM
AHAHAHAHAHA!

I KILLED EDGAR BEFORE HE COULD CAST HASTE ON KANNO!

TAKE THAT YOU JERKHOLE!

Fynn
06-21-2017, 05:47 PM
please don't bring up the jerkhole

Psychotic
06-21-2017, 05:47 PM
Totally possible to be standing in the wrong spot when you turn the quest in and get stuck, though :pI just had that happen testing it out.

I'm going to release an important bug PSA. You can become trapped inside of a snowman. Should this occur, please utilise fast travel to escape from the situation. I am sincerely sorry and will patch this out.

Psychotic
06-21-2017, 05:50 PM
I'm trying to recreate your other bug, but can't. All three items are identical and are copy pasted. So there's definitely no order to them. I am slightly confused! Did you find and interact one before speaking to the quest giver? That does create unique dialogue so maybe that's the root cause.

Sephiroth
06-21-2017, 05:50 PM
Damnit, Wolf Kanno is a cheater. Even without Haste he is still too fast. Maybe I should have bought stuff instead of just going with my initial equipment.

theundeadhero
06-21-2017, 05:50 PM
It let me retest the quest, at least. This time it let me start at a different one, so just a random one-off bug :shrug:

Edit: Yeah, I had found one before talking to her initially, but it was before the save I loaded after getting stuck, so who knows.

Sephiroth
06-21-2017, 06:16 PM
GO TO HELL KANNO! YOU AND YOUR CURSED WOLF CANOE CHEATER SUBLIMELY MAGNIFICENT JECHT SHOT MARK III ATTACK!!!!

FEEL THE WRATH OF SHAUNA'S MOULIN ROUGE!!! VOULEZ VOUS COUCHER AVEC MOI CESSOIR!!! (No)

http://www.bilder-upload.eu/upload/c65445-1498065609.png

Fynn
06-21-2017, 06:24 PM
lol u needed all those buffs?

Sephiroth
06-21-2017, 06:28 PM
Not really "needed". I just happened to use them to make quicker. He tended to overuse the Wolf Canoe move in the last fights so I just use the buffs that much this time. Don't forget I have starting equipment. The only non-starting equipment I have used for that battle was the 50% Earth Ring once I did not want to do that anymore.

Psychotic
06-21-2017, 06:29 PM
What kind of monster doesn't use buffs?

Sephiroth
06-21-2017, 06:30 PM
What kind of monster doesn't use buffs?

Look at his avatar then you know it.

Fynn
06-21-2017, 06:32 PM
What kind of monster doesn't use buffs?

Look at his avatar then you know it.

So the adorable kind

Wolf Kanno
06-21-2017, 06:36 PM
GO TO HELL KANNO! YOU AND YOUR CURSED WOLF CANOE CHEATER SUBLIMELY MAGNIFICENT JECHT SHOT MARK III ATTACK!!!!

FEEL THE WRATH OF SHAUNA'S MOULIN ROUGE!!! VOULEZ VOUS COUCHER AVEC MOI CESSOIR!!! (No)

http://www.bilder-upload.eu/upload/c65445-1498065609.png

I've always loved the film Moulin Rouge, so I'm pretty content with this outcome. :wcanoe:

Fynn
06-21-2017, 06:40 PM
Seph


Why aren't you using a white mage

theundeadhero
06-21-2017, 06:43 PM
There's only one thing that can be said about your super secret ending that both describes it well and fits in with the history of EOFF, it was overall rather brillian.

Psychotic
06-21-2017, 06:48 PM
theundeadhero is our first winner! Out of curiosity what sorts of shards did you use the most?

Sephiroth
06-21-2017, 07:06 PM
Seph


Why aren't you using a white mage

Cause you were useless when I had you in my team, Scruffington can heal himself with his attack, Bubba can heal a bit when necessary and Freya can heal the big damage with a LIMIT Break when necessary.

Fynn
06-21-2017, 07:07 PM
That is so rude

Sephiroth
06-21-2017, 07:11 PM
That is so rude

If being useless in my team is rude then why don't you stop with it?

theundeadhero
06-21-2017, 07:12 PM
I used the basic starter shards for most of the game. It wasn't until the special bosses that I changed it up. For some I had Psy with basic SWD damage, Nut and Freya with superstartpower thingy, then Bubba and Fynn with stronger heals. Another variation I frequently used was Shauna instead of Bubba. Our laughing buddy was the first fight I used three mega-shards, giving one to Psy as well, so that two of the adds were gone by early second turn, and the third was often dispelled. Desert tent battle was the only one I used four on, adding it to Bubba to use at the start.

Bubba and Fynn were my most used characters. Shauna was the character I would swap Bubba out with if I needed an additional big heal instead of a smaller AOE one. I used Psy in about half the fights of the game. My early party was significantly different to my late game one. Early one I used Scruffington for thieving and either Fox or Pumpkin depending on the fight, or sometimes both. By late game Freya's and Nut's limit breaks were too strong to ignore. I used Life Siphon to build them up quickly, which I later adapted into my Psy strategy, too.

The hardest fight was the one just after reaching the key, which took me several hours.

Del Murder
06-21-2017, 07:21 PM
I am seriously contemplating how much trouble I'd get in at work for downloading and running this thing. I'm hoping a particular character is included in some way and that there is some super ultimate boss or quest involving my favorite EoFF group of all time.

Scruffington
06-21-2017, 07:26 PM
I only beat the first enemy, but this game is actually really well done. I really didn't expect it to be this endearing tbh.

I'll have to play more when I'm not running on 24+ hours without sleep. :P

Psychotic
06-21-2017, 07:30 PM
I am seriously contemplating how much trouble I'd get in at work for downloading and running this thing. I'm hoping a particular character is included in some way and that there is some super ultimate boss or quest involving my favorite EoFF group of all time.Yes, eestlinc is in the game.

Sephiroth
06-21-2017, 07:48 PM
FYNN I GAVE YOU A FAIR CHANCE AND YOU DISAPPOINTED ME!

I DON'T UNDERSTAND THIS, HOW USELESS CAN A SINGLE PERSON BE TO LOSE TO A LITTLE BLONDE GIRL!

Fynn
06-21-2017, 07:57 PM
How is that even possible? I'm the single most crucial member of my party??

Psychotic
06-21-2017, 08:00 PM
Seriously. I never leave home without Formy or Fynn.

I'm probably going to add a new white mage in as DLC tho

Vincent, Thunder God
06-21-2017, 08:06 PM
I've encountered a weird bug - I'm trying to equip the Dispel skill on Fynn just before the Sephex battle but after I do that I can't leave the equip skill menu when pressing ESC - I can leave the menu before equipping the skill, but after I equip it ESC won't work - I kind of need that skill too for this boss battle so not sure what to do other than try reloading an earlier save and changing the skill then.

Fynn
06-21-2017, 08:07 PM
You can also use Psy's banishing blade

Psychotic
06-21-2017, 08:10 PM
I've encountered a weird bug - I'm trying to equip the Dispel skill on Fynn just before the Sephex battle but after I do that I can't leave the equip skill menu when pressing ESC - I can leave the menu before equipping the skill, but after I equip it ESC won't work - I kind of need that skill too for this boss battle so not sure what to do other than try reloading an earlier save and changing the skill then.Did you equip it instead of a limit? You can only equip two skills and two limits.

Vincent, Thunder God
06-21-2017, 08:12 PM
Hmm, exact same thing happens when I try to equip Psy's Banishing Blade- maybe there's a bug right before battles where you can't change skills?

EDIT: Ah, you're right Psy, that's what it was - time to give the boss battle another try! :)

EDIT 2: Lol the jerk crystal appeared and then the doom spell activated right after.

It seems that Psy's Banishing Blade works to remove the Reflect spell but Fynn's Dispel reflects back onto Fynn. I'm still trying to find a party that can make the jerk crystal appear in time to destroy it.

Psychotic
06-21-2017, 08:30 PM
So here's our official bug list, which will be fixed when I first patch it. I have also mentioned methods of temporarily avoiding them. Big thanks to theundeadhero in particular for a couple of these!


Main character becomes stuck if you skip through the intro. FIX: Watch the intro and let the camera pan down.
You can become stuck in a snowman following a sidequest. FIX: Fast travel to teleport out!
Raistlin's text is half-finished, talking about accidental fires. FIX: Kill Raistlin, then you'll never have to look at it again
The Ring of Storms and Venomsward Talisman accessories can't be equipped. FIX: There isn't one yet :( But neither is *critical*!


Edit: Fynn's Dispel should not be affected by reflect. Oops!

Sephiroth
06-21-2017, 08:35 PM
Tah, I thought I would auto-win by defeating Raistlin but Shlup just stood there waiting for Fox' doom to run out.

Fynn
06-21-2017, 08:42 PM
Sephiroth you're about to encounter yourself and it's glorious

Sephiroth
06-21-2017, 08:51 PM
Now look at this asshole lecturing me, thinking he is me. What a cheap knockoff.

http://www.bilder-upload.eu/upload/93189c-1498074769.png

Sephiroth
06-21-2017, 09:00 PM
Doesn't even make sense, I did exactly that. Obviously another failed replica.

Psychotic
06-21-2017, 09:05 PM
Doesn't even make sense, I did exactly that. Obviously another failed replica.He has a number tattoo. #15.

Sephiroth
06-21-2017, 09:59 PM
So Tifa's Boobs uses Tifa's as boosts censored boobs.

Oh, Psychotic. You cannot be left alone for 5 minutes.

Psychotic
06-21-2017, 10:07 PM
Not a censor so much as yet another pun. She boosts herself. Thus, Tifa's Boosts. Anyway, you're getting pretty far so I'd be grateful if you could keep the names of the next few bosses secret for everyone for a while! ;)

Sephiroth
06-22-2017, 12:36 AM
Well, not a censor. But you surely admit you would not have given her boost the name without her being called Tifa's Boobs. But you pretty much said it with "pun" anyway.

Slothy
06-22-2017, 01:29 AM
When the crystal shows up, when you smash it it'll reset your timer. Just gotta burst him really hard over the start of the fight. Dark damage (and in particular drain abilities) are your friend, although I recommend against Freya because she's not good at quick damage.

he casts reflect that lasts for the same 8 turns that my pink orbs over my guys last for! is there a status element im affected by im not aware of? cause they all get doomed right after the pink balls over their heads reach 0Ah right. Yeah, the pink balls are a doom countdown. You need to smash Sephex down to 60 or 65%ish health before they hit 0. Either use dispel (Fynn has it and Psychotic has Banishing Blade which also does it) to take his reflect away, or use physical Dark attacks and ignore reflect. Shauna's Drain Strike and Nut's Furious Reckoning both fit that bill.

No idea why but in my game Sephex reflects dispel from Fynn. You can imagine the eye twitching when I tried to get rid of it for the first time.

Sephiroth
06-22-2017, 01:37 AM
I never even bothered about his Reflect.

Sephex
06-22-2017, 02:10 AM
Psychotic, the game is fantastic and everything, but why did you put his cutscene in of your personal home videos? I felt that kind of derailed the story and experience a bit.

https://streamable.com/59t0

KleinerKiller
06-22-2017, 06:07 AM
I am very eager to play this if and when it's ported for OSX.

Am I actually in it

Fynn
06-22-2017, 06:37 AM
Yes

Fynn
06-22-2017, 07:22 AM
Just beat the triumvirate at floor 8. They were super easy. But maybe tha't just because I went into the fight with Formy. He was pretty much perfect for that battle.

Night Fury
06-22-2017, 07:27 AM
:(

i downloaded and unzipped the file but it just won't open the .exe

Psychotic
06-22-2017, 07:29 AM
:(

i downloaded and unzipped the file but it just won't open the .exeTry right clicking and run as administrator. You may need to do a restart first though.

Night Fury
06-22-2017, 07:33 AM
Got a pop up and clicked yes and nothing after that :( looks like it's not meant to be

Psychotic
06-22-2017, 07:46 AM
Here's another thing to try. If you open up the folder you'll see one called www. You'll see a html file in there called index.html. Open that and see if you can run it that way? Like I said though, a restart may be needed!

Failing that, try updating your graphics driver.

Psychotic
06-22-2017, 08:11 AM
Patch 1 released

Download here. (https://www.dropbox.com/s/bt4urgspmimjoq0/Death%20of%20a%20Fansite%20Patch%201.rar?dl=0)

Patch notes:

Fixed bug that meant players got stuck if they skipped through the intro
Fixed bug that meant the Ring of Storms and Venomsward Talisman could not be equipped. Sadly, existing copies of these items on your current save files will still be broken. New ones that are acquired will work however.
Fixed bug that saw Fynn's Dispel ability be affected by the Reflect status.
Fixed bug that saw players getting stuck inside a snowman.
Fixed broken Raistlin 2nd Floor description text.


To install, simply extract the contained "Death of a Fansite" folder to the directory in which you have installed the game. ie, if you installed it to My Documents, extract the files to My Documents. It should ask you if you want to overwrite five files. Say yes to all.

Failing this, you can manually install it - there are just 5 .json files to install. If you follow the directories you should see they belong in Death of a Fansite\www\data.

I have updated the download link in the OP so that the full game download is patched. Therefore if you downloaded it after I made this post, you don't need to install the patch as it is pre-installed.

Night Fury
06-22-2017, 09:33 AM
Fuck off christmas

Psychotic
06-22-2017, 09:37 AM
Do I take that to mean all is good? :p

Also I have just realised that literally nobody who has played this game will understand why Old Manus is a swan.

theundeadhero
06-22-2017, 09:44 AM
I didn't!

Working on testing the game for patch 1.3 for you. Have a notepad with a list of some things so far, but I'll let you know when its done. I didn't expect 1.2 to come out so fast, or would have let you know earlier!

Fynn
06-22-2017, 09:49 AM
IS it because Christmas drew him like that?

Loony BoB
06-22-2017, 10:26 AM
Subscribing to this thread to remind myself to get the game. But won't be reading posts because omg spoilers.

PS. I will probably stream it on Twitch.

theundeadhero
06-22-2017, 10:30 AM
OMG, I didn't find the Luv Luv book on my first playthrough :gasp:

Night Fury
06-22-2017, 12:22 PM
Just beat floor 10 wooooo

also found pheesh

Psychotic
06-22-2017, 12:48 PM
Just beat floor 10 wooooo

also found pheeshHow did the real one take the news of his... condition?

krissy
06-22-2017, 02:49 PM
OMG, I didn't find the Luv Luv book on my first playthrough :gasp:

this was great
merry xmas

Night Fury
06-22-2017, 03:50 PM
Just beat floor 10 wooooo

also found pheeshHow did the real one take the news of his... condition?

He found it funny.

Anyway, I gave this a good couple of hours this afternoon and am really enjoying it. My favourite party characters are Scruff and Nut! I like Scruff's Limit Break, and who doesn't love the Oil Rig?!

This is really, really well done Psy.


I also laughed waaaaaaay too much at Raistlin's giant head floating through the clouds - and his Euphoric Eugene move!.

Also loved my moves - I did find that battle really easy though, but it gave me a great strategy that I took to the 10th floor which made that battle very easy :)


ANNNNND nice choice of music for the Witches battle :D

Fynn
06-22-2017, 04:00 PM
Oh yeah, that fit perfectly! Agreed! :D

Psychotic
06-22-2017, 04:08 PM
I honestly found the trio to be pretty hard and I had to sleep them what the hell are you all doing to them?! Like my design ethos with that battle was "you need to put them to sleep and focus on one at a time or else the damage taken will be too much" but clearly i failed xD

Although I did have to nerf them as they were too powerful when I was testing (you'll notice they all have set moves which don't do damage for turn 1 - that's why) so maybe my memories are of god mode trio, idk

Fynn
06-22-2017, 04:11 PM
Formy used Sleep buster on two of them, then full break on the remaining one. Psy used Protectga, Shauna used Shellga. I used Holy and everyone else just focused on the one awake with their best attacks . Rinse and repeat.

Night Fury
06-22-2017, 04:11 PM
I used the sleep song and hit them one at a time in Jinx, Auly, Me - equipped Fynn with Holy and Psy with banishing blade and his other holy move and used Nut's limit break :)

Psychotic
06-22-2017, 04:12 PM
Oh so you all ARE doing what I wanted. Okay! Fair enough then xD

Night Fury
06-22-2017, 04:14 PM
Christmas and Jiro have been the two hardest for me so far. It took me a while to get limit breaks lined up to take him out at 35%.

Fynn
06-22-2017, 04:15 PM
Psy knows what state I was in during the Jiro fight

Psychotic
06-22-2017, 04:25 PM
Actually for the Trio, I think where I went wrong was upping the chances of sleep. You have a 50% chance of putting them to sleep. I should've had it at anywhere between 25-40% on reflection. Maybe I'll fix that in a patch! The idea behind having a lower chance is to have the player desperately trying to survive while praying that they can land sleep, but I also didn't want it to be too heavily dependent on RNG and players losing for no other reason than bad luck. Of course, you can't entirely avoid RNG and nor should you try, it's about finding a balance.

I'm interested that #5 gave you trouble! I assume the counters and the blinds did that.

With #7, he was entirely too weak during testing and could be sneezed out of you way. He has some of the lowest stats, and I think his rage mode activated at 30% health and gave a 135% stat boost. I upped the health it took to trigger it, and he now gets a whopping 167% boost I believe. That's why Formy with his stacking debuffs (and indeed Water elemental limit break) is critical for that fight.

Sephiroth
06-22-2017, 10:30 PM
Lol.

Final Floor and I spotted the option to equip other skills. I already wondered why others had less trouble and how they used the other abilities they mentioned.

I must be pretty good to have made it this far. And I spotted skills that make Fynn better! Congrats, Fynn!

Slothy
06-22-2017, 11:26 PM
Lol.

Final Floor and I spotted the option to equip other skills. I already wondered why others had less trouble and how they used the other abilities they mentioned.

I must be pretty good to have made it this far. And I spotted skills that make Fynn better! Congrats, Fynn!

Holy shit snacks!

Del Murder
06-23-2017, 02:09 AM
I have started this game! Love Fwab. ;) Also, yay I see me!

Pheesh
06-23-2017, 02:31 AM
I played a little bit of Tara's playthrough and watched for about an hour or so. I think I'll probably do a run through of my own in the next couple days, seems like a lot of fun.

I loved the weapon named after me as well!

Marshall Banana
06-23-2017, 03:48 AM
Someone, please do a "Let's Play!"

Psychotic
06-23-2017, 04:40 AM
Lol.

Final Floor and I spotted the option to equip other skills. I already wondered why others had less trouble and how they used the other abilities they mentioned.

I must be pretty good to have made it this far. And I spotted skills that make Fynn better! Congrats, Fynn!How in the actual fuck did you do that xD well done, very impressive!

A couple of people mentioned they had no idea you had to change skills so there's lessons to be learned as a Dev there. I thought I went overboard in telling people in game they could and should change skills but it seems I did the opposite!

Anyway I should totally add Sephiroth DLC where he only has two skills and can't equip any more!

Dignified Pauper
06-23-2017, 04:53 AM
I'm gonna need to play this when I get my laptop powered on someday... I've been using my Chromebook near exclusively anymore.


Someone, please do a "Let's Play!"



I fully support this.

Night Fury
06-23-2017, 04:58 AM
Not sure if this is relevant to you Psy, but when I used Bubba's skill that allows you to transfer LB - it didn't do what I thought it did? Possibly bad description or dud skill

I used it on Shauna - thinking it would transfer what Bubba had filled up in his LB bar and give it to her to take her to 100% - but it just wiped off her whole LB bar - no other stats changed - no health increases on anyone.

Psychotic
06-23-2017, 05:07 AM
That's weird because you're right, that's exactly what it's meant to do and indeed what it's always done during testing. Let me know if it happens again please!

I'll look to it. I wonder if it pushed the limit above max and it looped around to zero. If others could also share experiences with Gifted Symphony I'd be grateful!

Del Murder
06-23-2017, 05:07 AM
I like that a certain somebody changes what he says after you beat a boss. :D

Psychotic
06-23-2017, 05:10 AM
I like that a certain somebody changes what he says after you beat a boss. :DEverything happens for a reason.

Del Murder
06-23-2017, 05:17 AM
Through floor 4, and this is brilliant. Love the FFVI trivia section. I was able to go into the background in Floor 4. Not sure if this was an intended secret path but I didn't find anything. :(

EDIT: I was also able to walk through the wall by the locked door on Floor 5. Loved this floor, Denmark is so cute!

Fynn
06-23-2017, 05:27 AM
I'm at the final boss. I could probably beat him easily if switched people around but I'm too lazy for that :p

Psychotic
06-23-2017, 05:45 AM
Through floor 4, and this is brilliant. Love the FFVI trivia section. I was able to go into the background in Floor 4. Not sure if this was an intended secret path but I didn't find anything. :(

EDIT: I was also able to walk through the wall by the locked door on Floor 5. Loved this floor, Denmark is so cute!
Oh dear! I'm not sure how you're managing this! But hey enjoy your wall hack I guess.

Del Murder
06-23-2017, 05:47 AM
I think it's just because I check out everything because I want to see all the witty comments there are. This next battle is...something.

krissy
06-23-2017, 06:05 AM
lol steam sfx

Del Murder
06-23-2017, 06:19 AM
Jiro's dialogue could have literally been lifted from staff forum discussions.

Psychotic
06-23-2017, 06:23 AM
Jiro's dialogue could have literally been lifted from staff forum discussions.Maybe it was. ;)

Fynn
06-23-2017, 06:25 AM
In my game, after the battle it was Pumpkin that made fun of him and that was just perfect

theundeadhero
06-23-2017, 06:51 AM
I've found some locations where you can walk past things you shouldn't, Psy. Two more are on Sephex's floor and the witch level. It'll all be in the notes I send you after I finish the game again. Fairly close, now, so maybe by tomorrow.

theundeadhero
06-23-2017, 06:59 AM
I also meant to mention something about Bubba's Gifted Symphony.

I kinda assumed the LB would be cumulative and add whatever Bubba had to the person I was transferring it to. A player had slightly less than 3/4 of the bar full and Bubba had slightly less than 1/4. When I used the ability, it just replaced the mostly full bar with Bubba's mostly empty bar.

Del Murder
06-23-2017, 07:00 AM
Ok, Floor 8 is my favorite!

Psychotic
06-23-2017, 07:01 AM
...I just realised I have been painting "NPCs can't go here" instead of "Players can't go here" everywhere :lol: So that explains the walking into walls! It was designed to keep certain animal elements from either escaping their confines or alternatively blocking players into tiny spaces.

Psychotic
06-23-2017, 07:14 AM
I figured out the Gifted Symphony issue too. It's set to SET User Limit Bar to Bubba's rather than ADD to User Limit Bar. That'll be fixed in the patch, but for now I would recommend only using it on people who have a lower limit bar than his.

Thanks for the heads up, folks!

Del Murder
06-23-2017, 07:52 AM
Well, I beat it. Odd that Raistlin was the last boss, but the ending was great so who cares? I wonder what happens if you pick that second option at the end there? I'm guessing automatic game over or something. No worries though, that's obviously the end so everything is as it should be. Fine game, Psychotic. Great work overall.

Fynn
06-23-2017, 07:56 AM
So one thing I noticed, Psy

After you beat Del and Loony BoB comes to you and reveals all, if you have followers turned on, he just walks over them to reach you. I know this is kind of a limitation of the engine, but maybe he could, idk, approach you from the side? Might be less dramatic but it definitely mitigates some of the awkwardness.

Psychotic
06-23-2017, 08:00 AM
So one thing I noticed, Psy

After you beat Del and Loony BoB comes to you and reveals all, if you have followers turned on, he just walks over them to reach you. I know this is kind of a limitation of the engine, but maybe he could, idk, approach you from the side? Might be less dramatic but it definitely mitigates some of the awkwardness.Hahahaha, that sounds hilarious.

You can actually do a "Gather followers" command so that they all come and stand on the same tile as the main character. I'll put that in and that should sort that out nicely.

Sephiroth
06-23-2017, 09:28 AM
My replica is still an annoying fool.

Bubba
06-23-2017, 09:51 AM
Someone, please do a "Let's Play!"

This


:colbert:

:doublecolbert:

:freybert:

theundeadhero
06-23-2017, 10:20 AM
Finished testing things up past the last boss. Still have the desert to test, but here's a list for you. I would have PM'd it, but that would be a long message and you can't attach files to PMs.

Psychotic
06-23-2017, 10:36 AM
Thank you! I will fix these in my patch. The only thing I will add to that is that there is a difference between British and American English on the spelling of practice/practise:

What does practise mean? Practise is the British English spelling of practice. It can be used in all contexts outlined above, with one caveat.

Before the 20th century, practise was used as the verb form of this word in both American and British English.

Today, British writers and editors still prefer to spell the verb this way, but Americans have made practice standard

But I do flit between Brit and American spellings (see my use of Armor for example) in this so there is something of a lack of consistency there. Maybe as you're an American character I will spell it the American way!

Fynn
06-23-2017, 10:43 AM
I can't remember what exactly it was, but there was a moment when I used a very British fixed phrase in my banter line and that was pretty jarring :p Granted, I know the banter is pretty randomized when it comes to who says what, so it's not really something that can be fixed. Not that I WANT it to be fixed - it was just pretty weird :p

Psychotic
06-23-2017, 10:46 AM
I toned down a lot of my Britishness in the second draft. A lot more people were called wankers and twats in the original. A Psy - Bubba - Formy - Fox - Shauna party would make this realistic, though!

Fynn
06-23-2017, 10:50 AM
Now imagine me calling the Floor 7 a boss a wanker in my flawlessly beautiful American accent

theundeadhero
06-23-2017, 11:00 AM
I wouldn't have mentioned that one, but it just seemed weird having the same character spell it two different ways :p I don't care which one you use. Went with the American because its what I am.

Psychotic
06-23-2017, 11:18 AM
Fair enough really. :p

I'm excited that more people are finishing the main story and will be exploring the Open World section soon!

Del Murder
06-23-2017, 05:15 PM
Oh, so there is more? Dammit, I don't want to leave this paradise. :(

As for gameplay, I really like the job classes and various skills. A lot of variety, and I keep discovering new devastating attacks as I experiment with it. It's also cool that some characters have some elements but not others, forcing you to switch up your party. You really do have to think about what skills you set for each battle because with only 2 slots you can be pretty useless if you pick the wrong ones.

Slothy
06-23-2017, 06:39 PM
Sweet jebus the third Raistlin battle is kicking my ass.

Psychotic
06-23-2017, 06:43 PM
Sweet jebus the third Raistlin battle is kicking my ass.He is a tricky smurfer, yeah. I think it requires some status healing items like the Smelling Salts and Awakening (I can't remember what I called them but I'm sure you know what I mean) if you can get to a shop and possibly even status resisting accessories on your critical characters. Baloki's shop expands as you climb (and indeed your odds of getting Silvers and Golds from crates increase too)

As far as the battle itself goes, as the battle goes on longer he breaks out his most powerful attacks so do consider saving your best limits for the end - a similar principle to the Jiro battle. You may have become aware of a situation in the battle where he takes a rest. Perfect time to heal and pour on magical ice damage (Pumpkin is queen of this fight). Finally, hitting him with Slow and/or Confusion (Bubba can do both statuses) can always get you a breather too - you are much more likely to get Slow to stick than Confusion though.

Also, is that not the best version of that song ever? I smurfing love it so much. The FFV main theme bursting on in there out of nowhere, it's beautiful.

Psychotic
06-23-2017, 07:03 PM
Patch 2 released

Download here. (https://www.dropbox.com/s/w2atf67jti06h3c/DoaF%20Patch%202%20.rar?dl=0)

Patch notes:

Fixed bug which meant Bubba's Gifted Symphony ability replaced the target's limit gauge with his rather than adding to it.
Fixed bug where stealing from Raistlin gave out a blank dummy item
Fixed bug which saw players getting Sephex's Robe from an Armor Crate despite being told they had received Pumpkin's Robe. They will now receive Pumpkin's Robe as planned.
Fixed various unsolid walls, floors, and so on that should've been solid, particularly on Floors 3, 4 and 8.
Various spelling and phrasing corrections to the game's script.


To install, simply extract the contained "Death of a Fansite" folder to the directory in which you have installed the game. ie, if you installed it to My Documents, extract the files to My Documents. It should ask you if you want to overwrite five files. Say yes to all.

Failing this, you can manually install it - there are several .json files to install. If you follow the directories you should see they belong in Death of a Fansite\www\data.

I have updated the download link in the OP so that the full game download is patched. Therefore if you downloaded it after I made this post, you don't need to install the patch as it is pre-installed.

Slothy
06-23-2017, 07:11 PM
Sweet jebus the third Raistlin battle is kicking my ass.He is a tricky smurfer, yeah. I think it requires some status healing items like the Smelling Salts and Awakening (I can't remember what I called them but I'm sure you know what I mean) if you can get to a shop and possibly even status resisting accessories on your critical characters. Baloki's shop expands as you climb (and indeed your odds of getting Silvers and Golds from crates increase too)

As far as the battle itself goes, as the battle goes on longer he breaks out his most powerful attacks so do consider saving your best limits for the end - a similar principle to the Jiro battle. You may have become aware of a situation in the battle where he takes a rest. Perfect time to heal and pour on magical ice damage (Pumpkin is queen of this fight). Finally, hitting him with Slow and/or Confusion (Bubba can do both statuses) can always get you a breather too - you are much more likely to get Slow to stick than Confusion though.

Also, is that not the best version of that song ever? I smurfing love it so much. The FFV main theme bursting on in there out of nowhere, it's beautiful.

T'was a great song. I mostly just completely re-jiggered my team and beat him without trouble. I actually only had Fynn set to remove status effects and very few items, so I tossed on all of the fire resisting accessories I could and used Bubba and Fynn for healing (Shauna too in a pinch). Fynn didn't survive the battle, but everyone else was still going strong at the end.

Del Murder
06-23-2017, 07:11 PM
Thank you for making the 'Floor 11' boss a fantastically difficult little twerp. Love the move names. Definitely the one I've died the most to thus far. No real weaknesses, and some blistering attacks and defensive skills.

Psychotic
06-23-2017, 07:14 PM
Thank you for making the 'Floor 11' boss a fantastically difficult little twerp. Love the move names.You may have seen a post I made about how a boss had somehow bested me in my testing. That was Floor 11. The bugger.

Pumpkin
06-23-2017, 07:15 PM
Typical devs releasing broken games and then having to patch it ugh

Slothy
06-23-2017, 07:36 PM
Now to murder that fucker who took the key from me.

Fynn
06-23-2017, 08:06 PM
Btw, is that "11th floor" track from Live A Live? It sounds familiar

Psychotic
06-23-2017, 08:10 PM
Btw, is that "11th floor" track from Live A Live? It sounds familiarWhen you say 11th floor do you mean 11th boss or 12th boss or 12th boss area?

Fynn
06-23-2017, 08:11 PM
I mean the area. I know what the battle theme is because you sent it to me beforehand

Del Murder
06-23-2017, 08:13 PM
Btw, is that "11th floor" track from Live A Live? It sounds familiar
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Psychotic
06-23-2017, 08:14 PM
I mean the area. I know what the battle theme is because you sent it to me beforehandSaGa Frontier. This game did not make it into the credits as it was added last minute. Originally the area was just wind.

Fynn
06-23-2017, 08:16 PM
Not even close, then. Reminded me of Live A Live and I got excited that someone remembered that game :(

Scotty_ffgamer
06-23-2017, 10:37 PM
One of these days, I'll actually play this. Now I'm kind of waiting for the fully patched game.

I just hope the complete story is there and I don't have to wait for DLC.

This does look pretty fun though. Kind of makes me want to try messing around with rpg maker sometime.

Del Murder
06-24-2017, 01:39 AM
Damn you Spam Brigade! I can't beat this guy.

Sephiroth
06-24-2017, 01:47 AM
The irony.

Slothy
06-24-2017, 01:57 AM
Damn you Spam Brigade! I can't beat this guy.

Don't feel bad. He's been crushing me all evening.

Del Murder
06-24-2017, 02:06 AM
Finally beat him with only Psychotic left with 600 HP.

EDIT: Oddly enough, on the next boss Psy was the only one who died. Del Murder was way harder. :greenie:

Aaaaaaand dammit forgot to save after I beat it and before the credits. Got to do it again!

Sephex
06-24-2017, 03:20 AM
So I finally am playing the game. Have been for about an hour. Psychotic you are a fucking genius. I am constantly smiling and laughing. This is the best and I almost have a man crush on you now. Fuck, man. Shit.

Slothy
06-24-2017, 03:21 AM
Jebus, jebus, jebus Del is still kicking my ass. No matter what I try I seem to only do marginally better at best.

Sephex
06-24-2017, 03:48 AM
I lost to myself.


If too many people realized how meta that is, a black hole would appear from within my soul and devour the cosmos.

theundeadhero
06-24-2017, 03:57 AM
I feel all your pain, and am a little glad I'm not the only one who had a lot of trouble with him. My second playthrough I used Formy for the fight and it did make it a bit easier, as well as already having three Limit Break Shards. I still died to him more than once knowing what I was getting into.

I would advise:

Psy with his Banishing Blade, Siphon Life, and a Limit Break.
Nut with Siphon Life, Triple Attack, and a Limit Break.
Freya with Siphon Life, Drain Jump, and a Limit Break.
Formy with Siphon Life, Full Break, and xxx
Fynn with Curaga, Esuna, and maybe the healing shard. I'm not actually sure if he can full heal without it since he always had it.

Sephex
06-24-2017, 04:08 AM
I stopped playing for now because I am pretty burnt out from work and just want to chill now. Next time I play I'll try that set up. Thanks for the tip!

I do feel cool knowing that I am a hard boss battle. I'm glad my stupid joke actually made itself useful for a change. That and how it brilliantly ties into the crystal along with a damn cool end game FFIV homage with my favorite Final Fantasy IV track "Within the Giant." And having "Megalovania" as the battle theme? Yup, I'm a typical Undertale fan that loves Sans. Though I am tired of it as the rest of the internet at this point, I still deeply love that game at the end of the day and it was really cool seeing a boss battle of a hyper exaggerated version of me with that music.

Sorry that I'm stroking my own [c'mon Sephex, you know better than that don't use that word~Sephex]. I just appreciate the way it was pulled off. Looking forward to what "I" have to say once I beat me.

theundeadhero
06-24-2017, 04:17 AM
I actually meant the "floor 11" boss, but early in the thread I posted about what I used on your fight :p

Sephex
06-24-2017, 04:22 AM
I'll level with you.






I may be inebriated in some manner right now.

Psychotic
06-24-2017, 04:34 AM
I'm sincerely glad you liked it Sephex, I tried to pick the Sephexiest music I could!

Also for anyone else struggling with floor 11, I advise hitting his poison weakness. RPG Maker doesn't visibly display poison damage (your only clue is to watch his HP bar creep down) but trust me when I say that it does a lot more damage than you'd think, particularly if you get him early and keep applying it.

Night Fury
06-24-2017, 04:36 AM
I climbed down a hole and got my ass handed to me by The Man :monster:

Psychotic
06-24-2017, 04:40 AM
I climbed down a hole and got my ass handed to me by The Man :monster: Aha! I'm glad someone else is now out and about in the desert.

My tip for that one is to bring Pumpkin and Shauna and make sure you have the four elements covered with them. Then have Bubba drop Frenetic Beat on whoever has the enemy weakness. Disney Rainbow Strike is OP in that battle as it doesn't cause an element change but is guaranteed to hit a weakness.

Slothy
06-24-2017, 04:46 AM
I feel all your pain, and am a little glad I'm not the only one who had a lot of trouble with him. My second playthrough I used Formy for the fight and it did make it a bit easier, as well as already having three Limit Break Shards. I still died to him more than once knowing what I was getting into.

I would advise:

Psy with his Banishing Blade, Siphon Life, and a Limit Break.
Nut with Siphon Life, Triple Attack, and a Limit Break.
Freya with Siphon Life, Drain Jump, and a Limit Break.
Formy with Siphon Life, Full Break, and xxx
Fynn with Curaga, Esuna, and maybe the healing shard. I'm not actually sure if he can full heal without it since he always had it.

Yeah, I'll give that a shot. My attempts so far gradually shifted to boost Nuts damage, give him extra turns with Bubba, try to mitigate the damage, and pray really hard. The thing I've struggled with is getting the damage high enough to murder the shit out of him.

Psychotic
06-24-2017, 04:55 AM
Just did some quick maths and if you poison him, it hits for 9769 a tick! A lot more than I thought actually.

Del Murder
06-24-2017, 05:48 AM
I am also in the open world section and so far I have found The Man and Iceglow. I didn't bother with the first one's weaknesses and just belted him with non-elemental stuff. I also found the desert town and the three 'things' that were requested of me, so I need to bring them back to her for my due reward. There was also a boss fight there that I skipped because it sounded hard.

Fynn
06-24-2017, 05:55 AM
I've been informed the desert music are also original tracks from our EoFF composers. I have yet to hear then, but still - congrats, guys!

Fynn
06-24-2017, 05:58 AM
I mean the area. I know what the battle theme is because you sent it to me beforehandSaGa Frontier. This game did not make it into the credits as it was added last minute. Originally the area was just wind.

Wait, not to nitpick, but are you sure it's SaGa Frontier and not Romancing SaGa? The soundchip sounds much more like a SNES game than a PS1 game. But maybe hate just the synthesizer the composer used? I'm not that familiar with the SaGa soundtracks

Christmas
06-24-2017, 06:03 AM
Haha, after all these fucking years, a RPG that actually works? lol

Hope MANUS dies a horrible death in it.(If he is in.) :bigsmile:

Wolf Kanno
06-24-2017, 06:18 AM
If I may make a humble request for a future update. May my battle theme be Decisive Battle from FFVI? Simply on account to reference that I was temporarily renamed Ultima Weapon for the FFVI team in the Gang Wars and partially because the Veldt theme makes my eye twitch ever since that one time I tried to give Gau all of his rages.

Other than that, the game has been a real treat. Great job Psy!

Fynn
06-24-2017, 06:21 AM
Haha, after all these smurfing years, a RPG that actually works? lol

Hope MANUS dies a horrible death in it.(If he is in.) :bigsmile:

Oh Christmas


Play it. You will not be disappointed. Get to floor 5 at least.

Wolf Kanno
06-24-2017, 07:45 AM
Is it me does Rantz remind you of Kreiger from Archer? Like I got to that sequence and that's the voice in my head for it. Also the joke with the re-purposed Shlup bot was funny, does this mean the real Shlup is somewhere else in the game?

Psychotic
06-24-2017, 07:48 AM
Do you want spoilers, Wolf Kanno? Because that's how you get spoilers.

Wolf Kanno
06-24-2017, 08:16 AM
Do you want spoilers, Wolf Kanno? Because that's how you get spoilers.

They're the final boss I take it? I'll find out soon, I'm currently in the third battle with the resident Gilgamesh character.