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Splice The Hedgehog @spth.bsky.social · 5h

Of course, now that RPG Paper Maker's 3.0 pre release just dropped, I'm going to be spending more of my time trying to remake the game in this new engine. I probably won't be posting anymore actual updates in 2k3 outside of the character spotlight videos and other gameplay examples.

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Splice The Hedgehog @spth.bsky.social · 5h

So for #screenshotsaturday, here's my experimental zone title card! It's really nothing fancy looking, but a simple approach is best for this style of gameplay. Zones in SpTH don't play like your typical 2D platformer.

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Splice The Hedgehog @spth.bsky.social · 5h

It's been a while! I've been trying to fit gamedev back into my regular schedule with my new day job. Just to get back into the groove of things, I've been experimenting with some game assets and seeing how they look in RPG2k3. I've been scouring Spriters-Resource all week for ideas.

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Splice The Hedgehog @spth.bsky.social · Aug 16

For #screenshotsaturday, that's all you're getting: A screenshot. Well, a gif to be specific. IRL matters have kept me quite occupied recently, but I don't wanna let the week go by without anything. This is the second party member I'm going to showcase: Tab the Cat.
#gamedev #OCs #sonicthehedgehog

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Splice The Hedgehog @spth.bsky.social · Aug 16

For #screenshotsaturday, that's all you're getting: A screenshot. Well, a gif to be specific. IRL matters have kept me quite occupied recently, but I don't wanna let the week go by without anything. This is the second party member I'm going to showcase: Tab the Cat.
#gamedev #OCs #sonicthehedgehog

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Splice The Hedgehog @spth.bsky.social · Aug 12

Real
The whole OST is, tbh.

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Splice The Hedgehog @spth.bsky.social · Aug 9

I'm running a little late on the next character spotlight for #screenshotsaturday. In the meantime I've been doing some minor updates to things in rpg2k3 for the sake of visual clarity. I'm not updating any charsets however so I apologize in advance for crusty discrepancies like these! #gamedev #OCs

A picture of the party member, Kyle Tyris the Hedgehog. Art by FlameEliwood.
Kyle is a cyan hedgehog with short hair and spines, dressed in light armor. He wears a chainmail under a blue padded front, with blue and gold pauldrons and wrist braces, black gloves and a gold belt. He wears brown pants, black shoes with a blue stripe down the center and gold cuffs. He wields a magic sword known as The Gemblade. There are six gems embedded in the hilt and pommel, each representing a different element.

A screenshot of Kyle Tyris' state in the game. Kyle uses his old design from the late 2000's. His field ability sprites are incomplete, so his sword simply appears before him with no additional animation.

A picture of the party member, Keela Tyris the Hedgehog. Art by FlameEliwood.
Keela has cyan hair and spines, which are tied up in a ponytail behind her. She has one bang free, curled upwards over her right eye. She wears a long black jacket with red violet outlines over a white undershirt. She wears the same red violet color on her pants and hair tie. She wears blue gloves and blue steel toe knee-high boots with white cuffs and a white strap on her ankles.

A screenshot of Keela in game. She has no ready made sprites, so she appears as a solid blue sprite of Sonic as a placeholder. She fires arrows from a bow as her field ability, but the animation is incomplete so arrows simply spawn in front of her.

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Splice The Hedgehog @spth.bsky.social · Jul 27

For #screenshotsaturday, here's the last piece of footage from my old video to briefly introduce Splice. Here we see an example of his field abilities and his fighting style. I'd love to see what I can do without the engine limitations of rpg2k3 later on.
#gamedev #rpgmaker #OCs #sonicthehedgehog

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Splice The Hedgehog @spth.bsky.social · Jul 20

For #screenshotsaturday, I'm going to take another snippet out of my old abandoned showcase video to explain the Field Abilities. These were some of the last things I was working on in SpTH RPG2k3. I'm excited to see how we can expand on the concept in RPG Paper Maker.
#gamedev #OCs #fangame #sonic

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Splice The Hedgehog @spth.bsky.social · Jun 28

Reposting to keep it on this account. But also with an update! Splice has asymmetrical sprites. I've been making sure to update all the old sprites lately. I've also revisited this alternate outfit I had planned below!
#gamedev #fangame #OCs #sonic #sonicthehedgehog #screenshotsaturday

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Splice The Hedgehog @spth.bsky.social · Jun 28

Reposting to keep it on this account.
#gamedev #fangame #OCs #sonic #sonicthehedgehog #screenshotsaturday

Smash Corliss (Ending Hiatus Soon) @smashcorliss.bsky.social · Jan 25

Some bosses have or are mostly puzzle phases, like in the quoted video. Here's a boss mechanic I designed a while back. Though it's not new, I spruced it up last night and added some visuals to make it clearer how it works.
#screenshotsaturday #rpgmaker #OCs #SonicTheHedgehog #gamedev

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Splice The Hedgehog @spth.bsky.social · Jun 28

Reposting to keep it on this account.
#gamedev #fangame #OCs #sonic #sonicthehedgehog #screenshotsaturday

Smash Corliss (Ending Hiatus Soon) @smashcorliss.bsky.social · Oct 26

I re-recorded my old proof of concept video for SpTH. It's a tad scuffed, but it's good enough to convey my intent.
youtu.be/hFhM7F8CtEA

All the character art was done by Flame-Eliwood. Sprites, dated as they are, were made/edited by me.
#gamedev #fangame #sonic #SonicTheHedgehog #OCs

SpTH Proof of Concept minor update

YouTube video by SmashCorliss

youtu.be

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Splice The Hedgehog @spth.bsky.social · Jun 28

Reposting to keep it on this account.
#gamedev #fangame #OCs #sonic #sonicthehedgehog #screenshotsaturday

Smash Corliss (Ending Hiatus Soon) @smashcorliss.bsky.social · Nov 24

For Screenshot Saturday, I can show my magnum opis of rpgmaker mapping. Some years ago, I made a pretty faithful recreation of the train station from Sonic Adventure. Station Square's one of the main cities in SpTH.
#screenshotsaturday #gamedev #OCs #sonic #rpgmaker #SonicAdventure

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Splice The Hedgehog @spth.bsky.social · Jun 28

Reposting to keep it on this account.
#gamedev #fangame #OCs #sonic #sonicthehedgehog #screenshotsaturday

Smash Corliss (Ending Hiatus Soon) @smashcorliss.bsky.social · Nov 30

For #screenshotsaturday, I think I ought to cover some cut content. The OG first two zones, straight out of #SRB2: Greenflower Zone and Techno Hill Zone. My fanon content has its roots in SRB2's history, but I ultimately decided to not involve them directly in my game.
#Gamedev #Sonic #OCs #RPGmaker

Everyone who's played SRB2 probably recognizes the shape of this first area. I really tried to capture that same feel for the beginning of this act, with plans to branch off into my own designs later.

I started redoing the tileset right before I made the decision to not use SRB2 zones. I was really vibing with the brighter colors I began using, as opposed to the darker default RTP tileset I started off with. I don't plan on letting these go to waste though.

Honestly, Techno Hill was becoming a very fun area to design. I was going to make a multitude of colored slimes down the line, with the following dungeon making full use of them. The lavender colored goop doesn't do anything, but the more saturated purple will inflict a random party member with poison if you stand in it too long

One of the reasons I scrapped the Techno Hill arc is because it stood out as an oddity in the narrative. It was pretty obvious that the zone was here out of obligation rather than any kind of plot relevance, which is a shame because I was really having fun here. But I stand by my decision.

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Splice The Hedgehog @spth.bsky.social · Jun 28

Reposting to keep it on this account.
#gamedev #fangame #OCs #sonic #sonicthehedgehog #screenshotsaturday

Smash Corliss (Ending Hiatus Soon) @smashcorliss.bsky.social · Dec 14

Have you ever heard a song that inspired you so much that you created something that changed the course of your entire project? That was me with the Ancient Mine of Eleyrah.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3GLN...
#screenshotsaturday #gamedev #OCs #Sonic #Sonicthehedgehog

The entrance to the mine. It was abandoned several centuries ago, but was rediscovered and became active again recently.
This was one of the most experimental areas I've ever made. Not only from a story perspective, as I just injected a huge chunk of lore directly in the center of a story (that I had previously seen as completed) and it blew up so much that the story is entirely different now, but also from the approach I took in making the tileset. This was the first time I went to a 2D Sonic game and asked myself "How well would these tiles translate to RPGmaker?" The answer was better than I'd hoped for.

As much as I really vibe with the emerald greenery, there was supposed to be more modern machinery present. Due to tileset limitations, I wasn't able to get everything I wanted on my first try, and beyond that I struggled to figure out what contrasting colors would work well.

Speaking of contrasting colors, I really really like the water here. This came from Tekepon's tilesets, which I don't think are available anymore.
Also the ring monitor is green. That's a fair bit more valuable than the standard gold. This is a late game dungeon.

The cavern is vast and goes down very deep. Be careful not to fall!

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Splice The Hedgehog @spth.bsky.social · Jun 28

Reposting to keep it on this account.
#gamedev #fangame #OCs #sonic #sonicthehedgehog #screenshotsaturday

Smash Corliss (Ending Hiatus Soon) @smashcorliss.bsky.social · Dec 21

Here's a preview of some shields in SpTH. There's Blue, Pure, Flame, Lightning, Bubble, and Arcane shields. Each one has a different effect. I was thinking of adding an Ice Shield, but I haven't figured out what effects I should give it.
#screenshotsaturday #OCs #gamedev #sonic #sonicthehedgehog

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Splice The Hedgehog @spth.bsky.social · Jun 28

Reposting to keep it on this account.
#gamedev #fangame #OCs #sonic #sonicthehedgehog #screenshotsaturday

Smash Corliss (Ending Hiatus Soon) @smashcorliss.bsky.social · Jan 5

For #screenshotsaturday, have a few miscellaneous screenshots of some mid-game areas I briefly designed. The second two were very experimental with the tilesets but the first one is just a color tinted tekepon tileset. Plans to revisit that down the line.
#gamedev #sonic #OCs #rpgmaker

The entrance to Lilypad Ruins, a submerged dungeon. This is the only dungeon atm that has its own original OST, courtesy of my friend Agriden. I’ll upload it sometime later.

The base of the great falls of Venerable Gorge Zone. The land is rich and fertile, with exotic crystals forming in broad daylight.

A test map for Mt. Frostbite Zone. It’s got an ominously quiet atmosphere.

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Splice The Hedgehog @spth.bsky.social · Jun 28

Reposting to keep it on this account.
i.imgur.com/5Xt30S9.gif
i.imgur.com/5AnYsdX.gif
#gamedev #fangame #OCs #sonic #sonicthehedgehog #screenshotsaturday

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Splice The Hedgehog @spth.bsky.social · Jun 28

Reposting to keep it on this account.
#gamedev #fangame #OCs #sonic #sonicthehedgehog #screenshotsaturday

Smash Corliss (Ending Hiatus Soon) @smashcorliss.bsky.social · Jan 18

Technically nothing for #screenshotsaturday today, haven't had time this week. But I recently remembered this crusty old animation from 2013 and felt nostalgic enough to re-record and share it here. It's my first interpretation of Smash's "Final Fury".
#OCs #Sonic #rpgmaker

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Splice The Hedgehog @spth.bsky.social · Jun 28

Reposting to keep it on this account.
#gamedev #fangame #OCs #sonic #sonicthehedgehog #screenshotsaturday

Smash Corliss (Ending Hiatus Soon) @smashcorliss.bsky.social · Nov 16

While I figure out how I'm gonna handle this video, here's something for #screenshotsaturday: Tales Of inspired skits! What better way to flesh out a large cast than by having them talk about their adventures along the way? Character art by Flame-Eliwood again

#gamedev #sonic #OCs #sonicthehedgehog

Some skits are informative and yield useful tips.

This one's from a later area I only started so I could test the tileset.

I'd show the full context of this skit but some information is outdated due to story development. The girl with wings is a guest character owned by my good friend AngelWings.

I tried to make it obvious who's talking by darkening the non-active portraits, and also giving each character a uniquely colored text box.

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Splice The Hedgehog @spth.bsky.social · Jun 28

Reposting to keep it on this account.
#gamedev #fangame #OCs #sonic #sonicthehedgehog #screenshotsaturday

Smash Corliss (Ending Hiatus Soon) @smashcorliss.bsky.social · Nov 9

I had a lot of fun putting this one together.

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Splice The Hedgehog @spth.bsky.social · Jun 28

Reposting to keep it on this account.
#gamedev #fangame #OCs #sonic #sonicthehedgehog #screenshotsaturday

Smash Corliss (Ending Hiatus Soon) @smashcorliss.bsky.social · Nov 9

For Screenshot Saturday, uhh let's see. I'll tell you how far I got in actually making SpTH's story. I left off at the first two zones, which took place after the first dungeon. I have a fully completed dungeon (which I'm very proud of) here. I might make a video of it.

#screenshotsaturday #gamedev

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Splice The Hedgehog @spth.bsky.social · Jun 28

Reposting to keep it on this account.
#gamedev #fangame #OCs #sonic #sonicthehedgehog #screenshotsaturday

Smash Corliss (Ending Hiatus Soon) @smashcorliss.bsky.social · Nov 8

Was gonna wait until I finished a bit more before giving an update on this but I'm kinda ready to move on at this point.
I updated the bridge and turned it into a drawbridge.

#gamedev #sonic #OCs

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Splice The Hedgehog @spth.bsky.social · Jun 28

Reposting to keep it on this account.
#gamedev #fangame #OCs #sonic #sonicthehedgehog #screenshotsaturday

Smash Corliss (Ending Hiatus Soon) @smashcorliss.bsky.social · Oct 28

I've only been posting older stuff lately, so here's something I've been working on much more recently. I've been putting off reworking the world map for too long, so now I'm finally giving it a total overhaul.
#gamedev #pixelart #fangame #sonic #sonicthehedgehog #rpgmaker2003 #rpgmaker

Before.
Technically, this version is somewhat new since I started changing the terrain before the tileset. Even so, this still relies on the default RTP tiles primarily, with some awkward roads and a really bad usage of city graphics. I had a much better look going for the towns and cities, but thanks to computer troubles I lost a lot of data--including the entire tileset I had been building. So I slapped this together and left it for years until now.

After
I'm a sprite editor at heart. Sometimes I can make purely custom sprites from scratch, but there's a special type of satisfaction I get from transforming them into something like this. In fact I think I might like designing tilesets more than character sprites.

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Splice The Hedgehog @spth.bsky.social · Jun 28

Reposting to keep it on this account.
#gamedev #fangame #OCs #sonic #sonicthehedgehog #screenshotsaturday

Smash Corliss (Ending Hiatus Soon) @smashcorliss.bsky.social · Oct 27

A while back, I started redesigning the starting city in SpTH, and the game’s intro was following in tow. I didn’t finish either of them, but I think the first scene does a decent job showcasing both.

#gamedev #fangame #OCs #sonic #sonicthehedgehog

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