xianc78 @xianc78@gameliberty.club

Balancing the newly created/replaced sounds. They were too loud in the previous video, but now, I think they are too quiet.

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Replaced the "key get" sound effect. Now, I think I have all placeholders removed.

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Tried to mimic the enemy kill sound effect with my voice with BitCrunch and reverb effects. It doesn't sound exactly what I wanted. It sounds more like a whip-crack sound effect more than anything.

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Trying to replace the remaining copyrighted placeholder sound effects with stock ones, but I can't find any that sound right. In Zelda and Zelda-like games, enemies die with an explosion sound effect, but it's not quite and explosion. It sounds somewhat softer, but I can't find any free to use sound effect that matches that.

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I have the HUD display the current level like how it is displayed in Super Mario Bros as it does a better job explaining which environment you are in and how far are you from the next boss.

I've also decreased the intervals for when bombs explode. I did a full playthrough of the game and I realized that the later enemies that are only killed by bombs are extremely hard to kill due to the long interval, so I cut the interval by half.

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I've bit crushed the death whirl sound effect, but I can't make it sound like an SNES sound effect. It honestly sounds more like the compressed voice sound effects you would hear in 80s arcade games.

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Decided to change the death whirl sound effect to make it sound less 8-bit. I don't know how it turned out. Should I play with the instruments more? Is it fine just 8-bit? Or should I keep it like it is in this video?

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Changed the lava tiles to make it look like it's bubbling, but it ended up looking weird. Judging from other games, lava tiles tend to have 4 frames of animation instead of three, but if I add an extra frame then I need to add an extra frame to the water tilesets.

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Player can now pick up items with his sword.

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Did the same with the other tilesets. Though I don't think lava flows like water. Maybe I should have it bubble up instead.

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Water tiles are now animated.

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Fixed the boss bug. Although I didn't record the bug, the bug was that some bosses would just hang upon death. Turns out they aren't calling the animation method.

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Added a fanfare for collecting the mirror. I also just realized that two of the bosses are broken and I need to investigate the problem.

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Certain items will now disappear if you don't collect them in time.

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Finally added a victory fanfare after completing a floor. I just used the fanfare I used in my previous games (which was a CC0, 8-bit fanfare from OpenGameArt), put it in NeuralNote and changed the instruments.

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Red shield sprites now have proper death animation.

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Red shield sprites now have proper attack frames.

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Fixed the animation with the red shield sprites too, but the attack animation still shows the green shield.

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Player no longer swings his shield while walking.

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I've also re-positioned the sword to better fit the new sprite. It's still not perfect though and I plan to redo the walking animation, so that the character is holding the shield in place instead of swinging it.

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