Tales of Revelia: JRPG-styled Fantasy Webcomic - Page 4

Mr_Saturn · 05-12-2011, 10:07 PM

*queue battle music*

A crusader has appeared!
A crusader has appeared!
A crusader has appeared!
??? has appeared!

What do you do?

Fight! Fight! Fight!

SamBurke · 05-12-2011, 10:11 PM

Hm. Wonder who the heretics'll be... how often does this update, if regularly, Teutonic?

Teutonic Knight · 05-12-2011, 11:13 PM

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Hm. Wonder who the heretics'll be... how often does this update, if regularly, Teutonic?

The heretics, though I thought it was obvious enough, will be explained in the next issue.

As of right now, I plan to get these comics out every three to five days, depending on the difficulty and the time I get to work on them. Plus, I am making this up as I go along, so sometimes it will be delayed because I need to think of how to best present the next comic as well was comics further down the line.

Mr_Saturn · 05-14-2011, 12:30 AM

Okay, i reread the entire archives. *whew* That was alot of reading.

If the "man: from the first phase was the father of Aria, does that mean she is the founder as well? Or has it been too many years since then?

I suppose the heretics are anyone who opposes the teachings of Ico.

Elder Tsofu · 05-14-2011, 02:51 AM

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Originally Posted by Teutonic Knight

...I am making this up as I go along...

The spirit of an true Scientist.

Teutonic Knight · 05-14-2011, 08:02 PM

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Originally Posted by Mr_Saturn

If the "man: from the first phase was the father of Aria, does that mean she is the founder as well? Or has it been too many years since then?

The end of Phase 1 states that a century has passed, though the pictures after the statue of the two are from the present time. So Aria as of yet, remember what Tsofu restated below, has no connection to the daughter that founded the Knights.

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The spirit of an true Scientist.

I just don't know how to respond to this. All I can say is

Mr_Saturn · 05-15-2011, 10:24 PM

Sorry, my reading comprehension skills aren't my best quality.

You do believe that there is so such thing as a stupid question right?

If you don't then forget I ever asked anything.

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So Aria as of yet, remember what Tsofu restated below, has no connection to the daughter that founded the Knights.

SO SHE DOES HAVE A CONNECTION! Thanks for the confirmation.

Teutonic Knight · 05-16-2011, 02:52 AM

Confirmed connection to the Knights, but not necessarily to the daughter. More evident in my new comic, updated now.

That's right, new comic. If you don't get the last panel it's how the Tales of Series transitions into battles.

As for the next one, it might be a little slow. First time drawing battles. And finals coming up. Then Fanime Con Weekend.

Ninjaman · 05-16-2011, 07:13 AM

Yes a fight scene, finaly.

Keveak · 05-16-2011, 09:39 AM

Interesting, a split in the knights on what their purpose entails? Intriguing.

I Am pretty sure Most JRPGs and likewise Transition similarly to that, Heck, Even Pokemon does it.

Ridiculous Interceptions in video games aside, Don't feel bad about Doing other stuff, you have a Life too! Even impatient fans don't have any Right to chain you down and stop you from that.

Not for lack of trying, though.

As for my resemblance to a Batman villain, well you have to think Capitalistic to find the answer to that. :P

HalfTangible · 05-16-2011, 10:35 AM

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Originally Posted by Keveak

Interesting, a split in the knights on what their purpose entails? Intriguing.

I Am pretty sure Most JRPGs and likewise Transition similarly to that, Heck, Even Pokemon does it.

Ridiculous Interceptions in video games aside, Don't feel bad about Doing other stuff, you have a Life too! Even impatient fans don't have any Right to chain you down and stop you from that.

Not for lack of trying, though.

As for my resemblance to a Batman villain, well you have to think Capitalistic to find the answer to that. :P

The tales series specifically makes your screen crack while the fight loads, then shatters when it starts

super dark33 · 05-16-2011, 11:13 AM

So the church is aginst wars, but not violence?

and finnaly a fight scene!

the ico knights look good.

Keveak · 05-16-2011, 03:34 PM

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Originally Posted by HalfTangible

The tales series specifically makes your screen crack while the fight loads, then shatters when it starts

My apologies, but is that unusual? While there is no discernible loading time to my memory, Eternal Sonata have the screen crack and shatter with white cracks as well. Thus I assumed it common. I apologise if I merely found the one other game that does this.

HalfTangible · 05-16-2011, 03:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Keveak

My apologies, but is that unusual? While there is no discernible loading time to my memory, Eternal Sonata have the screen crack and shatter with white cracks as well. Thus I assumed it common. I apologise if I merely found the one other game that does this.

Most JRPGs i played do a flash and some kind of swirl or blur effect

The example you gave (Pokemon) does that one instead of screen cracking (least, last i checked)

Teutonic Knight · 05-18-2011, 12:38 AM

I'm tempted to respond to the questions about the Church and the Knights with the excuse of JRPG's are meant to be so complicated with too many terms and factions at the beginning of the game. I haven't even gotten into the required Magitech that a Tales world needs, because the action hasn't gone out of the "small farming village".

More will be explained in time, pretty soon I hope. Heck, I still need to make up the Magitech. This doesn't seem very professional does it?

Mr_Saturn · 05-18-2011, 09:05 PM

What we need is a old man that stops us on the way to the next town to teach us how to catch a weedle... I mean how to use Magitech.

M@XWeru · 05-18-2011, 10:47 PM

That last one was beautiful.

Teutonic Knight · 05-20-2011, 12:56 AM

Sorry if I fooled you.

New banner only, not new comic yet. But know that you will get before the weekend is up. Then I will have to speed ahead to keep up with my personal schedule.

As for the status page update, I can't decide on a pose for Aria. Suggestions? With reference pics if you can? Not saying I'm going to use it but they are suggestions that could influence my final art. I am confident enough now that I can produce at least a sketch-line filled drawing that is definitely not in proportion.

FlashRah · 05-20-2011, 06:14 AM

Just read throught the archive. Good stuff. Keep it up and you'll get yourself the coveted FlashRah two thumbs up. Ooh! Prestige!

SamBurke · 05-20-2011, 10:17 AM

Ooh. Another banner!

Gray Mage · 05-21-2011, 12:43 PM

Nice banner.

PS: I really liked the entering battle effect that you did there.

Mr_Saturn · 05-22-2011, 05:15 PM

I'm sort of looking forward to how the fight-scene is going to look like. As far as JRPG's, I'm thinking HP/MP bars, action commands, etc.

Mindfreak · 05-22-2011, 05:32 PM

I love the comic. Iz wonderful. You seem to be doing everything perfectly too. Keep up the good work.

Teutonic Knight · 05-22-2011, 07:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Mr_Saturn

I'm sort of looking forward to how the fight-scene is going to look like. As far as JRPG's, I'm thinking HP/MP bars, action commands, etc.

I have a plan for these. But for now, just assume that the random battles will look like the Tales games, so... they will look like OotS for the most part. The problem I had was finding a balance between the action and the game elements, like an HP bar, etc.

You'll see... tonight. Well my tonight, it is 6PM in California right now.

Mr_Saturn · 05-22-2011, 09:17 PM

Well that sucks, since I moved from California two time-zones to the east.

In any case, I do imagine it possible to sort of have the HP bars and whatever user interface in like the very beginning, or sort of have dialogue boxes with the specific attacks spread throughout during the battles. But after a while, it might get a little old, so it could get in the way of the comic.

But it's your comic. I'll stop talking about mechanics.

HalfTangible · 05-22-2011, 09:34 PM

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Well that sucks, since I moved from California two time-zones to the east.

In any case, I do imagine it possible to sort of have the HP bars and whatever user interface in like the very beginning, or sort of have dialogue boxes with the specific attacks spread throughout during the battles. But after a while, it might get a little old, so it could get in the way of the comic.

But it's your comic. I'll stop talking about mechanics.

Well, they don't need to be ever-present, any more than we need to see all of the OotS's damage and attack rolls.

Teutonic Knight · 05-22-2011, 11:03 PM

Well now it's night so... New comic!

First battle. White opaque cross-star is the death animation, which is hard to animate in a panel-based 2-D comic. The next comic will be a continuation of this battle, so this isn't the end, if you think this battle is missing something.

See Saturn? this is trying to balance mechanics placement.

HalfTangible · 05-22-2011, 11:06 PM

I find it odd that that soldier has no idea what battles are like =/

Teutonic Knight · 05-22-2011, 11:52 PM

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I find it odd that that soldier has no idea what battles are like =/

I thought it made it obvious that he was bluffing about them not being recruits in the previous comic. I mean, he was surprised in the last panel of the previous comic, right after he said that they wouldn't be taken down easily.

HalfTangible · 05-22-2011, 11:58 PM

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Originally Posted by Teutonic Knight

I thought it made it obvious that he was bluffing about them not being recruits in the previous comic. I mean, he was surprised in the last panel of the previous comic, right after he said that they wouldn't be taken down easily.

Ok, i didn't pay close enough attention to that, but even recruits would be told something that basic, right?

I mean, that's right up there with 'pointy end towards bad guy'