Messages

Guardian, might as well upload the graphics, incase if the game is ever revived in some way.

I could if given the rights to upload images to my posts. The only allowance I seem to have is posting a URL link.

I gave my 2 cents on a different thread, but I'll say it was a readjustment from the start that took me for a ride I really enjoyed. I wish Echoes of Wisdom had followed suit. I found the Fuse function a lot more fun than just picking up weapons. I missed Rivali's Gale, but I found plenty of neat little toys to make up for it. Plus warping.

I'm doing a second run without a paraglider. No other challenges there; just that. Wow, is it hard!

[Skyward Sword]

Despite being busy with life, that life includes three little children who love playing video games. So, I've been playing Zelda games for the past ten years or so. My thoughts:

- Skyward Sword: this one almost brought me to tears, and I pretty much just mean the story. It was great to watch Zelda's part unfold in this, and the gameplay was awesome. The Wii controls were frustrating at first, but I got used to them and did pretty well. I can't agree with the hate on this game; it's wonderful!
- Breath of the Wild: incredible! Blew me away! At first, I thought the cartoon look was as step down after how good I thought Skyward Sword looked, but as I got into it the graphics just captivated me. Gorgeous! Gameplay was also great, returning to the open world experience of the OG Zelda. It took me less than a month to beat, but it was one of my favorite gaming experiences of all time. My older kids managed to beat this one, but my littles are busy with other things. I've become a Lynel hunter!
- Tears of the Kingdom: I almost felt like I was playing the NES Skate or Die "goofy foot style" because, as similar as the mechanics were to BotW, I kept tripping on my own too feet. Still, I managed to do well (as I often do) and it, too, blew me away. Still Lynel hunting, though this one took me a bit longer. Again, "goofy foot".
- Echoes of Wisdom: actually, I have not played this, and it's because I bear a grudge. Silly, I know, but at least my kids like it. I just felt, after the amazing experiences with its predecessors, they took a huge step back returning to 2D overworld and making it cute (it looked to me like they'd just reskinned Animal Crossing and added Zelda features). Furthermore, I was troubled by the fact that it took Nintendo 38 years to put its titular character up front, and then they didn't even let her fight; they made her make others do it for her unless she assumed the form of Link. Hell, I came up with a much better storyline that would've make for a worthy successor, but I'm no programmer and I don't know how to talk to Nintendo. >huff, huff, fake smile< I have lightened up since, but I don't know if I'll ever play it.
- Link's Awakening: I never played this on GameBoy. Actually, I never really played GameBoy. Either way, I grabbed this one and found a return to the old school more refreshing than I thought. Still working on beating it (only 5 dungeons in), and the kids love it, too.
- Twilight Princess: I put this last because I also don't want to play it. Something about the way it makes me feel just looking at people play it rubs me wrong. I've only ever played a couple of parts as a favor to LadyLion and Ice Punch, but I just can't get behind this game. Blech!

What are your Zelda experiences over the last decade?

I may have a copy of redteam's game, but I don't have code or rights. Anyone who wants to take it up can let me know. I'll be happy to reupload all the graphics I have.

Oh, it worked ... for a while.

And I was the creator, not the developer. That was redteam316 (and, if he served, I didn't know it).

I just put it back up on the boards to see if anyone else wanted to restart the project. Too bad no devs have showed any interest (or time). Oh, well.

I noticed there aren't a lot of GCC threads, so I thought I'd start one by just asking how everyone's doing and what you've been up to.

I retired from the Army and got a small hobby farm. Now that's almost all I do: farming stuff, family, movies, and barely ever any time to write anymore. I only have two books out, as I'm struggling to get the other six completed drafts into some presentable shape and the couple of others I'm writing anywhere near done. I am working with an actress to make my second book go Audible (which, shameless plug, I hope to launch by Halloween '21). Hard to do much with my hands in such bad shape, though (carpel tunnel syndrome in both, even with one of them supposedly repaired by surgery last year).

As for gaming, well, I haven't done much lately but for a couple of cell phone games I do regularly (Empires & Puzzles and Hero Wars). Ice Punch monopolizes our Switch, and LadyLion's busy with our newest little one (yup, after all these years and four adoptions, we finally birthed our second child).

Sooooooooo ...

What have you all been up to?

One of my usernames on youtube is GuKingOfHeart (guess what the GU stands for )

Funny. Mine's often GUGuardian or some variant with numbers at the end. Surprised anyone else wants to be Guardian. :shrug:

The last fighter who remains

I guess that means I win? lol

Everything is a direct port.  If they aren't working, it's a bug i need to figure out.
Edit: I checked your avatar, and it is a png.  I'm reasonably certain that pngs can't animate with out serversidee support, as is yours doesn't animate on a direct link  either.  Try using a gif

I did, and I just did it again. For some reason, it's changing into a PNG.

Frankly, I want to see ALL of it ...

... but, if I HAD to prioritize, I'd go with Dark Link (complete with glowing red eyes).

Here are the frames for my super devastator.

Well, since this game was my bright idea to begin with, I guess it makes sense for me to get things rolling again.

So, here is my basic sprite sheet.

I love the resilience of this site. It's like Tombstone: the website too tough to die (also so tough we have our own fight game)!

Are we going to have animated custom avatars again? Mine doesn't seem to be moving.