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Yoshi's Strange Quest Idea
12 years ago
Recently, I came up with an interesting idea that I wanted to tell you guys about. For those of you that don't know, I've been working on a Super Mario World hack, called "Yoshi's Strange Quest" (which I linked to in my profile if you want to check it out), since May 2011, and it's a fairly unique SMW hack that plays similar to Yoshi's Island (since Yoshi has most of his abilities from YI). While I haven't made much progress on it lately (aside from thinking up some more ideas for YSQ and porting everything over to a clean copy of SMW to make use of a new tool called AddmusicK), one of the things I've decided to do is create some drawings/comics involving different things in YSQ whenever I'm not busy working on request drawings. I'm thinking of doing drawings/comics for things like character bios, boss bios, concept art, more parts to the scenario room series (Go here if you want to know about this series: http://biggestyoshifan.deviantart.c.....ries-329542985), etc. Maybe I'll even create box art and a cartridge sticker for YSQ if I have the patience and skill to do those (and I can figure out what the dimensions are of the latter). I think this will be a neat way to give those that are interested in this hack more details about it, as there is a lot of little things that flesh out the land that YSQ takes place in as well as the otherwise generic story. I've actually put quite a bit of thought into YSQ's story and the characters, even if it doesn't look like it. Of course, I'm not going to be winning any awards for YSQ's story, but it is a little more interesting than it may seem at first glance.
But anyway, in addition to that, here's some more things I wanted to say, that I might as well say now while I'm writing this journal:
- Since I've gotten better at drawing since I started the scenario room series, I think I might go back and update the ones I already did in order to bring them up to my current standards, especially since there would be a big difference in quality between the older ones and the newer ones if I didn't. In addition, it will give me another reason to post those parts over on FA (What sense would it make to have "Scenario Room 1, Option 3" posted here, but not have Options 1, 2, and the intro for scenario room 1 posted here as well?)
- Lately, I've been thinking about my request slot system. I had to turn down a couple of requests from people that I would have liked to do a drawing for since I had 3 full request slots, so what I've decided to do is add a fourth request slot. However, there is a catch. That slot is only available to certain people, in order to give them a better chance at getting a request from me if they want me to draw something for them. I'm not going to say who this slot is reserved for specifically, but I will give a few hints:
1). If you are on my friend list, then of course I'll reserve this slot for you.
2). If you are on my watch list either here or on DA, then there's a good chance you're one of the people I'll reserve this slot for (even more likely if I listed you as one of my favorite artists).
3). If I really enjoyed doing a previous request for you, or if I really like your character(s), then you are most likely one of the people I'll reserve this slot for.
- In addition to the above, I decided to add a list of who has given me a request, in my profile so that you can easily see if I have a request slot open or not. This is to avoid confusion for when I finish the request in slot 4 when the other 3 slots are filled.
- Even though I'm currently inactive on SMWCentral at the time of this writing, and the YSQ thread on SMWCentral is closed at the moment, I still want feedback on YSQ. If you have any suggestions for the hack, let me know!
- Whenever I decide to make a video showing off a YSQ level, I think I'll post a journal entry linking to the video from now on, so you guys can check it out (if you're interested). Speaking of which, I have been making progress on a YSQ level recently, and since I haven't posted a video in about 2 months, I think I may post a video showing off this level when it's finished. I'm not going to say much about the level, aside from the fact that it makes creative use of the special autoscroll sprites (such as the ones used in Donut Plains 2 and Butter Bridge 1 in the original SMW) and the creating/eating block sprites.
But anyway, in addition to that, here's some more things I wanted to say, that I might as well say now while I'm writing this journal:
- Since I've gotten better at drawing since I started the scenario room series, I think I might go back and update the ones I already did in order to bring them up to my current standards, especially since there would be a big difference in quality between the older ones and the newer ones if I didn't. In addition, it will give me another reason to post those parts over on FA (What sense would it make to have "Scenario Room 1, Option 3" posted here, but not have Options 1, 2, and the intro for scenario room 1 posted here as well?)
- Lately, I've been thinking about my request slot system. I had to turn down a couple of requests from people that I would have liked to do a drawing for since I had 3 full request slots, so what I've decided to do is add a fourth request slot. However, there is a catch. That slot is only available to certain people, in order to give them a better chance at getting a request from me if they want me to draw something for them. I'm not going to say who this slot is reserved for specifically, but I will give a few hints:
1). If you are on my friend list, then of course I'll reserve this slot for you.
2). If you are on my watch list either here or on DA, then there's a good chance you're one of the people I'll reserve this slot for (even more likely if I listed you as one of my favorite artists).
3). If I really enjoyed doing a previous request for you, or if I really like your character(s), then you are most likely one of the people I'll reserve this slot for.
- In addition to the above, I decided to add a list of who has given me a request, in my profile so that you can easily see if I have a request slot open or not. This is to avoid confusion for when I finish the request in slot 4 when the other 3 slots are filled.
- Even though I'm currently inactive on SMWCentral at the time of this writing, and the YSQ thread on SMWCentral is closed at the moment, I still want feedback on YSQ. If you have any suggestions for the hack, let me know!
- Whenever I decide to make a video showing off a YSQ level, I think I'll post a journal entry linking to the video from now on, so you guys can check it out (if you're interested). Speaking of which, I have been making progress on a YSQ level recently, and since I haven't posted a video in about 2 months, I think I may post a video showing off this level when it's finished. I'm not going to say much about the level, aside from the fact that it makes creative use of the special autoscroll sprites (such as the ones used in Donut Plains 2 and Butter Bridge 1 in the original SMW) and the creating/eating block sprites.
