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Oh hey! I think this was brought up on the M4 reddit awhile ago. Looks really great! I love the visuals.

Can’t wait for this to come out!

-@G0AwayZach

majoragamer99:

This looks fantastic! I’m speechless, honestly.

Thanks Majora! That means a lot! I’m totally focused on making an amazing game.

EverythingsOK:

Can’t wait for this to come out!

-@G0AwayZach

ZACH! OKAY!

Let’s get those sprites you made into the game! Huzzah!

MrScoot:

Heyo! This looks pretty great, dude!

Thanks MrScoot! I look forward to updating everyone on the progress and release details in the next year!

Seems interesting. I’ll sign up for the mailing list.

Hey everyone! I’m steadily adding more content to Circadian. I was inspired to do a mountainous area like in Mother 3, so I created the area and graphics “Mount Olive” yesterday and today. I’ve also added ladder climbing programming and animations.

There is a gameplay video with the party walking around and getting into a fight with some June bugs, you can find it on social media links here:

Circadian: Mount Olive video on Facebook

Circadian: Mount Olive video on Twitter

Circadian: Mount Olive video on Instagram

Thanks for staying tuned!

No one is addressing the elephant in the room. Your attitude is utterly atrocious, sorry to say. Please, get someone to calm you down. Demeanor accounts for a lot of someone’s experience interacting with others, and it’s the first thing people will judge when meeting you. Having at least a half-decent attitude is crucial to having a good life.

EDIT: Yeah, that’s better.

Howisthisaname:

The game seems good, but I personally don’t feel the art-style is appealing or memorable at all. So I recommend you get a new one before releasing the game, if at all possible. The title screen looks great, though.

Thanks for the feedback regardless. The game’s art style is unlikely to change, sorry to disappoint you.

Thanks Hekset and Evaan for your support! I’ll be posting a new content update this weekend. Cheers!

Greetings star citizens of the bounding Earth!

I’ve been keeping myself quite occupied working on Circadian. Many changes have been happening, the most prevalent to the user interface. I post frequently to social networks and get a lot of good feedback, so I’m happy so show you the latest changes:

New Font

Circadian was previously using the Apple Kid font available here on starmen.net forums and also earthboundcentral.com. I took the time to choose a new font that would fit the look and theme of the game.

Consequentially, this caused much of the UI’s size to change, which influenced even more changes.

Character Portraits

Some time ago, and actually it was included in the last update’s video, animated character portraits have been added to text boxes when characters talk. This should help clarify who is talking in a given situation.

Hero Cards, Health & Power Icons

The boxes where the character stats show up, which I like to call “Hero Cards”, have been going through some fun changes. First off, they’ve been expanded due to the font change. I also went ahead and made some animated icons for the “Health” and “Power” fields, to add some uniqueness instead of standard “HP” or “PSI”, or what Circadian was using, “BP” for “Brain Power”. The character portraits also pop up when a character is being referenced from the menu (ability, inventory, or other menus).

Change Party Order

When I implemented characters being faint, I ended up needing to program the party being reordered. I went ahead and just put this as a full fledged feature. It’s now a regular option to reorder the party into whatever makes sense to the player in the given situation. This will effect combat order, map movement speed, and possible interactions with NPCs.

That’s right! Eevie at the front! Girl Power!

Menu Text Highlighting

The currently selected menu option now gets highlighted when browsing that menu to help the player know what option they are selecting.

Ability Menu

The ability menu is going through many changes. I’ve eliminated the separate ability type categories (previously matching EarthBound as “Offense, Recover, Assist”, and instead gone with a flat list. Second, I’ve added the character’s graphic, status, and energy points to the interface to help communicate what ability might best fit the current situation.

New Areas

I’ve also been itching to create some awesome new areas. Just the last few days, I created an underground grave area to give some spooky vibes. This also included a new “treasure chest”, which is a backpack!

That concludes my update this time! I’ll be going through my initial post and updating the existing screenshots with new ones as well. Thanks for stopping by, and thanks for listening!

-Jeff

Demo comming on May 13th!

Just wanted mention here that with jeffgamedev’s permission that I will let you all know that I’m streaming the demo on my Youtube channel in 15 minutes or so, if anyone wants to see it played out before trying for themselves. (Updated to the VOD)

I didn’t notice any rules preventing me from doing this, but if there are, feel free to take it down. I mean no harm, just very excited about this project!