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Millennial Fair Re-Created in VALVe's Source Engine

Hi, everyone! I'm sorry to say I'm not a regular member, but I'd like to share with all the Chrono fans a project I've been hard at work on and publicly released today. I'm a modder and an aspiring game-designer, experienced working with VALVe's Source Engine. Back in 2010, starmen.net held their first "Chrono Trigger FanFest" and I kicked out the early build of the map in under 2 weeks to submit for their fanart contests. These recent months, I've picked up the project again. I'm finally content to release it to the fans of this wonderful series. Its most easily played on Garry's Mod. If you own GMod, please give it a try, and if you don't... well this could be a great way to spend that $10 burning a hole in your pocket! I hope you enjoy it as much as I enjoyed making it. : D
Download here:
http://www.garrysmod.org/downloads/?a=view&id=131933
http://gamebanana.com/gmod/maps/167819

Screen Shots:
http://s998.photobucket.com/albums/af107/KidsSerge/Millenial%20Fair/

Initial Trailer from 2010
http://youtu.be/3t_x3b5pGX0

Reverse Design: Chrono Trigger is complete, and now public!

Hey Chrono Compendium!

We talked about our project to reverse engineer all the design decisions that went into CT a few months ago, and now Reverse Design: Chrono Trigger is finished!  You can check out the web version here: http://thegamedesignforum.com/features/reverse_design_CT_1.html and you can preview the very sleek (and affordable) ebook version here: http://thegamedesignforum.com/features/reverse_design_CT_ebook.html

Thanks so much for your support!

The Game Design Forum Staff

Tom Slattery Interview

Recently, RPGamer interviewed Tom Slattery, who did the localization for Chrono Trigger DS. He talked about how the translation process went for the projects he did, including Chrono Trigger.

http://www.rpgamer.com/features/insidegaming/tslatteryint.html

Chrono Trigger: Crimson Echoes OSV

I've compiled a soundtrack for the unreleased game, Chrono Trigger: Crimson Echoes using the youtube playthrough of the game. http://www.filefactory.com/file/7joywinj8hwn/n/Chrono_Trigger_Crimson_Echoes_OSV.rar
It contains all of the tracks used in the youtube playthrough in the order played in the game. Enjoy!

The Springtime of Youth Has Come

Welcome to the spring springtime of youth update! Two exciting things to start.  [1]  GlitterBerri finished up the V-Jump character sketch pages! Check it out here.  [2]  Kodokami uncovered the Famitsu report that Yasunori Mitsuda is working on three projects right now, one of which is helmed by a "great creator", and the other of which is totally secret. We can only hope it's...well, then again:



Analysis review anew! [COMMON QUESTIONS]  [ Frozen Flame (Who originated the legends of it in El Nido?) - Spirits (Do people in the series possess souls?) - Lavos (Why did Lavos decimate 1999 A.D.?) ]  [THEORIES]  [ Lavos (How do Lavos spawns reach escape velocity?) - Time Devourer (Was it Lavos's ultimate goal? READ THIS ONE, awesome new theory herein) - Harle (Did she really merge with the Time Devourer? What is the nature of her existence?) - Dragon Tear (What is its origin and original purpose?) - Dragon Tear (How were the Tears of Love and Hate formed?) - Regiorra (Where Is It?) - Vera (Who is she?) - Ghost Children (Who or what are they?) ]

[FAN CREATIONS]  Xavier Jasso and Rick Mullins have created a truly incredible wallpaper for a dualscreen setup! Check out Eternal Flight!  [2]  katethegreat's made a sweet new Chrono Trigger performance; check it out here!  [3]  mysticalpha's output some more CT webcomic goodness! [ 51 Nightmare Moon Strike - 52 Magic Fun - 53 Rough Reentry - 54 Smashy & Shiny - 55 Comforts of Home - 56 To the Knee - 57 Heroes - 58 Mountains Are Nice - Crono Profile - Crono Profile 2 - Chrono Christmas 2011 Sketch - Chrono Christmas 2011 - Halloween 2011 - Royal Voice ]  [4]  Freki has started a project to recreate the Chrono Trigger Engine in another format! The project's located here, although it might be dormant at this point.  [5]  Lance kicked off an attempt to think of modern-day achievements for the Chrono games; join in here!

[SERIES STUFF]  neologix's made another awesome Chrono Trigger font you can use: Trigger Mono! Trigger and Trigger Bold have also been updated to include the Extended Latin A-Character set; grab them here and here!  [2]  A new Italian Chrono series site has launched! Check it out at Time Gate!  [3]  Thanks to Thomas McGee, we were finally, finally able to find an image of the 1995 display poster for Chrono Trigger that CuteLucca once had on her site. Check it out here.  [4]  In case you haven't checked it out lately, the Doujinshi page has mushroomed thanks to the valiant efforts of Guru Angerona!  [5]  vivify93 attempted a playthrough of Chrono Cross with the least number of characters; see the results here!  [6]  Vykan12's analyzed all the Chrono Trigger techs in terms of damage, with some surprising findings; check out the thread here.

[FAN ART]  First up is Guru Angerona, with a collection of her old Chrono Trigger pieces from the 90s! Check it out here.  [2]  Next up, Straafe's been honing his Robo model! Check out the amazing progress here!  [3]  Aaand next up is fantasyanime_guy with The Wrath of Pepper Spray Cop Continues!  [4]  ZealKnight contributed next with the awesome Turnip as a Samurai!  [5]  And then we have Ema, who made a cool new Magus piece here and a sweet Tata homage here.  [6]  Now for some Chrono Cross flavor! Tushantin's made the sweet Grinches Who Stole Christmas piece, reuniting Cross's favorite evil pair! But wait, tushantin's not done yet; here's Schala - The Paladin!  [7]  Blackbird's been working on a cool Schala piece; check out the progress! [ One] - Two - Three ]  [8]  Last but not least is Kodokami, with this Cape Howl rendition here!  [9]  But wait, there's more! Xavier Jasso sent in three pieces: [ Norstein Bekkler (colored) - Norstein Bekkler (outline) - Crono Unleashes Luminaire ]  [FAN FICTION]  First up is vivify93, with an awesome short piece entitled...well, there is no title! Check it out here. Also check out vivify93's original English lyrics to "Radical Dreamers" from the Chrono Cross OST here!  [2]  Next we've got awesome fan artist grey_the_angel with Sleeping Kid.

[REMIXES]  [ 'By the Old Mill' by Harjawaldar ][ 'Ebbed Tides and Webbed Feet' by Doc Nano, Evory ][ 'Feel the Wrath of my Anthropomorphic Nutsack' by OmigaDrive, Rajdeep ][ 'Frog's Theme' by GneatGeek ][ 'Glenn' by Squint ][ 'Lavos' by DJMykah ][ 'Lost in Time' by urdailywater ][ 'Lucid States' by DragonAvenger, ambient ][ 'Reminiscence of Billy Boy' by DocFuture ][ 'Zeal Feels Good' by Gario ][ 'Corridors of Time' by Prognos ] ( Read more... )

Massive Chrono Trigger game design textbook/resource project

Hello Chrono Compendium!

Some colleagues and I are working on a project to completely reverse-engineer all the game design decisions that went into Chrono Trigger.  We recently did the same thing for Final Fantasy 6.  That resulted in over 30,000 words and more than twenty graphs and figures worth of analysis.  You can see it here: http://thegamedesignforum.com/features/reverse_design_ff6_1.html.  There are eight pages to the reverse design in all.

In any case, we'd really like to do the same thing for Chrono Trigger--to create a complete and authoritative design analysis covering every aspect of the game.  The previous project, however, took hundreds of combined hours from multiple people, some software upgrades, and a bunch of other stuff, so we decided to launch a Kickstarter to fund the project.  The goal is actually quite small ($500), and we're about 30% of the way there with 3 weeks to go, but every little bit helps.

If you think your site and community could use this kind of resource, we'd love the help for the Kickstarter.  You can read more about it to http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/144457690/reverse-design-chrono-trigger.  Also, let us know if you have any questions about either project.  You can post here or shoot a question to submissions@thegamedesignforum.com

*false alarm* Square Enix registers "Chrono Bind" domain

They've registered chronobind.com and chronobind.net. Could be anything!

Source: http://www.siliconera.com/2012/02/27/chrono-bind-domain-registered-by-square-enix-will-this-be-a-chrono-trigger-sequel/

Chrono Trigger Unglued - Episode 23: "Let's Get Enertroned!" is Here!

After a year of waiting (really sorry about that, I'll explain that further down) Chrono Trigger Unglued: Episode 23 is finally here! Watch as Crono and Company discover that maybe going south wasn't the most productive of directions to travel through the raging dust storm in their quest for batteries to put in Lucca's Gate Key. They do - however - have their first encounter with the much lauded Enertron, there's just some minor issues of comfort that have to be overlooked when the device is used. Afterwards, Crono finally acquires some much needed Ether... sweet-sweet Ether!

As for why this episode took so long, my old laptop became virtually completely unusable near the beginning of this year when I found myself charged and wanting to get production on this episode done. Later when I did finally get a new laptop in March, I realized that if I didn't crank-up the writing on my book I would never get it published in time for my mom - who has cancer - to be able to see it before she died. I am glad to say I was able to get it done while she was still alive (she doesn't look so good right now, she probably won't be here much longer). After that, various other forms of delays kept stalling production such that it took 2 whole months to get the episode done after I finally began working on it.

I beg your apologies, I have sacked those responsible (including myself).

Those you who are interested in reading my 100% original book "The Vagrant's Tale" (which is heavily revised from the first draft I showed long ago, and now has 2 bonus chapters never before seen online) you can find it - in dead tree format - for sale here: http://www.amazon.com/Vagrants-Tale-Clovis-Dye-Jr/dp/1463735359/

Anyways, now that Episode 23 is out, a casting call for Dubbed Episode 3 will probably begin soon.

"Fuck SOPA" - ZeaLitY

Chrono Compedium WILL be shut down if the Online Piracy Act (a.k.a. the SOPA) is passed. As well as every other popular fan site and all fan related content on YouTube (gameplay videos) and fan content on other social media sites (Facebook).

Here's a visual explanation of SOPA:
http://mashable.com/2011/12/07/sopa-business-infographic/

A video about SOPA:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hLYgs0xMDm0

Articles about it:
http://www.computerworld.com/s/article/9221339/Opposition_to_Stop_Online_Piracy_Act_grows?taxonomyId=17
http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c112:H.R.3261
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/E-PARASITE

Petitions to stop it:
[url=https://wwws.whitehouse.gov/petitions#!/petition/stop-e-parasite-act/SWBYXX55]https://wwws.whitehouse.gov/petitions#!/petition/stop-e-parasite-act/SWBYXX55[/url]
[url=https://wwws.whitehouse.gov/petitions/!/petition/veto-protect-ip-act-s-968/4ykggyDq]https://wwws.whitehouse.gov/petitions/!/petition/veto-protect-ip-act-s-968/4ykggyDq[/url]
http://americancensorship.org/

See, doesn't that just SUCK? Square-Enix dislikes fan projects as it is by the fan projects they've canceled. Imagine if they had the power to shut down fan sites too? They will not hesitate to use this power! So I highly recommend posting it in the news to inform people about it and encourage them to sign the petitions to stop it.

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