Topic: Castlevania: Umbra of Sorrow (1999 Fan Project)

[theplottwist]

Too bad I only know Chinese and Japanese monster. It seems I can't help you here. However, if you need anything about Chinese and Japanese religion, I would happy to help.

Oh, but rest assured I'll have chinese folklore in this too. But it's still too early to try to fly so high.

[Chernabogue]

Include the Tarrasque from French folklore.

[Shiroi Koumori]

Philippine folklore has tons of creatures that are largely ignored.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Philippine_mythical_creatures
http://www.filipiknow.net/top-10-terrifying-philippine-mythical-creatures/

[theplottwist]

Phillipine and Malay cultures are also planned. And now French too lol

[Lelygax]

Include the Tarrasque from French folklore.

Wait... Tarrasque is from folklore?! I only know it from D&D and thought it was a original creation! Wow!

[Inccubus]

There are a ton of monsters in D&D that draw inspiration from folklore & literature. There are a tone of original creations, too.
The Displacer Beast for example is from an old sci-fi novel and a variation of it also exists in Final Fantasy as the Ceourl.

[Chernabogue]

Wait... Tarrasque is from folklore?! I only know it from D&D and thought it was a original creation! Wow!

Yep

[Kirihara Akira]

Hey, I was playing Project Zero 3 and I think of a NPC for you.

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Description:
When you look at the mirror, you saw a strange woman looking right at you. Don't look at her eyes? No. Don't look away from her. Not until she lost her interest to you.

How about this: She is the store owner in your game and you can access to her store through mirror. But don't you dare skip her lines or it will result in a hitten boss fight.

[theplottwist]

Hey, I was playing Project Zero 3 and I think of a NPC for you.

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Description:
When you look at the mirror, you saw a strange woman looking right at you. Don't look at her eyes? No. Don't look away from her. Not until she lost her interest to you.

How about this: She is the store owner in your game and you can access to her store through mirror. But don't you dare skip her lines or it will result in a hitten boss fight.

I think you'll want to wait until I unveil the main story before proposing characters like NPCs. Most NPCs are already decided on, including this incarnation of the shopkeeper. But since the story is still not completelly decided, I might open it up for proposals when the time comes.

Also, I must remind that NPCs such as shopkeepers will only come in handy if this turns into a game.

Also....... Isn't this character from Fatal Frame or something like that o.O ?

[Inccubus]

Yep

Until now I never noticed how much Bowser looks like a bipedal tarasque.

[Kirihara Akira]

I think you'll want to wait until I unveil the main story before proposing characters like NPCs. Most NPCs are already decided on, including this incarnation of the shopkeeper. But since the story is still not completely decided, I might open it up for proposals when the time comes.

Also, I must remind that NPCs such as shopkeepers will only come in handy if this turns into a game.

Also....... Isn't this character from Fatal Frame or something like that o.O ?

Yeah, Fatal Frame. In China its name is Project Zero.

Are you going to make it a game or something else? What are you going to make it into?

[theplottwist]

Right now I'm writting a story. I'm trying to build the 1999 plot in a way that it feels as convincing as possible. So you can say this is a kind of fanfiction. However, I'll have many things more that will distance this project from the ordinary fanfiction effort.

This might become a fangame - there are some plans laid for that - but right now it is dangerous to make such promises.

[theplottwist]

Remade the japanese logo. The first one never really satisfied me because it didn't feel like something the japanese designers would do. They love those overly complicated designs full of fancy shit. I still think this one is not fancy enough, but still~

[Chernabogue]

Pretty! I like the choice of colors.

[Shiroi Koumori]

@plot: You could remove the reading for the kanji of akumajou since the subtitle doesn't have a reading. I think the logo would look much better after.