Topic: Castlevania The Lecarde Chronicles May 2013

[X]

I know, castles are flat
That show exactly why Pfil isnt a castle.

Flat? Castles have towers man! 

I was going to say something alone the lines of the 'opening of the portcullis'... so much for keeping quiet 

[Pfil]

Portcullis?
I won't feel offended, it's a joke, but I don't know the word 

[VladCT]

I think it's something like a gate...or whatever. *shrug* I'unno, though I might know what X meant by that statement...

[X]

A portcullis is the metal caged barrier in between the drawbridge and the large door of the castle's main entrance.

Here's an image if you're still confused;

http://farm5.staticflickr.com/4086/5003887240_9e91e05e69_z.jpg

[Pfil]

Oh you naughty boy with sophisticated words! 

[Lelygax]

No, I won't be offended, this place is my unholy sanctuary.
I mean, my holy sanctuary. That was another thing, I can't remember what exactly...

Unholy Sanctuary is that H-game that plays like Castlevania where you play with a Priestess from Ragnarok Online.

[Pfil]

Yeah, I was kind of joking...
As a matter of fact, I was totally joking, because I always remember that game, but not in that way, but as something funny, because that particular stuff that happens in-game was so out of context that it was so funny! (and also nice, OK, I'm not going to lie, I'm a fangirl sucker for anime naughty action).

[Pfil]

Well, last night I finally finished this game, and all I have to say is "Congratulations!".
You have set the bar very high for Castlevania games, just like Michmede did years ago with Dracula's Shadow.
I believe we Castlevania are the franchise with the best fan games. Let's be proud of that! 

Excellent selection of music, very good remixes, nice new tunes.
Beautiful, beautiful graphics. The ripped sprites blend perfectly with the new ones, and the same goes for backgrounds. Beauty is present throughout the entire game. It captures perfectly the essence and atmosphere of Castlevania.
Very good gameplay, with a great range of movements, upgrades and power ups. Excellent stage design and AI for the enemies and bosses. Animation by sprites is very fluid and the interaction with scenery adds another nice touch. We can find everything we can imagine from Castlevania.
Nice inclusion of some RPG elements and a little exploration and backtracking, and that's always a plus for games.
The challenge is very high. The game gives you plenty of power ups, max ups, weapons and lives, and it have infinite continues. I'd say the difficulty is at par with Rebirth in hard classic mode. I would advise to include a normal mode, and let the current one be the hard mode. Maybe some fans can feel alienated by the overwhelming difficulty, and they'd be skipping a hell of a great game.
And there's some idiomatic corrections that can be made here and there, in an otherwise story that really catched me and helped create a beautiful, haunting, gothic atmosphere, worth of the name Castlevania that carries.
Other than that, it's all praise for this jewel. It's the Castlevania game I've been waiting for since I beat Rebirth back in 2009.
So, in reply to the message that prays "Thanks for your playing" at the end of the game, I just have to say: "No, thank YOU for making this game".
Now I'm looking forward to the sequel 

[Lelygax]

Beautiful, beautiful graphics. The ripped sprites blend perfectly with the new ones, and the same goes for backgrounds.

Hmm, only a hint, but theres no ripped sprites in his game, some are made to be similar, but everything is done from scratch. I know because he said it even before launching a demo.

Thinking about that now, I need to restart translating the script to PT-BR, I've forgot damn!!!

[Pfil]

Really? Wow, that's even more merit to them!

Are you going to make a portuguese version of the script that's going to be in the game?

That's great! I can make a similar one with spanish, if they want me to.

[Lelygax]

Try contacting Mig, I dont know if someone is already translating it to spanish. I knew about this because he said that he would be open to translation posts ago.

[Pfil]

I'll try. Where do you contact him? Is there a public e-mail or something?
Or by PM here?

[Lelygax]

I've contacted him by PM.

[Pfil]

Thanks, I've done it too now.

[mig3]

Hi everybody!

I'm sorry for the lack of answers but i was on vacation in August, offline. Thanks Pfil for your review   The English texts are now corrected thanks to MontoyaGraphics .

-I will start the multi language version of the game once i gather the translations:
-German
-Spanish
-Br portuguese

Thanks very much to translators   Lelygax, flaumi mcflaum and Pfil ( i guess?)

-I will make the french translation.

I will also make the possibility to choose the game's difficulty:
"Normal mode" will be the current one.
"Easy"  Less enemies, less damages and more recover items.
"Hard"  more enemies, increased damages and less recover items. Boss battles with enhanced patterns and extra "surprises"..............For the more skilled players    

Maybe some other stuff like: "boss rush mode" etc.

I see that some players were looking for the recording file. It is located in :
C://mydocs/username/AppData/MMFapplications    (this directory and the files within are usualy hidden but you can find them by searching "%AppData%" ) the game's file is named "saves".

In order the file to work on another computer it must be placed in the same directory.

As i said it will be really great if i could make a JAPANESE translation. Anyone that can do that will be welcomed