Topic: Castlevania Chronicles - Dracula's Curse

[BMC_War Machine]

I am sure Warmachine won't mind me posting this sneak peak on this thread:

No problem at all dude!  Thanks for the kick ass cover dude!  Hey guys, just wanted to drop a line and let everyone know that the project is still running strong and is coming together beautifully!  Im up to the Castle Courtyard now, its about 3 frames from being wrapped up.  As i mentioned earlier in the thread, once i get everything finished i will be completely redoing the village stage and going back and adding more elements to the other levels as well.  Once this is worked out i will be focusing on finishing up the OST (and remastering where and if needed) and then i'll start adding the enemies/bosses and extra characters.  Also, i have decided to ditch the SOTN version of Trevor only for another custom version that im sure everyone will like much better and since there are a few versions of Drac's Curse floating around it seemed like the best course to take.  Anyways lol, this weekend i will be making a compilation vid of the progress thus far and if i cant hook you guys up this weekend i will definitely hook you up monday morning.  In the meantime, here's my take of Deja Vu that i recorded last night, hope you guys dig it! 

https://www.dropbox.com/s/5hdvat1l283yp7r/Deja%20Vu.mp3

[Lelygax]

Good remix. you even added some new things to the music

[Chernabogue]

https://www.dropbox.com/s/5hdvat1l283yp7r/Deja%20Vu.mp3

Really nice, you improved a lot, man!

[uzo]

That's one hell of a remix. Adding that DXC variation was just icing on the cake. Rock on.

[BMC_War Machine]

Thanks for the support guys, cause i definitely need it.....as of saturday morning my hard drive crashed!!!!  And before people start slamming, NO i didnt have it backed up, shame on me, shame on me, it sucks enough as it is that i lost it so lets not add insult to injury.  What's weird is that my hdd shows up as RAW and is read only and i still have space taken up on it so i know my files are still there.  I've tried literally EVERYTHING over the weekend with no luck so im gonna ask some IT buddies i have here at work to take a look for me.  I REALLY dont want to start this over from scratch again but i may end up with no choice.  I'll keep you guys posted and thanks again for the support!

[Lelygax]

That sucks, I wish you to be lucky with these IT (What is IT?) buddies.

[BMC_War Machine]

Thanks man, I.T means "information technology".  They are the computer gurus here at work but honestly there are a few that i could take their place and then some lol. Im a team leader now but i wouldn't mind taking a pay increase and jumping on IT department lol.  I've helped more people with their computers than they have.

[VladCT]

In the meantime, here's my take of Deja Vu that i recorded last night, hope you guys dig it! 

https://www.dropbox.com/s/5hdvat1l283yp7r/Deja%20Vu.mp3

Awesomely hardcore as always, but how do you plan to loop it after the DXC bit? It kinda just...stops there.

[BMC_War Machine]

Awesomely hardcore as always, but how do you plan to loop it after the DXC bit? It kinda just...stops there.

Thanks dude  When i use it in game i will be having it start back up either from the main Vampire Killer part just after the intro then loop the entire thing or just loop it from the start.  Either way, that chop off wont be heard in game lol.  That was just a clean chop off point for me in the recording so i can play with the loop later.  Thanks for the props dude.  No news on the data recovery yet, im going to give it a few days and if i cant access it or get help with it i may send it to geek squad.  If worse case scenario i have to restart i will just pick it back up after that.  Im not discouraged to just give up guys, it will REALLY suck because i've been working on this for a few months extremely hard but the good thing is if i do have to start over at least i know how i want to lay out my stages and how the engine works....good thing i still have the first stage saved on my internal hdd haha, at least i can use it for my starting point again.

[BMC_War Machine]

Ok guys, time for and update (or....something like that lol).  I've been fighting with getting my external HDD fixed but since i dont have any cash or at least enough that is being asked online, im starting from the ground up again.  I started working on the first stage late last night and have just redone my stair system.  Since i remember for the most part how i had everything coded im aiming for simplicity this time so that it speeds things along as quickly as possible.  Along the way though, i will be taking everyone's input from the previous posts and implementing them as needed, such as a new life bar/HUD (which i worked on yesterday as well).  Im not out of it yet duders!  It sucks that i have to start from the beginning again, but im not giving up and will do as i did before and work my hardest to give you guys the best Dracula's Curse revamp you could ask for!  On a side note, EVERY SINGLE STAGE that gets completed is getting backed up on disk, flash drive and online storage just in case i get a stroke of bad luck again!  lol sucks pretty bad because i was halfway finished with the castle courtyard stage and the finish line was in sight....oh well, its done, its over with, now its time to get busy again!  I'll get back at you guys with some more updates. 

[VladCT]

Nice to see that you're not giving up despite the fact that you had to restart from way back. If it'll cheer you up even more, the ever elusive Whip Rush!! doujin album is now up for grabs. Sadly, it's just the first one.

[BMC_War Machine]

Thanks for the props dude, and i'd check that out but my work has a better than gay internet filter lol.  I'll have to check it out later.  While on topic of that tho, im jumping onboard for the new vampire variations this year and i will be remixing Red Dawn from DXC.  If im not working on a game, my music, the band or with my family im ALWAYS cranking out some Castlevania tunes.  There's nothing cooler in the world to me than making Castlevania music metal lol 

[VladCT]

Lemme guess, the filter blocks web-based proxies.
Also, a metal remix of Red Dawn? That'd be pretty interesting.

[Maedhros]

Seriously, why every project like this always gets to be deleted due to hdd damage? I can't even count...

[BMC_War Machine]

Lemme guess, the filter blocks web-based proxies.
Also, a metal remix of Red Dawn? That'd be pretty interesting.

Yessir, it blows lol.  But now that i have a little down time here im going to start working on the game some lol. Sometimes it pays to be a boss hahaha.