Samurai Pizza Cats: Alpha Destiny Triliogy

[Jimmy-Boy]

Something i have been working on since Early 2005. Basicly it is a Fighting Game (In vien of Street Fighter Alpha, Hence the Title.) Based on a story that Spans over ropughly 3 games. I doubt highly these will be showing up anytime soon, as i have a lot to learn about making games, but they will eventualy appear.

And now, the Plot (in a nuthsell):

Samurai Pizza Cats Alpha Destiny 1 ("Road to the Ultimate Prize"):

A Strange-Looking Airship crach-lands on the Outskirts of Edopolis, Inhabited by 5 Beings, Who call themselves the "Alpha 5". They announce a Fighting Tournoment, Wherein the winner will recive the famed "Ultimate Prize". With the Ultimate Prize, the champion could have anything- Power, Money, Fame, And much, much more. This throws Edopolis into Termoil, as everyone wants the Ultimate Prize, Friend turns on Friend, Family Takes on Family, All determind to win at any cost. But something is not quite right about the Alpha
5. Since their appearence, many residents of Edopolis have Gone missing, and apparently Two Shadowy figures are to blame. Is there something else much more Menecing going on underneath the Battles for the Ultimate Prize?



Samurai Pizza Cats Aplha Destiny 2:

After the combined strength of Speedy, Sundance Kid, and Jeffrey Vanquished the Aplha 5 and their most powerful wepon, the Mystirious 'S' Alpha, the Ultimate Prize was stored away under the palace, where it would never again feed on the Greed of the people of Edopolis. However, alll is not as it seems. Barely 3 months after the Happenings of AD 1, the royal vault is ransacked! Riches beyond anyones dreams have been stolen- and most importently, the Ultimate Prize itself. And to make matters worse, Francine, Abigale and Lily have been taken along with them! A strange and powerful Terrorist, named simply "the Shadowman", Has broadcast a Message claiming if anyone wants to see the 3 Manegers alive and well, only ONE warrior shall meet him at his base, the "Shattered Paradice". This presents a problem, as No-body can decide who should go. To make matters Even worse still, Shadowman has Sent out 4 deadly Assasins to Eliminate those not strong enough to fight him, and the U.N. has put a price so Bountaful on Shadowmans head, that Many Warriors (Princess Vi and her Mother themselves!) Are simply out to Bring-Back shadowmans head as a Trophy. With over 20 Warriors all determind to take their Rightful Places to fight Shadowman, whatever Their reason, Who Will Reign Supreme?



Samurai Pizza Cats Alpha Destiny 3:

In a Unexpected final bout, Previous Assasin and Loyal servent to Shadowman, the Psychopathic Alucard Destroyed the Shadowman, Himself, and even the Ultimate Prize in a firework show that would give the Chinese New Year Festival a run for its Money. Barely a Week after, Many competetors of both the Tournoment and the Shadowman Case par their ways to find and Achieve their goals, whatever they may be. However, An army of Evil, Consisting of Old Foes and New Foes, is about to Reunite all of them, and even more Warriors, in combat once more. Yet unbeknownst to them all, a Evil so powerful is about to rear its ugly head, it could change the shape of Scociaty as we know it. Its no longer about any Ultimate Prize. No, this time- Its Personal!



Thats pretty much all the nesesities thus far. Here are the Charecter Rosters for the games i have at the moment:



AD 1:
PLayable:
Speedy Cerviche
Guido Anchovey (sp?)
Polly Ehster
Sundance Kid
Dee Dee
Cosmo
Jeffrey
Daniel
Arial
Jamie
Shelly Pururun

Boss'/Unlockables:
Echo
1Alpha
2Alpha
3Alpha
4Alpha
5Alpha
'S' Alpha


AD 2:
Playable:
Speedy Cerviche
Guido Anchovey
Polly Ehster
Sundance Kid
Dee Dee
Cosmo
Jeffrey
Daniel
Arial
Jamie
Ryo Yattarou
Daimian Sukashii
Shelly Pururun
Princess Vi
Empress Fredia(?)

Boss'/Unlockables:
Echo
Shermie
Ferdenand
Alucard
Shadowman
Hyper - Shadowman


AD 3:
Speedy Cerviche
Guido Anchovey
Polly Ehster
Sundance Kid
Dee Dee
Cosmo
Jeffrey
Daniel
Arial
Jamie
Ryo Yattarou
Daimian Sukashii
Shelly Pururun
Dark Wizzard
Lord Gozer
Big Cheese
Dark Quarret
Princess Vi
Lucille

Boss'/Unlockables:
Echo
Dark Agressor
Daemon
Maximillion


Things Needed:

Charecter Sprites (I'll take care of that. Darn, i've got a lot of work cut-out for me  )
Music (Taken Care Of *boots up 'Music 2000'*
Charecters (Yep. I still want a few extra Charecters. Got a Charecter of you're own? Just drop me a line and i might put Him/Her in the AD of you're choice!)
Stage Idea's/Move Ideas (Got one? let me know!)

Hopefully things will go smoothly. As it is a fighting game i am going for here, i might consider using MUGEN. Its just a matter of finding a Good source to Download it.

I'll put Further Updates Here.

[LonePhantom756]

  Whoa! You've really thought this through in terms of fighting rosters, plotline, and the like! I look forward to hearing more about this!

And if I can help brainstorm special attack ideas, let me know! I'm good with that kind of thing.

[Jimmy-Boy]

Whoa! You've really thought this through in terms of fighting rosters, plotline, and the like! I look forward to hearing more about this!

And if I can help brainstorm special attack ideas, let me know! I'm good with that kind of thing.

Hahaha! Yeah, i NEVER start a Project without thinking it through properly first.

Sure thing! i need all the help i can get for this one...

[LonePhantom756]

Well, okay! Let me see if I can start with a special move list or the Main Three--moves that I'd include in any fandom of mine involving the KNT (including the fan-game idea, if I were ever able to take it beyond simple drawing-board ideas). Let's see, here...

Yattaro:

Force Breaker: A series of powerful sword slashes as Yattaro lunges forward--using a Hard Strike Button would result in up to a triple-slice combination.

Rising Sun Cut: Yattaro leaps into the air, bringing his blade up in an upwards slash. Excels at anti-air manuvers.

Ginzu Star: Tosses a ninja star infused with Ninpo chakra, detonates on impact.

Kawarimi Swap: Uses ninjitsu to swap himself with a double dummy to take an attack, then counters with a sneak attack.

Hover-Boost: Non-offensive, uses the hover-jets in his boots to double-jump.

Hissatu (super move) One--Ginzu Star Barrage: A rapid-fire volley of ginzu stars against the ground, each one exploding in a fountain-blast of Chi.

Hissatu Two--Cat's Eye Slash: Summons his Ninpo chakra into his Ginzu Sword, unleashing it in a powerful energy shockwave arc from both blades--can cause damage even through blocking.

Sukashii:

SunSpot Flash: Uses his umbrella to create a blinding flash that stuns a non-blocking foes (projectile attack)

Battojutsu Rush: Dashes forward at incredible speed, drawing his blade from his umbrella in a quick-draw slice. Hard Strike button will add a follow-up blow from the umbrella itself.

Triple Shuriken: Throws three shuriken needles in rapid succession.

Ninja Vault: Aerial attack in which he descends on an opponent umbrella-first, using the momentum to bounce off and away.

Speed Warp: Non-offensive, uses his hover-jets and speed to do a "teleport."

Hissatu One--Heat-Wave Ninpo: Uses the SunSpot Umbrella to summon a heatwave, causing damage over time until the spell dissappates.

Hissatu Two: Blue Sword Fire: Uses his umbrella to fly, descending towards the enemy with a slash of fiery blue Chakra from his sword.

Pururun:

Passion Paws: A rapid-fire volley of claw-swipes that make a forward approach dangerous (tap the punch button rapidly)

Heart Darts: Throws heart-shaped throwing darts that can set a foe on fire if they connect. Can be launched downward from the air.

Fire Sprite Song: Plays her flute to summon fiery Will O' Wisps to help her (they fly forward when a punch button is releashed)

Sakura Flight: Lunges forward, Chakra-infused feet performing a cartwheel kick.

Neko Step: Non-offensive, can jump against the edge of the screen and push off for added air time.

Hissatu One--Hell Hath no Fury: Lunges forward to grapple the enemy--if successful, Pururun will subject the hapless foe to a fierce meleee combo that ends with upper-cutting the opponent into the air, then sending them flying with a home-run swing with a frying pan.

Hissatu Two--Heart Breaker: Summons her chakra into her kodachi and flute, releasing it into a heart-shaped energy blast


Well....that's about it. Any comments?

[Jimmy-Boy]

I Quite like some of the suggestions you have made right there acctualy! The only thing that remains is to draw some Concepts of those moves in action before making Sprites for them.

Update. This Sunday past i Damedged my Ankle pretty badly, Thus i have been bed ridden (Walking became something similer to having to sit through a 6 hour test- Tedious and Painful.) Buck im able to get back on my feet properly today so i am able to do more things. Soon, im going to start work on the First AD Soundtrack. It's going to take a while to do, As i have'nt been able to make any Decent stuff Music-Wise for a while now, but i will update here with any new songs. In the Mean Time, Keep comming up with sujestions for any of the AD Games, As it will help quite a lot!

[Jimmy-Boy]

UPDATE:0 Whassat, An update? Really!? Golly me, Jimmy acctualy UPDATED!?!

Sarcasm Aside, i have indeed updated. I said a while back i was going to make a start on the Soundtrack for the game. Well, at LAST, I got a song done!

http://www.zshare.net/audio/22743495620643/

This is the song that is going to be used against the Alpha's (1-5 Alpha, not SAlpha).

Yo will notice it starts very slowley, with just the Electric Organ Solo, eventualy biulding into a Full song, Making it sound like an Opening Song. I Can explain that. Those of you that have played-through or Own King of Fighters 2003 (like myself) will know that in the Battle against Adel, His sister Rose will play a Piano Ceraneto (i think thats the right word...) before the song melts into a Upbeat Battle song. I wanted a similer thing with this song. So, in the Battle against the 5 Alpha's, In the background an 'Alpha Clone' of Lucille, Honey, and the British Counterpart Mimi are playing a song, giving off the illusion that they are playing THIS song here. Consider it my little tribute to KOF2003, or KOF in general. That and it add's to the quirky Humour...

[ElonNarai]

Not to be picky but LonePhantom has a point.
I'm a game developer and well, design is important. Even the most simple games have at least a 50 page counting document about how it works.
To give an example of my own: http://www.pointless-saga.nl/emok/Emok%20v%201.02.pdf

I would advise you to look at the end of the document which goes in detail about spells. If your creating a beat'm up than you will also have something similiar.
Anyway, I wish you good luck and I'm looking forward to the result

[Jimmy-Boy]

You're not being Picky- You're being Truthful. And you're being very helpful. I'll have to take a look at that link at some point...

I know how game Designing works. I might not have succsesfuly made a game yet, but often that's due to not having the Proper Programing. Most of the time i never get to making the Documents because getting the right Programs and Equipment can be challenging, or just plain and simply never work. It depends on how badly Luck want's to make my life miserable (j/k)

Even after over a Solid month, no updates have been made. I can only apologize about that. Why? Because i've been working on a Origional Fighting game i am more worried about getting out before making Fan Projects. But i will be getting my hand's on M.U.G.E.N Soon, and after that all i need is a few tutorials. I'll try and update this at some point in the neer future...

[LonePhantom756]

Hey! I'm back, and I've got an idea for some techniques that Bad/Good Bird/Karamaru could use in any such fan game! Tell me what you think, 'kay?

Karamaru:

Ground Slasher: Infuses Chakra into his sword and cuts along the floor, generating a shockwave

Bird of Prey: Aerial manuver, Karamaru descends on his opponent while performing a fierce slash with his sword.

Black Ginzu Star: Throws shadowy versions of Yattaro's Ginzu Stars. Can be done in mid-air.

Reaper Lunge: Leaps forward with his blade at the ready, infusing it with Chakra as he thrusts forward in a fierce stab attack.

Flight: Non-offensive, uses his wings to fly. Bird of Prey and Black Ginzu Star can be performed during this move.

Hissatu One--Kage no Ninpo: Summons two shadow clones to aid him in a three-way combo attack on his foe.

Hissatu Two: Phoenix Flame Slash: Gathers all his Chakra and unleashes it in the form of a firebird that sears forth from his sword.

(SPECIAL NOTE: With his sword, he can block projectile attacks without sustaining damage. Other attacks, however, will still damage him marginally through a block as they normally do for all characters)
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Well, there ya go. What do you think?

[ElonNarai]

About those techniques they are actually nice but most of them sound like they come from Naruto. "Kage Bunshin no Jutsu" and the reference to Chakra kind of give it away.

Also I have never seen Bad Bird do that. But heck, this is the reason we invented "artistic freedom" ^_^


@Jimmy-Boy:
For some reason I remember posting a reply but I know see there never was one. Maybe I wrote it but forgot to post it.
Anyway what I wanted to reply with is that every game should have a design document. This is the bible for your game and what's in it is absolute truth.
Once you have your design document you create a "attack plan" (sounds cooler than a planning) in which you plan out how your going to do it. This will give you an even a more clearer vision and adds some structure to your work. Without proper planning its easy to get lost. After you have created a bible and have your attack plan you can start working on it. The main reason why most fan based games fail is because they have no plan but just do random stuf (admitted it sometimes works) and second they keep adding things and removing things constant changing their design without knowing it. This is called "scope creep" (see wikipedia).

[Jimmy-Boy]

Well... It's been a while, but i do feel the need to explain exactly what has happened to this project-
As of the moment, it's stuck in Development Limbo. I moved it aside to work on Original Projects, and that's why nothing has come of it.
But... And this is a big But-
I am NOT Cancelling the project.
Although i want to get Original works done first, i will be working on the designing of this project, specificly, how the game will work, concept art, maybe a few bit's of Music here and there. It's going to take a while, but i am promising that eventualy, the general idea behind this will be completed at some point- Even if it is just various bit's and bob's downloadable for MUGEN or something along those lines.
Im aware it's been a long time since the last post here. But i thought it was pointless to start a new topic since currently, i have nothing new to post, and it would TECHNICLY just be a re-post of everything already here.

And now that im still designing the game and it's inner workings, im still on the lookout for help in terms of Stage Ideas, Moveset idea's, and maybe even indevidual storylines. Things of that nature.  Maybe even sprite artists. If there is any way you can think of contributing, don't hesitate to let me know! (Although, it is suggested you read the previous post's so that you can refresh your Memory, or get an Understanding of what exactly to expect.)

At the moment, im going to be focusing on re-writing the completely Haphazard and Muddled up storyline (As well as working on the Design Document, and the like), and scome up with a far better title then the one given... Any Suggestions?

[Jimmy-Boy]

No, no music or art yet. But, there is one thing i am risking Double-Posting about that was in dire need of attention- The Story.

I've cut the whole 'Sequal' Gimmick down, so it'll just be a single game if it ever takes off. Maybe if it's popular enough, i might release a sequal, but i doubt it. The main reason for this is not the workload- It's because i CANNOT think of a storyline that consist's over that time period. Even back in 2007 i couldn't. Just go to the first post and read the stories.

As such, there has been a MASSIVE story rehaul. No more 'Alpha 5' or 'Shadowman', rather thankfully.

A Fair warning- 'Tis going to be a Dark One... (Laced with Tounge-In-Cheek-Humour. Sue me...)


It is June the 17th, 2013*

It's been a Month now since the defeat of Big Cheese and Jerry Atrick. They are locked away on Prisoner Island, and Little Tokyo is slowly but surely begining to Rebuild. Most of the destruction brought upon by the Commet (And Lucille's outburst of joy) has been repaired.
Yet, somehow, not just the Pizza Cats, but everyone in the City has a strange feeling of Dread. Like something far more sinister then Big Cheese could ever even have DREAMS of being is begining to unfold.
As is the way with these things, it comes as no suprise that the feelings are more then just Paranoia.


June 19th. 07:23.

A Terrible Fog has closed off all entry and exit points to the city. There is no way in, and no way out. What's worse, is that the fog is forcast to stay for at least 3 days.


June 27th. 23:45.

The fog is still surrounding the city. It's becoming colder and colder, too. It's even begun to snow a little. At this time of year...
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"Those where the last 3 recorded status reports broadcast out to the world about any news about Little Tokyo.
It is now July the 5th. We don't know how much longer this weather or the fog is going to hold out. I expected this kind of Weather-Based-Canudrum back in England, but here? And at this time of year...
But i digress. Me and Speedy went out into the city to find out what's been going on since the emergancy siren on the 28th. The streets are mostly deserted, and most homes appear empty. Even more bizzare, it appears the fog isn't the only thing cutting off the city- All the roads engulfed in the fog are destroyed. We're essentialy Mice trapped in a maze.
Whatever is going on, we have no control over it."
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"The city has become a battlezone! I have no idea what the heck is going on anymore, but it appears people are fighting each other fighting each other for reasons known only to them.  Speedy, Polly, and Gudio have all gone missing, and so have most of my team, leaving me and francine here in the Parlor trying to peice everything toegether.
On the 28th of july, not long after the Emergancy Siren was sounded and a Curfew was put in place, the Radio's began picking up White Noise and Voices. There is no doubt in my mind that we where reciving contact from... Well.
Also, it was after that point most of us in the Parlor began suffering from horrendous nightmares. I've had a couple myself. This can;t be all a coincidence. Something is very, very wrong in this City!
The funny thing is, this all started when that man in a Dark Suit and Singlasses appeared... CVolud he...?"


That probebly won't make any sense to you, but it's the story that'll give you a little insight during gameplay. Don't worry, im not planning on leaving you hanging- Although if you'd like to remain clueless ands don't want MILD spoilers, then read no further after... Now.
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The city of Little Tokyo is surrounded by a fog. A thick, ghostly fog that is so thick all transport into and out of the city is completely stopped. Effectivly, Little Tokyo is cut-off from reality from this point onwards.
Slowly and surely, the weather becomes colder. To the point where it's snowing. In the middle of summer.
And then come the Radio Messages...
They seem to be directed at specific induviduals. And most of the time they are recognizable by that person as someone they once knew... Whom had 'crossed-over'. They most often attempt to torment and taunt them.
Soon after, a few induviduals begin to fight, claiming they 'have to' or ;he/she will be unhappy'. Others begin fighting because they are insecure and want-out of the city. The select few left are trying to peice together just what the heck is happening and how to stop it. (This mysterious stranger might be able to shed some light on the situation.)

I might as well put up a Character list, alongside weather they're fightihg 'for someone' (FFS), have become paranoid(P), or are left trying to figure out what the freakin' hell is going on(WTH):

'Speedy Service' (P)
'Polly Ester' (FFS)
'Guido Anchovy' (P)
'Good Bird' (FFS)
'Princess Vi' (P)
'Empress Fredia' (WTH)
'Jeffrey Archer' (WTH)
'Ariel Simmons' (FFS)
'Daniel Robinson' (P)
'Jamie Archer' (FFS)
'Francine Manx' (WTH)
'Lucille' (FFS)
'Sundance Kid' (FFS)
'Dee Dee' (WTH)
'Cosmo' (FFS)
'Ryo Yattaro'
'Kai Sukashii'
'Suki Pururun'

The last 3 are special 'Shadow' Characters that hold an imprtant part in the story, but are not directly linked to the problem, therefor they are not to be kept secret. But do not worry- All characters do have their own special Sub-Boss, and of course their is the matter of that bloke in the Suit and Sunglasses that you have to think about.

Next time, i WILL have some form of Music or Concept art to put up. Heck, i'll kick my OWN ass to put something of that sort up if i have to XD.

*That's an exstimated and TOTALY made-up date i decided to use for my own SPC Projects. It never came up in the official Canon, so don't bother looking for something that isn't there or hold MY Canon date as the real one. (This is directed more to Newbies then veterans or those that would know i was obviously making the date up)