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The naming screen in the MOTHER 3 fan translation slows down and stutters after you finalize your naming choices.

A couple weeks ago a Japanese Nico Nico user by the name of "cheap" posted this amazing trick in Final Fantasy IV for the Super Famicom.

Basically, there are two types of map/room changes in FFIV - "Go" types and "Return"...

Using the sliding trick, it's possible to skip Mist and other similar location-triggered events. Here's a quick demo of the trick in action.

Here's how to do the sliding glitch. It can also be used with other items that temporarily pause and restart the player, like Cottages, the Naughty Book, etc.

Here's a look at that dancer in Baron in all three versions of the game. She gets naked (or semi-naked?) in the original.

Here's a look at the different title screens for Final Fantasy IV, Final Fantasy IV Easy Type, and Final Fantasy II SNES.

Here's a look at the full current intro dungeon. I still need to do a lot of polishing and beef up the final battle.

In this video I've started implementing rotated rectangle collisions, which is pretty tough to do from scratch, so I didn't do it from scratch :P

More info on how rotated rectangle collisions are determined: http://en.wik...

Working on implementing stuff for the initial dungeon. This is all still very, very, very alpha-y stuff. Stuff glitches mostly due to the background effects right now, which still needs much more optimization.

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I tried a different approach to the event trigger system. To test things out, I did a couple basic things you see in Zelda games, like doors that open when you ...

Added a lighting system and started on some early test work for the intro dungeon of the game.

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A whole bunch of stuff since the last video, too tired to list them all. This is still all just basic engine work so far, though.

Today I focused on making the game play in either full screen mode or in windowed mode. I needed to test how the game would look if a player's screen resolution doesn't match the game's resolution ratio, so I used this as ...

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Not much done today, mostly just added some more commands to the scripting language which lets me change tiles on the fly and started implementing event hotspots.

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A bunch of additions since the last video, the biggest thing being event scripting. This video shows a basic test of various event scripts tied to ...

Working on various screen transitions, can't decide which I should go for.

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Today I created a basic indoor tile set, added door functionality, and set up a mini test dungeon. It's finally starting to feel like a game!

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I did a lot more internal work today. I also decided to try my hand at original tile graphics. It's a slow, painful learning process for me, but even at this s...

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Today I mostly worked on some internal map/room-related stuff that isn't very obvious on the outside. So here's some shader stuff I did too.

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Today I did a lot of code cleanup and organization. Afterward, I decided to finally sit down and start learning about HLSL and pixel shaders. I ran some experi...

Today I decided to put together a quick and ugly full-world map to get a feel for large-scale map editing and general layout stuff. Eventually I'll be using all-new tiles and music and such, everything here is just tempora...

Having had my fill of map editors and such, I wanted to work on something more fun. So I added in text box support and started working on basic NPC support.

I finally got a super-basic map editor working, so I tried it out by making a mini-dungeon using my existing tile set. The goal - reach the old man at the end!

You can download the current build here: http://matotree.com/...

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I added too much stuff since the last build to remember, but it basically has that Zelda-style vibe to it now.

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Today I started reimplementing weapons/projectiles/objects and did some test tile graphics using Link's Awakening graphics.

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Implementing the second big component of the enemy behavior system - triggers that can override the regular scripting system. In this early test, I make all the...

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I finally implemented a more sophisticated action/movement/AI system for game objects, here were some early tests. I plan to use this as a base to build more so...

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Fixed some movement engine bugs (mostly related to staggering after being hit), started to reimplement enemies, and a look at some of the debug features I've im...

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I reworked the movement system from scratch, this shows the various tests during the overhaul. The game will control a lot nicer now!

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Considering going to a 16x16 tile system rather than 24x24. This video shows the progress of conversion, so some things are big and some aren't.

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I implemented a bee! And a boss! Both are ouchy.

The boss is obviously not finished yet, I plan for it to act differently and be way easier :P

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I'm doing some engine rehauling so the game has been broken for most of the day. But I did figure out the math for making enemy fireballs/projectiles properly ta...

A lot of turtles do stuff outside my house and I filmed one one day. This one is trying to swim in the ground!

Or it's laying eggs.I like groundswimming better though.

Music: Kevin MacLeod

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A lot of smaller stuff implemented this time around, stuff like the stagger when you're hit, enemy action variations, and enemy projectiles. It's all still very ...

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Rooms and room connections are implemented, new enemy appearance animations, a new enemy, foreground graphic layers, and more. Coming along nicely but still got ...

I added various types of hit detection, a tile system, animations, and more. By the end, it's actually a playable game. Still a long way to go, but it's coming along well!

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I got a couple more hours today to fiddle with stuff, this is still very much just a testbed while I figure out how to get things working. But I fixed many thing...

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I only had about half an hour of free time, so there aren't many improvements over the last time. The big thing is that I can now produce as many enemies as I wa...

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I thought it'd be cool to make a simple Zelda clone as a early game project while I'm still learning the Microsoft XNA library. This is just a super simple prototype I ...

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The Japanese SMB manual has outlived its usefulness, so now it's time for it to go to someone else!

Thanks to everyone who's posted their Super Mario Bros. experiences! Even...

This is a commercial for Super Mario Bros. 2 and Legend of Zelda for the Famicom Disk System. I added some quick English subs for reference.

This is a commercial for the Famicom Disk System. I added some quick English subs for reference.

This is what it looks like when you turn on the Famicom Disk System and then eventually load a game.

Use the whistle/recorder/flute to get free heart containers! But only on the Famicom Disk System versions, and only under certain conditions. See store for details, offer only valid until Ganon eats your face.

The Japanese port has a special trick to compensate for the lack of a microphone on the GBA...

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You can beat these enemies using the microphone on controller #2 of Famicom systems. This was taken with an emulator playing the Japanese version, with...

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This aired in 1985 in Japan. I added some simple English translations to it for reference.

For my Super Mario Bros. localization analysis project: http://matotree.com/localiz...

Japanese gamers got much more than just a Minus World in Super Mario Bros. 1!

Taken from Nico Nico Douga: http://www.nico...