Zelda Fangames

***Cosmonautical*** · 03-25-2009, 07:18 AM

I'm a member at the Legends Alliance Zelda boards, and some fella just posted about these over there. I thought it was worthy of a VGF repost.

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lobaluz

Hellooooo every one! I'm Lobaluz, I'm french, 18 and very nice nice to meet you.
I wanted to present you two new Zelda games. Yeah, seriously.
They are here to make you wait until the coming out of the next "real" Zelda ^^.

ZeldaROTH and ZeldaOLB are in fact two amateur games made in C++ by Vincent Jouillat. They were originally french and they have a great success, so I decided to translate them. And here they are ^^.

Zelda Return Of The Hylian has been made as the sequel of ALTTP, so it retakes the 2D graphics.
Story : After Link's victory over Ganon (in "A Link to the Past"), no one knows what Link’s wish to the Triforce was. But this wish reunified the Light World and the Dark World and brought the 7 wise men’s descendants back to life. Peace was back in Hyrule. But unfortunately, this wish also ressurected Ganon and his henchmen. He was preparing his revenge, but he couldn’t do anything without the Triforce. One night, a familiar voice speaks to Link in his sleep…

Here you can download it => [link]

Zelda Oni-Link Begins is the sequel of ZeldaROTH, made because ROTH encountered a great and unexpected success.
It's longer and far better ^^.
Story :
Brought down by a terrible curse since his recent victory on the Dark Lord, Link is changing, day by day, into a powerful creature with a destructive nature named Oni-Link. Bannished from Hyrule, the young hylian asks the princess Zelda some help. She shows him his last hope: a portal to a secret world.

To download it, go there => [link]

I will say just a last thing... Enjoy them !

(And don't forget to post comments

)

Lobaluz · 03-25-2009, 10:28 AM

Hi, here I am.
I originally posted this message in Zelda Alliances forums.

Thank you a lot for your help SPACE STALIN ! ^^

I will be there to answer your questions if you have.

Also don't hesitate to say what you think of the games, that can be positive or negative, but I prefer positive

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***Cosmonautical*** · 03-25-2009, 11:01 AM

No problemo. Call me A.I., AI, or ai here if you want to get my attention easier.

I haven't tried OLB yet, so I can't give you any immediate criticisms for that, but I can for ROTH.

I really love LttP, so I dig the aesthetic and all. I think the music is used fairly well and the map and layout work well.

Here's some negatives that I hope you can circumvent in the future:

The environments are too vacant, too empty. The world in ROTH is quite blocky and sort of devoid of character - the patches of grass and trees, etc, in LttP were all placed in a way that made them feel like it was very meticulously planned but also very natural. More frequent objects in the games environments with a lot less square-shapes overall would be a definite improvement.

The enemies all seem to have the same behavior patterns - only to head directly towards Link. That's no good, you've had to really cut down on the amount of enemies in the game just to keep it playable. It's not impossible to play, but it's not especially fun to kill the monsters, etc, because they all behave in a very simplistic way. You need to make the knockback more effective, too. If the enemies all head directly towards Link, when Link strikes something with his sword it should be driven dramatically away. That at least could've let you put more enemies in each area, even without modifying their behavior.

Overall, I'd say it's pretty fun to explore, but it feels a bit unfinished.

Having re-read your post, I can see you've just done the translation, though. The translation is decent, it's at least more coherent than the first Zelda, and even that was understandable. It's not bad, but it could definitely have been done better. If you haven't, next time cross-reference what you've translated with a writer to really smooth things out. I'm sure there are tons of folks around the net that would be willing to help out.

Robotazy · 03-25-2009, 11:02 AM

....wtfbbq? AI shows off your game and you join us?

....sweet. We need more cool people.

1-up Salesman · 03-25-2009, 11:15 AM

Cool. Downloading ROTH right now.

Lobaluz · 03-25-2009, 02:59 PM

Thanks for your comments A.I. Actually for most of them, ROTH weaknesses are known and reduced in OLB. And don't worry, I report all your comments to the guy who made the games ^^.
About the translation... well, I see what you mean, actually I had it checked by a teacher, so I hoped it was okay but apparently not enough. As you said, for the next time I will try to find a fan writer to help me.

Tazy Ten : don't see the prb with my showing off, but anyway, hope I'm what ya call a "cool people".

Domo : Don't forget to say what you think ^^.

ZeldaGirl · 03-25-2009, 03:03 PM

^Firstly, welcome to the forums! It's so great to see new people!

Secondly, WOW, those games look awesome to play, and I'll get on it ASAP.

***Cosmonautical*** · 03-25-2009, 10:40 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lobaluz

Tazy Ten : don't see the prb with my showing off, but anyway, hope I'm what ya call a "cool people".

No problem at all, he was just astonished/excited that you joined the forum.

And my apologies that the feedback was mostly negative. I'm still very impressed with how well presented everything is in the game. I wish I could play it with my control pad - I've got one I can map keyboard commands to, but it seems to get hung up whenever I change directions, so I'm better off using the keyboard itself.

If you're at all interested in touching up the translations, I'm sure my wife wouldn't mind giving me a hand rewriting it to help you out. VGF overall is sort of a gathering of well-spoken and well-written folks, all around.

CuccoLady · 03-25-2009, 11:01 PM

Ohh sweet, I'm gonna have to try these out sometime.

I'll probably hunt down the French version and play it for kicks too, and attempt to use my second-year vocabulary to figure out what's going on.. x{D

Kargath · 03-26-2009, 03:55 AM

I don't have time to play these now

but here's another fangame for you to enjoy...
konjak.org // games, art and women

CuccoLady · 03-26-2009, 05:00 PM

I tried playing Minish Cap in french, but only understood about a third of what was going on. x{D

Granted that was a year ago, but still. Exciting times.

Rainbow Dash · 03-26-2009, 06:55 PM

PARALLEL WORLDS.

***Cosmonautical*** · 03-28-2009, 09:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Lobaluz

However, these games are in fact a trilogy. The third opus is right now in progress and I will soon start to traduce the texts. If your offer still stands, I'd really love to have smoothed texts for the last game ^^.

Hey, as long as I've got the free time I'd love to help out.

Lobaluz · 03-28-2009, 11:30 AM

Great, so I'll be sure to contact you when the time has arrived. (Don't expect me before one or two months)

Before that, well just enjoy Roth and Olb ! ^^

Lobaluz · 04-12-2009, 07:32 PM

Hey ! I have a news about ROTH and OLB.
Well, more precisely about OLB. He is now available in Mac os !
So people using Mac Computers, enjoy ^^.

03-25-2009, 10:28 AM	#2
Lobaluz Newbie Join Date: Mar 2009 Gender: Posts: 7 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Hi, here I am. I originally posted this message in Zelda Alliances forums. Thank you a lot for your help SPACE STALIN ! ^^ I will be there to answer your questions if you have. Also don't hesitate to say what you think of the games, that can be positive or negative, but I prefer positive .

03-25-2009, 11:01 AM	#3
*Cosmonautical* Join Date: Aug 2002 Location: I rub my tilde all over your asterisk Gender: Posts: 28,102 Thanks: 2,157 Thanked 5,338 Times in 2,433 Posts	No problemo. Call me A.I., AI, or ai here if you want to get my attention easier. I haven't tried OLB yet, so I can't give you any immediate criticisms for that, but I can for ROTH. I really love LttP, so I dig the aesthetic and all. I think the music is used fairly well and the map and layout work well. Here's some negatives that I hope you can circumvent in the future: The environments are too vacant, too empty. The world in ROTH is quite blocky and sort of devoid of character - the patches of grass and trees, etc, in LttP were all placed in a way that made them feel like it was very meticulously planned but also very natural. More frequent objects in the games environments with a lot less square-shapes overall would be a definite improvement. The enemies all seem to have the same behavior patterns - only to head directly towards Link. That's no good, you've had to really cut down on the amount of enemies in the game just to keep it playable. It's not impossible to play, but it's not especially fun to kill the monsters, etc, because they all behave in a very simplistic way. You need to make the knockback more effective, too. If the enemies all head directly towards Link, when Link strikes something with his sword it should be driven dramatically away. That at least could've let you put more enemies in each area, even without modifying their behavior. Overall, I'd say it's pretty fun to explore, but it feels a bit unfinished. Having re-read your post, I can see you've just done the translation, though. The translation is decent, it's at least more coherent than the first Zelda, and even that was understandable. It's not bad, but it could definitely have been done better. If you haven't, next time cross-reference what you've translated with a writer to really smooth things out. I'm sure there are tons of folks around the net that would be willing to help out.

03-25-2009, 11:02 AM	#4
Robotazy PRESS ANY KEY TO PANIC! Join Date: Sep 2000 Location: A Tiny Shed Gender: Posts: 16,483 Thanks: 529 Thanked 1,254 Times in 897 Posts Blog Entries: 46	....wtfbbq? AI shows off your game and you join us? ....sweet. We need more cool people.

03-25-2009, 11:15 AM	#5
1-up Salesman Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Letting you guys know that I'm planning on continuing Attack of the Spammers soon. Gender: Posts: 4,095 Thanks: 2,162 Thanked 250 Times in 194 Posts Blog Entries: 9	Cool. Downloading ROTH right now.

03-25-2009, 02:59 PM	#6
Lobaluz Newbie Join Date: Mar 2009 Gender: Posts: 7 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Thanks for your comments A.I. Actually for most of them, ROTH weaknesses are known and reduced in OLB. And don't worry, I report all your comments to the guy who made the games ^^. About the translation... well, I see what you mean, actually I had it checked by a teacher, so I hoped it was okay but apparently not enough. As you said, for the next time I will try to find a fan writer to help me. Tazy Ten : don't see the prb with my showing off, but anyway, hope I'm what ya call a "cool people". Domo : Don't forget to say what you think ^^.

03-25-2009, 03:03 PM	#7
ZeldaGirl Awesome member Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: Why do YOU want to know...? Gender: Posts: 15,896 Thanks: 1,130 Thanked 1,919 Times in 1,046 Posts	^Firstly, welcome to the forums! It's so great to see new people! Secondly, WOW, those games look awesome to play, and I'll get on it ASAP.

03-25-2009, 11:01 PM	#9
CuccoLady Anime and Cartoons Mod Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: THIS LOCATION REMINDS ME OF A PUZZLE, LUKE Gender: Posts: 9,077 Thanks: 2,825 Thanked 1,222 Times in 822 Posts	Ohh sweet, I'm gonna have to try these out sometime. I'll probably hunt down the French version and play it for kicks too, and attempt to use my second-year vocabulary to figure out what's going on.. x{D

03-26-2009, 03:55 AM	#10
Kargath et in Arcadia ego Join Date: Jul 2001 Gender: Posts: 8,334 Thanks: 1,226 Thanked 780 Times in 488 Posts	I don't have time to play these now but here's another fangame for you to enjoy... konjak.org // games, art and women

03-26-2009, 05:00 PM	#11
CuccoLady Anime and Cartoons Mod Join Date: Jun 2006 Location: THIS LOCATION REMINDS ME OF A PUZZLE, LUKE Gender: Posts: 9,077 Thanks: 2,825 Thanked 1,222 Times in 822 Posts	I tried playing Minish Cap in french, but only understood about a third of what was going on. x{D Granted that was a year ago, but still. Exciting times.

03-26-2009, 06:55 PM	#12
Rainbow Dash been dreamin', i've been waitin' Join Date: Jan 2001 Location: a bomb-ass cloud house bachelorette pad Gender: Posts: 24,402 Thanks: 173 Thanked 1,179 Times in 716 Posts	PARALLEL WORLDS.

03-28-2009, 11:30 AM	#14
Lobaluz Newbie Join Date: Mar 2009 Gender: Posts: 7 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Great, so I'll be sure to contact you when the time has arrived. (Don't expect me before one or two months) Before that, well just enjoy Roth and Olb ! ^^

04-12-2009, 07:32 PM	#15
Lobaluz Newbie Join Date: Mar 2009 Gender: Posts: 7 Thanks: 0 Thanked 0 Times in 0 Posts	Hey ! I have a news about ROTH and OLB. Well, more precisely about OLB. He is now available in Mac os ! So people using Mac Computers, enjoy ^^.