Last week we explained how NPC's work; now you have a chance to design your very own!
Head on over to our facebook page,
"like" the Create an NPC Contest picture,
and leave a description of your dream NPC in the comment section using the following template:

Name:
Age:
Sex:
Description:
Favorite Color:

The winner will be announced next Sunday, so be sure to get your entries in before then!
The winner's name will be added on the game's credits as the "Create an NPC Contest winner"

Taverns have NPCs now. Here's how it works:
Edit: High res link: http://emmanuelsalvacruz.com/wp/wp-content/uploa ds/2012/11/npc.jpg

Here is the new World Map. It is a lot more bigger than the first game and it will have more places to explore.

Here is a link to a full resolution version (1.2MB)
http://emmanuelsalvacruz.com/wp/wp-content/uploa ds/2012/11/wm.jpg

Finally finished the new "Hackpick" minigame. Here is a little preview of the rules and some of the levels:

Edit: looks like it ended up being low res. Here is a link to a high res version:
http://emmanuelsalvacruz.com/wp/wp-content/uploa ds/2012/11/hackpick1.jpg

More NPCs with the new background.

Just a heads up, we've changed the URL for our facebook page to 'http://www.facebook.com/CrystalStoryGame'. We've also made the page focus on Crystal Story as a series, rather than just CSII specifically.

I've been working on a lockpicking minigame for locked treasure chests. I hope its going to turn out to be fun...
Anyway here is The Floating Kingdom of Crystalia. It was where the Evil Witch Rita stole the Crystal from the first game. I don't know yet if the name is going to be final.

Battle Theme by Morgan King:

"This week we've got an update on the game's soundtrack for you guys; it's the main battle music from the game! This time around there's going to be more than one battle theme, dependent on what area of the game you're in. This is the first battle theme you'll hear, and it's a revamp of the battle theme from CSI (with tons of extra goodness added of course!)"

Facebook Page

I've been working on enemies and enemy stats. I currently have about ~50 enemy stats filled. Which is about 2 out of the 6 arcs done. I'm still testing if the stats are balanced though. Here are some of the enemy sprites. I still have to draw about ~10 more monsters, ~6 more Bosses and a bunch of recolors.

I have been working on an optional feature for the game. If it is turned on, the camera will follow the player around the dungeon. Took me a while to finish and it has still bugs in it. It is not final yet, but here is a preview:

Ah! Busy week. I made some cutscenes for the early part of the game. Here are 3 more npcs and some screenshots of the cutscenes.