Mother 3.5: The Tale of Claus

Not quite sure about that title, but the idea is to make an RPG in the style of Mother 3 where you take over the role of Claus as he spirals downward to show you the process where he became the Masked Boy.

Sprites are in the process of being created, locations will be created after sprites, all I need is help with the scripting stuff because Im no good with that stuff.

Basically if anyone wants to help me with scripting, then feel free to contact me and we will talk.
I really would appreciate any help with this that I can get.

New Game Brainstorming

Hey everyone, I was thinking about making a game. A platformer to be exact, based on EarthBound and the world of EarthBound. I was surprised to see that no one has done this, so I began brainstorming something like a Super Mario Bros. 2 idea with EarthBound Characters, Enemies, Cities, etc.

I personally think that it would be great. I mean can you imagine running through Threed as Ness killing zombies with a yo-yo? Or freezing those Starmen in Stonehenge with PSI Freeze as Paula?
Jeff would be armed with a gun to shoot enemies, and Poo, I guess I would need to work in a hand combat to be used with him.

Just a thought, but if anyone knows some kind of software which would be able to do something like this, let me know. I already have a trial of Game Maker 7, but I need to figure it out. So i guess if anyone has some hints for that too, it would be a great help.

1/128 Proofs : COMPLETE!!!!

Here I will show EVERY 1/128 proof. I got them all, and because of it cruised through the game, with nothing but bashing, which helped my No PSI challenge.

Without further ado, here they are, every proof:




That is EVERY ONE! they may be a bit out of order as far as the picture order goes, but they were gotten every day during each GPP. I am fully up to date now. And I guess this Blog will have to shift gears and take on another purpose until next EBFGP Summer. I leave this challenge, asking everyone to go and have a absolutely Funktastic Summer.

July 11 - July 15

Sorry for the little updating lately, work has been nuts.

Anyway, Ill get all my things together and show them here, up to the point of the game completion.

July 11 - Deep Darkness

• No bottle rockets of any sort! - Complete
  
• Fight a Master Criminal Worm with Dungeon Man in your party. - Complete
  
• Get all the Magic Truffles. Have Jeff eat them. - Complete
  
• Store your Franklin Badge with Escargo Express. Any excuse to see that guy submerged in the swamp! - Incomplete
• (1/128)Manly Fish's Brothers sometimes drop Horns of Life. If you can win one, you're an unstoppable EarthBound machine! - COMPLETE (This was SOOOOO hard)

July 12 - Stonehenge

• Again, no bottle rockets! NOoooo bottle rockets! - Complete (Never used any the entire game)
  
• Get three people diamondized. - Complete
  
• Only use PSI Thunder against Starman DX. - Incomplete (No PSI)
  
• Get the Sword of Kings. Give it to Escargo Express. - Incomplete (Got it but never gave it to Escargo Express)
  
• Don't go over Level 60 looking for the sword. Reset your game instead. You want that offense boost to be meaningful, right? - Definently Incomplete (I was at level 99 when i got here because of 1/128 grinding)
• Use the Casey Bat during the entire GPP, except when you're looking for the sword. Then you should leave Ness unequipped. - Complete
  
• (1/128)Whirling Robos sometimes drop Meteotites. Get one! - Complete
  
• (1/128)Starmen sometimes drop Brain Food Lunches. Win one! - Complete
  
• (1/128)Starmen Super drop the infamous Sword of Kings.
  Win one or you smell like feet! - Complete

July 13 - Tenda Village

• No no no no bottle rockets! - Complete
  
• Continue to use the Casey Bat. - Complete
  
• Trade with the Tenda, but no buying Horns of Life! Earn 'em the hard way! - Incomplete
  
• Learn and recite the tea scene from memory. - Incomplete
  
• Fight Ego Orbs until you get a Skip Sandwich DX. Then slap your forehead as you realize that it was the Uncontrollable Sphere that dropped the Broken Antenna and you were foiled yet again by the Player's Guide. - Complete (But I tried it)
• (1/128)Conducting Spirits drop Brain Food Lunches. Win one! - Complete
  
• (1/128)Hyper Spinning Robos drop Meteotites. Get one! - Complete
  
• (1/128)Uncontrollable Spheres drop Broken Antennas.
  Win one and prove yourself a true EB warrior! - Complete
  
• (1/128)Chomposaurs drop Magic Fry Pans. Get one for Paula! - Complete
  
• (1/128)Major Psychic Psychos drop Star Pendants. Win one! - Complete

July 14 - Magicant

• Store away the Franklin Badge and Sea Pendant. - Incomplete
  
• Beat Ness's Nightmare with a Flying Man by your side. - Complete
  
• Don't use any Dragonite. Sell it to the shopkeeper or just drop it. - Complete
  
• Say hello if any enemies send their greetings. - Complete
  
• Avoid all the Krakens. - Complete
  
• Equip the Baseball Cap that you give yourself, and keep it equipped until the end of the game. - Complete

July 15 - The Cave Of The Past

• Enter the Phase Distorter with as few items as possible. - Complete (Only had equips)
  
• Beat 10 Ghosts of Starman without using any shields or bottle rockets. - Complete
  
• Fight 10 Bionic Krakens. - Complete
  
• Beat Giygas at Level 60 or under. - Incomplete.........all were at lv 99
  
• Beat Giygas with only Paula alive. - Incomplete
  
• Remember the Shattered Man you were supposed to avoid in the Summers museum? Go back and fight him after you've beaten Giygas. Don't lose, though, or the game will freeze! - Incomplete (I accidentally beat them both earlier)
  
• And, as always, the final challenge:
  
  DO NOT ENJOY THE ENDING!
  ...pssh, yeah, right. - IMPOSSIBLE!
• (1/128)Ghosts of Starman drop Goddess Ribbons. Win one! - Complete
  
• (1/128)Mechanical Octobots drop Meteotites. Get one! - Complete
  
• (1/128)The elusive Bionic Krakens drop the elusive Gutsy Bat.
  Win one and you can call yourself a full-fledged EarthBound geek! - Complete

With that, EBFGP Summer is complete, I have finished my 1/128 challenge, and my No PSI challenge. I will create a seperate post with all 1/128 proofs in it, so this one is not too big.

July 9 - Scaraba

Today was also relatively quick for a GPP. I made my way through the tomb, got everything for the challenges, and only never complete one challenge, because I wanted to save the experience so i can maybe get the big boost from Magicant (which is highly doubtful at the moment).

Anyway, heres the challenges:

• Fight 10 Master Criminal Worms. Without green swirls. Hah, you thought we'd make it easy? - Incomplete (Like I said, im hoping to not be at level 99 so I can get the big boost from magicant)
  
• Don't use PSI to cure any ailments. - Complete
  
• Collect EVERY item in the pyramid. - Complete
  
• Don't let anyone get killed. - Complete
  
• Give Poo all your best items. - Complete
  
• Win a Kraken Soup from a Beautiful UFO. - Complete
  
• Find Pokey's dung. Say, "Hey, Poo! It's your brother!" - Complete

They were actually very easy to do so I did get most done, and I would have gotten the other done if I wasnt looking for that boost later on.....maybe later if I get the chance.

Anyway, thats all.

July 8 - Pink Cloud Kraken

Hey everyone, I got this GPP done very, very quickly today so there really is not much to say.
The fact that there was only 4 small challenges also made it even quicker. Here they are:

• No PSI, bottle rockets, or bombs against the Kraken. Bash and Pray only! - Complete
  
• Throw the Pair of Dirty Socks at the Kraken. That way it won't seem so silly that the captain threw his slippers at the beast. - Complete (I was lucky to still have the dirty socks, as I was considering throwing them away earlier, but decided not to)
  
• Get all the Pink Cloud items before you face the boss. - Complete (Bracer of Kings, Rock Candy, Sudden Guts Pill)
  
• Defeat Thunder and Storm with only PSI Thunder. Put the Franklin Badge in storage beforehand so it's just your Thunder, too. - Incomplete (No PSI, however I did not use the Franklin Badge to make it a bit harder)

I am actually realizing just how hard this No PSI challenge is making the game. The only thing I am allowing myself to use it for at any time is PSI Teleport, and only when 100% necessary in order to get to or get out of an area (Like to get to Dalaam).

The worst part is that I have all of the PSI abilities because of my 1/128 challenge, which makes using them so tempting, but I still have refrained from using them.

Speaking of which, my current levels after all this 1/128 business are:
Ness(Elem): 79
Paula(Jacky): 65
Jeff(Braz): 73
Poo(Ching): 44 (he is a little low at the moment because I havent done any 1/128 grinding with him yet)

Anyway, thats about all for this, and I need my sleep.

July 7 - Poo to Mu to Magnet

Today was a pretty quick GPP. Challenges weren't too hard, with the exception of the shattered man challenge, which I accidentally screwed up because they both ran for me...guess i wont be able to do the later challenge for it.

Anyway here are the challenges for today:

• Avoid at least one Shattered Man in the Summers Museum. This leads to a future challenge. - Incomplete as I said they both ran for me first thing.
  
• If Venus kisses you, kiss the screen back. (Might wanna apply a Swiffer first, though.) - Complete (.....lol........)
  
• Don't use Paralysis in the sewers. - Complete (No PSI)
  
• Defeat the Plague Rat of Doom with PSI Flash. - Incomplete (No PSI)
  
• Fix every broken item in the sewer before you fight the boss. - Incomplete (for some reason, though Jeff has enough IQ, he wont fix anything)
  
• Get the Carrot Key, but not the Magnet Hill melody. - Complete ( Got the key before getting the Melody, so I guess its only half complete in reality)

Anyway, as you can see, there was not a whole lot I could do for the challenges in this one as 2 of them included PSI which I am not allowed to use unless 100% needed (only one situation as of yet, and that was to get out of summers, because there is no other way out as of this GPP). No other PSI has been used with the exception of that one time using PSI teleport.

Anyway, I better go try to get some more stuff done, like get Poo leveled up to the others..... :P

July 6 - Rainy Circle

Alright! Today was actually easy, all of the challenges included. I was finished them all in under a half hour, which is very quick considering there was a 1/128 item in the challenges.

Here they are:

• Have Shrooom! "mashroomize" your whole party. - Complete
  
• Buy all the new equipment in Summers. Fight enemies on the beach until you have enough money. - Complete (Easy, the 1/128 challenge means I have lots of money. Over $500,000 to be exact)
  
• Buy every item at the restaurant. Be sure to read all the Help descriptions. - Complete
  
• Fight Tough Guys on the beach until you get a Chick from one. (Success at this challenge entitles you to call yourself "The Ladies' Choice.") - Complete

I should probably show proof for that last one So here it is:

• Spend 10 nights at the hotel. Giygas can wait. - Complete
  
• Memorize the "Didactically speaking" line.
  Then say it to someone today. - Complete (video posted on the blog page)
• (1/128)Mighty Bear Sevens drop Super Plush Bears. Win one! - Complete
  
• (1/128)Mad Taxis drop Xterminator Sprays. Win one if you didn't already in Fourside! - Already Complete from previous challenge.

And now that the proof for that is up, I am finished this post! Im gonna try to get some more youtube videos up for the EBFGPS, which by rights I should have been doing all along. Oh well, thats it. Later!

July 4 - Edisnoom (Cont.) + July 5 - Monkey Cave Story

Finally finished the July 4th challenge.
After I got the 2, 1/128 items I finished all the challenges:

July 4:

• Give a Magic Truffle to the guy who wants something. - Complete
  
• Defeat five Robo Pumps before they can reach 2. - Complete
  
• No bottle rockets. - Complete
  
• Don't equip the Night Pendant. - Complete
  
• Read every line of text in Moonside at the top of your lungs in a crazy voice. And turn your television upside-down, too. Basically, today is "bug your parents/roommates" day. - Completed first part, but not to turn the TV upside down.
• (1/128)Dali's Clocks sometimes drop PSI Caramels. Get one! - Complete
  
• (1/128)Enraged Fire Plugs drop Sudden Guts Pills. Win one! - Complete

As well, I completed the July 5th challenges:

• Get every item in the cave in under 8 minutes. - Complete
  
• Eat every food item you get in the cave. - Incomplete
  
• Avoid all Sentry Robots. Even the first one. You might want to buy a Skip Sandwich. - Incomplete(I hit one)
  
• Defeat the Clumsy Robot in 40 seconds or less. - Complete
  
• No Super Bombs against the Clumsy Robot. - Complete
  
• Get the Runaway Five to shut off the robot twice. - Complete

Thats all for today, ill post again after I finish tomorrows GPP.

July 5 - Edisnoom

As much as I would like to say that I completed todays GPP, I cant due to my 1/128 challenge.
Because I get all 1/128 items before going on with the GPP to complete it, I have not finished, and have yet to get either 1/128 item for this GPP.

I will continue to work on this point through tomorrow, and try to finish both points once I finish it.

Thats all for this post, but I will keep trying to finish this point as soon as possible.

1/128 Proofs to Date

Alright, like I said in my last blog post, I'm going to start posting all of my proof that I have actually won the 1/128 items, this will make it more believable than if I simply say I have acquired the items.

Im going to start by showing all the proofs up to date, and then each time I acquire a new one, include it in the post for that GPP.

Here they are:

And thats every proof up to this date. When I get more, I will update them inside the GPP posts, rather than creating an individual post each time. That way I will have a quicker time updating my blog. Alright guys, Later!

July 3 - Department Store (Continued)

I finally got the two 1/128 items today so I did get the chance to finish the GPP and because its a thursday, no new GPP was started. :)

It did take a while, but anyway, here is the challenge list from this GPP:

• No Bottle Rockets or Bombs against the Store Spook. - Complete
  
• Fight three of each enemy in the department store. - Complete
  
• Only use alpha PSI. - Complete (No PSI)
  
• Store away your Franklin Badge before Paula gets kidnapped, but hang onto the Pencil Eraser. - Incomplete (I completely forgot to do this as I was too wrapped up in the 1/128 Challenges.
• (1/128) - Mad Taxis drop Xterminator Sprays. Get one! - Complete
  
• (1/128) - Musicas sometimes drop Sudden Guts Pills. Win one! - Complete

The challenges were actually very easy for this GPP with the exception that there were two 1/128 challenges to complete.

I think I'm gonna start a new post with all of the proofs from my 1/128 items that I won since I have now finished this GPP. I guess thats all for this update.....Later.

July 3 - Department Store

Today I started the next GPP, but due to my 1/128 challenge, I was unable to finish it, as the Musica enemies only appear for one specific instance. As well, after fighting several hundred (must have been at least 400) Mad Taxi's to no avail, I must put in more effort tomorrow, and finish two GPP's if possible.

I am going to stop for the night as I have to work in the morning, but when I get home tomorrow, I will work towards finishing these GPP's, which is about all I can say for now.

My EBFGP Challenges Thus Far

For those of you unfamiliar with it, EarthBound is a video game released in 1995 by Nintendo for their Super Nintendo Entertainment System. It defied the set route that all other RPG's took by setting it in a real life world like our own. It is basically about a young boy who along with 3 friends he meets along his journey, must save the world from an alien invasion.

The EarthBound Funktastic Gameplay Summer is an event hosted by Starmen.Net where many players from around the world gather to play the game together to keep the spirit of the game alive.

Each day a new gameplay point is given where you must reach and go no further until the next day's point. Challenges are included in this to make the gaming experience more enjoyable, which is basically what this particular blog will show. I will show a list of all the challenges given thus far, and will show which ones I have completed, giving proof if and where possible. The first post will be rather large as I am late starting this blog, but the posts after should be much smaller.

The List (By GPP):
June 17 - Touchdown!

• Bring home as many cookies as you can. - Incomplete

• Avoid all the fights until Starman Junior.(Or get to level 8 so you can own him with Rockin') - Complete (reached level 8 and rocked him).

• Don't ask your dog for help, he'd be rather lazy anyways - Complete

• Don't equip the cracked bat outside. Show it sympathy - Complete

• Don't go back home to mooch off Mom - Complete

June 18 - Onett

• Beat Frank before you reach Level 5. - Incomplete ( couldnt finish due to difficulty of 1/128 challenge)
  
• Or reach Level 12 before you fight him so you can Shield his attacks.- Complete
  
• Buy the house at Beak's Point before you fight Frank. - Complete
  
• Only use Cookies and Fruit Juice to recover your health. - Complete
• (1/128) - Skate Punks sometimes drop Pizzas! Win one!

June 20 - Giant Step

• Don't use the magic butterflies. - Complete (due to no PSI Challenge)
  
• Run away from Attack Slugs. Only level up on the hard enemies. - Incomplete (due to 1/128 Challenge)
  
• Defeat Titanic Ant at Level 7 or less. - Incomplete (for same reasons as last point)
  
• No PSI Life Up. All those free cookies will be sad. - Complete
• (1/128) - Attack Slugs sometimes drop Bombs. Get one! - Complete
  

June 21 - Mambo Combo

• Use only one recovery item. It's how real men do it.- Complete (Never used any because of high level)
  
• Don't use your PSI Special attack at all. - Complete (No PSI challenge)
  
• Buy the house now if you haven't yet. - Completed before
  
• Get a Fresh Egg from Captain Strong. - Complete

June 22 - Twoson

• Spend ALL the money on hand and in your account. - Complete
  
• Invest in Orange Kid. The full $200. Keep his Suporma! - Complete
  
• Stay "Mashroomized" through the entire GPP. - Complete
  
• Collect 10 toothbrushes. Gotta keep those teeth clean! - Incomplete
  
• Fight 5 policemen. You're a bad enough dude to do that. - Complete
  
• Make $1000 in 5 minutes. NO SELLING ANY POULTRY! - Complete
• (1/128) - Territorial Oaks sometimes drop PSI Caramels. Win one! - Complete
  

June 23 - Happy Happy Village

• Don't steal eggs. It's wrong. Pay at least $110 per egg. - Complete
  
• Unequip all armor, then fight Insane Cultists until the letters start to repeat. - Complete
• Don't use any PSI at all while fighting Carpainter. Let him blow himself away with reflected lightning - Complete
  
• Donate all your money to that annoying lady. Do it one dollar at a time until your inventory is full of Picture Postcards. - Complete
• Fill Paula's inventory entirely with cookies from crows. - Complete
• (1/128) - Insane Cultists sometimes drop PSI Caramels. Win one! - Complete

June 24 - Lilliput Steps

• Win a Teddy Bear from a Mighty Bear. - Complete
  
• Keep Paula alive for the entire game play point. - Complete
  
• Or, let Paula die, then talk to people in Twoson. - Incomplete (she never died)
  
• Keep Paula's Teddy Bear "alive". - Complete
  
• Don't use Paralysis on the Mondo Mole. - Complete (No PSI Challenge)
  
• Beat Mondo Mole with Paula at Level 1 and have her alive at the end of the battle. - Incomplete (she was higher than level 1)

June 25 - Threed To Winters

• Get Ness and Paula possessed. Keep them that way. - Incomplete
  
• Fight five Coil Snakes in Threed. - Complete
  
• Purchase the T-Rex Bat from the drugstore in Winters. - Incomplete
  
• Avoid fights so Jeff will reach Threed at Level 1. - Incomplete
  
• Patrol the streets of Threed and fight all enemies that are sitting in the road. Yell, "Die, freako Belch minion!" each time you get into a fight. Do this until Ness's dad calls, and then yell "WHO YA GONNA CALL?!" before answering the phone. - Complete

June 27 - Threed Resurrected

• Fight 5 Cave Boys in a row, using only items to heal. (As if Jeff has any other options.) - Complete
  
• Get Jeff at least 5 levels ahead of Ness. - Incomplete
  
• When in Threed, have only Paula and Jeff attack. - Incomplete
  
• Kill off Ness and Jeff, then get Paula to defeat Boogey Tent on her own. She needs the experience! - Incomplete

June 28 - Saturn Valley

• Use no PSI at all for the whole game play point.- Complete (No PSI)
  
• Fight 10 Armored Frogs. See the above challenge. - Complete
  
• Talk to all of the Mr. Saturns in under 1 minute. - Complete
  
• Buy everything in the shop, including three Bionic Slingshots. - Complete
  
• Fight a Mad Duck in Saturn Valley... yes, it's possible. - Complete
  
• Fight a Mad Duck behind the Mr. Saturn shop. (This one is a little harder and you should probably save first.) - Complete
  
• Fight a Violent Roach in Saturn Valley. Not in the cave. Outside. - Incomplete
• (1/128) - Plain Crocodiles sometimes drop Meteorniums! Get one! - Complete
• (1/128) - Violent Roaches sometimes drop Secret Herbs. Win one! - Complete x 2

June 29 - Milky Belch Coffee

• Fight one hundred Foppies. Count them off in a theatrical Boris Karloff accent and use PSI Thunder to finish the last one. Don't forget to go, "ah ha ha ha ha!" - Complete
  
• No PSI in the factory. Only items can be used. - Complete (No PSI as usual)
  
• No coins, please! Don't equip the Mr. Saturn Coin or the Coin of Slumber. - Complete
  
• Fight Trillionage Sprout with 2 or more people "Mashroomized". - Complete
  
• Hit an enemy with the Bionic Slingshot while crying. - Complete
  
• Learn and recite the whole coffee scene from memory. - Incomplete
  

June 30 - DDD and Fourside

• Fight 5 Criminal Caterpillars. - Complete
  
• Fight each type of desert creature twice. - Complete
  
• Collect every item that can be found in the desert. - Complete
  
• Talk to the sesame seeds, the sunbathers, and all the old bones. - Complete
• Get all four of the prize items from the slot machine game. - Complete
  
• Don't heal any sunstrokes at all. Don't be a wimp! - Incomplete (I used wet towels)
  
• Fight a Criminal Caterpillar and win WITHOUT sneaking up from behind and getting an instant win. - Complete
• (1/128) - Smilin' Spheres sometimes drop Meteorniums. Get one! - Complete

July 1 - The Mole Mines

• No Freeze or Bottle Rockets on the Guardian Diggers. - Complete
  
• Collect every item you can before you fight the moles. - Incomplete
  
• Have the enemies surprise attack you every time. - Incomplete
  
• Don't use any Lifenoodles. - Complete
  
• Apologize to each Guardian Digger every time you attack and ultimately defeat them. Explain that you don't mean to remove them from their natural habitat, but it's a necessary evil in order to save the world. Maybe if you can make them realize that Giygas is going to crush them if you don't succeed, you can get them to cooperate. - Complete
  

Thats all so far, but I will hopefully update daily to keep this up to date with all the challenges that I have completed.

Oh and by the way, if you haven't played EarthBound....GET TO IT!!! It will rock your socks :P