Wednesday, August 10, 2011

Game: Equestria Tales

Cell shaded pony game?!  Do freakin want!

This is a mixture of an RPG and a platformer being worked on by someone named Byrpheros.  The premise of the game is to hunt down and defeat the evil that possessed Luna during the pilot episode. 

So far its literally just one guy doing everything.  If you want to give him some support, ask questions, ect, toss an email to byrpheros@gmail.com!

He doesn't have a website up yet sadly!





99 comments:

Anonymous said...

Holy Crap that looks amazing

Anonymous said...

Holy shit! It looks awesome.

Anonymous said...

Cel shaded is how a 3D pony game should be.

SmittyG said...

Looks brilliant!

Smokey Treble said...

Ooh, lookit the day/night cycle.

Anonymous said...

I keep throwing money at the screen, but nothing happens! D:

tinwhistle said...

THAT SCREENSHOT MADE ME A UNICORN

IN MY PANTS.

showmetheblueprints said...

I love cell-shading. There are so many great looking pony games in development right now. :)

Anonymous said...

THIS WALLET OF MINE BURNS WITH AN AWESOME POWER!!!!!!!
IT'S BURNING LEATHER TELLS ME THIS!!!!
TAAAAAAAKEEEEE!!!!!!!
MYYYYYYYY!!!!!
MOOOOOONNNEEEEEEEYYYYYY!!!!!!!!
also this Cookie and +the internet.
I want this.

TenchiFreak5 said...

Is that real time lighting I see? Holy shit.

g1 - Sindiewen said...

Wow, this is looking Amazing. The Cel-shadded art style is perfect.
Full support here.

Anonymous said...

I'm throwing my money at the screen, but nothing's happening! D:

Anonymous said...

Twi looks a tad narrow, imho.

Anonymous said...

So, what is a "mixture of an RPG and a platformer"? Is it like "Kaeru no Tame ni Kane wa Naru"?

colt classic said...

cell shaded ponies? that's braving new grounds.

Anonymous said...

WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAANT

Anonymous said...

I've died. I'm dead and in heaven. There is no other explanation for the existence of this.

Ex The Ferret said...

Oh Man! Just... TAKE MY MONEY!

DO WANT this epic game!

Anonymous said...

What if this game had Animal Crossing type gameplay?
OMG INFINITE GAMEPLAY!

Anonymous said...

@Anonymous

Pony Crossing?
That would be awesome!

Anonymous said...

Here's my wallet.

Take what you need.

Atiarotias said...

We need classes, weapons, and stats.
But most of all, more ponies.

DJ Midli said...

YES DO WANT OH GOD

Altercation said...

Dat day/night cycle.

This looks amazing. It's funny, because today I finally looked up Equestria Online and was lamenting the fact that they weren't using cel-shading.

This looks right up my alley.

Anonymous said...

The HUD reminds me of Sly Cooper, lookin' sweet so far.

Fleymevas said...

Another pony game? Splendid! And I really do mean that.

Oh, to explore the lands of Equestria. I just can't wait.

eaglehooves said...

Wings flared as soon as I saw this on the front page. DO WANT!

Anonymous said...

I want it now!

Anonymous said...

*Wingboner*

GreyFire said...

I want this with all of my being.

Anonymous said...

The cel-shading reminds me of Borderlands.

Neko said...

I have a sudden need to create a MLP/No More Heroes Crossover.

All in all, though, SO AWESOME. /)^3^(\

Anonymous said...

That actually looks quite nice!

ActionScripter9109 said...

omigosh omigosh omigosh omigosh omigosh omigosh omigosh omigosh omigosh omigosh ...

Anonymous said...

The shading and textures remind me a lot of the Xbox 360 Naruto games. Is he using the same engine?

Twilight Sparkle said...

Need or want?
...Both.
I want to need it and I need to want it!
so I MUST HAVE IT!

ToonNinja said...

Just one guy? DAAAAAAAYUM!

A Pony Farce said...

That's actually really cool. I think the visuals and especially the environments could use a little tweaking, but I'm a huge fan of cel-shading and it's pretty impressive for a one-man effort that's presumably still rather early in development.

Although it suffers from the same problem that all 3D pony games end up dealing with: a good chunk of the character's hairstyles (especially Twilight and Dash) make absolutely no goddamn sense in 3D space and look really weird even when you see the back of their heads in the show. Of course, this is a problem when the camera is situated directly behind them.

Anonymous said...

@ToonNinja

Wow, a 2 syllable damn. That's the dream.

chinlamp said...

@Anonymous

First thing I thought: Is he using the engine from Naruto: Rise of a Ninja?

It really does look similar.

Whirl Wind said...

@Anonymous

WANT. WANT MORE THAN ANYTHING.
I already put a ridiculous amount of hours into AC for no reason, and ponies are just what I need to completely lose my life to it.

musicssound said...

That story doesn't have much plot. And neither does the pony, so far. :P
Seriously, looks good. Will get if it comes out.

Mr Space Cat said...

One guys doing all this must take some serious dedication....You have my respect, Byrpheros.

also, DAT CELL-SHADING.

Fallin Winter said...

This game screams Legend of Zelda OOT. This pleases me. Heart containers? Daylight cycle? Searching for x amount of y? Rpg slash platformer? So much yay.

Anonymous said...

suspiciously similar in storyline to equestira online

Tast said...

A single person doing this alone!? I need to meet him so that can swear my undying loyalty to him! Holy-moly this looks absolutely amazing! If I knew anything about how to make a game I'd be all over this like white on rice.

Michael Hahn said...

@Fallin Winter

Good to know that I'm not the only one who thought that as soon as I saw it. OOT FTW!a

Anonymous said...

>>Equestria Tales
Did anyone think of Tales of Equestria when reading that?

You know, like Tales of Symphonia? One of the best games for the Gamecube? I imagine Lady Ponyma and Genis and Twilight casting dual spells, and human/elf/half-elf/pony racism and ethnic relations. God, what I wouldn't give for a Tales of Equestria. Just a fanfiction, or something.

Anyway, that looks amazing. I love the aesthetic, I've always loved the cel shaded CG aesthetic. About the only criticism I could make is that the Apple family farm is a little too close to the town.

Octavia said...

Many Bronies all their want right there. lol

It's looking really good so far, I hope this gets all polished up nicely and released eventually. This could be a really good pony game. And by the looks of it, pretty popular.

Feloua said...

Hasbro best be talking to Nitendo, right meow.

Ashtraska said...

That looks damn good!

Namefag Anon said...

>mixture of an RPG and a platformer
me gusta

Nova25 said...

Any demo-video of this ?

Found anything on youtube ?

Mars said...

HOLY SH**! I cannot wait for this! Is there any way we can help fund this!?

datLullllzzzy said...

THIS IS BRILLIANT!

richfiles said...

Wow... I want this so bad! I wonder what the overall status of it is?

Deckard said...

I hate to ruin the party, but this isn't cel-shading. Judging by the amount of specularity on the tree models in the first screenshot, as well as the dim look of the lighting, I would venture that this is standard plastic shading. At the rusk of sounding like a douche, cel shading requires custom shaders to work, something I doubt an indie developer can achieve. All the sane, this looks spectacular and I want it now!

A Weary Exile said...

YESYESYESYESYES! WANT SO BAD!

Not only is it a platformer, but it's a pony platformer. The awesome, it is too much.

Hopefully you'll get to play more of the mane cast than Twilight Sparkle, I could see being able to switch between them at will and using their different skill sets to traverse levels. That'd be sweet. :3

King said...

FiM video game? Heck YEAH!!

Byrpheros said...

Hi, I currently at work, I will response to all emails, but you have to white few more haours.

Probably run a project website by tomorrow.

@richfiles - Geme is in very early stage.

Temporarily I only need Conceptart Desinger help, but in future I going to asking form more help.

Fire2box said...

Equestria Borderlands!


Get on it Gearbox!

Tarkinor the Rainbow Explorer said...

By all that is holy, I swear I will have this game! For Pony!

CometCatcher said...

Wow the graphics really remind me of borderlands thats awesome

slawomiro said...

I'd like to give this game a try. :D

Mint Jelly said...

DO WANT!

Thyrandir said...

Looks great, even though is a little too... shiny;
But silly me, I don't know how to adjust light in a game, Celestia would you kindly but the sun Higher? kthx

Thyrandir said...

put* =P
well, still nice.

Firleycat said...

Everything is so shiny, it kind of makes me think that it is a 3d version of the playsets. That would be pretty cool though; The villain could turn out to be that pink Celestia toy that keeps turning up.

Anonymous said...

I don't know if somepony stated this before, but...this game is made by a guy from Poland :) Just so you know...

Anonymous said...

DOWANT!DOWANT!DOWANT

MarkTheCat said...

Is this going to be on PC?

Not A Good Username 360 said...

WHO THE HELL IS THIS GUY AND WHY HAVEN'T WE ASSIMILATED HIM INTO THE THINKING WITH PONIES MOD TEAM YET?!?

Anonymous said...

If he's an AmeriBrony, I reckon he could start up a kick-starter page, and have almost any amount he sets (within reason).

Dave said...

If ever there is an official MLP:FiM game, it must be cel-shaded.

God, I hope there is support to play this with a gamecube controller. This is getting me nostalgic for WW.

musicssound said...

Uh...I didn't even draw the connection to the Tales of series...Let's hope Namco doesn't sue him over the title.
...And I think that if we actually had a Tales of Equestria fanfic, it would closely mirror the original plot of the series. Like the Magical Girl/ overarching storyline bits that Hasbro wanted cut out.

banjo2E said...

This is probably an early build, so it makes sense that this isn't implemented yet, but the sky really needs work; the first two shots which I assume are morning don't really look like it. They don't look like anything, really, the sky's just a bit deeper shade of blue than in the latter two screens.

Sweet Apple Acres should also be a bit farther away from Ponyville.

Other than that, this looks pretty good so far, and I look forward to future development.

Equestria Dude said...

>>>>>One man
>>>>Awesome Idea
>>>Possible Support
>>Minecraft ain't got nothing on this.
>Equestira Tales.

Anonymous said...

A little more tweaking and fixing and we will have an AWESOME game

Juan said...

This was made by just one person? Guy must be some kind of genius O.o
The game looks way too incredible!!

Anonymous said...

you do know that this wasnt all made by one person, right?
the twilight model as ean example is clearly the one from Garrys Mod

Oceanity said...

The first thing I thought when I read RPG and Platformer was Psychonauts, and now I need this game even more.

Anonymous said...

He might have trouble refining and designing everything alone, though.

Rainbow Thrash said...

OH MY GOSH! OH MY GOSH! OH MY GOSH! OH MY GOOOOOSH! MUST HAVE!

Anonymous said...

Wow! I can't wait to see this in real life! Keep on trucking man! It'll be well worth it!

Anonymous said...

SWEET CELESTIA, I MUST HAVE THIS GAME!!!

Dokran said...

DO WANT!!!
I am so getting this when it comes out!

RainbowDash said...

all my money are belong to you

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