[Tomo2000]

http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff188/Torchick_1928/HopeAfloat.png

Storyline
Hope Afloat is about a man, named Kyle, and his chance of ridding the world of the infection. After the first gameplay segment, you are on a raft just off the coast. You can travel to different areas to get more food, ammo, weapons and cure the area forever. Will you survive? Or will you perish like the others?

Characters
http://i238.photobucket.com/albums/ff188/Torchick_1928/Kyle.png
Name: Kyle Maconbe (Pronounced Mac-n-bee).
Age: 26
Gender: Male
Home: Emberville.
Hobbies: Upgrading weaponry, writing in his journal, talking to his imaginary friend; Joe, and surviving.

Demo Releases v8
Release v8 at 2shared.com

Notes and News
Note: All people who have contributed in any way will be in the Credits at the end of the game.
24th of July, '09: Release of Beta Demo. Also, in other news, 4 days until my birthday.
25th of July, '09: Now the Beta Demo is available at MegaUpload.com. Also, 3 days until my birthday.
26th of July, '09: Beta Demo v2.1 now available at 2shared.com and MegaUpload.com.
27th of July, '09: Removal of MegaUpload.com link because of download errors. Also the release of version 2.5; now including Ashaven.
28th of July, '09: Version 3.0 now available. Also; Today is my birthday :D .
12th of August, '09: Back to work. Added credits to this post, also. Look out for your name; it might be there.
13th of August, '09: Beta Demo v3.5 now available at 2shared.com.
20th of October, '09: After 3 months of work Hope Afloat v5 is finally available. With so much new stuff it will blow your mind. Enjoy.
28th of October, '09: Fixed the overhaul of glitches in v5.
24th January, '10: After another 3 months of hard work, Hope Afloat v6 is now ready to play. This is by far the biggest release so far, with a new infected, 2 new weapons, and a heap of other really awesome stuff. Enjoy.
12th May, '10: Hope Afloat v8 is now ready to play. I kinda skipped v7, as v7 was mostly fixing glitches and adding missions and whatnot. v8 features Jenkins, the 3rd city of the 2nd continent. You will be fighting in a street at midnight, a creepy sewer and an overgrown swamp. There is also a BOSS battle, in Engora, go there and do the newest mission; "Jenkins Jepardy". You will want a LOT of ammo, so good luck.

Credits
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'Hope Afloat' Credits:
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Created by: Tomo2000 (Tom)

Also Created by: Leerox4eva (Lee)

Maps edited by: Kiriashi

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Credits To:
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Enterbrain - Creators of RMXP

[Cannot Remember] - RE Shooting System

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Resources
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Tomo2000 (Tom) - Custom Sprites

[Cannot Remember] - Title Page

Kan "Reiver" Gao - Most Paranormals

Deathlock - Raft Inside Tileset

Zamyzora - Van Sprite

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Scripts
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Project Zelda Team - Ending Credits Script

Ccoa - UMS Script

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Music & Sound Effects
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Kan "Reiver" Gao

James Q. Zhang

Adam Musel

Original Soundtrack - Kingdom Hearts

DarkGaia

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And all the others I have forgot to mention or can't remember your name
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Special thanks to the following; Friends and just pure Awesome People:
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Real-Life Friends:

Lee (Leerox4eva) - Life long friend and Supernatural Expert.

Corey (TheGuyWithTheCash) - An awesome friend; who can forget?

Matthew (Maccas ((As in McDonalds))) - Awesome drawer and good friend.

Nikki (Torchick_1928 ((Named my photobucket after her))) - Hope to see you soon,
havn't seen her in ages. She's a good girl :D .

Harley (Davidson) - Good ol' pal o' mine.

Lachlan (Lben1) - Good friend from Melbourne. His folks live next to me. He's
a good kid; known him from when he was 3 years old and I was 5. Comes up every
Chrismas Holidays; another good thing about 'em.

RMXPU Forum Friends:

Marked - One of the coolest guys I know. Awesome forum, buddy :D .

Kiriashi - Sorry for calling you a chick. Thanks for being a good friend.

HereYetGone - Another cool dude. Always helping in our RP with his BFG's.

SolShadow - Who would have thought helping could have forged a friendship?

OverlordMao - Lord Oozerot :D . Good friend; helps a heap, too.

Nisage - Awesome helper and spriter.

TheSchneid - Always brings me back to where I belong :D . Thanks buddy.

CJBoy - Nearly been there from the start; good luck becoming a spriting teacher.

Syaoran - Best friends from the beginning. Thanks, man.

FormlessTree4 - Another good friend. Thanks a heap.

EmilyAnnCoons - Good spriter and Pokemon/Yu-Gi-Oh card merger. Thanks.

Wyzd - Rap on, buddy. Your meaningful words bring tears to my eyes. May great
things come your way.

Rgangsta - Awesome at photoshop and good with game ideas. Thanks for being a good
friend.

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And everyone who I have forgotten (PM to me to added to the list).
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Suggestions and C&C are greatly appreciated.

[Tomo2000]

[Reserved incase of Extra Space]

[Tomo2000]

Now Beta Release v2.1. Now features the Raft, inside the Shelter, 2 new Easter Eggs and other goodies, and the Return to Emberville sub-mission.

[HereYetGone]

Tomo2000, on Jul 26 2009, 03:05 AM, said:

Now Beta Release v2.1. Now features the Raft, inside the Shelter, 2 new Easter Eggs and other goodies, and the Return to Emberville sub-mission.

well I finally got it 2 work and I love looking forward 2 seeing more levels
but 2 things first, I can't save 4 some reason. Second, where did you get those scripts they're so cool!
P.S. I'll tie all loose ends on my project and see if can get my project 2 u so u can check mine out

[Tomo2000]

Thank you for the review, HereYetGone.

[solshadow]

Nice hidden zombie lady in the title screen

[Tomo2000]

Thanks, SolShadow. I recently discovered that the Mega Upload link is invalid, so I have removed it.

[OverlordMao]

Hey, mind if I help with the game. I'm mainly inactive playing a game (Disgaea 3, if you want to know), but when I'm on, I'll be glad to help with maps or whatever you want me to help with.
I'm not the best mapper, but I'm not the worst!

Note: Downloading demo. I will edit this to show my review, unless a post is added after this

[Tomo2000]

Sure, help is always appreciated. After you play the demo and tell me what you think I can send you the tileset over PM and you can help me design the town "Anchore". I'm afraid I can't send you an unencrypted archive, however.

Also, I suggest downloading the new version. I am editing the first post now.

Hope Afloat v2.5 features a new zombie, a new town; Ashaven and a vehicle to aquire. Enjoy.

[OverlordMao]

I have yet to play the new demo, but I found this glitch in the demo before the new one (which I'm downloading now)
http://i683.photobucket.com/albums/vv192/OverlordMaoRMXP/HopeAliveFoundError.png
Might want to fix the Sand Bags, and the wall parts, you can walk on all of it.

Note: Review will now come after I'm done playing the newest version, but its good so far!

Edit: Now that I've played it... another error. Last demo, when I got to the dock, I went to the raft. This demo, when I got to the raft, it said a song was missing... I wasn't able to get much farther then that.

[Tomo2000]

Hmm... That's odd. I'll try reuploading it and see if that helps.

[OverlordMao]

Just for the record, its something called "Escape_from_Lab" or something like that.

[Tomo2000]

I think I found the problem. Here is an easy way to fix it so you don't have to download it again:

Copy the file named "BossBattle08" and rename it to exactly the name of the song it is missing.

[OverlordMao]

You might want to make those red zombies a little slower...
http://i683.photobucket.com/albums/vv192/OverlordMaoRMXP/Deadsofast.png
it took me 4 tries to NOT get killed by quickly going there!

[Tomo2000]

The level Ashaven is supposed to be difficult and the zombies are supposed to be that fast. Because you get a new weapon in the Military base 1, which will be the next level.

And there will, also, be a surprise for everyone at the Military base 1, also :D .

I also take it you read the easter egg section?

[OverlordMao]

Tomo2000, on Jul 27 2009, 12:32 AM, said:

I also take it you read the easter egg section?

The whosaywhat now?  :huh:

[Tomo2000]

The section called Easter Eggs and other Little Goodies. You can move the box you were behind forwards to block off the zombies. That, or you just read the walkthrough :D .

[OverlordMao]

I knew I could move the box (read that section). I also know that just keeping the box there stopped the Red Zombie from chasing after me. Can't wait for the military base!

[Tomo2000]

Any idea what the "surprise" might be?

[OverlordMao]

Throwable mines? Bombs? Bazooka? NUKES!?

No, wait! All of the above and more!
or maybe just a zombie suit, those are always fun, I think...

[Tomo2000]

Its not a weapon...

[OverlordMao]

An ally, then? Healing items? Something to revive yourself once you've died!? A PIE!?!?

Why not, you'll need food!

[Tomo2000]

You make herbs that have different effects... Once you reach Military Base 2.

[OverlordMao]

A SHIELD!!
Well, thats all I can think of...

[Tomo2000]

One clue; ITS BIG :D . Btw; testing now. Nearly ready.

[OverlordMao]

A TANK!?!? A Sub? WHAT!/1?1/!?!/

[Tomo2000]

Clue 2; It isn't good :D .

[OverlordMao]

An army of zombies!? Deadly zombie juice? The main character's mom... as a Zombie!?!?

You know, I'm really starting to run out of things to say here...

[Tomo2000]

The Answer

The Big Thing

The Big Thing that isn't Good

Are you ready?

A REALLY GIANT NEARLY INDESTRUCTABLE ZOMBIE

Btw; Tests went well. Just a few more events and I can release it.

[OverlordMao]

Why didn't I think of that!?!?

Quote

"The Colossus Zombie lives!!! {Insert Evil Laugh}"

Basicly something like that, huh?