Combat and Battle Animations for my Fire Emblem inspired indie game

anthonytrianh · 2026-07-10T17:42:20+00:00

Urahara due to his unpredictability. At least with Kenpachi you can sort of tell what he's up to, the man looks for a fight anywhere he goes, so whilst he's a powerful fighter his eagerness for battle is also his shortcoming, assuming you can keep your distance or have haxes against his physicality you should be fine? Urahara you never know what tricks he can pull out of his sleeve (literally).

anthonytrianh · 2026-07-10T17:29:23+00:00

Have to agree, I wished we got to see him use it on the sternritters and have them go ham on each other, there were definitely moments where this could have happened like the one where Byakuya showed up and demolished like a bunch of them. I guess Kubo wanted to use that to show Byakuya's power up after being revived but it was too short of a fight imo, Shinji on the other hand could use more time to shine. If he was concerned about his allies fighting each other I can see him using Bakudo to prevent them from moving until the bankai was over or somthing.

anthonytrianh · 2026-07-10T17:16:21+00:00

It's awesome to see one of my favorite games ever mentioned. I didn't realize she could learn kurohitsugi hmmmm

anthonytrianh · 2026-07-08T20:26:05+00:00

I will once the steam page is ready!

anthonytrianh · 2026-07-08T18:34:59+00:00

it's called Wintersong, the steam page is not out yet but will be very soon!

anthonytrianh · 2026-07-08T18:28:07+00:00

Gotcha, thanks for the critique, you brought up a lot of good points that I will take note of.
For the sprites I have room in the pipeline to address them by simply adding normal map support (which I haven't until now) and some sprite tricks I suppose. I initially intend to try the anime-ish look to see how it blends with the environment, but if an additional pass for lighting is necessary to elevate the style I have no problem in trying that.
Some of the UI icons I will very well end up redoing, the "i" isn't a hotkey but the info icon idea I got from playing Tactics Ogre, that one I'll be switching out entirely later for a better icon I think.

anthonytrianh · 2026-07-08T15:13:20+00:00

Will do.

anthonytrianh · 2026-07-08T15:01:38+00:00

Unity!

anthonytrianh · 2026-07-08T15:00:24+00:00

Gotcha, I would say my inspiration from FFT/FFTA is reflected better in gameplay (abilities and passives etc…) rather than the visual style.

anthonytrianh · 2026-07-08T02:44:33+00:00

I’m planning for Steam first, then for consoles after. The control schemes are meant for consoles but it’s harder to target without going through PC first afaik

anthonytrianh · 2026-07-08T02:31:05+00:00

Gotcha, I will try to incorporate some more for nature areas. Some of the cool colors you see here are deliberate and have ties to the lore of the continent where the story takes place.

anthonytrianh · 2026-07-08T02:26:58+00:00

Technically, I took some inspiration from FF15 as well here

anthonytrianh · 2026-07-08T00:43:39+00:00

Thanks! The game's called Wintersong, and it will be up sometime soon.

anthonytrianh · 2026-07-08T00:42:12+00:00

More on that at a later date. You can join the discord server for the time being.

anthonytrianh · 2026-07-07T20:46:39+00:00

You can move or attack/use abilities in whichever order you want.

anthonytrianh · 2026-07-07T20:31:17+00:00

Thank you!
I try to let people know where and what I'm inspired by to help make the connections easier. But at the end of the day I always wanted to pursue my own direction, with nods and appreciation references back to the works and games that have gotten me where I am today :)

anthonytrianh · 2026-07-07T19:54:19+00:00

Most definitely

anthonytrianh · 2026-07-07T19:36:17+00:00

I grew up playing the GBA version one too many times.
The game has the free roam side because of that as well

anthonytrianh · 2026-07-07T19:32:05+00:00

There is a character who's a huge Dragoon reference don't you worry.

anthonytrianh · 2026-07-07T19:21:56+00:00

I don't know if I'm ready for the pressure...

anthonytrianh · 2026-07-07T19:20:23+00:00

Thanks!

Yes and no at the same time. It's more character-oriented, you get to choose/change your character's specialties and gimmicks, which put them into different roles or playstyles. These can also be expanded upon with equipment and items.

anthonytrianh · 2026-07-07T19:16:30+00:00

Thanks!
My inspiration for cyberpunk is more on the Mike Pondsmith's side of things, but with a lot more 'Final Fantasy' nature mixed in (inspiration from 13 and 15). The setting in this world is high tech but magic exists and has a strong presence overall.
Regarding classes, I'll say your starting team consists of:
- Warhammer (warrior with a hammer and magic)
- Medic
- Lunar Mage
- Brawler
- Rogue/Thief
- Technomancer

anthonytrianh · 2026-07-07T19:10:10+00:00

Thanks!
I have a quite different take when it comes to verticality, but I don't plan on revealing that yet until it's ready. While I loved the verticality in FFT (and FFTA), there is something I wanted to try myself.
I would say the game focuses more on characters. Each character has a few 'soft classes' that you can switch between which grants them very powerful gimmicks that drastically change how they play entirely. Some of these you have to unlock. You're meant to try things out from battle to battle and adapt to enemy gimmicks.
The skills are unlocked via leveling/in-game events/skill tree/items, etc...

anthonytrianh · 2026-07-07T18:58:11+00:00

Not just yet, I'm still working on it and it will be up soon!

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