Mystery junk of the day again!

Today I have two things... Yes, two, from two different sources!

Gather what you can from this:

If you notice, it's the same room I posted before, but it's in-game... and the colors have changed. Look at this suitcase too, it's even bigger than you so there's no way you can open that door! 
Gee, what could I possibly be devising now? An in-depth hack following a different storyline? whai, nevar.

And if you haven't guessed by the shape of this, it's in Mother 3 style. 
But who is it? 
If you open this up in a photo manipulator and mess with the contrast and lighting you should be able to figure it out. Or you can head over to the FourBound site and learn for yourself in the screenshot section!

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Make way for the extras!

http://fourbound.webstarts.com/downloads.html?r=20101027124214

Now is your chance to grab some materials straight from the ROM! We're giving out sprite collections now. They're not included in sheets, but as individual sprites, so they're ideal for anything you need them for as long as it's not an animation or some sort of fangame.

And now for our mystery screenshot of the day...

What is it? Why is it here? Who knows! I'll post one once a day and we'll see if you'll get it!

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FourBound updated

http://fourbound.webstarts.com/downloads.html?r=20101026225009

MAKE SURE TO READ THE README IF YOU HAVE ALREADY MADE SAVESTATES.

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Aaaaand... Presto!

FOURBOUND IS FINISHED!
Click the link, watch the video, and download away!

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Progress is the same, but...

http://fourbound.webstarts.com/index.html?r=20101021115810
The new site is up! Check it out!

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Another update!

Progress Report
Giygas--
Which, according to Starmen.net is 98% complete, counting the entire area which has been untouched as of yet.

That's right, nearly everything so far has been flawlessly completed but only with some careful thinking and of course a few scripting miracles along the way! The release is scheduled to be some time before Christmas, but after Thanksgiving. 

That said, I will just leave it to "December".

What do I still have left to do?
First of all, I have to go back and test it again, do some finishing touches, publish it, distribute it, and create the official site and trailer.

The site will be linked here December 1st, which will be the deadline for a trailer and some screenshots.
It will be updated later with the game available for download and a walkthrough similar to Starmen.net's, but pertaining specifically to this game. Keep watch!

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Hey, check it out!

Discuss.

This may/may not actually happen.

But discuss anyway.

I will not answer any questions about this.

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Plans in the future for FourBound!

This blog post is going to be a very important one, but there's no telling on how long it'll be, just bear with it.
It seems that the chosen four we have now are all committed to the project as well as quite excited for the result, even if they can't play it right away.

Progress Report
Deep Darkness--
Which, according to Starmen.net is 72% complete, counting the entire area which has been untouched as of yet.

 So how much work is there to be done?
Good question, but sadly I don't know the answer. If you asked me I'd say 50% of my work is done instead of 72%. Even after the game is finished, revised, tested, and released, there are still some key points to my plan as far as distribution.

 ROM distribution
Is something I really don't want to do, since it will still contain work from Nintendo, and even more importantly Itoi who owns the rights, but I find that I might distribute it as a zip anyway. The zip will include the following:

• The ROM and/or a patch of the uncensored version
• A bonus demo
• A bonus trailer
• A patch of the censored version
• A readme on known glitches and how it is recommended to use the ROM

That seems pretty fair.

Reception before launch
While that is being put together, a website will be launched and linked from/to here where there will be more news and downloads. It won't be anything special, just someplace that you can find what you need safely and freely.
While that is being handled too, I'll ask everyone to pitch in with fanart until the release of everything, which also includes an official trailer for the game.
The "bonus trailer" mentioned beforehand will contain some secret footage and the fanart that you guys made.

Possible Failure

In the event that one or all of anything above cannot be achieved, I will promise a demo to be sent to each of you containing most of the finished work.
If it can be finished and it is just being delayed, before Christmas I will give you all an early present(box)-- A demo that isn't related to the project, but still fun to mess around with.

I believe this covers everything.
Keep a look out!

Here's some extra stuff before I shove off.

It's the Masked Man! But why ever is he in FourBound?

The soon to be infamous blowjob glitch! That's right, Danny. ;D

Four peace sign!

Amber meditating!

Ness?

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The real last video

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bx-Gs1Z80bA


Check out the description.

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Work's going smoothly again!

I've spent my entire day working on FourBound, and I've finished everything from Fourside to Dalaam in a matter of hours. The glitches are over with and Evan has been decided to be our permanent choice.

As promised, I'm going to show you all John's part of the game! It's drastically different than normal, I can tell you that much. See how many differences you can spot!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDhAxgH5jwU
Also, when I'm done, I have plans for a walkthrough which will be found on the site with the download on it, as well as a few trailers. Keep a lookout!

srsmike is srs

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Moving on...

The frail little EarthBound rom whither under my might!
Actually, it falls apart because I'm retracing my steps so often that it can hardly handle it and it collapses.
I took the time to showcase something important:

Josh Keller is no longer part of the team and it's funny because he doesn't even know yet.

Why would we dump someone like that? Well, it's not really any of my business so it shouldn't be yours either but as a group we decided it was best that he was replaced. Now, don't get me wrong, we're not trying to be mean, but as a friend he's doing a poor job at staying on good terms with all of us. This is a group thing, and having someone hermit out of the group like that really undermines our efforts. Why should we work so hard for you if you just shove us away because of your own mistakes?

Anyway, what's a bigger issue is who we're adopting instead... Which is now resolved.
It's this guy.
Right here.

Yuuuuuup. Dat be Evan Winkel. We still call him Gastlis. Ahh, internet aliases.

But I'm being hindered by the ROM, it really does NOT want to give up Josh. Here's a result of what happened as well as a look at the new FourBound:

Enjoy and whatnot.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bupGbwN50A0

P.S. Amber is staying. We're working on the Monkey Caves right now.

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More video updates

Yes, there were two new updates made recently, containing few spoilers of course, as well as an intro for video updates from now on.

You can view the intro here, and it is suggested that you fullscreen it for good quality.

You can also see the video update here.

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