MA: Jomon: The Courts of the Ryu - Looking for insight

[shatner]

Specifically, the female soldiers of MA Jomon all wear something in the style of a Hakama, with a white top and reddish-orange bottom. Legowarrior did a good job working up the Saigu and the Miko, so there's a good base to work from.

Once we get a teensy bit more preliminary work done (one or two more sprites, a few more unit descriptions and a last bit of balance testing) we'll be ready to release a beta version of the mod for people to try out. This has come together surprisingly fast and we're just looking to share the fun of making something cool.

[elmokki]

Again, do whatever you want or do nothing. I'm not perfectly happy with it. It used to be an oreiad but the sleeves and hiding the cleavage hid most of the visible femininity (though that's what covering loose clothing does so...)

There's a bit of hair showing from under the jingasa, but it's not very visible with a black background.

[legowarrior]

Yeah, it is tough to create femininity on such a small scale. I like it better than the one I made. We shall use this.

[legowarrior]

It's coming! And some news, we have two versions coming out, but I'll let Shatner tell you more about it.

Here are a screen shots for now. Please remember that this is still a work in progress, and that I am not an artist.



Capital only Miko. Sacred bows and Daggers deal triple damage to undead and demons.


Onna-Bushi take damage if they leave their home province (lots of damage)


The Saigu is a capital only caster with linked random access to FAWEN.
One great feature about her is that she reduces unrest a bit where ever she goes. Pays to be related to the Emperor, doesn't it!

[legowarrior]

[shatner]

As Legowarrior alluded to, we are releasing a beta version of this mod very soon (in the next day, maybe two). Unfortunately, there were a few things we wanted to do with this mod which Dom3 just won't allow you to do, at least not in the manner in which we wanted to do them. Because of these technical limitations, we've decided to release two variants of the same mod:

1) MA Jomon, which contains a new nation entirely. It has all the summons MA Jomon should have (kami, not oni) but unfortunately it doesn't have access to any underwater province defense. This version should be the most friendly when it comes to being multi-mod compatible.

2) MA Jomon UW, which contains a heavily modified version of LA Jomon set in the Middle Era. It has underwater province defense (yay!) but also has all of LA Jomon's summons, including those it shouldn't (boo!). This one probably won't play as nicely with other, larger mods since it is co-opting an existing nation, which those other mods might themselves be tweaking.

Other than the oni summons, UW PD and mod-compatibility, the two mods are completely identical; same units, same commanders, same pretenders, etc. Once we release the beta version, Legowarrior and I are both really hoping people will find this new nation interesting, fun and compelling enough to offer feedback. Specifically, feedback concerning balance, feedback concerning theme, as well as any offers by you pixel-jockeys out there to improve on our sprites. We want this mod to both play well and look good so anything you guys have to offer on that front will be most appreciated.

Anyway, you can expect a new thread with more information as well as a link to download the mod sometime very soon.

[legowarrior]

More pictures for your fun!