Simons Curse

Hi,  I'm so glad you enjoyed!

I'm sorry it is still very bugged but I promised to release a fix for those this month. Also I must apologize for not having any updates come out for a while I have been working on my first project im going to sell. But this month I'll try to release a patch and maybe something new (maybe). If worried about the fate of this project I have been doing this for many years and made other games sometimes in between rest assured once I got the other project done (its looking good but not done yet) I will work on this as priority again.

Yeah I really love Optomon's game projects and music and I had to ask his permission to use his music on this and he agreed, it was amazing.

My original plan was to do all the outside areas this year and finish the game in 2025 but due to my current project its been delayed a bit.

Also thanks for reporting bugs I do bug test A LOT but sometimes I think I change minor things that don't require testing and something breaks like the lost castle name error was variable name correction but forgot to correct it in calling scripts. My bad.

In the game there are a lot of hidden things that happen already that affect things that you have done and in what time what order and who you met, killed, etc. Little things hidden from proper sight affect the games endings and other things. There also will be several endings. There are places you have probably already been to, seen and people you talked to that might seem meaningless but affect several things. I like to obscure and add things but still keep it simple and about the same as people are used to. This might not make any sense but I cant say more.

Yes the stairs, I wanted to make them as original as possible but so the steps sync with the stairs unlike in any other castlevania or fan game I have played. Thou at this point I most likely wont change them as it would require me to revamps the whole movement system. Thou in the future when I make more metroidvania games I WONT DO STAIRS LIKE THAT EVER AGAIN! =D so I'm afraid the stairs will stay I might improve them a bit and maybe I can add jumping but they will always be on rails. sorry =/

Thank you very much for showing interest in this, comments and interest keep this alive =)

Alright I'll have to check that. Thanks for the info. I'll see if I can get it reccreated.

It's been a while. Thanks for testing. For some reason when compiling the game its sometimes messes up the collision boxes. Thats why you might get stuck or get hit with spikes that arent near. I think I made enough effort that spikes and noxious ponds wont bother anymore. But I have to look in to thats stuck thingy. I'm currently trying to finish a large patch to my game Monolith Tiermes that I made for the dungeon crawler jam. Once that is done I'll be right back to Simons Curse, currently just cant leave Monolith Tiermes to its current state. 

All my projects so far have been non monetary not even donations are active (money I could certainly use). Never heard of Konami targeting non monetary fan games. They have always let fans be fans, atleast so far. But if they said I need to take this down I would take this down. Then I would use what I had done in engine and graphics and make a new game thats not a fan game. I would how ever put a small price to that game (3-5 dollars). I do have some cool plans for making a new metroidvania like game that more RPG and more darksouls like. Even now I have 2 commercial projects coming (dungeon crawler and a rogue like) but my main focus (90%+) is on this game. Once this is done then the focus shifts.

Simon would also get stuck in the ceilings of the underground areas in the Sadam Woods.

Thanks again for the great feedback. You can buy the chain whip before but... This is a bit of a spoiler but the game has consequenses for some actions and not always to you. These consequenses and actions affect the ending of the game. Yeah wanted to keep the player balancing between losing time or going in at night when its harder. As in the original game time matters most to the ending after that come the consequenses of your actions, thou they are vaque in purpose hints are given for correct actions. The sound effect for leveling is actually made by Juhani Junkala, most of the sounds are made by him, thou that leveling effect sound might not be the most fitting. Also the improved leveling effect might change as it is a bit similar to when you get a status effect like poison or cursed. Sure it would be fun to watch some one else play the game. I love to watch videos of people playing castlevania games. Just watched HUNGRY GORIYA play castlevania games and have watched AVGN play trough the series several times. It was actually AVGN original first video about simons curse that inspired me to make this remake. As I had always loved Simons Quest thou acknowledging the mistakes in it as well. I wanted to try to make a remake that would make people see the game trough my eyes or how I felt the game was. EDIT: Also checked out Fatalvision and started watching his Simons Quest Redaction video. Good stuff.

Thanks again for your help. I think the one in Veros has greek orthodox cross and the one in Jova has a cross that is also used by orthodox faith. But only the church in Veros currently has holy icons. Also if you ever get arround Fetra region and look around you will notice some romanian style cemetary crosses. I like to keep them bit more varied, But yeah, I can try to make them more. Thou have you noticed the crosses turn upside down at night due to draculas influense? Yes the time matters, also story events matter. There are several story events that are goign on in the background that you need to complete to get the perfect ending. They are a bit secret but not too much there are hints (I cant/wont spoil any). But I can tell you the game has a few secrets and tossing holywater arround sometimes might not be a bad idea. There are also few know bugs in the version you are playing, its possible to open multiple shops at once and if you go to belasco marsh the game will crash (I optimised some old sprites and removed a few but forgot one object still having a call for a sprite even thou it did not use it). Those are fixed already but I recommend avoiding those things for a while. Trying to get Aldra, the ferry man and few new enemies finished for next week. If I have time maybe npc portraits.

Thanks! I might need to rethink stair locking like in the old games. But for now I'll fix the problems if I can replicate and find them. If you were hitting the werewolf it should hover while you hit it like in old games you hit enemies they stay in the air for a moment when hit, else i need to do some research on why that happened. Also going to add harder werewolfs along the way with modern castlevania moves like jump slam impact moves and maybe more agility. Good info, it seems I might need to swap stairs for modern style stair movement handled like slopes.

EDIT: FIXED the stairs problem. Now on entering stairs sets any possible jumping motion or gravity motion to 0. Incase player manages to enter the stairs somehow before game realises the player is jumping and allows stair access with vertical motion.

Thanks, I hope so too! Yeah its been a long process. I started it somewhere arround 2010. Even had to remake my remake once already. Most of the time goes in drawing and level design (I'm a poor level designer). Currently thou its been on a a break for a while (about a year). I needed a side project to clear my head and get more inspiration. That side project thou is almost done and will be uploaded here prolly even this year. Was supposed to be released already but I have been sick.