[FE8] Fire Emblem: Of Sand and Sabres (22/? Chapters)

[RandomWizard]

Hello, Void Order members of FEU.

Due to some general shifts, both in my life and in my hacking - such as a shift of focus to the LT port of TLP4, increasing run-ins with the technical limits of the FEGBA engine without skills, and increasing dissatisfaction with the overall writings set up of the project - I’m formally placing Of Sand and Sabres on hiatus. Development of the project will not continue until further notice.

Note that this is not a formal cancellation - I’m reserving the right to pick the hack back up whenever I find the time, energy, and motivation. It’s just that, as of now, I’m not in a great place to continue working on OSAS.

I have, however, still released a new patch. OSAS Hiatus Release.ups is the latest version of the project; it contains everything I’ve actually made for Act 2. Chapters 2-1, 2-2, 2-3, and 2-4 are all playable with most of their writing inserted and at least some playtesting. Chapters 2-5, 2-6, 2-8, and 2-9 all have at least vague sketches included in the patch; these have maps, enemies, and barebones eventing, and should all be at least playable (although they are, I should note, almost entirely untested). Feel free to give them a try - the download link is in the thread’s first post.

[Rivian]

Extremely Cool.

[Pandan]

OSAS is dope. Enjoy your break and hope you come back to it when you’re feeling it.

[RandomWizard]

MGS - This is snake Kept you waiting uh Sound effect

So I’d imagine a lot of you were expecting an update on The Last Promise 4: Revenge of the Promise to coincide with its FEE3 video. On that, I have to say: I have some good news and some bad news.

I’ll start with the former - Of Sand and Sabres lives again! Thanks to a spur of motivation from a one-off comment from my good friend @ArcherBias, I decided to start churning through the content of this old project, at least to get it complete up through the end of Act 2.

(Don’t ask about the nickname.)

Since then, I’ve gotten tons of writing done (even if it involved totally rethinking the main lord’s character arc), and implemented bits of gameplay that were missing from the old hiatus build. Plus making some funny new portraits, too, and composing quite a few new songs. Also, inserting battle animations and palettes, because apparently some people play with animations on and actually care about those.

There’s still a fair bit of art, writing, mechanics, and testing to do before I can call this all ready for a public release. Still, in just the past few weeks, I’ve come far since dropping this project back in… wow, I think it was back in 2022. Time flies when you’re having fun, huh?

Unfortunately, the bad news is that TLP4 development has simultaneously slowed to a crawl. I’m not calling that project dead - I’d like to at least have it finished on my record eventually - but don’t expect updates on the latest entry in the hit The Last Promise series anytime soon.

Whatever the case, I’m planning on having an Of Sand and Sabres release - with the entirety of Act 2 fully playable - by the end of 2024. Here are some screenshots of stuff you can anticipate that wasn’t in the hiatus builds.

Also, I finally got around to making a discord server, because I heard that’s the sort of thing those hip and up-and-coming youths do nowadays.
Join Of Sand and Servers here!

[DATonDemand]

screen showed me this when I clicked the link

[StardustSheep]

@RandomWizard

apparently some people play with animations on and actually care about those.

Look, Gary, there I am!!

In all seriousness, very happy to hear this is alive again. Can’t wait to see where this goes! (And hey, if you ever need another hand on deck, I’m always ready to help ^^)

[ElPinguinot]

I’m so happy to see the project alive again, whish you the best ! Of Sand and Sabres looked to have a very uncommon settings and vibe so can’t wait to see more of it

[Gultykappa]

I was so hype when I saw the trailer back then, and I have to say my excitement hasn’t died down. I’ll have to schedule playing the demo on my calendar very soon…

[RandomWizard]

Whatever the case, I’m planning on having an Of Sand and Sabres release - with the entirety of Act 2 fully playable - by the end of 2024.

It’s still technically 2024 somewhere, so looks like I was just in time.

OSAS Act 2 Dec31.ups is available in the thread’s opening post. It includes all of Acts 1 and 2, three optional Gaiden chapters with additional rewards, 39 custom songs (now in an actually organized sound room!), and a ton of art, story, and other miscellaneous work.

I hope you all enjoy.

[ShirleyVaga]

Is it normal that it starts out with the standard fe8 intro in chapter1?
besides that a pretty fun hack

[K2Z626]

I accidentally first time played the Live a Live game cowboy path just before playing this romhack … what a coincidence… it feels like a sequel for SunDown … is the project still active ???

[knabepicer]

Last update was just a few months ago