Scaling The Dragon Fortress [NSF, 2a03]

Track 3 of The Coffee Zone: fearofdark.band...
"A brave, courageous hero sets out to slay the notorious, fire-bodied dragon, in order to restore peace to his home village. In order to reach him, he has to ascend the dragon's 42 floor tower, overcoming obstacles and traps along the way."
My famicompo mini 9 original entry. 4th place out of 48 :)
A slight change from the usual VRC6 fare.
NSF: 2a03.free.fr/dl...
FTM: 2a03.free.fr/dl...

[@markenangel1813]

Scaling in 3 senses! Scale - v. To climb. Scale - n. A piece of the skin of a fish or reptile. Scale - n. A certain set of notes, or a musical figure that runs up and/or down a scale.

[@jay-tbl]

Genius

[@vikiss47]

I have the urge to descale this scaly tower now... Where's my scraper?

[@oonmm]

Me and my friend used to create songs, very much like these ones, when we where in middle school on our lunch breaks. We made three songs each and then we decided who made the best songs during lunch each day.

[@trumpet_boooi]

Nice! Got any of them still laying around?

[@CrashPilgrim]

BUT IMAGINE THE GAMEPLAY!!!

[@luiginumber1549]

I'm thinking either an rpg platformer, an rpg legend of zelda style game, or even a turn-based rpg. Either way definitely rpg material.

[@jhonjoeanimations9683]

also ypu had morshu as a pfp before it was cool, kudos mate

[@FoDSteve]

The FTM and NSF are now in the description :)

[@chamberkingston7609]

Fearofdark NSF.... pfft... *W.*

[@FoDSteve]

Haha, I think that threw a few people off. Though, some people (flatteringly) thought I made TQ-JAM's mokimaF entry, so I dunno. Thanks for your comments :)

[@FraoAlt]

Man, taking time to study the ftm file really makes you appreciate what goes behind making stuff like this

[@marksmod]

fearofdark is one of my favorite 8bit composers. True genius.

[@thedemonspawn8289]

I know you're long done last time I checked but you'll always be In my top ten

[@ZackeryWilson]

Fantastic music as usual! Your entry definitely stood out (especially in an overall weaker submission field-- at least in my opinion anyway). And I'm still listening to Motorway! :)

[@LotoTheHero]

I know this is an older vid, but w/e. Very nice track. The instrument choices and the feel really remind me of some of David Wise's stuff on the NES (particularly Battle Toads). I know someone else mentioned Tim Folin, and it kind of has that feel as well. At any rate, very nice track. :)

[@Unk0wn_stalk3r]

I know your comment is old, but boy how good he still is at making music

[@LotoTheHero]

@@Unk0wn_stalk3r Yes indeed! Glad he's still around here and uploading stuff! :D

[@Unk0wn_stalk3r]

@@LotoTheHero true mate, i still like the earth made of molten stone, try to listen this one is kinda good

[@Ispyguy]

I cannot believe this only has 1k likes 😳😱 underrated AF!

[@commandycan]

amazing!!! one of the few fcm9 tracks that really grabbed me when i first listened. i didn't even suspect it was you because it wasn't vrc6, haha.

[@kittencatgames6232]

Ah, the story is of a brave, courageous hero. But try to think of the story in the dragon's point of view. "A knight wanders into the nest of the great dragon, carrying his sword and staring towards the dragon with bloodthirsty eyes. The dragon desperately tries to defend his nest, but sadly, all is in vain, as the knight heartlessly slaughters the dragon. The dragon roars one last time before collapsing before the knight and his bloodstained armor. The dragon closes its eyes slowly, it's life flashing before it. The dragon takes one last breath before its life ends."

[@magmatri-studios]

@nyanpasu64's old channel The human eats animals.

[@ejomon_27]

But riddle me this: ever seen a vegan dragon?

[@magmatri-studios]

@@ejomon_27 The dragon died from malnourishment.

[@trumpet_boooi]

@@magmatri-studios And the animals eat PLANTS OH MY GOSH

[@magmatri-studios]

@@trumpet_boooi yes

[@RoccoWOUTERS]

Man, this is good :) Love your stuff man

[@galaxymew5138]

This is cool!!!

[@kaidoust4145]

Wow this is really good

[@DukeOnkledNukem]

Honestly this deserved to be at least top 3, especially since the guy who won 1st also won 3rd since the names for those two entries do indeed match (which is technically against the rules to submit 2 nsf's, right?) Fucking fantastic regardless, I still get chills from the part at 1:42

[@steyerbeliford213]

Why is it so energetic while you're so close to death when waking them up.

Hoho, this piece is great! :D

[@BookooZenny]

Amazing

[@FoDSteve]

Yeah sorry about that :P

[@dutchmenneer3289]

This sounds a little bit like Buoy Base Galaxy

[@jacobdagun3670]

Getting SNES-era Final Fantasy mountain theme vibes from this.

[@plrusek]

amazing. i thought your entry was something else though. still, very nice.

[@oldmanskellybones]

awesome!

[@leafytheleaf9452]

Stage one for a castle level. The other stages would have the same melody but more added on

[@howeee]

1:42 caught me off guard

[@somerandomguyontheinternet8732]

someone should really use this for a terraria mod boss

[@MrElbown]

OMG ! It's so fucking good damn !!!

[@Lunar_Capital]

So this is how 8-bit game is made?

[@tyweed736]

Just reminding you of this masterpiece

[@Lunar_Capital]

@@tyweed736 *sniffle* Thank you ;)

[@Lunar_Capital]

Music

[@jamanzification]

what is this software? i want to learn it

[@IrregularToaster]

that cheesy backstory oh jesus pretty good tune though, definitely sounds like something from the NES era

[@psychic_digit]

Did you get inspired by Shovel Knight?

[@StatixFH]

Yeah he was definetly inspired by a game that didn't exist when he made this, makes total sense

[@psychic_digit]

@@StatixFH I was kinda stupid when I first made this comment

[@mirceabalaceanu313]

Not how I remember Sen's Fortress

[@brettgear2839]

*clap clap clap*

[@sergiocornaga]

Don't be silly, TQ-Jam can do no wrong.