Cavalcadence plays Nocturna 21: Weresheep Mary! (Crypt of the NecroDancer: AMPLIFIED)
5Crypt of the NecroDancer (PC(W,M,L)/Steam)
AMPLIFIED DLC v2.58 (2017 Sep 07)
Cavalcadence plays Nocturna 21: Weresheep Mary! (All Zones Mode: AMPLIFIED)
For anybody who's interested in custom Cadences (or other characters), the official NecroDancer FAQ has some info about creating custom characters, and even has a link to the pinned thread on the official forums, where people have posted some of their custom creations:
http://necrodancer.com/faq.php
So... this is an idea I had a while back, when I was, for whatever reason, thinking about vampires and shepherds...
If Nocturna's sprites were replaced with Mary's, and Bat-Nocturna's were replaced with the lamb's... that'd basically create a playable weresheep character. ^.^ The thought of Mary having a sheep-form that, instead of being completely helpless, was in fact more powerful... kind of amused me. And I figured simple Nocturna/Mary sprite replacements shouldn't be too hard... right? =p
As it turns out, Nocturna's character image files actually have the sprites spaced out differently than the other characters' (maybe because of her hair/wings?)... so a simple copy and paste, as I quickly discovered, wouldn't work. =( So I started copying the individual sprites over one at a time instead. Which was, uh, pretty slow work. ^^; Eventually, I figured out a relatively trustworthy way of copying them over 12 at a time... which was definitely faster, but still took a lot of extra work I hadn't originally been expecting. ^^;;
The sound replacements were relatively simple in comparison, though of course they did take some time as well. ^^
Anyway, this is the result! I did a few test runs (and nothing obviously weird (like Mary turning back into Nocturna) happened)... and this is probably the most interesting of those runs (Golden Bow, Blast Helm, Bomb Charm), so I thought I'd upload this one. =)
Hope you enjoy!
Some notes and possible points of interest:
0:01 Weresheep Mary!
0:06 1-1
0:19 Bow!
1:08 Map!
2:20 Mb: Direbat
2:49 1-2
3:12 Golden Bow! =)
3:37 Mb: Gray Minotaur
4:06 Leprechaun & Lucky Charm!
5:19 Blast Helm!
5:28 1-3
5:47 Winged Boots! =)
6:37 Mb: Red Dragon
7:31 Chainmail!
7:39 Whoops, completely forgot I had the Infernal Torch. =p
8:13 Z1B: Fortissimole 1
8:21 Transform! (Sheep-Mary)
8:39 Flawless! Reward: Ring of Gold
8:48 2-1
8:55 Mb: Nightmare
9:19 Transform! (Humanoid-Mary)
9:29 Whoops, I forgot to replace the Nocturna-clones with Mary-clones, didn't I? ^^;
9:35 Ring of Regeneration!
10:12 2-2
10:43 Luminous Torch!
11:07 Monocle! Hmm, oh wait, the Blast Helm will be more useful in the final Boss Battle, so...
11:14 Mb: Gray Minotaur
11:26 Ow. Thinking about the mimic, got distracted by the skeletons, and forgot to dodge the golem. =p
11:57 Ah, that was convenient. Oh, a Battle Shovel! Nice! That's definitely better than... Ow. =/
12:24 2-3
12:41 Cookies! =9
12:59 Mb: Red Dragon
13:54 Z2B: King Conga 2
14:16 Ow. Whoops, for some reason I was expecting the Wind Spell to be applied before the conga line attack. =p
14:27 3-1
14:54 Shovel of Strength!
15:22 Mb: Banshee
15:50 3-2
16:13 Mb: Blood Nightmare
17:09 3-3
17:17 Ow. 3-3 swarm... Nocturna version. =p
18:04 Mb: Gray Direbat
18:38 Z3B: Deep Blues 3
19:05 Flawless! Reward: Shield Tome (nt)
19:14 4-1
19:33 Heh, a spear. Mary's signature weapon. =)
19:43 Ow, and ow again. Didn't see the mimic. ^^;;
19:58 Mb: Blood Nightmare
20:28 4-2
20:35 Ah, an Obsidian Spear... tempting! But I think I'll stick with the bow. ^^
21:04 Ring of Piercing! I guess with weresheep form and cookies, Regen isn't necessary as well. ^^
21:41 Mb: Ogre
22:08 4-3
22:26 Ow... oh wait, Blast Helm! ^^
22:40 Heavy Plate! =)
22:46 Mb: The Mommy
23:06 Z4B: Death Metal 4
23:31 5-1
24:10 Hmm, not sure if I want to Transmogrify anything... I guess I could try for a Torch of Strength?
24:18 Torch of Strength! =) 3-damage piercing Golden Bow!
24:49 Mb: Gray Minotaur
24:57 5-2
25:23 Bomb Charm!
26:02 Mb: Green Metrognome
26:16 5-3
27:08 Mb: Blue Dragon
27:17 Zone 5 Boss: Frankensteinway
27:33 Ow (floor zap).
28:04 Ow (floor arrow).
28:11 Well, other than getting hit by the floor a couple times, that went relatively smoothly. ^^
28:16 Zone 5, Final Boss: The Conductor
28:33 Explorers Boots
29:29 Ow (wall pig).
29:31 Thank you, Blast Helm! And speaking of the Blast Helm...
29:38 That worked out well. ^_^
29:41 Yay! Weresheep Mary win! =)
More Nocturna videos:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlu6OXit_2adH6DT99c3rV1FCodfymp-O
More Mary videos:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlu6OXit_2aenOianMIYEgAtT7M0oMm4b
More Crypt of the NecroDancer videos:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLlu6OXit_2acmmGVW5vA4x815Lmr76J37
AMPLIFIED DLC v2.58 (2017 Sep 07) notes:
http://steamcommunity.com/games/247080/announcements/detail/1438193798257801179
http://necrodancer.com/
http://store.steampowered.com/app/247080/
https://www.humblebundle.com/store/crypt-of-the-necrodancer
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