Posted Aug 06, 2006 at 12:29PM by Jerico G. Listed in: Homebrew Games Tags: Lua, Hyrule, Zion, PSPdemon
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We previously mentioned that zion has the potential to be one of the better developers out there. While some may have met this prediction with skepticism, he's determined to make these doubting thomases give him a 'thombs' up. We hate to brag but it seems the foresight we've concocted back at the QJ's halls of alchemy is slowly materializing as he released this very promising game - his first version of Legend of Hyrule: Linkens Quest.

Perhaps motivated by people downplaying the wonders of the lua platform, zion said this project is a "prime example of what can be achived in lua coding if you put the time and effort in" it. And boy did they put "time and effort" in this one. According to him, he and PSPDemon (gfx designer) worked for '6 all-dayers and all-nighters to get this done'. Considering it took two and a half weeks to finish, these guys really must be tired; another reason why they deserve our gratitude as this is all done for us - free.

The role-playing homebrew really flaunts the quality of a 21-day project. Link's interaction with the other characters are notable, graphics are crisp, sprite's movements are fluid, words are well-thought off, and it even has some functional stores for Link to purchase weapons and other goodies. We wouldn't have thought it was created in lua if zion hadn't said so himself. If this is just the first level, we're very raring to try the upcoming stages.

For someone who codes full-time and still manages to create simple yet fun games during a fifteen-minute break, zion really is fast becoming someone. So we here at the Kingdom of QJ dub thee, zion, as the "Master of Motivation"; arise and follow the path you're set to take - the road to respect and recognition.

Download: [Legend Of Hyrule: Linkens Quest v1.0 FW 1.50]
Download: [Legend Of Hyrule: Linkens Quest v1.0 FW 2.xx]

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   by Casablanca Gamer - 2006-08-06
 » Guarding

Guarding 1st spot

   by wow (Unregistered) - 2006-08-06
 » wow

the first lua game that have some interest tome......

...but its still in lua....

   by J FLO (Unregistered) - 2006-08-06
 » Will There be a downgrade?

For 2.7, Im not sure on that whole situation and if there even working on it. If there will be I can downG to 1.5 right?

   by RandomUser (Unregistered) - 2006-08-06
 » To be expected..

This has a cease and desist order written all over it.

   by gazza (Unregistered) - 2006-08-06
 » CRAP

it crashed every 2 mins CRAPPPPPPPPP

   by Noob Hater (Unregistered) - 2006-08-06
 » ...

Dude, STFU.

   by bugmenot (Unregistered) - 2006-08-06
 » 2.7 does not play hombrew

You cannot play any homebrew including this on PSPs version 2.7 or higher.

   by person (Unregistered) - 2006-08-06
 » @31

only for 1.0-2.6 can play

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   by Rica M. (QJ. NET Staff) - 2006-08-06
 » Sorry about that, PSPdemon.

We changed the title of the game to "Legend of Hyrule: Linkens Quest." A bit of error on our part. Thanks for telling us. And sorry for the confusion.

   by Justgoonied (Unregistered) - 2006-08-06
 » ehh

ehh

   by Only Me (Unregistered) - 2006-08-06
 » Copyright

How much level of copyright do you allow? I mean I read in the forums that copyrighted material will NOT be shown on the front page.

I mean sure, this game looks to have different images and all that, but Zelda is copyrighted is it not? The user should have named it differently.

   by mnky (Unregistered) - 2006-08-06
 » holy sh*t!

this is incredible! One of the best psp homebrews so far!
And its lua!
very very nice!

zelda is a bit tall though...

   by mnky (Unregistered) - 2006-08-06
 » huh

quite a nasty way to end it, lookin' forward to fighting!

   by RaiderX - 2006-08-06
 » looks awesome!

the gfx look great! This game looks awesome! Im gonna play it right now. I hope this goes far and gets a lot of great updates!

   by ZeroBinary - 2006-08-06
 » Holy Shiet ! This Game Looks Awesome !!

I guess it's putting your foot in your mouth to the nay sayers who say that some games developed and coded in Lua look like cr@p. This game alone, just by looking at the graphics on the front page makes me want to play it. Going to download it now, and try it out. Well done zion. Keep up the excellent work on this project ! Looking forward to more !

   by deanspeed (Unregistered) - 2006-08-06
 » cool

cool cant wait till it is finnished :). hope someone can make some custom sprites though cause i dont like what link looks like

   by Statianzo (Unregistered) - 2006-08-06
 » Nice, but...

The v1.0 fooled me into thinking that this was a complete game, or at least had enough features to make it somewhat playable beyond walking through the city and talking to some kids on the street. However, the game itself seems promising in the future.

Will keep an eye on this, keep up the good work.

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   by anonymous stranger - 2006-08-06
 » Yo

Nice game! like the graphics, hope the story's as interesting!

   by Viper_Bravo - 2006-08-06
 » V 1.0, not realy......

V 1.0, not realy, but its got a solid grapixs setup and flow right now. Cant wait to get a full virsion of this game.

   by J FLO (Unregistered) - 2006-08-06
 » NooBzilla

Im been on qj for 4 or 5 months now and iv never really used homebrew cuz I have 2.70 but what exactly is LUA and is there any way I can get it cause I REALLY wanta play this. (or do I have to wait for a downgrade?)

   by mnky (Unregistered) - 2006-08-06
 » 12

nope, only 2.6 or below can play homebrew.

   by nevercominghome - 2006-08-06
 » :)

@#12: No you cannot play this. It's for 1.0-2.6 user's only. LUA is a type of coding btw.

@The Maker: Looks like a great game! I'm off to try it right now ♥.

   by Annonymous Coward (Unregistered) - 2006-08-06
 » Can't believe this is Lua

This is really a surprise because alot of Lua apps I see are simple, rushed and have an unfinished look to them. I couldn't do better myself but regardless I always considered Lua to be the main problem. Having tested this I see that really good stuff is indeed possible in Lua if you put the effort in, as the dev rightly says. The graphics are fluid and crisp, the music is nice and it is obvious alot of time and energy has been put into this. Thanks for spending your free time to bring us this it is appreciated!!

   by This works on the PC also (Unregistered) - 2006-08-06
 » For ppl with 2.70+

U can download luaplayer for windows to play this game

   by bugmenot (Unregistered) - 2006-08-06
 » Lua is not the problem

Lua (the language) is not the problem, it's the attitude that people take on when programming with LuaPlayer. They expect it to be a quick shortcut to create games for the PSP and as soon as they get past what tutorials teach them, they crumble.

Learning how to program in Lua is no different to learning any other programming language. LuaPlayer makes things a lot easier for the developer as it provides a decent and easy enough API for displaying graphics to the screen and interfacing with the hardware. It is no different to using C/C++ with SDL.

However, Lua is a scripting language and will never be as fast as a compiled language such as C/C++ so limitations will appear very soon.

   by nevercominghome - 2006-08-06
 » Great game.

Just tried this out and it was great. I can't wait for the next edition.

Too bad it's going to be 1-2 months until it's released :(

   by gwho (Unregistered) - 2006-08-06
 » A Win

This is a win for LUA coders!

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   by Jerico G. (QJ. NET Staff) - 2006-08-06
 » Thank you, QJ editors

For not announcing every single little alpha version of this LUA program for a change.

LUA was not the problem; it's clearly QJ editors announcing every little still *****ty ass version.

Edited by Jerico G. (Q.J. NET Staff) , because:
Au contraire Mr, we didn't announce "every single little alpha version of this LUA program" just because we chose to, it's because this is the very first release of this game. QJ will still continue to promote beginners from coding who are smart enough to ignore shallow discouragements from people who generalize something (such as LUA) as "not good" based from earlier releases.

   by Mr (Unregistered) - 2006-08-06
 » Thank you, QJ editors

For not announcing every single little alpha version of this LUA program for a change.

LUA was not the problem; it's clearly QJ editors announcing every little still *****ty ass version.

   by PSPdemon (Unregistered) - 2006-08-06
 » Change the Title

Hey....can you please change the title of it..... this is PSPdemon by the way....

the title is suppose to be Legend of Hyrule: Linkens Quest...

Please do change it...

Thanks for Everything,
PSPdemon



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