Technical Data:
Resolution: 336 X 240
Dev Tool: Game Maker 7.0
Style: Four Swords Adventure

Story:
Before time was time, three great goddesses decended upon the chaos that was and created the land of Hyrule; Din, goddess of power, Nayru, goddess of wisdom and Farore, the godess of courage.Din, using great magical flames, created the land, the sea, and all the minerals which would be scattered along the length, breadth and height of this new world; in doing so, she gave this new world the materials it could exist with. Nayru poured out her rich soul and gave the Spirit of Law onto the world, so that rivers would flow and the sun and moon would rise and fall with each day; this allowed Hyrule to have the knowledge by which it could exist. And finally, Farore then created all the lifeforms which would uphold the law, from the tinest of insects to the largest and most powerful of animals; this gave Hyrule the will to exist.

The three great Goddesses, their labours completed, then departed for the Heavans. However, at the point where the Goddesses left their new creation, they each left behind a golden triangle which contained the essense of their power. This mighty artifact, called the Triforce, though able to grant extremely powerful magic to whoever touched it, was infinitely delicate: if one who did not hold all three aspects of the Triforce - power, wisdom and courage - within perfect balance, the Triforce would split into its three aspects and the person who first touched the Triforce would be left and only one force would remain in his hand: the force which he most believed in. The remaining two aspects would take refuge within the hearts and minds of two who best personified the remaining aspects of the Triforce.

It was for this reason that seven Ancient Sages, at least one representing each of Hyrule's races, decided to hide the Triforce within a hidden Sacred Realm using a complex magical seal. Firstly, the only gate to the Sacred Realm would be the magnificent Temple of Time within Hyrule Town. In order for the magical door to be opened, one would have to hold the three Spiritual Stones of Fire, Water and the Forest. Then, they would have to play the sacred Song of Time on a magical instrument, the Ocarina of Time. Only then would the great stone Door of Time open, to reveal.....the Master Sword, standing within the Pedastal of Time. This was the final key needed to open he gate to the Sacred Realm; only one with a heart and mind devoid of any evil would be able to lift such a blade. This complex seal ensured only the most determined of seekers could have a hope of obtaining the Triforce, and that those who did enter the Sacred Realm could only do so with entirely good intentions.

Though complex, this seal was necessary due to an age-old prophecy: if one with a pure heart obtains the Triforce, Hyrule would be led into a new age of peace and prosperity. But if an evil-hearted person obtained the Triforce, then he would begin a Great Cataclysm. Only the one who held the Master Sword would be able to stand against the man who began the Great Cataclysm.

Information:
Yes, this has been attempted about 50 or so times, no need to tell me about it, I already know. That being said, I fully understand that this project can't be done by one person and one person alone. The project was decided upon by a group of people at first, including me. It's been about a month since then, and I've already lost at least one person, and I've done pretty much 99% of the work up till now. Not that any of that is a problem, but I'd like to see input from people that know the game inside and out (Unlike me). My goal is to get a demo done up to the first boss, and then from there release everything as open source. That way, people that are interested in it, can continue the work. The theory that more and more of it can be completed. Also, I'm not interested in re-creating EVERY single aspect of the game. That would be ludicrous. Instead, I'm open to suggestions, and could use help in general design of levels, and information from people who know the game better than me.

Screens:
http://www.pyxosoft.com/projects/game_maker/oot2d/oot2d_screen_01.png
http://www.pyxosoft.com/projects/game_maker/oot2d/oot2d_screen_02.png
http://www.pyxosoft.com/projects/game_maker/oot2d/oot2d_screen_03.png
http://www.pyxosoft.com/projects/game_maker/oot2d/oot2d_screen_04.png
http://www.pyxosoft.com/projects/game_maker/oot2d/oot2d_screen_05.png
http://www.pyxosoft.com/projects/game_maker/oot2d/oot2d_screen_06.png
http://www.pyxosoft.com/projects/game_maker/oot2d/oot2d_screen_07.png
http://www.pyxosoft.com/projects/game_maker/oot2d/oot2d_screen_08.png
http://www.pyxosoft.com/projects/game_maker/oot2d/oot2d_screen_09.png
http://www.pyxosoft.com/projects/game_maker/oot2d/oot2d_screen_10.png

Developer Credits:
TomPel
Mamoruanime
Cypras
Ethelon
noseblunt3

Resource Credits:
Infini - Sprites
DJvenom - Sprites *fixed, again*
.Takam - Sprites
Soulja - Sprites
Venyux - Sprites
Daz123 - Design
aab - Sprites

Engines:
ZFGC GM Minish Cap Engine

Time for some crits and praise

-Crits-
Dampe is mispelled
You need a space between and ! or a . and a New sentence

-Praise-
Best looking OOT2D I've seen
Looks like it has great potential
Good idea with the Room Editor

Based on what I've seen, I can give you an instant 8/10. This is my permentant rating. It could increase as you update the game.

The first screen was in the process of the text engine. Before I had implemented tags for manual line breaks. Most of what I'm going to show is WIPs, since it only started a month ago. The clouds overlay everything which won't be in the final cut either. Plus I'll be changing up stuff on the fly.

Nice work there Xfixium!
Well this looks promising so I thought I could bring some help
I'm way too lazy to use your Ocarina Room Editor but I'll just go ahead and give you two beautifully tiled maps :
Hyrule Field ALTTP style by Hoffy
Lake Hylia ALTTP style by MaJoRa
Dead Tree for the Lake Hylia map by Gilgamesh (Dascu)
Stone thing for the Lake Hylia map by TanukiMario

Oh and if you could add this before the intro of the game, it would be awesome :
ZFGC Intro

Keep up the good work!

It looks very good, and seeing Xfixium working on this gives this project really a chance of becoming something.

Thank you for the resources, and credit will be given! Keep 'em coming, the more, the better! The ZFGC logo will be done in some shape or form. Thanks for the encouragement!

that looks really good, but why are you using MC link in a LTTP style game?

It's in 4 Swords Adventure style, which does exactly the same thing. If your not familiar with it, a screen can be found here:

http://www.co-optimus.com/images/upload/image/zelda-four-swords-adventures-b.jpg

It's sort of a grab bag of LTTP, Minish Cap, and Wind Waker effects. I find that LTTP graphics are easier to deal with by many people as a whole. (Plus there's plenty of pre-existing resources) So that's why I felt this style was acceptable.

This looks awesome, I have to say. I hope this project makes a lot of progress because it looks like it could have potential.

Looks pretty awesome man!

Is this an exact remake or what? Those few screenshots look a bit different

Either way, I know you'll get far even if you don't finish... I mean... you're the one who was working on Link's Awakening MC Style and that was awesome!

Good Luck.

Thanks, as for your question, I'm going to try and keep as much of the game intact as possible. (Please ignore the first screen shot, it was a test room from when it was started) however, keep it more 2D minded. That means things that have been tried and true for 2D games will take presence over more complicated 3D aspects.

Example: The battle system with lock on features that was presented in the 3D version, will not be translated to the 2D version. Why? Because that would be over complicating a system that has been tried and true for many years. Navi will still exist, and there will be lock on targets for long distance conversation and similar tasks, just not the actual combat aspects.

This is just my opinion, of course, I am open to suggestions.

Good idea. That's very wise.

Will there be any bonus content you could unlock or something like that?

Personally, no, but I'd leave that up to the community. Kinda striving for a community feel for the project, and me kinda just fitting the pieces together, and filling up holes that need filling.

Looks good so far, tho I'm not all too sure that the graphics style is right, just my opinion
Anyway, Good luck