PROJECT LIST

[Shademp]

Welcome hackers, translators and writers. Before you browse our specific goals for each site section, here is a list of general content that we desire to host.

(See second post for info about signing up and using WordPress)

- Rips of game script, backgrounds, textures, character icons, sound effects, music, movies and so on. Naturally, we are also interested in software made to view this stuff. For example, 3D model viewers or background viewers.
- Magazine scans containing pre-release images of any FFVII title, interviews with the creators.
- Trailer lists coupled with analyses of pre-release footage.
- Complete art galleries. A combination of game/movie rips, official site rips, magazine & book scans should help create extensive galleries for each title.
- Developers & Credits taken from all localizations of a game or animated feature.

In ALL the above cases, we encourage written commentaries to flesh out content and put it into the perspective of how a title was made.

Alright, let's mosey!
Under the following sections, check if there is any project you'd like to sign up for.

Franchise Guide
Canon of FFVII
FFVII - The Original
Advent Children
Before Crisis
Crisis Core
Dirge of Cerberus
Novels & Novellas
FFVII - The Remake
Fanfiction
Remix Hub
Miscellaneous


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FRANCHISE GUIDE

- "Releases & Bundles Guide". Black labels, greatest hits/platinum/PS one Books, advent pieces limited edition, etc cover ALL OF IT.

- "Present Status of the Compilation"; a collection of quotes from the creators of FFVII and other Square employees about the possible future of FFVII.
Author: Shademp
Deadline: March 1st, 2012

- "Crossover Appearances". Write a summary of the non-FFVII titles in which FFVII characters appear in one form or another. Complete with release dates and pictures showing said appearances.

- "Companion Books". List of all FFVII related Ultimanias, guide books & other reading material.
Author: Shademp
Deadline: March 31st, 2012

- "Soundtrack Compendium". Find somebody dedicated to completing a feature about albums that contain FFVII tracks, ranging from OSTs to anthologies, remixes etc.
Features: Complete track lists, lyrics, original Japanese titles and official English translations versus fan-translations. Include mention of any special features found in the album cases, plus have pics of actual said cases.

- "FFVII 10th Anniversary Gallery Event".
Write an extensive summary about the gallery showing that took place in Spiral Garden in Minamiaoyama, Tokyo. Include image gallery and other notes about merchandise and commercial related to the 10th anniversary of FFVII.

- "FFVII PS3 Tech Demo". Detail the context in which this was shown, the responses from it, creators' comments about the video, plus if possible have a download link to said tech demo.



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CANON OF FFVII

Essays about Canon


- 'Who Wrote FFVII?'. A feature to pin down just who have contributed to the lore of FFVII and a test to see if a hierarchy can be deduced as to who is the biggest authory regarding what is the true FFVII canon.
Author: Shademp? (undecided)

- 'Contradicting Statements by Creators'. Compile list of erroneous claims and statements by the people involved with the Compilation.

- 'Retcon: A Misunderstood Term'. Short essay covering the true meaning of the word "retcon".


Translations, Companion Books

Really, ANYTHING not already translated.



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FFVII - THE ORIGINAL

- Complete the "Unused Text Series".
Project Leader, Author, Documentation: Shademp
Translator: GlitterBerri
Deadline: January 1st, 2013

- "Unseen Map Segments & Unused Background Animations".
Author: Shademp
Deadline: Undecided.

- "Unseen/Unused Field Models & Animations"
Author: Shademp
Deadline: Undecided.


- "FFVII International Bonus Disc English Edition". Create a fan-made version of this JP-exclusive disc, playable on NTSC-US format (or more, if possible).
Hacker: None as of yet.
Translator: None as of yet.

- "Bonus Disc: Unused Content". Possibly a good pre-cursor to the English Edition project. Scour for unused text, images and videos.
Hacker: None as of yet.

- "Kusanagi IV: Translations & Analysis". Translate foreword, epilogue and FFVII map commentary. Compare sketches with final result.
Translator: Hitoshura
Scans & Sketch Comparisons: Shademp
Deadline: Yet to decide.

- "FMV Analysis". Extensive commentary on the many oddities found within the game's FMVs. Easter eggs, mistakes, transition between field scenes etc.
Author: Shademp
Deadline: Yet to decide.

- "Demo Guide". Brief guide to all FFVII demos.
Author: Shademp? (Undecided)

- "Versions Guide". Complete guide to gameplay, script and cutscene differences between all retail editions of the original FFVII.
Author, Documentation: Shademp

- "Speedrun Compendium". Guide to all known extreme achievements in the art of speedrunning the game.

- "Minigame Record Keeper", aka "Hall of Achivements". A list of the most impressive achievements in the various minigames.

- "Game Mods". Guide to mods worth checking out and/or that may deserve extra support.

- Create "Field Model Viewer" & "Walkmesh Viewer" for PSX edition. Working software exists for the PC version, but to research PSX-exclusive material we need viewers for the PlayStation edition.
Who will rise up to such a daunting task?

- "Music & Location FAQ". Where and when tracks are played.
Project Leader, Author: kitikat

- "Sound Effects Guide". Extensive documentation of the game's sound effects, where/when they are used, any unused sfx etc.



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ADVENT CHILDREN

- "Easter Eggs". Complete with screenshots to prove it, show the easter eggs of both AC & ACC. Detail if any easter eggs are exclusive to one title or went missing from the ACC release.



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BEFORE CRISIS

See "general content" at top of the post.


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CRISIS CORE

- "Versions Guide". Document the gameplay, script and cutscene differences between the various editions of Crisis Core.



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DIRGE OF CERBERUS

- "Lost Episode". Cover all available media on this lost entry.

- "Versions Guide". Document the gameplay, script and cutscene differences between the various editions of Dirge of Cerberus.

- "3D Model & Texture Viewer". At present, no fully functional model viewer exists. Create one or point our way to any such completed software.



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NOVELS & NOVELLAS

- "Revision Guide". Compare revised editions with the original releases. For the sake of completeness, include both the original Japanese transcripts and English fan-translations.
- "Case of Denzel: Animation versus Novella". Point out any differences between the two interpretations of this story.



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FFVII - THE REMAKE
(Planned section about this dream title)

- "Square Comments". List of Square's comments throughout the years about the idea of a remake.
- "Tech Demo versus Crisis Core Epilogue Ending"




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FANFICTION

Section Head: LicoriceAllsorts
Expertise: Turks & Shinra fanfics

Currently looking for a person whose fanfic preferences lie with Cloud & AVALANCHE centric fiction.



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REMIX HUB

Currently looking for somebody to lead the collection of fan-made music remix albums & singles, somebody with a vision for a feature like this.


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MISCELLANEOUS

- "Final Fantasy 7 - The Famicom Edition". Cover this beast from China.

 

[Shademp]

Publishing Articles
If you are the writer/author of a project you will probably be interested in constructing the planned article yourself.

In the case of thelifestream.net, this will happen via WordPress.
Go here to register if you have not already done so.
If you want to generate content but do not already have the "Editor" status to write articles, simply inform me either on this thread or via pm and I will promote you.
"Posts" are "News Posts", so this is used for enlightening visitors about site updates.
"Pages" is for actual site content and so THIS is where you will be writing the upcoming feature.


How to Write in WordPress
Articles are written in HTML. If you are not accustomed to writing in this format, I recommend this tutorial.
Keep in mind, WordPress may interpret codes like </br> a bit differently than the tutorial would inform you, but in almost all cases the code will act as expected.

Notice: Unless you want to write in Visual, it is not recommended to shift to Visual when you've already written something in HTML. Doing so will permanently change the code even if you go back to HTML, meaning the entire thing will have to be re-written. In short, don't click on the Visual tab.

 

[Vixenish]

What about getting the forumwide replay of the original? Or is there a separate place where forum activities/projects are going to be tracked?

 

[Shademp]

What about getting the forumwide replay of the original? Or is there a separate place where forum activities/projects are going to be tracked?

Good question. I had not thought about that one specifically, but I did wonder to myself if I was to involve anything about the LPs here. It might be a good idea however to keep "Community Projects" outside of this thread. I'm not ruling anything out just yet though, I need to think about it some more. Thanks for bringing it up.

 

[Cat Rage Room]

I'm totally on board with this, along with the PM you sent me.

I do however think we need to hire some new Staff, though.

 

[Madame Mayor]

I'll be paying attention to this. If there's something I can help with I'll try, or give any ideas I have for content.

I do like the idea for organizing things. Tbh I've always found the front page a little cluttered and had issues finding things in the past (probably also a side effect of it being wordpress but ya).

 

[LicoriceAllsorts]

I could help with the fanfction.
My expertise really lies with anything Turk or Shinra related, so if I could have one other person whose preferences lie with Cloud and Avalanche centric fiction, I think we could pull together a magnificent virtual library.
I'm very active over at the Genesis Awards, whose whole raison d'etre is to reward quality FFVII fanfiction. Archiving (with permission) previous award winners would be as good a starting place as any. It would be wonderful if we could get to a point where being archived on this site was seen as an honour.

 

[The Twilight Mexican]

That sounds fantastic, Licorice. I haven't read any FFVII fanfiction since Advent Children came out, but I did read some good stuff back in the day. I'm sure there's been a lot more since then.

Something like what you're suggesting would be a great jumping off point for someone new to FFVII fanfiction, or someone like me who hasn't looked at any in a long time but might want to check some out.

 

[Shademp]

Major re-write of first post. Second post is now a stub for more formal info directed towards potential authors/writers. The categories are now based on what will become the new front page layout, so once that it is implemented the readers of the Project List will have an even easier time to navigate and understand where the content will be added.

EDIT: Added "Fanfiction" and "Remix Hub" section. LicoriceAllsorts is listed as head of the former category and the list now says that we are looking for fanfic readers well-versed in Cloud & AVALANCHE centric stories.

 

[JoeGambit303]

FFVII Original

I played this game when I was a lot younger (obviously) when the T rating was a little over my head. Being the rebel that I was I played anyway ( I was around 10) and like mostly everyone here was blown away with the graphics and game play that were far ahead anything else at the time. I'll find something to contribute on in the upcoming weeks.
Thanks for a great site.

- Joe

 

[Dark koki]

I suggest something not combined with FFVII itself: making a facebook account.
Seriously, IMO this is what this site lacks. Facebook is powerful advertise now. Almost everyone has an account. It would be good advertisment too.

 

[Pixel]

I started a facebook account ages ago, but I hardly had time to keep it going. Think we had about 50 subscribers after a few months

http://www.facebook.com/pages/TheLifestreamnet/183331408350917

 

[Shademp]

I have created my own facebook page now.
Shademp's FF7 Page! Like and share with your friends!

Aside from sharing FFVII related discoveries, I will also be using it to try and recruit people for projects.

 

[JsephWebb303]

Origianl FFVII - T

Remembering playing this game is like waking up from a dream. I played through the franchise when I was a little kid, always acquiring as many of the items as I could. When FFVII came out I was still too young to play, but I figure I´d give it a try and popped the disc in. The opening cinematics were far beyond anything I had ever ever experienced. The gameplay is similar to most of the other games in the series, although the graphics improved a lot from the earlier incarnations. I plan on playing through this game again sometime in the near future. I´ll let everyone here know when I get the software up and running that supports the version of the game I´m working on (FFVII).

- Joe

 

[JsephWebb303]

Original FFVII - T

Remembering playing this game is like waking up from a dream. I played through the franchise when I was a little kid, always acquiring as many of the items as I could. When FFVII came out I was still too young to play, but I figure I´d give it a try and popped the disc in. The opening cinematics were far beyond anything I had ever ever experienced. The gameplay is similar to most of the other games in the series, although the graphics improved a lot from the earlier incarnations. I plan on playing through this game again sometime in the near future. I´ll let everyone here know when I get the software up and running that supports the version of the game I´m working on (FFVII).

- Joe