[1.2] SRB2 Persona DEMO

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The SRB2P modding doc!

SRB2Persona is a mod I've been working on with the help of a few friends every now and then for about 4 years now. The entire point was to recreate Persona's general gameplay into SRB2. Yeah, it doesn't get any stupider than that! It started off as a barely playable weird tech demo that would error about everytime we tried playing it. Honestly I was unsure whether or not it was going to ever be something playable or stay as a fever dream.
Yet here we are, today. After 3 entire rewrites and countless hours of testing over the course of 4 years, I have no idea how my motivation lasted me this long, but I'm happy to release the first SRB2Persona demo!

IMPORTANT NOTICE:

Spoiler: If you ask any question that's answered here in this spoiler I will come to your house with a briefcase full of material and a bat. The bat is just for show.

Play the tutorial
I cannot stress this enough, even if you've played a Persona game before, I recommend you check it out.

5029 UDP.
That's the port you need to forward for people to join your hosted games. The method to portforward varies between ISPs so this one is on you to figure out, chief.

Netgame issues
It's nothing new that SRB2's netgames were never the most stable.
There is no guarantee that netgames with more than 8 players (or any amount for that matter, but bigger playercounts amplify the problems) stay stable forever depending on each individual player's connection.
Joining mid-game (after parties have been made) also frequently causes problems, so it's much better to make sure your lobby's all filled up with all the friends you wanted before confirming the parties. I have tried to the best of my ability to limit this issue to the maximum, but it still frequently occurs.
To limit mid-game joinings and the myriad of issues that come with them, there is no Master Server support, only LAN is supported for now. In other words, you need the host's IP to join

Singleplayer?
Outside of the tutorial, this demo of SRB2Persona offers absolutely no entierely singleplayer content (yet??), but you are free to play the Tartarus exploration & challenge battles by yourself however which recreates the intended feeling!

Modding?
There is modding support and custom characters can be added. Modding documentation for the mod will come at a later date. ...Or is it already out somewhere?

So, what's in the package?

Frantic turn based battles
Experience the flashy aesthetic of the Persona battle system, with a hint of Shin Megami Tensei buff system topping to add some flavour, alongside literally hundreds of available Persona skills and a varied selection of characters!
Find out and exploit your enemies' weaknesses to knock them down and get additional turns! Manage to knock them all down, and you can unleash the powerful All-Out Attack to deal massive damage and maybe just end the battle in a flash!
If you either finish a battle with an All-Out Attack, or within a single turn, you may even get a chance to get some more mileage out of it!


Dungeon crawling with up to 4... 8...? wait, 16 players!?
Crawl within the mazes of Tartarus. Ambush the Shadows impeding your way, earn EXP to get stronger and make your way up to and destroy the floor guardians with a party of 4... Or up to 4 parties of 4! (Nope there's no guarantee the netgame will even stay stable, do that at your own risk!)
...Just be careful not to spend too much time on a single floor, or bad luck awaits...


Fight it out in a 4V4 PvP duke out!
Experience the many intricacies of how stupidly unbalanced the battle system is by unleashing your most devious strategies on each other!


Test your skills on Challenge Battles!
Take on timed boss rematches and endless battles with up to 3 other players to set the best times and scores! Serves as a good training session to know what to expect from the many dangers of Tartarus!



FULL DOWNLOAD (v1.2):
An existing install of vanilla SRB2 2.2.8 or above is necessary for SRB2Persona to run. Put them in the same dedicated folder.


Windows
SRB2P files
SRB2P files (MIRROR)
Patch (v1.x -> v1.2)

MacOS
SRB2P files (MACOS)
Courtesy of Lach, please contact him if you encounter issues with the MacOS installation process.

Linux
No direct download available as of now, but Linux users have reported being able to compile and play SRB2P.
You can compile yourself from the source code.

Android
Unsupported. You are free to fork the source code and try making it yourself, but I do not intend to add or maintain an Android support myself.

Spoiler: Changelogs

• V1.0
  
  • Initial Release
    
  
  
• V1.1
  
  • Gameplay
    
    • Amy no longer has Recarm in PvP.
      
    
    
  • Quality of Life
    
    • Added OpenGL menu options under Display settings
      
    • Added 'Return to Lobby' options in multiplayer escape menu
      
    • Custom battle music is now previewed in a prompt before being added in your list
      
    • When leveling up, you can now see the skill descriptions of your new skill and the skill you are about to forget
      
    
    
  • Fixes...
    
    • Improved mid-game joining stability.
      
      • This is done by temporarily pausing the game to resynchronize the RNG which seems to be the cause of the issue.
        
      • I still don't recommend mid-game joining as I can't guarantee its stability.
        
    • Fixed Analysis being repellable by Makarakarn
      
    • Fixed duplicate Emerald Skills
      
    • Fixed being able to sustain critical hits during the tutorial, potentially softlocking it.
      
    • Fixed Succubus having an invalid skill.
      
    • Fixed enemies not disappearing if they had died from a repelled auto attack of theirs.
      
    • Fixed the Rampage Drive targetting dead players still.
      
    • Fixed the lives count displaying outside of Tartarus exploration mode if a session had been played beforehand
      
    • Fixed being able to create parties outside of Tartarus exploration
      
    • Fixed the complete inability to make custom challenge battles.
      
    
    
    
  
  
• V1.2
  
  • Gameplay
    
    • You now have 1/3 Max SP in PvP instead of 1/2.
      
    
    
  • Fixes
    
    • Fixed being able to access the Sub-Persona menu with no Sub-Personas via the shortcut in Skills, resulting in errors.
      
    • Fixed invalid frames when reviving Knuckles or Shadow
      
    • Fixed Brainwash constantly resulting in the fallback 'dummy' Skill being used in 1.1
      
    • Fixed the camera jittering in some occasions, it should look a lot more fluid now.
      
    • Fixed a specific Challenge Battle not saving completion.
      
    • You can no longer set Enter as any of your keys in the menu and get softlocked.
      
    • Fixed status condition effects not playing sounds when they should.
      
    • Fixed Baton Pass' screen overlay not going away until the next turn started.
      
    
    

CREDITS

Spoiler: Credits

Sonic Robo Blast 2: Persona
Mod by Lat'

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Additional Mod credits:

Snu: General programming & graphics assistance
SoapSurfin: Titlescreen Sonic art
DylanNeyaz: Cut-ins
Q.T.D.: All-Out-Attack artwork
DaveLite: Evoker poses

LJ Sonik: PRNG library

Inazuma: Shadow The Hedgehog sprites
DrStephen: Dr. Eggman sprites
.Luke: Blaze The Cat sprites
(All permissions / re-usable content status check out)

Amicitia Comm: Persona 3/4 modding tools

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Sonic Robo Blast 2 belongs to Sonic Team Jr.

LEGAL STUFF:
Sonic The Hedgehog is property of SEGA
Shin Megami Tensei / Persona is property of ATLUS / SEGA
No copyright infringement intended, this is a fan project meant as a love letter to some of my favourite game franchises ever.

THIS GAME SHOULD NOT BE SOLD!
This is a non-profit project! (In fact, I lose money!)

It's kind of surreal for me to finally release something like that after working on it for so long. Although there isn't exactly a ton of content to speak of, I'm still incredibly proud of myself for managing to pull that out and eternally thankful to those who have helped me make it this far, be it by their supportive words, their contributions to the mod, or their everlasting ability to break the shit out of the game to help me find and crush bugs.

[Yacker]

Ohh man, you finally released this. Sick as hell. Brought me out to play SRB2 again just for this.

I remember back in 2016 when you DM'd me about helping since I was also making a Persona mod back then. Heh, sorry I never responded--I just literally didn't notice for a month and then felt too awkward to point it out. Still, you did a great job, and implemented many mechanics the same way I had planned for my own--and added some I didn't even think of--so I definitely approve! Plus all the art and stuff looks really good. But yeah, just had fun playing it with friends for a few hours, REALLY looking forward to the future of this.

(Oh, and if you still want help--uh, I am still willing, but still feeling awkward about our last interaction...years ago lmao)

[Axolex53]

I played this mod and my laptop didn't blew up! I never play a Persona's game and it's gameplay it's very addictive! One of my favourites mods!

Also, you may know this issue (normal for being a demo), but in certain circunstances, the enemy attacks a teammate that was already dead... It happen to me in a boss fight that the boss, attacks with Assault dive (or something like that) to Tails being dead

Hope you guys can make the full experience! Good 4 years job

[Superjustinbros]

Oh my god yes.
So glad to see this finally release.

[BronsoKip]

This is amazing!! I'm really excited that it's finally released, it's just as fun as I imagined

[ChrisHedge]

This is amazing holy hell. My only question is: What happened to Fang?

[Maximus Universal]

Originally Posted by ChrisHedge

This is amazing holy hell. My only question is: What happened to Fang?

Fang mistook his popgun for an evoker. That's what happened.

[Lach]

Here's a macOS build for those users. Installation works exactly the same way as the vanilla SRB2 game!
Latest version
v1.2 - Download from MEGA.nz (108.7 MB)
Older versions
v1.1 - Download from MEGA.nz (108.7 MB)
v1.0 - Download from MEGA.nz (108.7 MB)

[Cyron]

[U.Flame]

Hooray! I've been waiting for this for quite a while, its definitely worth it. I'm looking forward to a single player mode that saves progress. Quick question though, why does Blaze use an Ice Persona? Especially since all her voice lines still refer to her fire. Mitsuru's Persona is not a bad fit in itself, but its strange to see her focus on Ice.

Also today I learned defense can also be spelled defence. Had to Google that to make sure it wasn't a typo.

[Mastakirby]

Been having a blast with this so far. Had something break in Tartarus though...
https://clips.twitch.tv/BraveCrazyCurryStoneLightning

[tropluckyfr]

ye i think that a master server version wich is separate would be a choice to do trought

[Ivan12ThePichu]

this is the only persona thing i will ever play

[Lamibe]

Seems the mod is broken if someone join in the middle of a game so cannot join server and IP only don't help for that.

[KuroEl64]

Gotta say. RPG Games are my jam. I never tried Persona before but using my Trails games strategy in here works perfectly for me in here. You really outdone yourself Lat, glad I could try this out. Way to go!

[Lamibe]

Well finally I joined the server but cannot play. Infinite explosion making hard to see and invisible menu.
If you want to know we're 11 and that happened when I hitted a shadow.
And also is it normal that falling in a pit don't kill you but instead softlock you ?

[Lat']

Originally Posted by OP

Netgame issues:
It's nothing new that SRB2's netgames were never the most stable.
There is no guarantee that netgames with more than 8 players (or any amount for that matter, but bigger playercounts amplify the problems) stay stable forever depending on each individual player's connection.
Joining mid-game (after parties have been made) also frequently causes problems, so it's much better to make sure your lobby's all filled up with all the friends you wanted before confirming the parties. I have tried to the best of my ability to limit this issue to the maximum, but it still frequently occurs.

Known, not much I can do about it in the immediate future.

[Replayer]

Norton Security doesn't like me going online, I don't think there's a way around it because it deletes the executable file.

[Agrera]

I'm wondering how to make modded characters. I have 4 characters i wanna make but i don't know how

[Lamibe]

We was 12 when started the game followed by an instant disable joining when started and the glitches in my second post happened.
Was it because we were 12 or the mod just being broken ?

[Reemruss077]

What Persona game does this mod get it's music from?