FFVI: Divergent Paths

Progress Update:

* 16th character is fully playable. Her special ability needs a bit more playtesting though.
* New window graphics applied. About half are from FF6, and the other half from Chrono Trigger, thanks to Madsiur's work. All 8 are windows that I'd actually see myself using at some point.
* The wounded soldier has been renamed from Dak to Piette, after Fast Moon pointed out that Piette was the 3rd soldier in Chrono Trigger.
* The event scene leading up to the final battle has been overhauled to include all 16 characters, no matter who you brought through Kefka's tower. This optimization freed up $500+ bytes of subroutines that were no longer needed, and you have a chance to switch your party around before choosing the order of the 12 characters you bring into the battle. I have been dreading this scene for YEARS, and it's DONE. I never have to touch it again!

Next step is to write a brand new ending for Leo, and to add the 16th character to Umaro's ending. Once I have allocated all of the event space needed for these important things, I'll go through the relatively quick process of spreading the Falcon's NPCs across the land, so they have to be collected in order to populate your airship. That will spell the v0.9 release.

Because of all of the space freed up by the ending cutscene re-write, I am going to try to add a new event sequence to the WoB for the final 1.0 release. It will be The Razing of Vector, with the idea taken from Fast Moon's Antinomia hack. As soon as the Sealed Gate is opened and the Espers come out, the scene will shift to Celes and Leo, who must defend Vector against the rampaging espers. In this sequence, Leo will act automomously (like Cyan in the military camp). For each boss you fight and beat, you will gain a rare item. Should your party fall, you will not get a game over; you'll simply switch back to the grounded airship. I LOVE the storyline potential for this sequence, as it will:
1. Establish a relationship between Leo and Celes; something I didn't have room for previously.
2. Give Celes a reason to be ashamed, since she must once again fight alongside the Empire against the Espers.
3. Allow me to wordlessley show Leo discovering the truth of what the Empire did to the Espers.
4. Allow me to build anticipation for Leo, since Divergent Paths adds him to the party before he's proved how cool he is.