Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin: Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin - Progenitors

Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin - Progenitors is a very traditional Castlevania ROM hack. It simply replaces the alternate mode characters with new and different ones, and unlocks every mode from the start.

- Donoffrio’s custom John Morris replaces Richter Belmont

- Vedora-Kingdom/Vydartz's custom young Eric Lecarde replaces Maria Renard

- Getsu Fūma replaces Old Axe Armor

Update v2.4.0 out now! Please be sure to check the readme for more details and a list of changes.

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Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin - Progenitors
By: Serbagz and Masked Dedede
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This is a ROM hack of Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin. In order to apply the patches provided,
you will need to first make sure you have the correct dump of the original game and the
required patching software.

File: Castlevania: Portrait of Ruin (USA).nds
CRC-32: 96df4c4d
MD5: 2edd57540cae45842fbd19c45a4214f9
SHA-1: 382602e3615b2282eead584014125e71b5b0f033
SHA-256: 1174a36fd91f79e95e90b76aa1268af8fc09f69c04cc8e5b4ff791e872254abd


Patching program (xdelta UI):
https://www.romhacking.net/utilities/598/

Online pacther (ROM Pacther JS)
https://www.marcrobledo.com/RomPatcher.js/

There's now an additional patch added with v2.3.0 that changes the Nest of Evil music to be John Morris' theme, "Reincarnated Soul".

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[Character Information]:

John Morris:

Weapon:
- Undulating Whip (Whip/Fire/Holy/Undead Killer)
- Whip Chain Spiral (Critical Art, Whip/Fire/Holy/Undead Killer)

Sub-weapons:
- Triple Knives (Slash)
- Axe (Slash)
- Crystal Blade Boomerang (Strike/Slash)
- Holy Water (Fire/Holy)
- Bible (Strike/Holy)
- Water Dragon (Ice, Magic damage)

Martial Arts:
- Flame Fist Tackle (Up, Left, Down, Right + Y, Slash)
- Aerial Kick (Right, Down, Left, Right + Y, Strike)
- Flame Arts Combo (Right, Down, Left, Up, Right + Y, Strike/Fire)
- Backflip (Down + L while jumping, invincibility)

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Young Eric Lecarde:

Weapon:
- Alucard Spear (from Judgement) (Slash/Holy)
- Warp Jump Smash (Critical Art, Slash/Holy)

Sub-weapons:
- Cross (Slash/Holy)
- Gale Force (Slash, Magic damage)
- Stopwatch (Lasts five seconds)
- Grand Cross (Holy)

Martial Arts:
- Whirlwind (Up, Left, Down, Right + Y, Strike/Holy)
- Alucard Spear Combo (Right, Down, Left, Up, Right + Y, Slash/Holy)
- Backflip (Down + L while jumping, invincibility)

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Getsu Fuuma:

Weapon:
- Pulse Blade (Slash, may hit more than once)

Sub-weapons:
- War Drum (Strike/Holy/Curse)
- Venom Shuriken (Slash/Poison)

Martial Arts:
- Pulse Blade Barrage (Up, Left, Down, Right + Y, Slash)
- Pulse Blade Combo (Right, Down, Left, Up, Right + Y, Slash)
- Backflip (Down + L while jumping, Slash, invincibility)
- Slide Jump (Down + B then B, Strike)

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[Notes on Jonathan/Bloodlines Mode]:

- Many of the sub-weapons used on the new players may be a bit overtuned for Jonathan Mode.

- Some sub-weapons may come pre-mastered.

- The scenes related to the Whip's Memory have been slightly altered.

- Added a small amount of item/skill pickups (like 4 in total).

- The map/enemy balance has NOT been altered in any way (with the exception of two bosses)*.

- The attributes of Martial Arts, like the Flame Fist Tackle's, couldn't be changed.

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[Why no adult/Bloodlines Eric]:

- Bloodlines Eric's sprite set in the DSvania/Castlevania Fighter style not being completed yet.

- Young Eric being more fitting to be replaced over Maria since he's shorter than John and it makes his collision look less awkward.

- Young Eric having a few more interesting moves than Bloodlines Eric.

This was made as a side project with the free time and effort of many members of the community, just have fun with it!

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[Known bugs]:

- A new sub weapons sprites might vanish once in awhile just cycle them to fix it. (or just avoid swapping between Eric and John too much).

- The Water Dragon's segments are animated due to the changes made to its (Salamander's) code to make the flame animations not play.

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[Changelog]:

(v2.4.0 - February 13, 2022)
Possibly the last update for a while by Masked Dedede, tweaking more of the hack's character balancing, minor text edits, and finally adding John's Ultimate Item from
Bloodlines, the Water Dragon.

Masked Dedede:
- Replaced John's Spirit of Light with his Water Dragon from Bloodlines
- Added a Backflip as one of John's moves
- Adjusted some of John's animations
- Adjusted some of Eric's animations
- Adjusted Fuuma's Pulse Blade Combo animations and hitboxes
- Added a slight visual change to John's Flame Arts Combo
- Adjusted the Undulating Whip's animations
- Raised John's Crystal Blade Boomerang's MP cost very slightly
- Raised John's Holy Water's MP cost a bit
- Rebalanced John's Triple Knives a bit
- Buffed Eric's Gale Force a bit
- Added Strike attribute to the Crystal Blade Boomerang
- Changed a bit the Whip's Memory name and description
- Rebalanced the Undulating Whip's stat spread a bit
- Changed John's slide force to be the same as Richter's
- Rebalanced Eric's Alucard Spear stat spread a bit

DevAnj:
- Figured out how to remove the flame animations and change the spell circle color for Salamander

EchidKnux:
- Sprited a Backflip animation for John
- Sprited a double jump animation for John
- Gave us permission to use them <3

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(v2.3.0 - January 06, 2022)
Yet another update by Masked Dedede, this one having balancing fixes thanks to player feedback and further testing done after the previous update.

Masked Dedede:
- Applied the ASM patch to fix the Death softlock for Jonathan Mode
- Fixed the bug where one frame of Fake Trevor's mid-air attack animation would rarely appear and hit the player
- Adjusted some of Eric's sprites and animations
- Adjusted Eric's jump kick and jumping animations' hitboxes and hurtboxes
- Lowered the cost of most Martial Arts
- Lowered the cost of John and Eric's weapons' Critical Arts
- Buffed Fuuma's Venom Shuriken a bit and raised its MP cost a bit
- Buffed Fuuma's War Drum a bit and raised its MP cost a bit
- Raised the MP cost of John's Flame Fist Charge and Fuuma's Pulse Blade Barrage
- Rebalanced Eric's Grand Cross a bit
- Moved Fuuma's Slide Jump hitboxes a bit forward
- Changed Fuuma's Pulse Blade Barrage input from (Right, Right + Y) to (Up, Left, Down, Right + Y)
- Gave Fuuma the Pulse Blade Combo
- Made Fuuma's regular attack hitboxes slightly more consistent
- Gave Poison weakness to Fake Trevor to make his fight less tedious as Fuuma in Hard Max Level 01*
- Gave Fuuma a better animation for when he gets vacuumed by Persephone :^)

Fat T-800 Albert:
- Replaced the "Sanfall" theme from the Forgotten City's outside area with "Go! Getsu Fuuma"

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(v2.2.0 - December 20, 2021)
Another update thanks to Masked Dedede with more tuning to the character animations, some cosmetic and rebalancing changes, and fixing a few things we forgot to edit.

Masked Dedede:
- Added some new animations for John made by EchidKnux
- Fixed the Boomerang's attribute being Strike instead of Slash
- Fixed the Poison and Curse status palettes for all three characters
- Added a new crouching attack end animation to replace the old one
- Added an Aerial Kick as one of John's Martial Arts
- Edited John's Combo Martial Art animations to add more variety
- Edited the Undulating Whip animations to be more like the Bloodlines originals
- Added a new turn around animation for Eric made by Vedora-Kingdom
- Added some afterimages to Eric's spinning attack animation
- Edited some of Fuuma's animations, mostly the ones where he spins
- Made Fuuma's War Drum more like the Harmony of Despair version
- Edited the Kunai to now be the Venom Shuriken so that Fuuma has a full set of 8-bit skills
- Adjusted some a few item names and descriptions

Vedora-Kingdom:
- Sprited a new turn around animation for Eric
- Sprited new jump kick sprites for Eric

EchidKnux:
- Sprited an Aerial Aick animation for John
- Sprited a crouching punch animation for John
- Sprited a rolling animation for John
- Gave us permission to use them <3

PemburuVampir:
- Guide on how to edit the Poison and Curse status palettes for the characters

DeadSkullzJr:
- Made a few adjustments to the ROM image

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(v2.1.0 - November 3, 2021)
A bonus update thanks to Masked Dedede for his dedication with fine-tuning the three characters further and added some more things. We've also noticed that Grand Cross
was scaling way too hard for Eric at later levels, both this and the Stopwatch received a slight nerf.

Masked Dedede:
- Polished up a few more of John's sprites and animation timings
- Added a frame to John's turning and stopping animations
- Edited the Boomerang's palette to have the same yellow coloring as its icon
- Adjusted more of Eric's animations and timings
- Added the new walk and idle for Eric made by Vedora-Kingdom
- Adjusted Fuuma's Pulse Blade Barrage attack's animation
- Added more taking damage animation variants for Fuuma
- Adjusted some hitboxes for Jonathan and Charlotte
- Centered the position of the Holy Water vial

Serbagz:
- Adjusted Eric's Grand Cross damage and raised its MP cost
- Raised the MP cost of Eric's Stopwatch
- Buffed Eric's Gale Force damage some more
- John should now have more physical defense (DEF) than Eric
- Eric should now have more magic defense (MND) than John

Vedora-Kingdom:
- Sprited a new idle for Eric
- Sprited a new walk animation for Eric
- Gave us permission to use both <3

DeadSkullzJr:
- Made a few adjustments to the ROM image

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(v2.0.0 - October 17, 2021)
This patch is to address feedback from previous reviews as well as a massive addition, with great thanks to Masked Dedede for taking the time to port Vedora-Kingdom's
young Eric Lecarde over the old Simon Belmont.

Serbagz:
- Nerfed John's stats to be much closer to vanilla Richter's
- Removed petrification from John's Undulating Whip
- Added a wind up animation with hitboxes to John's Undulating Whip
- Changed John's Axe sub-weapon and icon to its Bloodlines variant
- Buffed John's Spirit of Light spell and raised its MP cost
- Properly aligned the crouch attack animation for John
- Made a cosmetic edit to True Dracula
- Added a backflip animation for Eric
- Implemented Japanese Judgement voices for Eric
- Added Gale Force sub-weapon and made it an icon for Eric

Masked Dedede:
- Ported/animated Vedora-Kingdom's custom made young Eric Lecarde from Serio's Castlevania Fighter
- Made a Young Eric face icon and updated John's face icon
- Changed "Papa John" in the Mode select to say "Bloodlines" instead
- Edited John's skin color to look a tad less sunburned
- Touched up most of John's animations
- Gameplay demonstration video and thumbnail art

DeadSkullzJr:
- Made a few adjustments to the ROM image

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(v1.0.0 - August 26, 2021)
Serbagz:
- Initial release

DeadSkullzJr:
- Made a few adjustments to the ROM image

Database match: Castlevania - Portrait of Ruin (USA)
Database: No-Intro: DS (all) (v. 20210227-111036)
File/ROM SHA-1: 382602E3615B2282EEAD584014125E71B5B0F033
File/ROM CRC32: 96DF4C4D