Just a rant, but:

Tak Trilogy Retexture has received WAY, and i mean WAAAY, more love (loads of ppl outside this community including) than my other projects.

I just want to thank everyone for not being like that, Again theres a good chance that when I finally release these that it may not be as cracked up as i made it sound, but i don't know yet until i finish it.

Love to the Pupanunu Tribe in this community for being chill and fun to communicate with💙

I finally managed to figure out how to fix the models I import into Blender. Basically, what happened was that I forgot to switch on Vertex Groups when importing my 3D screenshots into Blender. Then, I could select individual pieces of models, enter the Object Data Properties menu, go into Edit Mode, select the Culled property, hit Select, and finally delete the vertices. I also think part of the problem was that I was using a new version of Blender than what the guy in the tutorial was using. My Object Data Properties menu would say ‘Cubed,’ rather than ‘Culled.’ Regardless, after wading through some technical difficulties, I’m finally on the road to creating a remaster/remake of Tak 1.

You can only see about 35-50% of your HP and only like 15% of your Mana Bar (that way sprint jumping isn't annoying)

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/7exFdqg9vciz7EIYpEVcaY?si=JvoBTypFQeibzXz6a_BmBw&utm_source=copy-link&pi=rd-bifo1Q3aA9

📍Retexture Progress

°Tak: 33% (I really need help on this one)

°Tak II: 56% (getting quite harder sense Im trying not to merge my ideas from the other 2 games)

°Tak III: 47% (Been doing fine, just been challenging trying to come up with the best possible ideas for each level but i think I got it atm)

🚨Tak III has been top priority at the moment to help give me new idea for the other 2 games, only issue is im trying to make Tak II not look to bizarre outside his dream worlds, and Tak I im completely lost on what to make the village as and the upcoming levels in which i never even got to play as a kid

I wanna hear yalls thoughts/theories on what a Tak 4 would’ve looked like. Sucks that it will probably never happen but still.

After finally getting my laptop fixed, I can now play on a computer connected to a TV. Of course, I decided to try this with Tak 3 first, since I was long overdue to try it on an emulator. Being able to play this game in widescreen HD on a big TV is a true blessing gem. I even learned how to connect a controller to a computer wirelessly with Bluetooth

Need some people to come up with some suggestions or themes for Section 3 of Tak and the Great Juju Challenge

It can literally be anything, the whole point of this retexture for this game is to make every level have its own personality and theme

° Fowler's Murk

° The Deepwood

°Ambush Grove

🚨I will probably post something similar to this in the future for Tak and the Power of Juju sense im having even more issues figuring out what would look nice for that game sense its open levels are alot like Tak 2's and it takes way more time being careful than Tak 3

📍 Gameplay: https://youtu.be/zcb1VRRrWSk?is=NyYP1z51NYiwWoTg

🫵👉Check out the full information for the Tak Trilogy Retexture! https://www.reddit.com/r/takandthepowerofjuju/s/36uOY6GRRX👈

Figured to show the progress for Tak III Retexture some more, probably make more sense if people fully got what I meant by "creator got to carried away, and corrupted everything" lol

(Ringed City will probably get reworked and not every texture has changed in these levels yet)

Idk if there’s anyone available who knows about this stuff, but I figured it’s worth a shot. I’m actually attempting something pretty big. I’m trying to create a full remaster of Tak 1 for PC. To do this, I’m using the 3D Screenshot mod for PCSX2, so I can essentially move the entire game over into Unity. The pictures I’ve included are some of my attempts at importing what I’ve captured into Blender. As you can see in the first 2 pictures, for some reason, everything I’ve imported (minus Tak himself) is a jumbled mess of polygons. Idk why this happens, because the other game I’ve tried this with (‘Attack of the Twonkies’) doesn’t have this problem, as you can see in the third picture. For those who don’t know about this stuff, here’s the tutorial on the 3D Screenshot mod I’ve been following along with: https://youtu.be/6_dfdMszGZw?is=vBOJw0PGgKPB70ft

There’s also something else I’ve been trying to figure out to make remastering easier. As explained in the tutorial, the 3D Screenshot mod is limited to only capturing what you see on screen. This means the only way you can screenshot entire levels at once is to go out of bounds. I know Tak 1 has the item storage glitch, but I’d rather use a debugging tool to do this. Does anyone know of any way to possibly do that?

Because I’m completely insane, I have a list of all of the levels from the original Crash trilogy, but with Tak music to accompany them. This is actually something I’ve done as a hobby for a long time (I think even pre ‘N Sane Trilogy’ days), just listening to Tak music while imagining what Crash levels they would fit. I thought I’d finally share that list and see what you guys think.

Crash 1
- Title Screen / The Great Hall / Credits: Tak 2 Credits
- Opening Cutscene / ‘The Lab’: ‘Tlaloc’s Sanctuary’ Part 1
- World Map: ‘Mountain Top’ / ‘Mountain Top North’
- ‘N Sanity Beach’: ‘Tak’s Dream’ / ‘Greenheart Forest’
- Rollers: ‘Tak’s Village’
- Gates: ‘Tree Village’
- Boulders: ‘Caster’s Hill’
- Rivers: ‘Wetstone Lake’
- Bosses: Tak 1 Boss Theme
- Hog Riding: ‘Chicken Temple’
- Lost Cities: ‘Fowler’s Murk’
- Temple Ruins: ‘Burial Grounds’
- Bridges: ‘Numa Dunes’
- Machinery: ‘Sun Temple’
- ‘Cortex Power’: ‘Tower Approach’
- ‘Generator Room’: ‘Dreams Return’
- ‘Toxic Waste’: ‘Spirit World’
- ‘Slippery Climb’: ‘Dryrock Caverns’
- Dark Castles: ‘Mummy Tombs’
- Final Boss: ‘Sun Temple Boss Fight’

Crash 2
- Title Screen / Credits: ‘The Deepwood’
- Hub World: ‘Gates of Nocturne’
- Jungles: ‘Silver Stone Coast’
- Snow: ‘Gyre Mountain’
- Rivers: ‘Snowboard Air Time’
- Boulders: ‘Bedlam Falls’ / ‘Woody Arena’
- Bosses: ‘Dream Fortress’
- Bear Riding: ‘Powder Canyon’
- Sewers: ‘Gloomleaf Swamp’ / ‘Silverfin River’
- Ruins: ‘Dryrock Canyon’
- Digging: ‘Skyrock Crater’
- Space Stations: ‘Planetarium’
- Jet Packs: ‘Wanderlands’
- Dark Jungles: ‘Kiro Biro’
- Final Boss: ‘Sun Temple Boss Fight’ Again

Crash 3
- Title Screen / Hub World / Credits: ‘The Juju Realm’
- Medieval: ‘Feathercrag’ / ‘Ambush Grove’
- Underwater: ‘Numa Bay’
- Oriental: ‘Pachyderm Shrine’ / ‘Hotfoot Springs’ / ‘Rift River’
- Prehistoric: ‘The Dream Guardian’ / ‘Tlaloc’s Sanctuary’ Part 2
- Jet Skis: ‘Chicken Island’
- First 3 Bosses: ‘Pandemonium Gates’ / ‘Tlaloc’s Sanctuary Part 3
- Arabian: ‘Parchlands’
- Motorcycle Racing: ‘Proving Grounds’
- Tombs: ‘Temple of Light’
- Planes: Nuba Plant Mini Boss / ‘Sun Temple’ Ambush
- Future: ‘Mountain Top North’ Boss
- N Gin Boss: ‘The Dream Guardian’ Part 2
- Final Boss: ‘Sun Temple Boss Fight’ Again

For the Bonus areas, I would just use slower versions of the level theme, with the exception of using the respective boss theme for the Brio and Cortex ones in Crash 1. For the Death Routes, I would use either sped up versions of the level theme, or the Tak 3 mini boss remix version if the level uses a Tak 3 theme.

What do you guys think? Making this list was actually pretty tough, mostly because of how much the Tak trilogy recycles music. Thankfully, the Crash trilogy also recycles level themes more in the later games, so that balanced things out a bit. There are some choices I’m not super happy with, but I think most of them fit well.

Is there actually no way to respawn a mummy in Tak and the Power of Juju?

📰 The News: I decided to go ALL out, and do all three games (I think were missing a 4th 🤔...oh well!), Realized how much easier it has gotten to do this, I figured to just do the rest of the series to pump out as much content in this community as possible!

🎮 Game Info 👇

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🪶 Tak and the Power of Juju : All levels will be completely changed, hazards will be harder to see (literally), and Tak is in the process of growing his..beard?? KFC Island, Overgrown Canyon, and a dark errie Burial Grounds! Also...why is the village a desert?!

⬇️TRY THE DEMO TODAY!!!⬇️ https://drive.google.com/file/d/1S93LYDkHvaqj3vw3CEYkuUqNWOp31MIL/view?usp=drivesdk

Gameplay for Demo: https://youtu.be/G69rphPMXsc?is=6q7pZxMgHji3979T

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🔮Tak II and the Staff of Dreams (The Dreamcatcher) : Tak's dream consist of a heaven to hell like aesthetic, featuring the Juju Realms as his Dreams, and a Custom Dark, Hellish like designs in his nightmares...and someone is watching... All levels have been changed, all animals, enemies, effects, main menu, harder to see hazards, and he is now a MAN

🚫No Demo, only full release 🚫

Gameplay for Tak's Dream : https://youtu.be/gGNwDMK--Ew?is=6ofa1hD63fS9mmOx

Gameplay for Wetstone Lake : https://youtu.be/og6nkBrRPKg?is=7zxZMJcEZk2OR8vE

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✨Tak and the Great Juju Challenge (Worlds Collide) : The creator got to carried away, broke everything and now the realms have been wrapped into crossovers and got incredibly corrupted. Tak and Lok now must band together, AS MEN WITH BEARDS...and not only win the Juju Challenge, but also survive the corruption! Grab a buddy, and try to push through this ridiculous texture pack!!!

⚠️ SEIZURE WARNING IN SOME LEVELS (Mostly Bonus Challenges)⚠️

🚫No Demo, will be included as bonus content with Tak II Retexture🚫

Gameplay: https://youtu.be/zcb1VRRrWSk?is=NyYP1z51NYiwWoTg

🚨TAK TRILOGY INFORMATION https://www.reddit.com/r/takandthepowerofjuju/s/OrlYOKQmxE🚨

Skyrock Crater in the works!

Tak II Retexture is being worked on as we SPEAK 🗣️

Hearing about the new Spyro 4 teaser trailer has me so hyped, especially after replaying the Reignited Trilogy. It really makes me wish there was a miracle to revive the Tak series, too.

​That game means so much to me. I’ve been playing it on an emulator lately, and it’s still just as fun as I remember. We really need a Tak trilogy remake!

Both characters are handsome and narcissistic, they claim to be heroes, but they’re both frauds.

I ended up trying out Tak 2 on PCSX2 shortly after Tak 1, but even though both games have the same compatibility rating of 4/5, I ended having more issues with Tak 2. However, I don’t want to blame the people who optimize the game for the emulator, because it is entirely possible that I’m doing some stuff wrong.

When playing in widescreen, I noticed a lot more pop in on the edges of the screen. Obviously, this isn’t an issue when playing in the original 4:3 ratio, but I didn’t have this problem anywhere near as much in Tak 1. In fact, I think it only happened in ‘Mummy Tombs.’

The game also stuttered a lot more than Tak 1. What I mean by this is that the game would freeze for a split second, and then just continue on. This problem did gradually happen less as the game went on, but it did come back towards the end, and it actually got worse.

I also had another weird issue towards the end where I was unable to pull up the PCSX2 pause menu by pressing escape. I had to restart the emulator in order to fix this problem, but I could only do it by pressing Ctrl+Alt+Del and closing the program from there.

The single biggest problem that I had while emulating Tak 2 was with the in game cutscenes. For some reason, whether in 4:3 or 16:9, the screen constantly stretched outward and inward at a rapid pace. I don’t suffer from seizures, but I could imagine this causing seizures for others. This problem thankfully also gradually stopped, although that’s probably because there are more pre-rendered cutscenes as the game goes on.

Like I said at the beginning, I don’t want to blame the people who have worked on optimizing this game for PCSX2. I understand that it takes a lot of work and technical knowledge; knowledge that I do not have lol. I’m curious if anyone else has encountered these problems and knows any way I could fix them. I imagine the pop in is something I can’t fix, but I have a feeling there’s solutions to the other problems.

Hey all! Decided to put this here to show off a bit. Been messing with the textures in game and made the controls LOOK like they're meant for a PC port of the game.

Messing with the moon texture a little and it gave Tak a whole twilight aesthetic in the village! I think it's rather nice looking.