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A Simple Wish

Joy

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A Simple Wish


=============Story====================

This story begins on a normal day for our main protagonist, Bowie, a young Ranger from the race of the Druids. His people are isolationists, protected by the elemental forces of the planet, No human can even lay eyes upon them unless the Druid wills it so. While not incredibly powerful, no more so than the mages employed by human kings and nobles, they are charged with the important task of monitoring the natural balance, moving to correct it as discreetly as possible, as to not interfere with the planet's other children. Most humans in fact, believe them to be no more than a fairy tale.

On this average day, Bowie fulfills his normal tasks as a Ranger, venturing out to seek special plants for the druids and monitoring the state of animals and monsters in the great forest surrounding their home.The only hitch is that his pesky sister, Kallie, a Druid in training, tags along and talks his ear off about rumors she's heard of the outside world. She eventually coerces him into escorting her to a special place of meditation, hoping to perhaps earn the right to become a full druid and win the Elder Druid's favor.

But before they can return home, A strange woman appears, clad in strange armor, and with the ability to see the druids. Despite Bowie's efforts, Kallie is taken by the woman, and he is left unable to even stand by the woman's spells...

Bowie sets out to find his sister, braving a world he knows little of, and allies with those he has grown to hate, Humans... All to fulfill just one desire, to bring his sister home...But does she even want to return?


===========Characters======================

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Bowie
Age: 16
Role: Main Protagonist, Ranger

A young man of the druids, he is skilled in the ways of the bow and woods, and can call on the spirits of the earth to enhance his skills. His dislike for humans and their destruction is deep, but he is not so full of hatred to not give someone a chance...

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Kallie
Age: 15
Role: Apprentice Druid and Bowie's sister

Energetic and accepting, perceived as a bit naive, Kallie is the star pupil of the Elder Druid. She can call on the spirits of the earth to heal her allies or smite her foes. She is fascinated by the outside world, and longs to visit it.

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Aidan
Age: 17
Role: Thief and streetsmart guide

Sarcastic, spunky and bold, Aidan is the daughter of a former Thieves guild master. Her speed and dexterity makes her a useful ally on the battlefield, and she lightens the pockets of all who wrong her and her kin. After the death of her father, she moves to investigate a possible alliance between the new guild master and a general of Vanera.

Sean
Age: 18
Role: Cleric and friend of justice

Calculating and eternally moral, even if it means going against his order, Sean was a former member of the Holy order of Vistora. He calls upon his faith in god and the goodness in mankind to protect and heal his allies and flock, and will stand firm against any who try to harm them. He has become disillusioned with his order, as they increasingly favor the rich over the poor..and possibly worse.

Meghan
Age: 17
Role: Mage and noble ambassador

In control of her destiny, Clever Meghan left home and her schooling to learn the -real- way of things. She is a member of the noble Allestan family, and has trained most of her life at the Royal Academy of Arcana, weilding fierce, unnatural magics to burn any who stand in her way.

Maxwell:
Age: 19
Role: Engineer, Gunner, and all around tough guy

To say there was anything Max couldn't do might earn you an earful, though he admits his marksmanship and work with machines shine the brightest.

Ciara
Age: 26
Role: Mercenary and noble guardian

A knight without a lord, Ciara sells her sword to those who will pay, so long as it doesn't mar her honor. She keeps a tight lid on her past, but upon hearing of the investigation into Vanera's military, she quickly decides to accompany the party.


==========Special Features==========================

Gardening system (in plans)
All new battler art and face sets, including monsters (in works)
Home Base system (in works)
Tasks for not-in-party characters such as foraging, training and info gathering (in pans)
In-Menu Journal to track quests and store info on people, places and monsters (in plans)
Alchemy system (in plans)
Item/monster encyclopedia (in plans)
Art Album (in works)

==========The Team===============================

Story: JoyMason
Art: JoyMason
Mapping: JoyMason
Scripter: NEEDED


==========Screenshots=============================

A sunny day outside the elder's
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The local Restaurant
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The Local Clothier
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Traveling down the River
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The Merrish Mines, long abandoned...or are they?
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A battle with a swarm of Hornets. Example of the all new battlers.
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Thank you for checking it out. I plan to put out a four hour demo within the next couple months. I desperately need a skilled RGSS scripter, but other than that I think I can handle the rest.

Stay tuned as I will update as often as I have new content.
 
Art is great,and your mapping skills are really nice as well,good luck with everything I hope you release a demo soon,and btw the story is very unique i like
 
The art is excellent, the maps all look pretty good too. The story has a lot of promise, though it isn't anything new. Still, i wish you the best for this.
 
Looks wonderful! too bad you only need a scripter. anyways, good luck and I can't wait to see a demo one day of this. I'll watching this topic for sure!
 
Did you do the artwork yourself? And if so, excellent work. As for the story and the screenshots, they are also not too shabby, and this looks like it might be a project to keep an eye on.
 
I rather like the twist of Kallie perhaps not wanting to return home. I thought it would make for a rather boring story until that little tidbit came up... now I see lots of potential. ^^

A note about character ages, it's just a pet peeve of mine that main characters who specialize in combat and are given much responsibility are so young. I don't mean to pick on the story, but is there not an older, more experienced druid than Bowie who can perform those important tasks? I suppose it's rather subjective, but I'd prefer it much more if those ages were bumped up about three or four years (except perhaps save for Kallie).

The mapping seems very nice. I hope you don't mind me pointing out, though, that the bottom left most waterfall on the fourth pic needs to be an additional panel taller (I think).

Keep up the stellar work, I'll be watching! Heh, I do find it so ironic that my team needs an artist and spriter, yet most other projects need a scripter. :O
 

Joy

Member

Sol_Fury: Yeah, story's fairly simple, but I wanted it that way, easy to get into. Plus the less complex I make this, the more likely it will be finished.

Sketch: Yes, Started this project as an excuse to do a full set of monster and character designs/illustrations for my portfolio.

Retlaf: I totally noticed that about the map about an hour after I posted, been fixed in the game. As for the ages, Bowie needs to stay young and impulsive, however, Sean, Meghan and Maxwell are getting slight age ups. The two heavy armor sword users are mid-twenties and up. ...Oh dear..I do believe I gave away something about the secret character....

Thanks much for all of the feedback and for checking out the project.
 

Joy

Member

Coyotecraft: Yeah, hopefully some variables and if/thens will do well enough to handle it.

Aran: Actually..not since I was a teenager...maybe six years ago? I did always like their system, and their plot style, so maybe it's unconcious. ;)
 
*smacks Aran* 'Ey, she's in my age group. Shaddup.

Anyway, a few things:

1.) Your artwork is freaking gorgeous.
2.) You make RTP look sexy. Way to go. <3
3.) Just a little nip-pick about the DBS: with those battlers, it doesn't look quite right. There WAS a way to make it so the battler/status window resized and centered to fit the amount of battlers you have. It also stretched the battle back drop to fit the screen, getting rid of that ugly black spot. Unfortunately, it was lost when RMXP.net took a nose dive. You might want to ask around in Script Requests, though; someone might still have it, or might be able to do something similar for you.
 

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