Envision, Create, Share

Welcome to HBGames, a leading amateur game development forum and Discord server. All are welcome, and amongst our ranks you will find experts in their field from all aspects of video game design and development.

A Wayward Dream [Front page updated]

http://img221.imageshack.us/img221/5744/awaywardsigjc3.png[/img]
History of the World:
Before the dawn of Humanics a more superior race ruled the world of Euphoria.  These beings were called the Orae. Blue skinned beings with amazing magical skill.

Their ruler was the ?Creator? the first Orae. Talgrah. Talgrah wanted nothing but peace for his people and managed to keep it for 4000 years until his death. He left the safety of the Orae in the hands of 4 of his most trusted servants.

The first servant: Almar Kitar, the first normal Oraen king. Like Talgrah, Almar believed that peace was to be kept among his people. He was also the king initiated the ?Quetr? Mar? which would allow Orae living on different land masses to rule amongst themselves.

The second servant: Eam? Tr? was gifted a small stafflete inscribed with a ?T? along with a book full of Talgrah?s most deepest thoughts and dreams. In this book was the ?Hugra?? or Apocolypse.

In a time of darkness and despair evil shall rise
And bring Euphoria to it's knee's. One shall rise and destroy
This threat and his  enemies shall return to power.


The third servant: Pjrn York died shortly after Talgrah?s death and was not granted any power.

The fourth servant who?s is unknown to this day was given a small green jade stone which could bind the powers of it?s owners enemies. This servant was made ruler of the eastern Oraen landmass.

For 1200 years the King Almar Kitar managed to rule the world peacefully. However was impaled on rocks on his sons 40th birthday. After his death Eam? took rule of Euphoria until Almar?s son Kiro reached the age of 500. During his time as ruler war broke between his land and eastern Euphoria. Outraged that half of his soldiers were killed he deemed it time to test the power of stafflete. Not knowing how to operate the object, he recited the Hugra?. By doing so the body of Almar Kitar the first Oraen king appeared, levitating in front of his eyes. 

Eam? then recited the Hugra? again this time reversed. Light enshrouded the large chamber and out of the light stood what seemed to King Almar, though with a difference. His skin a pale creamy colour, a blue mark ran down his face and his hands. He spoke with a different voice that sounded like two entities. He declared himself to be a Chevalier a Knight bound to serve the will of his summoner and his descendants.

Eam? then stuck an idea, Almar had returned stronger, smarter and faster than he had been when he was alive. What if he were to return his dead soldiers, faster and stronger than they had been when they lived. He then repeated the ceremony on a mass scale and brought back all the deceased soldiers. Almar declared them to be Soldats: Mindless soldiers who follow the order of a Chevalier and his summoner.

By the time Eam? won the war Kiro had become of age and Eam? had to stand down. By doing so control of Almar and Soldats was placed in the hands of Kiro. Using his new found power, Kiro waged war against the other surrounding countries which fell to the force of his armies. Later in that century,  changes started to occur in some of the newly born Orae. Their skin was not blue but a cream colour, their eyes were not red but often varied. They had no immediate magic skill.

Not knowing what was causing this curious development in the Oraen youth, King Kiro declared that they were the threat that Talgrah prophesized would bring chaos to Euphoria. As a result all new borns that did not look like the normal Orae child were allowed to stay with their parents until 4 years of age, once of the appropriate age they were auctioned off as slaves to various households.

This system seemed to work for a few centuries. One of these the slaves stood against the Orae and began the final war that the Orae would fight in.

Using what force they could muster, the slaves fought the Orae and banished them to the vast mountain caves of Naple.

After they battle was won the leader of the rebellion, a young man named Andral declared his race to be Humanics. The new free race of Euphoria. Andral was made the first Humanic king. The former Oraen capital city came under Humanic rule and was renamed after the first king.

300 years into the monarchy it was decided that Euphoria would be ruled by a council of representatives from each county in Euphoria. This council was called ?The League of Kings?. Shortly after it?s formation, war broke out between Aleifeia and Qwali. It was decided the TloK was unstable, a new organization was formed in it?s stead. It was called the United Lands. It?s rule was effective and all Euphoria was kept in peace.
Story Synopsis:
1000 years have passed since the dawn of the Humanic age, and the foundations of the Humanic world are shaking. Conflict is stirring once again between Aleifeia and Qwali not only that there has been an increase of Orae sightings in the Humanic lands. What could this mean? What mysterious government plot is in effect? Only you can find that out.

Follow Alicia Leffeld as she embarks on a journey to discover why events passed the way they did. Is she really who she thinks she is? Does she have any ties to the old world?

Characters:NEW
http://img241.imageshack.us/img241/2698/alainadressyn0.png[/img]
Name: Alicia Leffeld
Age: 22
Weapon: Sword
Alicia, a kind and loyal young women living slums of the city Andral. Alicia is a maid in the local church, and regularly visits her friend Dennis while she's in the city. Alicia has a love for flowers and cleanliness. Alicia has a peculiar ability that allows her to use magic without the use of a Draw Crystal.

http://img186.imageshack.us/img186/4152 ... nisgl6.png[/img]
Name:Dennis Queatre
Age: 25
Weapon: Battle Axe
Dennis is a noble living in Andral's most exclusive residential sector. Dennis, an aspiring politician stumbled across Alicia while visiting the church with his father(who was on electoral business). He instantly took a liking to her and has cared for her family ever since. The battle axe he carries represents his family's strength among the many mixed blood nobles of Euphoria.

http://img253.imageshack.us/img253/3469/clairenk1.png[/img]
Name: Claire Zan
Age: 16
Weapon: Yami String
Claire, a warrior monk from the easter continent of Elandari, isn't afraid to speak her mind, and gives Alicia an earful upon their meeting. Claire is on a mission with her brother Thomas.

http://img329.imageshack.us/img329/2921/tomve2.png[/img]
Name: Thomas(Tom) Zan
Age: 20
Weapon: Rapier
Tom, a warrior monk, and a rather smart assed young man, is reluctant to be walking around the country with her younger sister. However, when time arrives he is quick to defend her from pain.

Magic Explanation
Unlike in most RPG?s, magic doesn?t consume MP. Instead, it consumes a small percentage of another bar, DE(Draw Energy). Most spells take off a percentage of 25% from the DE bar.

Also unlike most RPG?s, the player doesn?t learn magic, instead draw energy is taken from the Gaia(The Spirit of the Earth) and then drawn into equipment through a small crystal inside engraved in the weapon, and is then converted into magic. The magic the weapon produces greatly depends on the type of the equipment.  Weapons produce offensive magic like Ember or Incendia, armours produce white magic like Remedium or Protego, and accessories produce Arcane magics like Cloud or Blight.

Normal techniques like Crucifix Slash cost TP (Technique Points) and there is usually a lot of TP to consume.

OLD Screenshots:NEW

NEW Screenshots:NEW
None yet
Features:
  • Modified default battle system
  • Custom battlers
  • An epic original story(possibly)
  • Amazing characters
  • Voice acting(MAYBE)
  • Edit default menu system
  • Original magic systems

Credit:NEW
CoyoteCraft
Cerulean Skye
Euphony
Rye
Ccoa
Tana
Mack
Sithjester
Teamanti(Zanyzora)
Black Shadow
Drett
RMXP.org
RRRevolution.com
 
I told you guys he'd update soon, say y was your other one closed anyway?
And just on a side note, don't let them bully you into changing your proj. name, if you like it, thats all that matters..................well ok maybe not....but still!!!
 
Hehehe. So you DID change you name :P You know, if it had meaning to you, you could have kept it. I was judging a book by its cover and whatnot.

Who are you to say it's cliche? The complete story isn't even written up there. All that is there is a clue(Human Hugrae) and the story synopsis. I f want to me to post an in depth 12 page passage on the story then I will but that would ruin the whole game wouldn't it? As I said in this post it's a remake of an old project I made in 2k 2 years ago and that too was called Vagrant Destiny. Just because there are games with similar titles does not mean one can be limited to a name. And how can you not see that vagrant isn't related to the game. How can you see it at this point anyway? All I have there is a is a three paragraph abstract from the head of United Lands memoirs. I didn't post this for critique I posted it by accident when I was previewing it. And also of course I bloody know the meaning of Vagrant! I don't use words unless I know what they mean.

Well I didn't know that it was a remake of a RM2K game. I didn't know you posted it by accident. I didn't know you spent weeks working on your story.

You have to understand that I was only trying to help.

It's great to see some screenshots and characters! Screenshots give off a dark atmosphere. I like the look of the dialogue boxes.

Just a question. Do the dragons have anything to do with the game? Since they appear a lot in your post/

Also. What is Drawing? Like magic?
 
The dragons are significant to a part of the game near the end and yes drawing is a process when one can draw energy from the planet and convert it into magic. The type of magic that is generated depends on the drawers personality and skill. For example, Dennis can mainly cast Status Effects.
 
Thoughts, not in order of importance:

- I think the grammar in some of the picture!summaries might be a tad off.
- Scratch that; it's off all over the place, and I don't think "nobelity" is a word. Spellcheck would be an easy way to fix that, especially if English isn't your first language. *has no idea*
- I'm not excited by anything story-related. No real warning bells are going off in my head, so I guess I'm neutral.
- Screenshot. Font. A bit tough to read, though I admit to having a personal problem reading cursive and pseudo-cursive, so it might just be me.
- Speaking of, as pretty as semi-transparent text boxes look, it's actually fairly hard to see white text on a grayed-out map/background.
 
Hmm you may be right there but it suits the game anyway. I know you are all judging this game by the synopsis I have up. Please don't dismiss this there is a lot more to this project than what I have put up. The story is so close together that I can't really say much but I did work on revising the story and characters for weeks so, please do not dismiss this. Or, perhaps you'll pay more attention when i release a demo, I dunno.

~Malick
 
Don't worry about us for the moment mate. Just keep working at it and if it is as good as you say it is you will get plenty of attention and praise when you relase a demo.
 
This is cliche, but in a good way. I can actually see this having a lot of potential. Just try to stay true to this current train of thought and you may have a winner. Keep it up. :thumb:

Edit:Excuse my use of periods, I'm really groggy right now...
 
Dopples;250929":36j34uoz said:
This is cliche, but in a good way. I can actually see this having a lot of potential. Just try to stay true to this current train of thought and you may have a winner. Keep it up. :thumb:

Edit:Excuse my use of periods, I'm really groggy right now...
Okay I grow tired of this line, cliche, cliche, that's all I hear, if it wasn't cliche, it wouldn't be classified as an rpg in the first place, so it has to have a little cliche in it to function right, or at least that's my view upon it.
 
G-man;250951 said:
Okay I grow tired of this line, cliche, cliche, that's all I hear, if it wasn't cliche, it wouldn't be classified as an rpg in the first place, so it has to have a little cliche in it to function right, or at least that's my view upon it.

I realize that, cliche doesn't mean it's bad, it just feels like it's been done before. But like I said (It'd be nice if you read the full post), if done correctly, this could turn out to be a great game.
 
Coyotecraft has made progress with Alania's battler
http://img413.imageshack.us/img413/7876 ... ch1gf5.png[/img]
Yeah there are a few clich? parts in it the biggest being in the first 10 scenes.
I've made quite a bit of progress lately. Completed 5 tilesets and about 10 character sheets. Finished writing the script last night so now all I have to do is finish making the tilesets and characters then I can continue with making the actual game.
 

Thank you for viewing

HBGames is a leading amateur video game development forum and Discord server open to all ability levels. Feel free to have a nosey around!

Discord

Join our growing and active Discord server to discuss all aspects of game making in a relaxed environment. Join Us

Content

  • Our Games
  • Games in Development
  • Emoji by Twemoji.
    Top