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Corsair:The Contract of the Saints

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A pirate game...
Experience a tale of warfare, friendship, truth, and love...
Join Rei as he embarks on a journey of truth and discovery. Encounter countless battles, discover life along the way and find out what lies beneath the sea as a...PIRATE!

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-Battle screenie[screenshot]06-08-07
-First scene[screenshot]06-19-07
-Outside Rei's house as a kid(just another random map)[screenshot]06-21-07
-[feature][screenshot][used scripts]06-23-07
-character animations[screenshot]06-24-07
-[feature]06-28-07
-[feature]08-12-07
-[story]08-17-07

Content[/FONT]
Story
Characters
Features
Screenshots
Info

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History
Before the pirate era, life was unstable... Godlike creatures lurk the outside world bringing destruction to all it passes by. They were demon like creatures that only bring evil, infact people believed that they were the demons of satan. Which led to an all out war for survival, some wars were to defeat the Demons, and some just took advantage of the current situation to expand their territory and other benefits. But Because of their godlike powers, no one could defeat them. Many have tried to seal and kill them but the demons were too powerful. One day, 7 saints gathered together to seal the demons. They made contracts in which they all signed with their own blood, sacrifising their life to curse the demons, sealing them inside the contracts and they called it "The Contract of the Saints". The heavenly contracts successfully sealed each of the demons. Each contract was scattered to different continents, cities and was highly guarded due to its pricelessness. But there is a mystery of what it's real price is and what it's really worth. And because the demons were gone, the wars stopped, and life became stable again.

Rumors spreaded fast about the contracts, rich men craving for more power sent people to get the contracts. Commoners craved for the price of each contract and selfish desires rised up. Soon, the contracts were all stolen, almost all of the contracts got lost in the sea during fierce battles to steal the contracts from another. All of the contracts were never to be found,but the people's desire still lives on.

Then, the pirate era began... Because of the previous war, the world was poor, many of those who were affected by the war suffered food shortage, financially and many more. Due to the previous war the number of pirates increased rapidly looking for the contracts. Commoners, specially those who are suffering craved for the contracts and chose the life of a pirate rather than to suffer, as well as greedy men looking for more wealth looked for the contracts. They grouped theirselves together and went to the sea to find their ambitions and the contracts they crave for.

There is still a mystery of what a contract's real price is and what it's really worth...

Rei(the hero)
It all started when Rei's father left them and returned 3 years after. Their town(Evergreen) was burned down to ashes by pirates looking for Fray(Rei's father) and the contract he has, it led to the death of Rhea(Rei's mother). Rei saw his own father kill Rhea, and fled quickly, leaving Rei all alone. Rei was shocked of what he saw, and wondered why his father killed
Rhea. The very deep hatred of Rei against pirates and his father started there. He vowed that one day, he will find his father and kill him with his own hands.

Even though he hated pirates, Rei was raised by pirates. After the town burned down, Rei was discriminated by the town's people because he was Fray's son. With no where else to go, Rei lived in the streets begging for food but no one seems to care even if he starves to death. Rei was forced to steal to live. One day, broke he in to a ship to steal food but he was caught. The captain(Cpt.Rola) of the ship let him explain himself, and so he told the captain about his situation, then he was held captive by the captain of the ship, who he later discovered was a pirate(The Dirty Dozen pirates), infact the ship was a pirate ship in disguise to able to dock in the town. Even though he's a captive of the ship, he was treated like family. Later on, he became a crew of the ship. He was happy living with his new family, but it did'nt last long. The family he once had again, was wiped out by the naval marines, but before Cpt.Rola died he told Rei to find his father. Leaving Rei all alone again to sail the sea, Rei vowed to never be weak anymore, never to get attached with anyone anymore and to find his father.

Now, Rei is focused back on finding his father for vengeance and as a request from Cpt.Rola...

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Name:Rei Astaroth
Rank:Commoner/Pirate
He is searching for revenge, he has a very deep hatred for his father, who he believes is a very cruel for killing his mother and a selfish man because of the Contract of Saints. He is serious, brave and doesnt care much about anything but also wise and often hides his kindness. And he does'nt want to get attached with anyone.

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Name: Collie Dhurtis
Ranks:Noble
She is kind hearted though childish because of her ignorrance of the outside world. Her father is so overprotective that he did'nt let her roam around freely. Even though she's sad that she could'nt explore the outside world, she still remains cheerful.

More soon!

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Skill(Player combo)
In this game there will be more attack combos and less elemental skills. A player's combo will be listed on the skill list. Each player will perform unique figthing combinations.(Animated sprites)

Skill combo(Unite combo)
A skill combo is activated when two players combos are combined by using them. It will form a very unique dual combo in which the characters who activated it will perform.Animated sprites)

Limit break
This will activate a special move that a character can only perform when the limit break gauge will get full.

Tactical ship battles
It would'nt be a pirate games if there would be no ship battles, right? Ready up the cannons and fight those who oppose! The feature is using Tactical Battle System, use cannons and your characters skills to defeat the enemies ship.

Runes, items, weapons, armors fusion
You'll be able to fuse your weapons with Runes to enhance your weapon's power. For example, when you fuse a fire rune in your weapon, it'll add extra fire damage to the enemies. Find lots of ways to craft or fuse in to a armor, mix different stuff and discover new armors or fuse them with Runes to enhance its capabilities. For example, when you mix dragon scale, ore and a armor it'll produce a Dragon Armor.

Treasure hunting
Take on a bartender's quest to dig for him, he has many maps from the pirates but most of them are unreliable. This little mini-game lets you experience how a pirate looks for his treasure, who knows what could be beneath the ground. Gold, Silver or maybe some useful items for the charcters, find out.

Treasure map
There will be treasure maps scattered all over in this game, you may find it in a treasure box, defeating an enemy pirate, house(steal it ofcourse) or just lying around somewhere. Once you've found one, look for it! Just follow the map, and you'll find your treasure.

Stealing
There will be unique ways of stealing, one is lockpicking in to a house and look for something to steal, and the other one is to pickpocket someone for some money or items.

Black market
Look for a black market for each town, they sell rare items that are very useful for your journey. It's not easy to look for one, they are deeply hidden and they have nasty guards to protect them from suspicious people.

Ship upgrades
Customize your ship the way you want it. Change parts, colors, and add some colorful art to your ship. You choose what you want. To give you a more realistic feeling I will animate the sprites, both battle sprites and character sprites.Yup! Real live action!

More soon!

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Comments about this drawing anyone? I'll appreciate it
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Just a preview of some of the character animations
Picking up(the frames are quite fast here, but I assure you it'll be better in the game)
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Fishing(the frames are quite fast here, but I assure you it'll be better in the game)
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Throwing(the frames are quite fast here, but I assure you it'll be better in the game)
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First scene in the game
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This is the hero battler sprite i'm working on
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Just some random maps
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Contract of saints-It's the contract the saint's signed to seal the demons that brought destruction to the world. The saints sacrifised their live's to make the contracts. And it's priceless, but there is still a mystery of what it's really worth.

Demons-They are godlike creatures that were too powerful to be killed and sealed forever. They are rumored to be immortals.

Used scripts:
-CBS w/RTAB(side-view animated battler) by Minkoff/DerVVulfman

-Mode7 by ????(world map ship exploration)

-Tactical Battle System by ????(Ship battles)

-Message system by dubealex

-Crafting by deke(Cooking, making swords. armors, etc;)

-weather by ccoa(to make a certain environment more realistc)

More soon!

Recruitment/Help[/FONT]
I am looking for people to help me and improve this project. People who can share their time and skills to help in the development of this project. I'm currently having a difficult time working alone and the progress of the game is kinda slow.

If you want to join my team or just want help, these are the things I need:

-Scripters(Just some simple edits)
-Spriters(Extra help for characters and animation(Characters and Battlers)
-Writers(I need extra help for the flow of the story)
-Mappers(For the Cities, Towns and stuff)
-Concept Artist((Drawings of the characters and stuff)
-Music(For sound effects and BGMs)
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@ablahblah987 : pointless post.

@GUNJaH : sounds decent.
Mapping could use some work.
Only thing that bugs me are the ages.
Rei seems so young to be a pirate.
 
The story and the characters are still on the process stage. I'm lacking tilesets right now, i'm still looking for tilesets to fit the theme of the story, I know it looks a bit empty. About Rei, he really did'nt chose to be a pirate at first but thing's changed when he met the pirates who raised him. I'm basing his age from the story, to fit in the story. What age do you prefer then?
 
The mapping looks empty because your mapping too big. Don't be afraid to use the roof autotile far more. The reason that rmxp gives you that size map as the smallest is because it's the viewable screen size, not because a room should fill it. That house should be 1/3 the size that it is. If you are going to leave it that size it needs to be broken down into more rooms.

A bit of advice for 2D graphics... don't use filters for filters sake. It seems as though you have used poster edges on your title picture, and it adds nothing to the image after you get over the "wow, a filter" thing. EVERYONE does tha to their images as a novice so it doesn't even add an original look.

For your battlers, ensure that you can get hold of pirate battlers before you opt for that system, having totally unrelated graphics will murder any immersion your battles have.

And I don't think 17 is too young for a pirate!
 
Thank you very much calibre for the advices! I'll keep every word you said in mind. I'm not good at making title screens, all i know is to sprite. And about the battle screenie, it's just for now, it will help people understand what kind of CBS I'm using. I have'nt finished the battler's sprite yet. Oh, and about the map, I'll make it smaller and just right for the people living in it.
 

Anonymous

Guest

I like the story!It's descent and unique,and the heroe is very cool.When will you release a demo?I really want to play
 
I don't think I can finish the demo this week or even next week, I'm awfully busy in school and making sprites for the scenes of this game. I'm making this game more realistic, with sprite actions.
 
Actually, it is based on the real world. And I just added some fantasy stuff, to spice things up. It's mixed with fantasy and reality
 

Anonymous

Guest

Awww thats too bad.I'll still wait for it, PM me if you have uploaded a demo.
 
Okay! Just be patient for awhile... By the way, to all those who are confused, just read the INFO section.

Comments for the game anyone?
 
UPDATED![screenshot]06-19-07
Which of these is better? They're the same map for the first scene

This one?
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Or this one?
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Yes the first one adds a more "home" type feel and it looks full :) a pirate game. . I never played one but I think I would play this one! Ill be watching this
 
Thank's for the comments! I never thought that the maps i used to make looked so empty. A demo will be released soon, check it out if it suits your expectation.
 
The mapping is a bit empty but it's nothing worth complaining about. I must say, I have very much loving the storyline. It is much more unique than most of what Ive seen!

I am now intrigued on the price of these contracts. And where can I get one? O_O I had better go steal one!
 
Update![feature][screenshot][used scripts]06-23-07

Update![screenshot]06-21-07

Most of the people get bored reading long story lines. I tried to shorten it, and that's the outcome, it's still long though. I'm happy you read it, and liked it.

And about the maps, does it still look empty?
 

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