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Dawn of Darkness
This is a game that I've been working on now for about 1 year and 8 months. It was quite hard to accomplish due to the fact that my team wasn't really all that much of a team and since 2k3 has a number of restrictions...
This Is a game that I've wanted to release now for a long time and yes, I know it's on an old system but I wanted to get it out there and Finish a game. It's not very often that a full game is actually released on the forums. ^_^. Well to my knowledge anyway.
I wanted to make a game that I noticed there aren't many of on the forums. a long game. This is a full game and with my most recent play though (Rushing of coarse) it took me a total of 40 hours.
Characters
Matt
Age: 19
Gender: Male
Party Role: Science/Info
Element Affiliations: Wind, Ice, Gravity, Metal (Sword Moves)
Weapons: Swords, Some guns
Aura: Chaos
Birth Place: Macalm
Religious/Science: None (Has own belief system)
About: Matt is pretty easy going but still believes in righteousness. He really doesn't care much for any main issues but loves to learn and gain information. Matt enjoys screwing off and would rather nap then go on an epic adventure, although the second it becomes a challenge he instantly joins the game and proves that he's better at it no matter what it is. It's easy to set off his ego, and once he makes up his mind he sticks to it.
Back Story: Matt wasn't a key player in any of the current events that have happened recently around the world. He's more just along for the ride more then anything. He later finds out in the story that he has a bigger involvement then he originally thought. It turns out that he has been passively in contact with his old friend Terry a lot longer then he originally thought. Later he begins to investigate the souls to find out what they truly are and how they work. This investigation becomes crucial in the second game.
Terry
Age: 20
Gender: Male
Party Role: Magics, lot's of magics.
Element Affiliations: Fire, Darkness, Artificial (Unique man made magic that is quite rare and hard to master.)
Weapons: Staffs
Aura: Darkness
Birth Place: Birth Place Unknown (At begging of game)
Religious/Science: None (Has own belief system)
About: Terry is doesn't really care much about outside problems and tends to be very selfish. Can come off as a bad guy at times although deep down inside he means good... I think... Tends to take a more passive battling style then that normally used Matt and Chris. His strong magics have given him a very interesting past that has to do with the current turn of events. He tries to keep away from his past and tries to look only to his future but as we all know you can't run from your past forever, though this makes him a bit of an out cast to the other characters who are trying to find out about there past and fix their future. He's sarcasm tends to be quite comical but in the end he's only trying to hide the fact that he's afraid about the truth and his involvement in whats to come...
Back Story: Terry once worked for an organization that was bent on research on Genesis and the past Chaos Knights. He was very gifted at a young age and for a strange reason he was always had the power to absorb large amounts of aura from nearby bodies, (He basically has lots of MP sap skills) and because of this he found magic quite easy to master. At the age of fourteen he already had a wide arrangement of magics. He joined the organization at 18 and soon left after he found out that he was being used to father magic and biogenic research for the organization.
Chris
Age: 24
Gender: Male
Party Role: Basically the Main Character
Element Affiliations: Water, Earth, Light, Atmospheric (Basically water and wind weather moves)
Weapons: Spears, Swords, Staffs, some Guns
Aura: Light
Birth Place: Aruratus
Religious/Science: Science (Still has some religious beliefs)
About: Chris is one of the most noble characters in the game and is very strict. He lightens up as the story progresses but he likes to keep things on track and going in the right direction. Likes to help other people but doesn't like to stray away from the main objective of the time and due to this makes him like to turn down prolong side quest. Besides the fact that he's pretty much a wet blanket at times he is one of the most active members in your base party playing a major roll through out the whole game.
Backstory: Chris was once part of a great clan that lived on the beaches of the south western continent. He was a lancer learning the ways of his clan when they came under attack by the organization. The organization eradicated the entire clan except for Chris who now lives to seek revenge on the organization that has caused him so much pain. He later is taken in by the elder in Macalm. He protected the city for a long time before he met up with Matt, Terry, and Beth. He believes that Religion leads people only to dismay and believes that science is the only way to go. His belief is derived from the fact that his clan was destroyed for their beliefs. This belief for science makes it hard living with the Elder in Macalm seeing how the Elder believes that religion is the only thing keeping the city alive! Being the oldest at 20 he has the most divers past, although he doesn't care much to share his past with the others.
Beth
Age: 19
Gender: Female
Party Roll: Holy Alignment
Element Affiliations: Thunder, Nature, Light
Weapons: Hand to Hand (Fist, Gloves, Claws, Ect.), Staffs, Some Swords
Aura: Light
Birth Place: Macalm
Religious/Science: Religion (For the most Part)
About: Beth is a very nice and friendly character. She's basically a tree huger but no one in the group tends to hold it against her. She doesn't like to fight but she's actually one of the most balanced character. She's fast, strong, good with magic, and best of all a great healer. She is really the only one out of the group with any faith in religion and in the gods. Out of the group she is the only one with a clear past and has nothing to repent for, and because of this she tends to spend time in the minds of the others and in Memoria (You'll here more about Memoria later) Helping them fix their problems. Little dose she know that her clear path isn't really a gift as much as it is a curse...
Back story: Beth hasn't really have a back story. She lived in Macalm with Matt for most of her life. She once lived in the nearby kingdom were she was being raised as a priestess. She has a strong grip with holy matters and has a strong light about here that makes here very responsive to the souls. Because of this she was moved to Macalm with the Earth soul were her and Matt have watched over it since.
Bruce
Age: 19
Gender: Male
Party Roll: Main form of transportation till you get the Dragon.
Element Affiliations: Thunder, Water
Weapons: Swords and Hand to Hand
Aura: Weak Light
Birth Place: ??? No one knows...
Religious/Science: Religion (Kind of)
About: He's a secondary character that you seek out during the game. He owns a boat that you wish to use the cross the seas early in the game. He's easy going and often talks about the places that he's been. Later though you find out his deep dark secret... It turns out that...
Well I'm not going to tell you quite yet but it has to do with the organization.
Age: 19
Gender: Male
Party Role: Science/Info
Element Affiliations: Wind, Ice, Gravity, Metal (Sword Moves)
Weapons: Swords, Some guns
Aura: Chaos
Birth Place: Macalm
Religious/Science: None (Has own belief system)
About: Matt is pretty easy going but still believes in righteousness. He really doesn't care much for any main issues but loves to learn and gain information. Matt enjoys screwing off and would rather nap then go on an epic adventure, although the second it becomes a challenge he instantly joins the game and proves that he's better at it no matter what it is. It's easy to set off his ego, and once he makes up his mind he sticks to it.
Back Story: Matt wasn't a key player in any of the current events that have happened recently around the world. He's more just along for the ride more then anything. He later finds out in the story that he has a bigger involvement then he originally thought. It turns out that he has been passively in contact with his old friend Terry a lot longer then he originally thought. Later he begins to investigate the souls to find out what they truly are and how they work. This investigation becomes crucial in the second game.
Terry
Age: 20
Gender: Male
Party Role: Magics, lot's of magics.
Element Affiliations: Fire, Darkness, Artificial (Unique man made magic that is quite rare and hard to master.)
Weapons: Staffs
Aura: Darkness
Birth Place: Birth Place Unknown (At begging of game)
Religious/Science: None (Has own belief system)
About: Terry is doesn't really care much about outside problems and tends to be very selfish. Can come off as a bad guy at times although deep down inside he means good... I think... Tends to take a more passive battling style then that normally used Matt and Chris. His strong magics have given him a very interesting past that has to do with the current turn of events. He tries to keep away from his past and tries to look only to his future but as we all know you can't run from your past forever, though this makes him a bit of an out cast to the other characters who are trying to find out about there past and fix their future. He's sarcasm tends to be quite comical but in the end he's only trying to hide the fact that he's afraid about the truth and his involvement in whats to come...
Back Story: Terry once worked for an organization that was bent on research on Genesis and the past Chaos Knights. He was very gifted at a young age and for a strange reason he was always had the power to absorb large amounts of aura from nearby bodies, (He basically has lots of MP sap skills) and because of this he found magic quite easy to master. At the age of fourteen he already had a wide arrangement of magics. He joined the organization at 18 and soon left after he found out that he was being used to father magic and biogenic research for the organization.
Chris
Age: 24
Gender: Male
Party Role: Basically the Main Character
Element Affiliations: Water, Earth, Light, Atmospheric (Basically water and wind weather moves)
Weapons: Spears, Swords, Staffs, some Guns
Aura: Light
Birth Place: Aruratus
Religious/Science: Science (Still has some religious beliefs)
About: Chris is one of the most noble characters in the game and is very strict. He lightens up as the story progresses but he likes to keep things on track and going in the right direction. Likes to help other people but doesn't like to stray away from the main objective of the time and due to this makes him like to turn down prolong side quest. Besides the fact that he's pretty much a wet blanket at times he is one of the most active members in your base party playing a major roll through out the whole game.
Backstory: Chris was once part of a great clan that lived on the beaches of the south western continent. He was a lancer learning the ways of his clan when they came under attack by the organization. The organization eradicated the entire clan except for Chris who now lives to seek revenge on the organization that has caused him so much pain. He later is taken in by the elder in Macalm. He protected the city for a long time before he met up with Matt, Terry, and Beth. He believes that Religion leads people only to dismay and believes that science is the only way to go. His belief is derived from the fact that his clan was destroyed for their beliefs. This belief for science makes it hard living with the Elder in Macalm seeing how the Elder believes that religion is the only thing keeping the city alive! Being the oldest at 20 he has the most divers past, although he doesn't care much to share his past with the others.
Beth
Age: 19
Gender: Female
Party Roll: Holy Alignment
Element Affiliations: Thunder, Nature, Light
Weapons: Hand to Hand (Fist, Gloves, Claws, Ect.), Staffs, Some Swords
Aura: Light
Birth Place: Macalm
Religious/Science: Religion (For the most Part)
About: Beth is a very nice and friendly character. She's basically a tree huger but no one in the group tends to hold it against her. She doesn't like to fight but she's actually one of the most balanced character. She's fast, strong, good with magic, and best of all a great healer. She is really the only one out of the group with any faith in religion and in the gods. Out of the group she is the only one with a clear past and has nothing to repent for, and because of this she tends to spend time in the minds of the others and in Memoria (You'll here more about Memoria later) Helping them fix their problems. Little dose she know that her clear path isn't really a gift as much as it is a curse...
Back story: Beth hasn't really have a back story. She lived in Macalm with Matt for most of her life. She once lived in the nearby kingdom were she was being raised as a priestess. She has a strong grip with holy matters and has a strong light about here that makes here very responsive to the souls. Because of this she was moved to Macalm with the Earth soul were her and Matt have watched over it since.
Bruce
Age: 19
Gender: Male
Party Roll: Main form of transportation till you get the Dragon.
Element Affiliations: Thunder, Water
Weapons: Swords and Hand to Hand
Aura: Weak Light
Birth Place: ??? No one knows...
Religious/Science: Religion (Kind of)
About: He's a secondary character that you seek out during the game. He owns a boat that you wish to use the cross the seas early in the game. He's easy going and often talks about the places that he's been. Later though you find out his deep dark secret... It turns out that...
Well I'm not going to tell you quite yet but it has to do with the organization.
Screen Shots
Every game needs screen shots right? Well here are some. I know there not impressive but what can a guy do?
Since you can't show everything in screen shots here's an actual demo of the game from a while back ago. Sadly the quality of the video is lacking, but I think it get's the point across.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7rHwGAETaJ8&feature=channel_page
Story
It's been a while now since anything exciting has happened in the world. Things have been so called calm for over a century since the last war to take place in the land. Again the hero's find them self's walking around the random caves in the mountains North of town searching for the soul to start up the annual ritual used to protect the city form fiends. Although no one knows the origin of the fiends or why they attack cities, people simply follow the practices and every thing seems to go fine. This time however monsters pour into the city and attack innocent people. This along with the arrival of a strange man has led things to get interesting. It's time to pack up the bags and find out what's really going on in the world.
History
Not necessary but it makes the game a hell a lot easier to understand. All of what's below also get's even farther explained in the game. ^_^. No need to read it all if you do btw, just skim read.
Alright then let’s start with the History. Well it all starts back 100 years ago... The world was In turmoil and no one knew where to turn to for salvation. Wars ran rampant and a power vacuum in the main kingdom of the time has caused hardships in even the royal family. No one knew quite were to turn. With no answers from the royal family all seemed lost. Finally, one clan called the Aruratus came forth with the only plausible answer. The Aruratus clan was that of god and was well known for its people’s faith and bravery, and stated to the royal families that the gods were displeased with the turn out of the world and wish to offer salvation to those who were faithful.
With the Aruratus running the show the royal family decided that retribution to the gods was necessary. Soon the kingdoms slashed down rioting villages and burned down enemy clans all in the name of "Peace".
The god's who have created such a slaughter by an accidental action were shocked. Why would the Royal families do such a thing? The world was growing restless and time was slowly decaying the land and its people into a simple war torn horror show. The god were getting desperate and created the precious items known as the souls to repel enemy forces and act like a barrier to shield the royal families and the Aruratus and the rest of the faithful from the villages and nearby kingdoms that have been causing such chaos. Along with the souls two great demigods were created in order to purge the land and restore the order of the world. Demonacus was created to destroy those who were marked evil and barbaric. While the creator of new life, Genesis, was created to protect the lives of those who were marked holy and faithful.
Demonacus roamed the kingdoms destroying everything that was in his wake. Forest burned and the skies turned black as the monster roamed the land. Genesis could only watch as the monster destroyed the lands. She watched as the innocent died and the lands turned to blight. She watched and waited... She could do nothing. Anger grew inside of her. She hated what has become to this wonderful place and all the royal family did was sit. Sit in their castle and laugh as they were lucky to be chosen by the gods... She became resentful, and started to hate the royal family and the gods.
She wanted to seek revenge on the gods and to destroy them and all that they stand for. Genesis wondered that land seeking out Demonacus. As she traveled though the town she meets up with a young man. He was morbid for his family had just been slain by the very monster she was searching for. He too was fun of anger towards the gods and wished to seek his revenge on them for what they have done to his friends and his family.
The young man with the help of Genesis banned up his fellow clans men and formed the Chaos Knights. The Knights set out the fight Demonacus and to end this madness. In the end they finally arrived that the resting place of the gods, the Tower of Damian. As they claimed the highest of the tower they faced horrors and obstetrical that they couldn't even comprehend. At the end of their travels only the young man and Genesis remained. With the last of their strength they sealed Demonacus in the tower.
Demonacus was forever sealed in the tower but the dim truth has set upon them. Genesis and the Young man had failed to reach the gods. As the two left the tower the young man, battered and beaten, stared to the top of the tower. He grasped his sword and remarked that he would never get up until he got his revenge on the gods and the Aruratus clan.
100 years later the gods are still the worshiped and once a year the surviving clans have a ritual to celebrate the god's protection from the monsters out in the wild and the from the evils that fill the world.
With the Aruratus running the show the royal family decided that retribution to the gods was necessary. Soon the kingdoms slashed down rioting villages and burned down enemy clans all in the name of "Peace".
The god's who have created such a slaughter by an accidental action were shocked. Why would the Royal families do such a thing? The world was growing restless and time was slowly decaying the land and its people into a simple war torn horror show. The god were getting desperate and created the precious items known as the souls to repel enemy forces and act like a barrier to shield the royal families and the Aruratus and the rest of the faithful from the villages and nearby kingdoms that have been causing such chaos. Along with the souls two great demigods were created in order to purge the land and restore the order of the world. Demonacus was created to destroy those who were marked evil and barbaric. While the creator of new life, Genesis, was created to protect the lives of those who were marked holy and faithful.
Demonacus roamed the kingdoms destroying everything that was in his wake. Forest burned and the skies turned black as the monster roamed the land. Genesis could only watch as the monster destroyed the lands. She watched as the innocent died and the lands turned to blight. She watched and waited... She could do nothing. Anger grew inside of her. She hated what has become to this wonderful place and all the royal family did was sit. Sit in their castle and laugh as they were lucky to be chosen by the gods... She became resentful, and started to hate the royal family and the gods.
She wanted to seek revenge on the gods and to destroy them and all that they stand for. Genesis wondered that land seeking out Demonacus. As she traveled though the town she meets up with a young man. He was morbid for his family had just been slain by the very monster she was searching for. He too was fun of anger towards the gods and wished to seek his revenge on them for what they have done to his friends and his family.
The young man with the help of Genesis banned up his fellow clans men and formed the Chaos Knights. The Knights set out the fight Demonacus and to end this madness. In the end they finally arrived that the resting place of the gods, the Tower of Damian. As they claimed the highest of the tower they faced horrors and obstetrical that they couldn't even comprehend. At the end of their travels only the young man and Genesis remained. With the last of their strength they sealed Demonacus in the tower.
Demonacus was forever sealed in the tower but the dim truth has set upon them. Genesis and the Young man had failed to reach the gods. As the two left the tower the young man, battered and beaten, stared to the top of the tower. He grasped his sword and remarked that he would never get up until he got his revenge on the gods and the Aruratus clan.
100 years later the gods are still the worshiped and once a year the surviving clans have a ritual to celebrate the god's protection from the monsters out in the wild and the from the evils that fill the world.
About the Game
The game is sadly... Not the best game I've ever created, however it is the first full game... I felt restricted by 2k3 and it didn't allow me to do as much as I wanted (For instance a lot of art work). The game is already been designated a sequel =D and it will be much... much better. I just wanted to stick to my guns and finish the game!
NOW then for the actual game...
DOWNLOADS
Yes... the size is a massive (I guess) 162 MB. The game was originally 325 MB so at least I got it down from that ^_^.
Here are two current download links for the game. If anyone knows anyother host that allow uploads of 162 MB or higher then please inform me and I'll add them to the list.
MEGAUPLOAD
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=NB87SIM6
FILEFACTORY
http://www.filefactory.com/file/agebh52 ... rkness_rar
UP-FILE *NEW*
http://up-file.com/download/09c945b417c ... d2b75793c0
F.A.Q.'s
HOW TO TOGGLE FULLSCREEN
F4 = Toggle's full screen
F5 = Toggle's Size out of full screen. (Original or 25%) (For those bad at math that's 50% smaller width and height)
F3 or F2 = Toggle Soft Reset
If there are any or you need any help on were to go or how to beat a boss just ask.
The Site -=MODS!!!=-
One big thing this game has is MODS. It's open source (I'm not including the editor =P I don't think I'm allowed to do that on this site anyhow) so a lot of people I know and maybe others are already working on MODS. Because of this I would like to share it with the rest of you and not bog down the forums.
I'm not going to post a direct link to the site of coarse! But as we start filling up the game with MODS. I'll post the links to the mods here =D. See sig if you want a link to the site...
=MODS=
-None (The game was just released lol)
Last Words
For those of you who actually play the game best of luck! ^_^ I will offer full support. Also here a few hints for how to beat the game.
THE BIG ONE: WEAKNESS AND RESISTANCE
Every Boss, Enemy and ally in the game is weak and resistant to the several elements in the game. THIS WILL MAKE a hard boss fight a simple one if you just use some simple strategy and try out diff elements.
DESCRIPTIONS
Please read what items do before you use them. Most of my beta testers didn't...
LEVEL UP
Often times a single level up will give you abilities that will turn the tide of battle easily.
Also if I'm forgetting anything or you have any complainants fell free to open up the "Constructive Criticism" because the only way we can truly learn is by having others point out our flaws.
Well I hope you enjoy the game!
-Necro