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Dryads

  • Harmonia

    Votes: 1 20.0%
  • Aelia

    Votes: 4 80.0%

  • Total voters
    5

zchin

Sponsor

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Made by luv_kitty12

To clear some stuff up, some of the terms like "Hamadryad" is from greek mythology so if there are some unexplained things, before asking me what it means, google it or something.

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2.0 Overview
2.1 Summary

3.0 Characters
3.1 Coe Petra
3.2 Korina Aegis
3.3 Lisa
3.4 The Aygeiros People
3.5 The Plymin People
3.6 Goddess Aelia

4.0 Gamplay
4.1 Battle System
4.2 Customization
4.3 Hidden Items

5.0 Screenshots
5.1 Desert
5.2 Forest

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3.1 Summary
After the Aygeiros people destroy Coe’s hometown they come looking for him, next. Coe has no where to go but he find Korina, his childhood friend to be the only survivor of the attack, they look for a life together in an abandoned castle, with a family of tree sprites but everything goes wrong, after Coe comes down with a mysterious illness and becomes a crown jewel for the Plymin to take.


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4.1 Coe Petra
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Age: 14
Gender: Male
His father, Genesis was a woodsman who cut down trees and sold them to the townsfolk. One day he was cutting down a tree but a beautiful young Hamadryad came out of her tree, and begged Genesis to spare her life. Genesis let her live and later fell in love with her, as well as the young Hamadryad, her name was Sykent, and she was of the Karya people which were walnut or hazelnut trees.

After a few years Sykents walnut tree became one of the biggest in the world and she had a baby with Genesis. They named him Coe. When Coe was born he leaned towards his Hamadryad side of the family and took a liking to the black poplar tree he was born next to. Coe took care of the tree, but the tree never grew, and because he was too big to become the trees soul. Coe took on the role to be its guardian, the bond between the tree and he grew. It grew until the point until they shared their life source. If the tree dies, so does Coe, when his parent’s found out, it was too late and they ran away to save Coe, because it was forbidden to attach yourself to another clans tree, but is was too late.

Sykent was murdered 14 years after Coe’s birth by the Aygeiros people (people of the black poplar tree) they set her tree on fire and burned her to ashes. The Aygeiros people had declared war on the neighboring forest where Sykents tree was, when they found out about Coe being attached to their tree. Coe lived up to the age of 13 with Sykent, but Genesis went to search for a cure of Sykents sickness, little did they know that she was just plain flat dying. Coe got drafted at the age of 13 into the army because of the ambushes with the neighboring forest people. The forest people were thought to be monsters bent on destroying the world when in fact they were Dryads trying to stop the Plymin from polluting their forest.

A year after, Coe's group of soldiers were obliterated by the dryads so he took this moment to run back to his village and take Sykent and find his home town where he was born, he went through his cabinets and things to only find a picture of his ex-girlfriend, but it was labeled "Korina" and then the childhood memories of who he is and what he is was finally remembered.


4.2 Korina Aegis
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Age: 13
Gender: Female
Being in the lower class of the Karya people she met Coe, they became best friends. Korina’s parents were always at work and she was a single child so she had nobody to hold her back from spending more time with Coe. By the age of seven, Coe had to move away, she was six. She grew up with the influence of her other friends, which betrayed her in every way possible. She became shy and unsocial. Although she didn’t know it, her friends were jealous of her kind heart and affection. When the Aygeiros attacked she wasn’t at the village, she was alone at the beach, watching the sunset. When she came back she became devastated and lived off of the land planning her revenge.

4.4 Lisa
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She used to be Coe’s girlfriend, but that was because she just felt pity towards him. When she finds out that Coe is a Dryad she rejects him in the hardest way because sadly she is racist against nature. To test this idea of loving Coe out of pity, is that Coe never learned how old she was or who her parents were. Lisa hates any kind of bug, even butterflies. After Lisa leaves Coe she developed some obsession for money and her kind personality turns rotten. Lisa becomes very wealthy for marrying the old king, obviously tricked by Lisa’s sly cunning attempt for the throne. Lisa goes and tries to become a hero by capturing and bringing back Coe so she wouldn’t be suspected of being the kings murderer. Somehow, she looks a lot like Korina, perhaps… they’re twins…


4.3 The Aygeiros People
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The people of the “Black Poplar Tree”, they seem to be very aggressive and very loyal towards their tree. They live in the same forest as the Karya people, but spread out in little outposts. They concentrate on military power because the Black Poplar tree is very popular to the mainlanders. The Plymin people are the mainlanders and both tribes rival against each other. Their environment is closest to the mainland and is polluted by the Plymins, therefore causing a disease to spread through the Aygeiros people… They are yet to discover a cure for it.


4.4 The Plymin People
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They live in the mainland region beyond the mountain range. They call themselves Gintisimins, but are called the Plymin people just to upset them because in the dryad language “Plymin” means walking dung. Not much is known about the Plymins but they think that the dryad’s peninsula is their own land and resources. And they come and go freely cutting down trees.

4.5 Goddess Aelia
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Made by ellenor
Unlock able Character
She is one of the gods, and is pretty famous for being a rare case in which the god’s personality is split in two between a god and a mortal, which is normal for all gods… Just that the personality split isn’t always an equal 50%. The Goddess is cruel and does anything to keep herself in one piece. There have been rumors that Sykent is the bigger half of the goddess and is dyeing, draining power out of the Goddess to keep herself alive, this causes them to slowly merge together. But the goddess needs to clarify the rumor to ever get out of the gates of heaven to kill Sykent so Sykent will stop merging.



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(Under Construction)

5.1 Battle System
This game will be using the XAS ABS from where you alternate between Korina and Coe on the map. The standard damage that the player may conflict is about five points. The amount of max HP for the player is ranging from 15-105 points. There are going to be visual equipment Korina because she cannot attack with trees at all unlike Coe, where all he can attack with his tree.

5.2 Customizability
There are going to be custom skills for which you can upgrade and level up. You may also upgrade and feed Coe’s plant minerals to increase its attack. There will be a stat points system in which you can upgrade certain stats using points that you get when you level up.

5.3 Hidden Items
Throughout the levels you will be able to examine certain things and find items to level up your skills or equipment, you will NOT find any weapons. These items are of the following:
Metal Slate: Sharpens your weapons.
Fertilizer: Grows your plants (increases all stats)
Scroll of ____ (blank space tells which skill you may level up)
Obsidian spear head: Increases the hit rate and attack of your Spear.
Grip Cloth: Increases the hit rate of your Axe.
Poison Chamber: Increases the attack of your knife.
Note: Unlike other games you will not be able to use the basic “Sword”. And this list is only a few of many upgrading items.

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5.1 ??? - Hey, what's he doing in the middle of no where?
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5.2 Forest of Forest Town - Perfect set-up for a horror scene.
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FAQ (incomplete)
John Egbert (Bacon)":1ff2eebn said:
The whole tree thing in my opinion doesn't make much sense.
Ok, well the whole concept of this idea orbits around the greek myth, of the Hamadryads which lived in trees. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hamadryad
The whole concept of the Dryads that I made up:
So when the Dryads tree is burned it depends on how far they are away to feel the effects. When the tree is destroyed the Dryad connected to the tree dies. When a Dryad is born in about a month they bond to a tree, usually the one they were born next too. If the child doesn't bond too a tree in a month or so, they won't attach to a particular tree, in this case they can control any tree, but only on at a time, which in this game, Korina is the only one, but she doesn't use it much, otherwise it will go out of control, so she sticks to weapons.

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Coe Petra looks like a chick, as in he's reaallly effeminate. Are you sure he has a banana where it counts? Just messin' with ya there.

Other then the above comment it looks decent, and I'm liking the plot. I can't wait for a demo, or completion whichever comes first.
 

zchin

Sponsor

Well Coe's faceset actually was made for a girl, but I used it anyways because all of the other guys looks too tough and muscely and stuff.

I'm still deciding whether I should make a demo for it or just complete the whole thing, because the game is going to be pretty short...

Thanks for the comment.

Thank you and have a nice day!
 
I'm not going to lie to you, your mappings pretty bad. It's really empty and blank. Theres not enough going on, and, although your screen tones are quite good, they don't really fit with each of the atmospheres. Also, please don't use RMXPs defualt windowskin :S

As for the story, it's actually quite good. At least there aren't too many cliches in there. But the overview needs a lot more detail. I don't really have a clue what that's about.
 

zchin

Sponsor

Well to tell the truth, I have started making the game, but I'm mapping everything right now, then I'm going to event it, so I just made up some of the stuff and stuck in on here, the screenshots however aren't final, I have yet to find an AMS and another windowskin to my liking.

The blank house however, is because the people who live there are poor, since Genesis went to find a cure and Skyent is sick, the only one fit to make money is Coe, so now with his poor paying job he can't afford much.

The screen tones aren't used for atmosphere, I didn't think they were until now. But they resemble the time of day of which it takes place, I'll try and update the screenshots later, with the new stuff I'm finding here and there.

And the last sentence in the Summary, says that Coe comes down with a really bad sickness and the plymin are trying to kidnap him and sell him, I will try and update that too, but if you don't see it in the summary, try looking in the character description.

Thankyouandhaveaniceday!
 

zchin

Sponsor

Ok, I've updated the thread to be more presentable but I'm thinking I overdid it a bit, so tell me what you think, i've also added in a character names Lisa, she's not in the thread because she's not really developed, there isn't really much to tell about her, she's the main antagonist though, in a way...
And i've also changed the screenshots, they are final, unless a lot of people say they hate them, then i will change it, but i don't think it's that bad, so...


Thank you and have a nice day!
 

Jason

Awesome Bro

The character looks like a girl, and damn that annoys the hell out of me in your screenshots, why is the first line indented?

... And why is the shedude in a box?
 

zchin

Sponsor

ahhahahaha, well it's hard to explain, let's just say that I couldn't find a cage, so I put him in a box, maybe as a substitute maybe not, and i totally forgot about it, hehehehe. And the thing is, that I can edit the hair in any way I want, it's just that I can't change the facial shape whatsoever at all, because I have no clue, If I knew how i would, trust me, I might request it, but nobody would answer... And the indenting part, I have no idea it has something to do with the AMS I'm using...

Thank you and have a nice day!
 

zchin

Sponsor

I've decided to change it back, I think it looks better his way, and I've been developing a new character, she's a really important character, and for those who've seen my "character" sprite or "anime person" in the visual art analysis or the "WIPs/Small Things Thread" then you know what the characters look like, I need to come up with a name for this very selfish goddess, and I've come up with a few:
Myrrine
Maia
Serena
Astraea
Isadora
Harmonia
Nephele*
Eirene
Amordad
Ava
Pritha*
Aelia*
Rheia*

* are the ones I like the best
So I would like a vote for which one I should use.
 

zchin

Sponsor

Ok, The people who wanted to vote, voted, so I'm gonna narrow it down and decide if it's gonna be Goddess Harmonia, or Goddess Aelia.

Thank you and have a nice day!
 
When I saw the title, I thought of this

But yeah, your maps are a bit bland, but it's some not all. 1st, 3rd, and 4th, I think need a bit more detail added.
 

zchin

Sponsor

I think you should tell me a bit more than "It's bland"

What do I need to add?
Are the elevation levels boring?
How do I make a desert interesting?
3rd and 4th maps are the only bright ones...
What about the other maps, are they ok?

Consider these questions and post again so i may solve the errors in the mapping and overall, succeed as a mapper.

Thank you and have a nice day!
 

zchin

Sponsor

I updated, and put in Goddess Aelia, any comments on her? Also I'm not going to work on this project for a bit, I'm going to rest on this a little, while i'm on vacation, I'll start again when summer starts sooo...

Thank you and have a nice day!
 

omen

Member

The goddess seems like an interesting character especially if u get to play as her but I get the feeling u gave away a big spoiler in her info and may want to change it. I don't know the whole story just a thought.
 

zchin

Sponsor

Umm, well if when you play as her, the first thing your going to find out, is that... So it's not much of a spoiler, but thanks for trying to cover up and keep the game interesting :grin:

Thank you and have a nice day!
 
Looking good, nice to see some custom resources for the cutscenes, shows thought has been put into them.

That's also probably the only time I've seen a shadow script in a game look nice, though the shadows on the palm trees kind of ruin the effect as they're not dynamic.
 

zchin

Sponsor

Thanks, I'll look into that, and I just noticed that none of the characters are rtp people. I'm gonna fix the palm tree thing, your right, it does ruin the moment and stuff...

Thank you and have a nice day!
 
Hey do you need help with this? There's something I really like about it, if your interested in help with mapping/art/spriting/tilesets pm me.

Catch~!
 

zchin

Sponsor

Oh, thanks but I only need help with making a logo, or doing some outlining and coloring for some drawings for the title screen, I'm glad you like it, but there aren't going to be any members or any team for this game, because if it fails again then I'll be wasting peoples work which makes me feel terrible.

Thank you and have a nice day!
 

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