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Elgraphium

Introduction
Elegraphium is a game based on a story I wrote for English.

Story
Long ago in an unknown time, in a land ruled by force and steel lived a small family of four. The member’s of this family were Elgren, his older brother Alister and his Mother and Father.
Elgren would play in the woods with his brother Alistair behind their house all the time. They found many strange and cool things in the woods but none of them would be this important…

“Catch” yelled Alistair, as he threw a little ball at his brother Elgren. Elgren lifted his hands to catch the ball, but it flew past him into the woods and bounced away.
“What’s wrong with you Elgren!? Thats the 11th, no 12th time you missed?” Alistair complained.
“I, I don’t know? Why can’t we go and draw pictures like we use to, I liked that!” Replied Elgren.
“No dumbie! We draw after dinner cause’ we can’t play outside then.” Alistair lectured
The two brothers looked at there house to hear their mother calling them for dinner.
“Err! We will have to go and find the ball tomorrow...” Alistair moaned.
“OK.” Elgren replied, and the two went inside.
In the morning the sun came down on Elgren and it woke him up with a start. He lent up in his bed and looked around the room.
Alistair wasn’t in his bed.
“He must be outside.” Elgren thought, so he jumped out of his bed and changed his clothes, Then pulled on his shoes and raced outside in hope of finding Alistair.
Elgren raced up the grassy hill to see Alister in a clearing of trees holding a small object.
“What’s that, Alistair?” Elgren asked Alistair when he met him in the clearing.
Alistair held out his hand to show Elgren what it was.
“Wow!” Elgren gasped, Alister held up the gold necklace, it was glowing a soft black and the red gems in it seemed to be rushing and boiling.
“Can I hold it?” Elgren asked.
“NO! It’s mine!” Alistair burst putting it around his neck.
The tree’s shock and the wind blew towards Alistair then, all was calm.
“Alistair?” Elgren asked walking towards him. Alistair looked up at Elgren, his eyes were glowing a hateful red.
Elgren stepped back.
“I am not Alister…” Alister said in a deep evil voice,
“Huh?” Elgren muttered in surprise.
“I… Am death…” Alister said, holding his arm out to his side. Suddenly there was a cracking sound and a razor sharp blade appeared in Alister’s hand.
Elgren fell on his backside in surprise and looked up at Alister.
“And as death let me give it to you…” Alister spoke raising his blade to strike.
Elgren yelled and turned to run when Alister ripped down his sword and cut across Elgren’s back. Elgren fell over in pain, blood gushing out of his wound and he passed out.


Elgren woke to a sharp pain across his back, He looked around, it was dark but he saw a light in the distance. He started to crawl and stumble towards the light, hoping to see his mother and to warn his Father about his brother.
He arrived at the source of the light to find that it was his house in flames.
“Mother!” Elgren yelled, “Father!” He yelled again, Elgren ran into his home.
He could hear the sound of the wood weakening and ready to break. The flames burnt away at his eyes, Elgren rubbed them and looked around the house for his Mother and Father.
Suddenly he felt a sharp piercing from his wound and fell to the ground in pain. Elgren looked up and saw two people on the floor; it was as if time stopped as Elgren held the bodies of his parents all cut up and beaten in a pool of blood.
They were dead, killed by his own brother Alistair, but Alistair wasn’t his brother any more he was something else something that wasn’t human he had become a demon.

Note: That is only the introduction, I wont give the whole thing away.

Screenshots
http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j115/faralathium/house.png[/IMG]
http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j115/faralathium/farm.png[/IMG]
http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j115/faralathium/onlog.png[/IMG]
http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j115/faralathium/forest.png[/IMG]

Characters:
Elgren (Young)
Age: 6
Sprite: http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j115/ ... elgren.png[/IMG]
Battler:http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j115/faralathium/brtp102.png[/IMG]
http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j115/faralathium/elgren4.jpg[/IMG]http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j115/faralathium/elgren3.jpg[/IMG]http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j115/faralathium/elgren5.jpg[/IMG]http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j115/faralathium/elgren2.jpg[/IMG]http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j115/faralathium/elgren1.jpg[/IMG]



Alistair (Young)
Age: 7
Sprite:http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j115/faralathium/alistair.png[/IMG]
Battler:http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j115/faralathium/brtp101.png[/IMG]
http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j115/faralathium/ali5.jpg[/IMG]http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j115/faralathium/ali4.jpg[/IMG]http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j115/faralathium/ali3.jpg[/IMG]http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j115/faralathium/ali2.jpg[/IMG]http://i78.photobucket.com/albums/j115/faralathium/ali1.jpg[/IMG]


Credits
Scripts:
1 scene CMS - Legacy
Multi-Attack - Trickster
Enemy/Actor health bars - SephirothSpawn, Raziel.
Catapillar Script - (Sorry I forgot who made it! Thanks to whoever it was though!)
AMS - Dubealex
Sun, Reflection, Mirrors, Shadows, Destruction Engine - Raitaime (I think thats how you spell it.)
Anti-Lag - Near Fantastica

Graphics:
Sprites On a log - Sam Drew
Note from
Sam, going to do a title screen and game over too! :D



Team:
Story - Faralathium
Mapping - Faralathium, Sam Drew
Graphics - None yet - Kind of Sam aswell.
Database - Adam Costello
Scripting - Randoms from the internet :D


Well, thats all I can think of doing right now, thanks for reading, and post anything you wanna say I guess. Any questions I will answer.
 
The only screenie with the Shadow script is Elgren's House, and it's because the shadowed people are so close to the shadows source, ie, the window. The sun on the other hand, I agree, it is kind of dodgy, but it gives a sense of realism. Thanks for your comment though. :)
 
Mood - VERY HAPPY


Yeah this game is freaking awesome! Theres this part near the start that we came up with, made us laugh sooo much. They need to get wood, and they go to a farmers house, and he kicks them out, so they smash his window with a rock (Thankgod for the Destruction engine).They go and hide on the roof. He walks out swearing, and takes a look at the window, he says: 'Aww crap! Thats a whole months harvest...GONE!...' Cracked me up...We haven't finished yet, but next they climb down, and throw another rock...his house cracks open and blows to hell. He runs out naked and looks and says 'Oh no! My porno! I tell ya, if my sisters pictures get out...' So yeah, it made me laugh so much when we thought of it. In other words, the game isnt all comedy...just that bit. Demo will be released when we have finished the introduction.
 
Yeah, they are only children for the introduction...then it turns.


Here is the title screen,
http://usera.imagecave.com/ember2inferno/1.png[/img]
http://usera.imagecave.com/ember2inferno/2.png[/img]
http://usera.imagecave.com/ember2inferno/3.png[/img]
Do you think it needs any improvements? I can completely re-do it if I have to.

Game Over soon.
 

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