Forbidden Gift [30 min demo]

[Sion]

Spoiler: Chapter One

Spoiler: Story

This story takes place twelve years in the future, the main event that shapes Forbidden Gift happens in the present. Religon starts taking over, they start comitting crimes, and the government is powerless to stop them. Endless human rights, and discrimination acts keep them from doing anything. Religon forces people back into the dark ages, they destroy everything modern, and everybody who protests, all in the name of god. People are unhappy in the beginning, but as time goes on, they begin accept their new life. They begin to like it. That is, everyone except Bow. He refuses to live in the past, and fights to be modern again. Despite the fact no one else wants to change. In the end, the townspeople call for his death. In a desperate attempt to prove the religon false, Bow steals the forbidden scroll.

Spoiler: Characters

Spoiler: Bow

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Rebellious Bow, the only one left to openly rebel the religion. His parents left him to survive on his own, so they could head out to Astra (The last machine city) and plead for help. The priests have kept him alive so they have something over on his paretns when they return. Or atleast, until now. The priests finally make there move on Bow, but what does that mean for his parents?

Spoiler: Seline

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All her family was killed rebelling, so she desperatly wants Bow to stop. However, she is losing her patience.

Spoiler: Pendragon

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Hotshot teenager Pendragon. He's even cockier than Bow. He decided that Bow's town was a lost cause, and left to live in Astra. Recently he recived an invitation to a group called SYSTEM. He's back in time to gather some info, and prove he's worthy of joining.

Spoiler: Priest

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The head priest of Renvatioism. He firmly belives that his work is right, and Bow is evil.

Spoiler: Systems

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The game works around a short distance teleport system, and an ABS. In all it uses six buttons.
X: Start teleport/cancel teleport
C: Attack/ Confirm teleport
Z: Recharge teleports
A: Rave (Like a limit break)
S: Healing arts
D: Focus strength

The teleporting makes for some intresting puzzles, but also works in combat. Different enemies have different defences, you'll need to raise your focus above that defence to deal damage.

Spoiler: Screenshot

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The game begins with Bow cornered in the sewers. His only chance is to read the scroll.

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Strange things happen when the scroll is opened....

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The teleportation tutorial.

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It's a serious game, but there's still more than a little humour.

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Flashbacks...

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Spin these platforms to get across.

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Feeling a bit weak?

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Now that's a blow!

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Boss battles are different to normal foes.

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Priesty uses a guard to block bullets. Wasn't that nice of him?

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Enter Pendragon.

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Spoiler: Demo

http://rapidshare.com/files/7721201/Forbidden_Gift.rar.html
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[Rubymatt]

The teleportation system looks cool. :D

This game looks like it's gonna be good, man!

 

[Sion]

Thank you.
Added character descriptions.

 

[Munkk]

RO sprites + RTP tilsets = Shit. Dude, c'mon, the doors ain't barely as high as the characters legs.

 

[Sion]

RO sprites + RTP tilsets = Shit. Dude, c'mon, the doors ain't barely as high as the characters legs.

They aren't THAT big. And anyway, by my amazing talent of not being blind I've already noticed they don't fit.

 

[Crescent]

Is it supposed to continue after the "boss" battle? Because nothing happens when I enter the door.

 

[Sion]

If you haven't seen all the screens, there's still more demo to go. What "Boss" are you talking about?

 

[Crescent]

I mean that troll guy, where the tutorial about the auras pop up. The thing dies, but when I enter the door, nothing happens.

 

[psgels]

The size of the sprites doesn't really bother me, actually. Okay, it won't be the most realistic game, though it's your decision to make this game in that particular style.

However, what I am getting annoyed about are the impossible shapes of the carpet, the illogical placement of the pillars, and other random objects.

 

[Sion]

I mean that troll guy, where the tutorial about the auras pop up. The thing dies, but when I enter the door, nothing happens.

That's odd, thats right where the first demo ends. Can you describe the title screen to me? Which download did you use?

 

[Sion]

Bump.

 

[Lexy]

dude i love your charsets how did you transform battlers into that form

 

[Sion]

http://www.ragnarokcs.com/ragnarok-character.php

 

[Roxas]

I have to say, while I am a big fan of NOT mixing different sprites, your game actually pulls it off quite nicely. I like the mix of Ragnarok sprites with the enlarged RPT. The system is also really nice, I am a VERY big fan of event systems, which this looks like. All in all, keep it up. This looks like a really nice game.

 

[Sion]

Thank you, I have to point out two things though. First, the RTP is just normal sized. Second, The teleport is actually a script.

Anyway, just to solve an earlier question, when did the demo end for you?

Thanks again.

 

[Sobeman459]

I like the main characters name as it is my own real life name only I spell it Bo. I downloading the demo right now. It looks great.

 

[Sion]

I almost called him Bo, hehe.

I need somebody to tell me how far they can get to, to solve an earlier problem...

 

[Doctor]

The characters look very out of place in the RTP. It's not so noticeable in the dungeon, but in the other areas, it looks like an invasion of the giants. I really hope you'll get some new tiles or enlarge the RTP eventually.

 

[crazymew]

uhmm... isnt this a bit HUGE for a demo?... it makes the demo inaccesible to people with dial-up (such as me)... unless they are really patient that is...

 

[Sion]

uhmm... isnt this a bit HUGE for a demo?... it makes the demo inaccesible to people with dial-up (such as me)... unless they are really patient that is...

There isn't a magic make-a-demo-smaller button, it's the size that it needs to be.