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Grendis Episode 1: The Gathering(Updated)

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Have a look at my intro storyline...this image is a bit outdated...see under this to read the storyline...
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Story:

This is the revised version of the story thanks to Injury. Now its nicer to read.

   Once, long ago, in the land of Grendis, four mighty countries reigned supreme. Each country bore an art or craft in which their skills were made possible.
Their world remained in perfect harmony for quite sometime.

   One day, a young tracker from the Rivendale Coven of the South was on his very first mission. He had stumbled upon the meeting of high ranking officials, one from each of the four countries. This boy, aptly named Blu, overheard of their insidious plot...They were to take over the lands of Grendis for their own! Not only that, but they sealed a pact and formed the deadly organization known for hence forth as "Enclaim". Having no time to look at their faces for fear of the death that stood before him not moments ago, Blu fled and ran back to his home to tell everyone, but no one would listen to Blu's outrageous claims of an evil plot. They scoffed and laughed at him, forcing him to leave his home...

  You must now guide Blu on his epic journey to the 4 countries of Grendis, fighting your way through lands filled with evil and darkness! Join Blu and his comrades, Lizzy the Chanter from the Magus Guild of the West, Mikayla the Squire from the Braveheart Alliance of the North, and Elika the acolyte from the Vanadean Temple of the East in their adventures to spread the truth of the Enclaim's horrible plot to overthrow the countries and bring the lands to ruin! Find true love in this epic journey filled with monsters, magic, and more!

My old unrevised storyline..

    There was a time when the world of Grendis was divided into 4 countries, each bearing a crest which symbolizes their arts
and crafts. The world was in perfect harmony. An unshakeable peace(refer below for the 4 countries)

     One day, while a Tracker who grew up in Rivendale Coven of the South named Blu is on his way to his very first mission, He stumbled upon a meeting of high ranking officials of the 4 countries who plans to take over the world of Grendis and formed a secret organization named only as "Enclaim". He didn't see their faces but he could hear them clearly. He was petrified of their horrifying plan. He was the only one who knew of the Enclaim plans. He went home to tell his countrymen but no one would believe him.
     
     This is his story as he try to spread the horrible plans to the other 3 countries and stop the Enclaim. He seeks help from the other 3 countries but found to have no luck. No one would believe him. He was dubbed to be a heretic and excommunicated even from his homecountry. But soon he meets up with his other allies who also believes that something is cooking up. He could only convince one of every country, Lizzy from the Magus Guild of the West, Mikayla from the Braveheart Alliance of the North and Elika from the Vanadean Temple of the East. All of them are female. He was disheartened at first but later on discovered their real strength....or rather real emotions.  Soon as the attacks began it was too late for the 4 countries to fight back, but it wasn't for Blu and his party.


World: Grendis


The 4 countries (i made them new names):

+ Braveheart Alliance of the North - Lion Crest
Founder: Sir Xchyler Leonhart (Rune Knight)
Base: Fort Knox
Heiharchy:
    + Rune Knight
    - Paladin
    - Knight
    - Squire

+ Vanadean Temple of the East - Eagle Crest
Founder: Arch Priest Arek Eaglehorn
Base: Melena Shrine
Heiharchy:
    + Arch Priest
    - High Priest
    - Priest
    - Acolyte

+ Magus Guild of the West - Dragon Crest
Founder: Arch Mage Gerrith Draconix
Base: Dracolith Island
Heiharchy:
   + Arch Mage
   - High Mage
   - Mage
   - Chanter

+ Rivendale Coven of the South - Raven Crest
Founder: Death Striker Gie the Raveneye
Base: Grak Desert
Heiharchy:
   + Death Striker
   - Silent Striker
   - Striker
   - Tracker

+++Enclaim+++
   - a secret organization of high rankings officials of the 4 countries who plans to take over the world of Grendis.
   - unknown heiharchy


Characters:
(updated with new character=Rayz)
Name : Blu
Age: 19
Class: Tracker
Description:
        The main protagonist of the game. Silent but clever and fast. Orphaned and raised to become a thief. Soon meets with three others to stop Enclaim from taking over the world of Grendis. Not so much into girls. Mission above all else.
Motto: "One moment Im there, next moment you're dead"


Name : Lizzy
Age: 17
Class: Chanter
Description:
       Blu's very firs ally on their quest to stop Enclaim. Cute and very cheerful. Greatest dream is to become more powerful than an Arch Mage. Hates Blu at first but kinda liked him as the story progresses.
Motto: "The world is full of goodies, no one should be selfish"


Name : Mikayla
Age: 20
Class: Squire
Description:
        Strong willed and a hardened woman but is discovered later on to have a weakness on silent guys like Blu. A very powerful ally. Only daughter of the Braveheart Alliance Founder Sir Xchyler Leonhart.
Motto: "Duty and Honor above all else"


Name : Elika
Age: 18
Class: Acolyte
Description:
       A great assistance to Blu's party because of her healing magic and support abilities. Loud and funny. Hates Blu for being so stubborn but fell in love with him after Blu saves his life. She has a very deep and dangerous secret.
Motto: "Helping is a hobby"

New Character:
Name: Rayz "The Wanderer"
Age: unknown but around mid 30s
Class: unknown but specializes with guns and rifles.
Description:
       Although this character's background is unknown, he proves to be a very reliable and powerful ally. He wanders through the lands of Grendis searching for his brother who was lost for 18 years. He joins Blu's party whenever his help is greatly needed.

Features:

- Sideview battle system
- Event Quests System
- Weapon-skill learning system
- Alchemy system
- Underground Battle Arena
- Dating system
- multiple endings
- deep storyline
- interesting love story


Now for the screenshots:

http://i403.photobucket.com/albums/pp112/dandanthedan/screen10.jpg[/img]http://i403.photobucket.com/albums/pp112/dandanthedan/screen7.jpg[/img]
http://i403.photobucket.com/albums/pp11 ... creen8.jpg[/img]http://i403.photobucket.com/albums/pp112/dandanthedan/screen9.jpg[/img]
http://i403.photobucket.com/albums/pp11 ... dden-1.jpg[/img]http://i403.photobucket.com/albums/pp112/dandanthedan/desuscrren.jpg[/img]
http://i403.photobucket.com/albums/pp11 ... creen1.jpg[/img] http://i403.photobucket.com/albums/pp11 ... creen6.jpg[/img]
http://i403.photobucket.com/albums/pp11 ... creen2.jpg[/img]http://i403.photobucket.com/albums/pp112/dandanthedan/screen5.jpg[/img]
http://i403.photobucket.com/albums/pp11 ... creen3.jpg[/img]
http://i403.photobucket.com/albums/pp11 ... creen4.jpg[/img]
now what do you think?

any help in the storyline or plot is a great help...^_^


_+_Blueyonder_+_

MADE NEW WEBSITE for Grendis!!!

Here is the link Grendis Website...
please register...forums are also active...need moderators.
 
Dude you need to get a demo out so people can tell you what you should add or if there are any errors do you get what I am saying and the story line sounds good to me
 

Injury

Awesome Bro

Despite the somewhat developed ideas, your screen shots indicate to me that your basic English skills are a bit lacking. I would suggest that you improve some of your dialog...From the look of these screen shots, it's kinda depressing to see grammatical errors like capitalization. That girl who wants to marry the hero could stand to sound/read more like a human...

Other than that, good luck!
 
Injury":341f70mr said:
Despite the somewhat developed ideas, your screen shots indicate to me that your basic English skills are a bit lacking. I would suggest that you improve some of your dialog...From the look of these screen shots, it's kinda depressing to see grammatical errors like capitalization. That girl who wants to marry the hero could stand to sound/read more like a human...

Other than that, good luck!

im not really that good in english...so bear with me...^_^
 

Injury

Awesome Bro

Well you should maybe develop your game in your language, or make an effort in English, and have someone translate/improve your dialog. just a thought!
 
The two screenshots of the hero talking to the two kids are really, really bad.  Everything else (including the cool battle screen) looks pretty good.
 
Xephyr":1ad2flyw said:
The two screenshots of the hero talking to the two kids are really, really bad.  Everything else (including the cool battle screen) looks pretty good.

really? why is it bad? give me some tips please...id really appreciate it tnx...^_^
 

Injury

Awesome Bro

More or less the lack of proper English and bad dialog. The kid says: "Hey mister, I want to be an assassin one day. hiyyyya!"

Nothing is spelled wrong, but the sentence just reads horribly. It comes off as cliche and slightly annoying to any English reading player, whomever that may be. If you changed your dialog up, or maybe even made the kid ask what the hero is, seeing as how we can assume that the hero has never been in this place before.

Possible scenarios could also include the kid picking on the hero, and the hero telling him what he is, and the kid runs, or cries. Whatever kids do best.

Be more creative with your wordings, but always make sense! Write the lines down and then read them outloud, or go to google and try to see if it translates right.

Good luck!
 
Injury":19d7hisy said:
More or less the lack of proper English and bad dialog. The kid says: "Hey mister, I want to be an assassin one day. hiyyyya!"

Nothing is spelled wrong, but the sentence just reads horribly. It comes off as cliche and slightly annoying to any English reading player, whomever that may be. If you changed your dialog up, or maybe even made the kid ask what the hero is, seeing as how we can assume that the hero has never been in this place before.

Possible scenarios could also include the kid picking on the hero, and the hero telling him what he is, and the kid runs, or cries. Whatever kids do best.

Be more creative with your wordings, but always make sense! Write the lines down and then read them outloud, or go to google and try to see if it translates right.

Good luck!

You got a point...tnx for the tip injury...what do you think of my storyline btw?
 

moog

Sponsor

Is there anyway you could possibly NOT use the default battle backs? The swirling vortex in every VX game tends to get old.

Other than that (and the bad english, but I'll cut you slack as it isnt your native tongue) looks decent at best. All four of the characters (especially the top two) fall into the devious crater that is the standard jrpg cliche. Might want to give the characters more life instead of just basic, lame characteristics.

Good luck.
 
moog":3rt2waw2 said:
Is there anyway you could possibly NOT use the default battle backs? The swirling vortex in every VX game tends to get old.

Other than that (and the bad english, but I'll cut you slack as it isnt your native tongue) looks decent at best. All four of the characters (especially the top two) fall into the devious crater that is the standard jrpg cliche. Might want to give the characters more life instead of just basic, lame characteristics.

Good luck.

thanks...perhaps ill give them more unique characteristics...^_^ i am currently making a demo so perhaps you can give a review of my demo soon...^_^
 

Injury

Awesome Bro

Well, you've got the right idea I suppose, but you really need to rewrite it in better English. Your lucky I'm nice.

Once, long ago, in the land of Grendis, four mighty countries reigned supreme. Each country bore an art or craft in which their skills were made possible.
Their world remained in perfect harmony for quite sometime.

One day, a young tracker from the Rivendale Coven of the South was on his very first mission. He had stumbled upon the meeting of high ranking officials, one from each of the four countries. This boy, aptly named Blu, overheard of their insidious plot...They were to take over the lands of Grendis for their own! Not only that, but they sealed a pact and formed the deadly organization known for hence forth as "Enclaim". Having no time to look at their faces for fear of the death that stood before him not moments ago, Blu fled and ran back to his home to tell everyone, but no one would listen to Blu's outrageous claims of an evil plot. They scoffed and laughed at him, forcing him to leave his home...

You must now guide Blu on his epic journey to the 4 countries of Grendis, fighting your way through lands filled with evil and darkness! Join Blu and his comrades, Lizzy the Mage, Mikayla from the Brave, and Elika the Preist in their adventures to spread the truth of the Enclaim's horrible plot to overthrow the countries and bring the lands to ruin! Find true love in this epic journey filled with monsters, magic, and more!

Good luck...and listen to moog, your characters should be dynamic, not flat. If you can, take an English class at a community college, if you have one of those. I'd assume you do seeing as how your using the internet. If your not old enough, I'm sorry, but I don't know if I could take your game to seriously after that.  :thumb: :pred:
 
Injury":ojakzemy said:
Well, you've got the right idea I suppose, but you really need to rewrite it in better English. Your lucky I'm nice.

Once, long ago, in the land of Grendis, four mighty countries reigned supreme. Each country bore an art or craft in which their skills were made possible.
Their world remained in perfect harmony for quite sometime.

One day, a young tracker from the Rivendale Coven of the South was on his very first mission. He had stumbled upon the meeting of high ranking officials, one from each of the four countries. This boy, aptly named Blu, overheard of their insidious plot...They were to take over the lands of Grendis for their own! Not only that, but they sealed a pact and formed the deadly organization known for hence forth as "Enclaim". Having no time to look at their faces for fear of the death that stood before him not moments ago, Blu fled and ran back to his home to tell everyone, but no one would listen to Blu's outrageous claims of an evil plot. They scoffed and laughed at him, forcing him to leave his home...

You must now guide Blu on his epic journey to the 4 countries of Grendis, fighting your way through lands filled with evil and darkness! Join Blu and his comrades, Lizzy the Mage, Mikayla from the Brave, and Elika the Preist in their adventures to spread the truth of the Enclaim's horrible plot to overthrow the countries and bring the lands to ruin! Find true love in this epic journey filled with monsters, magic, and more!
Good luck...

VERY NICELY DONE!!! thank you so much...now its nicer to read...you are so great...im horrible in writing stories so thank you so much...^_^

now im more inclined i finishing this game because of your help...thanks...^_^
 
Injury":135j1304 said:
new screen sohts look a  lot better than the old ones, just try to update your dialog some more from your older maps!

I changed that one already...i will be posting more screenshots soon...^_^
 
Miek?":3ammfv7h said:
so, what, the guy's entire party is composed of jrpg cliches who are madly in love with him?

yep...but not really madly...i will be implementing a dating system..so everyone is not madly in love with the main character..if i can..^_^
 

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