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Hymns of Yggdrasil: Chapter Game

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Hymns of Yggdrasil by Sasame Kiryu

I do warn anyone who does not like to be involved with contraversy; This game is closely religiously based, and I would appreciate it if I didn't get any flack from anyone. It's just a game.

This is a chapter game. Or basically, this is a string of games which tie into one story. Six games to be exact. The games are more story based than game based, but I'd like to think that the game is fun in the process of telling the story. I believe it's very complex, and I've taken a lot of time weaving and kneeding this story line to the fullest of my ability. In this little description, I shall post the information for the first chapter: Sacrilege.


  • Story Synopsis:
    It began 520 years ago. The Relinquishing War. The war that was said to decide the fate of the planet, and possibly all life. The demons envied the humans so much, who were praised by both the heavens and the abyss. These 5 demons, the 5 strongest demons of the depths, arose from the ground, assembling an army of both sacriligious humans and undead minions.

    The state of the world is sporatic chaos. 520 years later, the war still has no definite end. Some think it hasn't even started. Some areas of the world believe the stories of the war are just that; Stories. Though the world does see much bloodshed with each passing minute, some areas go about life with no troubles. These areas are known as Yggdrasil's Tears. Sections of the planet in which the heavens cried upon during the war. These areas somehow seem to be blessed by peace and prosperity. The demons are setting their sights on these areas, trying to find a way to destroy them.

    But there is something that the demons fear. Interferance from above. Asgard has been known to interfere with endevours involving midgard. The Celestial Weapons. These four weapons were handed down to the Elves who guard Yggdrasil, but were then given out to the humans, long before the war. This was done in hopes that elves and humans could come to a peace and live amongst each other. When the war broke out, the rebellious humans destroyed the possibility of this happening. And so the weapons were sought out.

  • Things you Should Know:

    There are 30 days in a month. Every three years, completes what is reffered to as a circle. Sort of like a leap year revolution.

    1. Hera
    2. Ares
    3. Athena
    4. Aphrodite
    5. Artemis
    6. Apollo
    7. Hephaestus
    8. Hades
    9. Poseidin
    10. Zues

    300 days a year

    Circles

    1. Cronus - 1/3
    2. Prometheus - 2/3
    3. Rhea - Day of Origin: at the end of Zues, before Hera

    Normal Races:

    1. Human - Dwarves, Gnomes, Terrans, Giants, pygmies,

    2. Elves - Drow, Aeylids, Lunar Elves, Wood Elves, Water Elves, Llanowar Elves, High Elves,

    3. Demons - Nosferatu, hellspawn, gargoyles, poltergeists, Harpies, Off-dimensional Beings,
    Hellhounds, banshees, syrens, doppleganger, succubus, incubus,

    4. Demi-Humans - Kobolds, Goblins, Orcs,

    5. Fey - Fairies, Nymphs, Sprites, Imps, unicorns, pegasus,

    Abominations:

    1. Peredhil - Half Elf, Half Human

    2. Fey'ri - Half Elf, Half Demon

    3. Tiefling - Half Human, Half Demon

    4. Dunpal - Half human, Half Nosferatu

    5. Centaur - Half Human, Half Stallion

    6. Lycanthrope - Half Human, Half Wolf/Tiger

    7. Merfolk - Half Human, Half Aquatic

    8. Dragonfolk - Half Human/Elf, Half Wyvern

    9. Twice-Born - Galvanized Beings, Skeleton, Frankensense,

    10. Alchemic Alterations - Gryphons, Minotaurs, Chimeras, Centaurs, Lloth, Pumpkin Heads, etc etc

    Christianity: Proper Deity - None

    Virgo
    Nike
    Noah

    Judiasm/Islamic: Proper Deity - David

    Judist Iscariot
    Abraham
    Muhammed

    Hinduism: Proper Deity - Shiva

    Vishnu
    Brahma
    Bhirava

    Buddhism/Daoism: Proper Deity - Buddha

    Huang Laozi
    Confucious
    Zhang Daoling

    Paganism: Proper Deity - Odin

    Thor
    Freya
    Loki

    Neopaganism/Wicca: Proper Deity - Luna

    Brigit
    Aradia
    Diana

    LaVeyan/Satanism: Proper Deity - Lucifer

    Gabriel
    Bacchus
    Desdemona

    Sumerianism: Proper Deity - Gilgamesh

    Marduk
    Ashur
    An
    More information on any of these religions can be found on Wikipedia.​
  • Characters:


    Romelia(In Color) - The character with which the game starts. Undergoing the baptism of the Valkyrie at birth, she was destined to become a noble soldier from birth. Bearer of the Infinity Glaze and Imperial High Knight of the Esvium Order.

    Lukea(In Color) - A young girl from Les Villa Symphonia, one of Yggdrasil's Tears. She's poor, but has an unusual amount of potential and combatative ability. She has many strange marks on her body, including one resembling a crucifix.

    Sphen(In Color) - Half human, half elf. An abomination of life doomed to roam the world, unwelcomed by society. His origins are unbeknownst, even to him. He's wandered the land for decades, awaiting the time of his death to arise.

    Reamus - A soldier of the Lixus Army, Reamus is highly skilled, though greatly under matched. He demanded that he not be promoted, in order to see more action on the battle field. Though he is of elite status, he is still a mere pawn. He's always looking for the greatest challenge that would give his life, and his blade, meaning to persist.

    Pelewn - Pelewn is a rogue, wandering the outskirts of Abdera. He performed various odd jobs, saving the money to save his mother from a deadly illness. He's been out of his town for two years now, not even half way to his goal.

    Jim - Jim is venturing westward with Setsuna, posing as a couple of sisters. Though he seldom fights, his prowess with a gun is phenominal. The secrets that he and Setsuna share are not be revealed to anyone, as they'd vowed before they set off to venture westward.

    Setsuna - Jim's childhood and best friend. They've been through a lot together. Setsuna being from the far east has made childhood life considerably hard amongst the many middlers, though Jim was there through it all. After a tragedy at Setsuna and Jim's town, they vowed vengance on the perpetrator, setting off to the west.



    Besato - Not much is known about him, therefore not much is explained. The only solid fact about Besato is that he is one of the five demons who masterminded the war. Possibly the one who conjured the idea to begin with.

    Echidna - Possibly the spawn of all that's gone wrong in the war; On the human side, anyway. With so many children, she came into the war already having her own army. Her lair in Arima is widely known as a paradise for demons, but is heavily guarded with soldiers and various barriers. She seldom leaves her palace, still having many children.

    Typheous - Born of Gaia and Echidna's lover. He was simply caught in the middle of all the chaos, unaware of the happenings of the surface for over 300 years until Echidna had told him. Though he was furious to find out that Echidna was sending their children off to war from birth, he was content that she'd stayed with him. Though he swore not to get mixed in with these childish endevours, he vowed to protect Echidna no matter what.

    ?shma - The "Leader" of the 5 demons who'd conjured the war. His vast tomb, the Angra Mainyu, is said to contest with the power of even the celestial weapons. For 300 years he roamed the surfaces of the planet, recruiting creatures who had abandoned their fate. Cursed by the lands, these beings seemed to aimlessly and hopelessly succumb to ?ƒ?’†shma's will. His vast knowledge of the cons over pros on existance in general made people gape in awe at his presence. He currently resides in Talmud, weaving his nefarious plottings of the war.

    Lillith - Said to be ?ƒ?’†shma's lover, but they are seldom seen together. Though she has little involvment with the war, she daudles in her own mischevious affairs. She resides on the opposite side of the planet of her lover, making it so that she doesn't interfere unintentionally. Although she hasn't had any direct involvment in the war, her influences have definatly affected it greatly. Her reign over Ahriman has lasted long past several millenia, though she still dwells in the same, unaged Castle.

    Shemhazai - A fallen angel of the heavens, Shemhazai is one of the 5 who helped start the war. Though he's not a demon, he's had a great affect on the war. His legions of followers, known as the Grigori, have great destructive power. They were also known as womanizing peddlers, roaming the surface fornicating with mens daughters to give birth to a warrior race. The various guises of the Grigori are unbeknownst to those of the surface, being dealt with for centuries before the war. The various baptisms of brimstone and obsidian he'd conducted on these children marked them as his property. Only Shemhazai knew of the proper conducts of this ritual, making him one of the largest contributers to the war. He wanders the surface still, his men scattered about the regions.

    Ashtart - The last of the 5 who'd started the war. A rebellious godess of the who longed for nothing but war. She abandoned her life amongst her equals to persue what she loved so much. Her various followers accepted her as a descended deity and contributed to her sidings on the war, giving her a vast amount of reputation at the strat of the war. She's not hiden like the rest of the 5. She welcomes anyone that can kill her with open arms, though far be it for a mortal to kill a godess. Her rampages and pillages are wide spread and often feared, no matter which part of the surface it may be.
  • Screenshots:
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    This is not the end result. I plan on making it fully animated and lots cleaner. Thi is an older version of the CMS!! It more than likely won't look like this!!
  • Features:

    Original Content: Original character's, battlers, and enemies. Details and concepts drawn by me, Sasame Kiryu.
    Custom Menu System: An eight character menu system, made to hold each of the characters from each chapter.
    Open Ended Gameplay: I plan on making this game big, with multiple pathways. The things you do in one chapter WILL affect what you do in the next chapter.
    Custom Skill System (Pending): The Yggdrasil Chamber skill system allows for the player to interact more thoroughly in battle, timing their button presses to the timing of the guage.​
  • Script and Credits/Team:

    Scripts:
    - Zephren
    - Dargor
    Graphics credit:
    - Character Design by Sasame Kiryu
    Music
    -...Pending...
    Voices
    -...pending...

Please notify me of any typographical errors that you may see, as I don't like leaving something wrong once I've done it >_<

Need a spriter. Please, if someone would help me, it would be much appreciated. The sooner I get this baby done, the better. Post HERE if you would like to help.

Thank you very much.
 
Really? I didn't think there were many that enjoyed a good story every once in a while. I'll try posting some screens of the layout and getting the other characters' drawings posted as well.
 
Story is what amateur games are about. Though I'll really have to see more before saying yours is good. I'm probably very critical, that is correct, but you really have to come with more to impress me. Especially focus on originality, which you lack a bit.
 
LMAO. I knew someone would have an opinion like yours. The general overview of the game does seem to be quite cliche. I was just too afraid to reveal too much at once. I don't want anyone to know things that'll be revealed in the game. The premise isn't what the game is about, by the way. It's just how everything got started. I'm scanning some of the drawings I have now.
 
People always have that opinion if the given info lacks what "we" wish to see. There are always people who say awesome about everything they see, but know, there are relatively few people who's "awesome-comment" you can trust.
 
I've learned that already. I'm not so naive as to think everyone will tell me the truth about what I've done here. Everyone has their own opinion. I'm a big supporter of that. I don't mind that you don't think highly of my game just yet. Of course, I'm hoping to change your mind about that once the game gets done XD

I'm editing the first post with more pictures now ^^
 
You definitely need a bit more build up. Currently you just have a war going on, which doesn't really seem to have much of a reason besides to opposing forces not liking each other. Work on that a little bit more.

I like the drawings, but don't consider that as a influential compliment because I like anything that has a straight pose, considering the fact I can't draw worth shit.
 
LOL. Are you suggesting that I post a little more story? Because I don't mind very much. All I need to do is decide what to post. I can dance around what I don't want people to know failry easily.

What I'm really waiting for is someone to sprite my characters. I can't do anything without resources, and I don't mind using the default RMXP music, though having some custom tracks would be a nice plus.

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Yggdrasil is the link between Midgard(the mortal plain) and Valhalla(land of the gods). In this aspect, Yggdrasil is the link between life and it's supports. Yggdrasil is guarded by elves, seeing how elves are the offspring of midgard. But this is me just reciting what anyone would know about it.

Yggdrasil is a subtle detail in the story. It's purpose won't be revealed until the last chapter. ^^

I took a screenshot of the CMS I made for the game. It's awfully plain, but it's what I have. I'll post it ASAP.
 
This game will put a twist on a lot of religions and myths. It might even be considered a mess by some ;P but I think I've put this story together rather nicely. Being subtle isn't one of my strong points, so please excuse the blandness of the small peice of story I typed out.
 
Hey there.
Another religion based game. Hope yours fairs well then others. Anyway. Although I have read the story and posts which is a good thing, so far I see nothing that makes this game stand out. And you'll need it. Tell of some of these twists. Don't hold out on us.
I guess all in all i'll check back and wait to see what happens.
 
Sorry, but until someone can give me some nice sprites for my characters, and I can release a demo, I don't wanna reveal any story plot. Although, I wouldn't mind posting what happens in the demo I intend on releasing. I'll do that now.
 
Tales of Symphonia, I have that :D

I think the story looks quite good, it's hard to think of original stories really.... hmm well good luck I guess ^_^
 
XD Thanks lots. I made them myself ^^ Progress on this game is slow, as I'm trying to learn AND sprite at the same time X_X

Making a game all alone is hard...
 
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