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This it it, everyone! The entire finished game. Only took six and a half years.
This is meant to be a complete collection of all the arcs, so "New Game" will put you in Arc I. However, ArtBane has taken great pains to make sure save files from previous versions of the game are compatible. So if you still have your file from when you completed Arc VI or the revision package (which had a section of Arc VII in it), you're good!
Estimated Length (Total Game): 25+ hours
File size: approx. 500 MB (apologies in advance to those with slow connections...)
Welcome! For those new to this project, Master of the Wind is a superhero game which takes place in the fantasy world of Solest. It is a story told in six chapters, referred to as "arcs." (You know...like story arcs. It makes sense once you think about it a bit)
Cade Mistral and his best friend, a skeleton named "Bones," work as armor merchants in the beautiful seaside town of Port Arianna. Unbeknownst to the townsfolk, Cade also protects them as the spear-wielding wind mage known as Shroud. Bones joins him as Stoic, a mighty undead warrior who has lived through roughly one thousand years of history.
The story begins with our heroes keeping their fellow citizens safe from smaller threats like robbers or the occasional vampire. However, when larger and more organized foes begin to descend on their humble home, our heroes realize they are in for more than they bargained for. They will have to make new friends, confront deadly foes, and travel all over the world to deliver justice once and for all.
Main Characters
Cade Mistral/Shroud: Born to a family inherently skilled in wind magic, Cade Mistral is a passionate and highly principled person. After years of wandering alone, he treasures his friends and his job as an armor merchant in Port Arianna. When the town is in danger, he grabs his spear and readies his wind magic, becoming the crime fighter known as Shroud.
Bones/Stoic: Though he goes by the name "Bones" in Port Arianna, Stoic the skeleton has lived through about one thousand years of history. He is a deeply private individual, but shares Cade's quest to keep those around him safe from harm. He also has quite a temper, and enemies tend to fear him a bit more than Shroud.
Finley Donner/The Baron: Cade and Bones's next door neighbor is the ultimate "straight shooter." The combination of his earnest honesty and complete lack of manners can often prove explosive. However, Finley can sometimes display a surprising amount of insight, and may find his true calling as "The Baron."
Auburn Iliaca: A free-spirited bodyguard who catches Cade's eye when she struts into the shop one day. Beneath her charm and confidence lies a warrior's resolve, but she makes no secret of her desire for a less violent lifestyle.
Laurel Hargrove: A young telepath being groomed to lead her hometown of Boreal. She joins our heroes in a battle against the villainous Ember Mages, though her modest dignity contrasts sharply with the loud and strong personalities of the others.
Bubba: An aging kobold bearing both physical and emotional scars from the days of Gallia. He's a severe alcoholic, which makes him a source of comic relief for his friends, but what cost has it taken on him? His combat skills have not left him, and he is a formidable opponent, sober or not.
Gino Toro: A local blacksmith who designs weapons for Shroud and Stoic. This gentle lover of nature is the only person who knows their true identities.
Andau:An embittered vampire who makes a habit of terrorizing Port Arianna's citizens. Shortly after Shroud and Stoic became a team and pledged to protect the town, Andau emerged as one of their first true enemies. He is quite the escape artist, which proves frustrating to our heroes.
Don Kovak: The owner of Equipment King. He moves into a huge mansion on Blue Tide Estates while trying to endear himself to the citizens of Port Arianna. Given the threat he poses to Torto's Shop, Cade and Bones are hardly his biggest fans. Kovak is a master of public relations, however, and will not be easy to expose.
Vec: Kovak's assistant. Many are fooled by his dull personality, but that hides both a cunning mind and impressive battle skills. He also serves as one of the primary mediators between Kovak and The Hand.
Cole Marin: A proud, driven historian who has had a life-long love of digging up dirt. A child during the reign of Gallia, he vowed to use his knowledge to keep them from rising again any way he could. To that end, he went undercover within The Hand for a full year, absorbing information that he later printed in a manuscript as yet unpublished. He remains in hiding, but when our heroes finally manage to contact him, he has some very interesting facts for them.
Ketsu: The leader of the mysterious cult known as The Hand of Arcadius. He often intimidates others by remaining eerily calm and composed, even while angry. The full scope of his plan is unknown, but for the moment he prefers to remain in the background as his subordinates carry out the early stages of it.
Danika: One of the Hand's top three officers. Danika is a lightning mage as well as a skilled illusionist. The deaths of some of her comrades have placed more responsibility on her, though Ketsu is careful to keep her fierce personality in check.
Gabriella Robin: A proud student of the Sacred River Monastery. She is very skilled in holy magic, but discovered the limits of her abilities after a disastrous battle with Stoic. She and Cade become unlikely allies and her true priorities are revealed.
Sparrow: After a lethal battle at Fort Drake, Sparrow became Shroud's most feared enemy. On the rare occasions that he appears, he strikes quickly and with a ruthless efficiency. His true identity is still unknown, though clues may be found in his strange abilities.
Touten Corps: Led by the former orc general Cyneric, the Toutens are a gang of thieves whose membership is composed of non-humans displaced by the now defunct Gallian Empire. They take a very traditional approach to their mischief ("honest dishonesty" if you will) and Cade has a history with them.
Some Arc V screens!
Master of the Wind has kept the RRRB fairly busy. Flash has reviewed four of the arcs and those write-ups can be found here. Also, a long time ago we got a "T" (Teen) rating from them, if anyone's interested in that.
For anyone having trouble with puzzles in Arc I, here is the strategy guide by The Darklord/Falcon. Guides for Arcs II, III and IV are in development.
If you want to check out a few more screenshots from Arc III or see other random MotW stuff, definitely check out our site.
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Master of the Wind - Arc III
Master of the Wind - Arc IV
How many arcs are planned?
Seven
So who does what?
ArtBane and I conceived the story together, and I write all the dialogue. ArtBane manages all aspects of the game's design, such as battles, items, dealing with scripts, and various other technical details. He also creates the elaborate dungeons you might have heard of...
In terms of mapping, we tend to split it evenly. I take care of most scenes heavy on story, and he maps all the dungeons himself. Though we have been known to mix it up from time to time.
Who does the battlers?
The battlers come from the extremely talented artist Enkur.
Who does the sprites?
Well, we use a wide variety of RTP-style sprites from various artists, all of whom can be found in the credits. The custom sprites designed exclusively for MotW are the work of Despain, ArtBane and Enkur.
The faces are pretty inconsistent!
Trust us, we know. We plan to have original faces at some point, but that's a big project we probably should have gotten out of the way earlier since the cast only gets larger with each arc. We've tried to find decent placeholders for the time being, but they are by no means permanent. We just didn't want to hold up MotW any longer than we already have!
Tell me more about those faces.
Thanks for the interest! Currently Enkur is on hand to draw the faces of the major characters, while Raven the Dark Angel has already begun to supply us with some great faces for the supporting cast. This face thing is still very much a work in progress....we always say we'll have it out for the next arc, but there's no guarantees. One day we'll have them....one day.
I can't craft anything!
To craft equipment, you'll need recipes for all the various items. Starting with Arc III, each town will have a shop where you can read recipes on how to make some new stuff. Be thorough! There are also many hidden recipes out in the wild...
Hey, I found a bug...
Good to know. Generally we prefer to hear about bugs via PM, but you can post it in the thread if you must (actually, if it's a game-ending bug, it's good to get the word out). Either way, make sure you provide details on where exactly the problem is or it's harder for us to fix it.
I don't want to start all over! Can I use my save file from the last arc?
Yes, you can! Simpy copy and paste your save file into Arc III's "saves" folder and it will work. Only save files where Arc II has been totally finished (as in, you watched the credits) are going to work.
I hit F12 to restart the game and it crashed on me! What's going on?
Don't hit F12. It screws up one of the scripts. If you want to restart the game, just close it and open it up again.
Tell me who Sparrow is! I won't tell anyone else, I promise.
Sorry, not happening.
Seven
So who does what?
ArtBane and I conceived the story together, and I write all the dialogue. ArtBane manages all aspects of the game's design, such as battles, items, dealing with scripts, and various other technical details. He also creates the elaborate dungeons you might have heard of...
In terms of mapping, we tend to split it evenly. I take care of most scenes heavy on story, and he maps all the dungeons himself. Though we have been known to mix it up from time to time.
Who does the battlers?
The battlers come from the extremely talented artist Enkur.
Who does the sprites?
Well, we use a wide variety of RTP-style sprites from various artists, all of whom can be found in the credits. The custom sprites designed exclusively for MotW are the work of Despain, ArtBane and Enkur.
The faces are pretty inconsistent!
Trust us, we know. We plan to have original faces at some point, but that's a big project we probably should have gotten out of the way earlier since the cast only gets larger with each arc. We've tried to find decent placeholders for the time being, but they are by no means permanent. We just didn't want to hold up MotW any longer than we already have!
Tell me more about those faces.
Thanks for the interest! Currently Enkur is on hand to draw the faces of the major characters, while Raven the Dark Angel has already begun to supply us with some great faces for the supporting cast. This face thing is still very much a work in progress....we always say we'll have it out for the next arc, but there's no guarantees. One day we'll have them....one day.
I can't craft anything!
To craft equipment, you'll need recipes for all the various items. Starting with Arc III, each town will have a shop where you can read recipes on how to make some new stuff. Be thorough! There are also many hidden recipes out in the wild...
Hey, I found a bug...
Good to know. Generally we prefer to hear about bugs via PM, but you can post it in the thread if you must (actually, if it's a game-ending bug, it's good to get the word out). Either way, make sure you provide details on where exactly the problem is or it's harder for us to fix it.
I don't want to start all over! Can I use my save file from the last arc?
Yes, you can! Simpy copy and paste your save file into Arc III's "saves" folder and it will work. Only save files where Arc II has been totally finished (as in, you watched the credits) are going to work.
I hit F12 to restart the game and it crashed on me! What's going on?
Don't hit F12. It screws up one of the scripts. If you want to restart the game, just close it and open it up again.
Tell me who Sparrow is! I won't tell anyone else, I promise.
Sorry, not happening.
Major Announcement!
With the advent of RPG Maker VX, we suddenly have an opportunity to bring Master of the Wind closer to the totally cartoonish world we initially planned! You see in our original vision, Shroud and Stoic were much more...SQUARE like. Now, since everything new is good by definition, we have the opportunity to realize this by re-creating the 20+ hours of gameplay we've already crafted onto a BRAND NEW ENGINE! Moving forward? Pff. Redoing stuff we already worked hard on to satisfy rapidly changing trends....there's the rub. Here's a screenshot we've crafted to show off the new greatness.
Also, our new title screen, which is no way inspired by any other RPG series.
More screenshots and images to follow!!
With the advent of RPG Maker VX, we suddenly have an opportunity to bring Master of the Wind closer to the totally cartoonish world we initially planned! You see in our original vision, Shroud and Stoic were much more...SQUARE like. Now, since everything new is good by definition, we have the opportunity to realize this by re-creating the 20+ hours of gameplay we've already crafted onto a BRAND NEW ENGINE! Moving forward? Pff. Redoing stuff we already worked hard on to satisfy rapidly changing trends....there's the rub. Here's a screenshot we've crafted to show off the new greatness.
Also, our new title screen, which is no way inspired by any other RPG series.
More screenshots and images to follow!!
