Memories of Gaia (DEMO INSIDE!)

[hellhound]

BACKGROUND HISTORY
In the world of Terra, both were separated into two dimensions, Sky Terra, and Terra (Below Sky Terra), Years ago, There was an ancient civilization above the world of Sky Terra named Gaia, The world of Gaia and Sky Terra were Conflicted in a fierce battle, Sky Terra wanted to Take over Gaia into their own hands because of the Leader's Greed, the leader's name was Valent, a man full of nothing but Greed and selfishness, actually a man from Gaia, but was seeking vengeance upon the Gaians because of outcasting him from accidentally destroy the Grand Gaia (A Huge Tower of Gaia, source of Mana) With his experiments, now he raids Gaia with his army from Sky Terra by forming a deal with them, and had successfully taken Gaia... But the Inheritance of Gaians were they're Gaian Reincarnations, which enables them to be brought back to life after death, But some Gaians can't undergo Gaian Reincarnation, that only enables them to shift inside the dreams of any Gaians with Gaian Reincarnation inside them.

In Present times, now Terra is holding war against the Sky Terra for leaving them in danger below without the mana flow from Sky Terra to Terra, making some earth from Sky Terra fall below Terra, thus causing destruction to some lands.

STORY
There lived a young boy named Ivan at Western terra, Esune Town, since he was a baby he was left to an Old man at Esune town and was taken cared off and now became his Grandpa, He had always wanted to know who his parents were and even wanted to see them, but when he met Shalla at Bakuma Village, he knew that the day will change his life forever...

Characters

Spoiler: PLAYABLE CHARACTERS

IVAN- The main protagonist of the story, his mind is always advance to his goals, he's not always ready to give up what he had expected to do, he wants to know more things than knowing who his parents are. He's the main Attacker in the party.

ELYA- She is Ivan's Foster Cousin since Ivan was left to her grandpa, She is an innocent and kind hearted Girl, She's ready to follow any leads and get's respects from others and her Beauty will always charm some guys. She's a good early spellcaster in the party

SHALLA- A Girl from Bakuma Village, a tribal village, she's the serious type, but still a good friend from Elya, She uses her mysterious harp to bend her MANA, no one ever knew that she actually is a Gaian. A Good Attacker/Spellcaster of the party, she's only used a few times in the party.

TRINA- A Girl with a cute cat ears, she is one of the treasure hunter's guild at Greya Village, She hunts bounty everyday, she's joyfull. A Good Support Spellcaster of the party.

DUKE- A Guy from Greya village also one of the treasure hunters Guild, he is Trina's partner in the job, he's obsessed in cash so much, sometimes his greed can become a pain. A Great tanker/Attacker in the party.

ELENA- The Queen of Fangaea City she actually shows her Identity as a blonde and charming woman, but she actually is a greenhaired Mage, she has been the first one to make a portal through Sky Terra. The Main Spellcaster in the party.

KUIDO- An imp assistant of Elena, he was sent by Elena to Observe Sky Terra, but the Sky Terranians misunderstood his coming, and who knows what happens to him? A Good Agile Fighter of the party.

ZAYNE- A hotheaded guy from Sky Terra, he lended help to Ivan when they were having troubles entering a place. He's the Main Tanker of the party.

YUNA- A Daughter of the Queen of Sky Terra (Valentine) She is feeling pity towards her mother into what her mother has become, She is also able to summon Aeons just like her mother. the Main Summoner in the party.

ELIZABETH- A Woman from Ivan's dreams, she dresses a white Dress and has a blonde elegant hair, she was said to be a Gaian that has communicated in Ivan's dreams...no one knows what she's up to. A Good Buffer in the party.(She Doesn't appear as a player in this Long Demo!)

DEAN- Ivan's Bestfriend since childhood, they always go out in adventures everyday, He's not independent for himself, but he sooner realizes what Important MANA he has inside him. (He Doesn't appear as a player in this Long Demo!)

Spoiler: NPCs

GRANDPA ULDRICH- Ivan's foster Granparent, he adopted Ivan when Ivan was left in his front door as a baby, without knowing who left him.

MARTHA- Ivan's Annoying Maid, she is always self centered and lazy to do her chores even though she's a maid.

FERRICK- Queen Elena's Ex- Personal Assistant, he was the first one who knew anything of Queen Elena's magical secrets.

ALEXANDER- A Terranian professor that studies at Sky Terra.

Spoiler: ENEMY CHARS

MAGNA- A Monster plantation by the Sky Forces, programmed to annihilate Terra.

LOREN- A Captain from the Sky Terra's Sky forces, He's always trying to stop anyone who'll get in Operation MAGNA's way.

SKY FORCES SERGEANTS- Some tough individuals in the Sky forces, sergeants who's always messed up their works. RYLAI (Left) DERGE (Middle) FREYA (Right).

VLAD- the Sky Forces' most valuable Combatant and the most strongest, he attacked Terra before the MAGNA Even did.

VALENTINE- The Queen of Sky Terra, a greedy and wretched woman, they say she was once a kindhearted leader, no one knows what has gotten into her, she is now evil and the source of torment and torture. Main Antagonist?

Spoiler: SCREENSHOTS

AUTHOR's NOTES
There's still some bugs you can see in some maps at Greya and the Forest before Greya, I'll fix that soon, I hope, and Press "D" in worldmaps to enter a menu where you can "CAMP", "See HINTS" and "RTAB Config", please feel free to give critics, especially at the story, I kinda felt it was bad when I had written it. Well anyway, I hope you all enjoy it, it's 200 plus MB, I know it's big! but don't worry, it's a long game, 3 hours long, and since my RMXp's Encrypted archieve doesn't work well without the graphics, I just added the Graphics Folder in the Game, so it means you can use some resources I used in my game, only give credits to the resources I made that you'll use, thankyou!

FEATURES-Estimated of 3 Hours of Gameplay
-You can see monsters in the maps, so you can avoid battles if you want
-Costume Sub Menu At Worldmaps by pressing "D"
-Animated Battlesystem w/RTAB
-Few Costumely made Animated battlers by me (most by Dollmage, Skie, GR)
-Cool particle RTP animations remake by Mascaporne
-MOG Costume Menu System Set
-Plot twist? (I don't even know what it means, just feels like it's in)
-Lots of Towns to explore with new Items/Weapons/Armors each shops

Spoiler: Credits

Me (Hellhound)
MOG
GOZARU
Minkoff
Duvverman
Ccoa
Axerax
White ties
Dollmage
Skie Fortress
Green raven
Sithjester
StrawberryQuartz
Mascaporne
Arion
Nouman
Final Fantasy
Threads of fate
Grandia
Tales of Eternia
Breath of Fire
Enterbrain

Spoiler: DOWNLOAD

HUGE DEMO!

 

[Nachos]

The first thing I see in a game are the maps. The mapping is the atmosphere and the place for the story, so it HAS to be good.
There are some wierd things with your mapping. ie: too empy maps or you used common tiles where you should use an autotile.

The game looks pretty good. With its 3 hours of gameplay, the whole story and that battlesystem, it seems it can provide a lot fun. :thumb:

 

[hellhound]

Heya, thanks for the critic about the mappings, I knew I should Have worled on my maps, maybe that's why I used Nouman's and Arion;s maps to practice too,
And I'll upload the 3 hours Game maybe next week, just wait... ^^

 

[moog]

idk, some of your maps look great and some look tacky and awful. theres also a bad distinction between contrast and brightness in a couple. the story seems overly generic and "been there done that".

"gaia" and "terra" and a boy wishing to find a lost etc seems all played out imo. also in your 4th ss, the enemies tend to blend into the backdrop pretty easily.

 

[hellhound]

Yeah, I know Terra and gaia are generic, but I did it on porpuse, Thinking no other names for worlds and such, and I'm not sure if maybe I made the enemies Translucent at the 4th SS, but thanks for pointing them out, maybe I use some less generic names next time. ^_^

 

[dadevvtsvre]

Maybe you should've waited until you had a demo before posting in the Completed Games section, hmm? :smile:

First thing I notice is the title screen. (That is the title screen, is it not?) Get some new graphics and don't use Moghunter's trees and leaves. It doesn't have to be too complicated or hard, just at least get something original.

As nachito mentioned, you've misused a lot of your autotiles. In the world map, the deep water autotile and the shallow water autotile don't go together, they need a medium depth autotile to transition them. And in the second last screenshot, there is no border between the cement and the grass. Also, how trees grow out of cement?

You should get some new battlers or character sets, or at least change the hair, because the battler for Ivan doesn't match his character set. It's nothing big, but little details like this can give different impressions of a game.

There's more to comment on but it'd be better with a demo. Hopefully I can get some critique when it comes.

 

[hellhound]

I don't think I'll change the titlescreen for now, but hopefully if I change my mind. ^^

And... Gosh, your right about the grass in the cement! How could I have been so foolish, what an embarassment...

and In the battlers, I know it doesn't match the charset, but I just thought to make it look like Reid in Tales of Eternia where his color in the portrait is not as right as his charset and battler, so much for that Thanks for the advice also about the mappings. ^_^

The demo will be up in a week, that's why I posted it.

 

[moog]

If the demo will be up in a week then there is no need to prematurely post it in the completed section.

 

[hellhound]

Your right, but it's posted, so that's that. ^^ and the demo will be up this sunday.

 

[Luminier]

I'll move it back once you've posted your demo.

 

[hellhound]

No prob! Thanks! ^_^

EDIT:Aplogize for posting in the wrong section w/out a demo, promise won't happen again. ^^

 

[Nickster]

your story sounds really similar to "Tales of Symphonia." just FYI.

 

[hellhound]

Idk, I haven't even had played Tales of symphonia, but coincidence? and by the way, demo will be up after 2 hours I'm still uploading.

EDIT:

Oops, sorry for the inconvinience but Media fire failed to upload the game, and (sigh) the game can't be downloadable today, sorry, we're gonna wait another week, since I only go to internet cafe's every sunday, I'm very very sorry!! and here's a proof on how it failed:

It just said the connection failed, and suddenly stopped uploading. hope i won;t get flamed...

 

[Joy]

Definitely work on those maps. Seems like you're suffering from too-big-itis. Try making your maps only big enough to hold all the required items/buildings and having only one or two tiles wide of walking space. even castles don't have that much floor room. I think of all tiles as about one square meter, so that bedroom is 28x33 feet..talk about big. Bigger than some houses.

Also..that seems like a great big mouthfull of story and characters to shove into just three hours.

 

[Amos36]

Looks cool. Mapping can be worked upon. Story isn't too stereotypical. I like it! Keep it up!

 

[Dissonance]

Yeah, I know Terra and gaia are generic, but I did it on porpuse, Thinking no other names for worlds and such, and I'm not sure if maybe I made the enemies Translucent at the 4th SS, but thanks for pointing them out, maybe I use some less generic names next time. ^_^

if all you're looking to do is translate 'earth' into other languages don't use latin or greek.

nordic - Jorden
various eastern european languages - Ziemia
chinese - Die Qao

Be original.

 

[hellhound]

Joy- Lol, my maps do suck since I used some maps that aren't mine. and by the way the story is long because the 3 hour game is only a demo, I would make it last 24 hours gameplay if I can, this summer. ^^

Amos36- Thanks man! glad you liked it! ^^

Dissonance- wow! I agree on you completely, should have thought of that fro the start! but thanks! ^_^

To all- will someone help me or direct me to a good uploading site!! Mediafire keeps on giving me problems uploading the game!

 

[Itachi Senpai]

This game looks cool :grin:
Whens the demo goin to be ready?
You could try rapid share to upload

 

[hellhound]

Thanks for the interest! Rapidshare? I heard it's not free, are there any fast and free file sharing sites too? Thanks! ^_^

 

[RPGS]

Or try Filefront ! The limit of your project must be uner 128MB though