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Mercenary

All right, I have been making this game for some months, and I think it is ready to be presented. Two things, first:
1. English isn't my first language, but I have tried my best.
2. This is my first serious project, so have mercy. :)


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Soon after the death of a king Alexander Alcadius II and disappearance of Dante, the kingdom of Alcadia started to split. Mayor Logar of the Sheref, the only descendant of Dante and the great warrior Leonidas both begun to gather resources, money, and men. The people started to follow these strong individuals, followers of the Dante and scientists started to serve Logar, while conservative wizards begun to work for Leonidas. Two factions started to emerge.

First hostilities started at 1790, when first riots started between zealots of Dante and wizards. Followers of the Dante (among the scientists) wanted to stop the over-usage of magical energies, as it would disrupt the Harmony, thus leading into a catastrophe.
The wizards thought it was nonsense. The magic had been used for hundreds of years, and nothing disastrous hade never happened.

Riots and disagreements lead into anger, which lead into persecutions on both sides.
Finally during the year of 1791, hatred between forces of Logar and Leonidas raged out of control in a bitter civil war, two factions finally came in form, the empire of Sheref and the kingdom of Igosia, each claiming it should be them, who would rule the Alcadia.

The war lasted for several years, until both sides had exhausted their armies, money and resources. A brittle truce was formed between Igosia and Sheref, but the anger between their people had not been settled.

Now, one war has ended, and the next is about to begin. Both sides, empire of Sheref and kingdom of Igosia, furtively study their opponent and sharpen their blades in secret, unaware of third side that stalks in the land of Alcadia…

After the civil war which split the country of Alcadia into Sheref and Igosia, nobleman Jacob with his family found their hometown destroyed by the war. Being the leader of the town, but without enough money, Jacob borrowed desperately money from a secretive man known as Lazar who he met during the war.

Soon, after the rebuilding of the town, Jacob realized that the war in Alcadia was far from over. There had been minor skirmishes, assassinations and plotting between the sides, making the situation very restlessness.

With the next war coming soon, Jacob wants his wife and newborn son to leave the country, and sail to safe, far away continent of Belbol. The only problem is that they have no money, and are heavily debt-ridden to Lazar.

Lazar will forget the Jacob’s debts and pay the costs that are needed for the trip to Belbol, but only if he becomes his hired servant for long time.
So, Jacob has only one way to pay his debts and buy the safety of his family: the way of mercenary.

Jacob Fastel (main character)
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Jacob is a friendly and polite person, who loves his wife and son. He doesn’t like to be a mercenary, but he knows that it is the only way to pay his debts to Lazar.Jacob doesn’t trust Lazar, because he only knows so little about him and his organization.

Lazar Salaris (non-playable)
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b303/ ... /Lazar.png[/IMG]
Leader of an unknown organization. Lazar is confident and honest, a born leader.
Jacob met him during the civil war, when Lazar was a local arms dealer for the empire of Sheref.

Felicia
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An agent of Belbol, who is sent to spy the both countries of Alcadia. Cocky and selfish, Felicia thinks she’s the best and because of that, she despises weakness deep within her mind.

Bill Raveh
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Relaxed and optimistic, Bill is a former officer of the empire of Sheref.
After the war Bill saw his beautiful farm destroyed, and he hit the bottle.
While in drunk, he caused severe damage to his army, and was exiled as a punishment.

Lilth
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Formerly peaceful Lilth is now grouchy, though straightforward alchemist. Because of the accident, Lilth is now green skinned and ugly woman with red eyes. Therefore, Lilth has endured lot of disdain and hate, and it has made him cold and suspicious.

Brian Walheart
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b303/ ... /Brian.png[/IMG]
Metamorph wizard Brian is an eager young man, who would be more than happy to take part in a good old adventure with lots of action. However, right now he’s just stuck in an herbal shop with his druidic uncle.

Jonathan Selgard
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b303/ ... nathan.png[/IMG]
Sensitive man, who is afraid to be near others. Jonathan is a lesser vampire, who lost his big brother because of his cowardice.

Ken Naradas
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b303/ ... er/Ken.png[/IMG]
An anihuman, who is slightly pacifist. Ken served in the civil war as a swordsman of Igosia, but because the tactical mistake made by Igosian generals, many of his kinsmen were lost, including his father. He now hates war and doesn’t want to take any part of it.

Stanley Galdown
http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b303/ ... tanley.png[/IMG]
A priest of Dante and somewhat racist. Stanley hates all anihumans. Because of them, Stanley’s father was thrown into a prison and was executed.


I know, pretty much characters, but you only meet some of them during the plotline. Others are optional to get.

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Current title screen made by Kuidon.

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The world map so far.

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Yes, the game uses RTAB, along with skills that use items, multiequip and skill requirements.

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Alchemist Lilth, polite as always.

- Advanced Time System by Near Fantastica
- Trickster's Mission System
- Many sidequests, as the game focuses primarily on them.
- More than 12 towns & places to visit
- Altough graphics are RTP, there will be no RTP music.
- Crafting script by Deke
- Nearly all characters will be optional, so the game wont focuse on them too much. However, there will be special events and cutscenes that enlight the charaters and their backround.

 
Well, it seems stupid, but actually she's standing in front of the tent.
It is probably because of the Jacob's hat and Lilth black outfit, take a closer look :)
 
Moved to Project Discussion. Wanted to say that your English is very good. The main character sprite could use some work, but it's mainly the hat. I do think it's worth the effort because the player has to look at it the whole game.
 
the hat's perspective is not right, which makes things look weird.
it's too..."side-view" when things have more of a top down perspective.
compare Jacob and Lilth's hats and you'll see
 
great job. I like how you have used the in game resorse. you seem to be very organized. keep up the good work; i hope to play the demo soon.
 
Thanks, right now I'm gonna get rid of that Jacob's hat and change Lazar's face and sprite.

As for demo, I'm not very sure about it. In the game, you can visit every town from the very beginning, so it's like creating a demo about Fallout 2.
 
Patience, Kingwalrus. This thread is a mere 10-days old, very few people have probably even looked at this.

You're best bet right now, is to update when you can but focus on making the game rather than tending to this thread. I guarentee you, this project will recieve a lot more attention after you release something. Most people don't post in every topic they read; keep that in mind.

Now on to the topic at hand. None of the characters really stand out to me. Perhaps you should try to make them more interesting?
You never tell us which side the characters are on; what country are they from? Why are the two factions about to go to war again? Isn't that a little cliche?

What type of game is this? Tell us why this game will be worth our time. You should do something to make this game really stand out if you want to make it good. Story is secondary to gameplay - remember that.

I can't say much else as there is no playable material. Work hard on the game, I look forward to playing it. ^_^
 
Well, you are right. I have been a bit too impatient -_- .
I think, I will try to make a demo of this game to show some playable material, and update this topic with more information about two factions.
As for charachters, I really don't know how to make them more interesting, but I'll try my best.

And about the game, well I first planned to make this really non-linear like fallout and elder scrolls series, but soon I think it would be a bit too challenging to make it look good, so I deciced to make it more linear.
So, right now this is going to be somewhat linear game with lots of freedom, like sidequests ect.

I'll try to get that short demo ready, and improve this project as you said. :)
 

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