Hi guys 
I couldn't decide if I wanted to put it into the more serious subforum, since it's my very first project. Anyway, it's here for now and I'm using a mix of self-made stuff, stuff from others and self-remixed stuff. I will move if it's the wrong place.
Level: well I started using the RPG XP about 1 month ago...
- scripting: able to alter stuff and script windows and scenes.
- spriting: reeeally bad xD
- music: 0
- story writing: I'm a writer by heart, it's slow but I always have ideas
- eventing: not a total beginner but close
I guess what I want to learn is how to make a game that people like, and how to use all available means for it. Later on (muuuuch later) I'll have to create my own ressources.
Presenting you…
Myriads of Dawns
* I don't take any credits on story ideas that others had before me (though I didn't use their ideas on purpose, I mostly worked out my story and feature ideas on intuition)
Story:
A long long time ago there was a great war. Sorcerers, who were revered as healers, were called to battle, it was that terrible. They did many great and awful deeds on the battlefield. After the war though their former admirers shied away from them in fear and distaste. They went into a self-imposed exile where they stayed. But new conflicts started when the only place they could find was the threshold to another dimension, inhabited by other humanoids and beings. When magic started to grow even in ordinary humans and some managed to find them, Anulo Rasa helped the human sorcerers by building the White Tower, a guardian building and much more.
Faith strands in this secret community, and after a certain incident her stubborn ways prompt her to stay there for the moment. After passing the test she is an official member of the Academy. The Academy is comparable to a very loose high school. There are courses, but you don’t have to attend them. You only have to pass the tests. Some students will try to recruit you for their clubs. Some clubs hide special stuff that will come in handy, others are just for fun.
Species:
Characters:
I finally managed to sprite some, not totally from scratch though ^.^ Please don't download and don't use for your own games. Clothes and more unique details will be added soon.
Credits to the creators of FaceMaker 3.2, Hapuriainen and Anime Character Creator v.2
UNDER CONSTRUCTION, BIOS COMING SOON
Boss Monster:
Cerberus
It is Kimin's pet and very aggressive.
& more...
Screenshots & Teasers:
Change your equip and this happens:
Now on to the screenies. I really need tips on those :x
Features:
Credits:
Enterbrain : Programm & RTP
Blizzard: Tons of Addons
Enu: Battle System
Near Fantastica : Light Script
Sprite_Ombre : Shadow Script
Mr Wiggles : Alchemy Script
Hermes: Message Script
Reaper Phoenix: Equipment Changer, Quest Log
SephirothSpawn : for introducing me to slanted bars
LOS : some monsters and weapons
Mack: Sprites and some Tiles
& more people to credit UPDATING SOON, must finish compiling the list first!
Soundtrack:
-
Eventing, mapping and storywriting is completely done by me.
Team: Me (but I won’t oppose if someone wants to join me)
Constructive criticism is asked for and very needed!
I couldn't decide if I wanted to put it into the more serious subforum, since it's my very first project. Anyway, it's here for now and I'm using a mix of self-made stuff, stuff from others and self-remixed stuff. I will move if it's the wrong place.
Level: well I started using the RPG XP about 1 month ago...
- scripting: able to alter stuff and script windows and scenes.
- spriting: reeeally bad xD
- music: 0
- story writing: I'm a writer by heart, it's slow but I always have ideas
- eventing: not a total beginner but close
I guess what I want to learn is how to make a game that people like, and how to use all available means for it. Later on (muuuuch later) I'll have to create my own ressources.
Presenting you…
Myriads of Dawns
* I don't take any credits on story ideas that others had before me (though I didn't use their ideas on purpose, I mostly worked out my story and feature ideas on intuition)
Story:
A long long time ago there was a great war. Sorcerers, who were revered as healers, were called to battle, it was that terrible. They did many great and awful deeds on the battlefield. After the war though their former admirers shied away from them in fear and distaste. They went into a self-imposed exile where they stayed. But new conflicts started when the only place they could find was the threshold to another dimension, inhabited by other humanoids and beings. When magic started to grow even in ordinary humans and some managed to find them, Anulo Rasa helped the human sorcerers by building the White Tower, a guardian building and much more.
Faith strands in this secret community, and after a certain incident her stubborn ways prompt her to stay there for the moment. After passing the test she is an official member of the Academy. The Academy is comparable to a very loose high school. There are courses, but you don’t have to attend them. You only have to pass the tests. Some students will try to recruit you for their clubs. Some clubs hide special stuff that will come in handy, others are just for fun.
Species:
Humanoids
Human – their strongest suit is loyalty and sheer stubbornness. Otherwise they don’t have much significance in the magical dimension.
Etery – they don’t need air to survive. They are awfully smart, being able to consciously make use of more than 10% of their brain (unlike humans). Most go into business and politics.
Frena – they always have green eyes. They are nearly immortal. There are almost no pure blooded Frena known. They are hated and feared and depicted as dark and blood thirsty (see story piece: at the frena’s). The oldest Frena go back many 1000 of years.
Winlo – also called the sorcerers of the air. They always have unlimited magical reserves. Usually they are nomads. In the south they are dragon tamers.
Reptiles
Dragon – they have a strong hierarchy. The arch dragons are very intelligent and able to shape shift, while the lower classes can’t. The lowest class is used as pets by Humanoids.
Human – their strongest suit is loyalty and sheer stubbornness. Otherwise they don’t have much significance in the magical dimension.
Etery – they don’t need air to survive. They are awfully smart, being able to consciously make use of more than 10% of their brain (unlike humans). Most go into business and politics.
Frena – they always have green eyes. They are nearly immortal. There are almost no pure blooded Frena known. They are hated and feared and depicted as dark and blood thirsty (see story piece: at the frena’s). The oldest Frena go back many 1000 of years.
Winlo – also called the sorcerers of the air. They always have unlimited magical reserves. Usually they are nomads. In the south they are dragon tamers.
Reptiles
Dragon – they have a strong hierarchy. The arch dragons are very intelligent and able to shape shift, while the lower classes can’t. The lowest class is used as pets by Humanoids.
Characters:
I finally managed to sprite some, not totally from scratch though ^.^ Please don't download and don't use for your own games. Clothes and more unique details will be added soon.
Credits to the creators of FaceMaker 3.2, Hapuriainen and Anime Character Creator v.2
Main
Name: Faith; nickname: many, kudos to altair
Age: 15
Race: Human
Class: Academy Student
About: a bit bitchy and sarcastic, but has a good heart. She is responsible. Her mother has remarried and ignores her unless attention is really neccessary since she can remember. Adapts fast.
Name: Sera Klymre
Age: 16
Race: Human/Frena
Class: Academy Student
About: loves to read and is generally the voice of reason. Is romantically involved with Altair. Can be very jealous.
Name: Altair Leroy; nickname: Sunkist
Age: 16
Race: Human
Class: Academy Student
About: sickenly optimistic, can joke in the most dangerous situations thus breaking the tension or aggravating it even more; has lots of friends but isn’t really close to anyone. The headmaster is his father.
Name: Euros Nox
Age: 16
Race: Human/Frena
Class: Academy Student
About: the dreamy distant look on his face is a mask that he uses to appear unassuming. He is one of the major enemies, though at times it will appear not so. there are some scenes that will make him seem harmless and emotional. His father is a frena, his mother was a human. His goal is to chase away the wizards who didn’t grow up in their community and stop them from coming and learning of them altogether. He has a funny rival/friendship with altair, since there is no being with heart who could stay altair’s enemy.
Name: Libra Emerald
Age: 24
Class: Herbology Teacher
Race: Human/Wood Sprite “They come out every 100 years to dance with human men.”
Bio: you will find the story pretty boring if I tell you everything
[Pic]
Name: Rayna Asymedes
Age: 19
Class: Academy Graduate, Librarian
Race: Etery
Bio: She is the daughter of a prominent figure in the wizard community. But she prefers being ordinary and thus became a librarian instead of the big personality her family envisioned her to become.
Important NPC or Enemies
Name: Eston Asymedes
Age: 41
Class: Council Member
Race: Etery
Bio: Father of Rayna. He is fighting for the side that wants to allow outsiders to come as long as they have magic. Ally of the headmaster.
Name: Apollo Nox
Age: 25
Class: Council Member
Bio: Euro’s elder brother. He is the strongest opponent (has the most power) of outsiders and is the leader of Maldre Mogum, owner of the white tower.
Name: Artemis Nox
Age: 25
Class: Ministry Employee
Bio: Apollo’s wife. A strong personality and very smart, but is also hard to convince of things. She is fair though and is the one to ready the official agreement that outsiders who can’t reach a certain level until a certain time limit will be robbed of their memories and sent away. The rest has to stay.
Name: Quen Leroy
Age: 38
Race: Human
Class: Headmaster
Bio: Though his magical and sometimes social skills aren’t that great, he is a natural leader and strategist. After the last Great War he decided to found a school that is open to everyone, thus creating The Academy. Opponent of Maldre Mogum.
Name: Tensey Malecin
Age: unknown
Race: unknown
Class: unknown
Bio: An androgynous appearing figure who appears here and there, always introducing him/herself with a weird name or another. And he/she always gives the heroes some odd predictions. (see Pet Shop -> “you never know what will hit you.”)
Name: Faith; nickname: many, kudos to altair
Age: 15
Race: Human
Class: Academy Student
About: a bit bitchy and sarcastic, but has a good heart. She is responsible. Her mother has remarried and ignores her unless attention is really neccessary since she can remember. Adapts fast.
Name: Sera Klymre
Age: 16
Race: Human/Frena
Class: Academy Student
About: loves to read and is generally the voice of reason. Is romantically involved with Altair. Can be very jealous.
Name: Altair Leroy; nickname: Sunkist
Age: 16
Race: Human
Class: Academy Student
About: sickenly optimistic, can joke in the most dangerous situations thus breaking the tension or aggravating it even more; has lots of friends but isn’t really close to anyone. The headmaster is his father.
Name: Euros Nox
Age: 16
Race: Human/Frena
Class: Academy Student
About: the dreamy distant look on his face is a mask that he uses to appear unassuming. He is one of the major enemies, though at times it will appear not so. there are some scenes that will make him seem harmless and emotional. His father is a frena, his mother was a human. His goal is to chase away the wizards who didn’t grow up in their community and stop them from coming and learning of them altogether. He has a funny rival/friendship with altair, since there is no being with heart who could stay altair’s enemy.
Name: Libra Emerald
Age: 24
Class: Herbology Teacher
Race: Human/Wood Sprite “They come out every 100 years to dance with human men.”
Bio: you will find the story pretty boring if I tell you everything
[Pic]
Name: Rayna Asymedes
Age: 19
Class: Academy Graduate, Librarian
Race: Etery
Bio: She is the daughter of a prominent figure in the wizard community. But she prefers being ordinary and thus became a librarian instead of the big personality her family envisioned her to become.
Important NPC or Enemies
Name: Eston Asymedes
Age: 41
Class: Council Member
Race: Etery
Bio: Father of Rayna. He is fighting for the side that wants to allow outsiders to come as long as they have magic. Ally of the headmaster.
Name: Apollo Nox
Age: 25
Class: Council Member
Bio: Euro’s elder brother. He is the strongest opponent (has the most power) of outsiders and is the leader of Maldre Mogum, owner of the white tower.
Name: Artemis Nox
Age: 25
Class: Ministry Employee
Bio: Apollo’s wife. A strong personality and very smart, but is also hard to convince of things. She is fair though and is the one to ready the official agreement that outsiders who can’t reach a certain level until a certain time limit will be robbed of their memories and sent away. The rest has to stay.
Name: Quen Leroy
Age: 38
Race: Human
Class: Headmaster
Bio: Though his magical and sometimes social skills aren’t that great, he is a natural leader and strategist. After the last Great War he decided to found a school that is open to everyone, thus creating The Academy. Opponent of Maldre Mogum.
Name: Tensey Malecin
Age: unknown
Race: unknown
Class: unknown
Bio: An androgynous appearing figure who appears here and there, always introducing him/herself with a weird name or another. And he/she always gives the heroes some odd predictions. (see Pet Shop -> “you never know what will hit you.”)
UNDER CONSTRUCTION, BIOS COMING SOON
Boss Monster:
Cerberus
It is Kimin's pet and very aggressive.
& more...
Screenshots & Teasers:
Change your equip and this happens:
Now on to the screenies. I really need tips on those :x
Academy Inside
Misc Inside
Part of Academy Gardens
First Town (please ignore NPCs for now)
Battle
Misc Inside
Part of Academy Gardens
First Town (please ignore NPCs for now)
Battle
Features:
My main inspiration for all those features was to make a game that seems slightly more realistic than other RPGs out there.
MoD is mostly based on missions. Those will push you along in the story and give you opportunities to gain allies with all species for the final battle.
() means probably.
General:
- Amazing Message system
- Menu with new design (based on KH2 save scene)
- The running speed of your character is slower
- (Riding Pets)
- BOOK Scenes: makes reading from books in game more realistic
- BANKING with interest
- All keyboard keys are useable
- MISSIONS & JOBS: Main and side quests. The main quests push along the story while side quests are purely for fun and rewards. Monsters drop no gold.
- Your character will never gain levels, like in FF2 only your stats will grow
- GARDENING: like in one Mana game (I only read about this game AFTER having the idea <_< Shows that it really takes a lot to get new ideas…) you can plant seeds and receive common or rare ingredients in return. The rare ones can ONLY be received through gardening. You need a certain level in herbology.
- (Mail System)
Party:
- It’s a party of 3.
- You can switch out members only before missions, but only if you can find them (depending on time events). After every mission all members will leave you.
- Every character has certain abilities depending on their strongest subject and on their race/species (stats, skills, field skills). Some items can only be used by a certain character. So choose carefully.
Items:
- There is a limit on how many items you can wear around. It’s possible to store your items though. Just don’t forget to, or you might have to leave something important behind!
- You can create your own items with the help of certain ingredients, depending on your level of alchemy and/or potions.
- Many new items, like Speed Potion or Haven Stone.
- Multi Item Drop: Monster drop more than 1 item
- How to get money: sell ingredients and stuff, do missions and jobs.
- Upgrade Weapons with Items
Save
-You need 1 Haven Stone to save a game once. But don’t worry, they are pretty easy to find and very common too.
Maps
- With shadows, light and screen tint.
- Weather Effects: Very advanced weather script.
Equipment
- Some you can only equip once you meet certain stats requirements (like STR 10, INT 5)
- There are no helmets anymore, body armor includes the whole outfit
- magical tattoos : those enhance particular stats and magics. Very useful but expensive.
Status
- Instead of Classes there are Subspecies/Species.
If you’re curious what scripts I use go to the Credits section ^.^
MoD is mostly based on missions. Those will push you along in the story and give you opportunities to gain allies with all species for the final battle.
() means probably.
General:
- Amazing Message system
- Menu with new design (based on KH2 save scene)
- The running speed of your character is slower
- (Riding Pets)
- BOOK Scenes: makes reading from books in game more realistic
- BANKING with interest
- All keyboard keys are useable
- MISSIONS & JOBS: Main and side quests. The main quests push along the story while side quests are purely for fun and rewards. Monsters drop no gold.
- Your character will never gain levels, like in FF2 only your stats will grow
- GARDENING: like in one Mana game (I only read about this game AFTER having the idea <_< Shows that it really takes a lot to get new ideas…) you can plant seeds and receive common or rare ingredients in return. The rare ones can ONLY be received through gardening. You need a certain level in herbology.
- (Mail System)
Party:
- It’s a party of 3.
- You can switch out members only before missions, but only if you can find them (depending on time events). After every mission all members will leave you.
- Every character has certain abilities depending on their strongest subject and on their race/species (stats, skills, field skills). Some items can only be used by a certain character. So choose carefully.
Items:
- There is a limit on how many items you can wear around. It’s possible to store your items though. Just don’t forget to, or you might have to leave something important behind!
- You can create your own items with the help of certain ingredients, depending on your level of alchemy and/or potions.
- Many new items, like Speed Potion or Haven Stone.
- Multi Item Drop: Monster drop more than 1 item
- How to get money: sell ingredients and stuff, do missions and jobs.
- Upgrade Weapons with Items
Save
-You need 1 Haven Stone to save a game once. But don’t worry, they are pretty easy to find and very common too.
Maps
- With shadows, light and screen tint.
- Weather Effects: Very advanced weather script.
Equipment
- Some you can only equip once you meet certain stats requirements (like STR 10, INT 5)
- There are no helmets anymore, body armor includes the whole outfit
- magical tattoos : those enhance particular stats and magics. Very useful but expensive.
Status
- Instead of Classes there are Subspecies/Species.
If you’re curious what scripts I use go to the Credits section ^.^
Credits:
Enterbrain : Programm & RTP
Blizzard: Tons of Addons
Enu: Battle System
Near Fantastica : Light Script
Sprite_Ombre : Shadow Script
Mr Wiggles : Alchemy Script
Hermes: Message Script
Reaper Phoenix: Equipment Changer, Quest Log
SephirothSpawn : for introducing me to slanted bars
LOS : some monsters and weapons
Mack: Sprites and some Tiles
& more people to credit UPDATING SOON, must finish compiling the list first!
Soundtrack:
-
Eventing, mapping and storywriting is completely done by me.
Team: Me (but I won’t oppose if someone wants to join me)
Constructive criticism is asked for and very needed!