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[RMVX] I Shall Steal All of the World's Crystals

Marcus

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This is a sort of "sample" game I'm making in RMVX.  Everything is kept default RTP, it's just me trying out rgss2 and making a standard little game.

The Plot

In the land of Bryton, two empires are engaged in an arms race.  As they build weapons preparing for the inevitable war between them, profiteers and mercenaries sell their swords for money and information.  Alex, guildmaster of the Iron Hill guild, of an artifact said to be used by God himself to craft the world.  When she stumbles upon an ancient sword in an abandoned mineshaft, she goes on a grand adventure to recover four legendary crystals that are said to restore power to the "ultimate weapon."  Unfortunately for Alex and her guild, the two empires want the sword just as much as she does.

Good Guys?

Alexus "Alex" Ross: A skilled guildmaster and adventurer.  She served in the military before being disheartened and started her own guild.  She's a greater than average warrior and tactician, but her materialistic attitude and concerns for profit alienate her from the more "noble" members of her guild.  She wants the ultimate weapon for her own personal reasons.

Daniel Hart: An orphaned child who was adopted by the Church, he joined the Iron Hill guild to repay his debt to the Church for taking him in.  A devout religious believer, he often scolds Alex for her sacreligious attitude but his analytical method of thinking and healing skills make him a useful member of the team

Cyprian: An old war veteran of fifty years, he lived in relative seclusion before joining the Iron Hill for reasons of his own.  While his sword arm isn't as great as it used to be, he recently began picking up magic and has quickly become a formidable spellcaster.  Unlike most old folks, Cyprian isn't a fountain of wisdom, rather his old age and self loathing have made him short tempered, impatient, impulsive, and very dangerous.  Combined with his actual intelligence makes him formidable and unpredictable.

Christian: The youngest member of the guild, she was found stealing supplies from the guildhouse and joined out of fear of incarceration.  Her softspoken attitude masks great skill in acrobatics and thievery.  If it weren't for her near kleptomaniacal personality, she might make a decent friend.

Features

-Besides being a standard RPG, none really.

-Weapons are fixed, but upgraded as in Suikoden.

-Branching class system.  Each character has a fixed roll, but they have a branching class tree with different abilities per class.

-Maybe a caterpillar script or something.

-To advance in the game, you must purchase information.  By doing quests, you gain clues and pay off informants to learn where the next crystal is located.

-Interiors are on the same map as exteriors like Wild Arms

Screenshots
http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg31 ... creen1.png[/img]
Alex is a fiesty lass.

http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg31 ... creen2.png[/img]
Dan has strong feelings for Alex (that go beyond a motherly thing) despite being more than 10 years younger.

http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg31 ... creen3.png[/img]
Oh, Cyprian.

http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg31 ... creen4.png[/img]
Christian wears cat ear headbands because it looks cute.

http://i251.photobucket.com/albums/gg31 ... y/dark.png[/img]
Most dungeons are dark.  Lighting braziers or carrying torches might brighten things up!

Things will be updated as they're worked on.
 
This looks pretty nice so far, the story is more original than 80% of the projects I see around,
not too fond of the realistic interior-exterior houses though, I think the house looks huge when you can't see under the roof, but maybe it's just me.
Good luck with it, I would gladly play a VX game with nice story and maps.
 

Marcus

Sponsor

Passes as a macho, tomboy to me.  I don't know what it is with anime, but men can look androgynous but when it comes to females they HAVE to look female (long hair, big ass eyes, lips, etc.).  I figure it'd be fun to have an androgynous female lead and her gender is the butt of many jokes in the game.
 
I love the look of this VX game thus far but I do agree with Despain about Alex not looking like a girl I think its just the eye brows that sort of make me not attempt to think of her as a she. Perhaps if you could make them softer?
Anyway looks good keep up the great work ^^
 
I think Alex is passable as a girl. It would be a nice change to have a somewhat androgynous female character. Looks like a fun concept!
 
Alex doesn't look like a girl to me, no matter how hard I try. I guess that's part of the fun though. Speaking of fun, that is exactly what this project looks like. Both the characters and the feature list seem heavily geared towards fun rather than anything else.
 
This is more tomboyish than her...
http://i136.photobucket.com/albums/q172/echoizzy14/anime/girls/tomboy.jpg[/img]http://i144.photobucket.com/albums/r167/sasukes_girl01/anime%20girls/Tomboy.jpg[/img]http://i22.photobucket.com/albums/b347/Axerax/EditedGirl.jpg[/img]

As opposed to the traditional anime girl...

http://i16.photobucket.com/albums/b12/M ... /anime.jpg[/img]http://img48.imageshack.us/img48/701/fasfa3by.png[/img]http://i130.photobucket.com/albums/p263/Jing-3/normal_girl_04.jpg[/img]
Just it is obvious it is a male sprite let alone picture, easily you could edit her hair and such to be short as it is and push it back or down or something, then adjust the chest piece to prove she has some sort of womanhood than it shows right now.. Females are naturally slimmer and more feminine than males will ever be. Just a fact of life, any tomboy girl can become as beautiful as a princess with the right clothing, possibly make up, and hair style change.

JESUS FUCKING CHRIST USE SPOILERS - Des
 

Marcus

Sponsor

then adjust the chest piece to prove she has some sort of womanhood than it shows right now.. Females are naturally slimmer and more feminine than males will ever be.

She's wearing heavy armor.  I don't care how slim you are, armor isn't going to fit to your form due to the padding underneath.  I'd rather die than conform to the ridiculous cliche that all females must wear form fitting armor with breast cups and bare midriff showing.
 
I'd say it's passable. I am a bit thrown off by the cheek bones and eyes of the face but the sprite works fine and even the face is passable when I know that I am supposed to be seeing a girl. More power to you, Marcus.
 
Marcus":xfwjfec4 said:
then adjust the chest piece to prove she has some sort of womanhood than it shows right now.. Females are naturally slimmer and more feminine than males will ever be.

She's wearing heavy armor.  I don't care how slim you are, armor isn't going to fit to your form due to the padding underneath.  I'd rather die than conform to the ridiculous cliche that all females must wear form fitting armor with breast cups and bare midriff showing.
I hump you face now. *humpahumpa* Please finish this game.
 
Alright, if you don't understand what I mean. Take a look at a professional game designing company... Blizzard. THIS is what i mean to scale it down to proportions of a woman. This is one of the most unrevealing armor sets this game has if I recall. Maybe the warrior one is more. But this is what i mean.
http://handclaw.rampagingpolygons.com/FESTIVAL/PaladinT6.jpg[/img]
 
Um, okay, how does this sound: Marcus does not plan on changing his character, so... stfu about it, 'cause it's his choice, and if you don't like it, you don't have to play it.
 
I'm trying to help him by making a more wise choice, if he is already getting complaints about it now, he is gonna get them in the future. I could care less about his game, i just wanna save him humiliation later on down the road. No need to bite my head off... Not that I really care.
 

mawk

Sponsor

Axe, I wouldn't say you were getting your head bitten off about it, exactly... Another one of my pet peeves is dramamamas who take everything as a personal attack. ;>>

'sides, Axe, that still sits too close to the skin to be practical. In armor, women's chests should generally get the same degree of protection as a man's groin (since they're both capable of feeling about equal amounts of pain,) and it's unlikely that you'll get that without sacrificing the "omg i love tittays" factor.

'kay, so far, the title has made me laugh, the premise, and the fact that you're using one of the questionably male lead characters as a supposed female. It took me a double take or two to come to grips with the fact that that fighter face was indeed a good candidate for womanhood.

(Also, this has nothing to do with your project, but I keep finding myself falling in love with the battle backgrounds in VX and the possibilities they represent.)
 

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