Shadow of Humanity

[MasterMind]

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"They hunt me constantly, like an evergrowing pack of rabid wolves...They believe I did it. Maybe it's this...this wretched thing they are attracted to. This thing that is my arm..."

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Caim Origio is a genetic scientist working in the Aebol Industries building when he unleashes a plague on the inhabitants of the planet. The plague, known as "The Sixth Plague" ("The Sixth" for short), transformed its victims into hideous creatures, with only a select few able to continue living. Caim has been infected also, but being a genetic scientist, he was able to restrict the plague to only his right arm. He is hunted down by Gabriel, an infected man who is determined to make Caim suffer for what he has done. Caim, however, insists he was framed, and vows to uncover the trail of lies and deciet to prove his innocence.

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Caim Origio

Age: 26 yrs. old
Height: 6' 1"
Weight: 186 lbs.
Hair Color: Brown
Eye Color: Brown

Background:

Caim is a single man that lives his life like any other citizen. That is, until he unleashes "The Sixth" on the planet. Since then, he lives on the run, often hiding himself from society in order to minimize the risk of being caught. His past is definitely one to talk about, as his mother was misdiagnosed with an illness that cost her life. Caim never fully recovered from the trauma, even though his father tried to cheer him up. When Caim reached since high school, he became interested in genetics. He graduated at the top of his class, and went onto college where he recieved his Ph. D in genetics and engineering.

Spoiler: Caim Concept Art

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Ceres Vitare

Age: 22 yrs. old
Height: 5' 5"
Weight: 149 lbs.
Hair Color: Black
Eye Color: Hazel

Background:

Ceres is a former member of the governing body of her hometown, before the disease spread to her town. Since she was in a goverment position at a young age, she was often seen as a naive child who couldn't really provide any useful ideas. When the 6th came through, she was transformed from a bright, young woman to an enraged salvage, who is furious at the fact that she was driven from her position. Ceres tried to piece everything together, but in the end found that Caim couldn't be responsible for the spreading of the disease. She decides to seek him out.

Spoiler: Ceres Concept Art

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Jurgen Denke

Age: 32 yrs. old
Height: 6' 3"
Weight: 221 lbs.
Hair Color: Black
Eye Color: Brown

Background:

Jurgen was a convicted serial killer when “The Sixth” came around. Thanks to him being consumed by it, he became unstable and escaped the prison. Jurgen was imprisoned as a 19 year old for beating a man to death. The judge gave him 25 years in prison. As a child, he was put in various martial arts schools by his parents as a way to discipline him and control his anger. When Jurgen heard whispers of a man who had suppressed the disease, he sought to seek him out, and force him to cope.

Spoiler: Jurgen Concept Art

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Spoiler: Screens

Damn savages...

This is all I have??

Battle Won!!!
(Note!!! I am aware of the naked sprite. I am looking for a dedicated spriter. Until then, naked Caim it is...)

Power Up!!!

Beginnings

Spoiler: World of Shadow of Humanity

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These only represent the towns and cities that can be visited. Dungeons, mountains, lakes and other places aren't listed.

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Spoiler: Features (All features are 100% ingame unless otherwise noted.)

• Minimal Characters - This game has only three characters! Yup, only 3!! That means you, the player has less to worry about! But it also means no changing party, and no backup team!! Think wisely!
• Heavily edited RTAB System - Instead of a normal RTAB system, I have modded it to my specifications!
• AP System - No more lame level up = new skill. Now you gain AP in addition! Use it to equip the techs YOU want!!
• Tech Leveling - No more obsolete skills! Use them more, and they will get better!!
• Edge Tech System - Unleash your character's rage through an Edge Tech! But beware, there are drawbacks!! Edge Techs can level up too!!
• Dynamic Battlestatus - Each battlestatus changes color with its surroundings! Battling in the forest? It's green! Near the water? It changes to blue!
• Command Breaks - Enemies can hinder your ability to use a command! Use this time to heal with other characters or just wait it out!
• ***Character Abilities - Each character has certain abilities that make them unique! You'll have to play the game to find out what they can do!
• World Map - A grand map, with more than 30 areas to explore, battle, and adventure in!!
• And much, much more!!

***This is a WIP. It'll be completely finished when I get the other 2 character's abilities finished, but Caim's are 100% done.

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Spoiler: Downloads

Tech Demo (VERY OUTDATED)
Teaser Trailer

 

[Jstreet]

Strangest thing...the premise doesn't really seem to go anywhere. I mean it's some nice writing, but I really don't see where you were going with it. Maybe it's just me. :P There characters are ok. I mean a lot of this is well written, but nothing to awe amazing imo.

As much as I feel you over did the screenshots of your menu, most of the where nice. I'd like to see some mapping and such. The title screen is pretty good to.

Anyways, I hope this makes demo status, or (God forbid) a completed game =O *gasp*

 

[MasterMind]

Thanks for the pointers. I'll work on them as soon as I can get the time. Which will be most likely right now.

 

[Despain v.1]

Looks promising, although I think your names sound hideous. The background on your menu system makes it look too busy.

Reported for a move out of basics.

 

[MasterMind]

Again. I appreciate your comments. I'm planning on posting a recruitment topic soon, but not now as I need to get some content out.

@Des - Wait until you hear the names of the other characters...

 

[Bobot]

It's very pretty and all, but I can't really read the premises without getting a headache, because of the shadow effect.

 

[MasterMind]

Haha...yea, I thought that would happen. I think I'll change that. But so far so good. I like criticism. Gives me many opinions to work with and improve the game.

*wonders when this will be moved*

 

[Lene]

Next time, Mastermind if you want your topic to be moved immediately, then report it. Otherwise, in most cases, you will have to wait until I see your post. I tend to look at all the newest threads in New Projects to see if anything needs to be moved, but that takes a little longer.

 

[Sasame Kiryu]

Now that I see so many religiously based games, I wonder on why I thought mine would be original.

Nevertheless, this looks pretty nice. Awesome presentation and pretty nice basics, so far. Good luck with the spriting, as I know that will be one of your biggest challenges. Your menu system also looks great, but like The Despain said, it looks too busy. Sort of unessecarily flashy. I guess that's just me though. I would like to see some maps and actual gameplay once your battle system is completed though ^^. As a writer, I can tell you that your game has a lot of room for improvement on the story side. Then again, you can't judge a book by it's cover. The presentation on this is what catches the eye. Just because a game looks nice doesn't mean someone will play it. Maybe I'm being over critical, but I suppose that's how I am when giving critique.

I guess none of what I said is any more usful than what anyone else has said already though >_>

 

[Prexus]

Why do the character's stats (str, dex, etc.) have bars under them? I mean, thats a bit of overkill don't you think? Unless you are letting the player put points into his stats and making maximum's at each level, there is no point whatsoever in having those bars.

 

[MasterMind]

Why do the character's stats (str, dex, etc.) have bars under them? I mean, thats a bit of overkill don't you think? Unless you are letting the player put points into his stats and making maximum's at each level, there is no point whatsoever in having those bars.

You know, I never thought about it that way. And I will work on story. Just a little bit longer.

 

[MasterMind]

*Updated*

I put updated screenshots in the screenshots section. Examples of mapping. the battlesystem so far, and the newly renovated menu system are all visible. Now just to work on story...

 

[MasterMind]

*SUPER ULTRA BUMP*

The following changes have taken place:

• New Plot - I've made the plot less complicated and more direct
• New Screenies - Reflect the newly designed look of the game
• New Tech Demo - I've made a very small demo of what to expect upon the official release of a real demo

Please take the time to critique and comment on this project.

(P.S. - The tech demo is a little out of date! I'll be releasing a newer one very soon!)

 

[MasterMind]

*update*

Added character art and map in first post. Critique please..

 

[-chaos-]

Hello Everyone, imthe new organizer, i want to point out if you want to join the SOH team, to help us out in this amazing 5 star rated game, please send your request to me, any example of work will be nice, and i will get back to you as quick as possible, more like the next day or so.

We are in search for:
-Mappers
-spriters

i will find out more roles that are needed in the team so keep tuned thank you.

 

[WeAreSuperhero]

Is that Activation menu original? If not, could you please send me a copy? I really want something like that for Invisus.

 

[-chaos-]

I think that the activation menu is full original for this game only but i can try ask mastermind for you, he's kind of busy.

 

[MasterMind]

Sorry people. No, the activation menu is NOT original. It's actually KGC's. I can't post the script here due to a violation of terms. But you can find the script on their/his site. I'm going to be changing that one for Seph's Skill Equip when he releases it.

UPDATE:

I've added Jurgen's concept art. Check the first post and enjoy. Sprites, and colored character art will be coming soon. Things are running slower than I had hoped.

 

[MasterMind]

*update*

Demo #2 is up. Still no story yet, sadly, but guess what? A teaser trailer made by a member on another forum. View it here.

EDIT:

There's an error with the auto-font install script. It tries to access the data folder, but since I encrypted the project, the data folder is not there. Just install the fonts manually. To do this, follow these steps:

1) Go to Control Panel

2) Click on the Fonts folder.

3) Drag all the contents of my projects Font folder into the other one.

It should work after that.

 

[xLeD]

Looks promising

I like the new sig you got now ^^

Perhapps you should put the teaser trailer on the topic since it could attract members