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Sleeping Gods

This is my first real attempt to make and complete a game on any RPG maker. I've used most of them and never actually completed. I've finished the first part and would like to know what people thing about what I have. The story itself is supposed to end up as a mesh of four different stories, each one revolving around a pair of people. These range from siblings and lovers, to unwilling allies.

History
In the beginning were the gods, beings of divine origin and unequaled power. They existed in the nothingness before creation and grew bored of it. So, they joined together and formed the world and most importantly, the mortal races. The gods guided the new creatures to develop and improve themselves until they were deserving of being the gods' servants. And so now the world is dotted with temples to these gods of old who bask in their worship.  Recently however the peace enforced by the gods has begun to fall apart and none know why.

Characters
Jaredric O'erstead - A man branded a heretic by the church for defying the Gods and preaching that they are deceiving the people. He's about 23 years old and incredibly intelligent. Unfortunately, he has an ego to match his intellect which can leading him to doing stupid things. He was forced to flee the capital city(so far unnamed) after voicing his beliefs. He then set about to prove his claims by traveling to the town of Seija over a nearly impassable mountain range to investigate claims of a strange girl with Godlike powers. He is met on the way by a strange woman named Amalia.

Amalia - A member of a race called Avarians. These beings are essentially extensions of the gods, roughly equivalent to angels. They have numerous purposes including delivering of divine will to mortals and the execution of the Gods' judgment. Amalia was dispatched to execute Jaredric after failed attempts by the Gods' mortal followers. She then joined at the order of her masters to discover the evidence he has against them.

Zufon Aditchi - A citizen of the small town of Seija. Was taught the use of a spear at an early age and frequently acts as a bodyguard to passing caravans for the dangerous trip around the mountains. He is a childhood friend of Taliki and is one of the few townsman who didn't grow afraid of her strange power. It's clear to most however that he and Taliki are more than just friends.

Taliki Varin - A young girl with strange powers of an unknown origin. She is a childhood friend of Zufon and clings to him in the face of the fear her fellow townsman feel towards her strange powers. She has taken to planting flowers in the woods away from the town in an effort to avoid the people who scorn her. She has also developed a strange illness recently.

Silvos Beran - A young man who lives in a small mountain village to the far east of Seija with his younger sister, Golas. In his home all young men are trained in the art of manipulating the elements. He is frequently criticized for his lack of progress and blames himself for his failures. He tries to become stronger in an effort to protect his sister despite her own abilities. The church has publicly denounced the villagers as heretics but due to the great distance, have done nothing about it.

Golas Beran - A young woman who lives in a small mountain village with her older brother, Silvos. In her home all young woman are trained in the use of the axe. She was an apt pupil and is now one of the villages greatest warriors. She is constantly cheerful and protective over her brother.

Sister Lania - A member of the churches elite warriors stationed in the capital. She pledges her faith to the earth god, Elonia. She is assigned as a protector of Sister Anaya, and is to guard her while they fulfill the churches tasks. Their current task is to hunt down the heretic Jaredric and bring him to justice.

Sister Anaya - A woman who has been a member of the church her whole life. She pledges her faith to the fire god, Lavia. She has long been considered very strange by the older members of the church, but follows the churches tenants exactly and so they often trust her with very important missions. She possesses strange abilities to mimic the abilities of enemies, which she claims she received from Lavia as a gift for her good service.

Screenshots
This is the area from one of the four intro sequences.
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m98/ ... Temple.jpg[/img]

This is another area from one of the four intro sequences.
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m98/ ... ntains.jpg[/img]

This is the town of Seija where I want the story to continue to after the intro sequences.
http://i102.photobucket.com/albums/m98/ ... /Seija.jpg[/img]

Demo
http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?ydqotmtgbyn

Current Errors
Enforced is spelled wrong in the opening lines
Judgment is spelled wrong in "Arrogant Blasphemer"
 
The Map Helper":3a62ofob said:
Umm, Hyprocritical name. God's don't even need sleep fool, surely you thought about that -.-?
And your mapping needs some work.
Thanks for the feed back. There is a reason why it's called that, which is revealed later in the story. Yeah, I need to work on my mapping. It's one of the things I'm going to read up on before I continue on with the games story.
 
Really interested in seeing where this goes. The title reminds me of a story concept I was working on for a game of my own. 
Try some variation in your mapping. It's not bad, just needs some tweaking (there's not much good that can come from using the RTP in VX anyways so don't worry if your maps don't come up super amazing). Right now, your maps look very square.
Good luck with this. :)
 
Youre names are extremely hard to remember, and are fairly complex. you should probably stick to interesting, yet simple and easy to remember ones.

Also, your perspectives on that middle road screen are off. double check those.
 
Nickster":2e6gfqak said:
Youre names are extremely hard to remember, and are fairly complex. you should probably stick to interesting, yet simple and easy to remember ones.

Also, your perspectives on that middle road screen are off. double check those.
Not sure what you mean by perspectives. Are you talking about the cliff heights?
 
Jaredric":37wcitja said:
Nickster":37wcitja said:
Youre names are extremely hard to remember, and are fairly complex. you should probably stick to interesting, yet simple and easy to remember ones.

Also, your perspectives on that middle road screen are off. double check those.
Not sure what you mean by perspectives. Are you talking about the cliff heights?
Oh god, nevermind, its just the shitty VX RTP :\
 

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