The Dance of Darkness

[beyblade347]

(Not the actual title)
This is my first longer-than-10min game, so it may be quite bad. (Excuse the file name) Anyway...
This game is called the Dance of Darkness (May change the name later, "dance" has nothing to do with the game)
1., being the first game I've made with help, and 2., The first of my games that might actually be finished.

The Story

Spoiler: The Story

The Story

You play as a young girl, who is not anything new (Excuse the clothes, I will edit them soon) and one day discover that you have the power to control light. then a friend Makes you go on a journey (cliche, i know) to destroy the darkness threatening to take over your town. It is sort of a mix of games, with a wide variety of music.

Playable Characters/Characters in general

Spoiler: Playable Characters/Characters in general

Playable Characters

Currently there is only one character, (You decide the name). As explained in The Story, she is nothing special, no "light guardian" or "Special magic soul bearer" or- I think you get the idea. However, there are going to be more playable characters.

Characters in general

Savanna - You strangely meet a girl called Savanna in a dream, and then in real life. (Kinda fishy, yeah, modifications are still underway) She is the one that sends you on that (cliche) journey. Although a friend, something seems strange about her.

Diabolos - Yes, the same name from the default database. He is the lord of Darkness, meeting the main character in a dream. He is the cause of all of the holes (You will know what they are later) Your quest is to defeat him, and stop causing terror to the land.

Vincent - Vincent is a dark being, he is the one that brought Diabolos back to life. (Diabolos was destroyed, but could still communicate to you through dreams) You do eventually fight him, and of course, kill him. Along with Diabolos.

Dran - Dran is his default name, you can call him what ever you want. He is hunting Diabolos' minions, Imps. He eventually joins your team.

(I am not the artist of those pictures!)

Screen shots

Spoiler: Screen shots

The Mountains, entrance to Boulder Cavern

Pine Village

Zian Dungeon

Western Island Cavern

The Mountains

Scripts Used

Spoiler: Scripts Used

Caterpillar Script by Zeriab
FF7 Menu Style by ???
Smooth Scroll Script by Toby Zerner
Mr.Mo's ABS (Not lite) V4.5
Standard Development Kit 1.5
Scene_File modified by me

- There is a playable demo available -
Demo

I was not the only one involved in making this game. Map help goes to my best friend, and Willowsidhe's YouTube tutorials.
Oh, if you find any errors or mistakes, can you please inform me? I'd be great if I could make this game the best it can be.
I hope you enjoy it!
~beyblade347

 

[stefanzzz]

Wow you're demo is 80mb :O what did you do to it.
thats massive.

First of all i would like to say that your maps are very very empty,
try to look at some experienced RMXpers here on the forums, how they do it

And the power to control light, sounds very cool, i think you can work this out very well

good luck

 

[Dalton]

Why do I always klick on those projects when looking at project discussion...

I hate to say this, but this thread is among the worst I have ever seen.
Neither is your story sounding even remotely interesting, nor are your characters well thought out, nor are your screenshots good, nor (and that is the worst) are you taking this seriously.

But lets not just say this, but look at it in detail:

I don't get the clothes part in your braces in the story... What are you trying to tell me?
How the heck does this girl realize she has the power to control light? How do you control light anyways? Elobarate a bit.
And why does a freind tell this girl to go on a journey? Can't anyone else defeat the darkness? Why does anybody have to defeat the darkness anyways? Darkness is quite normal isn't it?

Your characters... have no personality it seems. They are just a strange girl, an evil overlord, a being of darkness and someone who joins the player.
When playing an RPG I want to know what those peoples are like? What are their personality traits? Any weird habits? How are they related?
And telling me right from the start, that I am going to kill a certain character... Way to ruin the suspense...

Your mapping is empty and boring. Many people don't think about it, but mapping can break a game. I'd suggest you to go look at Tindy's mapping tutorial, since it helps many people to make their maps better. Than post at Mapping Improvement to get some tips on how to do it better.

The way you made this thread up shows me, that you are not really serious about this game, since you always say yourself that some part is stupid or taken directly from RMXP. You are not presenting it in a way that makes people want to play your game, which is a big no-no! Would you buy a game that was presented like this at a store? Though this is not commercial think of it as if it was.

That said: I won't play the demo, until I can see you putting more effort into this.

Hope this helps

~Dalton~

 

[Mystic Phoenix]

Ha ha. Why Diablolos? :lol:

 

[beyblade347]

stefanzzz, thankyou! Sorry about the filesize thing. I accidentally left a 9min song in there. I'll be sure to remove it when the next demo is released.

Dalton, thanks for the advice. I have begun modifing most of my maps. Adding birds, people, the general look, all of that.
I'm also going through the beginning and speech events, to try add personality to the characters.
Hope the next demo is better
~Beyblade347