Twin Matrix
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Current version: 1.05
LQ YouTube w/o sound; of some gameplay (item farming).
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Storyline
20 years from now, the teenaged girl Melrose lives in an abusive environment. One day, a mean girl from school wrecks her important school project, and the girl's friends try to beat her up. She snaps and decides to steal a device she saw earlier on the TV, the iDream -- a device intended to draw the user into a peaceful environment for relaxtion. By abusing the hospitality of the owner of a museum, she acquires a prototype of the device. She flees into the sewers and activates it. But instead of finding herself in heaven, the dream world is revealed to be dangerous and confusing. A mysterious fairy godmother appears and offers to help her get home. But the fairy is suddenly kidnapped by a vicious clown, Coulroz. On her way to find the fairy godmother and ask for a way out, she meets up with three characters, and grows more and more attached to the fantastical dreamworld that is being attacked by recently appearing demons. And, what is the real purpose of the iDream chips?
Downloads
Original Soundtrack!
Download some tracks from the OST!
Seize The Day (game's theme song)
an army of One (tune for common battles)
Dreams (dreamworld song; by Koda Kami)
Characters
Protagonists
Melrose
An introvert teenaged girl, thrown into the role of a swordsman.
Having been raised by two incompetent parents, she's grown used to being on her own. She doesn't allow anyone to get close to her, but she isn't afraid to push someone back either.
She has a love for defenseless creatures, as she subconsciously feels attached to them. One day she tried to stop a bully from burning a ladybug, but failed.
Hellena
The loving witch daughter of an evil wizard.
When growing up, her parents tried to force her into becoming a vicious witch. She struggled over the years to resist them. Then one day, her father killed her mother. When she found out, she took her mother's pendant and ran away.
But then why is she so eager to join Melrose's journey that takes them to the Mighty Wizard, her father?
Diamond
A courageous ladybug with the task to save his entire village.
He has always been the weakest ladybug of the village. His time magic was never up to par with that of the others. He had no friends, and was unimportant. So he dreamed every day of an adventure that would allow him to prove himself. To prove himself to be important, and not dispensable.
Then one day his village was attacked by trolls, that captured all ladybugs. Diamond managed to escape, and decided that this would be his chance to prove himself once and for all
Christina
An arrogant ex-prostitute and agent seeking revenge on her previous boss.
Her mother had died when she was young, and her father had no job. Thus she had no money to pay for a high school and university on her level of intelligence. So instead of money, she sold her body to get what she wanted. Soon after finishing a criminal rights study at the university, she met a man that made her feel loved, but who also took advantage of her. This lover boy made her into a prostitute. But she became pregnant with the man, and the man threatened to take away her baby. So she fled, and started a new life as a secret agent for the government, that hired her because of her great seductive skills and intelligence. She was assigned to investigate suspicions regarding the iDream development. However, because an unknown cause, she fell into a coma while at CareTech. And she has been a coma until this day.
Antagonists
Coulroz
A sadistic clown seeking to poison Melrose's mind.
An evil character following Melrose around in the dreamworld and haunting her. This character seems to have a strange connection to Melrose's actual past.
Bubble & Mr. Purr
A mysterious girl and her cat, making opposing Melrose's goals a fun game.
Bubble is the incarnation of envy and loneliness that are within little girls. She is jealous of Melrose's powers and of Melrose making friends with Hellena and Diamond, whilst Melrose is a very unpleasant girl. Bubble feels that she deserves friendship more than Melrose, and so she hinders Melrose's journey as much as possible.
Screenshots
Gameplay
Battles
Battles are side-view. Each participant of a battle has a time bar that gradually fills. Once full, the character may make a move. Physical attacks take place instantly, but magic has a loading time which can vary from instantly to some time. This calls for strategy. An enemy flashes white when it is preparing for a magic spell. Then it is your character's turn. Will you defend? Quickly use a healing item? Or will you use time-magic to delay the enemy's magic spell?
Skills
Each character has two to three category of skills, varying between 6-9 skills. Each skill is unique and has its own purpose. You can upgrade a skill's power / lower the cost of usage / increase casting speed by collecting points from NPCs and spending them in a tree-shaped grid. Will you split your points up to be ready for any situation, on focus on a particular strategy, such as weakening an enemy's magic defense and then pummeling it with torrents and geysers?
Summonings
Melrose, the main character, is able to summon allies to aid the party in battle. Once summoned, the allies will enter the battlefield and cast magic and use attacks on his or her own. Their power automatically increases with the party's experience level. Also, Melrose may learn skills to make her summonings stronger in battle, such as a skill to increase their speed. Summonings slowly drain Magic Points, however, and should thus be used wisely. Each Summoning has a unique set of skills and all are fantastical creatures. These include: Little Red Riding Hood, Sinterklaas, Humpty Dumpty, and more!
Glitters
99% original graphics (aside from a few RTP things).
A simple yet advanced menu system.
Classic character customization system.
A story involving clowns and prostitutes.
Special thanks to the AMAZING scripter arev and the superb music team, which includes Koda Kami, Shizu and Matt.
. Also, now that she's here, she wants to return to her horrible home? Makes it look like she over-exaggerated when she took that iDream machine. Story needs some better-ing.