[XP] Vacant Sky Complete Edition: Act I+ Released!

RPGMaker.net 2010 Misao award winner for:

Game of the Year

Best Storytelling and Direction

Best Setting

Best Atmosphere

Best Sound & Music

Best Gameplay Mechanics

Story
"I died once."

Vacant Sky is a modern fantasy RPG which follows the death and rebirth of Auria Edith, a small-town girl whose violent and unexpected death turns her world upside down. After her equally unexpected resurrection, Auria finds herself drawn into the heart of a mystery involving a cult of masked cultists who will stop at nothing to make her their goddess.


Characters

Auria is the story's protagonist. A passive-aggressive small town girl with a big mouth, Auria has the misfortune of being unceremoniously murdered. As the player, you will at times direct her decision-making and influence the relationship she has with her companions. Vacant Sky is ultimately about her path of self-discovery and your role is to nudge her in a certain direction. The way you direct her will control her characterization and change the outcome of the story.


Seri is a refugee from the war-torn overseas nation of Alibaas. She is currently seeking political asylum in the impoverished nation of Banivia. A kind-hearted and empathetic person, she supports Auria as she undergoes the at times grueling challenges laid out before her.


A childhood friend of Seri's, Zaqris is a quiet and polite young man who is escorting her on her exile from her homeland. He is more pragmatic than his counterpart and frequently butts heads with Auria over whether to do the easy thing or whether to do the right thing.


A self-proclaimed demon slayer in training, Rayonne encounters Auria and company on their trek through the Banivian countryside. He aspires to become a hero revered across the land and divides the world up into evil-doers and evil-fighters. His encounters with Auria and the strange events surrounding her lead him to question his convictions.


Features

• Branching story and characterization
  
• Significantly alter the course of the story with your choices - including six endings
  
• Original soundtrack composed by Tarranon, featuring vocal tracks by Melody Yoo and Melanie Ehrlich
  
• 8 playable characters (along with up to 6 guests)]
  
• Customize Auria's stats and growth
  
• Select your own progression of skills to learn
  
• Interact with your party members to strengthen your relationship with them
  
• Unlock guest art title screens through sidequests

Screenshots

Download
http://www.mediafire.com/?gdkjjtubmedd8e2

:O You are a god at RPG Maker.

   I second Anski's opinion.

Your maps are awesome. And I love the Dawn over Fallston screenshot.
Did you make all the pictures yourself? (I mean the portraits and sideview battlers)

  I second Anski's opinion.

Your maps are awesome. And I love the Dawn over Fallston screenshot.
Did you make all the pictures yourself? (I mean the portraits and sideview battlers)

Thanks for the comments.
The portraits were done by a friend of mine, Talon and the battlers by another, Ganonfrog.  If you go to our DA page, you can find a link to their galleries.

Love your mapping, and the sprites, quite Original.

And the story is interesting  I'd be keeping an Eye on this one as of now too.

I have to agree with everyone everything looks so awesome and cool.

~Goes to your DA Site~ 

Keeping my eye on this one too.

Thanks for the responses, everyone.
Recently, I was made aware of some particularly annoying bugs, so a revised demo might be coming out in the near future.  If you come across any other bugs, please let me know so I can make sure they're fixed.

Wicked man... Totally wicked.

Looks amazing, hope to see a demo

Umm, the demo is out. XD The download link's at the top of the thread.

Heh, I'm getting blind early XD

I put up some forum userbars of the playable characters.

Wow, I can't believe I missed this. Great job.

Congratulations on Winning Project of The Month =X

dang, I didn't even notive this getting posted here D:

Project's still awesome XD

I'll have to pull out some more time and try to play the new demo

and grats on winning project of the month XD

Congratulations on Project of the Month. I'll send you a PM later explaining what it is.

Aye, congratulations. Some hard work's been noticeably put into this, as I've mentioned before.

 Thanks everyone for the kind words.  Hopefully, March'll be a more eventful month for Contention than February.  Right now, we're casting for the second (and final) demo, which I *hope* to release this month. 

Good luck on that.

We'll look forward to the demo.

BTW, isn't this Project of the Month? Why isn't it stickied?

Oversight of a moderator who shall remain nameless 

I just saw the fanarts, I really like that first sketch

I wish I had some too, lol

Added a few new pieces of fanart.  The second (and final) demo is in the works and might be out by the end of the month.  Expect new screenshots soon.

Hi everyone!  A couple new things to show off!  First of all, an awesome piece of new fanart by ebenaventa:


And secondly, a screenshot of the new battle system:


Expect the new demo by early to mid April!

The battle system looks great very ff x life XD except with all the better features

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and that is an seriously awesome piece of fan art, love it XD