Futaiten: Book of Days & Faereality: A Modern Fairy Tale ~TWO Available Demos~

Futaiten: Book of Days  -->Download Now<-- (maker: RM2k3)
 

Due to numurous requests, I have uploaded another demo of Futaiten: Book of Days.  I want everyone at this forum to hava a chance to play my game.    I hope you enjoy it.  The artwork is just over a year old, and I'm not sure if I really like it...  oh, and I think some of the jokes are really stupid, but they seemed to make people laugh the last time around, so I didn't change anything.  This demo includes bug fixes and another dungeon (more of a half-dungeon), so I encourage even those who played through the previous demo to give this one a try, too!

Description:
The Kingdom of Longevity is prospering, as it is in an age of peace.
The divine rule of the Fair Queen of Elves has assured that this era of harmony will continue hereafter.
Of course, that makes for a very boring video game, doesn't it?
Experience for yourself the epic unfolding of events in this seemingly-ideal kingdom.
Deception, betrayal, and chaos are the true masters of this universe, and it's up to YOU to let the truth become known.
Become a part of the legend as you experience Futaiten: Book of Days.

Features:
~Action battle system (I tried to imitate the Link to the Past battles as much as I could, dunno if I did a good job on that, but in any case it's more interesting than turn-based battles).
~Multiple playable characters.  Dialogue and game progress changes depending upon which of the eight playable characters is selected.  Weapons and spells vary among characters; teamwork is vital for the many puzzles present.
~Custom menu system which displays characters, spells, a healing option, Save & Quit.
~Custom message system, accompanied by hand-drawn artwork.




Faereality: A Modern Fairy Tale  -->(Download via Attachment)<--  (maker: RM2k3)


I spent most of the summer working on this.    Artwork of the characters has been available in the gallery on my site, but besides that I haven't shared any information about this game.  If you're interested in a game that takes place in a modern setting, or just looking for a unique game to play, or if you're just a scary Yossy stalker, you should definitely give this a try!

Description:
Every day, human beings work hard to make their living.
So much time and effort is put into the work they do each day, and for what?
To put food on the table?  To provide for a family?
To survive?
The phenomenon is a mystery to onlookers, because, overall, the population of the human race is unhappy.
In times considered "ancient," by human standards, people began to create ways of excaping the mediocrity.
They were storytellers.
The storytellers set the foundation for what would later become known as "fairy tales" to the modern society.
Overall, the fairy tales are regarded as children's stories - naive and impractical.
One adolescent girl wonders ... what if?

Features:
~AMAZING action battle system: player must press keys which correspond with the enemy's attacks (up, down, left/right).  Each "syphoned" attack increases the gauge at the bottom of the screen.  Gather more energy for stronger attacks!
~Custom menu system which displays collected health and inventory, as well as Save & Quit.
~Custom message system, accompanied by hand-drawn artwork.
~MIDI's sequenced by Bridget.

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[edit] Attached to thread =D

[edit] what, that's too small. *tries again*

[edit] okay wtf, hmm.. oh, so I got a corrupt file from savefile ~_~ which now isn't working at all ;-;

[edit] Geez like 10 tries from savefile (at like 11kb/s) to get a complete file ;-; wtf is up with savefile =o

Awsome. I played this during the summer.. It was reeeeaaall nice. Loved the battle system and face sets.

One question though: DO you like elves? lol. Just wondering. 

Yay! I will download laterz.

Okay, download Silverline's version I guess. 

I suppose I do like elves, but if you pay attention to the scholars in the city they explain that magic is only useable by elves, and there is a reason why all of the heroes require magic but I cannot tell it to you at this time.

I downloaded both demos.  Now I'm off to get 2k3 so I can play them. ~

I've been playing Futaiten, got killed ;_;

I'll go play again tonight =o

I'm gonna Dl this and play it during winter break.

i loved futatien, although the battle system annoyed me a bit when i wasn't used to it. My computer is...wounded...now, but when it is healed i shall play this game.

Something is wrong with this picture!!

Futaiten has been downloaded 18 times, but Faeeality only has 3 downloads.

Come on, I worked hard on that game.  :'(


Please play it?

Looks awesome Ill play it when I get home, I know you could end up putting alot of effort into a game that never gets played these days,

I applaud your awesomeness.  _{And Jing fandom.}

Downloading Rar now  but it looks good so far!

~Winged

*cries* my computer wont do rar, why is life so painfully cruel!

Alright I'll DL them, but I can't tell when I'll have time to play them.
Say, wasn't Futaiten the game made by you without the use of any switches?

Download winrar, it'll say the trial version is used up after thirty days but uh...who...cares?

Alright I'll DL them, but I can't tell when I'll have time to play them.
Say, wasn't Futaiten the game made by you without the use of any switches?

YES.  Bu don't talk about it... <_<  It is a hideous blemish on my ego.

They both look real nice: Lot's of effort and very colorful. I love the look 

AND...how is it a blemish to make Futaiten without switches?

Something is wrong with this picture!!

Futaiten has been downloaded 18 times, but Faeeality only has 3 downloads.

Come on, I worked hard on that game.  :'(


Please play it?

I downloaded both, but have only played Futaiten so far... and I keep dying LOL. It's pretty fun though, and it has a nice look to it. And the choice of music is pretty awesome too. ~ Actually, I think I'll have a try at it again in a few minutes.

I'll play the other one tonight likely as well.

Something is wrong with this picture!!

Futaiten has been downloaded 18 times, but Faeeality only has 3 downloads.

Come on, I worked hard on that game.  :'(


Please play it?

I downloaded both, but have only played Futaiten so far... and I keep dying LOL. It's pretty fun though, and it has a nice look to it. And the choice of music is pretty awesome too. ~ Actually, I think I'll have a try at it again in a few minutes.

I'll play the other one tonight likely as well.

Oh man, the music. I especially like the Riviera themes. Where ever did you get them?

YES.  Bu don't talk about it... <_<  It is a hideous blemish on my ego.

BLEMISH?! You have to be an extreme 1337 to make a game without using switches. :O

Something is wrong with this picture!!

Futaiten has been downloaded 18 times, but Faeeality only has 3 downloads.

Come on, I worked hard on that game.  :'(


Please play it?

I downloaded both, but have only played Futaiten so far... and I keep dying LOL. It's pretty fun though, and it has a nice look to it. And the choice of music is pretty awesome too. ~ Actually, I think I'll have a try at it again in a few minutes.

I'll play the other one tonight likely as well.

Oh man, the music. I especially like the Riviera themes. Where ever did you get them?

Surprisingly, VGmusic.com.  I frequently visit the newly-uploaded files page.  It usually takes a week or longer before the newly-uploaded MIDIs are added to the regular database.

YES.  Bu don't talk about it... <_<  It is a hideous blemish on my ego.

BLEMISH?! You have to be an extreme 1337 to make a game without using switches. :O

Maybe, but what it did involve was a million different maps all of the same town or whatever.  It's kind of embarassing that I put that much effort into it when I really didn't have to, especially considering my programming knowledge now.  Looking through the common events used in Faereality, I can't believe there was ever a time that I didn't understand switches or variables.

good point, so it is both a blemish and a...

good markie...thingie.

About music...

It just hit me. They never had more than a few Riviera songs on the page...lol, thanks for that tip

Playing Faereality now. Just finished the intro ~

The screen was like "Play the Intro?", and I said, "LOL, OK", and then there were flowers. ~

So the flowers threw me off when the intro started, because it's actually kind of sad. Whether or not it's 100% true-to-life, it's a very good intro. And now, I'm off to actually play some.

EDIT: Attached screenshot, because I laughed so hard at this, and I don't really know why. I think the delerium from staying awake so long is kicking in. !_!

BTW, I like your mapping and the tilesets, etc., which am sure are made by you.

EDIT EDIT: So far, I'm honestly liking this more than Futaiten. ~ The battles are more fun than I thought they'd be.

ROFL! thats great.
WHoa, pokemon styled character sets? holy shit im playing this.

Wow, I slept for a total of 2 hours. I think I'm at the point where I'm so tired I'm not tired anymore. So I guess I'll play a little more of this.

HAHAHAHA, I love Dexter and Poindexter.  They're like every guy I've ever wanted to date.  I'm glad you like the battle system!  I would say that I worked very hard on it, but I really didn't.  The hard part was coming up with a feasible way that a normal teenage girl could fight badguys with magical powers.  And then I though, "she could take their magic and use it against them!"  The actual programming of the battle system itself couldn'tve taken more than a couple of hours, if that long.  In any case, I know that I had perfected the battle system in one day.

For a few reasons, I do like Faereality more than Futaiten.  If you noticed in Book of Days, the message system just abruptly appears as a message shows.  But in Faereality, the picture fades in from 100% transparency to 0% in 0.1 seconds, and even though that's just a really minute detail, it makes it look very much smoother than the message box in Book of Days.

Also in Faereality is the heavy use of randomly-generated messages.  The four houses in the center of the city (the ones you can't enter) have about 20 different possible messages when you try to open the door.  Also, in the Wonder Mall, a boy mentions that the Robots running the Pretzel Stand started making strange sounds.  There is a chance of about 1 in 3 that, when you "talk" to the Robots, they will short-circuit.  There isn't any point in it, it's just funny.  Most of the examinations in peoples' houses are randomly-generated, too, including potted plants, dressers, televisions, bookshelves, and computers.  In Bridget's House (my house l-o-l!!!!1!11), examining the GameCube next to the television will mention something about one of 20 possible GCN games that I probably spend too much time playing (after I have Twilight Princess, I'll have to add that one in, too).

If you're wondering about the future of Faereality, I'm going to go ahead and let you know that Rosa does eventually go to the Realm of Faery, and from that point on it becomes more recognizable as a traditional fantasy adventure (although she'll still have to balance out her new adventurous lifestyle with her normal one back home).  One of the interesting features in the Faery Realm is the presence of a Fortune Teller, for whom I have already programmed a pretty spiffy fortune-telling conversational bit which utilizes yet more randomly-generated numbers.

If you really want to, you can open Faereality in RPG Maker 2003 and set the Party Starting Location somewhere in the Faery Realm maps (don't forget to place Rosa on the starting party from the System tab, heh), and you can check out how it all looks by making a new game.

The character sets and chipsets in the human realm are from the GBA Pokemon games (the only ones I could find which actually had the potential to be suitable for a modern setting), and the Faery Realm characters and chipsets are from the GBA Zelda game, Minish Cap (which I had to rip by myself =_=).

About the intro: The main character is in no way related to me.  I had no intention of making her a channel for myself as a video game character, or any such thing along those lines.  The only thing we have in common is that we like to draw characters inspired by video game characters~  Oh, and she has a Gamecube in her room.  The song that plays in the background during the intro is called "No Holly For Ms. Quinn," from Enya's CD, Shepard Moons.

Halo~  Did you notice, in the Music Shoppe, you have your very own CD case?  XD  There's one for me, too. <_<  As well as a guy named "Ghost," I have no idea who he is, but he submits some really incredible music onto Gaming Ground Zero.


o_O  That's a lot of words.

Making those flowers fly all over the screen at the beginning took freaking FOREVER.

Wow, I slept for a total of 2 hours. I think I'm at the point where I'm so tired I'm not tired anymore. So I guess I'll play a little more of this.

I don't remember posting this. !_! In fact, I don't remember waking up until 20 minutes ago... scary.

Also in Faereality is the heavy use of randomly-generated messages.  The four houses in the center of the city (the ones you can't enter) have about 20 different possible messages when you try to open the door.  Also, in the Wonder Mall, a boy mentions that the Robots running the Pretzel Stand started making strange sounds.  There is a chance of about 1 in 3 that, when you "talk" to the Robots, they will short-circuit.  There isn't any point in it, it's just funny.  Most of the examinations in peoples' houses are randomly-generated, too, including potted plants, dressers, televisions, bookshelves, and computers.  In Bridget's House (my house l-o-l!!!!1!11), examining the GameCube next to the television will mention something about one of 20 possible GCN games that I probably spend too much time playing (after I have Twilight Princess, I'll have to add that one in, too).

At first I had thought they weren't random generated, but specifically set for each little thing, and then I started getting the same messages, heh. And I was like, "Hey, I did the funny stuff in the bookshelf thing too in my game that I never finished!"

I liked this aspect of the game, as it made it more entertaining to explore.

About the intro: The main character is in no way related to me.  I had no intention of making her a channel for myself as a video game character, or any such thing along those lines.  The only thing we have in common is that we like to draw characters inspired by video game characters~  Oh, and she has a Gamecube in her room.  The song that plays in the background during the intro is called "No Holly For Ms. Quinn," from Enya's CD, Shepard Moons.

Well, you can see how one might suspect, but I assumed the main character wasn't related very much to you. Also, I'm not too familiar with Enya, I have a few of her songs, and I actually have this one. It's my favorite of the bunch. So I was like, "Hey, that's that song <3".

Halo~  Did you notice, in the Music Shoppe, you have your very own CD case?  XD  There's one for me, too. <_<  As well as a guy named "Ghost," I have no idea who he is, but he submits some really incredible music onto Gaming Ground Zero.

I DID notice. =O I almost missed it. ~ That version of my song...  Oh, the things I would do differently.

I'm familiar with Ghost as well. He has some pretty cool stuff.

o_O  That's a lot of words.

It sure is. 

Making those flowers fly all over the screen at the beginning took freaking FOREVER.

It's funny how you can work on something for so long, and then the effect turns out to look so simple. Actually, it's no that funny, sometimes it makes me sad, lol. It's a nice touch though. Feminine, but nice.

Wow Yoss, (i can call you that, right?) sounds impressive, and Im gonna PLAY IT NOOOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!

Ghost is amazing though. Early Morning is very relaxing.

Wow Yoss, (i can call you that, right?) sounds impressive, and Im gonna PLAY IT NOOOOOOOOOOOOOWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!!!

Ghost is amazing though. Early Morning is very relaxing.

Yeah, too bad for him I'm better. 

Lol.

perchance.

Anyways, Yossy, ive played it and so far i luf it. The comedy is nice. However, when you leave for dinner Verede's sprite jumps. its kinda odd.

Lol.

perchance.

Anyways, Yossy, ive played it and so far i luf it. The comedy is nice. However, when you leave for dinner Verede's sprite jumps. its kinda odd.

PERCHANCE??

You're supposed to completely agree with me.  :'(

Anyway, yeah, I meant to mention the sprite jump. Just need to place the switches differently there is all.

What?

oh. no, i havent listened to any of your recent tracks, but since your old ones are as good as his i assume your new ones are better.

And uh...yeah. Not even going to give a legitimate comment on that second part.

If you're wondering about the future of Faereality, I'm going to go ahead and let you know that Rosa does eventually go to the Realm of Faery, and from that point on it becomes more recognizable as a traditional fantasy adventure (although she'll still have to balance out her new adventurous lifestyle with her normal one back home).  One of the interesting features in the Faery Realm is the presence of a Fortune Teller, for whom I have already programmed a pretty spiffy fortune-telling conversational bit which utilizes yet more randomly-generated numbers.

This is all wonderful, but I'm most interested in what kind of cake will be served. =0

So, like, in Spanish class last semester, we had to choose and adjective to be our name for the whole semester, and I chose Green, which of course is Verde, because that's my favorite color ~ It was also weird when people would talk to me in the halls and say, "Hey Verde", because nobody actually knew anyone's real names. This is almost entirely irrelevant to this thread, but I thought it was neat personally, haha. Sorry. =D

I guess in conclusion about the demo, it had a lot of nice little touches to it, and it seems like there will be a lot to do in the game. I like all the little touches in games, it gives them a... nice feeling. ?_? Bah, words are stupid.

This is one of the few games that I think I'll actually be keeping an eye on. Futaiten as well, although I still haven't finished the demo. !_!

What?

oh. no, i havent listened to any of your recent tracks, but since your old ones are as good as his i assume your new ones are better.

And uh...yeah. Not even going to give a legitimate comment on that second part.

I was just KIDDING. hehe

Lol, Aw knoe.

Eh...yeah, I noticed the spanish word in there to.

If you're that interested in the cake, you'll be delighted to know that an entire segment of the game will consist of playing as Verde as he follows Rosa's mom to the store and makes sure she buys the right ingredients, and then you get hom and have to play some weird mini-games to actually bake the cake.

It'll be awesome.

SRSLY?

that'd pwn.

And how.  There will be much pwnage.  Cake pwnage.

yeah...how you program this stuff is way beyond my nublet RPG-making skills.

And all in events to...feesh.

Events, and common events... although that's kind of the same thing.  Really, it's just some rudimentary use of switches & variables in conjunction with conditional branches, key input processing, and lots and lots of moving pictures.


Here's another awesome aspect of Faereality, and I can't believe I forgot to mention it earlier, (and you probably already figured it out by looking through the "pictures" folder): there will be a couple of battles that involve playing as Verde.  Since he doesn't have the syphon stone any more, he has to rely on other methods... namingly, a sword (because what fantasy video game is complete without a swordsman?!).  In Rosa's battles, the keys you press depend on what attack the enemy is using, but with Verde, his sword techniques require a short chain of commands (the arrow keys).  There are currently 8 different command sequences, and which one you have to pull off is determined through EVEN MORE RANDOM NUMBERS.

Is it just me, or does it seem like my entire life is governed by randomness?  Not sure if that's healthy...

Anyway, check out a screenie of that battle.

Now I'm intrigued.

I HAVE to download this now.

Same. Redownloading 2K3 is so worth it for this.

Holy fuck.

Damn, I gotta play more. I havent even gotten into battles yet...
edit:

got into a battle. I can absorb some attacks, but then others get launched as it lags and I inevitabley get hit.

There isn't any lag.  You just suck.

I kid.

In the event that you can't react fast enough to the enemy's attacks, I intentionally imbedded a little "glitch" that makes it a bit easier.  If you hit the canel key during a battle, the message "You cannot enter the menu from here!" will show up and all of the processes on the screen will freeze.  With that message showing, however, you can still press up, down, or left/right before hitting cancel again, and Rosa will have augmented her position while everything else on the screen was still frozen.

Hope that helps!

O.o

ooo.

Thanks. So wait, that'll just block any type of attack for each attack or the whole battle?

Just downloaded both games. I played Faereality tonight and HOLY CRAP WHAT A FANTASTIC GAME. No seriously, I love every bit of it. It's so cute and funny it made me feel all squishy inside. Well, er, not exactly squishy per se, but definitely cheery. The battle was fun, but it seemed really really really easy and that could end up boring me after a while. Other than that, though, I see zero cons with this and countless pros. You truly are a genius. =D

This is still great keep up the good work Yossy ive supported this project from the beginning and will continue to do so

Aw, I havent had time to test your glitch.

*shrug*

Anyways...I sorta think the mapping is a tad...empty, in places, but still...for using "foreign" chipsets, its good.

I thought the mapping was just fine. The mapping fits perfectly for the setting.... er... what? I think that made sense. =\

I tried out Futaiten: Book of Days, you mut of spent a lot of time working on such a great game.
I didn't really try Faereality, seemed a bit... not my style lol

Only thing I think that could have been improved in Futaiten is the maps, some were a bit bland.

I didn't really try Faereality, seemed a bit... not my style lol

PLAY IT.

I just realaized...I havent played any!

have them downloaded...but no play...yet/

You truly are a genius. =D

Yes, I know.

for using "foreign" chipsets, its good.

I don't know what foreign chipset means  ;o;

I played both the demos and I love what I see. I was sad when the "Modern Fairy Tale" demo ended ;_; I wanna play more.

You truly are a genius. =D

Yes, I know.

for using "foreign" chipsets, its good.

I don't know what foreign chipset means  ;o;

i mean that you used pokemon chipsets, which are...possibly limited.

Limited?  No, the Pokemon chipsets supplied everything I needed for a modern setting... roads, street lamps, buildings...  If the mapping is bad, it's due to my inability more than any lacking in the chipsets.

Oh.

I see. Well then, its ok that the mapping isnt "Dwarra", because the focus of the game isnt to show off l337 map skills. For what it is though, its a great game.

lol, learning slug.

lol... which reminds me. If there is anything even more unique about Yossy's games, its the sometimes subtle, sometimes less subtle humor that is spread through the text.

lovin it.

That bothers me.  Why am I the only person who incorporates humor into RPG Maker games?

That bothers me.  Why am I the only person who incorporates humor into RPG Maker games?

Because when other people try it it turns into dry humor that no one laughs at.

Oh noes ;o;  Is my humor dry?  Is anyone actually laughing?  And is it funny-haha or just funny-stupid?  Man, now I'm all worried and stuff.

No! You have great humor. It's not dry. Most people (not you) have dry humor. Thats all I'm saying.

Oh noes ;o;  Is my humor dry?  Is anyone actually laughing?  And is it funny-haha or just funny-stupid?  Man, now I'm all worried and stuff.

Neither really. It's more like funny-cute. =)

Oh noes ;o;  Is my humor dry?  Is anyone actually laughing?  And is it funny-haha or just funny-stupid?  Man, now I'm all worried and stuff.

Neither really. It's more like funny-cute. =)

I agree with Zypher in that its like "oh, heh...thats pretty funny"

or like...

"lol, thats exactly like [insert names here]"

Yeah I laughed. I like your humor 

Yay.  I'm happy now.

What the... :x

What the... :x

ZO<GZ! It's from the goverment! RUN!

shut up irock.

Er...Im not sure what THAT error is, ive never seen it before.

It means you don't have the right translation of RPG Maker 2003. Get RPG Advocate's translation, since Yossy used RTP files from it.

Wow, I did NOT know there were different versions.

Thats wierd. We have the right one on the main page, right?

Yeah we do. The same thing happened to me when I downloaded the Somprasongk translation, without knowing the RPG Advocate one was more widely used. So I switched over and things have been just fine.

I like the part where I didn't have to do or say anything for the problem to be fixed.

And yet I see no thank you.

indeed.

ALthough...I didnt really help, I just asked.

I just noticed. Thats the file screen music from Super Mario 64.

EDIT: And Kirby music in the begining place.

yeah, I really like Yossy's music choice. Look for Riviera music as well ^^

yeah, I really like Yossy's music choice. Look for Riviera music as well ^^

I enjoy all of this music. It brings back memorys. But I must stop playing everyone elses games and work on my own. Though I shall slowly progress through this demo.

I bumpped all the good projects that weren't getting noticed...how'd I forget this. ?_?

Shouldn't we have a sticky listing all the games worthy of being played? Like, um... Maybe sort them by genre, or alphabetically. It will make things easier. Plus, there are many games that simply waste your time, and should be avoided.

THATS A GREAT IDEA!

Yossy left and probably forgot 'bout this thing, so its no point bumpin THIS.

Since Yossy was/is back, I'll leave it to her to decide whether this is abandoned or not.

She's already stated she doesn't use RPG Maker anymore.

Bachyderm, you should have moved it then xD