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Title: [XP] Eternal Grace Episode 1 (Released!)
Post by: jasprelao on April 15, 2011, 02:51:46 AM
Dear All, after several months of debugging and polishing, Eternal Grace Episode 1 is now released.

(https://rmrk.net/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg600.imageshack.us%2Fimg600%2F6095%2Fwallpaper560x350.jpg&hash=a0da04cc943062ca720329872f3124553eb732bd)
By jasprelao (http://profile.imageshack.us/user/jasprelao) at 2011-04-15

Eternal Grace Episode 1 will bring you into the beginning of whole Eternal Grace story, and where the story is started.
To find out the information about this game, you can visit the official website:
http://www.eternal-grace.com

System Requirements:

    * Windows XP/Vista/Seven 32 Bit (Uncompatible in 64 Bit)
    * Pentium 4 1.8 GHz or Athlon XP 1500+ processor or higher
    * 512 MB RAM or Higher
    * VGA 128 MB or Higher (you can use onboard graphics card)
    * 65 MB free hard disk space
    * DirectX 8.1 or Higher

Some screenshots of Eternal Grace:

Dialogue Scene:
Spoiler for:
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By jasprelao (http://profile.imageshack.us/user/jasprelao) at 2011-04-15

Battle Scene:
Spoiler for:
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By jasprelao (http://profile.imageshack.us/user/jasprelao) at 2011-04-15

Menu:
Spoiler for:
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By jasprelao (http://profile.imageshack.us/user/jasprelao) at 2011-04-15

We wish your cooperation to let our game become better by send your complaints and suggestions about this game to eternalgrace[dot]rpg[at]gmail[dot]com and we will try our best to fulfill your expectation.

Thanks...
Title: Re: Eternal Grace Episode 1 (Released!)
Post by: strike on April 15, 2011, 06:24:47 PM
your pictures killed themselves. I suggest imgur or something.
Title: Re: Eternal Grace Episode 1 (Released!)
Post by: jasprelao on April 16, 2011, 04:05:25 AM
Thank you Strike,
I have fix it up,

Thanks...
Title: Re: Eternal Grace Episode 1 (Released!)
Post by: jasprelao on April 21, 2011, 02:13:48 AM
Eternal Grace Episode 1 for 64 bit computer is Now Available! Now the 64 bit computer owner can also dive into the world of Enthrea. To try the 64 bit version, you can simply went to:

http://eternal-grace.com/p/buy-now.html

and choose the download for 64 bit version. There is no significant difference between the 32 and 64 bit version of Eternal Grace Episode 1.

Thank you very much with your opinions,
We hope you enjoy it.

Best Regards,
Enthrean Guardian
Title: Re: Eternal Grace Episode 1 (Released!)
Post by: hiromu656 on April 21, 2011, 11:43:18 AM
Wow, this looks great, I intend to try the demo.
Title: Re: Eternal Grace Episode 1 (Released!)
Post by: Gracie on May 12, 2011, 10:31:40 AM
You're charging people for an RPGMaker game?
Really?
Title: Re: Eternal Grace Episode 1 (Released!)
Post by: pacdiggity on May 12, 2011, 10:37:24 AM
That is - exactly - what I was thinking.
I didn't get Aveyond, I'm not getting this.
Title: Re: Eternal Grace Episode 1 (Released!)
Post by: Gracie on May 12, 2011, 10:38:50 AM
Aveyond was a pile of crap. I played the trial, not worth the money.

Seriously, its good, but I will NEVER pay money for an RPGMaker game.
Title: Re: Eternal Grace Episode 1 (Released!)
Post by: Dyre on May 12, 2011, 05:17:56 PM
I checked out the trial. There's some significant issues with grammar in the dialogue and some of it feels really stiff. The gameplay is fun though and the characters are interesting enough. I especially loved the menus. All of them were gorgeous. The mini-game (Hexabattle) as well. These were brilliant.

As far as charging is concerned; all of what I saw was original. As long as you haven't used anything without permission (specifically commercial-use permission) and you're not going to charge $20 or more then I see no issues.

Aveyond was terrible for a number of reasons, it was unpolished, used copyrighted material, boring as hell and unoriginal. Not to mention, expecting more than most indie developers charge for something made in a hobbyist program is ridiculous. I can go grab most indie games for under $10 and those are completely original, programmed entirely by the developers - much more work is put into them. The biggest reason that I disliked Aveyond, however, was the feeling of a mass-produced product. It didn't feel like a game.

This does.

Price it reasonably and I know at least I'd pay for it. =)
Title: Re: Eternal Grace Episode 1 (Released!)
Post by: jasprelao on May 13, 2011, 03:03:42 AM
@Dyre:
Thank you for your opinions, we appreciate it very much.

We are from Indonesia and we apologize for our grammars, may be we can fix it up in the future projects (episode 2)

We charge only $4.90 for this game, I hope it's not too high for an RPG Maker game, since I see in many other websites that some RPG Maker Games have price as high as $9.90-$19.90

Thanks...
Title: Re: Eternal Grace Episode 1 (Released!)
Post by: ForeverZero on May 13, 2011, 04:39:47 AM
I personally would never pay for an RMXP game. Nothing against the creator of it, but it is not something I would ever deem worthy of spending money on. That's why I made my own registry file for this one. Much cheaper that way.
Title: Re: Eternal Grace Episode 1 (Released!)
Post by: Dyre on May 13, 2011, 09:13:12 AM
@jasprelao -

You're welcome. =)

That is a very reasonable price. Hopefully there are others willing to pay for it.
Title: Re: Eternal Grace Episode 1 (Released!)
Post by: jasprelao on May 16, 2011, 07:59:02 AM
@ForeverZero:
Thank you for your opinion.

@Dyre:
We hope so.

Hey there, we got some interview session with Joyverter, check this link out:
http://www.joyverter.com/joy-news/idlang/eng/id/381/joyverter-features-special-interview-with-eternal-grace-developer.html

Also here's a Sneak peek video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Wda7qy16I0

Thanks...
Title: Re: Eternal Grace Episode 1 (Released!)
Post by: Dyre on May 16, 2011, 09:35:04 PM
I noticed the interview made no mention of the program used to create the game. From the interview it looks as though your team is taking credit for everything - which is a bit misleading. Even if all of your resources are original - it was still made in the engine created by Enterbrain.

Was this merely an oversight or is your team claiming to have created this game entirely from scratch?
Title: Re: Eternal Grace Episode 1 (Released!)
Post by: jasprelao on May 18, 2011, 01:33:15 AM
Quote from: Dyre on May 16, 2011, 09:35:04 PM
I noticed the interview made no mention of the program used to create the game. From the interview it looks as though your team is taking credit for everything - which is a bit misleading. Even if all of your resources are original - it was still made in the engine created by Enterbrain.

Was this merely an oversight or is your team claiming to have created this game entirely from scratch?

First of all, we are apologize for the misleading here.
We are never claiming that our game is made from the scratch.

The interview itself we have credits Enterbrain as the game engine, but they only want to know the work rate of each people here. So they didn't write about the engine. But I always said, even in the website that we made the game with RPG Maker XP and we credits every people who has the scripts that we adapt into our game.

Check this out: http://www.eternal-grace.com/p/credits.html

I hope it can clear this problem,

Thanks...
Title: Re: Eternal Grace Episode 1 (Released!)
Post by: Dyre on May 18, 2011, 02:34:43 AM
I was betting more on the oversight. Makes sense the interviewer would want less information on the engine, more on the developers, as it seems the site is trying to push indie development. Specifically Indonesian. Which is fine and all, but there's an agenda so there will be half-truths.

Still, you guys did excellent work with the engine. =)
Title: Re: Eternal Grace Episode 1 (Released!)
Post by: Nessiah on May 18, 2011, 02:58:18 PM
Just played this game's trial. Aside from the slow pacing here and there and the grammar/spelling errors. The game actually feels professional and great! Good job you guys :D
Title: Re: Eternal Grace Episode 1 (Released!)
Post by: jasprelao on May 19, 2011, 09:55:35 AM
@Dyre:
Thank you for your understanding,
I'll try to contact the interviewer, may be they want to type the RPG Maker XP from Enterbrain as the Engine.

@Nessiah:
Thanks, arch... nice to meet you here ;)

Want to know deeper about Eternal Grace world, check this article out: http://www.eternal-grace.com/2011/05/deeper-with-enthrea-part-1.html

Thanks...
Title: Re: Eternal Grace Episode 1 (Released!)
Post by: jasprelao on May 21, 2011, 03:21:24 PM
Is there anybody else who has try this game?

Feel free to drop your opinion and review here. We're looking forward for your review about our game.

Thanks...
Title: Re: Eternal Grace Episode 1 (Released!)
Post by: jasprelao on May 24, 2011, 04:44:11 PM
@Dyre:
Please check the interview once more, Joyverter has revised something there, they agreed to type RPG Maker XP from Enterbrain as the engine, since we are know that should be written there.

We apologize for the inconvenience.

Thanks...
Title: Re: Eternal Grace Episode 1 (Released!)
Post by: Dyre on May 24, 2011, 08:14:20 PM
I didn't expect you to have them change it. ><

Well, now people who read it will know there's a chance they can make such games with it too. So that's good..
Title: Re: Eternal Grace Episode 1 (Released!)
Post by: cozziekuns on May 24, 2011, 09:51:30 PM
Like Nessiah said, the game's opening is a little slow paced, which bugs me, but I guess that applies to most modern RPG's (cough Persona cough).

Otherwise, it looks like a great game. Can't wait to finish Ep 1.
Title: Re: Eternal Grace Episode 1 (Released!)
Post by: jasprelao on May 25, 2011, 03:05:40 AM
@Dyre & cozziekuns:
Thank you very much,
feel free to shower us wit feed backs,
we are glad to hear that

Our very first game had been reviewed on the local Magazine in Indonesia called OMEGA, check it out.

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Thanks...
Title: Re: Eternal Grace Episode 1 (Released!)
Post by: modern algebra on May 25, 2011, 03:07:28 PM
Very cool. Nice work!
Title: Re: Eternal Grace Episode 1 (Released!)
Post by: strike on May 25, 2011, 08:10:12 PM
neat!
Title: Re: Eternal Grace Episode 1 (Released!)
Post by: jasprelao on May 26, 2011, 04:53:22 AM
@modern algebra & Strike Reyhi:
Thank you very much,
have you try our game?
Feel free to drop some comments

Thanks...
Title: Re: Eternal Grace Episode 1 (Released!)
Post by: jasprelao on May 31, 2011, 01:48:23 PM
Dear all,

Our game has entered Game Trove, let's check it out:

http://www.gametrove.../game.php?g=852

Thanks...
Title: Re: Eternal Grace Episode 1 (Released!)
Post by: jasprelao on June 09, 2011, 02:28:15 AM
Dear all,
Have you read the new description of characters?
check it out at  http://www.eternal-grace.com/p/main-characters.html

Thanks...
Title: Re: Eternal Grace Episode 1 (Released!)
Post by: jasprelao on July 29, 2011, 02:34:27 AM
Patch released, please check it out here: http://www.eternal-grace.com/p/buy-now.html
Thank you for your understanding and patience.

Thanks...
Title: Re: Eternal Grace Episode 1 (Released!)
Post by: exhydra on July 29, 2011, 02:51:29 AM
Currently when 'new game' is selected, the testing area is loaded.
Title: Re: Eternal Grace Episode 1 (Released!)
Post by: Gaara on July 30, 2011, 10:20:30 PM
It still has a few minor grammar errors in it. You should look in to it if you want people to purchase the game.

Now as for it being a commercial game and made in RPG Maker XP I don't see an issue with this. After all even big companies like Level 5 use 3rd party software (not saying they use RMXP/VX/Game Maker), and that's all RMXP is, is a 3rd party software. However, I personally wouldn't sell a game because even encrypted games can be decrypted and take or look at how you did it.

I suggest continuing and if you do make any profit upgrade to something a little more professional like like Torque Game Builder (C++/C#). An indie license is only $99 (USD).
Title: Re: Eternal Grace Episode 1 (Released!)
Post by: jasprelao on September 27, 2011, 01:41:58 AM
@Exhydra:
It's fixed, thank you for your information :)

@Gaara:
You're right, we're thinking about move our engine into something better for the next episode.

Want to know more about Enthrea and Eternal Grace?
Check this one out:
http://www.eternal-grace.com/2011/09/deeper-with-enthrea-part-2.html

Thanks...