NEW THREAD: http://rmrk.net/index.php/topic,10424.0.html
BELOW IS SEVERELY OUTDATED, CHECK OUT THE NEW VERSION OF THE PROJECT @ABOVE LINK.
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Greetings. This is my first project, but I sticked with it.
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Click here to download Demo. (~3 Hours of Game Play) (http://files.filefront.com/Quintessence_VotB_Demo_v2exe/;5493375;;/fileinfo.html)
Click here to download 'To Realize', Quintessence's main theme song. (Might need to turn up volume a bit, volume output was a bit low.) (http://www.savefile.com/files/67150)
And by the way, check out my story-building tutorial linked in my sig; it might be helpful.
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Storyline:
The setting is in a semi-fantasy world where a large scaled armed conflict between the nations of Aerians and the Alliance has just ended.
Through the war, numerous orphan camps were established due to the heavy casualties. The story starts at one of the camps, just a few years after the war was over.
(SPOILER BELOW)
The main character, Reivier, one day accidentally discovers that his wife was an Aerian (Lunair) in disguise (whom consumed a pill of the Quintessence; allowing human transformation at the cost of shortening life spans in short). He learns through a chain of events that his real wife was abducted to Aeria a few months ago, and that the Aerian, Lunair, was sent to blend in the village to spy on whether the Alliance is making any recruitment efforts to start another war.
However, through a coincidence involving one of the most valuable individuals from Aeria, Lunair learned that she was tricked by the higher Aerian officials in a multitude of aspects. And essentially, by consuming the Quintessence (an experimental material), it reduces one's lifespan vastly by slowly poisoning one's body. Hence, after quarels, she agrees to travel back to Aeria to try and rescue Reivier's real wife, Serai, back; while a few others sets out to search for the cure to the poisonous substance. Reivier consumes a pill of the Quintessence in secret as well for the intent of being able to go with Lunair to Aeria to find his wife, Serai; which in turn also put him under the grasp of the venom of the Quintessence.
But when they finally arrive at Aeria, a unfortunate chain of events unfold that lead to horrendous discoveries; and they realized that it was just the beginning...
(/SPOILER ENDS)
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Characters
Main Characters
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Supporting Characters
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(https://rmrk.net/proxy.php?request=http%3A%2F%2Fimg.photobucket.com%2Falbums%2Fv385%2FReivier%2FVikonF.png&hash=e6f0c844e800e8b69f1b335fb5ae56fde2258f33)Vikon Marc (21): A friend of Reivier from the orphan village; lumberjack. Got involved in the event from caught listening to a confidential conversation. A rather optimistic but foolish man, but he did not know what he was in for when he offered to go help finding the cure with Kardian/Alden.
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Current Features:
-~3 hours of gameplay.
-Around 20 original BGMs and other audios by James Zhang, Kevin McCullough and Kan Gao (me).
-A storyline that is not kill-this-one-guy-and-save-the-world (yet).
-A s*@$load of chillaxing cut-scenes.
-Leet scripts from around the world.
-A very detailed walk-through for the first 10-15 minutes or so of game-play to get you started (2nd post).
-Good ol' Naramura graphics; some (crappily) edited by me.
-Cheats available but not recommended.
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Current Stock of Original Soundtrack List (Not all implemented/refined at the moment) (File Names):
James Q. Zhang:
-Gate of Glory
-Tense Theme 1 JZ
-THE RETURN
-Tropical
-Village2
-Knightly
-Mist
-Morning Scene
-MournGuitar
-Piano Soft 1
-Prion Capital
-Quintessence Intro
Kevin McCullough:
-Catacombs
-Illusion
-Labyrinth Tower
-TheEnchanted
-Sacrifice
Kan Gao:
To Realize
Departure Theme _ KG
Endeavor Piano _ Kan G.
Intro Credit Mist
Memories
Sad Theme 1 Piano _ Kan G.
snow
Snowflake
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Current Credits:
Director
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Kan Gao/Reives
Scripts
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Cogwheel BudsieBuds Wachunga
Catchm Ccoa Near Fantastica
Slipkno Fukuyama Blizzard
XRXS Dubealex MiDas Mike
Sandgolem
Original Audio
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James Q. Zhang
Kevin McCullough
Kan Gao
Supporting Audio
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Enterbrain
Canadian Wildlife Sound
Graphics
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Enterbrain Naramura Ccoa
Terus Erk Rye
$t3v0 Raerae Tana
Zanyzora Euphony Mewsterus
Kan Gao/Reives
Mapping & Hair Pulling
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Kan Gao/Reives
Storyline & Cheese
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Kan Gao/Reives
Beta Testers
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You.
Special Thanks
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James Q. Zhang
Kevin McCullough
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(Will finish the thread later.)