[SUSPENDED] Shadow of the Fallen: Shattered Souls (RMXP)

[Zan]

Title Screen



Shadow of the Fallen:  Shattered Souls (RMXP)(working title) is a game version of a storyline that's been knocking around in my head for some time.

It begins with the standard RPG cliché of the normal unsuspecting main character.  This particular unsuspecting main character is named Zan.  (Yes, same name, but he's not supposed to be me.  After winning a local martial-arts tournament, he runs into a crazy bum-type guy who starts babbling about how "the world is like a soap bubble" and him (the bum) being "the duct tape holding this world together."  Zan gets annoyed and knocks the guy out.
  "Surprisingly" (very few of you are surprised) the crazy bum was telling the truth.  Upon knocking the guy out, the whole world dissolves around him and he finds himself in a freaky dimension full of random colors and effects.  He is then attacked by a "1-Dimensional Beast" that wastes him almost instantly.  A black silhouette appears and annihilates the beast while Zan is unconscious/dead (take your pick).
When Zan wakes up he finds himself in ? ? ? (actually the name, pronounced "Ehhhh???", a world made up of random bits and pieces of other worlds.
That's all I have really firmly nailed down of the main storyline. 
The rest of what I have worked out is pretty scattered.  As you may have noticed, this game is pretty satirical.  It's anime-y style, with plenty of random craziness, and I spend a LOT  of time making fun of RPGs. 
Characters:



Zan
Age: 18
Height: 6'
Weapon: Katana, Sword
Starts out as a fairly normal guy, a bit of a bastard (they're more fun to write for.) When transported to ? ? ?, at first he is focused on returning home.  However, his priorities begin to change as he learns more about the new dimension.


Airi
Age: 18
Height: 5' 7"
Weapon: Unarmed, Projectile Blades (ie kunai, shuriken)
Standard female main character.  I haven't worked any interesting presonality traits into her yet.

Hayt
Age: 22
Height: 6' 2
Weapon: Spear
Hayt is an opposing character.  He's a bloodmage, which is kinda like an alchemist, except they work with the chemical components of their own bodies.  For example, to throw fire, he could cut himself and alter the blood to ignite on contact with oxygen.



Gideon
Age: 40
Height:6'4"
Weapon: Book
He just may be the most awesome cleric ever.


Reiv
Age:12
Height: 4'9"
Weapon:Scythe


Sinis
Age:32
Height: 5'10"
Weapon: Tantos,daggers


I can't tell you much about this dude, it would be a pretty big spoiler, but you can look at the pretty picture:

Huh.  He looks way better in the game.

Here's some screenshots:



This is from the main city.


This one too, but it shows more of it.  It's too big to all fit on my screen at once.  It's going to get better.  I just found some more modern tilesets.
(The tileset for the city is 15000 pixels long. It's a bitch to work with. )


As you can probably tell, this is the menu screen.


He's tired of that.


So he does this.

Features:
Over 50 non-RTP battlers and sprites
Over 70 non-RTP battle backgrounds
Lots of muzak(unfortunately, most of it is from various RTPs)
All party members are non-RTP battlers (but not always sprites)
All new skills, equipment and items
Modified stat system; now Strength figures into Attack
Soul Limits (by Blizzard)
Action-based leveling (attack a lot, your strength goes up, etc.) (Blizzard(modified))
Shows faces instead of sprites in the menus (Blizzard(modified))
Weapon Unleashes (like in Golden Sun) (Jimme Reashu)
Can learn skills from items (Khatharr)
New statuses/skill types; Absorb, Regen, Random Death, All-Targeting, Auto-Life, Zombie (Blizzard)
Party Switching (Blizzard)
Learn skills from equipment (Blizzard)

More coming soon.

Feedback would be appreciated.

[Zan]

Nothing to say?
(shakes fist)
Curse you, more interesting games!
CURSE YOUUUUUUUUU!!!

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i wait for mapping screenshots. =D

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after you press that button you need to open paint and "paste" it in.

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A good idea would be to update your first reply to this topic instead of adding on with new stuff in new reply's that way everything is at the top.

[Halestorm5]

OMFG! The character is... Is... Is... AMAZING!

[Zan]

OMFG! The character is... Is... Is... AMAZING!

No need to be sarcastic, dude.
Have I made fun of your game...recently?

[Halestorm5]

No really I love that battler.

<3
The only problem is he has no mouth.

[Zan]

Yeah, I suck at mouths.  Especially on computer.  If you get the mouth wrong it can ruin the whole face.   I'm working on an edit that I think is better.  I'll post a rough sketch as soon as I can scan him on.  He still has no mouth, but now it's because the collar of his coat partially covers his face.

[Zan]

Well, I meant to have a demo by now, but I found a whole bunch of little glitches, plus a big one.  Coming soon, I promise.

[Halestorm5]

Nah I don't like the battler anymore... Just because of a two badly shaded new parts... No offence.

[Zan]

The armor, right? Yeah, I'm taking it off.
And no offense taken.  Like I said, I want feedback.

[tSwitch]

it looks plenty interesting, but please fix the face

[Zan]

What's wrong with the face?

[tSwitch]

the one from the menu, it's all glitchy looking.

[Zan]

Oh yeah, that face.  I thought you meant the battler.  That's just a "placeholder" face.  I modified it from Rm2k3 just to have something to show until I can scan the pictures I'm drawing on.  Don't worry, it's definitely not sticking around.

[tSwitch]

the battler is awesome too, don't worry about the armor, I love it

[Zan]

the battler is awesome too, don't worry about the armor, I love it

I should take a poll.  I like it either way.

[Halestorm5]

If u do, Ill vote without the armour.

[tSwitch]

it's really similar to the style I use
here's an example
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[Zan]

How so?  I like your style, but I'm afraid I don't see the similarity.
And it looks like I can't take a poll, so I just asked up at the top.

[tSwitch]

1) similar shading techniques
2) both are similar Anime based styles
3) I'm pretty sure you also draw it by had first

[Zan]

I see. And you're right, I do.  It's a bitch coloring and shading it on computer, though...

[modern algebra]

The graphics are all really cool, but the maps are pretty bad. You might want to look at a tut or two. Otherwise, everything looks amazing, and I mean that.

[Zan]

The graphics are all really cool, but the maps are pretty bad. You might want to look at a tut or two. Otherwise, everything looks amazing, and I mean that.

Those are all the same map.  I thought I had more.  Hold on, I'll post one of the starting city.