Well in the Woods: A Story About Friendship

[Derek16438]

DEMO V1.1     11/3/07
- http://www.megaupload.com/?d=BDE44DVQ

Introduction
Blake Chambers is a thirteen year old boy that the world has forgotten. Despite the neglection and partly because of it, he is a courageous young man, but at the same time, an extremely quiet boy. His twin brother Jacob on the other hand; being an aspiring pop star is the complete opposite. Loving to rub his fame in his younger brother's face, Jake is arrogant and selfish. Their mother is no better. She enjoys leeching off of Jake to get what she wants, and pays practically no mind to Blake what so ever. Blake's father, also neglegent towards Blake only, is never home to see the kin, because of work. The family resides in rural Massachusetts in a two story house filled with five bedrooms and bad memories. The most devastating of which; occurred only two short years ago, when Blake and Jake's baby sister Sophia disappeared when she was only seven years of age. The search party assigned to find her was able to locate the lucky trinket that she carried with her always. It was found next to an old well that lies behind the house, however nothing more was recovered. It was as though she had vanished into thin air, and decided to leave no traces of her whereabouts to anyone other than the trinket. There may just be more that old well than meets the eye.


Story
The story itself begins after you fall into the well in your back yard. You engage in a verbal conflict with you mother and storm to the woods for relief. You hear voices coming from the well, "he...lp......me..."You lean over to see if you can get a better understanding. You don't hear them anymore. "Hmm.....wierd," you think to yourself. You turn to face the other direction, when you are knocked over the edge b a shadowy figure. When you emerge from the water in the well, you instantly know you are longer in the woods back home.....You find yourself alone in a dark cavern filled with bats and and horrible scents. After making your way out of the cave, you are greeted by a cautious fairy who is not hesitant to pull his blade. After examining you, and seeing that you are no threat to him, he guides you to the Fairy Kingdom as he does with all who cross. When you arrive to the kingdom, you are presented before the elder who explains your situation to you. He also tells you that his people are willing to put you up for the night, but in the morning you must embark on a journey across the many lands of Wruterius in search of the human civilization.

Races include but are not limited to: Humans, Fairies, Mimics, Scurges, Trolls and Ogres, Orcs, Treants, Goblins and more.....


Main Characters
Hero:
Blake Chambers - 13 years old `human`
Beginning Class - Soldier
Ending Class     - Knight of Valor
Graphics
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Secondary Character:
Gil               - 492 fairy years old (19) `fairy`
Beginning Class - Fairy Warrior
Ending Class - Fairy Knight of Honor
Graphics
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Gil's Background
[spoiler]Part #1
He was once a very happy child, who hadn't a care in the world...This was when his best friend Thorax still lived...While adventuring in the "Thorn Jungle" the two found themselves trapped by the civilizations elder, "Thornopsis." They had been picking thorns from the vines in hopes that the blacksmith in their village would take them off their hands for a "nominal" fee, but they should have acquired more information about the "Thorn Jungle," and it's elder's rules before ever entering...

Part #2
Thornopsis explains to them that taking ANYTHING from "Thorn Jungle," let alone causing even the slightest damage to one piece of any foilage in the jungle will have dire consequences and reprecussions...When the boys explain that they have nothing to give in repent or repay for what they have done, Thornopsis becomes enraged. He offers the boys one final resolution: Thorax agrees, but Gil cannot...

..... ... . . . . .One must die in repentance for their actions. Thorax tries to explain that he being older than Gil, he will take full responsibility for the crime they have committed and suffer the "ultimate punishment," so that Gil may live on...However Gil refuses and declares that the elder is "unjust"...The worst thing any one person can do in "wruterius," is to declare that an elder's way of rule, is "unjust." Thornopsis has had enough, he begins to assault BOTH of the fairies in a wild rampage. In the heated battle, Thorax gives his life to make sure that Gil was able to escape, but Thornopsis promises that if Gil EVER lays one foot in "Thorn Jungle" again, he will be slaughtered on sight; by either his own thorns, or by any of "Thorn Jungle's" inhabitants...

Part #3
In turn, Gil is a lonely person who believes it is his fault that Thorax is gone, because ultimately it was HIS decision to venture into "Thorn Jungle." However there is something very peculiar about this young orange-haired child that has crossed into "Wruterius." Gil is reminded of the friendship that he once had, and Blake discovers it for the first time.....[/spoiler]

Third Character:
Ayass          - 271 mimicry years old (12) `Mimic`
Beginning Class - Mimic
Ending Class - Mimic

Fourth Character: (Animal)
Kitzer           - 111 scurge years old (9) `scurge`
Beginning Class - Scurge
Ending Class - Scurge
Graphics
Kitzer Before Transformation
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Kitzer After Transformation: (Prototype)
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Scripts:
[spoiler]Minkoff's Animated Battlers - RTAB, (SIGNIFICANT)
Ccoa's UMS v1.5 (Minor, used to spice up the feel of the game)
Mog-Styled Menus, (Minor, used to spice up the feel of the game)[/spoiler]


Event Systems:
[spoiler]My Lighting Control System
My Running Event System...
My Snowboarding System...Base created by Modern Algebra...I've added some extra features
My Jumping System...Allows the jumping over objects and small crevices...[/spoiler]


Screenshots:
*Note that main character is not Arshes. See chara graphics for the real deal.....
LogoScreen
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CustomTitleScreen
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Blake'sHouse Upstairs:
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Blake'sHouse Yard:
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SnowyPass:
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FairyForest:
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Custom Menu:
[spoiler][/spoiler]

The Main Menu STILL isn't finished yet, *sigh* all that's left though is to put in the selection buttons...
MANY KUDOS TO MOGHUNTER for developing these menus.....

[Arkbennett]

The main menu looks like it'd be coolio.
And hey, that school bus looks familer.

Btw, what a scurges?

[Derek16438]

A Scurge is just some random creature that I made up on the spot that will help you on your quest(KITZER)
To see what a Scurge looks like(I will probably change him) look at Kitzer's chara graphics section.....

[Derek16438]

Updated...Check out the Custom Title and Main Menu...

[modern algebra]

Nice, the title and the menu (where are the names and pics?) look really good.

I'd suggest making the school bus bigger, but aside from that this game looks interesting. Good luck.

[Derek16438]

(where are the names and pics?)

I'd suggest making the school bus bigger, but aside from that this game looks interesting. Good luck.

@Modern Al:
What do you mean by "where are the names and pics?" If you mean the selection buttons, I haven't added them yet...and as for making the schoolbus bigger...Yupper...

[modern algebra]

Well the menu shows data like hp, sp, status, but it doesn't say which hero it iss talking about or give charactewr graphics or face graphics or anything.

[Derek16438]

Oh, yeah...I plan on putting animated battlers beside their status'...They're not there, because I haven't found someone who can modify the script I'm using to incorporate what I need...

If you are familiar with Ccoa's Sideview Battlesystem, she uses strips of graphics for the animated battlers...I need to find someone who can figure out how she did that, and incorporate it into the MOG-Style menu I'm using so that I can make completely original animated stances for each of the characters to be placed next to their status so you can determine who's who...

I'm a spriter, not a scripter...

[bulls84]

I can't wait for the demo, it looks sweet.

[Derek16438]

Updated...

Gil's graphics and background story have been added...Thread was organized a little as well...

[Halestorm5]

Derek, do you think I can use Kitzer's base design, but change it... alot? Plz...

And this game looks awesome at the moment!

[Derek16438]

You'll have to finish it, and send me a PM, so I can see that you really aren't just using Kitzer, but if you plan on changing him, I don't see a problem, go for it...No credit required...

[Sophist]

I like your mapping. <3

+rep

[Derek16438]

Update:
- Demo should be getting released tomorrow after I pull some bugs...

- Don't get TOO excited though, I'm not letting anyone see Wruterius just yet...The demo thats being released will only consist of the storyline up to the point where you are transported to Wruterius...Fairly short, but oh well...You'll get the chance to see some of the game's event system's and script's useage...But no menu either, I have it disabled until you arrive in Wruterius...

I hope you all like it anyway though!!

[Derek16438]

-DEMO tomorrow...

[Derek16438]

Demo released...

[Derek16438]

Haha, could someone try the DEMO...?