[CANCELLED]Gryft Memoirs: The Black Butterfly.

Please note that the story is much more developed than I let on, reason 1. Is the fact it's in my head, but finished, and reason 2. is that I hate threads that give away a story and give you no reason to play them.
BUT... if you're really unhappy that I haven't put enough story information up, I'll put some more.


Gryft Memoirs: The Black Butterfly
Story Related:

Spoiler for Story of the Black Butterfly:

In the beginning, though many think there was no time to measure then, light ruled everything. There was nothing, nothing at all. The light was like a massive sheet, which blocked out space, sunlight and everything else.
This light eventually began to grow tired. As its tiredness increased, a small hole appeared in the light, letting the darkness of space shine through. From this small patch of darkness came the Black Butterfly, the creator of all. The body of the Black Butterfly represented the darkness from whence it came, the left wing, Chaos, and the right wing, Order.
The Black Butterfly flew over the light, destroying its hold and life soon blossomed. But from this birth of life came humans, who desired the Black Butterfly for its immense power, and so has been the tale for millennia.

Spoiler for Game's Story Synopis:

16 years ago, the Black Butterfly was captured. It was being planned to use it as a weapon against the Galfagna Kingdom. The Black Butterfly refused to be used this way and so shattered itself, causing the unleashment of monsters. 14 years after, a girl named Vivian is quietly spending her days in the town called Gryft, and has never left. She spends a lot of time with her friend Neko, who has been there since Vivian's family was taken by sickness. (They even live in the same house!). After her father's death, Vivian is expelled from her high school because she can't pay school fees. Because Vivian is a Death Dancer (people who dance at the edge of death for a year to give themselves or others power), which requires extreme tactical training, intelligence and endurance, she attracts the notice of Prince Ziegfried. Little does she know his intentions are far from just getting her into the royal army. Somehow, the fate of the entire world rests on the shoulders of her, and a boy named Vincent. Is it because there birthyear concedes with the shattering of the Black Butterfly?

Spoiler for Kingdoms and the World:

The Kingdoms and World:
Morytyr (mor-ry-tir) is divided into two Kingdoms: Lirio (liry-o) and Galfagna (gal-fag-na). Generally the two Kingdoms are divided by one fact: one believes the light was the reason the world was created, and the other believes the Black Butterfly created the world. In general, Lirio is the kingdom of the Black Butterfly while Galfagna is the kingdom of light. The two opposing orders, Freedom of Light and Black Wings, come from Galfagna and Lirio respectively.
More or less both Kingdoms lived like yin & yang for many years. In the last century, however, the two orders have been influencing the monarchy and, by 1248, both Kingdoms were at war, which caused the Black Searchers of Lirio to hunt even more ruthlessly.

Spoiler for Groups and Orders:

GROUPS/ORDERS:
Freedom of Light: Believes the light is the true ruler of the world and wishes to make everyone embrace it. They will do anything to destroy anything related to the Black Butterfly.

Black Wings: The opposite to Freedom of Light, they think the Butterfly rules the world and wish to make it whole again so they can bathe in its wisdom.

Black Seekers: After the destruction of the Black Butterfly, the Black Seekers became obsolete. Some became mercenaries, others stayed Black Seekers. Eventually, half went to Freedom of Light, seeking to destroy the Black Butterfly, and the other went to Black Wings, seeking to bring it back together.

Bringer of Ravens: An elite assassin/thieves guild that Ferik and Carmil belong to.
There headquarters is located in Hadora.

Characters

Spoiler for Vivian:

VIVIAN
AGE: 16
HAIR COLOUR: Brown
EYE COLOUR: Green
GENDER: FEMALE
HOMETOWN: Gryft
WEAPON: Ring Blade
NOTABLE PHYSICAL FEATURES: Her bright green eyes, and her tendency to wear skimpy clothing.

BIO:
Vivian was born in Gryft on the 14 of August, 1304 (they follow a different calendar to our own Christian one). Vivian uses a weapon akin to the Aisellene Drossel used by Tira from Soul Calibur. At school, she is considered a loner and doesn’t have any friends except for a Kitsune named Neko. The reason for this is her unhappy, angry, negative and mature personality that no one can understand. When fired up, Vivian can be extremely violent but she tries to keep calm when people try to get her mad. She enjoys writing, reading and drawing.
Vivian’s family life is a complete mess. Her mother died when she was ten, leaving her to take care of all her younger siblings and her alcoholic father. One by one, her siblings were taken by sickness, while she remained healthy and could do nothing but watch. Just recently, Vivian's last remaining family member, her father, also succumbed to sickness and Vivian began to live with a Kitsune named Neko. Because of this Vivian is extremely capable of fending for herself and excels in situations that require logic or quick thinking.
Vivian is the only female that can summon in your party.

Spoiler for Vincent:

VINCENT

AGE: 16
HAIR COLOUR: Black
EYE COLOUR: Brown
GENDER: MALE
HOME TOWN: Unknown
WEAPON: Gun
NOTABLE PHYSICAL FEATURES: Long vertical scar that just misses his eye, and he is missing a finger on his right hand.
BIO:
Vincent refuses to reveal any of his origins or how exactly he got the scar on his face or how he lost his finger. Vincent doesn’t seem to want any human contact.
However, despite seeming anti-social, Vincent is actually, (unbelievably) kind-hearted, happy-go-lucky and protective with a strong sense of justice. Because of this contrasting exterior and interior, Vivian is very cautious and suspicious about him. Vincent, however, is used to people being suspicious of him. When he was 13, he was accused of murder, but was released on account of hardly any evidence. When he was 14 the police re-opened the case and managed to convict Vincent of murder. Vincent, however, was completely innocent and broke out of prison a year later.
Since then Vincent has been searching for the person who framed him. The reason Vincent is so furious over the injustice of his framing is that the murder was of his own younger brother, Zak..
Vincent is now quietly hunting the person who framed him. Vincent’s search eventually leads him to Gryft, where he meets Vivian.


Vincent is the only male that can summon in your party.

Spoiler for Carmil:

CARMIL

AGE: 19
HAIR COLOUR: Green/Blue
EYE COLOUR: Violet
GENDER: FEMALE
HOMETOWN: Hadora
WEAPON: Staff
NOTABLE PHYSICAL FEATURES: She has a tattoo on her back in the shape of a dragon.

BIO: Carmil is an energetic, gets-on-your-nerves-constantly type of girl. She acts this way to keep her mind off her past, in which both of her parents died during a raid. Carmil then joined the band of rebels, intending to get close to the leader and murder him for her parents’ deaths. At nineteen, she now leads the group, filled with all-new members since her parents were killed. Even though she’s bouncy, she’s also “magic-happy” and is merciless in battle, having also taken up a job in the assassins industry.
Carmil is also black mage, preferring spells of the fire type.

Spoiler for Gryft:

GRYFT

AGE: 34
HAIR COLOUR: White (was originally black)
EYE COLOUR: Green
GENDER: MALE
HOMETOWN: Unknown
WEAPON: Ultra-massive-sword. (Buster Sword)
NOTABLE PHYSICAL FEATURES: He wields a huge sword, for one, and has a scar on his face.
BIO: 14 years ago Gryft founded the town that his named after him and Vivian’s hometown, having defended it from siege. Now 34, Gryft seems to only want to travel with the party if Vincent is with them. Vivian thinks this is extremely odd but does not say anything. Gryft used to be one of the Black Searchers but deserted when the group attacked Gryft (once Butterfly)

Spoiler for Halley:

HALLEY

AGE: 13
HAIR COLOUR: Red
EYE COLOUR: Green
GENDER: FEMALE
HOMETOWN: Unknown
WEAPON: Staff
NOTABLE PHYSICAL FEATURES: The sword and star birth mark on her right wrist.

Halley is a reserved and shy 12-year-old with no friends. She trails along in Vincent’s wake, which although it appears to annoy him, he enjoys her company. More to the point, Vincent gets annoyed with her smart remarks at odd moments, but he has to deal with her because, in truth, she is his little sister and only remaining relative (to their knowledge). Halley uses StarStaff, a Brefin present from her brother (Brefin is their world’s equal to Christmas) before Vincent left to find the person who framed him. During the time Vincent was in prison, Halley was working on a farm near their own home, with a woman from their village.
During the time she was with the woman on the farm, the woman taught her black magic (the power of healing), because she believed that Halley would someday need it. Why she thought this, no-one knows .

Spoiler for Ferik:

FERIK

AGE:21
HAIR COLOUR: Red
EYE COLOUR: Hazel
GENDER: MALE
HOMETOWN: Poril
WEAPON: Double Knife Blades
NOTABLE PHYSICAL FEATURES: None.

BIO: A member of Carmil’s assassin guild. Although he can appear aloft and anti-social at times, when he opens up he can get a little bit obnoxious. He is very secretive about his origins, especially his past. All the rest of the group know is that Ferik, Arkeno, Ziegfried and Nariko have history. He refuses to reveal anything about it until quite late in the game. He has a small soft spot for both Carmil and Vivian, though his apparent interest in Vivian seems to be annoying Carmil greatly.

A couple of bad guys; still more to come:

Spoiler for Ziegfried:

OMG! He's the bad guy! Yes, that's right, Ziegfried plays the bad guy role.
ZIEGFRIED
AGE: 21
HAIR COLOUR: Red
EYE COLOUR: Blue
GENDER: Male
HOMETOWN: Poril
WEAPON: Flame Gloves
NOTABLE PHYSICAL FEATURES: Three dark spots on his left hand, in the shape of a triangle. Represents the entrance of the Black Butterfly shards when he was seven.
BIO:  Prince Ziegfried val Verol Kirtiro, King Certiros’s one and only child is heir to the throne and has always been obsessed with power. Being a bearer of Black Butterfly shards, the order of Black Wings keeps a close eye on him, but he often forces them away be summoning something vicious. He favours almost-living summons, like dolls, which has earned him the title of Doll Mage.

Spoiler for Nariko:

.NARIKO (has nothing to do with Heavenly Sword)
AGE: 21
HAIR COLOUR: Blonde
EYE COLOUR: Blue
GENDER: Female
HOMETOWN: Poril
WEAPON: Longsword
NOTABLE PHYSICAL FEATURES: None.
BIO: Nariko and Ziegfried, along with Arkeno, grew up together in the castle, each obtaining high statuses within. Nariko tries to hide it, but she is obsessed with Ziegfried, and loves him to bits. She wishes nothing more than for him to get what he desires. If you manage to bypass this infatuation, however, Nariko is an honest, talented and kind woman who fights for her Kingdom mercilessly.

Spoiler for Arkeno:

ARKENO
AGE: 22
HAIR COLOUR: Black
EYE COLOUR: Brown
GENDER: Male
HOMETOWN: Unknown (somewhere in the Galfagna Kingdom)
WEAPON: Fire Bow
NOTABLE PHYSICAL FEATURES: Arkeno lost his left eye and nearly his life during a training session with bows. Since then, Arkeno has refused to use any other weapon until he finds the person who shot him (who had fled) and makes him pay.
BIO: Arkeno was one of the few commoners taken into the castle. However, because of his prowess in battle, Arkeno was quickly accepted into the royal army. Him and Nariko have been the closest of friends since they were little, but their possible relationship is marred by the fact they are constantly competing. Arkeno is second in command of the royal army, and because of this, Nariko and him are currently at an “icy” stage.

Spoiler for Summoning Theory:

The ability to summon is restricted to people bearing butterfly shards. Vivian and Vincent are an exception, having no mark upon their bodies to show that they have black butterfly shards within them. Despite this, everything else about them is the same; they are chased by monsters, and can summon.
The ability to summon comes from the black butterflies ability to create life. Because of the fact summoners are chased by monsters, they are feared as people who bring bad luck.

Spoiler for Scripts being implemented:

Charlie Lee's Skill Learning System, CTB and the additional add-ons .
Minkoff's Side-view system
1NAMKCOR1's Death Watch (or Doom) script.
Leon_Westbrooke's party changer.
ccoa's UMS.

Credits
Gizzle (for the battle themes)
dollmage (for the animated battlers, and for inspiring me to make my own)
Charlie Lee (for his CTB and other add-ons) + DerVVulfman and Cybersam.
Minkoff (thank you for the side-view system!!! XD)
ccoa (for the UMS... my messages would be so boring without this )
Leon_Westbrooke for the party changer.
LOS: Crowd and knight on horse sprites used during Ziegfried's parade.
School and Ruined Church tile set is from RPGRPGRevolution.
Every single game that cast darkness as evil... you inspired me to make something out of your boxes.
My sister for playing it at home and giving me encouragement to post this
Features
Not only does this game include a CTB system like FF10, were at all times someone is taking a turn, it also includes another system where you learn skills off your armour like FF9. It also includes spells/ effects like Reflect, Regen, Guard, Sentinel, Demi, Osmose (by a different name) Drain, Break Drives (Like Overdrives or Limit Breaks) Counter and EXP x2 and Minkoff's side view system enhanced by DerVVulfman.

Team
Me (database, artwork, eventing, mapping, walking sprites (exluding Gryft's, Ziegfried's, Nariko's, Neko) Vivian's battler, most monster battlers, Vincent's battler edit (changed the blues to blacks from dollmage's gun slinger) Halley's battler edits (changed the hair colour from pink to dark red, and pants from blue to green from dollmage's temple priestess)
Hopefully I'll be able to do mapping on my own.
Testers:
lul1093(my sis) Art/Screenshots:
Screenshots:

Spoiler for Screenshot 1:

Vivian in the school (not permanent)

Spoiler for Screenshot 2:

Vivian talking to her principal

Spoiler for Screenshot 3:

Intro

Spoiler for Battle Screen:

(This is jut a test battle at the moment)

Art:
Vivian(*) in the butterfly dress:

Spoiler for:

*Please note that the above picture is not ACTUALLY Vivian, it's just a dress she's gonna wear. Vivian was never designed off her, I just remember finding this picture at school and thinking: OMFG that dress would be perfect for Vivian! Vivian never wears this dress in a fight, its just for one part of the game. Credits to the signature in the bottom, but someone actually made a cosplay of this dress, buyable at www.mooncostumes.com. Kind of a shock when I saw it.
Wish I could draw like that >_<. One day.

Vivian's Battler (made by me XD):

Spoiler for:

Vivian in her everyday outfit (I don't have very good markers, so they bled a bit on the paper *cries*. My sis still thinks it's pretty awesome, tell me what you think!:

Spoiler for:

(Her crop top and hair-tie are too light, my scanner lightened them up tons >_<)

Vincent in his everyday clothes:

Spoiler for:

AHH! HE HAS TWO RIGHT HANDS! I SCREWED IT UP! *bangs head on desk*

All artwork is drawn by me except for the Vivian in the butterfly dress.


DEMO!! 23 MB (The two battle themes, boss and normal, make up 10MB)(Like I have said, time and time again, I suck at mapping. The demo is mostly story development at the moment, but you get a taste of the battle system at the end. If you get stuck, the folder that the demo comes in has a little *if you get stuck, read this!* notepad.)
Enjoy!

http://www.megaupload.com/?d=ZFKZMIHQ<-Has a few bugs.
http://www.mediafire.com/?mjjbu1t9npx
For Levent . This one may have a fight against Raellixia at the end of the demo. The battler isn't finished and the story goes nowhere after you win it, so don't bother with the fight. I compressed this a while ago now, so quite a bit has changed since, but here's the differences between the MU and MF:
The parade bug has been fixed in this version.
I think the encounter rate in Frapeliz forest has been fixed.
Vivian still disappears for a while after the first conversation with Ziegfried.
Vivian's face no longer appears when you talk to Miss Gretin in the school at one point.
I think this has the Learning Status menu in it. I'm not sure.
In the next version, this is what it has:
All bugs up to Frapeliz Forest are fixed (my beta tester isn't home yet)
Fight with Raelleixa is now playable.
Gryft will be leaveable at the end of the demo.
Vincent and Halley join your party while Neko(I STILL have to add her to the character list) leaves. .
You no longer immediately learn abilities after one fight, and the Venom Bracelet now has River Styx on it. It just takes a very, very, very long time to learn.
I think that's it...
UPDATE: I have FINALLY changed the ages of the two main characters. I don't know why I didn't do it before. Because of this, the game will probably include other stuff that wouldn't have been included otherwise. The conversation with Vivian and Ziegfried at the parade still occurs, since Vivian is still a minor.
Oh, and Zak is now Vincent's twin brother. I'm going to keep it like this from now on.

The above demos do not reflect this change, BTW.


Cancelled due to lack of interest and my very crappy mapping. I'm working on two other games, one to improve my mapping (just a quick one) and another that's getting a lot of attention on CA.

Edited first post with character art, screenshots and and neatened it up at bit though now it's the same time i wrote it last night .
Now all I have to do is watch and wait for someone to comment...

Horrible mapping, read some tutorials and consider redoing every single map.

That's exactly why I said I sucked at mapping, but I've been trying to redo it... I've only just figured out to do wall properly, lol

Horrible mapping, read some tutorials and consider redoing every single map.

Seconded.
The story has a good structure somewhat, however.
Improvement is necessary for development.

Updated.

School map is now based n your school?
That's interesting.

Here's a link to a Vivian sketch of mine 
http://sorceresskyrsty.deviantart.com/art/Vivian-Sketch-2-82233805
If you go to my page there's also a Vincent one but its coloured in texta >_<...
Tomorrow I'll be updating Vincent's bio, and adding Arkeno. Vincent isn't supposed to be the cold and silent one, it's Vivian, Vincent's personality in reality is more like Sora's from Kingdom Hearts.
He just makes you want to slap him around the head (lol, not really, less intense than Sora's)

Why have so young characters? It isn't so realistic that a bunch of teenagers saves the world, you know...

Other from that, yeah, I gree with the others. Your mapping needs alot of improvement.

teenagers ALWAYS save the world XD

lol, well, a group of them and with the help of someone like Jade of course

I've only read your intro story, it sounded a bit flat, but the concept looks like theres alot of room to expand on, but it'll need quite a bit of work, it's a solid start, wish you luck on it

I like the story, it has a rather interesting Prologue & it has points to become a great game.

Just that, <shrugs> The maps need to be Improved >__>;;


For a Moment, I thought Vivian was going to look like the picture & I see the above and was about to scream >__>;; *lol* But reading now, guess it won't happen (Shocking how could there be actual cosplay of it).


Other than that, I am looking forward to this ^^


 ~ Caro Ru Lushe

Haha, sorry Caro Ru Lushe about the Vivian artwork. I've got no idea how to colour them like that >_<. Wish I did, but I'm still pretty new to the drawing scene (1 year).
I've updated it again, had a lot of time to work on it when my internet crapped out >_<. Stupid telstra.

Battle screen posted, and I've just finished Vivian's battler poses-wise! I think I may need to do a bit more shading and neaten up the more recent poses... but at least it's finished (My second ever finished battler!! I'm so proud of myself) Vivian, Vincent and Carmil stand as the only teens in the group, and Carmil's bordering adulthood at 19. Halley's still 12, and she's going to stay that way, because Zak was in the middle at 13.
Tomorrow I'll put my completed battlers up here . So far I've made Vivian and...a bomb, based of the FF8 version. I liked the cartoony look .

Added my own Vivian artwork and (yet again) neatened up my post >_<.
I'll have lots of time to work on artwork this weekend, so expect to see Vincent up soon 

Demo has been RELEASED!! Woot!
*Edit: OMFG! Quadruple post! SORRY!!!

Sorry for not seeing this sooner. I will move it now.

I'm not done with the demo but I did make it to the forest, besides the maps(Which you explained), the only thing I can complain about is the battles and random encounters. Every two steps it seems, explosion, fight.(If I over read something, sorry.)

I think I'll go finish the demo like tomorrow.

Yeah, my one beta tester complained about that also. The encounter rate will be lowered in the next release and those flowers given a bit more agility, since this is practically the only place you'll encounter them, and your character get a few too many turns .

All bugs in original demo are now fixed, but I'm going to lengthen it before the re-release (you'll be able to finish the Gryft section in the next demo). But, since I'm having a bit of trouble deciding on sprite designs for bosses and enemies, I'll be using Ragnarok Online battlers until mine are finished. The bosses moves and attributes will be exactly the same in the proper release, the battlers will just be different. It's kind of hard when you're the lone spriter on a project, and I get bored of flowers pretty quickly.

Is it possible that you host the demo in Mediafire?
Megaupload is evil to me.

kk, but I think I forgot to delete the event with a test fight against Raellixia... just warning you.
EDIT: I've got to go to bed in five minutes, and mediafire won't upload it in that amount of time. It'll be up by tomorrow, Levent.
(My maps still suck, but I really tried with the Frapliz forest...)
Another EDIT:
Link is in first post. Differences are described below it.