Chaos Origins

STORY:

           

Once there was peace in the world...
The world was like a system, everything worked together...
       Then everything changed in one, single day...

There was one village that ruined the perfect system, and it was caused by someone else. This village sheltered many brave warriors, wise elders, and powerful sages. This fact made many jealous, and with that jealousy, rumors fled through the entire planet... While the accused village sheltered many warriors, it did not shelter the few branded "the strongest". One specific rumor reached one of "the strongest" and the rumor wasn't good... "this village has too many strong ones, it would be easy for them to band together and take out anything they wanted, and their sage, he does not even appear to be human with his abilities..." This rumor spread fear through everyone, including "the strongest". The entire planet, excluding the accused village, formed one massive army. The army made their way towards their target, but when they got there, the village was already destroyed. They examined the ground and only found trace of three people leaving the village...

Spoiler for SCREENSHOTS:

Spoiler for NEW SCREENS:

This shows off the new graphics in XAS ABS demo v2. I edited the enemy HP script to make room for the minimap^^.
I recently changed to the UMS message system since the last demo. I edited the FFT windowskin and plan on using it for the game when I get around to changing the colors(maybe red and black or navy blue and black).
This is perhaps my favorite of all my Systems. It is completely animated with moving fogs and background, side-scrolling image menu, awesome logo, and never-ending rain. All credit goes to Hanzo for the script and logo^^

Spoiler for Features:

FEATURES:

• Action Battle System (XAS)
• Samo's Menu System
• Mini-Map
• Several Mini games
• many puzzles
• deep storyline
• Pause system
• and much more...

CHARACTERS:

Spoiler for Zak:

ZAK-

Zak is the main character in Chaos Origin. He doesn't know where he is originally from, but he knows where his family is... Zak is thrown into a mystery that appears to have something to do with his past, so he seeks the one man that might be able to help him remember his past...

Spoiler for Juin:

JUIN-

Juin is Zak's best friend. She is a helpful companion to Zak, she's very wise on certain subjects...
Juin has a lot of trouble hiding her feelings from her best friend. She is even more confused at how Zak doesn't realize that she likes him, with all her mess-ups around him... Will things work out in the end?

Spoiler for Diem:

DIEM-

Diem is the King of a town called Raski. He is often noted by several as the 'unexpected'. His motions as the king are often so maniacal and so out of the ordinary, you can't help but wonder of his intentions. People ask themselves, 'Is it the right thing to do?'. Diem soon becomes accused for the destruction of the forgotten city, Zak's hometown. But, does Diem act on his own accord?

Spoiler for Kane:

KANE-

Kane is Diem's side-kick, but Kane hope's to one day overthrow Diem and take control. Kane receives several orders everyday, most pertaining to the capture of Zak, and Kane absent-mindedly obeys.

Spoiler for Gradius:

     

GRADIUS-

Gradius is a mystery to everyone... In the old days it was common for people to be banned from a village, even more common for a sage to be banned. However, Gradius was banned by his own father, the Chief of his home village. Gradius walked out of the village with one sentence, "Only the wise can solve the mystery..." and then he left, never to be heard of again. How will Zak meet this banned sage?

Spoiler for Inferi:

Inferi are the creatures you will face on your quest. About twelve years ago a sage used his powers to create a second world known as 'the void'. When a creature is killed, instead of going to paradise, these creatures are sent to the new world. There the creatures undergo a special process that has yet to be named. This progress grants the Inferi a second chance at life, but there are side-effects to the process. Inferi are not given freedom, they are given a mind with one thing branded into it, 'KILL'...

Spoiler for Guardians:

Guardians are special forces whose only purpose is to protect. A Guardian, unlike the Inferi, still have a mind and free will. Once a Guardian bonds to someone, the Guardian will protect the one its bonded to. But, since Guardians still have free will, they can be persuaded to protect someone else. Through the years, Guardians have been deserting their hosts. No one knows exactly who is controlling the Guardians, but select few still remain loyal to their selected host...

RECRUITMENT:

Spoiler for What I need:

• Spriters for the ABS (high priority)

Spriters are on high priority at the moment. Mapping is now 100% complete, and the characters just don't look right w/o animation for the melee and skill attacks. If you are familiar with ABS spriting and would like to help, PM me or post in this thread...

Spoiler for CURRENT TEAM & CREDITS::

Mappers:
Kraft(made a few maps and I was given permission to use)
Formerly Noobo/006(recently left rmxp community T_T)
Sux2bu
Spriters:
WeaponOD
Sux2bu
Others:
Mascarphone for the awesome animations(see impulse screenshot)
Hanzo Kimura for his great Logo
Noobo for his others contributions to the game
XAS for his ABS
and any others I may have forgot

SURPRISE!
I already have a demo...
LINK 1:
Chaos Origin (megaupload)
LINK 2:
Chaos Origin (2Shared)

CHAOS ORIGIN WEBSITE!![/list]

I'm impressed, the mapping is really top class. I'll download this later.

Great mapping. Cool logo. Intriguing story.
But... Fighter01?

The mapping was done by Kraft at hbgames.org...
As for the Fighter01... the main character of the game requires around 15 different character sprites, and fighter01 was used in the demo. So unless I get a dedicated spriter i guess I'm stuck with Arshes T_T

Also, there was some complaints about finding the farmer, there's a road leading to the side of a house w/ a chimney. That's the farmer's house. This has been fixed in the new demo alsmost ready to be released w/ 1 hr of gameplay.

If the mapping was done by Kraft then why the hell is he not credited in the first post?

>.> Give credit to the guy who made your abs.

Credits added...
   XAS credited for the ABS under feaures

Be on the lookout for a new demo soon.

were those maps really even allowed for personally use? They were set up as examples when he released set up super tilesets, did you ask him? You can't put him under TEAM if he's not even working with you with any contact.

and give hanzo credit for that amazing logo D:< He's too great of an artist to be taken advantage of.

make a credits list, credits are important, very important!

I apologize for the improper credits. I was rushing when I posted this topic because my computer is almost dead so i'm using my sis's laptop and she was yelling something about myspace(O_o) so, of course, I forgot to to post some things. Wednesday, when I get my computer fixed, expect more updates^^.

Off the subject of credits, has anyone tested the demo? It about a moth or two old and I have hardly received any feedback on it. Also, I have a evented error in the demo:
     When looking for the farmer, his house is one of two houses with a chimney. The door to his house is where the       
     problem is. His door is on the side of the house, there's a dirt road leading right to it. This has been fixed since the   
     demo was released. The farmer is walking around the village, and in the next demo there will even be a map^^

NEW UPDATES

Spoiler for NEW SCREENSHOT #1:

This screen demonstrates the graphics in the new version of the XAS ABS. A few default XAS scripts have been edited to make room for the mini map. This screen displays the entire HUD (AT, HP, SP, Enemy HP, map, Skills and Items, equipment, and empty Unleash bar)

Spoiler for NEW SCREENSHOT #2:

This screen shows a new windowskin( and edit of the FFT skin. Will eventually change the colors). I recently changed to the UMS message system since the last demo.

Spoiler for NEW SCREENSHOT #3:

This is perhaps my favorite part of my game as far as systems. This Title System is entirely animated. It has moving fogs, never-ending rain fall, side-scrolling image menu, and an animated background. Also it has an awesome logo^^. All credit goes to Hanzo Kimura, for the logo and the script.

Other Info:

New demo up soon... I have a few message codes I need to change due to the message system switch and a few other final touches. Not quite sure how long this demo will be, maybe a little more the 50 minutes.

Still Need:

Spriters for the ABS

Creatures added to the Characters section and topic page has been re-modeled.

Spoiler for Inferi:

Inferi are the creatures you will face on your quest. About twelve years ago a sage used his powers to create a second world known as 'the void'. When a creature is killed, instead of going to paradise, these creatures are sent to the new world. There the creatures undergo a special process that has yet to be named. This progress grants the Inferi a second chance at life, but there are side-effects to the process. Inferi are not given freedom, they are given a mind with one thing branded into it, 'KILL'...

Spoiler for Guardians:

Guardians are special forces whose only purpose is to protect. A Guardian, unlike the Inferi, still have a mind and free will. Once a Guardian bonds to someone, the Guardian will protect the one its bonded to. But, since Guardians still have free will, they can be persuaded to protect someone else. Through the years, Guardians have been deserting their hosts. No one knows exactly who is controlling the Guardians, but select few still remain loyal to their selected host...

I Still Need:

ABS Spriters...

any comments on the new creatures in Chaos Origins?

I really like what you did with the tilesets; while a few parts feel slightly awkward (e.g. the wall in the city's fading texture), most of them provide a very nice touch and atmosphere in scenario! And lol@the first of the new screenies; someone looks like he's taking a nice stab in the face.

i just noticed the bee stabbing the mc in the face^^

I'm glad you like something in the game^^
Do you have any comments on storyline, characters, or features? I want to make my game as good as possible, and I could definately start with some feedback...

Someone tell me if the Inferi and the Guardians are good ideas. Their descriptions can be found under "Characters" in the topic page