Mid Autumn Garden (Arc II: Chapter 2 released) *Mapping Improved*

Word to the Wise:
[This game is more like an interactive cartoon. The chapters are like episodes. So instead of telling the story from one point of view, it'll tell the story from many character's view. There is no real lead character.. just protagonists.

You follow your goal to reach the end of the game. . completing each episode, unlocking all of the hidden unlockables and uncovering all the easter eggs. When you're finished with the episode you get one last cutscene and the credits.]


Arc 2:
Chapter 2: An unlikely friend and an unwanted enemy.

With the betrayal commited by Terry and Hime to the A.O.B. Chaos breaks loose. Those who were thought dead are re-introduced in this episodic chapter. New allies emerge, old friends become enemies behind the scenes. We are nothing but pawns in the true chaos of the Mid Autumn Garden blossoms.

Spoiler for Screenshots:

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After the Intro of Chapter 2


Marick Cave


Marick Mountain


Sandra's House


Sandra's House


Sandra's House


Nomans Prison

[Notes from the creator]
Rose/Shadow
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Unique characters. They cause opponents to bleed to death even if they dont deal damage. Unlike poison, when they cut the enemy the bleeding never stops until the opponent dies.

Rose's Wolf Blitz boosts stats. It may take more than one Wolf Blitz to inflict the heightened status. Wolf Blitz will cause recoil damage in the higher levels.

Shadow is stronger against some elements. Fire being one.

Kel
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Even holding back will mostly likely kill all her opponents in one hit. You don't need strategy using her, you can basically run through the whole level by hitting S.

Lilidya/Ophillia
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Lilidya has stronger defense than Ophillia, Ophillia is overall stronger than Lilidya.

Ophillia will easily die against magic element attacks so be careful when you use her.

Ophillia can weaken/ poison opponents.


Michael/Miranda
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They will help in pinch situations, Michael has a high crit rating and Miranda has the best buffs in game.
Miranda though easily defeated revives swiftly. Michael revives after a long cool down period.
You can kill michael/miranda on mistake so be careful!

Hidden secrets.
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In EVERY chapter there at least five hidden unlockables. Some are easily found, others need a strategy guide to find.

Improvements
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I didn't like the mapping in Chapter 1.. so I improved it.

Chapter 2: An unlikely friend and an unwanted enemy (91 MBS)
Chapter 2 (Improved Graphics in Chapter 1)


Chapter 2 Savefile (Use this to get to the awesomeness of Chapter 2 faster. =D)
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Spoiler for Chapter 1: Terry/Hime's canon (Playtime 30 minutes +):

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Mid Autumn Garden Chapter II Intro Video


A new story unfolds inside a complex series of events. Enter Terry and Hime, two A.O.B. partners in which have formed a unique bond through attraction. This picks up where Arc I left off, after the disappearances of the main protagonists of M.A.G.

Recap of the story
Arc I- Chapter 0

The player is introduced to Rose a contract wielding shadow walker. The story progresses from the A.O.B. headquarters into travel to the Martial Lands. The party is introduced to the stories antagonist an enlightened shadow walker by the name of 'Kel' and her contract 'Gabby'. After fending for themselves the party regroups at an inn.

Arc I- Chapter 1.

After Rose awakes from his coma with a tighter bond with his contract the party has to begin to make heads and tails of the A.O.B's betrayal. Within minutes Kel makes her second appearance, having murdered everyone in the checkpoint she exits. Lilidya and Rose are seperated and a new girl is introduced to the story; Ex- A.O.B. member Vadeena.

Having learned why Vadeena is helping her Lilidya goes to find Rose. After meeting up with Rose once more, she finds out that he has his mind set on leaving the party for good. Lilidya not accepting the cards that were dealt to her follows Rose deeper into the forest. She finds out that Contractor (her old boss) is there (possibly waiting for Kel) and destroys him.

Arc I - Chapter 2

The Arc's Finale. Lilidya makes her way past Lye and into Loki. She finds out last minute that Loki was a trap set for her party to destroy them there.. it is unknown the fate that befell Arc I's protagonists.




Enter Vadeena (Cutscene)


Promise: Town of Brotherly Love


Lament Bridge: Road to Civilization (Terry being shocked by Fungacle)


Martial Lands: Deep Forest (Apparitions hunting the protagonists)


Lyca Field: Snowy Retreat (Fungacle shocking Hime)


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Spoiler for Arc 1:

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An contracted beast master tries to better the world.. in his own way. During a mission he accidentally stumbles across an Organization that proves to be a huge threat for him and his kind.

You are Rose an assassin that must find himself, by finding and exposes all threats to the world that you live in.

You are Lilidya.. an assassin in training that wants to become independent of all presumptions that women are weak.

You are Ophillia.. a contract partner with a cynical view on life.

You are Shadow.. a hell contract that slowly learns emotions and realizes life is more than being selfish.


You are the hand that preens the Mid Autumn Garden.
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Spoiler for Arc 1 (Not 56k Friendly):

The Screenshots.















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Mid Autumn Garden Chapter 1!







Rose:
Swiftest and weakest of the Rose/Shadow pair.
Rose is immune to poison/bleeding. Though he's weak, his
strength isn't set like Shadow's and can be stacked.
His melee attacks are able to cause bleeding.


Shadow:
Most effective if evolved through Wolves Berries.
He is also immune to poison/bleeding.  His melee
attacks are able to cause bleeding.


Lilidya:
Weakest of the Lilidya/Ophillia pair.
Though she's weakest in strength she's strongest
against status effects. Like Rose her strength can
be stacked.


Ophillia:
Weakest against status effects/magic yet strongest in game
hands down. She's immune to weaken and dazzle.


Vadeena:
Weakest skill-wise, she has no attack skills.. yet she's able to play with
the opponents mind and use their ailments to her advantage. She is the only
character without the ability to see contracts or possess them. Yet she is
also the only character thats able to use different weapons/armors.

Unlockables:
Chapter 1.
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Latisha
The weakest attack wise, strongest skill wise.. she has little to no attack strength
and is unreliable when it comes down to speed and power (when she runs out of SP). Yet
when she has SP she is one of the strongest fighters in game.

Chapter 2.
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Michael
His girl-like appearance throws off his true strength. He seems to be the only human partner
that is stronger than his contract. His skills are one of the strongest self buffing skills in game.
His only drawback is that he can't equip any weapons or armor.

Miranda
One of the most powerful healers in game, she is immune to every status effect in game. She
also has the most powerful reanimation spells in game. She doesn't have to wait for allies to
fall, she can kill allies herself and revive them with godly buffs. Only problem is anything can
one hit her easily and she's so slow that it may not be worth it to use her without buffing her up yourself.


Mid Autumn Garden:
Chapter 2: Loki Prison

With Rose leaving the party Lilidya/Vadeena must become detectives to find him and his hell contract. Rose's sanity is breaking and Lilidya/Vadeena has a set deadline to find them.. all trails lead to one place "Loki Prison". Is the A.O.B. really finished with Contractor or is it just the beginning? The questions are answered in this chapter of Mid Autumn Garden..









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Spoiler for WARNING! Spoilers *Strategy Guide* (Arc I:

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Strategy guide:
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Martial lands:

Hidden items: 0
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Treasure Chest:  1
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Wolves Berry

Optional Cutscenes: 1
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Latisha/Gabby

Monsters
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Soldier:

Drops:
Essence (%20)

Does:
170-200 damage (Shadow)
150-170 damage (Rose)

Gives:
6 Exp.

Ghost:

Drops:
Potion (%30)

Does:
170-200 damage (Shadow)
150-170 damage (Rose)

Gives:
7 EXP.

(Boss Guide)
Latisha
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Recommended level:  1
Recommended Items: None

The best way to beat her:
Use the Wolves Berry on Shadow that you find in the treasure chest.
Use Rose and shadow's melee attack until she begins bleeding then use
Shadow's spiral fang.


1st Boss Marathon.
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Aluxes/Malice:
Recommended Level:  3-4
Recommended Items: Potion x2 (Gained from Ghosts)

Aluxes:
Does 220 damage with normal attack
Does 400 damage with cross cut

Drops:
Tonic
Wolves Berry

The best way to beat them:
Use the Wolves Berry to strengthen Shadow even more.
Level up until you're level 3/4 with Shadow/ Rose.  Rose learns Spiral Fang at level 4.. so it
should be childs play to beat them at that level.      Use Rose's two spiral fangs to kill Malice first.
(If you kill Aluxes first Malice will revive Aluxes and they will kill you). Then Melee attack Aluxes to death.

Cyrus/Mace:
Recommended Level: 4-5

Recommended Items: Potion x2 (Gained from Ghosts)

The best way to beat them:
As SOON as you start the battle use Shadow's Spiral Fang on Mace. Afterwards melee Cyrus
to death. You should be able to beat the two in a few turns.

Kel:
Recommended Level: 4-5
Recommended Items: Potion x3/ Tonic/ Essence x2

The best way to beat her:
Rose and Shadow should be on heal duty. Shadow should have two power breaks left if
you played your cards right. Use those two power breaks as soon as possible after that
Shadow should stand aside and heal everyone with Rose until Lilidya/Ophillia runs out of SP.
Leave -just- enough SP for Lilidya to use a Mass heal later (you'll need it). -Only- use Essences on Ophillia, she's the only one that can do massive damage. When everyone runs out of SP use melee on Kel until she dies. The whole party should be able to do 1k damage to Kel with melee attacks alone per turn. If you play your cards right you wont need to use too many potions/essences.

Congrats you've beaten the obstacle of bosses that have made many cry time and time again! *Sigh* You shouldn't be forced to do such a hard thing so early in the game. You're rewarded by the creator for not giving up with ....

Inner Boundries: Rose's Mind.
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Monsters:
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Hellhound

Drops: Wolves Berry (%2)
Does: 170-200 damage
Gives: 10 exp


Soldier:

Drops:
Essence (%20)

Does:
150-170 damage

Gives:
6 Exp.

Ghost:

Drops:
Potion (%30)

Does:
150-170 damage

Gives:
7 EXP.


Final Boss of Chapter 1:
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Parasite:
Recommended Level: 7-8
Reccomended Items: Potions x 3, Essences x 5

The best way to beat them:
Use the wolves berry on Rose before you start the fight and be sure to -save your GAME- at the doorway!

Soon as you start the fight melee attack the Parasite's left and right hand until
they start bleeding.. soon as you do that unleash all of your spiral fangs (from Rose and Shadow)until you're out of SP.. Use four essences on Shadow, and use one on Rose. By the time you finish unleashing your barrage of Spiral Fangs the Parasite and his hands should be finished.

End of First Chapter.


First Chapter:
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Payate Town:

Optional Cutscenes: 5
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Payate Pub: Vadeena/Latisha
Payate Item Shop: Raine/Shadow
Unknown House: Married Couple

Boss Battle:
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Shadow Contract

Does:
Shadow World: 0-50 (All)
Normal Attack: 250-300 (All)

Inflicts:
Fear
Delay

Drops:
Seed of Intelligence
Potion (%20)

The best way to beat them:
Have everyone use their strongest skills against the shadow contract. After the shadow contract is defeated, kill the ghosts.
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Latisha

Does:
Darkness
Greater Darkness.
Embrace the Night
Nega Status

Drops:
Seed of Strength


The best way to beat her:
Any one of her skills can one hit anyone if you aren't cautious. You -must- use Vadeena's status skills against her to win. Firstly use Womanly Caress on Ophillia (Boosts MDEF).. you also might want to use the Amplifier sold at the item shop (boosts MDEF).  If you use these two Ophillia wont be as weak against magic attacks. To further weaken Latisha use Feeble and Delay on her then go to town on her. She'll occassionally use Nega Status so repeat again until she dies.
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Vadeena's Memory:

Hidden cutscenes: 1
Underwater Contract

Optional Cutscenes: 1
Test of the Free Spirit

Boss Battle:

Hell Contract: Sahagin
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Recommended Items:
Potion x 5

Does:
Fire - 300
Summon

Drops:

How to beat him:
Feeble/Delay him soon as you start. He's powerful but he's slow. You'll be able to hit him four times before he can hit you once. All you have to do is out last him and he'll die soon enough.. yet, before he dies he will summon a corpse which may catch you offguard, so be sure to heal as soon as he does. You'll recieve a rainbow prism when you finish him off.. Refine items like that at the Equipment Crystal. You may want to refine the item you get from the room before the exit/entrance.. that will help you with the hidden boss in the well.

Free Spirit
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Recommended Items:
Potion x 5

Does:
Confuse (Cancelled out by Elegant Headdress)
Attack
Ice
Water

Drops:
Aqua Kimono

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Maimel

Optional Boss Fights/Cutscenes 1:
Enlightened Latisha (Only chance to get her to join your party)

Recommended Level: 9-10
Recommended Items: (All bought at Pub in Maimel)
 Eternal Essence x 5, Tonic x 5, Potent Tonic x5, Potion x 10

Does:
Dark Lullaby: (One hit KO)
Darkness:
Mass Darkness:

How to beat her:
To be honest, you'll need luck as well as a strategy for her. Her Dark Lullaby is very annoying and you cant really guard against it. Nevertheless when you begin the battle start out with Lilidya using Womanly Carress on Ophillia, and Ophillia using Sharp on Lilidya. You may want Lilidya to use womanly carress on herself as well.. she'll need it. When you're all buffed out have Lilidya use Illusion on her until she dies. Ophillia will have to go on Tank/heal duty when needed. Keep everyone buffed.. and things should go more or less smoothly. Have Lilidya use Illusion and Ophillia keep Lilidya's SP in check until she passes out. Latisha is enlightened this time around so if you want to win against her, you'll actually have to fight with determination this time around.
Remember this with your skills you do 1k per turn, with melee alone you do 500 per turn. You dont have to worry about damage control, just survival.


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Martial Lands: Deep Forest

Chapter 1: Final Boss Fight
Contractor:

Recommended Level: 9-10
Recommended Items: Potion x 10, Essence x 2, Eternal Essence x 2, Tonic x 4

Recommended Party:
Lilidya, Ophillia, Latisha (if unlocked), and Vadeena

Does:
(Status Skills)
Barrier
Fire, Summon.

How to beat him:
Have Ophillia cast Sharp on Lilidya and Vadeena, have Vadeena cast delay/feeble on Contractor.
Latisha and Lilidya should be the main attackers in this fight. Ophillia should be the jack of all trades.
Have the Sharpened Lilidya bombard the Contractor with Illusions, and Latisha use Greater Darkness on him. Ophillia and Vadeena should be on the attack yet be ready to buff/debuff. If he uses Barrier Latisha should be able to debuff him (unfortunately of all buffs/debuffs) with Nega-Status level 2.

Once the Deities are summon make sure you kill them as soon as you see them. The Angel will raise anyone that has fallen, and the demon will one hit kill anyone who is an ally. The contractor will use an annoying skill called Radiate which can one hit everyone if used right which is why Ophillia and Latisha should be constantly caressed by Lilidya to keep them brave in battle.
After the battle there will be one more cutscene and whamo Chapter 1 has ended.

Whew!

It looks pretty nice. I'll try and d/l it soon.

I thought you died.

Nope. I just have my head buried in the RMXP.

Shame.

Your mapping could use a lot of work. Everything seems too square.

Sprites looks nice.

Yeah, the sprites look nice - your designs for the maps are quite nice, but I do agree that your cliffs seem a bit too square to be natural. The story sounds good.

Noted. Fix the cliffs a bit.

The art isn't defined enough.

Everyone is a critic >=/.
It's a side project, and I ain' picasso ya' know. I doubt this game will go commercial, either. It's just a for fun strategy game.. If you want definition, you should see my commercial game "Legend of Harpine" its in the process of having animated cutscenes added into.. Battle systems designed by SephirothSpawn, voice actors, composers, musicians.. artists. The whole nine yards, but.. this one its just me. The story should be sub par.. yet in general I've spent around 3 days per chapter and Denny is still working on his additions so..  I wouldn't read too much in it.. besides play the game then judge. =( Everyone looks at the screenshots and expects that the storyline would just jump out of the screenshots and tell them how the game play is.. nope.

The game is about two shadow walkers (Black people) who join together with their contracts (imaginary friends basically.. alot of schizo themes in game) and another shadow walker contract who wants to crush the world in her own way. The premise of the contracter partner is their are two dangerous levels. Enlightened Contracts, Hell contracts.. and then there are the generic normal contracts.. but, the contracts in general are rare even the generic ones.  Only the enlightened humans/contracts can see other contracts.. so even if you're a contract partner you can only see the contract partner who you made a deal with unless you're enlightened. There are other leagues of contracts "Free spirits" are those without partners that still wander the earth.. if the free spirit is enlightened normal humans can see it. I really didn't want to give away too much of the story, because.. it'll ruin the surprise.

I guess I am forced to do so anyway.

In chapter zero, it was basically Rose's introduction to the story. It tells how Lilidya and Rose met, it also tells how Shadow and Rose met. It introduces Kel (the antagonist) yet still leaves her in mystery. For now it just shows that she's a threat. Chapter one it's Vadeena's introduction, it shows how she met the party and it's also a certain party members farewell.. that person leaves the party and it is implied that that person is drunk with finding the antagonist.. so maddened that that person kills innocents. Other stuff happens yet things are still a bit confusing because it's still so early in the game.. the chapter ends on a sad note with a victory that is not really a victory. The end.. then the credits roll and you have to wait for chapter 2. v.v

There will always be someone who won't like it & to speak up their mind. One can't be a hundred bucks for everyone, so, I tell you to actually cool it a bit down.


If they don't like it & brag nonsence, then ignore them, otherwise it will encourage others to brag about it & critic it.


All I can say to stay on topic: I really like those map screenshots. Also, did you do the first pciture? I quite love it the way it's painted <3

I'm not mad.. relax.

I'm just annoyed because people have been judging the game before they played it. Thats kinda why I made it.. so people would play it. . I mean I dont mind if the game sucks, but telling me it sucks before you play it is a bit pompous.

Actually, that would be Ignorants.

:/

Nope its done by BanQ I wish I did it though. =(

I'm not mad.. relax.

I'm just annoyed because people have been judging the game before they played it. Thats kinda why I made it.. so people would play it. . I mean I dont mind if the game sucks, but telling me it sucks before you play it is a bit pompous.

lol I never said anything about your game, I was talking about the artwork. Don't get all pissy like you did a month ago

What the heck are you talking about? I was barely here a month ago and the times I did come here I just made joke posts. I'd give you the bravery points though, must've taken a few cigar puffs to make that post.

The CMS looks great and the title screen is very nice. Good work.

Uppppddaaattte. Chapta' 2 Dawg.

Oooh a few pointers.
Chapter 1

You will be able to forge 2 hidden items into weapons/ armor in the crystals if you solve all the puzzles. Check the well after you gain/equip the Elegant Headdress/Butterfly Knife.. you will fight a hidden contract. After you fight that contract go to the left of the map and enter the doorway that leads nowhere.. a cutscene will initiate and you will gain one of the rarest berries in game (The serphant berry).

In chapter 1 you can unlock Latisha -after- Vadeena leaves your party in Maimel. She's in the location to the left of the Inn. You can only fight her -before- the cutscene with Vadeena and Lilidya in the Inn. If you trigger that cutscene your chance to fight her will pass over.. and you will never be able to unlock her.

Latisha -is- the strongest boss in Chapter 1. She has a skill that can one hit KO anyone even if it misses.. so be sure to buy at least seven potent tonics/some essences (You know the essences that cure 700 SP not the first ones). You might want to level up until you get Womanly Caress/Illusion Dance (for Lilidya) and Sharp (for Ophillia). Be sure to save on the outskirts of Maimel before you fight Lilidya.. because she may kill you. If you beat her -big- if. . you would have unlocked the strongest magic user in game.
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Chapter 2

In Loki Prison inside the only open cell the wolves berry isn't the only treasure in there. Check the bed to find a hidden switch.. switch it and then go inside the blue door. Once you enter the blue door  go upstairs and watch the cutscenes (or skim through it if you want.) After Lilidya -leaves- the room with Michael in there go back in. The cell should open on its own. Talk to Michael and he and Miranda will join your party.

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There are -alot- of hidden cutscenes in Mid Autumn Garden.. so if you're a story buff.. you may want to look around. Yet, I've made it so if you hate sitting through cutscenes you can just fight bosses and watch the mandatory cutscenes.

That's pretty cool. I like all the unlockable stuff you have included in your game. It adds a lot to replayability.

Yay. I declare this the best chapter EVER of M.A.G. =)

*Pats self on back*