[VXA] The Postman (Complete!)

[yuyu!]

In a universe where Gods exist separately from humans, one lesser God takes on a task far greater than he could imagine.
His pursuit begins simply with a missing letter but ends in cold blood. Our God then finds himself tasked with something
completely outside of his jurisdiction: He must find a letter, and capture a killer.



A 2014 Indie Game Maker Contestant



Download The Postman



Genre: Mystery/RPG
Estimated Time: 45 m. - 1 h.

The Team:
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Acolyte - Leading, Spriting
Exhydra - Story, mapping
Pacman - Scripting
yuyu - Story, dialogue
Dr. Mc - Cutscene artwork
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Credits:
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Graphical resources:

Ayene-chan

[Copyright](C) 2014 DEGICA Co., LTD; Enterbrain, INC;
Artists:
Lunarea
Scinaya
Jalen


CLOSET
(https://sites.google.com/site/closetvx/)
(http://closetace.wiki.fc2.com/)


SFOG
(http://foryou.opal.ne.jp/sfog/material.html#material)

[Copyright](C) 2013 ENTERBRAIN, INC;
Artists:
Jalen
Celianna
Archeia_Nessiah
(http://divisionheaven.wordpress.com/)
Scinaya
PentagonBuddy


Scripting:

Modern Algebra


Music:

"A Spring in your Step"
[Copyright](C) 2014 DEGICA Co., LTD; Enterbrain, INC;
Artist: Scythuz

"Dreadly Indeed", "Playing Around"
[Copyright](C) 2014 DEGICA Co., LTD; Enterbrain, INC;
Artist: Kairi Sawler

"Gravity"
[Copyright](C) 2014 DEGICA Co., LTD; Enterbrain, INC;
Artist: Quigon

"Theme - Seasons Change", "Town - Dark City"
[Copyright](C) 2014 Joel Steudler

"Theme 01", "Changed Plans"
[Copyright](C) 2013 JDB Artist
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[yuyu!]

yeah um we actually made this awhile ago but didn't include a professional thread until now :-)

Sadly, we didn't win 10k for it, though!

[Miss Nile]

Downloading. ^^ I'll probably play it sometime tomorrow though, but I'll let you know what I think once I am done! Maybe some screenshots in the thread could help though? ^^;

[bluntsword]

So this looks cool!

[yuyu!]

Downloading. ^^ I'll probably play it sometime tomorrow though, but I'll let you know what I think once I am done! Maybe some screenshots in the thread could help though? ^^;

Hey, thanks for the DL! :-) I thought about going all out with the thread, but the game is really tiny. So I kinda left things more simple. D: I might add screenshots later on, but by now I just wanted to get the thing posted (it's been waaay too long since we made it).

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nobody liked the movie but i liked it ok i mean so what if it wasnt like the books eh

[yuyu!]

eh

[Miss Nile]

I played the game last night, and I really liked it! It's true that it's tiny XD But it's really cute-the graphics are really beautiful and the characters are lovable. XD

Great job with it. I'll look for more games by you. ^^

[yuyu!]

Awww, thanks! :-) Due to complications, we ended up making the game in one week. That's why it was so short.

Though to be honest, I can't really take credit for the game itself. Exhydra and Aco came up with the God of Missing Letters thing. I just made it into a detective game and did the writing.

[amerk]

Damn, and here I thought this was going to be a remake of the David Brin novel to make up for the dreadful movie adaption we received. Too bad, as that would have made for a decent sci-fi rpg. But this still looks pretty decent, so I may play it anyways.

[yuyu!]

just a humble detective game B)

[Kyuukon]

This was a nice short game xD! I liked all the characters (even the killer :3) and the gorgeous introduction.

What could of been improved, however, is it to be not so linear. I mean, letting the player suspect someone and make deductions. If wrong, just give the bad ending.
I also don't get why the killer didn't get the f*** away from there? After all, <the killer> had the letter, right? But I understand it's kinda a fantasy setting ('Undelivered Letters God', LOL!).
Another suggestion is: When interrogating about characters, show the face of the sprite as the icon, matching the character in question. At the beginning, I was kinda lost on who was who.

I had my fun ^^ Good job!

[yuyu!]

Thanks, Kyuu! I appreciate the feedback!

There was certainly a lot of things that we intended to do with the game, including just about everything you mentioned. Actually...basically exactly what you mentioned. :B This game ended up being part of a contest, and sadly we got around to making it a bit late and had to cram the whole project in a week (which was partially my fault because I kept bickering over the plot). The artwork and writing parts were easy for us, but we started to run out of time when it came to the actual gameplay. ;~;

Thanks again for playing it!

[Kyuukon]

I see... That's why I don't like contests like that! Good things take time. But a chance to win $10k is a chance to win $10k, I guess xP

Better luck for the next

[yuyu!]

I see... That's why I don't like contests like that! Good things take time. But a chance to win $10k is a chance to win $10k, I guess xP

Better luck for the next

That $10k sounds nice, but I kinda think I'll stick to make my free hobby games. I learned my lesson on that one. :B I love working under pressure, but I'd rather have fun. B) Who knows? Maybe I'll try another one of those contests next time.

[Acolyte]

At any rate, I don't think I'll trust an RPGmakerweb contest again. It was just one big clusterfuck. And in the end, even all the non-rpgs were rpgs.
Makes me feel bad for all the people that spent so long coding and creating original art only to lose out to baby's first rpg maker game. :anski2:

I know I've said it before, but I'm really grateful to you guys for your work. Everyone did a great job.

[yuyu!]

Makes me feel bad for all the people that spent so long coding and creating original art only to lose out to baby's first rpg maker game. :anski2:

Aye, that one pissed me off, too. Some of the games that placed looked absolutely awful. I felt bad for all those really great projects that we saw that didn't make it at all.