Dark Eternal: Dissolution v2.1SE (Complete)

[Zenogias]

DISCLAIMER

This is a complete 20 hour RPG Maker XP Game. It is 246 megabytes, and utilizes a fully mp3 soundtrack. None of these things will be changed, period. If you have a problem with any of this, stop reading now.

Dissolution: An overview

     
     Dark Eternal: Dissolution, part I of a II part saga, is a cintematic 2D rpg designed in the RMXP engine. It chronicles the journey of 'Danis', a mysterious duelist who was found washed ashore in north western Nikotha by Brian, a local vagrant and troublemaker to the people of 'Domna', a forest community rooted deep in Nikothian territory. Brian learns that Danis has lost his memory, and decides to join him as a guide in Danis' new quest to discover his past identity.

    Dark Eternal: Dissolution has been in development since December '04, and now over a year later, the final version is to be released in the coming week. Along with a slew of changes, some of the major additions to the game include a brand new message system, featuring a higher resolution skin and face graphics, 6 additional sidequests and minigames, many additional cutscenes and story sequences throughout the game, over 150 redesigned maps, an extended ending and much more.

Game is Rated: Mature (Alcohol refrences, marijuana refrences, adult themes, mild profanity)

For more information, please visit Dissolution's official website at http://www.zenosoft.net.

Dissolution: Prolouge

     Nearly 3000 years have passed since the seperation of the realms. The Void, The Living and the Dormant. Our story takes place on the planet Norturne, a place where The Living realm flourished in a post-dark ages renissance of sorts, hosting a plethora of different forms of life and resources. Although the three known nations of Norturne, 'Arnia', 'Nikotha' and 'Daerok' are constantly bickering with one another, a war has not been seen by the citizens of Norturne in recent history. All is not as grand elseware, however, in the Dormant realm. Although the Dormant realm is much more advanced in terms of technology and and scientific discovery, it suffers from corrupt dictatorships and constant war. Due to all of the advances made on Norturne in the 'Dormant realm', they also suffer from lack of resources and polluted air supply.

     Dissoultion begins with a seemingly normal young man called, 'Danis', floating ashore in northern Nikotha unconcious. He is later discovered by a local Vagrant named, 'Brian', and after a short discussion, Brian decides to help Danis find his lost past. Danis and Brian will travel through a slew of different regions and citys, all the while meeting many friends and foes along way, on their path to discover the secrets of Danis' dark past. Dissolution is Part I of II, meaning it is more accuratly half of a full length game. Dissolution takes place mostly in the Living Realm of Norturne, with an ending that will leave most people who finish the game with more questions than answers.

Main Cast

Danis-
Age: Unknown
Birth Place: Unknown
Weapon: Talins

Description:
A seemingly normal young man, who harbors a dark, unknown past. Brian finds Danis unconcious on the shore of a beach near his home in Domna, Nikotha. Brian takes Danis in and after a short conversation, decides to join him in his journey to find hints at his past and his former home.

Brian-
Age: Unknown
Birth Place: Unknown
Weapon: Sword

Description:
     Brian is a young swordsman and local troublemaker who is known in Domna for his reefer smoking antics and for living out in a cave in the forest. Although his father lives in Domna, and owns a house there, Brian still chooses to live in the wilds. Little else is known about Brian, aside from the fact that his mother lives and works in Western Arnia, and his father owns one of the largest machinery corporations on Norturne.

Nahla-
Age: 20
Birth Place: Rin, Nikotha
Weapon: Cutlass

Description:
     A former commander in the Nikothian army, Nahla is generally kind-hearted and always well manored. Currently living in Rin with her father, a series of events will lead her to join up with Danis and Brian on their journey across Norturne.

Rand-
Age: 29
Birth Place: Kolodan, Arnia
Weapon: Battle Axe

Description:
     A sub-general of the Arnian militia, Rand was sent on a mission to find and escort Danis to Kolodan, the capital of Arnia. Calm and collected, yet as fierce as a god on the battlefield, Rand lets nothing stand in his way.

Ehrix-
Age: Unknown
Birth Place: Unknown
Weapon: Unknown

Description:
     Danis' brother, even less is known of Ehrix than Danis himself. Although seemingly cruel and malevolant, Ehrix, for reasons unknown, allowed Danis to live when he had the chance to kill him. It is very possible Ehrix played a roll in Danis' amnesia.

Sakura-
Age: 22
Birth Place: Kolodan, Arnia
Weapon: Katana

Description:
     The daughter of the Prime Minister of Arnia, Sakura is an elite assassin who's primary responsibilites include recon missions and deep cover espionage. Although childhood friends with Rand, her sense of honor and duty supercede any other feelings she may have.

Tanith-
Age: Unknown
Birth Place: Daerok
Weapon: Unknown

Description:
     Chief Advisor to the Arnian Council, yet originally born in 'Daerok'. Tanith is looked down upon by the general public due to his foreign nationality, however his strength and charisma allowed him to advance through the ranks at an alarming speed.

v2.0(SE) Features

Highly customized Active Count battle system (by KGC)
Customized Menu System  (Script by Catchm)
White Ties Message system (Edited by Kaitos and Myself, originall created by ccoa)
Advanced Weather system (by ccoa)
Plus many other misc. scripts
Deep storyline which will be concluded in part 2
Character graphics largly by naramaru with some by myself and others aswell.
99% non-rtp enemy battlers
15+ Hours of gameplay!
Many sidequests and mini-games
Fully MP3 Soundtrack that captures the essence of Norturne

New Screenshots

Download

You can download Dark Eternal: Dissolution v2.1SE from our Main mirror.

Frequently Asked Questions

1.) Why is the game so big?

The game is 20 hours long, and yes, it has a completely mp3 soundtrack. The MP3s make up 180 megabytes of the filesize, where as the rest of the game is hovering at a little above 50.

2.) Is there a midi version?

No.

3.) Will there ever be a midi version?

No.

4.) I don't see any fonts, whats going on?!

The install package *should* automaticlly install the two fonts neccisary to play Dark Eternal: Dissolution. In some rare cases, however, the fonts don't seem to get installed. If this happens to you, head to http://www.zenosoft.net, and navigate to the Dissolution downloads area. There you can find a link to the fonts and documentation seperate from the main download.

5.) 0MG, Where did you get your battle system?!?

It's the KGC Active count battle system. you can find it Here.

6.) I found a bug, how do I report it?

You can, of course, post your bug here. However, I'd prefer bug reports be posted Here.

7.) When is Dark Eternal II coming out?

There is no release date, as it is still highly in pre-development. You can expect more information in a couple months.

8.) Can I be a part of Dark Eternal II?

Yes! Although I did DE1, and I will do DE2 mostly by myself(Using third party resources), I do always need more beta testers, spriters and maybe an extra scripter aswell. If your interested, feel free to contact me via e-mail. hakuzen@gmail.com

Credits

Game By:
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Danial Noll


Level Design:
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Danial Noll


Event Design:
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Danial Noll


Story:
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Danial Noll


Data Manipulation:
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Danial Noll


Pre-rendered Graphics:
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Danial Noll
Zanyzora


Character Sprites:
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Danial Noll
Naramura
Annex (Studio Pickel)
Faraway
TCFA


Battle Graphics:
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Danial Noll
Naramura
Annex (Studio Pickel)


In-house Scripting:
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Danial Noll
Roman Candle


Third-party Scripting:
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KGC Software
Catchm
Cogwheel
ccoa
kaitos



Scripting Consultants:
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Arcaine
Squall


Musical Composition:
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Yasunori Mitsuda
Nobuo Uematsu
Daisuke Ishiwatari
Yoshihiro Kusano
Tetsuya Ohuchi
Yoko Shimomura
Toshiro Masuda
Soilwork
Arch Enemy
Nevermore
Clint Mansell
Nothingface
Cradle of Filth


Music & Sound Editing:
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Danial Noll


Beta Testers:
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Brandon Page
Brian Garduno
Nick Noll
JustinAC

Enjoy!

[GilgameshRO]

It certainly sounds good, I'll post what I think after playing it.

[Doyora]

Funky. When I can, I'll download it. But one question: the first character's weapons are "talins". What's a talin?

[Zenogias]

See Talim's weapons from Soul Calibur series.

[kaigen20]

i've played this game...and it is very good....but the one thing that i don't like is just like every map has a fog....and sometimes i can't see my character when im at the bottom of the screen...i understand that the fogs being used for a more dramatic feel....lol...there's my opinion...overall...the best rpg maker xp i've played...  8-)

[Zenogias]

sometimes i can't see my character when im at the bottom of the screen...

hmm? Can you give me an example of this? I don't quite get what you mean.

[Malson]

I think he means the fog is so thick at the bottom that it completely obscures the sprite.

[Zenogias]

The highest fog opacity I used period is 128, but generally from 32 to 96.. Theres no way any fogs should obscure vision of the characters in a normal gameplay situation.

There was, however, a bug in an older version that made the cutscene bars stick around after you left the first town, but that bug fixes itself after the chronic wood. (Fixed in the current version.)

[Dalmar]

First off I apologize for posting here first. It's customary to introduce ones self but this game really caught my eye. 
I was browsing the forum and I must say a lot of the games look great and there are some promising projects in the works. I could learn a lot here. Anyway I really want to check this game out but it doesn't appear to be available anymore. Is there still a way I can get it?

[Blizzard]

It´s a game worth playing. Check out the first post. Zenogias has put a link there to his forums. You can ask there.

[GilgameshRO]

I probably still have it. It looked promising, but I was actually a bit dissapointed with it myself.

[Blizzard]

I personally think it was quite ok. Better than many other RM games to be honest.

[thingy]

download doesn't work for me...

[Morris Lawry]

Hmm good name,  seems to be good from what i sees

[:)]

download doesn't work for me...

same here i really wana play this game, but when i go to the site nothing comes up

Update:
I got it, and wow this game is pretty sick! I haven't been able to play much only about an hour or so, and I am already sucked into it.

[Confederacy]

The download link doesn't work...

[:)]

yea...but I got the game...HAHA..jk ill find you the link..btw this game kicks ass


http://www.megaupload.com/?d=NE5URB1C
enjoy

[Malson]

Haha, NESURBIC

[Blizzard]

Haha!

Dark Eternal: Dissolution v2.1SE (Complete)

I was the other day on hbgames.org, I needed to look up something and I noticed the version there:

Dark Eternal: Dissolution v2.0SE (Complete)

We have the newest version! xD

[Tsunokiette]

Lol. Small things count.

If I remember correctly I got stuck at one part lol.
I was way too weak.

It reminds me of FFXII actually lol, my characters are way behind the characters of other people at the same part I'm at. They had trouble lol, I didn't.

It's kind of strange lol.

Anyways, yes, this is a great game.

[Blizzard]

He likes us more than hbgames.org! :O

We <3 you, too, Zenogias, in a non-gay way.

[Ericmor]

I remember playing the first version, some time ago... great, GREAT musical development here. I have to ask: you have rights to all the soudtrack? You did the music yourself with a band or something? The farther i did was converting the rmxp mids and some mids of mine with finale, and sometimes the mp3 didn't go so well... you used recorded analog instruments?
Congratulations on a well finished title 

[:)]

user is no longer active I believe.

[:)]

also needs a bump. people need to see these games. 

[Reives]

This is the very first game that I've played that truly taught me a lot. Strongly recommended for everyone to try it.