Demo: March 2004

The official demo is... OUT. Get it here . The file is 16mg and you need to put it in your campaign folder. You will have to turn subtitle on and maybe music off(you can press ctrl+m if you cant access the menu)

The interesting part is to venture in the forest, try it out.

WARNING: All people uncracking or stealing file without asking me will get banned without warning... well.. should this line count?

There's isn't more to say, download it! Please report any bug and comment here or elsewhere.

EDIT: Major things are being fixed up at the moment, please wait until I remove this line. Thank you.

EDIT2: Okay you can now download the demo as far as I know bug-free.
You will notice lot of small detail fixed and a small addition to the NCP dialog, you are no longer paused while talking to a NCP. The dialog stop if you go to far from the NCP.
The major difference is that there is no more defeat bug and that the battle are balanced. Also, the ATB speed is 4 time faster. Anyway try it out ^_^

It won't run. Maybe it's time for Snowflakes.exe.

Sorry to ask but why? What do I have to do?

I hope you protected the map.

Simply amazeing. the only flaw was that
1. you didnt inculde the trigger TURN SUBTITLES ON, so the only way to know what the villager was saying was to check the log every time they speak.
2. loading screens are the default ones
3. its too short!

heh, I found a way to protect the map but theres nothing we can do about the w3n file.

Glad you liked it. We will have custom loading screen for each map soon, was thinking about a screenshot of the map with a short global description.
I cant beleive I forgot to lock display text. I'll add it to the list.

im glad you got the demo out im dl now but gotta take my bro to the physio will check it when i come back

I enjoyed it the first time around although there is a lot of grammer mistakes that you will find through-out most of the cinematics. I would tend to suggest you need a proof reader just to make sure its ok. The shops although not selling anything besides the item shop and the inn are very nicely done. I also like the casual conversation from other characters. However when returning close to them you get treated to the same convo' again and again which was annoying since I was just trying to navigate my way around.

The fight sequences once you left town the first time I played was a breeze, but the next time I played (after having to go through all the title cinematics and what not) was a lot harder, all the trolls and spiders ganged up on Kelv and I had to revive him wasting 1 turn then the next spider to attack killed him because he only revived with 9hp :< I feel he should recieve at least half the hp back or give more uses for items per ATB instead of using one thing only. Shortly after he fell the princess' guard (can't remember his name) got quickly wasted by 2 trolls and the spiders. I was then given the fade to black and returned to the main map with Kelv surprisingly alive... well for almost 5 seconds whereupon I get the game over message and have to start all over :o

I should hope that you have some place to save current level and characters, say at the inn prior to leaving for the next morning or atleast given the option before leaving town when it is still safe?

you should also remove unit response because it gets real annoying when the camera is locked and you keep clicking to move constantly


This is the general impression I got of the game and as much as I have criticized it, I really appreciate the amount of work you have put in it does look fantastic and finally all units and buildings are sized to proportion. I really like the music and thought the drunks around and in the bar were hilarious please keep up the great work and if there is ever any testing you would like done I am more than obliged!

How to protect campaign files:

very simple -> protect the map files included! ;)

BTW: Protection is only a matter of time! *endless time = every protection removed*

Yes the map themself are protected but not the campaign file.

Oh sigh, sorry for that defeat bug, I will redo that trigger(I was quick on it last time).

About saving, why dont you use the same/load thing in the menu? Never tryed it myself in this campaign but logicaly, if you can save in the normal campaign then this one should work too.

Just a warning, have only one save at a time, data is keep until you replay the first map(the map with the loading screen, right after you loaded it, there was a map change). So if you had two save, one after a boss and the other before the boss and you load the one before, this will bring unknown result, the game may crash, or nothing will happen.

Yeah I think I will cut the unit sound, I was finding it boring but was thinking it was because I play around in the maps for at least 50 hours(not at once ;) ).

I corrected all the text with microsoft word 2004(or 2003), theres shouldnt be too much errors, maybe only grammar or syntax error. Remember that some NCP talk slang(mainly the drunk lol).

You are right, being at level one in the forest is suicide, you need a bit of luck. But all this can be easily fixed, its only balancing. I will add a small level factor in the enemy attack instend of a constant(there was a check for the "caster" level but not for the "target" level).

Thanks for your review :D

Dark dlin it now but get on msn more often we need to talk about stuff.

Everyone, please wait before downloading if its not done yet. Im gonna do some major fix up to correct all the bug others encountered.

Won't be long.

omg darkone. I love this. I love everything of this. The battle sequence. The music. I is just like final fantasy. omg i love it. Gotta go im playing it again right now. Just had to minamize to reply how much i like it.

Rating:

OVERALL - 50/10, exellent! (A+++++)

BATTLE - 9/10, they occur too frequent for how many enemies are in them. It wouldn't be bad if it was 1 or 2 enemies most of the time, but battles with 5 or 6 enemies are very time consuming. I LOVE HOW YOU DID THE SYSTEM, THOUGH. Absolute masterpiece!

BATTLE - Controls - 10/10, absolutely perfect. Easy to use, too!
BATTLE - Interface - 10/10, wonderful work with the Battle Menu thing!
BATTLE - Play - 9/10, perfect exept for some longer battles! Maybe I'm just saying that because I'm tired, who knows?

TERRAIN - 90/10, absolutely gorgeous! May I suggest, however, that you "blacken" with Fog of War the areas around the shops, to make it feel more like you're inside a building? I LOVE THE TOWN, for some reason it has a distinct Chrono Cross feeling to it... hmm...

GAMEPLAY - 10/10, Absolutely awesome, the cinematics are well done, as are the shop areas, and convo.'s going on with NPC characters!

STORYLINE - 10/10, Pretty good from what I can see so far! I just hope it isn't a completely lame "rescue the princess" story, but it looks good right now!


|]ark0ne, and whomever helped him (if anyone!); thank you for this awesome 100% original map! Very, very, VERY well done.
OH, before I forget; there's 1 thing - grammar mistakes. Easily fixable, but they do detract slightly from the grandeur of the whole thing!

Best of luck!

just tried it again, theres more problems; you can hit your team mates and heal the enemies.. staying at the inn doesn't heal your chr and when you buy potions at the store it doesn't appear in the inventory at your next battle.. I also suggest you fix up a quick save at inn like in my prior post as if you die after saving or loading a game, it crashes

edit; question did you add version 2 to your first post? because I noticed that the thread title recently changed