RMMV Crisis of the Middle Ages

[MommyGameDeveloper]

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Hello World! I am a crazy software developer turned middle level manager turned wanna be video game developer. I have just posted the very first alpha version of my very first game, Crisis of the Middle Ages. This is a comedy "Office Space"/"Dilbert" inspired RPG that focuses on living the life we want to live versus living the life expected of us. Please note that this game is still in development and may be prone to anything from crashes to bad grammar. I hope you find this game as fun to play as I found it to develop. My seven year old daughter also helped with a few quests and random voice overs. I welcome all feedback as I would like to make the game as good as possible. Thank you for joining me on my game development journey.

SYNOPSIS
Ever wonder if you if you could be doing something more fulfilling with your life? The four main protagonists wonder the same thing. The entire world's population struggles to find their purpose in life. Even the evil creatures express frustration in their career paths and have been known to complain or even walk out mid battle. This results in some very humorous battles. Ultimately, this game explores the challenges of living the life we want to live versus the life that we feel obligated to live.

THE WORLD

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Happy Valley has enjoyed many years of peace. The evil kingdoms to the north and south of Happy Valley are constantly at war. Emia (Evil Monsters in Action) used to be the largest and most powerful evil kingdom in all the land, employing most of the world's evil creatures. Due to extreme mismanagement, one of Emia's key leaders left to form AC4GD (Attractive Creatures for Global Domination). AC4GD then began to recruit many evil creatures from Emia, eventually becoming more powerful than Emia. It is a great mystery as to why Happy Valley has not been attacked by either evil kingdom.

IMAGES/SCREENSHOTS

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CHARACTERS

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Echo, the Engineer
Echo takes great pride in her work as the Happy Island Engineer. She invented electric powered lights and has been installing them throughout Happy Island. Unfortunately, her Aunt Ella and many of the other Happy Island women think she is wasting her time working. Ultimately, Echo struggles with trying to find her purpose in life while failing to meet the expectations of others.

Balthor, Captain of the Guard
Balthor lived in King Bruce's Castle since he was a child. As Captain of the Guard during years of peace, Balthor became bored and yearned for adventure. Balthor has a kind heart and would prefer non violent resolutions to conflict. For whatever reason, women are constantly expressing their love for Balthor. Balthor is often confused by this and unfortunately, almost always forgets their names.

Darius, The Royal Mage
Darius lived his entire life in King Bruce's Castle. His entire life revolves around making King Bruce and Prince Aiden happy. He often puts in very long hours at the castle doing menial work. His dream is to someday be recognized and promoted by the King. He has powerful magic skills that are greatly underutilized. His childhood best friend is Balthor, whom he often has to keep out of trouble.

Trollan, The Mysterious Healer
Trollan used to hold a very high level position at the Emia Kingdom. For unknown reasons, he left to wander the world. Trollan is hiding a deep, dark secret that he is very reluctant to reveal.

FEATURES

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• Nineties Style RPG with side view battle system
  
• Beautiful music including some classical selections
  
• Over 700 Unique Enemies
  
• Over 100 Unique Attacks (including magic spells, physical attacks, friendly skills, and engineering skills)
  
• Special Items that can be thrown at enemies with unpredictable and often entertaining results
  
• Several quests and voice overs created by game developer's ultra energetic and enthusiastic seven year old daughter
  
• 6-10 hours of game play

DOWNLOAD LINK
https://orgaction.itch.io/crisis-of-the-middle-ages

 

[MommyGameDeveloper]

Hello RPG Maker community!

Update: Just released version Alpha1c which includes:

• Added controls for more intuitive play on mobile
• Reduced encounter rate on many of the dungeons to improve player experience
• Fixed save issue on Mac
• Many minor bug fixes

Any and all feedback welcome!

DOWNLOAD LINK
https://orgaction.itch.io/crisis-of-the-middle-ages

 

[VeryXInh]

Hey it look good = )

 

[MommyGameDeveloper]

Crisis of the Middle Ages has just released Beta 0.2.1!

New Features:

• New Mobile UI (can be turned on and off from the config screen)
• Improved Bosses
• Numerous Bug Fixes
• Now much smaller download (Android version now only 100M!)
• New supported platforms (Android and iOS!)

Downloads:
Android (Google Playstore): https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.orgaction.cme
iOS (Testflight): https://testflight.apple.com/join/6EknyV4X
Windows and Mac:
(Itch): https://orgaction.itch.io/crisis-of-the-middle-ages
(Gamejolt): https://gamejolt.com/games/cme/400793

If anyone would like a writeup on my adventures getting my game below 100M for Google Playstore or my fun getting my game out to an iPhone, let me know!

 

[MommyGameDeveloper]

Hey everyone, I have some big updates!

The new promo video can be found here:
Crisis of the Middle Ages Beta Version 0.2.7 just released. This version contains:

• Support for Android TV!!!
• Rat Bosses significantly improved
• Fixed issues with Animal Island Treehouse containing no exit
• Fixed issue with Animal Island creature face displays
• Modified Weapon Fragments to contain element and state resistances
• Fixed display issue on iOS X and iOS XR
• Added an extra animation to Echo's super slash attack
• Grammar and spelling fixes

Downloads:
Android (Google Playstore): https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.orgaction.cme
iOS (Testflight): https://testflight.apple.com/join/6EknyV4X
Windows and Mac:
(Itch): https://orgaction.itch.io/crisis-of-the-middle-ages

As always, I welcome all and any feedback on this game.

 

[aeyxa]

Seems like it'd be a funny game, I'll have to check it out.

 

[MommyGameDeveloper]

Crisis of the Middle Ages is now released on the following stores/platforms (late beta):
Apple App Store (iOS -iPhone/iPad): https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/crisis-of-the-middle-ages/id1455591017
Google Play Store (Android and Android TV): (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.orgaction.cme)
Amazon Appstore (Fire TV and Fire Tablets): Itch.io (Mac, PC, and Android): https://orgaction.itch.io/crisis-of-the-middle-ages
And coming soon (5/29/2019) on Steam (Mac, PC, and Android):
Right now the game is free as I am considering it in the last stages of beta. I was thinking about setting the price on all stores/platforms to $1.99 right before I go live on Steam. Is that too expensive? Too cheap? Any thoughts on this?

 

[MommyGameDeveloper]

RPGTime has posted a great First Impressions video of Crisis of the Middle Ages:
I have a lot of really great feedback to work off of!

 

[WilsonScarloxy]

Interesting game, but I feel that the combination of assets don't really work for me, in specific the farm crops

Good luck with your project

Will.

 

[MommyGameDeveloper]

Thanks for the feedback Will. Yes, multiple people have commented on the asset mismatch for farm crop/tent area. I plan of changing the assets out.