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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
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.

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CHARACTERS
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
  • 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

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Just beat the last of us 2 last night and starting jedi: fallen order right now, both use unreal engine & when I say i knew 80% of jedi's buttons right away because they were the same buttons as TLOU2 its ridiculous, even the same narrow hallway crawl and barely-made-it jump they do. Unreal Engine is just big budget RPG Maker the way they make games nearly identical at its core lol.
Can someone recommend some fun story-heavy RPGs to me? Coming up with good gameplay is a nightmare! I was thinking of making some gameplay platforming-based, but that doesn't work well in RPG form*. I also was thinking of removing battles, but that would be too much like OneShot. I don't even know how to make good puzzles!
one bad plugin combo later and one of my followers is moonwalking off the screen on his own... I didn't even more yet on the new map lol.
time for a new avatar :)

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