Crystallia Chronicles

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Hey everyone, just thought I'd pop in and expose myself! (And I hope i'm writing this in the right forum)


I've been working on a project for about 2 years now. What started as a small little funny game about me and my friends turned into something much bigger than I ever imagined it to be. I've been passionately writing plot, story, characters and scenes in these past 2 years and I have made a lot of progress, and a lot of improvement on that progress. I'd say, right now with the plot that I have been writing around, I have at least 40% of the main story down and ready to be made (That being said, its the main plot, and theme and all that. Like, I know exactly what the end goal is, I know how major parts of the story will happen and so on). 

It's become something entirely new than what it was going to be, but still holds true to some things. The characters, for instance, are all based upon real people, myself included, for one part of the timeline. (Yes, timeline. I've planned a sequel and two short prequels that might be made into one game) Other than that, everything is from my imagination.



The intro will be sort of told out like a fairy tale. Going through pages and a few pictures. Of what I have so far, for just the first game is quite long to put here, but I will gladly link a drive file here for anyone who wishes to read it 


You can read it here.


The game will follow the story of 10 'heroes', each with their own special class. They are the sworn protectors of the realm, and call themselves the "Radiant Dawn". 18 years after the prologue, the new heroes fight back stray enemies now and then, any who try and pass through the barriers of the north as they try to take the southern lands back, but now somethings amiss, the barriers are beginning to fade, and one of their own members was attacked gathering food from an area near a barrier crystal. What they discover, will be left for you to find as well. 


Gameplay is, so far standard turn based rpg. I'm planning to change the battle interface when I can. Story and all art is made by me.
 


If anyone has any questions about this, I will reply as quick as possible. And, I will keep everyone posted with updates if people are interested enough.


Also, you can check my account for my skype, if you want to talk more personally about the subject, or even if you want to help me make the game!


Also - I have been working on this by myself. The only help I've gotten is my friends play testing a small portion of the game that i created as a demo to see if they enjoy the story and gameplay (Which they do haha) Anyone wanting the link to the demo (Which is a year old and I'm working on a new version at this time) Just ask. I will be glad to send it out. And another thing, I have much more to share, but the story would be for a different game title. I plan for a second and third game to carry out this 1 plot, and then a 4th game to follow a new plot set about 25 years after this plot, which i am working on the game for as well at the same time. 


I'm currently working on a demo, that I'm hoping to be done with by like, June 28th - July 1st   Sometime early-mid july depending on my schedule (This week is super busy for me)  ( This whole month has been busy for me lol )So, I'll update this with a link when it's done. 


Here are some pictures showing off some of the game. A lot of the textures are place holders right now. The enemies will be changed, and so will the backgrounds. The character faces are drawn by me, all at different times in my life, so I will be updating the ones that I think need to be updated. I will also be drawing the enemies.


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Hello!!


Alright, so I read your prologue, checked what you got going on in the screenshots : it looks pretty good so far! But here are some tips ( even though they are kinda personnal ) to help you improve : first of, on the lore, I find the name Crystallia and calling the demons "Demons" a bit... cheesy. I mean, I'm sure you can come up with something else, for example the demons' leader name, Nezzera, is original and sounds good! Also, I have other questions regarding the plot, who is Nezzera's goddess and why does she wants to wipe the humans? 


I saw you began to draw your characters' portraits : good ( I really like Larsen's portrait )! They look quite nice, so why not try to make your own original sprites for the overworld? Or try making all of the sprites yourself? This could be a good training, aswell as making your game completly original and unique! This is a lot of work, but it can be very rewarding!


Anyways, can't wait to see the final fruit of your 2 years of labour and would love to have a demo!^^
 
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Hello!!


Alright, so I read your prologue, checked what you got going on in the screenshots : it looks pretty good so far! But here are some tips ( even though they are kinda personnal ) to help you improve : first of, on the lore, I find the name Crystallia and calling the demons "Demons" a bit... cheesy. I mean, I'm sure you can come up with something else, for example the demons' leader name, Nezzera, is original and sounds good! Also, I have other questions regarding the plot, who is Nezzera's goddess and why does she wants to wipe the humans? 


I saw you began to draw your characters' portraits : good ( I really like Larsen's portrait )! They look quite nice, so why not try to make your own original sprites for the overworld? Or try making all of the sprites yourself? This could be a good training, aswell as making your game completly original and unique! This is a lot of work, but it can be very rewarding!


Anyways, can't wait to see the final fruit of your 2 years of labour and would love to have a demo!^^
Hey, thanks for posting!
My reasoning for the name Crystallia is part of the lore, I wouldn't want to spoil anything (Considering there's alot that is going to be answered later on) And the name Demon was just something i thought was okay, since its the only name that expresses what they see them as. I could totally change that to something else though. If you have any suggestions of a new name i'm happy to take them. Perhaps "Shadows" might work well, seeing as it fits the whole darkness thing. 

I'm going to change all the sprites as well, so no need to worry about that haha! I have all of those characters drawn, however some of them need to be redone so once i finalize those ill work on their sprites. But some of them, like Giovanni and Larsen for example, will get sprites very soon. Oh, and Nezzera's goddess is called Ereshkigal, and the reason she wants to get rid of all humans, is also part of the lore which will be explained later in the story.


A demo will be done very soon, so check often! 
 
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Nice story and lore. Lookin forward for the demo.
 

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Hahaa. Alright, keep us posted.
 

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