Forever Home - 50+ Hour JRPG on Steam

[FoppyOmega]

Summary

• Release date: NOV 1ST 2017
• Get Forever Home on: Steam, GameJolt, itch.io
  
• Developer: David Hunt (Pixel Blade Games)
• Genre: RPG [Single-player]
• Date started: 2004
• Website: pixelbladegames.com
• Platforms: PC, other platforms TBA
• Price: $4.99 (€4.99, £3.99)
• Contact: foppydev [at] gmail [dot] com
• Social media: Facebook, YouTube, Reddit, Twitter, Instagram, Tumblr
• Version: v1.21.0
• Engine: RPG Maker VX Ace

Description
13 years in the making, Forever Home is a story-centric celebration of the golden age of RPGs. Throughout the 50+ hour adventure you'll use a battle system inspired by Squaresoft style action turn-based systems such as Final Fantasy VI or Chrono Trigger. The skill learning system combines the best features of Grandia II and the Final Fantasy VII Materia system.

The character-driven narrative contains a deeply emotional and adult-oriented story mixing tragedy and heartache with overcoming personal adversities and lighthearted humor. There's an incredible amount of content for a single indie developer, and the 13 year development cycle is reflective of this.


Soundtrack
76 original songs spanning almost 3 hours:

Screenshots

History
I'm a 31 year old professional software developer. In 2003 I started making an RPG, changed engines a couple times, wrote a full 30 to 60 hour long storyline, rewrote it, rewrote it again x 5, learned how to write music, learned about 10 different programming languages, and learned how to draw. I gave roughly 5 hours a night usually from 7pm to 12pm over the 13 year period.

2003 - Started making game and writing story
2004 - Hated the story so started over
2006 - Changed to a newer game engine (RmXP)
2009 - Gave up because of engine limitations. Couldn't do what I wanted so I nearly trashed everything and quit. Made another smaller Android game in the meantime but continued working on story details for the original game.
2012-2013 - Took classes on music theory
2013 - Changed to a newer engine (RpgMaker Vx Ace) and decided to go all-out until the game was done. Also rewrote major parts of the story.
Nov 1st, 2017 - Release!

 

[Kes]

Congratulations on getting it out after all this time.

 

[FoppyOmega]

Thanks! And congratz to you as well on all of your Steam releases.

 

[Llareian]

This looks really nice! You can tell it's a labor of love. (Good job on the trailer, too.) Congratulations and well done!

 

[Stanley]

Full of epicness. On my wishlist/to-buy-list

 

[starlight dream]

Congratulations on the release and for sticking through with your project!
The screenshots and title are lovely.

It's been added to my Steam cart. I wish your game a great success ^_^ b

 

[Labyrinthine]

13 + years in the making?! This has gotta be a masterpiece. Might buy it when I get money.

 

[Isabella Ava]

Summary

• Release date: NOV 1ST 2017
• Get Forever Home on: Steam, GameJolt, itch.io
  
• Developer: David Hunt (Pixel Blade Games)
• Genre: RPG [Single-player]
• Date started: 2004
• Website: pixelbladegames.com
• Platforms: PC, other platforms TBA
• Price: $4.99 (€4.99, £3.99)
• Contact: foppydev [at] gmail [dot] com
• Social media: Facebook, YouTube, Reddit, Twitter, Instagram, Tumblr
• Version: v1.21.0
• Engine: RPG Maker VX Ace

Description
13 years in the making, Forever Home is a story-centric celebration of the golden age of RPGs. Throughout the 50+ hour adventure you'll use a battle system inspired by Squaresoft style action turn-based systems such as Final Fantasy VI or Chrono Trigger. The skill learning system combines the best features of Grandia II and the Final Fantasy VII Materia system.

The character-driven narrative contains a deeply emotional and adult-oriented story mixing tragedy and heartache with overcoming personal adversities and lighthearted humor. There's an incredible amount of content for a single indie developer, and the 13 year development cycle is reflective of this.


Soundtrack
76 original songs spanning almost 3 hours:

Screenshots

History
I'm a 31 year old professional software developer. In 2003 I started making an RPG, changed engines a couple times, wrote a full 30 to 60 hour long storyline, rewrote it, rewrote it again x 5, learned how to write music, learned about 10 different programming languages, and learned how to draw. I gave roughly 5 hours a night usually from 7pm to 12pm over the 13 year period.

2003 - Started making game and writing story
2004 - Hated the story so started over
2006 - Changed to a newer game engine (RmXP)
2009 - Gave up because of engine limitations. Couldn't do what I wanted so I nearly trashed everything and quit. Made another smaller Android game in the meantime but continued working on story details for the original game.
2012-2013 - Took classes on music theory
2013 - Changed to a newer engine (RpgMaker Vx Ace) and decided to go all-out until the game was done. Also rewrote major parts of the story.
Nov 1st, 2017 - Release!

I adore you @FoppyOmega people love your game

 

[lianderson]

13 years? Wow, congrats on getting your game done! It's great to hear another epic getting finished.