Terraglyph

[dangergoblin]

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About the game:
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Terraglyph is a single player fantasy role-playing game that focuses on it’s fourteen playable protagonists and their interpersonal relationships, as well as challenging the player with strategic turn-based battles. Terraglyph's gameplay features nearly thirty elements, 135 unique monsters, over ninety relationship combinations, over four thousand crafting combinations, over 231 unique skills and abilities, and more than forty hours of gameplay.
 
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Lore
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[SIZE=14.666666666666666px]For thousands of years, magic has been used and manipulated by many people to better their lives and live comfortably. Magic is conjured through means of drawing Glyphs, and each element is represented by a unique glyph. Glyphcraft has been used reshape lands, grow crops, build bridges, and fight wars. However, Glyphs are complicated and intricate, and take many years to commit just one to memory. If a Glyph is drawn incorrectly, it could be catastrophic. Because of this, those who practice Glyphcraft take great care to keep their Glyphs hidden away, as most feel that it is their responsibility to keep such powerful magic out of the hands of those who are less responsible.[/SIZE]

[SIZE=14.666666666666666px]Sometimes, just knowing how to draw magic isn’t enough to pay the bills and young Glyphcrafters will often join mercenary guilds, and less commonly, local military. The guilds and military’s main purpose is the protection of civilians. Mercenary guilds are sent to farther locations to deal with monsters or marauders, and mercenaries tend to have more freedom than those who join the military. However, the Military focuses on the city’s defence, and is considered a safer and more reliable form of income. Both professions are excellent occupations for young adventurers. The largest city, Freeheart, is the hub of the world, with some of the most prestigious mercenary guilds and the strongest military. [/SIZE]
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Characters
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Roxy-Mok
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Assertive, critical, hot-headed and stone-cold, impatient. Roxy is a serial rule-breaker, and not afraid to hit below the belt.
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Jillian
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Usually seen close to Roxy-Mok, Jillian is a shy but accomplished virtuoso. She collects odd instruments and carries her hurdy-gurdy wherever she goes.
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Ogglethorpe
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Devoted to his faith, an elder worshiper of the Metal God, experienced forger, annoyed with weakness. Ogglethorpe is a patient healer, but more than willing to lay down justice with a literal iron fist.
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Quinn
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Quinn communes with the forces of decay and growth. Each word is well-thought and deliberate. Does not understand most humor thanks to his hermit lifestyle.
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Janison
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An old soul, practical, matronly, protector and defender, values the lives of others more than her own, may or may not like cats. 
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The Whirlwind
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Overconfident martial artist, vapid, refers to himself in third-person, loyal to a fault, not good at first impressions.
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Mirah
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Exiled from her exotic homeland and excommunicated from her religion, Mirah is on a mission to clear her name and regain her position as a Warrior Priestess of the Sand Goddess.
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Xilef
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A young naive assassin-in-training seeking new guidance after his teacher was out-assassined by other assassins. He has aspirations to become a "hero," but may have too many homicidal tendencies to ever play the part.
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Amelio
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Talented street magician, exaggerative, glitter glutton, attention-seeking, excellent manipulator. Amelio's worst enemy is over-indulgence.
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Ellie
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A young magician progeny, Ellie has mastered the destructive forces of water, lava, and wind. Why those elements? Why not? She may sound like an airhead, but she is a force to be reckoned with.
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Wryn
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Inventor, highly intelligent, optimistic, hides a painful past, large vocabulary. Lasers and radiation are her favorite tools. 
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Hart
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Evil villain or animal advocate? Hart is both. His quest to save animals from their abusers has left a trail of human blood, and the authorities are closing in. Hart is a dark and brooding vigilante with allies in nature.
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Trillian
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Otherworldly, confident, delightfully evil, summoner of equally evil things. Has a habit of giving everyone pet names.
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Gernald
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Not much is known about Gernald, and he doesn't know much about himself either. He either suffers from amnesia, or is exceptionally forgetful. The only thing he knows for sure, is that he used to be a horrible pirate, and he also love conures (NOT parrots.)
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Screenshots
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Ha! Made you look! 
I apologize, but there are no screenshots yet. We're still in the process of finding an environment artist.
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Excuses
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There is still quite a lot of work before I am able to produce a playable demo. A very large portion of the game is complete already, but as I mentioned before, our team is currently lacking an environment artist, so basically there's nothing for the characters to walk on yet. Also, I apologize for posting this before I have all of the character's art fully finished, but I have been wanting to receive feedback based off of what I currently have to show, and this feels like a very good way for me to get that.
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Thank you all in advance for any feedback I am given!
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[Iliketea]

Wow, looks awesome!


The character art look amazing ^^ ( But something is bugging me about Trillan but I dont know what)


The Pictures at the top make the game seem a bit dark, dont know if it really is like that...


Story also sound interesting.


Looking forward to the demo :3

 

[dangergoblin]

Thank you very much! 


And something should seem off about Trillian... hmm... yellow robes....

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 I knew it!

As far as it seeming a bit "dark", do you mean the literal contrast of the pictures, or the 'feel' of the game?


In either case, I am aiming for a lighthearted game with lots of bright colors and super funtimes. I'm not going to be aiming for a 'dark and broody' game.

 

[Iliketea]

I think its the lips XD Those look scary.


What I mean is the "feel" of the game, but that is only from the pictures at the top.

 

[dangergoblin]

Duly noted  The next time I share some updates, I will make sure to show how not-dark it is! I don't want people to get the wrong impression of my game.

 

[Iliketea]

Looking forward to it ^^

 

[BaconWithoutEgg]

F-F-F-Fourteen playable protagonists??


I hope they are all well-written.


Cool Art.

 

[dangergoblin]

I've been writing this project for a little over a year and a half now, and I've just recently cast the next-to-final character for voice acting.I personally feel like my creations are poo-poo, but my team and all those who are supporting me have assured me that my script is very interesting and they all love how the characters tie in with each other. 


I'd love to tell you more, but....

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[dangergoblin]

i suppose i should also mention that I have my own custom-created relationship-level eventing that is part of the game's core features. Characters will develop their friendships with other characters that the player chooses to take with them into battle, and at certain "relationship levels" conversations and quests are prompted between the two characters. Because of this, there are 91 relationship combinations, with over 920 'conversations' total.

 

[CrimsonLady]

I always look the character within the game first before I check the lore, and I love the interesting design of them.


I expect more from this game and just like @BaconWithoutEgg said, I hope they all are well-written as well.

 

[dangergoblin]

Thank you @CrimsonLady, I'm still working very hard on pulling this together. I forgot I even made this post, haha. I've recently begun working nocturnal shift, so when I'm not sleeping, I'm writing, and keeping up with posting updates is less important to me than actually finishing the game. Here's a recent shot of the menu screen and an animation test for saying such nice things