RMVXA The Lucidia Chronicles (30+ hour RPG)

[Lucidia]

Orin has strange visions and dreams about a mysterious girl. His destiny is shrouded in uncertainty, but as the visions grow stronger he realizes he possesses a gift, crucial in unlocking his true purpose.

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Orin Lux Lore

Orin's visions have been guiding him toward his destiny. Through his dreams in both sleep and consciousness, he is slowly discovering his true purpose.

Faero Lux Lore

Faero is Orin's older brother and only living family member. He takes it upon himself to guide and care for Orin.

Aurora La Croix

Aurora has a secret. Her blood is tainted by darkness and evil has claimed control of her very soul. Now, it is up to Orin to save her.

Krysta Saint Sol

Krysta is the princess of Arvia and resides in the capital, Saint City. Her past is filled with trauma and loss, and soon she must come to face it.

Arlo Ignis

Arlo is Princess Krysta's loyal knight. He has been by Krysta's side for many years, sworn to protect her after experiencing his own form of tragedy.

Verity Brightbelle

Verity has a bubbly personality and loves to make up nicknames for her friends. Her light-heartedness keeps tension at bay, but sadness dwells in those you least expect.

Hart De La Shae

Hart is a member of the Lyphrae race, a peaceful tribe that keep to themselves. But when he is caught up in a nightmare of his own, he is forced to act against his will.

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A full game playthrough is in the works on my YouTube channel.
Check out the playlist here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLy53WqVGRVA_gUuWd8logKUyjIVS1r3sv

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-Main story line at 20 hours (+10 hours for sidequests and optional areas)

-Unique and diverse puzzles

-Front view battle system with ATB

-Dynamic cast of party members

-Interesting and interactive dialogue, environments, and towns

-Immersive story line

-Purchasable houses with fast travel between them

-Party switcher option from the menu

-Potential bad ending, plus an additional epilogue to the canon ending which can be unlocked by defeating the optional super boss!

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Biggest thanks to Moghunter and Yanfly

BlackMorning - shop interface

Lune - speech pop-ups

Raruga from Fayforest - character images and sprites

Kevin MacLeod of incompetech - music

Moby

Hime

Mack

and Lunarea

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Happy playing!

Download link (V1.5.1):
https://www.dropbox.com/s/6nho7kx76bzha5b/The Lucidia Chronicles.zip?dl=0

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Now in development...

 

[Abdulla Al-Farsi]

It sounds so nice. I'm going to play it for sure. 


just give me some time. 

 

[DoctorArtist]

Definitely checking out the DEMO!

 

[Freank]

Nice ! The maps and the menu is very nice !

 

[tyewilliamgreen]

@Abdulla Al-Farsi @DoctorArtistfantastic! Would love to know what you guys think when you get a chance to try it!


@Freank I spend a LOT of time mapping, so thank you

 

[Freank]

you're welcome

 

[kazolo]

Why is this in completed games? It only has a demo link.

 

[Lucidia]

Why is this in completed games? It only has a demo link.

Only a demo at the moment but still fairly substantial. Just thought I'd see what kind of response it got.


The game is pretty much done, I'm just glossing over some sidequest stuff and little bits and pieces.


Won't be too long until I upload the full game!

 

[Amarysse]

One of the areas in the game I'm working on is called Lucidia. Apparently I wasn't being as original as I thought!


This game sounds nice. Be interested to see the finished product!

 

[Lucidia]

The full game is now available.
Download link in the description.

 

[Euphoniac]

Your game looks very promising, but I really don't like to play JRPGs with an ATB system when it doesn't feature a wait function, preferably an automatic one (that halts the battle completely as soon as a party member's bar is full). Could you please implement a wait function or would it be too much trouble?

 

[Adventurer_inc.]

I'll bite, the story sounds interesting enough.

Just downloaded it. First thing first, you didn't encrypt your game. People could easily scroll through your maps and scripts.

875 MB is huge for a maker game. I recommend trimming down your music files like removing music you only use once or twice. The audio folder alone is 600 MB.

-After Playthrough-
After playing the game for ~4 hours, I've finally given up. I recommend you to testing your game for balance issues at the beginning. The first boss, to an average player, is unbeatable and will cause them to quit right off the bat 90% of the time instead of grinding. This is unfortunate because you spent a crazy amount of time detailing all of your maps. These maps are something that should be seen, so don't be afraid to make your game "too easy".

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Fortunately, your game fell right into to the "ATB speed" trap. After Orin learned Quick Feet at level 8 the rest of the game was going to be easy. The "ATB speed" trap is when your agility is so high compared to your enemies, you get 5-10 turns before your enemies even get one turn. I auto attacked all of the bosses to death. This includes the boss where you had to fight with no weapons with the help of Arlo's Empower. Yes, the "ATB speed" trap is that powerful. I eventually went back for my weapons.

I made it all the way to Electruxe before succumbing to a "find this person quest" right after leaving the Electruxe Mayor's office. After searching for a half hour and beating up some jewellery robbers, I finally gave up and ended my playthrough.

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Balance - If the developers can't beat it, the player will most definitely not beat it. Even if the game is 30+ hours long, you still have to test it. Your combat was interesting at most, because of how insanely unbalanced it is.

"No clues" quest and puzzles - Just because a developer knows where to go next and what to do, this doesn't mean a player will.

Writing - No comment on the writing itself, as I'm not a writer. Although the eventing was very well done. A lot of showing instead of tellings.

Spoiler: Random Bugs

Picture resize bug:

Passability Bug: Electruxe

Sprite Bug: Jewellery robbery and jailing mages.

 

[Lucidia]

@Adventurer_inc. working on some fixes now. I appreciate the feedback. A bit of an eventing error there on my behalf since you weren't supposed to encounter the jewellery store robbery yet (hence the sprites not appearing). Stay tuned for an update!

@Euphoniac I could have a look at the wait function but its not at the top of my list as of yet! Will definitely keep in mind though. I hope you might give it a try in the meantime anyway Just wait for the update!

 

[RyoYuki]

Looks promising n.n

congrats on finishing the game, downloading it right now n.n

EDIT: Link to dropbox is dead, i can't download it :c

 

[Lucidia]

Looks promising n.n

congrats on finishing the game, downloading it right now n.n

EDIT: Link to dropbox is dead, i can't download it :c

Uploading a new version of the game as we speak. Fixed some stuff.
I'll post on this thread when it's ready for download!

 

[Dustfinger12]

sorry, but it still doesn't work

 

[Lucidia]

Version 1.1 is now available for download. Link is on original post.

Updates:
-Fixed title screen.
-Nerfed enemies and bosses.
-Nerfed some character skills.
-Fixed known passability issues.
-Fixed eventing bugs.

 

[Lucidia]

@RyoYuki @Dustfinger12
The updated download link is now available. Hope you guys like it!

 

[Serg]

Like for the story!

 

[RyoYuki]

@RyoYuki @Dustfinger12
The updated download link is now available. Hope you guys like it!

oh boy i can't wait to play, ill edit this post and give a short review+plus bug listings if i find any. Again congrats ^^