The Sakata's Legend - Source File and Details -- Critiques Wanted!

[Kevin O'Ryan]

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"Dare to enter, a Dream World in its dark era!"​

Non-Commercial game in development by TKZ Productions!​

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Website - HERE​

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UPDATE: I do apologize for not updating, I have been working on a new album and lost focus on the game. However, I have returned and I will be posting a new demo soon! -- Also, special thanks to Joseph Cowan for taking time out of his day to help produce the soundtrack.​

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The Sakata's Legend is a Mystery, Puzzle Solving, Horror and Adventurous game!

This game is purely based on my, Kevin Smith's, imagination. This game takes place in my dreams, my mind and my utter thoughts. Playing this game is nothing but a huge dose of sleep paralysis. Solving puzzles and mastering the world of endless oceans. 
                                                                                                 

The Sakata's Legend, however, does not come straight out and express this motive, for it is my dreams, but is also its own world--A new universe.                                    

This game is currently under development and is at version 3.2 at the moment!​

 

I am looking for critiques and maybe some help! I am very experienced with Story-Writing, Screenplay, BGM (Level 1) and Topdown shooters on Game Maker! However, I am very poor on the graphical perspective while using RPG MAKER and my BGM is not, incredible, being that I'm not fully experienced with .ogg files.  

Mayhem "Your existence is sickening!" 

I have put two years of work into this game, starting from a piece of paper to RPG MAKER VX Ace! 

You may have also noticed that I used a lot of the RTP sprites, this is due to my lack of skill with spriting for RPG MAKER VX Ace and I had to use the closest to my drawings of the characters.

 

I did, however, edit the RTP sprites the best that I could.​

 

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Please tell us what you think! -- RTP is required to run!

 

DOWNLOAD - Version 0.30

 

DOWNLOAD - Version 0.31

(Soundtrack was re-edited - Credits to JANK)

 

DOWNLOAD - Version 0.32

(Noticeable Typos fixed, Chimes for text-boxes are gone and the credits in the beginning are changed to a story intro)



 

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In The Sakata's Legend, you play as Groax Sakata. Who's mission is to save his brother, Jaakko, from the dark forces that threaten the Dream World--Dream Nation.
Your mission is to set out and search for Jaakko, but struggle along the way as you voyage into dark and dangerous places, face powerful foes and cleanse the world of Demons and Nightmares.

Throughout your adventure, you meet friends and foes who help you along the way. Everything you do, the choices that you make, effect the story-line and determine how soon you find your brother!

And it all starts with one rouge, a Mystery man that you, nor anybody, has ever seen before! He or she claims to know the exact path leading to Jaakko, yet he/she seems to mislead and even betray you at times. However, Groax chooses to continue following, hoping that he will bring Jaakko home!

It's all up to you on how you take on this adventure, what will you do? How will you find him? -- Will you ever find him? Step into the unknown and find out for yourself!

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Heroes:

Groax Sakata

Groax is the world's most notorious Demon Slayer. He is a living legend!

Riley Robins

Once a pirate, Riley thrives for adventure. Her Flint Lock was the last gift given from her lover.

Alex Toru

Alex urges for adventure, however, he's a bit of a wimp!

Jodelle Ferla

Jodelle is the protector of the Spirit world! She is known as the Witch of the Forest.

Jarno Hernaz

Jarno is Groax's closest friend. He has dedicated his life to protect both Groax and Jaakko.

Jaakko Sakata

Jaakko is Groax's younger brother who was kidnapped by Bojan. He has always wished to be just like his big brother!

Goddess's, Gods, Demi-Gods:

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Brimir (Spirit Demi-God)

Brimir is the guardian of the Spirits and Lost Souls. His purpose for living is to guide spiritual beings to their proper domains.

 

Saria (Light Goddess)

Saria is the Goddess of Light! She guides prophets on their correct paths.

 

Ellie (Sky/Ocean Goddess)

Ellie is the Goddess of the Sky and Ocean. Nobody truly knows anything about her.

 

Elements:

Flare

Goddess of Fire.

 

Aquaria

Goddess of Water.

 

Airiana

Goddess of Wind.

 

Terria

Goddess of Earth.



 

Nightmares:

Bojan (Demon Lord)

Bojan is a Dark Mage with the eagerness to become a Nightmare (Demon Lord) and is willing to do anything to obtain that title!

 

Nightmare King

King of all Nightmares, this being is one to be feared!

 

The Infection

Otherwise known as the Nightmare of Death, The Infection is a dark being made purely of disease!



 

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Map Creatures:

Forest Puppet

Forest Puppets are very common through out the world, but mostly within Forest!

Cave Bat

Cave Bats are most known to hide within caves or even grass.

Wasp

Wasp are fierce and protective. They will defend their homes.

Spider

The spider is most common to stalk up on its prey and strike it with poison.

Raté

The Raté is known for attacking in numbers, this critter is lost and hopeless when alone!

Wisp

Wisps are an unknown creature.

Large Snake

Large Snakes are commonly found in trees within dense forests. They are strong enough to squeeze your guts out!

Scorpion

Scorpions live in very hot and dry environments such as deserts. They are highly toxic and can kill anything within seconds!

Jellyfish

Jellyfish are only found in deep ocean water. They can sting their prey and cause paralysis.

Zombie

Zombies are rare re-animated creatures that lurk the depths of Morgues and sometimes dungeons.

Specter

Specters, same as Zombies, are a rare creature that lurk the depths of Morgues, Cemetery's and dungeons. 

Dayu

Dayus are a blood-thirsty fish seeking its prey from below or upon water.

Mini-Bosses:

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Brimir (Mistaken Enemy)

Brimir is the guardian of the Spirits and Lost Souls. His purpose for living is to guide spiritual beings to their proper domains.

Demon Guardian

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Kerberos

The Dvorian's Guard Dog!

Huge Man-Eating Plant

A hungry plant that craves human flesh.

Bosses:

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Specter King

King of the Specters, who seeks to overtake the world!

Kraken

The Beast of the Sea that every sailor and pirate fear!

Mayhem

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Demon Lord Bojan

Bojan is a Dark Mage with the eagerness to become a Nightmare (Demon Lord) and is willing to do anything to obtain that title!

Attackers:

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Sand Guard

Protector of Savage Village and the Leader!

Dvorian Guard

Mysterious underground people with secret, dark motives.

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Environments

Menu Screens

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Battle

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Encounter Monster Log!

A Monster Log is a great way to keep track of your encounters. Knowledge is power and the more creatures you find, the more the reward!

HUGE Ocean to sail!

The world is vast, there are many islands you can visit! Use this open world as a advantage to find hidden items and secrets that can improve your characters!

Music Integration!!

Inspired by Zelda, music is a major part of all Dream Nation games! Musical tunes or notes are often used to manipulate objects or open portals!

Hundreds of Side-Quest!

There are many places in the world where your help is needed! Random NPC's may ask for your help, this is a perfect chance to get more EXP and Gold!

Learn over 100 spells!

You are given a spell book, time to use it to your advantage! You can learn several new spells that can be used in or out of battle. Some spells are required to help the player explore the world!

Manipulate Magic Jems!

In the world of Dream Nation, Jems are believed to have a supernatural power that can act as a spell or special skill. Each Jem is different and can have random, varying effects on the player!

Smooth In-Menu Experience!

The menu is programmed to be as perfect as possible. You can view stats, Formations and Items much more easily and comfortably!

Beautiful Lighting and Graphics!

Mixed with RTP style graphics are also beautiful effects and lighting that give the game an epic and horror atmosphere. The darkness is strongly emphasized in The Sakata's Legend, the deeper the depth, the darker it becomes!

Still under development!

Just about every resource we have have been used to develop this massive game. The Sakata's Legend is TKZ's most biggest game development since our first game, Spirit Haven!

This game is non-commercial, which means the resources used in the game are third-party and contributed by other people with credit!

 

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The mission is all about finding and saving your brother Jaakko from Bojan. You adventure off throughout the world trying to find Bojan, but is sometimes mislead by an unknown rogue causing you to have to change course and find another way.

 

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[ZeuroMiller]

Awesome, man.... Keep it up

 

[Kes]

Quickest bit of feedback I've ever given, as I'm only a couple of minutes into the game.

You are setting up the atmosphere of the whole game through your choice of music and have clearly put a lot of thought into that, as the opening music is effective.  However, you completely wreck that, imo, by having one of the most annoying chirp/chime SEs ever for every single piece of dialogue.  Why does each text box need a SE anyway?  It wipes out the effect that your music is trying to create, and my guess is that after only a short while many players will simply stop as it will becoming too irritating to ignore.

btw, for your very first screen, you need to correct a typo.  It's the first thing the player sees.  The word "it's" with an apostrophe is an abbreviation for "it is" (see the sentence before this for an example).  When it is indicating possession, there is no apostrophe.  So, e.g. "the house and its furniture", "the world and its history".

 

[Kevin O'Ryan]

Awesome, man.... Keep it up

Quickest bit of feedback I've ever given, as I'm only a couple of minutes into the game.

You are setting up the atmosphere of the whole game through your choice of music and have clearly put a lot of thought into that, as the opening music is effective.  However, you completely wreck that, imo, by having one of the most annoying chirp/chime SEs ever for every single piece of dialogue.  Why does each text box need a SE anyway?  It wipes out the effect that your music is trying to create, and my guess is that after only a short while many players will simply stop as it will becoming too irritating to ignore.

btw, for your very first screen, you need to correct a typo.  It's the first thing the player sees.  The word "it's" with an apostrophe is an abbreviation for "it is" (see the sentence before this for an example).  When it is indicating possession, there is no apostrophe.  So, e.g. "the house and its furniture", "the world and its history".

ZeuroMiller: Thanks! That means a lot to me, glad someone actually likes it!

 

ksjp17: Despite my minor mistakes, I take everything into consideration and will update the game. Feedback is great, even if the reviewer don't like it at all and I will keep everything up to date.  

 

As for the chime, I agree with you, I began to get sick of it myself and had already got rid of it as of version 3.2.

 

The typo kinda slipped away from me, however I did make the dialog a looong time ago, I was roughly 10-11 years old after-all!  -- I am re-editing, I just didn't get to that yet!

 

I'm not exactly sure if you liked the game or not, being that there was no feedback on the concept, but I really thank you doe your feedback as well, I really need this to help make my game better and I was glad to hear from another player.

 

[Kes]

I can't give feedback yet, as I only got as far as the opening dialogue in front of the church, when the chime hit me.

I did have a thought, though, about the pre-title sequence (which is the only other bit of the game I have seen) which may, or may not, be of interest to you.

In my personal opinion (and I stress, this is my personal view, and others may well think differently) I think that Credits at the beginning instead of at the end is a bit questionable.  Players want to get stuck into the game, they don't want to sit through a series of Credits - which will get longer, no doubt, as the game grows - particularly when each Credit is on screen for quite a while.  Many players will hit 'Enter' to skip past splash screens if they can, so having non-skippable Credits may not be a good idea.

btw, did you realise that you have released an unencrypted version of your game, and that it has a save file with it?

 

[Kevin O'Ryan]

I can't give feedback yet, as I only got as far as the opening dialogue in front of the church, when the chime hit me.

I did have a thought, though, about the pre-title sequence (which is the only other bit of the game I have seen) which may, or may not, be of interest to you.

In my personal opinion (and I stress, this is my personal view, and others may well think differently) I think that Credits at the beginning instead of at the end is a bit questionable.  Players want to get stuck into the game, they don't want to sit through a series of Credits - which will get longer, no doubt, as the game grows - particularly when each Credit is on screen for quite a while.  Many players will hit 'Enter' to skip past splash screens if they can, so having non-skippable Credits may not be a good idea.

btw, did you realise that you have released an unencrypted version of your game, and that it has a save file with it?

Your personal opinion is great, don't worry about telling me them! I need them, If I don't know what to fix, nobody will want to play it! This is helping very much so!  The credits on the beginning are not all of them, however I still see what you mean, I should make them skippable and if I can't figure it out, remove them.  I am putting up a new version without the chime, and will go through the dialog a little more and try to fix all the typos. 

As for the unencrypted and save file part: I meant to make it unenecrypted (i.e Title says Source File) for people to view the file, if they want to explore a little more lol, however I can change that if it's not allowed. As for the save file, that was a mistake! I actually didn't realize that, I don't remember saving, but I guess I did at some point! haha I'll make sure there are no save files in the next version.