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Trailblazer
The West has never been more wild!
The West has never been more wild!
Trailblazer is a Turn-Based RPG that draws inspiration from Dragon Quest XI and Wild ARMs. It features a host of characters and a deeply customizable Skill Tree system that allows you to play the game the way you most enjoy.
Trailblazer's goal is to show that even if you don't have a budget for custom assets, you can still make something that people will enjoy by putting the focus on the story and the gameplay. By making each character feel unique, and by keeping the mechanics simple, but their application deep, Trailblazer aims to deliver a fun experience for anyone who likes JRPGs, regardless of what draws you to them.
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SECTION A: SYNOPSIS
It is a lonely and dusty place, the frontier. Wild buffalo roam the wastes in search of a pasture to feed their thinning herd, a lizard climbs atop a nearby rock to warm itself - unaware that its new heat source was placed there on purpose, the grave of a long-forgotten cowboy. But the cowboys, outlaws, and natives are far from the most dangerous things here. Animals are dying and changing, crops won't grow, and there's whispers of the dead walking the plains, hunting the living.
One man's quest for revenge is halted when he finds himself at odds with dark forces, sinister cults, and long-forgotten gods.
The demo of Trailblazer Chapter 1! Demo includes:
- Cowboys, Buckaroos and Drifters!
- Roughly 2:00:00 playtime
- 2 different Combat Modes: Party-Based Combat, and Duel at High Noon
- 5 unique playable characters, each with their own skills, personality, and motivation
- Multiple branching paths, player choice affects the outcome of the story
- Unique Tree-based Skill Learn System
- Beautiful 3D rendered Battlebacks
- More guns than a small country!
One man's quest for revenge is halted when he finds himself at odds with dark forces, sinister cults, and long-forgotten gods.
The demo of Trailblazer Chapter 1! Demo includes:
- Cowboys, Buckaroos and Drifters!
- Roughly 2:00:00 playtime
- 2 different Combat Modes: Party-Based Combat, and Duel at High Noon
- 5 unique playable characters, each with their own skills, personality, and motivation
- Multiple branching paths, player choice affects the outcome of the story
- Unique Tree-based Skill Learn System
- Beautiful 3D rendered Battlebacks
- More guns than a small country!
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SECTION B: CHARACTERS
Jean Smith
Jean plays his past close to the vest, as he doesn’t speak much on his time before the Texas Rangers. While none know for sure, there are many rumors that persist among the circles he travels in. His tracking skills and understanding of native languages shows that he spent some time with Indians; while his mild accent and knowledge of guerrilla tactics has led many to believe he was once part of the Confederate Army.
Jack Wesson
The younger of two orphaned twins, Jack spent most of his early life growing up in St. Paul’s Church in New York. While Jack’s brother ran away from the church as a teenager, Jack instead embraced it. By his late teens, Jack was fully prepared for life as a priest, moving to Kansas/Missouri territory to begin seminary school. But soon after arriving, Jack’s life changed forever. The Civil War broke out and Jack left school to sign up as a Union Army Chaplain. The war is over, but he's still haunted by those days. He's set up a church in Deadwood to bring God to the frontier, but he's still one of the most skilled guns in town, leading to frequent deputization.
Diamonds
A mysterious drifter who wandered into Deadwood only a few days before Jean. Not much is known about her, but according to Jack, she has been hustling Gem patrons out of their money in poker, and that she may be the sister of one of the girls there.
Virgil Vasquez
A snazzy dresser, a womanizer, and a dexterous gunslinger, not much is known about Virgil's past before he arrived in Coffeyville. He lives there as a brewer, making some of the most interesting concoctions in the West. It was this talent for alcohol that caught the attention of Al Swerengen, proprietor of the notorious Gem Saloon in Deadwood. Since their chance meeting, Virgil makes frequent trips up to the remote mining camp to bring his most recent concoctions, where he's welcomed by all, despite the color of his skin.
Wu Mei Lin
When Mr. Wu, leader of the substantial, but mostly unseen Chinese population of Deadwood, found out his wife was pregnant, he was excited to finally have an heir for the family business. It was much to his chagrin that the child turned out to be a daughter instead of a son. As a result, Mei Lin spent most of her childhood in constant conflict with who she was, and who she was expected to be. Torn between being raised as a boy and as a girl, between being Chinese and American, between family duty and a longing for freedom. As a result, she spends most of her time with Dr. Hayward and Calamity Jane, claiming that she’s going to be a nurse or even a doctor one day.
Jean plays his past close to the vest, as he doesn’t speak much on his time before the Texas Rangers. While none know for sure, there are many rumors that persist among the circles he travels in. His tracking skills and understanding of native languages shows that he spent some time with Indians; while his mild accent and knowledge of guerrilla tactics has led many to believe he was once part of the Confederate Army.
Jack Wesson
The younger of two orphaned twins, Jack spent most of his early life growing up in St. Paul’s Church in New York. While Jack’s brother ran away from the church as a teenager, Jack instead embraced it. By his late teens, Jack was fully prepared for life as a priest, moving to Kansas/Missouri territory to begin seminary school. But soon after arriving, Jack’s life changed forever. The Civil War broke out and Jack left school to sign up as a Union Army Chaplain. The war is over, but he's still haunted by those days. He's set up a church in Deadwood to bring God to the frontier, but he's still one of the most skilled guns in town, leading to frequent deputization.
Diamonds
A mysterious drifter who wandered into Deadwood only a few days before Jean. Not much is known about her, but according to Jack, she has been hustling Gem patrons out of their money in poker, and that she may be the sister of one of the girls there.
Virgil Vasquez
A snazzy dresser, a womanizer, and a dexterous gunslinger, not much is known about Virgil's past before he arrived in Coffeyville. He lives there as a brewer, making some of the most interesting concoctions in the West. It was this talent for alcohol that caught the attention of Al Swerengen, proprietor of the notorious Gem Saloon in Deadwood. Since their chance meeting, Virgil makes frequent trips up to the remote mining camp to bring his most recent concoctions, where he's welcomed by all, despite the color of his skin.
Wu Mei Lin
When Mr. Wu, leader of the substantial, but mostly unseen Chinese population of Deadwood, found out his wife was pregnant, he was excited to finally have an heir for the family business. It was much to his chagrin that the child turned out to be a daughter instead of a son. As a result, Mei Lin spent most of her childhood in constant conflict with who she was, and who she was expected to be. Torn between being raised as a boy and as a girl, between being Chinese and American, between family duty and a longing for freedom. As a result, she spends most of her time with Dr. Hayward and Calamity Jane, claiming that she’s going to be a nurse or even a doctor one day.
Trailblazer takes place in an alternate steampunk version of the American Wild West, where history played out slightly differently. The towns and locales are staples of Old West tales, but those they different places than in our history. Unlike in our time where most of how we view the west comes from the theatrical productions of Buffalo Bill Cody's Traveling Wild West show; in this world, the fictional people and events portrayed by his troupe are more real and more fantastic than one could imagine. While cities and states the the East and in Europe have access to wondrous technology powered by steam, æther, and even more mysterious and fantastical sources, the west is still very much an untamed and wild frontier where every man must fend for himself.
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