(PD) Kingdom - The Clans, Project by Clord and Lato Options

[Clord]

I'm teaming up with "Seraphim Creations" and the game will be part of the "Kingdom" series.

Disclaimer: All the custom graphics apart from the stock RTP and the character portraits are provided and made by Seraphim Creations. We own all the required rights to use them for the various game projects, commercial or not.

Screenshots galore.Screenshots galore (v1.04).











-Revamping the Game!-

Feedback is a really welcomed around here.

What?
On a distant land, far far away...

Okami Hyou leads her party of greedy troublemakers,
in promise of gold and other riches, or maybe she
is just the greedy one.

Then there is Mahou the Mage, providing insightful
information for the rest of the party.

Kitsune is just mostly hanging around and is quite
useful during the combat.

They were tasked by the king to bring him some dusty
old artifact and now Okami Hyou is eager to collect
her just reward.

And so it begins...

When?
Our adventurers begin their journey from the time, when they have finally obtained the artifact which the king wants
and are eager to cash in their weight of gold. However a dark clouds are looming the fact that it can't be that easy
to just end the story there. OF course not.

Who?

Okami Hyou

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Chi Tsugi clan was not fond of her greedy nature and decided to put her in charge of the group of
consisting members from the two other dominant clans so she would see the world and maybe learn something from it.
Her companion consist of her two long time friends from the two other clans.

Likes
- Gold.
- Shiny Stuff.
- Make a quick buck.

Dislikes
- Deal Breakers.

Mahou

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Yami Tsugi clan has had a long tradition to fight various beasts to obtain even more power. Still they
understand the value of being in the alliance. However Mahou would probably backstab her party if it meant to obtaining
the ultimate power, not that such thing even exists around in the Krateria.

Likes
- Spell Pistols.
- Magical stuff.

Dislikes
- Ghosts.
- Undead.
- Murky places.

Kitsune

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Rai Tsugi clan consist some of the best martial artists in the Krateria. Kitsune was send off to hone
her skills and someday to challenge her old master. Also she wonders reason of this task, as slaughtering countless monsters
is honing her skills well. Basically she does not understand her old master.

Likes
- Being smartass.
- Being sarcsatic.
- Making fun of Okami Hyou.

Dislikes
- fools.
- Chocolate.
- Guys with the god complex.

Vampire Lord

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Villain of the story. Telling too much about him would be a bit too spoilerish.

Features!
Synthesize your items from crafting materials you can obtain from defeating various enemies.
Battle system which does not look dull.
Day/Night Cycles.
More realistic lightning.
Fill-in narration.
Bonus Feature - Dungeon Crawler Mode

Credits
Storyline, Eventing, Mapping, etc - Clord.

Early Beta Testing by Blood-Fury.
Tilesets and additional work by Seraphim Creations (Lato).
Music by Jonnie19.

This game uses the following scripts.

Yanfly Engine Ace - Enemy Levels v1.02
Yanfly Engine Ace - Ace Battle Engine v1.22
Yanfly Engine Ace - Ace Shop Options v1.01
Yanfly Engine Ace - Battle Engine Add-On: Enemy HP Bars v1.10
Yanfly Engine Ace - Enemy Target Info v1.02
Yanfly Engine Ace - Skill Cost Manager v1.02
Yanfly Engine Ace - Ace Equip Engine v1.06
Yanfly Engine Ace - Ace Status Menu v1.01
Yanfly Engine Ace - Ace Menu Engine v1.07
Yanfly Engine Ace - Ace Item Menu v1.02
Yanfly Engine Ace - System Options v1.00
Yanfly Engine Ace - Command Window Icons v1.00
GO GO TOTORI! by Kread-EX
CSCA Encyclopedia by Casper667
CSCA Menu Organizer by Casper667
NeoFace System v.2.0 [RMVXA Script] by Woratana
Basic Game Time + Night/Day
Scene Themes + Direct Message Window Skin Specification (Message Skins) by Aarowaim
[ACE] Khas Awesome Light Effects by Khas Arcthunder
Multiple Inventories by Fomar0153

Thanks to Erangot from the Character Machine.

Progress
The game is still under development.

This post has been edited by Clord: Nov 25 2012, 12:11 PM

[Jens of Zanicuud]

I don't want to be rude... but the Vampire Lord's portrait is too much similar to Sephiroth from FF7...
Same hair, almost same clothes. I know one of the default character in the RTP quite resembles him, but I really suggest you to make some modification (e.g. add some scars, change the clothes colour, make him paler... or whatever)

Anyway, I'll try the demo.
What's the estimated playtime for now?

With run-time files do you mean the VXACE default RTP, right? (I've only got RMXP, but have dowloaded the VXACE RTP, so I hope it's enough...)

Jens

This post has been edited by Jens of Zanicuud: Aug 10 2012, 11:18 AM

[Clord]

I don't want to be rude... but the Vampire Lord's portrait is too much similar to Sephiroth from FF7...
Same hair, almost same clothes. I know one of the default character in the RTP quite resembles him, but I really suggest you to make some modification (e.g. add some scars, change the clothes colour, make him paler... or whatever)

Anyway, I'll try the demo.
What's the estimated playtime for now?

With run-time files do you mean the VXACE default RTP, right? (I've only got RMXP, but have dowloaded the VXACE RTP, so I hope it's enough...)

Jens

Estimated playtime for a new player is few hours.

Dungeons are not entirely linear when it comes to finding the chests, etc.

Yeah and I mean VXACE run-time files.

Edit: Added horns for the vampire lord which is also named Vampire Lord for now. hard to come up with a good name for the villain.

This post has been edited by Clord: Aug 10 2012, 01:19 PM

[Jens of Zanicuud]

Estimated playtime for a new player is few hours.

Dungeons are not entirely linear when it comes to finding the chests, etc.

Yeah and I mean VXACE run-time files.

Edit: Added horns for the vampire lord which is also named Vampire Lord for now. hard to come up with a good name for the villain.

Those horns are rather a good idea, but, If I can make a suggestion, I would eliminate them and try finding som other detail.
If you are following the tradition (with tradition I mean Dracula by Bram Stoker and / or collective imagination about vampires - see Count Dracula in any game in Castelvania series), a vampire should be either a true monster or a finer and more elegant creature. Bram Stoker's Dracula is a monster, the pure evil incarnated, while later vampires are enticing creatures who try to seduce and attract their prey (I mean true vampires, not the ones from Twilight, obviously). If your aim is a vampire like the first one I mentioned, then, why not the horns? Anyway, if you think about him as the second kind of vampire, well, I feel these horns are misplaced.

I'll report you when I've tried the demo,

Jens

This post has been edited by Jens of Zanicuud: Aug 10 2012, 11:42 PM

[Clord]

Estimated playtime for a new player is few hours.

Dungeons are not entirely linear when it comes to finding the chests, etc.

Yeah and I mean VXACE run-time files.

Edit: Added horns for the vampire lord which is also named Vampire Lord for now. hard to come up with a good name for the villain.

Those horns are rather a good idea, but, If I can make a suggestion, I would eliminate them and try finding som other detail.
If you are following the tradition (with tradition I mean Dracula by Bram Stoker and / or collective imagination about vampires - see Count Dracula in any game in Castelvania series), a vampire should be either a true monster or a finer and more elegant creature. Bram Stoker's Dracula is a monster, the pure evil incarnated, while later vampires are enticing creatures who try to seduce and attract their prey (I mean true vampires, not the ones from Twilight, obviously). If your aim is a vampire like the first one I mentioned, then, why not the horns? Anyway, if you think about him as the second kind of vampire, well, I feel these horns are misplaced.

I'll report you when I've tried the demo,

Jens

I get your point but vampires can transform to be more than just bats (unless it is classical Vampire).

I fixed one silly mistake repeated across the few boss battles.
http://www.revolutionalarts.com/files/Saga...ns_I_v1.02c.exe

This post has been edited by Clord: Aug 11 2012, 01:51 AM

[Jens of Zanicuud]

I get your point but vampires can transform to be more than just bats (unless it is classical Vampire).

I fixed one silly mistake repeated across the few boss battles.
http://www.revolutionalarts.com/files/Saga...ns_I_v1.02c.exe

I'm sorry but good old count Dracula could transform in a wolf too
I got your point, but it all depends on what his personality is.
Does he appear in the demo?
Or you planned to make him appear later?
Anyway, you told me you haven't got a name for that vampire... do you accept suggestions or simply want to make it yourself?

I'll download the fixed demo.
What was that silly mistake you mentioned before?

Jens

EDIT: Anyway, if I were you, I'd set a black tint on the screen during the opening.
Seeing the three characters while text is flowing is not epic at all...
It's just my personal opinion anyway.

This post has been edited by Jens of Zanicuud: Aug 11 2012, 02:50 AM

[Clord]

I get your point but vampires can transform to be more than just bats (unless it is classical Vampire).

I fixed one silly mistake repeated across the few boss battles.
http://www.revolutionalarts.com/files/Saga...ns_I_v1.02c.exe

I'm sorry but good old count Dracula could transform in a wolf too
I got your point, but it all depends on what his personality is.
Does he appear in the demo?
Or you planned to make him appear later?
Anyway, you told me you haven't got a name for that vampire... do you accept suggestions or simply want to make it yourself?

I'll download the fixed demo.
What was that silly mistake you mentioned before?

Jens

EDIT: Anyway, if I were you, I'd set a black tint on the screen during the opening.
Seeing the three characters while text is flowing is not epic at all...
It's just my personal opinion anyway.

If dialogue box has a image set and then the battle begins after said dialogue box, the character's face stays until the battle ends.

[Jens of Zanicuud]

I've tried it for a while.

I've noticed a couple of things:
>In the second map, there are lots of pointless staks of woods along the way.
I feel no villager would put them in such disorder...
>When I first talked to the shop owner, the game crashed. Fortunately, it didn't happen a second time...
>When you take control of the Vampire Lord and talk to the altar, you can read a dialogue between Okami and Batsu (!!!)
>In the second scrolling dialogue, there's a procced instead of proceed
>How is supposed Kitsune to gain TP? They're neither shown in status window nor I found a tutorial. I assume you have to do/receive damage, but I haven't any hint about it...

For now, I haven't anything more to say.
I'll tell you something more while proceeding.

Jens

This post has been edited by Jens of Zanicuud: Aug 11 2012, 05:53 AM

[Clord]

I've tried it for a while.

I've noticed a couple of things:
>In the second map, there are lots of pointless staks of woods along the way.
I feel no villager would put them in such disorder...
>When I first talked to the shop owner, the game crashed. Fortunately, it didn't happen a second time...
>When you take control of the Vampire Lord and talk to the altar, you can read a dialogue between Okami and Batsu (!!!)
>In the second scrolling dialogue, there's a procced instead of proceed
>How is supposed Kitsune to gain TP? They're neither shown in status window nor I found a tutorial. I assume you have to do/receive damage, but I haven't any hint about it...

For now, I haven't anything more to say.
I'll tell you something more while proceeding.

Jens

TP is gained most effectively by receiving damage.

[Clord]

Mediafire Link

Edit: Some of the upcoming stuff. Yes, you will get to mine. It is optional but gives resources you might want.




"Ah, what a mess.
I should have sharpened
the blade." - Vampire Lord Deaux Excimus?

This post has been edited by Clord: Aug 12 2012, 05:46 AM

[Jens of Zanicuud]

I've found a bug.
When you face the first boss with the Vampire Lord and beat it (yes, I completely depleted his life gauge), since he's invincible, he doesn't die. Anyway, he's not able to perform any more attacks. So what I'm supposed to do to lose the encounter at that point?
(Obviously, I restarted the game and lose by purpose to go on, but the bug still remains).

Another glitch I found: If you press F12 to restart the game and Continue from a previous file (in the Vampstle), a script error occurs.
 bug.PNG ( 13.78K ) Number of downloads: 10


This is everything for now.

Jens

[Clord]

I've found a bug.
When you face the first boss with the Vampire Lord and beat it (yes, I completely depleted his life gauge), since he's invincible, he doesn't die. Anyway, he's not able to perform any more attacks. So what I'm supposed to do to lose the encounter at that point?
(Obviously, I restarted the game and lose by purpose to go on, but the bug still remains).

Another glitch I found: If you press F12 to restart the game and Continue from a previous file (in the Vampstle), a script error occurs.
 bug.PNG ( 13.78K ) Number of downloads: 10


This is everything for now.

Jens

F12 causes indeed crashing but Return to Title Screen and then load the save works fine. I wonder if I can remove F12 key from the game functionality.

Btw, it has been in quite few versions where Vampire Lord's battle against Dark Priest is forced to end at turn three. Not sure how you didn't get that event if you didn't use save from the old version or you simply didn't fight him long enough to find that out. Still I add third condition for the case someone else actually manages to deplete his HP gauge before the turn three.

P.S. What do you think of my banner?

This post has been edited by Clord: Aug 14 2012, 04:53 AM

[Jens of Zanicuud]

I've found a bug.
When you face the first boss with the Vampire Lord and beat it (yes, I completely depleted his life gauge), since he's invincible, he doesn't die. Anyway, he's not able to perform any more attacks. So what I'm supposed to do to lose the encounter at that point?
(Obviously, I restarted the game and lose by purpose to go on, but the bug still remains).

Another glitch I found: If you press F12 to restart the game and Continue from a previous file (in the Vampstle), a script error occurs.
 bug.PNG ( 13.78K ) Number of downloads: 10


This is everything for now.

Jens

F12 causes indeed crashing but Return to Title Screen and then load the save works fine. I wonder if I can remove F12 key from the game functionality.

Btw, it has been in quite few versions where Vampire Lord's battle against Dark Priest is forced to end at turn three. Not sure how you didn't get that event if you didn't use save from the old version or you simply didn't fight him long enough to find that out. Still I add third condition for the case someone else actually manages to deplete his HP gauge before the turn three.

P.S. What do you think of my banner?

Your banner is actually good
Anyway, I can't understand Japanese...

So, I killed the priest in something like five turns with the TP technique... but no condition triggered...
That was absurd!
BTW I had a previous saved file and I went on

Jens

EDIT: BTW, I've a couple of questions:
what are these "clans" the main characters belong to?
I suppose there's a sort of tribal society in your game, or am I completely wrong?

[Show/Hide] Question about the plot

Why that damn thief left his/her visiting card in the Vampire Lord's chest? Is it not stupid?
Maybe is a sort of legendary thief which signs every robbery, like a sort of Lupin III... but, anyway, why leaving the client's name as well?

This post has been edited by Jens of Zanicuud: Aug 15 2012, 04:39 AM

[Clord]

I've found a bug.
When you face the first boss with the Vampire Lord and beat it (yes, I completely depleted his life gauge), since he's invincible, he doesn't die. Anyway, he's not able to perform any more attacks. So what I'm supposed to do to lose the encounter at that point?
(Obviously, I restarted the game and lose by purpose to go on, but the bug still remains).

Another glitch I found: If you press F12 to restart the game and Continue from a previous file (in the Vampstle), a script error occurs.
 bug.PNG ( 13.78K ) Number of downloads: 10


This is everything for now.

Jens

F12 causes indeed crashing but Return to Title Screen and then load the save works fine. I wonder if I can remove F12 key from the game functionality.

Btw, it has been in quite few versions where Vampire Lord's battle against Dark Priest is forced to end at turn three. Not sure how you didn't get that event if you didn't use save from the old version or you simply didn't fight him long enough to find that out. Still I add third condition for the case someone else actually manages to deplete his HP gauge before the turn three.

P.S. What do you think of my banner?

Your banner is actually good
Anyway, I can't understand Japanese...

So, I killed the priest in something like five turns with the TP technique... but no condition triggered...
That was absurd!
BTW I had a previous saved file and I went on

Jens

EDIT: BTW, I've a couple of questions:
what are these "clans" the main characters belong to?
I suppose there's a sort of tribal society in your game, or am I completely wrong?

[Show/Hide] Question about the plot

Why that damn thief left his/her visiting card in the Vampire Lord's chest? Is it not stupid?
Maybe is a sort of legendary thief which signs every robbery, like a sort of Lupin III... but, anyway, why leaving the client's name as well?

[Show/Hide] Spoilers!

King and those who work directly under him like his Army, butlers, etc are technically in the superior position than the three most powerful clans which hold the alliance to make sure that no other clan can do the same. Thus for example Okami Hyou being a novice in the clan still, means that only those who are her superiors are the clan members who belong to higher positions than her and of course the king, etc. Eventually this could lead to Coup d'état if the king does not do what the clans want. This obviously means that typical villager hardly holds authority to tell what to do when it comes to people like Okami Hyou. This could also kind of explain the fact why going to INN makes them VIP and probably pay way less from items than the typical villagers. Ironically Vampire clan is fourth in official rankings even though their knowledge and power far exceed the other clans, if they which to act. This leads to fact that lately Vampire Lords have started to take interest to conquer the world even more.

This post has been edited by Clord: Aug 15 2012, 05:33 AM

[Jens of Zanicuud]

Thanks for the explanation, but my last question remained open (the one about the thie)
There's anything similar in the game (I mean - an explanation like that) or does the player have to figure it out themselves?

Jens

[Clord]

Thanks for the explanation, but my last question remained open (the one about the thie)
There's anything similar in the game (I mean - an explanation like that) or does the player have to figure it out themselves?

Jens

Some details will be missed if player is not used to explore the dungeons when he plays games. Another place is "W. Summer Holt". Player can get few items from there but completely fail to realize to bring Butsu to check out the book later.

Edit:

v1.04 will have.
- Even more detailed maps (Many of them are kind of unfinished, you know.)
- Weapon system will be revamped to have more interesting stats (Weapon damage will be turned to percentage increases and there will be able to inflict various status aliments.)
- Shop will be improved further, no longer just the one long list of stuff you can buy (Confusing for the other players at least initially).
- Most encounter rates set to 15 steps avg will be increased to 30 steps avg (It is odd how later monster spawns get rarer while getting bombarded constantly by them earlier).
- More proofreading and the confusing bridge scene will have a new dialogue to make more sense with the current storyline (I want to lure you to this cave but tell you to go away?).
- Overworld map will have more progress contextual enemy spawns, this means when you come back from the Ruined Tower, you are not encountering the level 3 Light Goozes anymore but instead of something more challenging.
- More areas to see in the world map where you can't go, to make it look a more realistic world (Krateria is not supposed to be a small island nation, but instead of huge one).
- More NPC guys in the dangerous areas, supplying you with the lore. This means that when you go to various dungeons, it just makes sense that other Adventurers might already be there.
- Ruined Tower F3 will get a way to teleport out from there after beating it, instead of making the player go all the way back down to exit from there.
- Evil Forest demands rain and it shall have it.
- Shop that sells you the crafting materials if the RNG hates you that much.
- More items, including an items which can be used offensively during the combat.

This post has been edited by Clord: Aug 18 2012, 12:28 PM

[Clord]

I managed to complete this game. Another story will be in the sequel and features the familiar cast.

[Lato]

Clord has joined Seraphim Creations and the game "Saga of the Clans" will now be a part of the "Kingdom" series I am using all of my companies resources to remake the game. So I would like to present the NEW game "Kingdom - The Clans"


We are taking out many of the buggy scripts that are not needed, adding a better combat system, and custom artwork and graphics.
One of the most notable changes is the story text change, it is now in a more proper/readable english. I will make this Kingdom game my next success just like all my other projects!

[Jonnie19]

So who is the main developer of the game, and how much change is being done to the game? If it is being head developed by Clord still this thread can stay, however if the game is being done now by Lato and the game is being completely remade. The chances are this thread will be closed.

[Lato]

So who is the main developer of the game, and how much change is being done to the game? If it is being head developed by Clord still this thread can stay, however if the game is being done now by Lato and the game is being completely remade. The chances are this thread will be closed.

Hm good point, I am updating many parts of the game, however We are working together in this, he has just joined the Kingdom series so I will leave this Kingdom game topic in Clords hands.