Why are you doing voice acting to begin with? You characters dont have moving faces and honesty it sounds bad. You should create a version WITHOUT voice acting

There is. It clearly says in the first post. How did you download the voiced version without seeing the version that didn't have voice acting?

i didnt download either and i am dead tired so i may have glossed over it

There is a version written in big letters saying Without Voice Acting.
And If you didn't download it, how do you know it sounds bad? My voice actors have put a lot of work into this, and that's sort of an insult to them. I'm trying to do something different, so that's why I'm implementing voice acting.

I believe that Adrien. meant to say, "all attempts I've heard at voice acting in a game have sounded bad and are not complemented by character mouth movement".
So basically, it is his view that the idea of voice acting is bad - not that your game in particular sounds bad.
(Of course, it is a generalisation, but he is entitled to his opinion.)

I personally think that it is great to try new ideas and implement them in your game. If it works then great, if it doesn't work then you've learned something. =]

Ah well then, sorry for misunderstanding...
But, I do think the voice acting generally does work well here, I think It adds a new degree to the characters, that is something you can't normally do with games that don't have moving faces or anything

First of all, I'm actually glad you chose to go with VAs. Not only that,I was quite surprised with the ones you have. I wasn't expecting the VA to be pretty good, was rather pleased with them. Seems to fit the characters well, so I say keep up the good work with it (You already know this, but it skips on some things. I don't think VA is actually necessary for a lot. You could perhaps shorten it to cutscenes / intro type stuff and them saying some stuff in battle - not almost every message string).

I can tell you put a lot of work into the game, characters, etc. I definatley think you have some good potential here.

I LOVE your art style. It's unique and great. (What I would love, would be if the game's graphics matched the art style more. You know, more cartoonish. Maybe even something more along the lines of Mario and Luigi games) - not saying you'd want to change it over, but it's just a thought. I don't the the VX-type characters (the really cute things) are that great in any game I've seen, I tend not to like em much.

Thank you for the review!
I'm very glad you liked the voices and art! And yeah, I am considering cutting down the VA to important scenes and battle only.
I actually wasn't aware of those passability bugs, so thank you for bringing them to my attention
And, for the Relic itself, I want it to be revealed little by little what it does, where it is, and what its true purpose is.
But, that little snippet at the beginning doesn't sound like a bad idea

and, both the races died out (well... most of them) so you won't see them very often, but they do have defining physical elements to their appearance

What do I do on the room with the switch in Django's cave? Where you pushed the rock to reach it. (On my previous thread, the second screenshot). The rock makes some kind of explosion around it but nothing appears to happen.

..really? Hmm... i don't know anything about an explosion... but, you're supposed to push the rock using Z and SHIFT + Z to the water below the switch, and then you jump onto the rock and pull the switch

MUSIC UPDATE
Hey everyone!!
Got a music update for you all!

Chapter 3 Battle
The Oriental battle theme for Chapter 3

Terra Desert
A vast, deadly desert, that brings death upon those who enter it.

Chapter 4 Battle
The Tropical Battle theme for Chapter 4, with Live Acoustic Guitar!!

Palamari's Theme
The Theme song for the strange prankster, Palamari.

All songs were composed by Angelo Cicero. Enjoy!!

Very Special Update 7/14/11

So, over the past few months, I've been working on making something special for the ending of Relic. An orginal (sort of) Song for the End Credits, with vocals and such. Today, that work has finally come to a close, and we have the final product.
I'm very proud to show the original Relic Credits Song, titled "The Time Travel" with vocals by Monisstar. (check out her songs and subscribe to her on youtube, she's an amazing singer!)

This is actually a cover of the song, but it is the first one ever done in English.

Here is the song http://soundcloud.com/plpgma/relic-credits/s-RnZXD

Credits:
Vocal ~ Monisstar
Background ~ Angelo Cicero
Lyrics ~ Ann Sally
English Translation ~ Meari-chan

So there it is I hope you all enjoy it as much as I am.
I'm also going to take the time now, to say something. I think, once Relic is finally finished, I'm going to be leaving. I never really intended Relic to get as big as it did, but It did, and I couldn't be happier But, it is very stressful making this game, along with everything going on in my life. So, I am just going to say that Relic will most likely be my last RPG Game. I realize I have Markon's Epic Adventure up, but theres a chance that might be canceled, I'm not too sure yet.
The only way I'd consider doing another game is if I got a high enough demand for a sequel to Relic. Sorry if this dissapoints anybody, but thats how it is. However, I will stick around until the end of Relic, which could be a little while

ALSO: Quick little update. Relic is now available on rpgmaker.net
http://rpgmaker.net/games/3264/

Enjoyed playing it. Story is decent, good graphics and liked the humour. Looking forward to next chapter.
thanks.

Demo v.1.3
Hey all! Demo v.1.3 is here!!
This fixes many bugs and has a newly revised battle system. Enjoy!

VA Version
http://www.mediafire.com/?e35tf1mp369n3x8

Non-VA Version
http://www.mediafire.com/?nyt66rtult68rz1

I haven't played the game, but I listened to the Relic Credits song and it's actually rather good. I like it a lot! I think it might actually make me go and download the game!

Hey, glad you like the credits song! My friend did a wonderful job on it
And yeah, you should download the game! It's jolly good fun

I'm gonna give this a try. Looks really fun.

I tried the game out a while back, but I forgot to comment lol Well anyway, it was a really fun game to be honest, and I thought the front-view battle system would be boring. However, the way you pulled everything off by not making encounters completely random and making battles cooler with nice sound effects and a great battle music made it much better However, you probably already know this, but nearly every text box had the words cut off on the side. I don't know if you fixed that or not yet, but just to let you know. The art was also really good, but it was a bit inconsistent as well. Some graphics would be really hight quality and others not too much. Overall though, nice game you have here. Good luck with further production of it

Relic has been previewed.

See the topic here!

Hey all!
I've got an epic piece of music for you all

Now, for this piece of music, I'm not spoiling anything, but I have the incredibly epic Final Battle music.
http://soundcloud.com/plpgma/final-boss-ba...-part-2/s-zHki2

Please enjoy I can't wait until this is used in the game

I would suggest cleaning up the battlers a bit more by the way. For instance I notice that the bats have white around the outlines...

I agree with Hirei how ever with that said you are doing an excellent job on this game. keep up the good work

Well, thanks adrien I appreciate the kind words! I'll work on cleaning up the battlers!

Hey! I updated the links, so they actually work now... But any feedback on Chapter 2?

Hey all!
Here is a fixed version of Chapter 2! Enjoy!!

Chapter 2 Only
https://rapidshare.com/files/2033614147/Relic_Ch._2_Fix.rar

Chapter 1+2
https://rapidshare.com/files/3525458304/Relic_v.2.2.rar

Hey all!
Got a screen of the main hub world, that will be released in Chapter 3!
The main city is called Venchi City, and is heavily based off of Venice, with european architecture and canals.



Hopefully Chapter 3 will be released soon! I'm hoping that maybe in 2012, Relic will be completed, but no promises. 7 Chapters is quite a lot

Is it just me, or is this site dead...?
I dunno, nothing seems to happen here anymore..

Yeah, trust me, I've made several updates for my game here, and I don't get much feedback either. It's quite... Dis-heartening... ;_;

I've played your game, and I like the custom artwork and voice acting! I don't remember much, however... I think something happened and I got confused, lols.

Your plot about a songstress, actually inspired my plot about a songstess. *shifty eyes*

Well good luck! Maybe when I'll play your game again and see what happened.

Hi, the Download on Rapidshare is awfully slow, tried a few times. i woder if you could upload to another hoster?
best regards from Germany

Update 4/3/12
~Slow Progress + Art~

Hey all! Not much to update in, but just verifying that I'm still alive, and Relic is making progress. Slwo, but steadily, Chapter 4 is being completed.
Expect some new screens and an actual update within the next two weeks.

In the mean time, enjoy this beautiful piece of artwork by kureo95. She's helping out in creating some of the art for certain cutscenes.
This particular scene depicts the first boss battle in which Scatto, Arianna, and Peeko fight against Django for the necklace.
Enjoy!

Very good concept art !
Do you use this draw also in the gameplay ?
Or it's only for your storyboard ?

Hmm, did you take the downloads off or did the links expire?

The files aren't found for either chapters 1-3 with voices or Chapter 3 only.