Kingdom 2 Caligula

Genre: RPG

Engine: RPG Maker VX ACE


Story

Kingdom 2 Caligula is the 2nd game in my Kingdom series, we take a even more in depth look at the roman world. In Caligula you will see all the hard work from Kingdom but in a world more then twice the size. As our game starts you take on the role of the young emperor Caligula as he starts his life as the the ruler of the known world. By her brothers side we have the lovely Drusilla, which adds to the cast of historically accurate cast. For the first time ever see this story told in its true light based on historical facts. You will follow Caligula and his party on many of his crazy historical adventures, from the Britain campaign to his war with the sea god. No more spoilers!



Characters

Caligula- Little boots, the young emperor of Rome and one of the most misjudged characters in history. Caligula cruelly uses his spear to punish he enemies, of which he has many.


Drusilla- The young and beautiful sister of Caligula, some even say his lover. The divine Drusilla uses a staff and healing magic.


Naius- Praetorian guard and protector of the emperor. Naius makes sure to keep the emperor alive so that his purse stays full of gold. Naius keeps his blade sharp for any occasion.

Lucca- Servant of Drusilla, while considered a slave, she is considered a friend to Drusilla. Uses harmful magic.

The game is currently 20% complete.

Screenshots




Features/scripts
The game uses Victor Saints animated battler and map battler scripts.

Recruitment!

As many of you know I already have one game under my belt, "Kingdom" A commercial game I made for XP, I have also made the Kingdom graphic novel and now I am making my next commercial game and I am looking for a few skilled ppl to help me make it. I intend to get funding for this game just as I did for Kingdom, so if you guys are looking to join a professional team that has had success in the past then this might be the team for you. All profits from funding will be divided between the team members as payment for services done. And if the game gets sold then there will be royalties. Now let me introduce you all to my current staff of skilled individuals.

First of all I am most happy to say that Kingdom 2 now has voice overs! By two of the most skilled VA I have ever met.

CREDITS
Male VA- Martin Lis
Female VA Alicia Idalis
Events Shadowval, Lato

Scripts Victor Saint

Mapping Shadowval,BrettUltimus, Clord, Lato

Pixel work, Lato, Stalin
Music NONE at this time.
We also have a skilled character artist!
Tyliea Spero

And our Kingdom advertising specialist which designed the Kingdom shirts and CD cover
Stalin

As for me I am the lead story writer as I know history and I am also the lead sprite artist.

NOW, the positions I need filled are as follows.

Composer- I need someone to make background music and battle tracks, I have worked with a few of you guys here, you know who you are and I hope to work with you again so lets see it.

Mapper x2 - I am not a expert in VX ACE mapping so what I need is 2 skilled mappers to make maps.

Eventer- I need someone skilled in events to add some spice to the game.

Writer/spellchecker- I need a 2ndary writer to add to and proofread/spellcheck the story/event text.

If there is anything I left out I will update.

Hey, it's great to see you working on the next Kingdom game!
I love the artwork!

I'm interested in helping out. If you'd like it you have my eventing skills, mapping, and writing as needed, and my ax! ....er right. Anyways, shall I format this a bit more properly so everyone else would know how to do it?

Name: Shaddowval

Skill Level: Advanced

Areas Interested in: Eventing, Writing, Mapping (In that order)

Experience: Assisted a tiny bit with the first Kingdom game, have a few demos in my sig for reference, and a ton of eventing tutorials.

hrm, not sure what else to put in something like this. Anyways, I hope that covers it all.

@ XMO oh yeah my artist is the BEST! She is the most skilled on I have ever worked with so im so happy to have her doing the art for Kingdom 2!

@Shaddowval, I am happy to have you on the team! Your events were a great add-on to Kingdom, and I will need even more from you for Kingdom 2. I will pm with info.

Also if you guys have a skill that I have not listed or is not open let me know, im open minded and maybe you can be a part of the team.

Update! We have the trailer teaser video for Kingdom 2
http://youtu.be/dQy-ZEuvfHY

I know it is just the bit excessive eye shadowing but Caligula reminds of L's sleeping habits or lack thereof.

Name: Jonnie19

Skill Level: Intermediate/Advanced

Areas Interested in: Musician

Experience: ND in Music Practice. 4 Years experience as guitarist, 12 Years experience as Songwriter.

I've already offered one piece up as a trade, but upon writing the music, i'm actually thinking I'd like to do all your music If you'll have me

@Clord I did the bags under his eyes to add historical accuracy, in his last years he couldnt sleep hardly at all and would pace up and down the halls.

@Jonnie19 It looks like im getting a dream team assembled here lol, 2 Mods and a art staff! This game is really taking off nicely!
Yes I accept Jonnie19 to the team for all of Kingdoms music needs.

The last spot we need is a mapper!

I would love the opportunity to map with you

Name: BrettUltimus

Skill Level: Advanced

Areas Interested in: Mapping

Experience: Been mapping/working on RPG Maker games since RM95+

Your samples look good, i'll pm you.

UPDATE! We have taken on BrettUltimus as the main mapper for Kingdom. All slots are currently full.

Update- I am opening up the position of secondary MAPPER and COMPOSER!

The game is going well but I think it could be doing even better. Im looking for some skilled ppl who are looking for some extra money.

Hey Lato, it's nice to see that you have a sequel to the Kingdom series and it's looking pretty good from what I've seen thus far. Not sure if you already have the main theme for this one but if you'd like I could possibly get something going in that department. I am, however, very busy in the college life having mid-terms and all and soon-to-be exams already so much fun. lol But anyways, let me know what you need and I'll see what I can come up with.

Peace!

Lucky for me with Kingdom - Caligula, main theme/story is already done since its history, I am Just making a even more historically accurate game this time since it follows the life of the young emperor.

I AM looking for some new skilled ppl to add to my team, as time goes on, teams need a bit of refreshing, out with the old in with the new, even when its a paid job . However I do need people that have the time to work on it, id love to have you on the team Fateliante if you can do a noticeable amount of work for the team, so ill leave that up to you.

I am STILL looking for that 2nd mapper.

i've actually been watching this for awhile, but i didn't bother posting...

..Yea, i really don't think anything will come of what i have to offer, but i guess it's better trying than doing nothing.. i can also do mapping. x_x"
i know u have an artist already, though.

Name: Magical_Rune_Knight2001

Skill Level: decent?

Areas Interested in: Art/ Illustration, Mapping

Experience:
Art: either 12 or 13 years drawing? Spent a summer studying anatomy, designed T-shirts for an organization, designed report layouts for an organization, assisted in painting a city mural

Mapping: Been mapping for around 4 years...?

Hm id say your mapping is about as good as mine However I am more interested in your art skills, keep in mind my kingdom series covers a LOT of differnt things, not just video games. I have seen some of your work and I would like to see more of your char art work, if your interested in a job pm me with some more of your work.

Just remember that if you are going to advertise it has historically accurate. It can raise few eyebrows when history knowing guys see magic used in combat. However I gotta assume that most would be fine with that.

Personally I like when magic is being used in your games even though they try to follow the history books.

I dont believe ANYONE knows more about Caligula then I do, Roman history is my thing, I have studied it all my life. But as far as gameplay I just said MORE historically accurate then Kingdom 1, which is easy to do there will still be all that fun stuff like magic in it.

According to Wikipedia. His ruling didn't end that well.

XD ><\ Thank u. (!)

And that's fine. Most of my art isn't game-related anyhow.
I am working on a new image atm, but i'll send it to u too anyway.

Most people dont end/die well. I just wanted to tell his story because the facts about his life do not support what most ppl think about him and what he did. This game is a tribute to the young emperor and the truth about his life and death.

UPDATE

I am looking to refresh my team, spice things up a bit. the main thing we need is a mapper!

We already have a lot done so lets get the ball rolling.

Name: Clord

Skill Level: Nice!

Areas Interested in: Mapping...

Experience: I have been using these tools since RPG Maker 95 but that is besides the point. Some of my "latest" work has been quite nice as I have gotten used to VXACE's style of mapping (not to mention I have bought some commercial tilesets which Enterbrain has kept releasing lately.)

Hm you have improved a bit I see, the new tilesets they are releasing are ok I think, wish they wouldnt do so many modern ones but ehh, I care more about the persons skill with mapping in general. I will pm you.

Seems like Lato got impressed.

Ok we are taking on Clord as one of our mappers.

I am interested in seeing what other skills are out there that could benefit the game, or even my Kingdom series.

Let's keep the forum open for feedback. For people interested in joining teams, that can be done through PM.

Ballin a sequel plus my edit i did for you is being use as the main character! Seeing that I am so very happy it just made my sad day turn bright can't wait for a release. This looks amazing and a teaser trailer awesome! I have no negatives just that this looks epic!!!

Well it's not a Sequel. Even though with so many ppl thinking that it is I might just have to make on No it's just another game in my Kingdom series, right now I have about 5 games. And I am STILL looking for some skilled ppl to work for me.

Update!

My Kingdom Caligula game will use all it's custom sprite/pix work right from the Seraphim Creations tile set which grows bigger everyday!
Here is an example of some of the Caligula specific content I am working on for the game. The young emperor had to have his own flag


Progress continues to go well but I am always looking for more skilled ppl.

Tilesets are looking good, Lato. I was thinking of something though, since this is not actually a sequel, but another story, you should probably remove the 2 from the name, so it's not causing confusion. Something like Kingdom - Caligula would look good and show that it's not a direct sequel. Just a suggestion of course.

Name also could use some spicing.

Kingdom - Caligula's Journey
Kingdom - The Emperor Caligula

You get the idea.

Yes you both make good points about the title, ppl have been thinking it's a sequel when it's not, but I also like ppl knowing it's a part of my series, I will probably change the name, the game title actually just says Caligula but I will update as I go. My company has so many games now it's become my favorite thing to keep track of them

Im not sure If I have said this before, but Kingdom Caligula is using the map battle script for battle from Victor, which I think is by FAR the best battle system made for Ace so far, with the voice overs/ char art and custom pix work my Caligula game is already looking to be one of the best for Ace.

Lato. You need to add in all credits to this topic, including the Battle system. This is part of the forum guidelines. I didn't notice before, so that was my mistake. but please update your credit list. Thanks

I updated the first post with a more clear credits list, I am not using many custom scripts at this point, only ones made by Victor.

Hopefully mapping is consistent. I probably rather see five map cave made by the one person instead of proceed to next map and encounter entirely different mapping style in the same cave.

Keep up the good work.

Lato, I don't just mean the Battle System and Scripts. Did you do all the Mapping yourself? Did you create the eventing for the entire project. If it is written all by you then just add it onto the credits that it was written by you. Also, if any of my music has been used for this project, then please add my credits in too. Thanks Jonnie19

I have updated the credits again.

And here is the new ad for the game created by Stalin!

The leg lining seems to be slightly wonkey, I'm not an artist, but it just doesn't quite look right to me!

Yeah to be more specific. That woman's foot ate man's foot.

You saying her feet are to big?? They look good to me

I'm not sure...I just don't like the positioning of the feet...and the legs...they seem to just merge into a big blob! The female's inside leg seems alot bigger than it needs to be. I know it's meant to be their legs joined together, but it just looks strange, perhaps an artist can clarify what me and Clord are trying to say!

It is the guy's left leg - it should be back a little- that would leave a white area between the legs and would make her legs right-

Well that is how I see it.

Bump/update

Things have been going good so far in develpoment, my custom tileset add on sheet is now full so I am looking into other forms of custom graphics.

The only thing my team needs is a good composer that can do a variety of music, from classical to new age stuff. And I need a good eventer to do story events cause this game is a LOT bigger then Kingdom RPG.

It's so weird doing this without a recurtment topic Anyways here are some of the benifits of working for me and Seraphim Creations.

You get PAID, that's always good right.

You get free products from Seraphim Creations such as video games and other items such as graphic novels ect.

You get your work seen outside of the RM world.