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[donleon]

Try out my beta-demo:
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Introduction:

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I started making a fan game for Suikoden which i entirely give up then i switched to Ar tonelico fan game which also i give up until i gather my thoughts and tried to made a mix of my favorite games. This is not a persona fan game. This game is inspired from my favorite games, mainly Persona series and Ar tonelico. This doesn't follow up or continue the story from those games instead a different game which has some features from the games i was inspired .Also I haven't played Persona 3 & 4 i only watch it in youtube so i don't have that background of the whole persona plot

Story:

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There once was a legend that in the past, mythical monsters of different sorts ruled over the world creating havoc and destruction. A demon goddess itself rules over these demons. It brings fear to the humans and terror to the world. "Demonization" is what humans called these ages. But soon a heroine arises, unknown how she ended up as a heroine, tried to fought off all the demons and the goddess itself but she failed. As a last resort, she used all her power sealing these millions of demons in "The Gate" which can only be unlocked by the "Key of Heart". Also she sealed the goddess and herself in a stone which is now known as a "Philosopher's stone".

As time went by, the philosopher's stone is unlocked and soon "The Gate" is starting to open again. In a rural town of Shibuya, there were numerous weird murders happening. People define it as a murder because the victims of these were all claimed to be dead. It started when the new product "Mr. Krispy" a biscuit company and the competitor of the famous pastry shop "Hansel n Gretel", become famous worldwide with it's main branch in Shibuya. It is said that the each biscuit pack has a lucky coin which can grant any wish and only chosen ones can get this so called "wishing coin". This made the biscuit rose from popularity which makes it a mystery to the public. Is it related to the murders? Kyle a New Yorker, together with his new found friends will got mixed up with these events not knowing that the key is in his hands.

Terminology:

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- Demonization - The time were all demons killed almost all humans and ruled the world with the help of their goddess. It is also the process of turning humans into demons

- The Gate - A portal/dimension that holds millions of demons that was trapped by a unknown heroine in the past. It's seal can't be broken only with the use of the Key of Heart.

- Key of Heart - Either an item or a person that opens The Gate. It is said that the bearer of this Key is a pure-hearted being with a cleanse soul. No humans can posses it but the human itself can be the Key of Heart

- Philosopher's Stone - A stone that grants eternal life and gives extremely strong power to anyone who use it. It has two sides which negates with each other.

- Malice - Darkness that came from human desires which is converted as an evil energy to open up The Gate. It requires a lot of Malice to open up The Gate

Characters:

Playable Characters:

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Kyle Scott
The main protagonist of the story.A 16-year old New Yorker who is often lazy, pervert and likes to sleep in bed. Despite his laziness, he values his friends and especially his lil brother. They often hang-out and plays together. Kyle is reckless, indecisive and hopeless romantic and mostly a dumb-ass. They moved in to New York in the start of summer. But at the end of the summer season, an event which Kyle had witnessed changed his life.


Troy Scott
A 10-year old kid which is the lil brother of Kyle. He is a very adorbale kid which is loved by many because of his cuteness. He is energetic, loving and very adventurous. He loves going out to the movies and in the park. He often tries to protect his own self knowing that his brother always protect him. Also at the end of the summer season, he witness an event which will changed his life forever


Trish Heartfillia
A 16-year old gal who now is haunted by it's past. She was a former idol, famous for her songs, but a scandal arose which made her quit her job as an idol. Thus, she tries to change as a normal gal but still many people haunts her with her past. Despite it, she found her best buddy who stands up to her when people teases her, which is Kairi. She became a reckless, defensive gal now and often insecure with other people. She studies at the same academy and a classmate of Kairi, Edge and Ashley


Kairi Hiiragi
A 16-year old gal who is known in the school because of her wealthy family. Kairi is originally from Japan and their family owns a a famous Pastry Shop known as "Hansel n Gretel" which is beginning to slow-down with it's new competitor in town. She is a modest girl trained with social etiquette and graces. She is a man-hater which makes her friends an exclusive for all girls. She became good friends with Trish and soon became her best buddy. Despite her richness, she is quite friendly with others and doesn't judge anyone. She studies at the same academy and a classmate of Trish, Edge and Ashley.


Ashley Shizue
Also a 16-year old gal which likes to tease her classmates especially Trish. She is a meanie but once she knows that she hurts that person, she apologizes as fast as she can. She is an outgoing person, very friendly and quite wise. She moved to Japan a year ago when her Father passed away and transferred to her Mom who resides in Japan. Many guys try to court her but with her strong attitude most of them get scared and just ran away. She studies at the same academy and a classmate of Kairi, Trish and Edge.

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Edge Suou
A 17-year old guy who is a hardcore athlete. Edge joined all the sports club in their academy, basketball, kendo and swimming. He has a big heart, calm and quite proud of his looks. He's a flirt but he always fail at it. Edge only excels at sports but sucks at academics. He studies at the same academy and a classmate of Kairi, Trish and Ashley.

Screenshots:

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my simple title screen


Troy's room (Kyle's lil brother)


Garland hospital


Mcdonalds XD


Manhattan central park

Features:

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- A story which is set on a modern era with a certain twist in places
- A social link system where you can develop your relationship with some Characters and also choose from the 3 Ladies which you can court at the end of the game and determine a diff. ending (can be good or bad too)
- A sideview battle system with additional feature
- Interact with the environment to get some additional and hidden stuffs just lying there waiting for you to get it
- a dialouge message system in certain events and a pop-up message for common events
- a mortal and demi-god system in battle
- Travel to the diff. dungeon out of the minds of the NPC's and actors to get to know em as you travel their "storybook" like Dungeon

Support My Game:

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Credits:

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Scripts and Resoucres: Woratana, Enu, Kylock, Mr. Bubble, Shu, ziifee, wltr3565, Zeoxis, KGC, BulletXT, MogHunter, Munkis, OriginalWij, XIV, Shanghai, Crazyninjaguy, Overlord Dave, Yanfly, Rockleedude, Hanzo Kimura, Painthurt, Lisa, Pasla, Spriters Resource, Erangot, merrea50, Celianna, Luneth

Portrait Graphics goes to Gust and Atlus for their games Ar tonelico and Persona

Special Mentions:

Silparion - well without you this project wouldn't be started when i started playing your Ar tonelico fan game i got inspired form it and soon it came to this conclusion and i always seek advice to you regarding with my game so many thanks to you
Matsuo Kaito - the God of all without your AWE-SOME portrait edits, my portraits wouldn't look modern thanks a lot hope to ask for more request
Dr. Doom - the scripter of all scripter thanks a lot for everything without you my scripts won't be compatible
Blackxwolf - a good artist which made my main sprite thanks a bunch for everything your the best among the rest
KrekkaBlade - without further ado, another good artist who help me with my recolors thanks a lot
Reisen - and of course without the awesome title my game wouldn't be complete thanks for the awesome title!! Your a great artist! Kudos to you

This post has been edited by donleon: Jun 2 2012, 04:14 PM

[Silparion]

Yeah! It's finally shown up.
What a cool logo, I like it! Well, that girl is Angel Aurica, I assume? XD

The plot looks very promising (well, I shouldn't be surprised since I've already read a bit of your plot via PMing lol). I wonder if Aurica will be available too.
About the characters, I'd love to see more (especially AT characters, haha). IMO, character editing is decent.
Your indoor map is neat and pretty good. Looking forward to see outdoor maps.
About this game's feature, Social Link System interests me a lot, which clearly explains that there are various endings. Visual Novel will fit perfectly as well.

Keep it up and good luck with your project, donleon.

[donleon]

Yeah! It's finally shown up.
What a cool logo, I like it! Well, that girl is Angel Aurica, I assume? XD

The plot looks very promising (well, I shouldn't be surprised since I've already read a bit of your plot via PMing lol). I wonder if Aurica will be available too.
About the characters, I'd love to see more (especially AT characters, haha). IMO, character editing is decent.
Your indoor map is neat and pretty good. Looking forward to see outdoor maps.
About this game's feature, Social Link System interests me a lot, which clearly explains that there are various endings. Visual Novel will fit perfectly as well.

Keep it up and good luck with your project, donleon.

haha thanks the thread is up haha yep that's angel Aurica in the logo

well you already know the plot so no need to be surprised haha i changed it a bit though . Mostly ill use AT1 chars in the game cause they arent compatible with other portraits so you'll see some of em but some chars won't be edited just the usual clothes they have in the real game

outdoor maps? haha i might rarely make it, it's kinda complicated but i'll make it maybe for dungeons/towns? haha and various endings will be fun you'll have a hard time to choose? haha

i hope i can make a demo soon though so i can know what it lacks and goodluck to your project too, your project made this game cause i got inspired from it

[new]

mapping looks good! persona like gameplay? interesting!

[donleon]

mapping looks good! persona like gameplay? interesting!

haha thanks although it's not that good XD well for the gameplay it's persona inspired game so it has some features but not exactly copying the features of that game, maybe similarities i try to adjust the plot so it wouldn't look like a persona fan game XD

[OVAN66]

Aww .. but i do want a Persona fan game xD

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This looks promising! Cant wait to play a Demo

[donleon]

well ii somewhat has the plot of persona 4 fan game (shadows saying that your them) but i changed the plot setting somehow and changed the shadow thingy

[jaydee15]

@Donleon:

A story similar to Persona but has a major twist in it making it a unique plot

Avoid these kind of features, as they push back the player's interest. Same goes for the "SBS, with blah, blah, blah." It looks interesting. I hope to try it out someday.

[donleon]

@Donleon:


Avoid these kind of features, as they push back the player's interest. Same goes for the "SBS, with blah, blah, blah." It looks interesting. I hope to try it out someday.

haha thanks for the tip edited the features now i hope it's ok now haha,

thanks again ))

[Dkpwner]

Looks interesting, especially since it takes place in
the "real" world for ones:P(Don't see many of those)

Anyhow, will be keeping my eyes on this

[Videogamez Boy]

i want to see what happened if the persona and ar tonelico elements mix together
btw, i thought the protagonis was Lyner Barsett, but who is the original character of his little brother..

[donleon]

@Dkpwner - haha well it's somehow set on a fictional modern world

@Videogamez Boy - haha it's not only Ar tonelico and Persona, they are just somehow the major elements in the game well Lyner is the protagonist, i just changed his name and asked someone to edit him. the lil bro of him? that's the lyner kid in the game Ar tonelico itself

haha good thing someone knows Ar tonelico

[donleon]

long time no update and post

edited the story and added some photos of actors and added new screenshots


added a new main feature: mortal and demi-god system, this will be used mostly in battles as it tackles skills


Kyle when mortal:


when demi-god: (fused power with Achilles)


When you are in mortal mode, you have limited skills mainly just for human skills, mostly physicals no magics etc. and when transformed into demi-god you unlock set of skills.

- will add a bar gauge for the gauge to determine how many points to transform into demi-god
- will add animations for the transformation skills
- still need to edit the battle screen, target screen and name skins

each actor has a different demon to get sort of persona, but in a different way, you will borrow it's powers and fuse yourself into that demon.

for example Kyle here is contracted with Achilles. (a mighty warrior in greek but in the game he is still the greek warrior but in white suit and white horse)

that's all for now

more features to add soon

[DigiorPoke]

This games seems Amazing!

when i first looked at the game...it looked like love story game..

Well..A bit of suggestions...

Wont it look better if you add BattleBacks?
and...nothing!

This is such an amazing game that i have no more words left!

Any help i am here!

YA HA!

[CAB_333]

FINALLY! A GAME THAT IS BASED IN THE REAL WORLD!

*Ahem* Love McDonalds. xD Hope to see more here.

[Armageddon97]

This game looks awesome. I love that you put in social links like in Persona 3 and 4. The social links were my favorite part from Persona 3. The other stuff was fantastic, but the social links were my favorite part. I hope the ones in your game are fantastic as well. But anyway, looks great. I want to know where you got the modern day tiles, because I got some, but they don't look nearly this good. It's mostly just road tiles. The sequel to my current game is gonna be in modern times, so I would like to know. I'm looking forward to playing your game.

[donleon]

long time no post again thanks for the feedbacks XD

im making a slow progress in my game cause i need to finish some school works first

@DigiorPoke - why would it look like a love story game? haha for battlebacks im still thinking to add something to make things different

@ CAB_333 - haha i love mcdonalds too thanks to Celianna for the tiles of mcdo

@ Armageddon97 - yep social link from persona is a lot of fun (although i haven't played those 2 series just watch it from youtube videos) I'll try to make the social link a bit more fun too for the modern tileset, i can't remember where i got em all i got em from different resources mainly here in this site. Goodluck with you sequel, tell me when it's made and i'll look it up too


forgot to post my userbar made by Silparion and thanks for DigiorPoke for the codes

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This post has been edited by donleon: May 21 2012, 08:38 AM

[robbieagray]

So there are obviously going to be some school day references. However are their going to be any persona references? Like what you mentioned above?

[donleon]

So there are obviously going to be some school day references. However are their going to be any persona references? Like what you mentioned above?

the setting would be in school itself, thats why it's school days but for the demo im doing atm, it will tackle how lyner's life was before until some mysteries happen until he made it in the school where kairi and others are studying, that's where the "school" comes in.

for persona references what do you mean by that?

[robbieagray]

the setting would be in school itself, thats why it's school days but for the demo im doing atm, it will tackle how lyner's life was before until some mysteries happen until he made it in the school where kairi and others are studying, that's where the "school" comes in.

for persona references what do you mean by that?

Just wondering... Does the player summon any demons in combat?