The Exodus: The Game

[FHZebedee]

Okay, I've suspended work on Ascension as A. The subject isn't doing it for me anymore. and B. The initial system reached limitations preventing me from reaching planned points and abilities, and thusly, I'd either need to restart it or jury rig some arcane solution. A simultaneous project I had running was a much less important project, but now is the primary one on my plate. It's based on the forums I run, with several big members being playable characters.

Story: Several hundred years ago, there was only space, a vast network of webs of energy. Beings of immense power, almost as gods wandered the web, as well as thousands of lesser souls. However, the beings grew tired of wandering. They decided to expend a small measure of their power to create a planet, a home for them to rest upon.

Lesser souls began to land upon the planet, taking the form of living beings. At first, violence and strife ruled the land, and the Founders had to constantly keep the peace. Though they settled the land, they soon grew tired of the struggle, and decided they wanted to move on.

Realizing the chaos that this would unleash, they decided to create secondary beings of power, Administrators. These beings could directly tap into the power of the Founders, and became the enforcers on the planet. The Founders left, planning to return someday.

The Administrators served well enough at first, but soon the world's population exceeded their capacity. They decided they had to mimic those before them, and appointed their own lesser-enforcers, Moderators. These beings, born with their powers, and learning them through a youth of training, became the primary source of order for the planet.

However, a new threat was arising. The souls bombarding the planet from the web had become corrupt, weak of mind and moral fiber, but strong of body. These beings, n00bs, began to overwhelm the Moderators and take over the planet by force...

It is in this dark age that four beings familiar to all that came after them arose, ready to fight the good fight, and hopefully, with any luck, and a little guidance from you, the player, triumph over evil.

CHARACTERS:
Lady Lugiasian
Class: Mafiosa
Party Role: Primary Magic Attacker, Income
Powers: Summoning allies to attack the enemy.
Story: A humble (No, not really) leader of a local band of organized criminals, she had led a mostly peaceful life up to the point of the story. While running business from her hideout, a commotion outside caused her to run out to see what had occurred. She found herself drawn into a dangerous encounter with a n00b, being saved at the last minute by Lee. In exchange for his protection of her life, she decides to help him battle the n00b threat. Besides, the world being destroyed would cut into her profit margins!

Lee Tupper
Class: Moderator
Party Role: Secondary Physical Attacker, Secondary Buffer
Powers: Using Moderator powers for enhanced physical attacks and support.
Story: Born a Moderator in a village near Snitztown, where the adventure begins, he was trained in the art of moderating by the local Admin, Glenn. Though he still had not reached the zenlike state of an ideal Moderator, Glenn decided to let him go into the world and attempt to combat the n00bs before the situation grew too dire. His encounter with Lady Lugiasian begins the quest.

Photu
Class: Camel Knight/Panda Mage
Party Role: Primary Physical Attacker as Knight, Secondary Magic Attacker as Mage
Powers: In one form, the berserk might of a raging camel, channeled through years of training. In the other form, the wisdom of a panda, letting him tap into the arcane might welling from the web itself.
Story: A noble warrior in the Kingdom of Sniffleheim, he has spent years and years training to reach perfection. The heroes seek his aid during their quest, and find him and his land in most dire need. The nearby kingdom, ruled by the sadistic and feral Llama people, is using the n00bs as a cover to stage a hostile invasion. Photu decides he'll help the heroes, but only if they can save his beloved country.

Andurin
Class: Shepherd
Party Role: Tertiary Physical/Magical Attacker, Primary Buffer
Powers: The ability to warp the fabric of reality, allowing for him to undo injuries and teleport objects almost effortlessly.
Story: A young lad in a simple village towards the peak of Mount Rainiest, he was found in the midst of a flock of plotholes. Rumored to have been spawned from the random phenomena created by the plotholes, he was raised to shepherd them, and keep them from causing havoc. He led this rustic life happily for years, until the souls of the n00bs began to corrupt his plotholes, turning them into malevolent glitches. Enraged by the destruction of his "family", he joins the party to fight back.

Features:
-Nonconventional Money Earning System (Profit skimming. If you do things to benefit Lugiasian's group, you can increase the ammount you earn per battle)
-Two "discs", with different character outfits between the discs.
-In addition to the two disc based skins, there is also one set of hidden skins that can be found in disc 2.
-Multiclassing feature for Photu
-Multiple planned minigames.

Resources:
-Charsets: HEAVILY handcustomed. Most minor characters are generated resources with hand done tweaks.
-Face Sets: Two major customs, several minor.
-Battle Characters: Handmade from char sets.
-Monsters: As with charsets. Customed heavily from Charsets and such.
-Weapons: Totally custom done.
-Music: Original compositions for the game from Pohatufan1.
-Battle Animations: Mainly customed. SOME RTP, but far less than Ascension.
-Chipsets/Battle Backgrounds: Found on here.

Screenshots will be added from home, showcasing stuff.

[MSlash67]

I would like to see how this will turn out. Even though I can see it is already heavily based around the forums with Admins and mods being classes. But it may be able to go well, if done right. Just as long as it has a strong enough story line, I will like it.

[FHZebedee]

Thanks!

Oh, BTW, I had forgotten another feature in the game. At several points you can choose branching options, allowing you to get different items and fight different bosses. There's two major ones, and several minor ones, all of which leading to varied results.

Charset of Several People in the Story:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v202/LeeTupper/NPCRP.png
One of the Summon Attacks:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v202/LeeTupper/GrandeurWave.png
Another Summon Attack:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v202/LeeTupper/PrimeSlash.png
And another:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v202/LeeTupper/StabbityDeath.png
Panda Mage using a spell that's much better when seen animated.:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v202/LeeTupper/PandaMage.png

The cast, and their looks, not sorted by Disc:
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v202/LeeTupper/Disc2.png
Left to right: Photu, Andurin, Lugiasian, Lee

[Phayre]

I love games that make me laugh my sorry behind off. You need that when your games and write tend to err on the incredibly deep, dark, and otherwise brain-melting side.......... hehe..... Sniffleheim..... hehehe...... I like the moderator being trained by an admin guru.... that's cool....... I'm almost out of improper ellipses....... oh poopy.......

[game_maniac]

Well I don't like rpg games based on forums, because most of the time they're filled with inside jokes and only a regular memeber of said forum can fully enjoy the game.

That aside, it seems like you've already put some work into this, especially with the story. But the photobucket links are broken.

I'll still try out a demo version of the game, if it ever comes out, anyways, and hey, maybe my inicial assumption will be proven wrong.