Earthquakes - The First Signal

Subyek: Earthquakes - The First Signal 2014-11-09, 14:42

My first game! I'm making the story as I go, so expect some inconsistencies. Feedbacks are needed, obviously, so post your thoughts, ok?

Strange earthquakes are happening all over the world, and all of them resulted in grief and sadness. A certain town was no exception either.
In the land of Oakvale, in a town named Pinewood, there lived a boy and his sister. They were living normally until a mysterious and unknown struck the town. They were forced to take shelter in an underground tunnel, but they were separated while looking for a way out. The boy and his sister soon dragged into the madness of these series of tragedies.

Can they finally reunite with their families? Will they solve the mysteries of the earthquakes? Join Ken and Sophia in this classic JRPG with (not so) stunning animations and humorous dialogues!

Unique Press-Turn Battle System similar to those Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne \ Shin Megami Tensei: Digital Devil Saga games. Exploit you enemies' weakness and watch the turns flash! (literally)
Uses a Sideview Battle System, complete with colorful animation for skills!
Unique equipments, ranging from Swords to Staffs, and from Armors, Shields, to Emblems. Each equipments has it own stats preferences, so choose your equipment wisely!
An assortment of skills, from Arts to Crafts. Crafts can only be learned by leveling up! For Arts....
Learn Arts by using SP that you've gained from defeating enemies! That's not all, in order to use them in battle, you have to actually equip them!
Featuring humorous dialogues and unique character development, you won't be bored with the events!
Using fantasy and modern setting, all in one!

Ken Miller. "A high-spirited boy who lives in Pinewood. A bit clumsy, but longs to become a adventurer."
Sophia Miller. "A girl who lives in Pinewood and Ken's sister. A really cheerful gal, but has a stubborn streak."
Leina Streisand. "An apprentice from Brightwall academy. Self-apologetic, but his bravery stood still."

(More characters will be added as I progress the Story!)

(Title Screen)
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(Menu Screen)
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(Mosel Temple)
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(Lodgeville)
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(Battle Screen)
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The only thing I'm worried is the balance-ness (is that even a word?) of enemies in battles. But other than that, the game's basically done to said chapter.

Engine:
Enterbrain.

Graphics:
RTP, DS+, Futuristic Tiles, other paid resources, Celianna, Archeia.

Music:
RTP, Falcom, and 5PB.

Scripts:
Yanfly, Yami, Vlue, Archeia, KilloZappit, Diamond&Platinum3, TDS, Dekita (Copyright Dekyde Studios), modern algebra, TheoAllen, Mithran, LoneWolf, Mezzolan, Jet10985, and Helladen.

Testers: Nezarn and Dogen. You guys rock! Earthquakes - The First Signal Biggrin

(I apologize for any mistyped names and/or I forgot to add a person. Just tell me and I'll add it Immediately.)

I never include the RTP to the archive, because it would take days to upload it. Earthquakes - The First Signal Tongue

I'll include it the separate download link, obviously.

Run Time Package (RTP)

Download it here

Game Manual

Can be downloaded here

Earthquakes - The First Signal

[Last updated: 10/19/2015]

Changes include:

Rehauled the game completely, from graphics to dialogues. Actually everything was changed.

Fifth Update:

https://www.dropbox.com/s/faxw7ceedw4203q/Earthquakes%20-%20The%20First%20Signal%20%5BFifth%20Update%5D.exe?dl=0

Subyek: Re: Earthquakes - The First Signal 2014-11-09, 15:12

Approved. However, when I try the download link, it gave me error 404

Subyek: Re: Earthquakes - The First Signal 2014-11-09, 16:15

^ edited first post. Thanks ya ^^

Subyek: Re: Earthquakes - The First Signal 2014-11-09, 17:39

Seems promising. Let me give it a try, then.

Subyek: Re: Earthquakes - The First Signal 2014-11-09, 20:53

^ tunggu update lanjutannya yah, hampir selesai ^^

Subyek: Re: Earthquakes - The First Signal 2014-11-10, 19:13

Yes, hampir selesai.

Subyek: Re: Earthquakes - The First Signal 2014-11-10, 20:08

Wow, filenya gede banget. Di compress pun masih besar.
It's gonna take a while.

Subyek: Re: Earthquakes - The First Signal 2014-11-11, 05:17

Barusan nyoba pagi ini. Mokad lantaran kena mimic :ming:

Awal kasus terlalu terburu-buru... bangun tidur langsung kena gempa, nda ada basa-basi langsung menuju masalah :hammer:

Dan orang tua ne (no offense) keliatan ngga bertanggung jawab. Bayangan gw dialog kasarnya gini
Ortu : "Nih tombak, nih pedang. Masuk ke dungeon sana"
Anak : "Tapi gw ga bisa bertarung"
Ortu : "Ya udah, sini gwa latih bentar..."
*battle tutorial*
Ortu : "Udah bisa kan, sana masuk dungeon"
Anak : "Ngga ikut?"
Ortu : "Ntar gwa nyusul, masih ada urusan" (dengan pede kalo anak e bakal selamat) :hammer:

Untuk battle e masih terlalu standar so far, nda ada pilihan skill jadi nda bisa strategis. Asal ngandelin luck pake attack doang. Welp, entah sih, gw cuman maen sekitaran 10 menit doang soal e :hammer:

Subyek: Re: Earthquakes - The First Signal 2014-11-11, 10:53

TheoAllen wrote:: Barusan nyoba pagi ini. Mokad lantaran kena mimic
Awal kasus terlalu terburu-buru... bangun tidur langsung kena gempa, nda ada basa-basi langsung menuju masalah

Dan orang tua ne (no offense) keliatan ngga bertanggung jawab. Bayangan gw dialog kasarnya gini
Ortu : "Nih tombak, nih pedang. Masuk ke dungeon sana"
Anak : "Tapi gw ga bisa bertarung"
Ortu : "Ya udah, sini gwa latih bentar..."
*battle tutorial*
Ortu : "Udah bisa kan, sana masuk dungeon"
Anak : "Ngga ikut?"
Ortu : "Ntar gwa nyusul, masih ada urusan" (dengan pede kalo anak e bakal selamat)

Untuk battle e masih terlalu standar so far, nda ada pilihan skill jadi nda bisa strategis. Asal ngandelin luck pake attack doang. Welp, entah sih, gw cuman maen sekitaran 10 menit doang soal e

Lol.
Waktu itu bikin dialognya nggak pake perasaan sih :doh:

Semuanya (I think) akan diubah pada update selanjutnya.
Skarang lagi bikin animation pake Battle Symphony punya Yami. Kirain gampang, padahal susah :hammer:

Subyek: Re: Earthquakes - The First Signal 2014-11-17, 13:57

Well, updatenya agak delayed. Ternyata ada yang salah dengan databasenya :hammer:

Subyek: Re: Earthquakes - The First Signal 2014-11-17, 16:10

Udah lumayan sih menurut gw.... Tapi....

Quote :: Lots of scripts. Some of them aren't used, but is still on the game (commented out)

Ini kenapa dimasukin dalam List Feature?

Good "luck" aja... semoga bisa selesai.

Subyek: Re: Earthquakes - The First Signal 2014-11-22, 16:04

Update!

Databasenya direnovasi dan Chapter One ditambahi.

Subyek: Re: Earthquakes - The First Signal 2014-11-25, 20:39

So? Bagaimana gamenya? Ada yang perlu ditambahi/dikurangi? Mungkin gamenya terlalu susah/gampang (kebanyakan susah sih)? Please post your thoughts!

Subyek: Disappointed 2014-11-26, 08:36

Maybe it's just me, but I find the random encounters to be horribly unbalanced.

Bat - can cast global confuse spell and drain your HP, ridiculously fast; keeps getting double turns on me.
Rat - can cast powerful spell that deals 150-180 damage.
Slime - HP is high as f*ck, also can cast powerful magic.
Spider-looking thing - Just as strong as the rest.

Is there some kind of exploit in the game that I should know?

I can't say much about the story as I can't get pass the first dungeon.
From what little I can gather, here is my evaluation:

It is overly-simple
The pacing is awful
None of the characters are memorable

I might be too cruel on that, but hey! This is your first game!
Take my words for what they are worth and nothing more.

Also I found a small bug; you cannot choose which character you want to open the skill menu on directly. I had to highlight the character from the equipment menu, hit 'ESC' and then open the skill menu.

Cheers.

Subyek: Re: Earthquakes - The First Signal 2014-11-26, 11:19

Quote :: Maybe it's just me, but I find the random encounters to be horribly unbalanced.

Bat - can cast global confuse spell and drain your HP, ridiculously fast; keeps getting double turns on me.
Rat - can cast powerful spell that deals 150-180 damage.
Slime - HP is high as f*ck, also can cast powerful magic.
Spider-looking thing - Just as strong as the rest.

I thought so >_<
The Slime has the lowest HP. Only their defense is high and halves phys damage.
The Bat, well, is the most agile, so expect some double-turns
The Rat is supposed to be a strong spellcaster, but I'll turn down the stats a bit.
The Spider (yes it's a spider), is the most damage-dealer enemy, but low Agility.

Well, those are the monsters of the current dungeon. I'll update the game when I finished making all the extra events.

Subyek: Re: Earthquakes - The First Signal 2014-12-01, 00:28

Bump, Game Manual-nya sudah ada. Silahkan lihat OP.

Subyek: Re: Earthquakes - The First Signal 2014-12-07, 05:01

Fourth Update has been released! Grab it now.

Subyek: Re: Earthquakes - The First Signal 2014-12-28, 19:42

Menurut gue, untuk awal-awal musuhnya kurang balance. Contohnya widow,\. 2 widow cast 2 paralyze ke 2 karakter. Dua-duanya paralyze selama 6 turn dan akhirnya mati di keroyok 4 widow.
Map-nya agak berantakan. Coba bisa ditambahin beberapa environment buat map-nya. Contohnya di dungeon pertama pasti cuma ngandelin dungeon generator, soalnya bener-bener plain.

Oke itu aja. Semoga sukses gamenya :thumbup:

Subyek: Re: Earthquakes - The First Signal 2014-12-29, 04:43

Bug found :
- Setelah keluar dari goa kan ada scene, salah satu bagian scene tersebut ada saat dimana yang perempuan stuck (gak bisa gerak) gara2 ada save point. Alhasil game stuck.

Ni gak tau bug ato kagak : Ane dapet excalibur (senjata legendaris) dari slime. make sense :lol:

Well, kalo ini game pertama ente, ane gak bakal bicara soal graphicnya. Tapi buat map sama kayak yang di atas, berasa plain.

Good luck :thumbup:

Subyek: Re: Earthquakes - The First Signal 2015-10-20, 08:46

Yah, um...

Fifth Update telah dirilis. Semuanya sudah di ubah (or overhaul if you prefer). Silahkan dilihat.