Zion: The Record of Ivala

[Rival_Chestnut]

I'm announcing (here--  I announced it on GameFAQs a while back) the game that I'm currently working on, Zion: The Record of Ivala.


Set in my on going Zion Mythology, this game is essentially the latest chapter (however, all previous attempts at a Zion Mythology game have been scrapped, all that have not been scrapped/destroyed are some writings (a couple short stories, the base of the failed would-have-been-a Visual Basic made RPG, Zion: Beyond the Sky, and a novel that I'm bent on finishing, eventually))  

Anyways this game is set 942 years after the Third Zionic War, which was the third time that the Dominion of Giretsu went to war with the entire world. Due to the actions of the Zion Alliance (the 3 following countries: Golestia, Land of The Golden Star; Platonia, Land of the Platinum Star; and Freizkiel, the Technological Superpower) Giretsu was defeated, and since has been dormant, now known as the Kairetsu Province. Since those turbulent times, peace has since reigned. Even Freizkiel and Merentha, 2 bitter enemies, have become allies. But not all has gone completely well. A "Great Cataclysm" (read: Global Warming) has occurred. Sea Levels rose, and many areas are now under water, and the climate of the planet is very different. This has lead to the almost complete destruction of Golestia.

This game begins at the town of Binah, in northern Ivala, with Victor Rydell. He's been guarding an archaeological study of a ruin from the Third Zionic War, the Rainbow Ruins. But there an event happens that might mark the end of the years of peace the world has seen.

Characters: (Eh... all are RTP-based. Except the secret 2, but they are well... secret)

Victor Rydell
Gender: Male
Age: 18
Height: 5'10"
Weight: 155 Lbs
Nationality: Ivalan
Class: Swordsmanhttp://i26.tinypic.com/bdtmkk.jpg

A young, yet reliable swordsman who has been working as a guard for the Rainbow Ruins expedition.

Amiko Aylmer
Gender: Female
Age: 16
Height: 5'02"
Weight: 108 Lbs
Nationality: Ivalan
Class: Healer

An archaeologist-intern who was studying the Rainbow Ruins which are near her hometown of Binah. She's learning Healing Magic.

Seth Olvan
Gender: Male
Age: 24
Height: 5'09"
Weight: 135 Lbs
Nationality: Platonian
Class: Mage

A man who moved to the town of Binah 4 years ago, and is the Curator of the Binah Museum of Ancient History. He's able to use Offensive Magic.

Blaine Klein
Gender: Male
Age: 17
Height: 5'06"
Weight: 152 Lbs
Nationality: Ivalan
Class: Axman

A boy hailing from the town of Cairn in Ivala. He has had a dispute with the current king, King Hölle Le Feu because the king had his parents executed for protesting against the soldiers stealing the village's food.

Justine Klein
Gender: Female
Age: 20
Height: 5'04"
Weight: 144 Lbs
Nationality: Ivalan
Class: Archer

Blaine's older sister. Carrying similar anti-King Hölle Le Feu sentiments as her brother, she left for Merentha a year ago in an attempt to gather information.

Lidia Skye
Gender: Female
Age: 21
Height: 5'01"
Weight: 124 Lbs
Nationality: Friezkeilien
Class: Halberdier

A girl hailing from a famous military family and a Forward Captain in the Freizkiel military. She's rather strong willed, in part due to her military training.


Features:

Weather System. There is an entire worldly climate for this game. Depending on where you are, there's a "random" set of weather effects.

Running System. Press (and hold) shift to run.

Custom Menu. There's lots of things in this so, I'll explain below the extras.

1. Party Menu: Change your party. (I'm gonna create an EXP Sharing system that will allow your characters to keep up in EXP even when in the Reserve Party (Like Tales of Symphonia- everyone gets the same amount of EXP, unless he/she is dead).

2. Information: A sub menu full of goodies.
2a. The Record: View a synopsis of what has happened thus far in the game. Updates every-so-often.
2b. Character Data: View detailed data on each character. Not only will this tell you about the Party Characters, but Important NPCs and Enemies as well.
2c. Enemy Data: View the stats of any enemy that you have defeated so far. Bosses appear in here as well.
2d. Sound Test: Listen to any piece of music played in the game up to your current point.

Screens/Maps:

The Country of Ivala


A Screen of the Intro Sequence.


A Screen of a dungeon.

2- Chapter + Prologue Demo will be available on Wednesday.

[Phayre]

Give Seth a sandwich.

[Ben]

Looks interesting.

Looking forward to a demo man. Good stuff. You made the rtp look not-horrid, which means you can make a map, which means i will plAy your game

[Moosetroop11]

I was quite surprised to see all that rtp after the professionalism in your post. Gem's right though, the map looks okay nonetheless. Reminds me of my old maps...

[Dominicy]

Pretty nice use or RTP, especially considering most people move on to other chipsets before they can get this good with maps.  Sounds pretty interesting.

[A Forgotten Legend]

Your world map looks really good. ^^ nice.  Can't wait.

[Rival_Chestnut]

Ahk.. Technical Difficulties.
I'm gonna have to scratch any current demo release dates.
A massive glitch appeared when I was preparing the demo, and that's gonna take some time to fix as I have no IDEA on what the heck is causing it. And, due to me getting my laptop, I've got to do some file transfer, so everything is on hold right now.