The Ghosts of Heart Lake

[drenrin2120]

Yep, you heard right. I'm reviving the Ghosts of Heart Lake. But don't get too excited, it's a lot of work and will take me a lot of time to do so. Everything has changed. The storyline, characters, the plot, the graphics, the music. A lot, the only thing that hasn't change are the places(not graphically) and the battle graphics.

I'll start with the graphics.

This is the old Juniper City...


This is the newer Juniper City...




This is the Old Design for Kasper's House...


This is the new one...


And one more... The New Port of Loki
(Old design unavailable)


Now let's move on to Bios


Name: Samson Drenrin
Age: 26
Gender: Male
Class: Fist Fighter
Title: Rogue
Role: PC
Personality: A very calm and collective person. Quick to think, not brash. Has a tendency to drift off into a day dream. Does not have tolerance for beggers, thieves, or liars. Can have a fierce, sudden mood swing towards anger if rubbed the wrong way.
Quick History: Father was killed in an accident at work. Mother was mysteriously murdered 15 years ago. He was orphaned at 11. The church took him under their wing and taught him they’re ideals. One priest specifically, Father Gambit. Even though Father Gambit did not condone it, Samson joined the Castle Guard when he was 16. It took him only eight years to become a renown warrior of the Lokin Army. A born leader. Though his fighting style is considered eccentric and wild, his power and stealth is well known. He draws strength from within himself to use against his enemies in hand to hand combat. A deadly fighter, not to be mistaken as weak just because of his apparent weaponless offensive. He grew tired of the bonds of the Army and left as soon as his service was over. He took to traveling and has since traveled many lands on Wende. He has a close friendship with both King Hector and Captain Parry.


Name: Parry Renshaw
Age: 45
Gender: Male
Class: Sword Fighter
Title: Commander
Personality: A sarcastic man. Likes to prove people wrong. Puts out a strong rigid persona. Almost as if he doesn’t care about anyone but himself. Not a jealous person by nature, but feels slight jealousy towards Samson for making it so quickly to the top at such a young age. But mainly, is happy for Samson, but would never show it. Likes to give people a hard time. Finds humor in crude things.
Quick History: Was born and raised in Juniper by his mother and father. Both of whom are well known warriors in the land of Loki. Their most epic story was holding off a band of thieves and murderers for almost an entire 24 hours from entering Wizen Heights until a brigade of soldiers came and arrested the more than willing to surrender thugs. Parry is more than proud to be the upbringing of such renown warriors. His father taught him how to use the sword at a young age. When he was 16, he joined the Castle Guard where he began his rise to the top. He became a Commander when he was 36.


Name: Mowser Esurience
Age: 34
Gender: Male
Class: Sword Fighter
Title: Captain
Role: NPC
Personality: A selfish man with a sharp cunning. Always in a distasteful mood as if everything seems unappealing to him. He’ll show his disdain quite openly for whatever he finds unlikable or disinteresting. A shadowy man who keeps to himself.
Quick History: Was born on a farm on the outskirts of  Juniper. Strangely, his mother left him and his father when he was two for no seemingly good reason. Nothing was ever heard of her again. His father became a drunk and started to beat Mowser frequently around the age of six. He ran away from home when he was ten and was raised by an old lady who took him in in Juniper. When she died, he could of cared less, he was sixteen then and joined the castle guard. Eventually working his way to captain. He ran into his father one day, about a year ago. No one cared about him and everyone looked down upon him as a begger and a homeless alcoholic. Mowser brought him to the cliffs and ended his life there without one feeling of remorse. No one ever knew, no one ever cared to know.


Name: Lyal Puerile
Age: 30
Gender: Male
Class: Worker
Title: None
Role: NPC
Personality: Can be immature. Gets the job done.
Quick History: Born in Demi. Lived a decent childhood with both parents. When he was 19, he was arrested for petty theft in a small town called Tern. He was jailed for a year. Afterwards he became a miner where he learned most of his skills and became a professional mine worker. He worked at a mine for 6 years until he was arrested again for assault and theft, he was jailed for two years. When he got out, he started working again at the mines. This time pledging the straight and narrow life.



Name: Sir Gambit Blusteel
Age: 48
Gender: Male
Class: Priest
Title: High Priest
Role: NPC
Personality: A generous man who wishes only to help people.
Quick History: Sir Gambit is a much respected priest. After the murder of Samson’s mother 15 years ago, the high priest at the time also passed due to a strange heart attack. Though the young high priests death was odd, it was not a conflict of interest. After all, he did have a history of heart abnormalities. Sir Gambit filled in the role as the next inheritant and most qualified. Out of sheer pity and sadness, he also took Samson under the Church’s wing, raising him with their beliefs.


To give you an example of how the music is changing, it's becoming more orchestrated. Here was the original Boss Music...

 Blood Pressure

And here is the new version.

 Blood Pressure 2

Now, I know it's a lot to look over but please do take a look. At least a quick. GoHL is changing for the better, the new plot ideas I have are way better than the original. Here is the basic run down of the storyline.

.    :The Maiden of fire, a statue standing against the test of time. Never crumbling, never budging. Its hand raised to the sky with its forever burning torch. But what is it? This solemn stone statue that seems no more than a mark left of an ancient civilization. Who put it here? And more importantly, why? The church claims it is a symbol of god, laid their by his own hands during the creation of the universe. But this is all the church knows. They know not of why it is here.
.    :It has also been said there are unseen forces guarding the Maiden of fire. Forces of another world. Watching, waiting for something… Ghosts have become some sort of an urban legend on the planet of Wende, especially in the Kingdom of Loki. Some say it is these random ghosts that guard the Statue from vandalism or destruction. Sightings are becoming more frequent and in some cases dangerous. Samson, an ex soldier, dismisses these charges as the meer imagination of men run wild. Ironically, it is him who will ultimately solve the mystery.
.     :But amidst this struggle to put to rest centuries of myth and legend, a war is brewing. A war beyond the fathoms of any man’s mind. What will begin as a broken trust between two Kingdoms will stretch out into the center of the universe like a plague and churn the waters of fate. Fact and fiction. Biblical and historical. Science and religion. A war like no other. The collision of opposites. These are the times that truly test the faith of men and the endurance of everyone.

Basically, the player doesn't know who the Ghosts of Heart Lake are, and they don't know what the Maiden of Fire is for. Sadly, you guys on Charas do which may take away from the gameplay. But newbies here won't.

So, with all of this here out in front of you, what do you guys think?

[Meiscool-2]

Nice mapping improvements. I have yet to listen to the music, but I assume I'll do it when I'm done listening to the stuff I got on right now.

[Zerlina]

Good luck with your project. It looks nice. ^^

[DragonBlaze]

Its looking pretty good

[CoolZidane]

Looks good. I can't wait to see more.

[aboutasoandthis]

     I played this game before. I used to snoop around here a long time ago for game demos and tutorials. (This is when I read the mapping tuts). I remember playing this one. I kind of liked it but, are you going to change the intro? You know with the rain and the house? It wasn't very exciting. That was the only thing I didn't like. Also, are you going to use Mac & Blue the entire game? I don't mind Mac & Blue, I just don't like the colors. I'll play your game anyway. I can't download your songs right now, but I respect original music. I'm looking forward to this.  

[Bluhman]

Oh! Mapping improvements! That's good news.

I thought you said a while ago you were completley done with RM'in.

[drenrin2120]

To Bluhman: meh, whatever. I really shouldn't make promises. lol

To Andsoandthisandthatforwhatever: I'm glad to hear you like it, and yes, the intro has changed. I think it's more interesting then the other. I agree, the firsto ne realyl sucked and was cliche. Plus, the entire plot is taking a new course. It'll take you to basically the same places, just a differemt way of getting there. As ofr the Mac and Blue, I'm nto sure yet. I've been told by several people to try and match my tilesets better, so it's basically whatever goes along with this theme. So I guess yeah, mainly mac and blue. BTW, you can't download off of putfile. You can only listen.

Thanks to everyone for your comments, I'll be keeping you updated.

EDIT: I might as well share with you the Church of Loki, jsut recently finished...

[InsaneJP]

wow! look at those map improvementss!!! some one has ben at some had work lately!!!!! glad to see em man!

[Moosetroop11]

Wow, GoHL returns and JP posts! Is this really happening or am I in a coma? >.>

[drenrin2120]

Yes, MT11, and we've all ganged up and killed Alex. :p

~UPDATE~

I've been working on insides for Juniper, which is a pretty massive city. It has 19 houses, 1 huge mansion, and the church. So far, I've got 15/19 of the houses done, I'm saving the mansion for last. Here's a few screenshots from houses I finished today. NOTE: I have not added people yet.

The 2nd floor of the Inn.


The Tavern.


The Armory Shop.

[Meiscool-2]

I could say: "Wow really nice!"

Or I could offer some tips.

Tips: Use a different kind of door, or at least edit it a little. Not only does it stand out with that chip, but it also is RTP.

And, a realistic idea that wouldn't take much more time then fliping the image of the door would be to take the hinges into account. What I'm saying here is; when you look on the outside of a door, normally the hinges are to your right. But, that door going into the room has it's hinges on the left, if you understand where I'm coming from.

Lastly, I like that tavern A LOT for some odd reason.

[aboutasoandthis]

This looks great. I like the inn and the tavern the best. I don't really like the armor shop though. Wouldn't the register be near the front of the store to watch for thieves? (Unless the armor is too heavy to run with.)

[Linkforce]

Glad to see GoHL is back and running.  And I'm even gladder(XD) to see that you have new graphics.  no offense, but I hated the old ones.  :p  And the new music is good too.  I mean....its good that you have new music that is.  

Well, good luck with it all and try not to QUIT ON US THIS TIME!   lol
If you need any help, dun be shy.

[Tomi]

I love the improvements in the mapping.  And I too really like the tavern.