Ever & Beyond

[Maph 0]

Ever & Beyond.

 

At least that's it's name so far.

 

I'm not currently looking for recruits or testers, but chances are it won't be too far off.

 

Here's a few screenshots, I know it's not much to look at yet, but I'm getting better.

 

 

 

 

I've also noticed that for most of the projects listed they have a plot summary, and often a description of each of the characters.

Well I kind of work as I go, and fill in the blanks, so I'll give as much info as I actually have.

 

I made this mostly to run some ideas by you guys and see what you think.

 

Also, these aren't the final character names. Most of them are thinly disguised versions of other video game character names at this point.

 

 

Rowdy Nov:

 

Rowdy will be your main character throughout most of the game. I decided not to let the player name their characters, nor is there much character customization to begin with.

 

Anyway, Rowdy lives in the quaint little forest town of Melshk. He starts off training with master Markus, as well as going around town fixing things and doing odd jobs to help his mother pay the bills. Rowdy's been doing this for a few years ever since his dad disappeared. Rowdy's dad is a traveling merchant, so he has to leave town, usually for months at a time. Since he's been gone a very long time Rowdy has had to take up odd jobs to supplement his mother's income (she runs a laundromat).

 

Rowdy learned a lot from his dad, and can be a rather shrewd businessman. He also has a very special talent. Rowdy is, quite possibly, the world's fastest runner. He uses this to deliver letters and parcels between Melshk, and the neighboring village Mabe.

 

Rowdy's best friend is a girl named Sybel. She is the daughter of a carpenter, and usually asks Rowdy to help her father as he is starting to show his age.

 

Sybel Cincher:

 

Sybel is the daughter of a carpenter, and pretty fine at the craft herself. She lost her mother in a bandit attack 12 years ago. Although she isn't necessarily as exciting a person as the other party members she is always willing to lend a gentle hand.

 

Xoanna Navritilova:

 

Xoanna is the daughter of the Mayor of Mabe village. She has been tutored most of her life in sorcery by her uncle, Jerome. There are some extra bits about her that I'll leave out for now as it could spoil it for those who eventually test my game. Let's just say she has a dark past, and a darker future.

 

Selyuun Tesla:

 

Selyuun lives in the forest surrounding Mabe and Melshk. She and her dog Poumpy live on their own. They enjoy the quite life.

Selyuun is fiercely protective of her forest home, and I haven't decided exactly how she'll figure into the plot yet. Probably something bad happening to the forest.

 

Knick Rastle:

 

Knick is an elite member of [so far unnamed], a group of knights who serve under [not yet named] the king of [the kingdom doesn't have a name yet either]. Knick was chosen to join the group because of his unwavering dedication to justice, and peace. He comes from a line of knights, starting with his grandfather, [also has no name yet].

 

Gloria Nels Rada:

 

Gloria hails from [the capital of said unnamed kingdom]. She works as a shrine maiden at the temple of [the main holy god/ess isn't named yet]

Because of her position at the temple she can sometimes be a bit arrogant, believing her faith to be superior to others's. She refuses to tolerate those who worship [i think by now you should be expecting me not to have named a lot of things], the demon lord.

 

Sancho Inigo:

 

Sancho is a traveler from [some other kingdom, haven't decided if it's a far off one or not]. He is searching for [something, possibly an ancient scroll, or some kind of demon blade, who knows at this point] so that he may [also a variable at this point. He could be avenging the murder of his daughter/master, maybe the item he is searching for was stolen from his village, and maybe he was it's protector etc.]. I also haven't figured out exactly how he joins the party, but it won't be hard. Oh, and Sancho loves word puzzles.

 

Gau Fezt:

 

Selyuun's brother, a powerful shaman, and shapeshifter. Gau and Selyuun are, plot wise, pretty much identical, but you only get to have one of them through the game. Selyuun is an archer, while Gau is a Druid. I may actually give him a personality and make both playable on the same play through, I haven't decided (big surprise).

 

Karst Agatio:

 

I so want to have his final name to be Saturos Menardi, but that probably won't happen. Karst is (was) a member of an order of knights who no longer exist. I haven't decided why yet. He is a fine warrior, probably the best physical attacker in the game. Early on I was just going to copy past a bunch of abilities from FF, and make him a Dragoon for all intents and purposes, but I've recently decided to try and be a little more original. Anyway, he's quite, collected, and serious. He knows who/what destroyed/corrupted/other reason his order of knights, and I plan on giving him a chance for revenge.

 

 

Edgar Sabini:

 

Can you guess where I got his name? Edgar is so far the character who exists solely as a name. I remember I used to have a profile and purpose for him, but I can't seem to remember what it was. I'm pretty sure he's supposed to be a traveling performer.

 

Felix Rothfellow:

 

Was a gunner, but that's subject to change. He's witty, charming, and a bit of a ladies man. He enjoys taunting his enemies with witty comments much the same way as you would expect Spider-Man to. I don't have a connection to the party for him yet either.

 

Alexis Hama:

 

Alexis is an extravagant, and energetic young woman. She never knew her real parents, and was raised by a number of people. She is very well learned, and has seen much of the world. She is probably the most adventurous of the bunch. She has little real purpose to be in the party other than to enjoy another adventure. I'm not sure how she meets the party yet, but I know it's going to be comical.

 

Finally,

Clyde Margrace:

 

This is the only character I'm considering scrapping. He's basically just a carbon copy of Shadow from FF VI. I would like to keep him around, maybe change him a bit. After all what's an RPG without any Ninja?

 

That's it for the playable characters. At least the ones that can become permanent party members. I'm probably going to have some special NPC's help out in certain events.

 

Now for some of my yet to be implemented ideas.

 

If I use this one without changing any of the sprites or character names (which I don't want to) I won't be able to sell the game due to copyright infringement.

 

I was thinking of making Calcobrena (I'm giving her a different sprite. I don't want her to be a robot doll), and Gogo (FF VI, not FF V) evil minion concubines to Kefka. Kefka will have some beef with the party, and throughout parts of the early game they will get attacked, and slowed down by Calcobrena, while Gogo will be helping them, but she will have them work towards Kefka's goals without them realizing it (much like Xellos from Slayers). In the end they'll defeat Calcobrena only to find out that Gogo has lead them into a trap of some sort. I mainly want this just because they are all kind of clown thing people, and they each have awesome theme songs.

 

The only other one I can remember right now is my manly man test. Basically at some point in the game Rowdy is going to have to be tested, for one reason or another, on his level of manlyness. Based on his manlyness he might get a certain party member, or better equipment depending on how manly he is. I'd make a formula based on his current level, how many monsters he's beaten, how many/what kind of drinks he's had at the bar, as well as some of the conversation options the player has chosen up to that point throughout the game.

 

So I hope to get some feedback from you guys.

 

Thanks in advance!

[Wyzrd 12]

Looks good so far. The fastest and easiest way to take screenshots are on your keyboard towards the top right you should see a key that says:

 

Print

Screen

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SysRq

 

Press ALT + that button then open a graphics program like Paint and just paste and it will be there. Then save it and you have your screenshot.

[Maph 0]

All right, but how do I put that into my post?

[Guest Hellfire Dragon]

Use an image hosting service like imageshack tinypic or photobucket then copy and paste the code they give you into your post

[Maph 0]

Ah, thanks!