[ACE] A Girl and her Familiar

[ElliotWyvern 0]

As the snowflakes fall and the sky disappear, so does my hope of your return...
                                                                                                   -Lucina Stragose

Download Demo V1.2
Click here to download the demo(Does not require RTP).The demo is more of an introduction/premise to the game then a big gameplay demo.It's not that long either.I hope you enjoy it ;w;(My first release of any playable thing... "gulp")
Demo Changelog

Version 1.0 - Original Release
Version 1.1 - Fixed Jump Glitch and decreased File Size
Version 1.2 - Fixed Spelling Errors

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Ortheim, a sickness of the mind and the soul, resulting in a never ending internal conflict between

the two, between fear and hope, with the final result being a complete turn around of personality, and 

sanity. The infected person becomes corrupt with negative thoughts, thoughts that destroy the person

who has this sickness. 

 

There have been no records of the sickness being cured and even the cause of the sickness remains 

unknown, but a single thing remains certain: If someone contracts the sickness, the will never... 

stay the same. 

 

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Lucina is a young girl who only wishes to find her father. One day a tree appears, one which has

a doorway carved into it. When she and her pet cat enters they find a thing that takes the two of

them far-far away from the place they call home. Jalyle, the White City is she ends up, but her

cat is nowhere. Together with a few companions, she sets out the find her cat her mother entrusted 

onto her, only to come into contact with a cult planning to eradicate this nation they know as 

Corterre. 

 

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Lucina

A stubborn young girl with a short temper and a sarcastic attitude. She has the ability to talk to animals but only loves one animal, her pet cat, Sebastian. She is attending her first year at Roselyle Academy.


Ein

A Friendly young man who wants to help anyone or anything that asks for aid. He wields his trusty sword in one hand and casts magic in the other. He is attending his first year at Roselyle Academy.


Henry

An energetic young lad who likes to be active and run around and he loves animals (He is very jealous of Lucina’s ability to communicate with animals). He has the ability to use monster skills change into a variety of animals and creatures. His twin sister is Henrietta and they attend Roselyle Academy together for their first year.


Henrietta

A Young girl who likes to be alone and is a self-confessed tsundere. She has trained under her mother to become a cleric from a young age and wields healing spells to heal her allies in battle. Her twin brother is Henry and they attend Roselyle Academy together for their first year.


Valencia

A Young woman who enjoys male company as is her favourite pass time. She has attended her first year at Roselyle academy and prefers using fire spells in combat. She has attended her first year at Roselyle academy and is currently assigned as tutor for Lucian and co. for her second year.

 

 

 

A Girl and her Familiar is mostly situated in the island of Corterre, in the world of Arum. Corterre

is known for its magic academy, Roselyle. Many students come from far lands to enter the Academy. All

types of magic are taught there and this makes it an exceptional school. Corterre houses a strange phenonom,

named "Magia Veltore", The name given to the unique flow of magic in Corterre which is caused by the exesive

use of magic in this region. Most people born in this region are magically inclined and all children are forced

to go to the magical school at some point in their life. 

 

The island of Corterre is a very cold continent and you won't easily find a place where it's not snowing. The capital

city of Corterre is Meeto, which is also in the coldest area of Corterre. Meeto has no king as it is a complete democratic

city that governs all of Corterre. There is group of members that are chosen each five years by the citizens of the nation.

There are no offical religions in Corterre, as most people believe magic is the thing that created the world, but there is a 

single religion that has been written off by the council due to fact that they see magic as heresy, Anima. Not much is known

about this religion as has never really been a well known religion. 

 

If you want your game to be part of Arum, Rm's official universe, go here now! 

-Magic-
Magic is mostly associated with damaging and healing spells, being able to damage landscapes
and life and also heal and revive life. The origin of magic is still unknown, most people believe it is created by "tapping"
into powerful anomalies known as "rifts". It is said that the more magic is used, the weaker
these "rifts" become allowing more monsters to enter through these rifts.

-Rift Flashes-
Rift flashes are powerful abilities taught to some wielders of magic. It is a magic spell that
has immense power and even has the ability to summon powerful monsters capeable of destroying
anything in its path. These spells are incredibally dangerous though as casting one of these
spells causes major damage to rifts.

-Wisps-
Creatures comprised of magical energy. It is said that when wanderers are lost, these flames
of light will appear and guide them to their desired destination.

-Anima-
A Cult against magic. They believe that magic should be emptied from the world and are destroying
all schools of magic. They use powerful technicues to summon all types of demons and monsters to
fight for their principles. They mostly do research on the study of Magia Veltore

-Magia Veltore-
The name given to the unique flow of magic in Corterre. Due to the amount of Rift damage, magic flows
differently and the elementals differ from other regions'.


-The Elements-
In Corterre all magic is split into four elements namely:
•Vatra consisting of Fire, Light and Thunder
•Priroda consisting of Life(Control over animals), Earth and Air
•Sistina consisting of Healing, Illusion and Spirits
•Tamadus consisting of Dark, Cold and Psychic

Weaknesses of the elements are subjective, changing frequently due to the strange flow of magic.

*ALL SHADOWS ARE REMOVED*

•Five playable characters, each having their own unique skill sets and magical spells.
•The Familiar system, in which you learn skills for your familiar and summon them in combat to use these abilities. (For those who don't know, a familiar is a pet for wizards and magicians.)
•The Cute DS Resource style.
•Different Endings to add more replayability to the game
•TP will be replaced with RP(or rift points) which will be used to cast Rift Flashes
•Rift Flashes, ultimate skills like Limit Breaks from Final Fantasy capable of one-shotting enemies into submission, usable when RP is at the needed amount to use the skill but the more you use the skill the more dangerous enemies will become and this will also effect your ending, be it good or bad, it's up to you 
•A Unique elemental system that will greatly effect battles:

 

Here's a quick mock up of but it will look a lot better >.<
 
•Vatra will have spells that revolve around fire, thunder and light. Fire being the main damage out putter, thunder being the main debuffing and buffing and light being a mixture of the two
•Priroda will have spells that revolve around and earth, air and life(Animals). Earth being the main damage out putter, air being the main debuffing and buffing and life being a mixture of the two
•Sistina will have spells that revolve around and spirit(Summons and other types), healing and illusion. Spirit being the main damage out putter, Healing being the main debuffing and buffing and Illusion being a mixture of the two
•Tamadus will have spells that revolve around Dark, Cold and Psychic. Dark being the main damage out putter, Cold being the main debuffing and buffing and Psychic being a mixture of the two.
 
As you can see each "class" of element has it's damage dealer, buffer etc. And each element will be versatile enough to stand on its own. But don't be put off by the fact that Cold, thunder, air and Healing will only consist of buffing and debuffing, each will still have a fair amount of attack spells to pummel you enemies with.

 

•A humorous story (I don't think my humor is that good though ;w;).

Graphics
RPG Maker DS Resource Pack
Archeia Nesshia
Evil Eagles
Luchi-Chan(Dem parallaxes )
Triple Factorial
Pandamaru
Cecillia(For that amazing logo <3)

Music
RPG Maker DS Resource Pack
Aaron Krough
Yuki Kajiura
Yasuharu Takanashi

Scripts
Galv
Woratana
Yanfly
Victor

Special Thanks
Enterbrain
Degica

 

Topic Update Log

 

21 September 2013 - Created topic

 

 

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*Note: If you are expecting a cute, funny little game, you are surely mistaken. The game does have the look of a cute game and is surely funny game at times but it will have a dark tone to it as it deals with inner conflict within characters and how they deal with it and interact with each other. The sickness mentioned in the synopsis will come into contact with the characters, how it will, I can't say but you'll just have to wait and see!

[izakruud 1]

May be a little late, but I played it, and I thoroughly enjoyed it. It was only a demo, so It was short... But the story had me hooked, I had to keep playing until, sadly, it said the demo was over. ;( I liked the atmosphere. The dialogue could be touched up a bit, but I really enjoyed the characters sass :) Also, I'm not sure if I'm stupid, or what... But I couldn't find a backspace button while naming the cat. I'm not sure if this is a bug, or what, but maybe make a pointer to it (for idiots like me) if there is one! :) It's very interesting. I would like see more. If I don't see more... that would be... dreadful. 

[chigoo 3]

Looks great I'll give it a try when I have the time.

[Foxkit 4]

Played the demo, I REALLY like the sass. As iakruud said however, the narration needs a bit of work. The pace was also a little fast, but should be easy to fix. The concept is great, and the animations and level design is great too. Keep it up ^^.