[FULL] Forever's End: Episode One

[NicoB]

Ah, I see... no way to beat this guy ^^
So, I finished the game and it has been a pleasure to play it. What about the next part? Are you still working on it? (I'm soooo impatient...)

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Yep, yep. I'm working away on it. Not sure when it will be released next. Probably a few months. The nice thing is now that I have the character abilities and systems in place, progress should move much more quickly.

[ala]

Goldo, Epoch and the little boy all developed abnormal stats in my game. The boy has around 900 Might, and Goldo and Epoch have maxed out defence and attack. The stats of the other characters are all around 150 - pretty normal. (I just met the drunken sword master and my characters are around lvl14)

I guess something went wrong with the stats boosts which I got after clearing some of the areas.

AH and I bought armor and weapons for Burns and the other guy just before they died, what a mean way to waste my money

Well apart from that it seems to be a great game. At some time I thought you probably overdo it with all those characters and features, but hey - it works out great. The story never failed to entertain me so far. I'm thrilled to play the game again next weekend

Ah, the inventory is well really really BIG! I've got like 300 items, and playing in active mode (which I am a great fan of in other games) is impossible because I always have to search so long.

[NicoB]

Goldo, Epoch and the little boy all developed abnormal stats in my game. The boy has around 900 Might, and Goldo and Epoch have maxed out defence and attack. The stats of the other characters are all around 150 - pretty normal. (I just met the drunken sword master and my characters are around lvl14)

I guess something went wrong with the stats boosts which I got after clearing some of the areas.

AH and I bought armor and weapons for Burns and the other guy just before they died, what a mean way to waste my money

Well apart from that it seems to be a great game. At some time I thought you probably overdo it with all those characters and features, but hey - it works out great. The story never failed to entertain me so far. I'm thrilled to play the game again next weekend

Ah, the inventory is well really really BIG! I've got like 300 items, and playing in active mode (which I am a great fan of in other games) is impossible because I always have to search so long.

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Uh-oh. That can't be good, haha. Do you remember exactly when these abnormal stats occurred? I need to try to pinpoint what caused that glitch.

Haha, yeah I guess Claude's and Burn's armor is kinda a waste of money in the end. :P

Yeah, I'm sorry about the disorganized inventory. I've been working on this game for three years now, and back when I started, I didn't really understand how 2k3 organized the items. I want to change it, but man, by this point, it would be a huuuggggeee hassle. =_=; I'm sure I will get around to it someday. And thanks for the compliments.

EDIT: By the way, if you all really liked my game, make sure to vote for Forever's End HERE for Project of the Month:

[Boonator]

Goldo, Epoch and the little boy all developed abnormal stats in my game. The boy has around 900 Might, and Goldo and Epoch have maxed out defence and attack. The stats of the other characters are all around 150 - pretty normal. (I just met the drunken sword master and my characters are around lvl14)

I guess something went wrong with the stats boosts which I got after clearing some of the areas.

AH and I bought armor and weapons for Burns and the other guy just before they died, what a mean way to waste my money

Well apart from that it seems to be a great game. At some time I thought you probably overdo it with all those characters and features, but hey - it works out great. The story never failed to entertain me so far. I'm thrilled to play the game again next weekend

Ah, the inventory is well really really BIG! I've got like 300 items, and playing in active mode (which I am a great fan of in other games) is impossible because I always have to search so long.

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I have the same problem. Goldo and the little boy started with this stats and Epoch i think after the first play with alexanders group

[Engel der Furcht]

I started to play it.
Well it has a bit too much explaining in the beginning (especially the Monster Hunting thing)
But i really like the system of it!

[Countless]

Epoch has abnormal stats in my game too. (Maximum might and attack - the other stats are okay)
It happened previously or at the checkpoint before you meet up with Slades again.
I don't know how it changed - maybe through a new item or anything?

But overall I like your game - it's very interesting and nice to play.
And your mapping is better the longer you play it. ;P

And yes, the inventory is really too big.
I can't even sell the rusty sword or other old items.
Maybe you could fix that or add an option to remove items?

Anyway, I will play more and perhaps write again something.

[NicoB]

Hmm...that's really bizarre. I don't know what would be causing that (this is the first I've heard of it).

Agh, sorry. I made the Rusty Sword unsellable because I didn't want the player to accidentally sell it when that's the only weapon they have (in the sewers). Same goes for a few other things. But I probably should just change that.

[Blacky89]

Maybe you can place an item deposit box in every town where players can deposit/withdraw their items.
only, of course, if it's possible to withdraw every item anywhere regardless of where they deposited them originally.

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So, I now played through the sewer- and the Alexander-story and have to say; its really great! It actually inspires me to
start working on my several ideas for a gamestory again! So thanks for that!
But one thing irritated me somehow:

Marcellus is a very powerful person. And yet a simple prisoner is capable of holding him back long enough
for Epoch and Elise to escape?^^ I mean there has to be something making that escape possible. But right there
I thought: "what, that little prisoner can stop him?"

But thats the only illogical thing to me right now. Really great game! And now that Epoch successfully escaped and is
on the run, the story really starts getting tense! I'll play some more later today and am looking forward to it!

So keep up the good work!

edit:
Okay, forget about my sayings in the "Spoilerbox"...^^
Now I know why he was able to "stop" him

[Tüp]

edit:
Okay, forget about my sayings in the "Spoilerbox"...^^
Now I know why he was able to "stop" him

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Your EDIT is awesome, Blacky89 ! ^^

[NicoB]

Your EDIT is awesome, Blacky89 ! ^^

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I got a good laugh out of that myself.

[ala]

Just finished the demo.

@High Stats: I first noticed them in the mansion, too.

Ok, let's spoil the party:

Ok, about monster-capture:
-At the beginning I only captured monsters once in a while for the rewards.. in mid game a lot of monsters were not captureable (undeads, demons etc.), but the scan didn't say so and suggested food for the capture which didn't work. This happend in 3 or 4 areas. In the endgame I captured monsters again, because it varied the battles a bit.

Very Good:
-The Beginning: Epochs decision to finally do what he wants is a common dream of every person today - the plot telling which leads to this developement is very well done. The mother which drags her children inside the houses to save them from epochs crew for example, that creates a very creepy atmosphere.
-Marcellus: Arrogant, manipulation, the sucessor of all evil stereotypes.
-Slade, the drunken master, Lee, Elijir, Elise all have very very well done - I even like the king .
-The mansion: A really great idea to tell the player things about the past. And demon hunting is always cool
-The riddles: Not too hard, not too easy. Well done.
-money balancing was very well done thoughout the game (very rare in rpg-maker games) till perhaps the Drunken master appeared. After that I could swim in gold, the monsters just dropped so much.

Bad:
-The hooded man, I suspect him to be a crystal guardian btw. - well he just is a big idiot. Dialogue in the beginning, Marcellus: "Let's not draw to much attention".. the hooded man then goes of and kills like 2 dozens of elite dragon guards which chase after epoch, how is that NOT gonna draw a hell of attention?! He watched the crew like an idiot and he screwed up again shortly after with the biorobot - if he would have done his job properly and watched out for the chasing forces, he would have noticed....
-Elizabeth: The Spoiled princess tomboy character is just sooo overused. And the Epoch-plot around her is just weird. At the beginning Epoch mentions her only one time! (- or his buddy Cloude: "Do you still think about Liz?") - 5-6 hours later he's going far too crazy around her, it's like his character has changed all of a sudden.
And what the hell is her outgoing and bright attitude - I think it's a bit exaggerated.
-The balancing with those scout bosses, altough weaker at the end - the first ones were actually damn hard. Oh dear, I used up all my items too beat the first one in the forest with the lake (the one with slade bleeding), and later I got a second very very hard lvl2 hidden monster. Oh my god what beasts.
-Upgrade Coupons: Easlily missed, I only found around 4 or 5, nasty to look out for white birds during gameplay.

All in all you have my respect for always introducing new features during gameplay. This somehow keeps everything fresh. Good job

[NicoB]

Hey, thanks for the feedback ala. I'm sorry you encountered that weird stat bug. Still haven't figured out what caused it yet (it only seems to happen to a few people).

It's true the hooded man is very head-strong and doesn't exactly think things out (which is why Marcellus tears him to shreds later on). However, part of this is because the curse on his arm has worn away his sanity, making him more bloodthirsty and impulsive. But Marcellus is definitely the brains. And you're right, I probably should have made more mention of Elizabeth early on.

Thanks for playing! And if you liked the game, I'd appreciate your vote for Project of the Month.

[Alamo]

Very interesting game. I found it to be quite enjoyable.

[kwisi]

great game and I love the mapping

[Rachsal]

Ok i played through Episode One now.

I really enjoyed the gameplay but the story is what hooked me. It is pretty intervened and the fact that you are able to play with all sides is great. I want to know who Frederick is, why is he still alive and why is Seti so old, where is the Keeper and why is Marcellus still alive? If hes an crusader does he only use the king to get the crystals to kill the lost or what is his scheme? I hope to get many answers with the next episodes.

I also encountered the stat bug, but it did not bother me. Epoch with 500 Agility and maxed Att and Def just rocks.

I think it is very industirous that you implemented a new character system with each character and the whole Linguardia guide of course. The Quest helper function seems a bit redundant from time to time because the game is so linear.
The Tarot system seemed a bit random, i don't know if the chance to get a positive effect is 50/50, but i guessed it and so i did not use it except for sould rends. Maybe you should explain that in the tarot instructions.

[NicoB]

Ok i played through Episode One now.

I really enjoyed the gameplay but the story is what hooked me. It is pretty intervened and the fact that you are able to play with all sides is great. I want to know who Frederick is, why is he still alive and why is Seti so old, where is the Keeper and why is Marcellus still alive? If hes an crusader does he only use the king to get the crystals to kill the lost or what is his scheme? I hope to get many answers with the next episodes.

I also encountered the stat bug, but it did not bother me. Epoch with 500 Agility and maxed Att and Def just rocks.

I think it is very industirous that you implemented a new character system with each character and the whole Linguardia guide of course. The Quest helper function seems a bit redundant from time to time because the game is so linear.
The Tarot system seemed a bit random, i don't know if the chance to get a positive effect is 50/50, but i guessed it and so i did not use it except for sould rends. Maybe you should explain that in the tarot instructions.

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Hey thanks, Rachsal! I still haven't figured out where the stat bug is occurring. At what point in the game did you notice it?

The tarot system is actually a 2/3 of getting positive and a 1/3 of getting negative. I found the 50/50 to be too unforgiving. It's probably something I should have mentioned in-game.

Make sure you hold on to your save file for later releases.

[NicoB]

Hey guys,

Alright, so I just uploaded v.1.05 which should fix the stat bug some of you were encountering. Basically, it caused Epoch, Lee, and Goldo's stats to become ridiculously high in a short period. This didn't happen until after I had applied some new patches, but I honestly don't understand how that would have affected it. Anyway, this version should fix the problem. For those of you who have already encountered this bug and have crazy stats, don't worry. Just load up your file and the game should fix it automatically. If you are still having that problem, let me know immediately.

You can download it here: http://rpgmaker.net/games/650/downloads/

[Denzel-X]

Sadly, the game is kinda broken for me. After the fight with the Elementalchange Demon, i got this wird UI without any cursor. Don't know how to fix that. Sadly, this is my only Savegame.

[NicoB]

I've seen this happen to me before. It usually occurs when you input something before the game has had time to change system graphic settings. Usually, it went away after restarting though. Is it still there when you've turned it off? If it is, try opening a chest or donating something to farnstein (even if you don't have anything to donate); that should fix it.

Let me know.

[Denzel-X]

Thanks
I'll try it tomorrow after school.

It first came in the fight against that ele-Demon after it said "It starts transforming" or something like that. Guess my Enter-Smashing did this.