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Alter A.I.L.A. Genesis takes place in a post-apocalyptic world. You play the role of a young man known as Leon, who seeks to survive in the harsh environment he is brought into.

Exploration is done mainly via a side-scrolling view. In certain areas, an exclamation mark will sometimes appear, indicating the presence of hostiles. Press Z when this happens to initiate battle, or wait to let it pass. Sometimes battle will be unavoidable. When walking, enemy encounters won't occur.

The battle system revolves mainly around each character's Abilities, which are a set of commands specific to that character. Abilities require AP and EX to use. AP is gained every time a character takes a turn. The default is 2. EX is gained every time a character uses an Ability. The default is 1. Note that this may change depending on the situation.


Trailer courtesy of Sum Gai. Thanks buddy!

"Controls"
Z: Action/ Confirm
Up: Interact with Above/Background
Down: Interact with Below/Foreground
X: Menu/ Cancel
Shift: Hold to walk/run
F4: Toggle Fullscreen
F5: Toggle 2x Size
F12: Reset to Title


"Known Glitches"
Due to the limited functionality of the RPG Maker 2003 engine, there are various glitches and bugs which are unfortunately unfeasible or impossible to fix:
- Sometimes during an action, the battle data of a character will be temporarily overwritten with another character's, causing them to not perform as expected for that round.
- In certain cases, player actions can be interrupted by the enemy or other character's actions. To minimize the occurance of this, wait for current actions to finish before selecting an action with another character.
- Using items and guarding doesn't trigger the code to check for enemy deaths. You need to actually use an ability, or let the enemies take a turn.
- Although not a bug, Active Mode should be changed to Passive Mode in the in-game menu to prevent enemies from acting while you are taking an action.

"Hints and Tips for Boss Battles"
- Don't expect to just be able to spam regular attacks until you can use your Exceed ability. You won't win an attrition war with the enemy party.
- Always target the enemy's weakness if you can. If you want, think of this as a Shin Megami Tensei game. :P
- Make sure to keep your HP up. The vast majority of bosses have pretty powerful high EX costing abilities that'll wipe out your party if you're not expecting it.

- That said, keep in mind, the enemy is subject to the same rules as the party. In other words, they're also gaining AP and EX, and they also need it to use their more hard-hitting abilities. So if you can prevent them from using them while still retaining the ability to use yours, you'll be able to beat any boss.
- You can tell how much EX an enemy's ability uses by looking at the name of the ability. Similar to your character's abilities, it'll show up as the number of squares on the left side of the name.
- Of course, the above passes quickly so isn't that reliable of a method. As a general rule, you can expect that:
- Anything that uses an element other than Force likely costs at least 1 EX
- Anything that does multi-targetting likely costs at least 1 EX
- Anything that hits everyone hard probably costs 2 or more EX
- Anything that outright kills someone from full health, or makes you swear "Bullshit! That can't happen!" is likely an Exceed ability.
- Chances are it'll also be very flashy.
- Obviously, there's going to be some exceptions, but for the most part, this can be followed.

- Don't ignore Field Effects either. Bosses don't, and the Field Effects they use generally stack things in their favor. It's not just about dealing as much damage as quickly as you can. A lot of times, it's also about controlling the situation.
- Modes, Field Effects, and Boost ailments all stack. If you're creative, you may be able to create a situation where you can pretty much negate everything the boss throws at you, while tossing out Exceed abilities every turn. Bosses won't stand a chance.

MAP SAVE FREEZE: If you're changing things in this game in the editor and your save file freezes on the world map as a result, press F9, go to switch 112 and 113, and turn them both OFF. That should fix it.

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DE
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Return to the spot during the post game and you will fight an optional boss.

As for the GPS thingamajig you get it by clearing the Street Tournament. It doesn't allow you to locate shards, however, it only reveals secret passages.
Erin's best long nice chat

"Now when I get free from here, and i will get free because you guys are gonna get me free. And god help you if you decide to run away, because I will get free someday. And when that happens, then you had best pray for death to save you. Beacuse nothing will stop me from hunting you down and stringing you up in a most unsightly manner.So when I get free, she better be exactly as she is now, not a hair harmed on her body. Else terrible things may occur to you that may result in harsh physical, mental, and emotional trauma, lasting the rest of your miserable lives"-Erin

Violet's love confession and Scott's reply


"Scott, before we die, I just want to say "I love you""-Violet




"And I just want to say "I love cheeseburgers!""-Scott

Return to the spot during the post game and you will fight an optional boss.
I tried fighting the optional boss and dear gods, that thing is INVINCIBLE. Is there any way to beat it other than abusing the static-damage syncs' armour-piercing property?

As for the GPS thingamajig you get it by clearing the Street Tournament. It doesn't allow you to locate shards, however, it only reveals secret passages.
Ah, I see, thanks. I just beat round 85 without too much trouble, but I'm worried I'm not strong enough for the rest. :(

Anyway, I'm currently trying to find an EX Facilitator B to allow Violet to use Shooting Star every other round. None of the shops sell any though, even Tinder. Know where I can find one?

(On an unrelated note, what's the recommended level for traversing Below Stynx? I tried going through there and got annihilated by the boss. (Though the random encounters weren't too bad)
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I'm not sure about the boss. I just used CRISIS etc. and made mincemeat out of him.

Facilitator B's can be bought from Reeves or his brother (forgot which); it appears they replace Tinderbots randomly, just like Tinder.

My party was between level 40 and 50 for most of the post game. Levels don't really matter, gear and items do.

BTW, here's the party I used for the post game. It isn't optimized, but none of the bosses gave me much trouble.

Leon: Guardian, Colossal Wall, HP Facilitator A, Pulsar.
Erin: Valkyrie, Soul of Stella, Minerva, HP Facilitator B, Barrage.
Violet: Crisis, Minerva, HP Facilitator B, Nova.
Hm... I'm using Gray instead of Leon. Is that a good choice? He has sky-high defense and pretty good health, too, and Buster Cannon is capable of dealing more damage than a GUARDIAN-assisted Shooting Star sometimes. Leon doesn't seem to offer much in comparison.

I'm afraid I've never heard of Nova or the Colossal Wall...where can I find those? (Also, isn't Scion better than Barrage? Why aren't you using that for Erin?)

In other news, what's your advice for the shadow battles? I've defeated Gray's and Indy's, but the others just make mincemeat out of me. I think they're one of the few times where level is indeed important.
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I believe you can buy Colossal Wall from Tinder et al.

Violet deals 3300 damage with a normal attack and 9900 with EX, regardless of crushes, resistances etc. She also doesn't need to reload. Leon can use his EX every other turn for 2200 (normal) + 7700 (EX) every two turns. He's also quite resistant to damage and pretty fast too. Erin is there for First Aid (as I didn't want to waste any money on Stimulant Fields). She can't use it twice in a row even if on max EX, so there's no need for a higher level mode. Barrage also gives better stat boosts and with HP Facilitator B she recovers 8% HP each turn. Needless to say she doesn't do any damage.

For the Mirror bosses I just give the character the best gear I have, check what element the character is weak to and give them appropriate syncs. I didn't grind with anyone and somehow managed to beat them all, although Gray's and Jake's doppelgangers were tough. Play it safe and stock up on Stimulant B's, maybe use Boosters or Crush Fields.
Oh duh, Blast Revolver. >_< Didn't realize how devastating that would be with GUARDIAN. Still, Gray's Buster Cannon easily deals at least 9000 damage for me, more if he's equipped with a sync the enemy is weak to, and Hammer Arm reliably deals ~1500 damage.

How are you getting Leon to use his EX every other round, though? With Pulsar, he gains 3 EX every time he uses an ability. That means it would take him three turns to amass 5 EX. (Honestly, I'm having the same problem with Violet, which is why I want and EX Facilitator -- with it and Chaos, she can amass 5 EX per round)

Anyway, the reason I'm using Scion for Erin is because it gives 1 extra AP per round (and the extra EX per ability is useful if you want to use Sniper).

Thanks for the info about the mirror bosses, I'll try that.

Edit: I'm having trouble getting Reeves to replace the Tinderbots. What area do you recommend going to to get them to appear?
Quick question:

How much of AAG's graphics are custom?
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All the PC and NPC sprites incl. animations, some of the monster graphics, all cutscene graphics and portraits, system graphics. Most enemy sprites and all tilesets are ripped (there's a full list of sources in the credits).

You need 3 rounds before you can use Leon's EX for the first time, then it's an EX every two turns. I never needed the extra AP with Erin, and Sniper is pretty useless; for some reason the bosses didn't care about AP crush.

You can easily find bonus shopkeepers in Rebel Base Prison. Go down at the first opportunity and then left. It may take a while, though. Reeves sells EX Fac. B's for 35.000, HP for 25.000, and AP for 30.000.
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X-Destruction also seems to remove all of your positive buffs, like what De-Material does. I personally don't use buffs all that much, but for the times I did it seems like the moment I get hit with X-Destruction it's gone.

That's just a coincidence. It shouldn't be de-buffing (though it does cause spd crush).

...

Yeah, I forgot to mention that I only tried using Spd Booster, since I find it to be the essential buff for defeating the full-powered Behemoth without massive level grinding.

On that note, for Erin's HP growth curve, is it possible for her to reach 6k+ HP before the level cap?
BurningTyger
Hm i Wonder if i can pul somethi goff here/
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I'll have to pick this up again some time. . .
But wait...if you weren't being "serious" with AAG's story, I dread to see the gut-wrenching, tear-jerking horrors that will be in AAV. O_O Because AAG already had a lot of those. (The scene at the end of Avalon 1 nearly had me in tears as well)


:P

Oh it will be terrible. So terrible..

Erin's best long nice chat


>:D

On that note, for Erin's HP growth curve, is it possible for her to reach 6k+ HP before the level cap?


Yes! She reaches 6k at...

...lvl 89.
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On that note, for Erin's HP growth curve, is it possible for her to reach 6k+ HP before the level cap?


Yes! She reaches 6k at...

...lvl 89.


Thanks, only 24 more levels to go, guess I better get started on it again.
Well, that's interesting to know about the Behemoth. I might have an equipment setup that let's me survive him now, I just need a ton of Stimulant C's, Speed Boosters, and Toxication Fields along with the correct Reinforce for Erin. I've gotten her speed up to 32 with the help of the Al Di La, which seems to really help out. I couldn't see the speed crush effect for the ex boost from the gear I was wearing. That definitely explains a lot.

As for the Shard Finder, it seems to be called the Signal Ring. I believe that the reward for tracking the Tinderbot Mk3, but don't remember for certain. After doing a search, it does seem that I'm missing shards from at least three areas still. Oh well...

I figured out why I don't have the last character. Apparently I DID miss one Joker by virtue of having bought the ability, and not saved somehow. Funny thing is I can't afford it now. So once I get it, that SHOULD be it. Thanks for that tip Neok, I'd have not double checked if you hadn't said that.
Solitayre
Circumstance penalty for being the bard.
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Well Neok, I have to hand it to you.

You actually made a game that people on this site are playing. They are discussing it. They care about its mechanics and secrets. This is an amazing thing to pull off.

Well done.
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A Signal Ring? That's news to me... Where can you find Tinderbot 3?
Ok, I've been searching for a shard that the Signal Ring says exists on the Ground Floors of Oberon Tower. But I can't find it at all. I've been in every room I can find, but it's not in any of them. I mean, this place isn't exactly a maze or anything, so I'm 99% sure I've combed the area adequately. Is it possible for the GPS to not be indicating an exit inside the area to me? Or perhaps the Signal Ring is just broken as far as the tower is concerned?

The only thing left here is the SNEWS article.
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Well, that's interesting to know about the Behemoth. I might have an equipment setup that let's me survive him now, I just need a ton of Stimulant C's, Speed Boosters, and Toxication Fields along with the correct Reinforce for Erin. I've gotten her speed up to 32 with the help of the Al Di La, which seems to really help out. I couldn't see the speed crush effect for the ex boost from the gear I was wearing. That definitely explains a lot.

As for the Shard Finder, it seems to be called the Signal Ring. I believe that the reward for tracking the Tinderbot Mk3, but don't remember for certain. After doing a search, it does seem that I'm missing shards from at least three areas still. Oh well...

I figured out why I don't have the last character. Apparently I DID miss one Joker by virtue of having bought the ability, and not saved somehow. Funny thing is I can't afford it now. So once I get it, that SHOULD be it. Thanks for that tip Neok, I'd have not double checked if you hadn't said that.

Well, all the items that can be bought shouldn't take too long to collect, a small amount of credit farming should be able to get all the items you've listed. The problem is finding some of the more rare stuff ( Stimulant C fields and Stimulant D fields ) quickly and in large quantities, which would make the fight a lot easier.

Still kind of stuck on the Jokers, just can't find the 1-3 Aurora shards needed, and I've pretty much searched high and low for them.

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Ok, I've been searching for a shard that the Signal Ring says exists on the Ground Floors of Oberon Tower. But I can't find it at all. I've been in every room I can find, but it's not in any of them. I mean, this place isn't exactly a maze or anything, so I'm 99% sure I've combed the area adequately. Is it possible for the GPS to not be indicating an exit inside the area to me? Or perhaps the Signal Ring is just broken as far as the tower is concerned?

The only thing left here is the SNEWS article.

I wouldn't be that surprised if that's the case with the G.P.S., since we know it doesn't work in some places ( most notably, Orbital Prison 3 )
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Well Neok, I have to hand it to you.

You actually made a game that people on this site are playing. They are discussing it. They care about its mechanics and secrets. This is an amazing thing to pull off.

Well done.

This is a game that goes beyond the "This is a new/cool RM game, let's discuss it as an RM game" notion and enters the realm of "This is a new/cool GAME, let's discuss IT".

I also commend Neok for his work.
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A Signal Ring? That's news to me... Where can you find Tinderbot 3?
For Tinderbot 3, that sidequest unlocks by visiting Tinder's Hideout in Phase 2 after you've beaten the game, then going back to "Phase 9" and visiting Tinder's Hideout, which should now be visible on the map, again. He'll tell you to track down Tinderbot 3 in the Factory. You'll have to chase it all over the place in the end, though.

Also, it's official now. This shard is now the last one, I went to the other two areas and got those. This is it. And I have no idea where it might be that I haven't looked in the Ground Floors of Oberon Tower.

Edit: Crud. Even with the shard in this tower, it STILL seems I'll be short one shard to buy the ability I messed up with earlier. So anyone know any ways to get shards that don't involve finding them or getting them from GQuiz?

Edit2: Oh... *phew* looks like I overlooked one in O.P. 3. Hopefully that one and the Tower shard is all I'll need...

Edit3: Crud. It wasn't the one I needed. I'm now back to the situation I was in before. I need to find the shard in Oberon Tower and at least one more shard after that one. Hopefully no more than that...