It's update time again, gaiz.

I want to talk a bit about characters today. In the new demo ( coming out in late May/early June if my hand doesn't seize up on me ), there will be four playable characters:

Tristy/Ira, Ianna, Lance and Darcy.

A bit of the latter's back story will be revealed through a rather alarming cutscene ( for what you'd expect from Darcy, is it a bit disconcerting, since she is supposed to be the 'Genki Girl' foil to our calm Tristy ) as she reveals her true intentions to our titular lady knight. As it seems, the two of them share more in common than they'd like to believe. And later down the line, a little 'event' between them doesn't end well. Regardless, Tristy ends up teaching the game's resident Genki Girl a thing or two about the value of human life.

Dante is AWOL in this part of the demo, but I refuse to divulge anything about the charasmatic (?) blonde mage's whereabouts.

As for little Lancey, I'll be changing his portrait ( naturally ) since Aran from FE10 really doesn't suit him ( I liked Lance's older design better ) so he really looks the part of an innocent, woobie-ish soldier ( think Patrick in a suit of armour without the bodyguard crush and whiney-ness ). You know, like the kind of guy you just wanna hug or I dunno, snog...? ( if boyish-looking men with untidy white hair tickles your fancy ).


Not in the demo, but there is another scene like this involving them. Just more er... intimate. :3

Oh, and more TriAnna goodness in a bonus scene too. ^^ ( the demo includes that Inn scene where there are too few beds and Tristy needs to keep Ianna warm with her mane ). Speaking of them, the game will have three different endings depending on how you play. A variable will keep tracks of hidden points, and based off that value, I'll give you either a Bad, Normal or Perfect Ending.

Naturally, the Perfect ending will be the hardest to obtain, and will include finding obscure events/scenes, quests, or even choosing the correct dialogue options at certain parts in the game will determine Tristy's ultimate fate.

And screenies! All of the areas shown below will be in the demo ( I'm working on it as I type this blog post )


Spriting NPCs will be the death of me. ;_;





Regarding gameplay, the party's average level will be around Levels 16-18 since this part of the game is in actual fact 9+ hours into the full version, so there will be plenty of equipment and skills to mess around with when going up against foes like the Leonir ( a Coeurl-type foe inspired from FF12 who blasts you with EVERY SINGLE status in the game XD ) and Putrids ( vile slime-based foes who are very difficult to damage physically and who just love to Slap your party senseless. Literally ).

Because Tristy is a part of my life atm, I will not be entering the IGMC ( even though I had an idea for a real cute PLATFORMER-style game in VX. I'll shelve it for a small project, since it is quite personal to me too ). But it does involve a fat blue bird with round glasses who can't fly and tries to find components to make himself an airplane. XD

So long, and thanks for the Subs. :D