New demo release imminent!
Ramza
- 04/05/2010 06:09 AM
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It is my pleasure to inform you all that there is a new demo of Mana Conquest Vengeance. It is already complete, and has been fully tested. It runs without the rtp on any computer (although font problems have been noted, included is a workable rm2k3 font fix for those who are having issues).
If you've been following the game at all since I posted this here, you might know that I have a habit of working very slowly (or not at all), but the truth is, it's been over three years since I released the last demo, which is the download that's currently posted. It itself, that's pretty sad, and I hope to be able to turn that around this year.
If you've been following my updates, you'll already know what's new in the new demo, so I won't bother boring you with the details, I'll just outline some points below:
-The demo does not have the change party or magic systems in it. The game code has these available, but the demo was not extensive enough to allow their inclusion in the game at this time, I apologize.
-Save files created in the previous demo are not compatible with the new demo. If you were in the process of playing through the first demo, you will, unfortunately need to restart the game to play the second. The various early game system changes make this impossible to get around.
-A lot of the early dialogue has been reworked. the meridian castle maps and intro have been completely redone (big thanks to arias) the ruiga inners have all been redone as well.
-some attributes have been reworked from the first demo. most noticeably, Eidan's mana has been increased in his lower levels, to allow him to make better use of his skills.
-the scaleable difficulty setting only works for boss fights. if a random encounter is kicking your ass, you'll need to backtrack to an earlier area and level up a bit. and shame on you for dodging fights :)
-Hanna learns defensive harmony at level 4 use it
That should be sufficient.
The demo is in the process of being accepted on here, expect it soon. I'll post an edit when it's up.
Edit:
A bug was found in the Meridia Castle attack event. The demo wasn't approved on here yet at the time, so I just updated the file to be uploaded. It may take longer for them to accept the submission now, however.
Update!
The demo is now available here. Click the download button to enjoy!