Amulet of Fate

Note: Despite what I wrote below for the description of this video, I'm not actually cancelling this project, its more along the lines of...would anyone actually be interested in it?
It has been over a year since I touched this project and coming back, I am more discouraged than ever. I have a ton of work poured into this game and I've been slowly plugging away at it for over 10 years. Yes, that's right, 10 years. Sure it isn't the same form it was when I first started, in fact, this is its third iteration; however it'll be the one that sticks.
Regardless, I'm trying to sift through the code and figure out how the heck I did certain things and what I was thinking when coding others. It is a tiresome process trying to rethink my original thought patterns and in the end, I am not sure if what I'm building is even any good. If anyone would even be remotely interested in playing this.
To sum it up, its basically a grind-fest; however you have a whole world to explore straight from the start, 70+ quests to complete, some intermingled with guild quest lines or the main story and many others just simple or complex sidequests. There are plenty of mini-games finished and/or planned and tons of things to do and see. Despite it being a grindfest, there is plenty for you to do here. There is a story, albeit it a simple one; there is deep characters, but you gotta stick with it through multiple playthroughs to discover the hidden depths of all 8 characters. And finally, there are multiple variations on the ending based on your choices.
A lot of stuff went into the planning and execution of this RPG, but looking at what I have left to do, I'm a bit disheartened. There is nothing overtly special or unique separating it from the big mass of quality RPGs already out there on the RPGMaker market. So is it even worth continuing on with my project? Is it worth the hassle? I still have a ton more left to do and it might be a year yet before we see even a beta release. Sure, the maps are almost done, but after that, its event city with setting up all the quests, NPCs and mini-games. Its a tall order for one person and I'd like to know if its going to be worth doing at all.
So tell me your opinion of what you see here. Would this be something you'd like to see finished? Should I finish it, even though it isn't anything fancy or groundbreaking? Do you want another free game to kill time in? Please let me know your thoughts. The future of this project may depend on it. Thank You.

-DFW

Songs used:
The Koan of Drums - djpretzel
Wind Dry My Tears - XMark
Chaotic Heart - Sixto Sounds
Apogee - Andy Jayne, The Joker, Fishy
Go The Distance - Sixto Sounds

Well, I've come to the realization that I only have...6 more areas left to map (minus the multitude of stages and variations for Oderra) and then the entire world is fully mapped! I'll officially call myself over half way complete and then its all events, events, events and after that? Testing!
Anyway, I took the time to write up over 30 different books to read in the game. You are given a choice to either read them or leave them on the various bookshelves you find in castles, houses, churches and even some live-in caves! Some serve no other purpose than to flesh out the world and its history, but others can pass on knowledge to better any of your characters in the form of 'tabs.' Finish a book to its very end and I'm debating on if I'll ask a question to see if you read it fully. If answered correctly, you'll get the appropriate stat-increasing tab to use on any character you feel needs it. So what do you think? Like the idea?
Right now, work may be a bit....slow. Just picked up Witcher 2 and...my life is a bit absorbed. So this will be on hold until I exhaust that game first! ha ha

EDIT UPDATE: Also, a new video depicting an optional boss battle! Yay!

I have a incoming baby real soon to add to the one I've already got and my time is going to get tight for a while. So I think I finished quite a bit in the last two weeks (4 full areas!) so I can rest easy. I will leave you with this video. For those wondering how the battle system will play out, here is a demo of a simple enemy encounter in a rather...hard optional area. Enjoy.



Also, taking a small nod to the Tales series, in my arena in Bhalstok, depending on certain conditions, you can be faced with an exhibition match! Since I only have one RPG I've created to draw from, the four characters you face in Arena combat will be from Land of Dreams. Obviously Robert will be included since he is the main brother. Godric will be in as well, being the holy/healing character and of course Robert's brother. So both are key roles in the LOD game. Elinee, being the daughter of the main villain and a powerful magic user seemed an obvious third choice. So that just leaves the fourth character of which I'm undecided. Who would you like it to be? Who would round out this cast of four characters from Land of Dreams to face in ultimate combat? Comment with your votes and you can decide who will be the fourth member of the exhibition match in the final game!

First the update! I finally finished Bhalstok. Second of the three larger cities I must create for this game. I HATE creating towns, because they will be a common focal point the player keeps coming back to time and again, I feel the need to make them awesome and not dull. So they usually are like writer's block to me. It takes forever to get me to finish them. But finish Bhalstok I have and now I'm full throttle on the next few caves/forests/deserts. Which are going by a lot faster for me. So progress should speed up now on this!

Now onto the video:
SPOILER NOTE: For those wanting to keep each summon a surprise, don't watch this video. Wait for the game to be finished, then find out for yourself! You've been warned!
Since I've scrapped and redone Amulet of Fate several times. Certain things had to change or were changed. One of these were the summon animations. Originally, I have FF6 battle animations and enemy sprites, but mixed in with RTP summon graphics for animations. These didn't exactly mesh together as well as I'd hoped. However, with the new Amulet of Fate variant, I rectified this and made the summons the same in graphic tone as FF6. As such, certain summons had to change. But since I didn't want all my previous work to go to absolute waste, I decided to film the old summons and compare them against the new so people can see what once was. Otherwise, once the old AOF demo gets deleted, all that work will be lost forever. At least here, the old summons will be preserved in video form. I hope you all enjoy the video.
NOTE 2: The first six summons are mandatory to beat the game. The second six summons are optional ones you can find.

I highly doubt it'll be done this year. Hopefully next year. This game is quite ambitious and I have a crap-ton still left to do. Its insane how much honestly. But I have a progress page which I will be updating as each section comes to full completion. Sort of like a gauge to me to see just how well (or not) I'm coming along with the RPG.