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a crazy, unchained game...and one that I would strongly recommend to anyone wanting to try something different for a change.
-ganonfrog's review

I had fun! ... The cut-scenes are very well done...I loved the humor and the quirky characters, not only the party members, but also the other people you will meet, love and hate! ... The Cerebral Symphony is a good game, not too hard and full of humor and diversions, of adequate length. ... Maybe I don't understand this game, but I sure had a lot of fun with it!
-TheRpgMakerAddict's review

Strong writing, clever system, interesting characters, and an engaging plot...this game is unreasonably good. It is probably the single cleverest thing I've played on rmn, and its ability to take itself seriously even while it's not taking itself seriously borders on the supernatural...some really phenomenal world-building and dialogue and mapping in kind of a weird package, and I think the community will dig it
-kumada (tester)

Overall I enjoyed the game because of the story. The dialogue is good, the characters are good.
-Link_2112 (tester)

LP by raikenjenova:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDOLxHMXxfE&list=PLd8tGajquAkEwoRAiZ1Po8F7YgDduApSf

Lowdown

-Begun as the side-project of a bored and depressed fifteen-year old, The Cerebral Symphony has evolved into a claustrophobic, poorly layed-out, passionately-written 2d RPG

-Chapter 1 came out in 2011, Chapter 2 in 2012, Chapter 3 in 2013, Chapter 4 in 2015, the full game came out in 2018!

-About 9 hours play time.

-Please post any feedback to this game page as I am always tweaking and updating the download. If you send me enough, I will list you as a tester.


Story

Brad, a jock, trips one day (at a party, we can only assume), accidentally plunging himself into the hallucinatory world of The Cerebral Symphony where he meets a guy called Ivan, who you might wonder is a human metaphor for repressed teenage angst.

Join the schizophrenic, multiple-personality-disorder afflicted Ivan, whose destiny (and personalities) you can steer through his individual choices as he bumbles his way through his life as a renegade thief into a big war between the underground cyborg Mafia, the omnipresent, all-seeing Corporation and the corrupt, power-crazed Government over the six elemental stones that, when gathered together, bestow ULTIMATE POWER on their holder. Mwahahaha!

On the way you will meet Liz the ADHD werewolf, Jean the insomniac minstrel, Catherine the telepath with a firey temper, Carys the delusional young stage actress, Robert the narcoleptic doctor, Zak the homeostatically-imbalanced fighter-pilot, and Bain the accident prone Gladiator. You will decide whether in the final estimation it is Ivan's more "upbeat" or his "darker" personality that will win control of his mind as they battle with his more balanced, "pensive" side.

Story-driven and choice-based, The Cerebral Symphony is a sci-fi/fantasy/drug trip 2d RPG game with an emphasis on character development and fun, non-random, side-view, Final Fantasy VI style battles, made up of 5 chapters.

Featuring the Fully Completed MULTIPLE PERSONALITY SYSTEM(TM), where Ivan's in-game choices will affect dialogue and plot, alter the screen tint and interface colours and change his battle class and music. You only gain skills in the personality in which you fight! Your choices will affect the story! Enjoy!

Latest Blog

Faenon has started writing a serial JRPGlit webnovel

Hello subscribers to TCS!

Two pieces of news. First of all, Halibabica will shortly be doing a youtube LP of TCS.

Secondly, in UK lockdown I have started uploading a serial fantasy webnovel heavily inspired by JRPGS, especially Final Fantasy IV and VI.

It has twelve heroes with distinct personalities who go on an adventure in order to carry out an epic quest, elemental magic, airships, battles, monsters, and a Cid!



People here are probably in the small subset of people who might enjoy this, so if you want to read it, go here https://www.wattpad.com/story/228098139-saga-of-the-jewels

or here https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/32469/saga-of-the-jewels

or here https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13581482/1/Saga-of-the-Jewels

or here https://www.fictionpress.com/s/3346873/1/Saga-of-the-Jewels

Peace out,
Faenon

Posts

author=raikenjenova
make an epic ending for dis!! >:D


Lol, thanks raiken! I will do my best ;) Teacher training is eating up all of my time at the moment but it will be done one day. Some time next year I hope. Gonna make it as epic as I can manage!
It's happening, guys. Scriptwriting has pretty much finished, coding has begun. Still hoping for Christmas 2016.
Hello subscribers!

Just to let you know, I have published a book! My fantasy novel How Zantheus Fell into the Sky is now out on Amazon and will be AVAILABLE FOR FREE THIS SATURDAY 14th MAY to download on your Kindle/e-reader/iPhone/iPad/free Kindle app! FOR FREE!

Thereafter or until the free promotion kicks in at midnight EST it will be £0.99. Get it while it’s hot!

If you do read it and like it please write me a review on Amazon!

And please reshare this link and pass it on to your friends!

https://www.amazon.co.uk/How-Zantheus-Fell-into-Sky-ebook/dp/B01F9FAL7C/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1463113602&sr=8-1&keywords=zantheus

If you like TCS you will like this.

Now, on with work on TCS Chapter 5...
It is with deep sadness that I must write here to say that TCS will not be ready for this Christmas.

Probably only a handful of people care, such as raikenjenova, my close family, and maybe some of my subscribers, but I thought I would notify you anyway.

The reason is that I have recently started working as a secondary school (high school) teacher of Religion, Philosophy and Ethics and I just don't have any spare time to work on it.

It is close to being done though after some work this Summer. I'm hoping that over Summer 2017 I will have a chance to finally get this game finished. I am not giving up on it.

The target completion date has been pessimistically set for Christmas 2017 for a while, so I guess I'm officially recognizing that now.

-Faenon
Congrats on the job! I happen to be one of those "handful of people" who actually care and I'm happy you are still willing to work on this game.

Life happens and I personally understand when you have other responsibilities to attend to, other than a hobby. I'm looking forward to finishing this game, but at the same time I'm glad that everything is working out for you in real life.

In short, don't be sad for doing what you gotta do.

BTW, I have your ebook but haven't had a chance to read it yet due to WORK.
aww, It's alright! XD works always comes first, so take your time while doing it casually! :D9
Will be waiting even it takes forever, so we're totally cool with that! :D
author=Zadok83
Congrats on the job! I happen to be one of those "handful of people" who actually care and I'm happy you are still willing to work on this game.

Life happens and I personally understand when you have other responsibilities to attend to, other than a hobby. I'm looking forward to finishing this game, but at the same time I'm glad that everything is working out for you in real life.

In short, don't be sad for doing what you gotta do.

BTW, I have your ebook but haven't had a chance to read it yet due to WORK.


author=raikenjenova
aww, It's alright! XD works always comes first, so take your time while doing it casually! :D9
Will be waiting even it takes forever, so we're totally cool with that! :D


Thanks guys, much appreciated. It will appear one day. Zadok, if you ever do get a chance to read the book, let me know what you think!
I've finished the bulk of the coding of TCS chapter 5. Now I just need to make item drops and code the battles. Christmas release is a real possibility, people!
author=Faenon
I've finished the bulk of the coding of TCS chapter 5. Now I just need to make item drops and code the battles. Christmas release is a real possibility, people!

In my Command and Conquer voice, "Ready and waiting!"
TCS is 90% done. I have done all of the mapping, coding and eventing for Chapter 5, and even the end credits. Now I am into database work and battle pages. However, there is a lot to do here, work has become crazy and Baby Faenon has almost arrived. So I don't think I'm going to be done this year. Sorry :( Not sure when it will be ready, hopefully some time next year.
same as me bro, being tourguide @Bali and haven't finished my project bahahaha xD
well good luck on your side bro, I will be waiting for your good news! :D
author=raikenjenova
same as me bro, being tourguide @Bali and haven't finished my project bahahaha xD
well good luck on your side bro, I will be waiting for your good news! :D


Tour guide in Bali! That's awesome!

I had no idea you were working on a game raikenjenova. You should make a gamepage for it here on RMN ;)
author=Faenon
author=raikenjenova
same as me bro, being tourguide @Bali and haven't finished my project bahahaha xD
well good luck on your side bro, I will be waiting for your good news! :D
Tour guide in Bali! That's awesome!

I had no idea you were working on a game raikenjenova. You should make a gamepage for it here on RMN ;)


hahaha, I will once I remake the concept of the game when I got some time xDb
Hello subscribers. The Cerebral Symphony complete game (Beta) is now out. Not perfect but it's as finished as it's going to be for a while as my baby has been born. Have a go! Feedback, both positive and constructive, is very welcome! If you give me enough I will list you as a beta tester! For mmmmmmmakerscore!
author=Faenon
Hello subscribers. The Cerebral Symphony complete game (Beta) is now out. Not perfect but it's as finished as it's going to be for a while as my baby has been born. Have a go! Feedback, both positive and constructive, is very welcome! If you give me enough I will list you as a beta tester! For mmmmmmmakerscore!

Congratulations on the birth of your son!!!

I will tackle this as soon as time allows. I really do appreciate how you've stuck with it and now have released at least a semblance of the completed game. I'll keep you updated.
author=Zadok83
author=Faenon
Hello subscribers. The Cerebral Symphony complete game (Beta) is now out. Not perfect but it's as finished as it's going to be for a while as my baby has been born. Have a go! Feedback, both positive and constructive, is very welcome! If you give me enough I will list you as a beta tester! For mmmmmmmakerscore!
Congratulations on the birth of your son!!!

I will tackle this as soon as time allows. I really do appreciate how you've stuck with it and now have released at least a semblance of the completed game. I'll keep you updated.

Thanks Zadok! By the way, I said earlier this year that "Baby Faenon" was coming, but we did not know the gender. It's a girl!

Another little note about the names in the game. Some of the names of characters have changed. This is to protect the identities of the real life people they are based on...

This game has very great atmosphere. is so dark but impressingly fun.
unfortunately, when i try to load the save 5 it goes white screen then go back to title screen. what happened?? it's seem the save05.dyn is corrupted. is say 0,0 kb if i check it with file browser.(i'm using android with easyrpg player to play this).
why do you choose to separate the chapter 5 from the others? would be nice if it just use normal new game instead of save state. or is it not complete yet?.
i hope the best for this game. maybe in the short time this will be featured. i already love this.
but the chapter 5?? why. i can't play it??
author=DavidBlue
This game has very great atmosphere. is so dark but impressingly fun.
unfortunately, when i try to load the save 5 it goes white screen then go back to title screen. what happened?? it's seem the save05.dyn is corrupted. is say 0,0 kb if i check it with file browser.(i'm using android with easyrpg player to play this).
why do you choose to separate the chapter 5 from the others? would be nice if it just use normal new game instead of save state. or is it not complete yet?.
i hope the best for this game. maybe in the short time this will be featured. i already love this.
but the chapter 5?? why. i can't play it??

Hey DavidBlue! Thanks for your feedback :)

I have just redownloaded and tested the game and the Chapter 5 save file works fine? Maybe it is something to do with the EasyRpg player?

It doesn't matter too much. The reasons Chapter 5 is separate from the others are

1. some people, e.g. my Indonesian Let's Player raikenjenova, have been playing the game episode by episode, so it gives them a quick way into Chapter 5
and
2. Chapter 5 is a bit different from the others and could work as a kind of standalone.

Don't worry though. If you can play from the start and keep going you will get to chapter 5 in about 7 hours or so.
wow fast reply!
i had a typo i mean it's "impressively". (it doesn't matter).
what matter is... i'm really sorry for giving you a trouble mr. Faenon. you're really a very good person. thanks much for the tips. off course i'll continue play this.

God. i'm so ashamed. i even don't have a computer. T_T.. since i just new to this rpg maker world. and only using an android app to play (easyrpg player).
i can't expect too much when playing rm2k/2k3 games. still got bug here & there.

your game is very cool. ( and dark).
good luck!
and happy new year.
from East java , Indonesia.