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More like 'carbon'

Umm, this is my first review and I am quite nervous, so... Well.
I don't remember why I played Rubi, as I have the memory of a goldfish. But I probably was excited by the screenshots or something like this.

So, you're a girl, with power to communicate with fire spirits... You need to help melt the frozen spirits in the nearby spirit village. They were frozen by something evil... With a strong malice intent... That plans to destroy the world. I mean, no, it isn't. Play and you'll see for yourself. This game's the cutest!


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Consists both of ripped graphics (mostly Sword of Mana, but I believe some are from Seiken Densetsu 3. Still, all from the Mana series) and custom made graphics. While there is a nice quality overall, I can but say Ocean could have used his previous games' animations for the spells, etc. Especially the bandage; wich that used that obnoxious healing animation... Uh... You know what animation I'm talking about. Most rips are consistent and colorful, though. This is to be expected from such a short (development-wise) game! If ocean ever comes to update this game, I'm sure this could go up to 5 <3.
Overall, the sprites and maps are consistent, but a bit unpolished. Nothing harmful, though, didn't detract from my enjoyment.

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I really think Ocean has a passion for ABSes. This game can show his level of mastery in eventing. Such a small development game, for one of the most clever ABSes available in Rm2k/3! I played slaying all the enemies, so I didn't get an underlevel problem. I found ,yself very short on level, tough. My brother, who also played the game, ran from all battles, and the game became almost impossible... But hey, you've got no reason to run at all! Whjy would you? So my 2 complains are those:
ÂșThere is a bug at the first batlle (and the debug one too, but you aren't supposed to access that one, hehe.), wich messes up the spell menu. Really annoying, but... It's a 3 day demo. That's to be expected.
ÂșThe animation when you use up a life is the same as when you use a bandage. Take care or you mind blindly think you're being automatically healed, and end up with a sudden game over... Never happened to me, tough.
All in all, gameplay is balanced and addictive, well balanced stats and interesting spells (and an actuall barrier that HAS a purpose!), so.. Yeah awesome. <3


Not much to say, quite cliche, tough lighthearted and cute.


Great findings here! While Ocean didn't compose as in Paradise blue, he's taken the music from pretty unknown sources (at least to me) so... And the music is very nice! Also, the menu sounds are pretty much as effective as Star Ocean's menu sounds. Taht's a huge compliment ; I really love them. And they SCREAM Ocean to me, now.


Aaah... Although I said the story was cliche... The writing more than makes up for it. Fun and interesting dialogue, very fresh and nice. It gives a really light hearted, lovely feeling.

Last comments: I like this a lot.... Fun, lighthearted and amazing! Very simple and effective. A fun battle system, nice graphics, music... Just needs improvement. After all, it was made in three days! Overall, this is a very enjoyable game.
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*Explanation for the title: It is called Rubi, but it could be a diamond, if it received a little bit of polish and overall reworking by it's creator.

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InfectionFiles
the world ends in whatever my makerscore currently is
4622
Very cute set up Joseph!
And Rubi is a very cute game!
Ocean
Resident foodmonster
11991
Excellent, thanks for the review! :D Glad you enjoyed, and yeah hopefully I'll be able to fix the bugs/stuff later.
Yeah this game was pretty rad, especially given the time limitations. I really like those hearts! Very cute!
god i'm so stupid rubies are not made of carbon

and PINK RMN SO FITS THIS GAME

edit: also gosh skaflajkghalkjdfdfg my english was so terrible. It's still bad, just not as bad. LOL
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