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Announcement

Things are going slow...

...but they'll never stop!

Exams at the school, a new job that's consuming a lot of my time, have to give attention to my GF, and so many other things.

Things are going slow here but they are going at least.

I have another project that's very close to be finished, so, I think I'm going to work on it in my free times to finish it as soon as possible, so, all my free time will be dedicated to TOD. (so, so, so)

I hope you all understand and stay tuned because I'll post my other project here on the next few days. I hope you like zombies. And Resident Evil. And Silent Hill. And... a screen:


Game Design

Introducing: The Party Menu

Now we have 7 playable characters in The Orchid's Dream. I was planning to fix the party with pre-determined members but I've found this amazing script made by Yanfly. You can get the details here: http://yanflychannel.wordpress.com/rmvxa/core-scripts/party-system/

What it does?
- Allows you to rearange the party members as you wish;
- Adds the option to have a locked and a required party member;
- Beautiful look :)

Let's see how it works:


- The RED ''FORBIDDEN'' ICON means that the specific character is locked and cannot be removed from party, neither change it's position.

- The GREEN ''CHECKED'' ICON means that the specific character is required at the current situation, and without him in the party you cannot finish the selection to exit the screen.

This feature will NOT be available the entire time; the party command will be called at certain points, so, you'll have to make your decision right away!

Hope you guys like it.

Announcement

Here Comes a New Character!


"My journey chasing the truth has just began."

Bo-Zhao is the last survivor of an ancient tribe of Pandas, the Pandaura - creatures capable of speak the common language and with powerfull battle abilities. Some say that the Pandaurians life expectative is between 180 ~ 200 years.

In the past, Pandaura was destroyed by the fearful Scarlet Dragon, by reasons unknown. The oldest member of Pandaura, known as "The Leader", was able to supress the Scarlet Dragon's power into a stone, but it was too late. Pandaura was totally destroyed and the ones who survived the attack died some time later - including "The Leader" - due to a disease spread by the Dragon.

Somehow, Bo-Zhao's family - mother, father and two brothers - was not infected with the disease. They fled to a deserted island in the Eastern Continent and lived there, for many years.

Then, suddenly, Bo-Zhao's parents died from the same disease that killed the Pandaurians in the past. Also, a few days later, his two brothers died too. Bo-Zhao gave up and waited, guessing that his death was close too.

But the death didn't came. He waited for 2 years, and never had a single symptom of the disease.

So, he decided to leave his home to explore the World, becoming a Nomad, trying to find any other Pandaurian survivor like him - and hoping to find an answer for the Scarlet Dragon's attack.

Bo-Zhao's weapon is a Axe, that he used for many years to work with his family.

He uses his SURVIVE abilities to take advantage over his enemies in battle. As a Nomad, Bo-Zhao had to learn how to survive alone, so, his skills only have effects over himself and his enemies. His skills are mostly defensive, making him almost immune to physical attacks. He also can cure negative status of himself. Offensively, Bo-Zhao is pretty average, none of his skills cause Magic damage and he doesn't use MP to use his abilities, only TP.

Progress Report

Back to Action!

I'm really sorry. I really am.

Lots of things happened in the past few months and I couldn't had the time to keep working on Orchid's Dream, but I NEVER, not even once, thought about leaving this project.

I came back, with lots of new things to add to the game!

Stay tuned for more screenshots, news and a 4 hour gameplay demo!

Announcement

Bad Times

Recently I've lost someone very important. I'm pretty shocked about this yet and that's why I couldn't come up with new contents and updates. I'm sorry.

I'll not abandon this project, I just need some time to reorganize my mind and my life.

I hope I can get back to work on The Orchid's Dream as soon as I can.

See you guys soon.

Miscellaneous

The Orchid's Secrets

From now on I'll be posting about some secrets in the game. This is the first one and you can do it on the current demo version.

The Yogo South Beach

In the village of Yogo, if you talk to this man he'll give you a hint about a beach where you can find pearls.


If you go straight to the south when you leave Yogo by the southern exit, you'll eventually enter a beach. In this place you can talk to the wandering man and he'll say that he's looking for a Sand Worm, a rare monster that appears only at some circumstances.

Let's go to the interesting facts about this place.

- There are three spots where you can find pearls in the water.
- The three spots have different chances of spawning a pearl.
- The spot with the higher chance is 16%.
- If you don't find a pearl you'll find nothing or a seashell.
- The Sand Worm is actually hidden at the sand in this area.
- Initially, you have 1% of chance to make the Sand Worm to appear.
- This percentage will rise according to the amount of pearls you have with you (not implemented in the demo)
- You don't have to do much to make the Sand Worm to appear, if you are lucky enough you'll enter the beach and will see him.
- If defeated, the Sand Worm have 100% of chance to drop a RARE METAL and will count as one defeated rare monster (defeating rare monsters will give you bonus items and access to more rare monsters).



So, this is it. It's just the first of all the "secret" things you'll find in the game.

Announcement

Good News for the Future

Things are going slowly. The college started again, so, I can't dedicate myself to the game as I was before BUT it is going. I have all the story and things ready, I just have to make them happen in the game. It's just a matter of time to the game to be fully completed.

The good news for the future is that all the story that I have in mind is too much for a single game. Really. So, in a near future, you guys can wait for The Orchid's Dream sequence, that I named "The Orchid's Nightmare".

It is just a concept by now, I can't tell you much about it but a sequence is needed if I want to make this story my greatest piece. What I can tell you by now is that The Orchid's Nightmare's story will begin two years after the final events of the first game and some known faces will be back to action.

Stay tuned.

Miscellaneous

Meet the Characters: Emi


Emiko Yoshia is her name. Blind since she was nine due to a serious illness, Emi did not wanted to live a simple and limited life: she fled with a powerful witch and accepted to be her apprentice. It was absurdly difficult to learn magic without the gift of reading, but after many years of a hard training Emi became more powerful than her master and some people started to call her "Emi, the Goddess". Do not be fooled by her serene face: because of her study on the dark magics, Emi developed a neutral tending to a chaotic personality. Emi also developed a incredible ability to "see" by just concentrating her mind and synchronizing her smell and hearing senses. Emi and Jubei meet for the first time on the frozen Karashiza Lands, at the East Continent. They were seeking for the same thing and only one were available. Who'll keep the object? Will Jubei be stupid enough to underestimate Emi's powers? The truth about her is far to be known.

Miscellaneous

Quick Quest Tutorial

Hooya!

This is a quick guide for the Quest System of The Orhid's Dream! Its concept is pretty much similar to the hunting system of FF XII, but in The Orchid's Dream you'll chase more interesting things than only monsters!

1) First of all you need to read the request in the REQUEST PANEL located in some cities and villages. You have to complete (complete or fail) all the requests of the current page of the panel to gain access to more requests.



2) It'll show you a brief explanation of the request, the level of difficulty, who posted the request and where the petitioner is located.



3) After reading the request you must find the petitioner to accept the request formally. He will give you all the details about the request.



4) After talking to the petitioner the quest is automatically accepted. You can view the details about it on the QUEST command in the menu. Quests marked in GREEN are completed quests.



5) If you talk again to the petitioner you can review some useful information or cancel the request. REMEMBER: if you cancel a request you'll NEVER be able to try it again.


6)After meeting all the conditions to complete the request you have to speak again with the petitioner to receive your reward and officially complete the request.


Well, that's it for now, I hope you liked it and complete all the quests of the game!

Progress Report

Quest Updates

Hey there!



Just updating to let you guys know that I'm taking a break on making the main story to add more quests!

Stay tuned 'cause there's more to come!
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