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DISCLAIMER: THIS GAME IS COMPLETELY FREE TO PLAY AND NOT TO BE SOLD, BORROWED, OR MODIFIED ANYWHERE OR FROM ANYONE!!






SYNOPSIS:

Estes was just fourteen years old and dealing with the loss of his father when The Calamity occurred. Objects of unknown origin had struck near Ignarosa, the capital of Autenon, with the force so great the dust blotted the sky out and led to three months of freezing and unrelenting snow. People died of cold and starvation, and only a few isolated enclaves lived to see the Months of Blizzard end as suddenly as they started. During this time, many plants and animals were also decimated or driven to extinction. In their place, new and dangerous creatures to fill the void, many with a mysterious link to The Calamity itself...

Ten years later, Estes and his friend Nikolai are sent out from their home town of Jupa to make contact with survivors further north, and learn what they know of Calamity. Estes also hopes to see Makal, his formerly beautiful birthplace, while Nikolai is searching for the man who betrayed his father. Their journey will take them halfway across the barren lands of Autenon and grow more complex than anyone had imagined...



Winner of 4 Misao awards, 2021:
"Eye Candy" Award

The "How Did They Do That?" Award

Star Stealing Prince Award

Most Promising Demo Award



Nominated for 9 Misao awards, 2021:
Best Game Profile Award

Summoner of Sounds Award

Excellence in Narrative Award

Not Dead Yet Award

Game of the Year Award




FEATURES:

- Completely fleshed out Custom Menu System w/upgradable gear, custom character stat modifier, current objective, optional quests, enemy intel, ammunition and explosives crafting, and much more -





- Heavily modified DBS (CTB) with entirely animated monsters, a unique limit break system, and thoroughly thought out battles that require strategic thinking-





- Heavy immersion, explorable objects and locations -




- A rich soundtrack with original and modified scores -




Latest Blog

Hiatus & Plans

Hello all, for anyone not aware, I have been working closely alongside Blind on his game Beloved Rapture, an awesome SNES inspired game in the works planned to release very soon! This has unfortunately taken much of my time away from working on Nihilo, but on a positive note has also made me reconsider the future of the game!

Beloved Rapture is a commercial project made in Rm2k3 v1.12 modified heavily with BigShan's Maniacs Patch. We've been able to achieve so many things using this patch that break the boundaries of the engine including modifying the battle system's UI and fully animating enemies, easily and conveniently putting together a modern style CMS, and converting the project to a 16:9 ratio. Widescreen support for a 2k3 game, who would've thought? It's barely recognizable as a game created in 2k3 anymore.

All of this work has made me realize the desire I have to take Nihilo to that next level and put that passion into a game that can be commercialized as well, whether it be using 2k3 or another engine entirely! (We'll cross that bridge when we get to it)

Long story short, Nihilo is currently on hiatus until we wrap up with Beloved Rapture, but once that's done, expect some very exciting news! I hope I can garner enough attention for Nihilo to start a Kickstarter and raise enough funds to hire a really great team!

Stick around for more updates and please let me know your feelings here on the topic as well.

-Giz

P.S.
Go check out Beloved Rapture and wishlist it on Steam now!
Blind has been pouring his heart and soul into this project since before 2007 and his vision is finally coming to fruition! Not to mention the sleepless nights of work I've put into it as well! ;)
https://store.steampowered.com/app/2017620/Beloved_Rapture/

Posts

charblar: Thought this was using some obscure game engine for a second since I didn't know about the new RM2k3 icon haha it's looking great still though keep up the good work!

Yeah, I was confused there for a little while as well.
Thanks for the support!


Koopa: Dude, I'm loving that bit of the story, color me interested on the Calamity. I love the way you set that up, it makes it beyond intriguing to find out what exactly happened in the game.

Can't wait to see more of what you have in store! :)

Thanks duder!
As for Lakria Legends, the feeling is mutual.
Can't wait for your next release.


kentona: Dem web 2.0 links
Just trying to attract as much attention to this game from as many social media plugins as I can, lulz.
Unfortunately there isn't a huge following for RM2k3 games anymore.
Hopefully this new official RM2k3 release will spark some interest. :)

Regardless, I'm glad to have you even acknowledge my page, and hope you will give the demo a shot when it's released in the near future, Kentona.
Cap_H
DIGITAL IDENTITY CRISIS
6625
I bumbed in to this some time ago, wowing above pictures and being sad as it looked that nihilo nihil est. So, I'm glad you're working on it.

author=Giznads
kentona: Dem web 2.0 links

Just trying to attract as much attention to this game from as many social media plugins as I can, lulz.
Unfortunately there isn't a huge following for RM2k3 games anymore.
Hopefully this new official RM2k3 release will spark some interest. :)

Regardless, I'm glad to have you even acknowledge my page, and hope you will give the demo a shot when it's released in the near future, Kentona.


You have twitter in your twitter feed, youtube in your media section, teen content (ranking?) is awkwardly huge and has distracting color palette. I would use a track from nihilo instead of soundcloud's icon. Gamejolt is useless as it gives you same or worse information as rmn. So only reasonable links are facebook and tumbrl (which u don't have there).

I bumbed in to this some time ago, wowing above pictures and being sad as it looked that nihilo nihil est. So, I'm glad you're working on it.


Thank you for the compliments.
I hope you'll stick around for the demo.

You have twitter in your twitter feed, youtube in your media section, teen content (ranking?) is awkwardly huge and has distracting color palette. I would use a track from nihilo instead of soundcloud's icon. Gamejolt is useless as it gives you same or worse information as rmn. So only reasonable links are facebook and tumbrl (which u don't have there).


Maybe it is too much, I dunno.
Chalk it up to personal taste.
Regardless, I can't believe this has even become a deal...
Just seems a bit silly.
I suppose I should work on making the page more minimal though.
What'll it hurt?

Also, my original idea was to put Nihilo's Soundcloud Playlist (the soundtrack) in place of the actual link, but that won't work for whatever reason...

Anywho, I appreciate the interest, I really do.
Thank you.
When will the demo for this b available
Hopefully very soon, within the next month or so. I've hammered out most of the ground work for the battle system, and that's what's been taking such a long time. There's already about a good 2 hours or more of game play programmed, I'm shooting for about 2 more for the demo release.
author=Darken
How game doin?


Well, long story short, both me and Giznads have important things going on in our lives, so it's on hiatus until we can give it the attention it deserves. Right now, neither of us wants to rush it to completion just to have something out there.
Welp, good luck my dude. Hope life stuff improves.
author=Darken
Welp, good luck my dude. Hope life stuff improves.


Thanks!
This looks great. Can't wait to try it.
Still gonna wait patiently on this, I know the time will come when it'll arise again man! :)
Giznads! Any updates on if this is moving forward? XD From what I remember playing, these aesthetic you had going was truly impressive.
author=KoopaKush
Still gonna wait patiently on this, I know the time will come when it'll arise again man! :)


author=Blindmind
Giznads! Any updates on if this is moving forward? XD From what I remember playing, these aesthetic you had going was truly impressive.


I haven't touched this in quite a while to be completely honest, guys.
I haven't even really been active here. :/
I come back from time to time, but I've been so out of it.
I'm just starting to get a little free time cleared from my schedule.

I plan to re-connect with NTC3 in the near future and start discussing plans for what we should ultimately do.
Thanks for your continued interest, Blind and Koopa.
InfectionFiles
the world ends in whatever my makerscore currently is
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What y'all did is still really awesome. And I hope there is more. Also, even if it takes time or maybe never continues I'll find solace in the fact that it's inspiring.

Best of luck guys!
author=InfectionFiles
What y'all did is still really awesome. And I hope there is more. Also, even if it takes time or maybe never continues I'll find solace in the fact that it's inspiring.

Best of luck guys!

Some new shit's been posted. :D
Back at it, my dude.
Subscribed =)
I hope the demo or complete game coming too
author=IllusioMan
Subscribed =)
I hope the demo or complete game coming too


Demo coming soon!
You did an amazing job with your game! There's so much attention to detail! It looks like a commercial game.
author=Aldu
You did an amazing job with your game! There's so much attention to detail! It looks like a commercial game.


Thank you so much, Aldu.
It's a completely free game! Can't wait for some feedback on the demo.
Stay posted!
This game looks absolutely marvelous! When do you plan on releasing it?