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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/

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author=Giznads
Hmm, very odd.
I haven't heard this one yet. Did you move the exe outside of the folder it came in? This could cause problems with the game trying to auto save (there is an auto save just before the boss), and can also cause issues loading a save file.
i didn't. i just extracted the file and played it from there. i also installed both fonts that are inside the zip file if that helps.

the auto save usually works properly when i played, but there is always that error whenever i tried to load the save. i assumed it because the save doesn't work properly (there isn't anything written in the save file)
here's how it looks after you saved manually: https://imgur.com/a/8txbPiq
author=aquatorrent
author=Giznads
Hmm, very odd.
I haven't heard this one yet. Did you move the exe outside of the folder it came in? This could cause problems with the game trying to auto save (there is an auto save just before the boss), and can also cause issues loading a save file.
i didn't. i just extracted the file and played it from there. i also installed both fonts that are inside the zip file if that helps.

the auto save usually works properly when i played, but there is always that error whenever i tried to load the save. i assumed it because the save doesn't work properly (there isn't anything written in the save file)
here's how it looks after you saved manually: https://imgur.com/a/8txbPiq


That is so odd, definitely not working right.
So let me make sure I got this straight. You extracted the Nihilo "Folder" from the zip file, and you're opening the exe file from within that folder, right?
author=aquatorrent
Yeah, that's what i did.

Okay, I'll give the current version a download and see if I can duplicate the issue.
I'll shoot you a PM.
author=Giznads
author=aquatorrent
author=Giznads
Hmm, very odd.
I haven't heard this one yet. Did you move the exe outside of the folder it came in? This could cause problems with the game trying to auto save (there is an auto save just before the boss), and can also cause issues loading a save file.
i didn't. i just extracted the file and played it from there. i also installed both fonts that are inside the zip file if that helps.

the auto save usually works properly when i played, but there is always that error whenever i tried to load the save. i assumed it because the save doesn't work properly (there isn't anything written in the save file)
here's how it looks after you saved manually: https://imgur.com/a/8txbPiq
That is so odd, definitely not working right.
So let me make sure I got this straight. You extracted the Nihilo "Folder" from the zip file, and you're opening the exe file from within that folder, right?


I've been running into a similar problem too - I've saved right after gaining control and before the first fight, went to reload, and the game crashed on me multiple times on both saves. Also had a text box issue in the first fight that crashed the game - and this was all after downloading and extracting the exe straight outta the file

I'm at a loss to why cuz it wasn't giving me issues on previous builds.
author=Punk_Kricket
I've been running into a similar problem too - I've saved right after gaining control and before the first fight, went to reload, and the game crashed on me multiple times on both saves. Also had a text box issue in the first fight that crashed the game - and this was all after downloading and extracting the exe straight outta the file

I'm at a loss to why cuz it wasn't giving me issues on previous builds.


Hmm! Downloading this version now to see if I can figure it out.
author=Giznads
author=Punk_Kricket
I've been running into a similar problem too - I've saved right after gaining control and before the first fight, went to reload, and the game crashed on me multiple times on both saves. Also had a text box issue in the first fight that crashed the game - and this was all after downloading and extracting the exe straight outta the file

I'm at a loss to why cuz it wasn't giving me issues on previous builds.
Hmm! Downloading this version now to see if I can figure it out.


I downloaded the latest version on the site and I'm not getting that issue.
I THINK there was a problem with the previous version where the "Auto-Save" feature was overwriting the manual saves, but I corrected that.

https://rpgmaker.net/games/5796/downloads/11865/
Make sure this is the version you have and give that a whack, please!
Thanks for reporting the problem, and let me know if that solves the issue.
author=Dyhalto
Hiatus?
What gives?


Thanks for checking in!
Blog posted:
https://rpgmaker.net/games/5796/blog/24850/
halibabica
RMN's Official Reviewmonger
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First part of my playthrough is premiering:

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