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Eight imperfect heroes.

One terrible threat from the past.

This time, it's personal.



In the land of Radia, eight heroes — each from a different province — join together to repel a horrific enemy: the Gyth. These demonic entities are ruthless and mysterious; so dangerous, in fact, that they were sealed away to a void between dimensions nearly two decades ago.

There is something different about this band of heroes: they are each imperfect in their own way. They are burnouts, thieves, unknowns — people would not typically hold the fate of the world in their hands. They must be brought together by the King as a last-ditch attempt to defeat the Gyth. Metaphorically speaking, the King's radiant chains — his uncanny ability to search all over his kingdom to find the next legends — are what will bring these flawed souls together to fight this threat.


Each of these would-be heroes will have a personal stake.






The first eight chapters will be made by different developers chain game-style, and we'll go from there. Deckiller will most likely wrap it all up once all of the chapters have been created. The regions from the first chapters will be revisited and expanded later in the game by other developers; each chapter will thus contain plenty of nooks and crannies to revisit later!

We're using Zelda as a major inspiration this time around: there will be lots of dungeons with puzzles, as well as special items that unlock new/secret areas and plenty of optional content! See that giant boulder blocking a path to a new area in the forest? Clear the first dungeon to gain access to it! Can't find a rope to climb that cliff? Perhaps you'll have to revisit that area later in the game...

We're using Yanfly scripts to help spice up battles. Indeed, we're going for a quality game here, one that emphasizes exploration, continuity, and fun! It's a little more serious than the last chain game, and we're being more strict about things, but hopefully the results will speak for themselves.

If you are a reasonably experienced developer who wants to take part in a serious (but fun) chain game, then look no further! Like we said, we're being strict on continuity and there's a battle system in place, but you'll have a ton (ton!) of room to be creative with your areas, story progressions, sidequests, etc. We want people to create payoffs for what previous chapters set up in terms of story/level design/items, and we want you to set things up for future chapters as well!

The Radiant Chain Wiki

Chapter Outline:

To be decided.


Latest Blog

Restoring this for history's sake.

It's part of the history of the site, so we might as well keep it public. And who knows? Maybe someday a bunch of us can pick it up again. A few attempts have been made, but nothing really gained much traction. I really enjoyed the world we were setting up, so who knows what the future will bring?

As for me, most of my focus has been on Legion Saga DX and some other stuff, so I've barely even thought of old relics like this one. 'Tis a pity.

Either way, I hope you enjoy the first chapter if you do get around to playing it.

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Decky
I'm a dog pirate
19645
Thanks for the CSS :D

Also, I started a video playthrough of the first chapter but my laptop overheated ;w; if anyone could do one that would be awesome!
BurningTyger
Hm i Wonder if i can pul somethi goff here/
1289
hmm, if i grab the lite version will I still be able to work with what's here? I suppose it may be time to finally buy one of the new ones, but..
unity
You're magical to me.
12540
The first chapter is very well made and I'm looking forward to seeing where things go from here.

author=Dekiller
From Chapter 6 on, we'll be reserving chapters and stuff for users, and then can always pass it along if they don't want to make that chapter.

Just curious, what do you mean by "users" here?
author=unity
The first chapter is very well made and I'm looking forward to seeing where things go from here.

author=Dekiller
From Chapter 6 on, we'll be reserving chapters and stuff for users, and then can always pass it along if they don't want to make that chapter.


Just curious, what do you mean by "users" here?


Anyone can request to join the chain game by PM'ing either Deckiller, seacliff217, Archeia_Nessiah or I. It will be optimal if you create/provide a Skype username also, since that is our primary source of communication.
nhubi
Liberté, égalité, fraternité
11099
Just finished the first chapter and that was fun. I wanted to check do you just want bugs reported or are you looking for other errors as well? It's only that I ran across a couple of spelling/grammatical errors along the way.
Yes please, that would be fantastic, nhubi. But unfortunately things regarding Radiant Chain have been going very slow lately. I've had to drop out from producing Chapter 2 and the Skype channel has kind of gone silent since then. We can consider this under a slight state of postponement for now. Maybe we should mark it as "hiatus".
It's on hiatus? I thought Green was working on it and I'm just waiting on him.
nhubi
Liberté, égalité, fraternité
11099
author=thatbennyguy
Yes please, that would be fantastic, nhubi. But unfortunately things regarding Radiant Chain have been going very slow lately. I've had to drop out from producing Chapter 2 and the Skype channel has kind of gone silent since then. We can consider this under a slight state of postponement for now. Maybe we should mark it as "hiatus".


Marvellous.

The description for the Magic Pendant is "A special pendant with a Xana crystal that boosts magic capatabilities." That should be capabilities, since capatabilities isn't a word. Or perhaps you meant compatibilities which could work in the sentence, though that's a less likely choice.

After finishing Roth temple during the cut scene outside Richard's speech is missing a few words. He says,

"I was a fool. I live to serve the king, not to run responsibility."

I believe that should be "run from my responsibility."

Oh and please don't say this is on Hiatus, it's been fun and I want to collect all my Xana Shards!
unity
You're magical to me.
12540
After such a promising first chapter, I'm saddened to learn about the production troubles. Here's hoping that everything works out!
Decky
I'm a dog pirate
19645
Don't worry, I am too attached to these characters for this project to die :)
nhubi
Liberté, égalité, fraternité
11099
author=Deckiller
Don't worry, I am too attached to these characters for this project to die :)


Whew! That's good to know, the first chapter set up a great world view and dynamic, it would be a shame to lose all that potential.
I feel the same way about Dec, even if this project takes another year I feel it would be worth it.
cool, maybe someday I can make a game as cool as yours
Hey guys, my Skype is acting up and won't deliver my messages for some reason. Any other ways I can contact you? I mainly need to ask Deckiller and Benny a couple questions for debugging and sending chapter 2 tomorrow to be tested.
author=Greensburg
Hey guys, my Skype is acting up and won't deliver my messages for some reason. Any other ways I can contact you? I mainly need to ask Deckiller and Benny a couple questions for debugging and sending chapter 2 tomorrow to be tested.

You can IM them through this site.
Hey, I just finished chapter 1, it's great.
So, where's chapter 2? ETA please. Hope I don't have to wait tooooooo long.

It's a great beginning for hopefully great game, so don't make us wait too long, please.
We're just waiting for Chapter 3 to be merged with the main project then it's Ch4 next :D
Enjoying this game. I love the text and the graphics. Very easy to read and to look at. I wish more (most) games were this way.
For me, it is a pretty hard grind, which I usually dont mind. Even with the various bracelets etc the enemies seem a bit over powered.Obviously if an enemy has a weakness against say fire, you use an ice spell and so on but even so the spells you cast dont seem to take much from them unless you are lucky...once again even when equipped with appropriate bracelets...or is it necklaces? Anyway most of the time when the battle is over you need to run and heal.
I am in that first cave with all the rocks to push. So far the rock moving puzzles are interesting and make you think a bit and even reset a few times, but not aggravatingly so.
I dont REALLY have a complaint I guess but just wanted to throw in some feedback. I hope I am not going to be in this area for another two hours.
Linkis
Don't hate me cause I'm Cute :)
1025
he, he,he....ya gonna be there FOREVER :)

Gees, think I started this game 2-3 times and gave up cause of a puzzle...I'm terrible at puzzles :(

But gonna download it again :) and see how long I last this time :)
unity
You're magical to me.
12540
I see the status for this finally changed...Is this on indefinite hiatus?
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