Inspiration and Credit
Much of this game was inspired by the Phantasia series created by J-Man so a lot of the credit goes to him for different resources such as sprites, tilesets etc. The story is original (except for the space colony at the beginning) and the gameplay will be like rpg 2003's typical battle system except for a few things I've learned from the Phantasia series.

Story
The story begins on a space colony with a 17 year old boy named Raan and his brother Viyn. Their peaceful lives are completely changed however when they are suddenly attacked by a force from their own past. The story will then pan out from this point when the two, along with their new companion Athas, land on the world of Telia below what was the space colony.

Gameplay
The gameplay such as the battle system is pretty much the same as the typical rpg 2003 system. The only real difference is that characters will actually move when performing skills the same as in J-Man's Phantasia. All the charsets, battle animations and tilesets are taken from or based off of the Phantasia series (credit goes to J-Man). The player will come across 8 different characters through the story (details below). The player will be able to change the name of each character upon meeting them if they so choose.

Characters

Raan Yaegar:

Age: 17
Hair Colour: Red/Brown
Eye Colour: Brown
Weapon: Broadsword
Armour: Heavy
Description: Raan is the main protagonist of the game. He is quite jolly but very serious when anyone threatens his friends or his brother. His older brother is Viyn Yaegar. He is an all-rounded warrior that uses broadswords in battle. He has some measure of skill in magic demonstrated by his Rising Nova ability.

Viyn Yaegar:

Age: 19
Hair Colour: Blonde
Eye Colour: Blue
Weapon: Longsword
Armour: Heavy
Description: Viyn is the deuratagonist of the game. He is usually very serious because he has to look out for Raan a lot of the time. But he does have a jolly side to him. His younger brother is Raan Yaegar. He is a very fast warrior and is very skilled in Sword Arts.

Athas Gravon:

Age: 21
Hair Colour: Silver
Eye Colour: Blue
Weapon: Battleaxe
Armour: Heavy
Description: Athas is the tritagonist of the game. He was a mercenary hired to help destroy the space colony that Raan and Viyn lived on. After he found out that all of the people would be killed, he abandoned his employer and bumped into Raan and Viyn. He has been friends with them ever since. He is quite carefree in any situation except where the lives of his friends are in danger. He is a big damage dealer as he uses large battleaxes in battle and is quite agile.

Fauna Oraanis:

Age: 21
Hair Colour: Black
Eye Colour: Brown
Weapon: Smallsword
Armour: Light
Description: Fauna is the first character that the trio meet on Telia. She can prove very useful as she is incredibly fast and her attacks can leave some enemies stunned. She is a very serious character that doesn't usually reveal anything about her personal life to anyone. This changed however, when she met Raan, Viyn and Athas. She has a friendly rivalry with Athas in fighting skills and drinking.

Dawn Silvan:

Age: 17
Hair Colour: Pink
Eye Colour: Blue
Weapon: Stave
Armour: Light
Description: Dawn is a young White Mage that meets the group after being rescued by them. She is the group's healer and as such is an invaluable ally. She is very upbeat and carefree about most things. She will even mess around during battle. However if her friends are hurt, she will not hesitate to rush in and help out.

Lore Razin:

Age: 21
Hair Colour: Blonde
Eye Colour: Blue
Weapon: Greatsword
Armour: Heavy
Description: Lore is a mysterious crusader that the group encounters several times in their journey. He is hostile to the player at the beginning of the game. But as the story progresses he warms to the group and becomes good friends with them, Raan in particular. He is the most stubborn and serious member of the group. Rarely does he find anything funny as he has memories from his past that haunt him. He is the largest damage dealer in the group as he uses huge claymores and greatswords. He has a very cautious and hesitant attitude towards most people.

Edge:

Age: 24
Hair Colour: Brown
Eye Colour: Brown
Weapon: Dual Swords
Armour: Light
Description: Edge is a very powerful and fast warrior that the group meets as an optional character. He has two swords, Requiem and Godslayer that add 250 damage each to his own attack. If obtained he becomes the highest damage dealer in place of Lore. This in addition to his speed makes him an invaluable member of the group. However Fauna is still the fastest member of the group if you recruit Edge. Not much is known about Edge. He roams the wilds of Telia searching for worthy opponents. The only man ever to be able to beat him is Raan. He joins the party as a further test to Raan's skill, but ends up becoming firm friends with the group.

Bane Arnte:

Age: 19
Hair Colour: Blue/Black
Eye Colour: Brown
Weapon: Longbow
Armour: Light
Description: Bane is the eighth and final character that the group meets. He is a young archer that hunts in the forests outside his village until it is burned down. He then meets Raan and company among the ruins of his burned village. He decides to join them on their journey as he has nowhere to go any more. He becomes quite a useful character as he is the main ranged character of the group. He is mostly jolly and upbeat but gets very depressed when he remembers his village.

Magic

The magic system is created from J-Man's Orb System in Phantasia 4. There several orbs in the game. The most common are:

Fire Orb
Ice Orb
Thunder Orb
Wind Orb

Summons

The Summons in the game use the exact same system as Magic. The Summons are:

Name: Ability:
Ifrit Hellfire
Shiva Diamond Dust
Bahamut Mega Flare
Bahamut Absolute Giga Flare
Alexander Judgement
Odin Zantetsuken

This game is still in early production. All the animations and characters have been completed I am now on the storyline and then this should be finished. The story as most of you know however is what takes the longest so this will be a long while before it's released.

Credit

For the:
Sprites,
Tilesets,
Animations,
Battle Animations
All credit goes to J-Man, developer of the Phantasia series

For the:
Summon Battle Animations
All credit goes to UPRC, developer of Final Fantasy: Blackmoon Prophecy

Music: Half credit goes to J-Man for Phantasia music
Half credit goes to Final Fantasy Shrine for Final Fantasy music

NOTICE:

I sincerely apologise for the very slow development of this project as I have been very busy of late, especially now being at college. And a lot of the time when i come to work on this project it isn't for very long periods of time. As a result I am not cancelling this project, but I am putting on a hiatus for now. Again I am very sorry, I hope to return to this project in more depth at some point but I don't have the time nor motivation right now. Again I apologise, all the best.