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Nora's Tale is an oldschool action/adventure game developed on RPG Maker VX Ace. It features four dungeons with various puzzles to solve and bosses to beat. Combat is action based rather than the turn based combat that rpg maker games usually feature.
Nora's Tale also features 100% custom graphics. Tilesets, sprites and effects are all handmade by the developer.

Story:
The kingdom of Alyon is celebrating its harvest festival. But just when the festival was about to reach its peak, the evil Mirror Queen steals the king's scepter, the most powerful magical artifact in the world.
To retrieve it, Nora has to set out to get the Spirit Blade, the only weapon that can kill the Mirror Queen.

Features:
-Retro GBC-style graphics
-Unique action combat
-Four challenging dungeons
-Full controller support

Latest Blog

Nora's Tale Version 1.4 Changelog

-Fixed a bug where the player was unable to progress if he died at a certain point in the Clockwork Citadel.
-Fixed a bug where item drops would not disappear when a player left the area.
-Fixed a bug where the player character froze if he received damage while using the hookshot.
-Fixed a bug where a certain button in the Frigid Fortress could not be pressed by a statue.
-Fixed a bug where a certain enemy in the Corrupted Castle would not reset.
-Fixed a bug where certain blocks in the Clockwork Citadel could not be pushed if the player left the room through the northern door.
-Fixed the puzzle in the Frigid Fortress Cave. The player can no longer get stuck here.
-Fixed text cut-offs during the intro scene.
-Bombs no longer block movement.
-Updated the books in the library to be more descriptive about the locations of certain items in the game.
  • Completed
  • TamFey
  • RPG Maker VX Ace
  • Action
  • 07/24/2015 12:03 PM
  • 05/08/2016 06:22 AM
  • 07/23/2015
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Linkis
Don't hate me cause I'm Cute :)
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:( Not sure what to do.
I've had 4 RGSS crashes.

Will there be an updated version or will all versions have the RGSS crashes??
pianotm
The TM is for Totally Magical.
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author=Linkis
:( Not sure what to do.
I've had 4 RGSS crashes.

Will there be an updated version or will all versions have the RGSS crashes??


VX Ace, depending on the version, has three possible dll files. The download from rpgmakerweb.com includes all three dll files. If that's not where you downloaded your RTP from, you might try it.
Linkis
Don't hate me cause I'm Cute :)
1025
Thank you pianotm, ON IT :)
I appear to have run into an issue. In the Clockwork Citadel, I seem to have switched on the spikes in the upper-left room in such a way that I can't toggle them back again, as the only switch is out of my reach. I don't know how to upload an image, but there are spikes in front of the door with a switch behind them, right? I placed a bomb on the switch, went to the right side of those spikes, and waited for the bomb to trigger. Now I appear to be stuck.

Tile-based action gameplay is also looking to be very clunky.

You also consistently misspell words like "powerful" and "protocol" to have two L's. Might want to fix that if you have time.

Edit: Destroying the upper-left pot in the Frigid Fortress room with the man who gives you a hint about the treasure in the cave crashes the game.

...Also why on Earth do you give an option to save at the end when that just effectively erases your save file?
I found the same bug today, after downloading the game yesterday.
author=xshobux
I encountered a bug in the second dungeon. In the room with the moving spikes and the two posts at the bottom, if you hookshot the pole in the middle from the top and not the side, the character gets stuck.
shayoko
We do not condone harassing other members by PM.
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Random thoughts
you can change your name but if you did it wouldn't be noras tale o.o

interesting start! very class zelda :D

how is the location of something unknown but people say it's >insert location here<!?
its not unknown then!

its a bit late to say someone has to stop here after she ran away o.o
how does this random priest know all this?
and more importantly a book in the library said she died.

you'd think the least the townsfolk could do is give you some starting money since you will be risking your life for their sake!

infinite bombs! i was expecting to need to buy them

the death screen could probably be improved.

its a shame the map shows you on the floor when you're not.


Thoughts 1h 44M
Starting with the bad. a few grammar improvements could be made,theres a few bugs that could crash the game or prevent you from continuing if you don't have back up saves.
also 2 rooms i experienced low frame rates.
the plot and characters are classic (empty) which is expected
besides that i enjoyed the experience.
which is fine in this case because the smooth gameplay is what you play this for.

of the zelda style games i have seen on a rpg maker engine this is by far the best! easy/quick to switch to the gear you want.
and good but not challenging what so ever enemies/bosses.
in that regard a improvement would be difficultys.
the current version would be easy

Overall
Fun game i recommend it.
Oh cool! Your game looks really fun!! I'm going to try it out!!!!~
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