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Made for the SWAP IN THE MIDDLE WITH YOU Event

Story:
The Marquis Bachman is a nightstalker who has decided to take Reynards fiancee as his own. Reynard is on a mission to take her back and defeat Bachman. Joined by Carmelita, Michelle, and Blaine, they storm the keep. Will Carmelita keep her bloodlust in check? Will Reynard save his fiancee or will it be too late?

Characters:
Reynard Beaumonde: A famous nightstalker hunter whose family fights against the darkness.

Carmelita Chanticleer: The daughter of an undead lord and a human. Must suppress her dark impulses.

Michelle Belyn: A druid and marksman who has become a monster hunter.

Blaine Isegrim: A priest of the Order of Sypha who follows the path of light.


A turn based RPG, initially developed by Unity for the swap event, and finished by Ocean!

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  • 03/13/2016 07:17 PM
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Red_Nova
Sir Redd of Novus: He who made Prayer of the Faithless that one time, and that was pretty dang rad! :D
9192
Tried it twice. Put one enemy to sleep (and killed him in the same turn) and then restored all my allies' health by 50.

I'd rather win the game.
It also:
- restores MP
- does elemental full-party attacks
- restores bigger amounts for two random party members
- poison attack to all enemies (quite good, actually - her status effects hit quite well)
- various other bits~

Considering how easy the game was (as long as you don't eat the keys) using her turn for random was fun.
Ratty524
The 524 is for 524 Stone Crabs
12986
Carmelita wins over Michelle, or any character.
Well of course she does. She's Carmelita. There's no argument there~


I'm just sayin', though, that Michelle isn't that bad a character. I mean, she killed Dracula by throwing rocks at his face. That's gotta count for something~
Red_Nova
Sir Redd of Novus: He who made Prayer of the Faithless that one time, and that was pretty dang rad! :D
9192
Oh my god that's right you could eat the keys.

That should have triggered a unique ending per key.
I ate a key and all I got was locked out of half the castle... after I'd already beaten the boss. ;.;

Nah, I want a hidden stake that lets you just stab the guy before you battle. Like he's all "Welcome to my wedding, you're kinda ea-asdugahsldkhfa wtf?! You stabbed me?! On my wedding day!? WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU!? :dies:"

Of the four games I've played so far, this one was in my top three. X3
Ocean
Resident foodmonster
11991
Ahaha aww everyone wanted harder battles in the 2nd half... I am such a softie I should have just cranked it up and made em fierce instead of having you go "oh yay look how strong I've gotten :D" (note: I am bad at videogames)

Also, please do not eat the keys, you need the keys!
unity
You're magical to me.
12540
I like Michelle, and wouldn't remove her ;_;

I think if the heat really got turned up and enemies inflicted more status effects, you'd need her for the healing support. Maybe she would have been more interesting if I gave her more of a debuffing role. Though I guess her random skills could be more focused to a unified purpose. I still like the idea, though, and had fun with her.
I don't think the balance was too bad. I mean you could not just attack-spam battles because you'd die, so it had that going for it at least. Maybe just making the enemies a bit beefier or force you to not use certain skills on all enemies - like making some that would absorb dark attacks or be made stronger if you used June Mermaid so that you had to be a bit more involved than 'use party wipe attacks only'. I mean, keep some of that in of course, because you want to have party-wide attacks be useful, but also mix it up.

For example, an enemy could buff the other enemies but couldn't be touched until you remove it's own buffs - so you'd have it's allies dealing damage while it kept them alive with heals and buffs, but you'd need to find a way to get rid of it by mitigating it's own defences.

Honestly, I though Michelle was the more rounded of the group. Priest dude was the most boring, really. His whole shtick was 'heal and use that one damage attack'. She had a better range of skills that were useful in various ways. The random skill was fun to play with because you knew it was going to be a beneficial random, but not what it would be - and some of them were really useful.

There was also June Mermaid, of course, and the one that bound the enemy which was great to use against hard-hitting foes so that your group could focus on taking it out before they got hurt too much. It'd be neat to see, like, a high evasion monster that that spell would freeze in place (and remove the evasion bonus), allowing allies to kill it. Little things like that to capitalise on the skills that were given and making them useful by making them necessary.

Like, the Priest's skill that beefed up his defences I used once, I think. I'd have probably used it more often if it had been a whole party dealio - and it wouldn't have been too OP, either. Just slap on some more MP cost. I mean, compared to some of the ones that Carmelita and Hunter dude got, it was practically naff.

His whole skillset was a bit meh - the healing was fine for the start but was pretty eh towards the end when your HP was much higher (maybe add some % based heal to it as well, so that it scales up with your health), the damage attack one was again, good at the start but began falling off towards the end. The shield one was eh, and I never died so the revive skill was basically an empty slot (I mean, it's nice to have on hand just in case but, welp). And the last skill was a bit underwhelming too, especially at the level you got it.

^.^;
He's just kinda there, I guess, and it's like "Oh, okay he's here let's use this skill because it's all he's good for even though it's not doing as much damage as it used to when I first got it. It's a bit of damage I guess." vs the other skill groups that were varied and useful in certain ways. (Even Michelle's Forest Heal was better for healing amounts than his one... and her random heals were beast in comparison, too.)

Also, le random spell is le best spell behind rock-to-face. I appreciate magical grab-bag shenanigans as long as you have other things to fall back on.
unity
You're magical to me.
12540
Red_Nova
Sir Redd of Novus: He who made Prayer of the Faithless that one time, and that was pretty dang rad! :D
9192
Just to clarify, I was talking more from a story and characterization perspective than a gameplay perspective when criticizing Michelle. She was great as a party member.

EDIT: Also, where did you go to find music for this game? Did you just type in "Castlevania-like music" or something?
unity
You're magical to me.
12540
Oh, cool! ^_^

As for music, I went to Jamendo and looked through a lot of gothic-sounding stuff ^_^
Red_Nova
Sir Redd of Novus: He who made Prayer of the Faithless that one time, and that was pretty dang rad! :D
9192
Awesome, thanks! I've been using Steam's add-on's for way too long, so it's definitely time to branch out.
shayoko
We do not condone harassing other members by PM.
515
random thoughts
i don't like reynard. racist and mean :(

we start off with some levels!? :D

reynard constantly loses life when moving outside of battle and he isn't poisoned or bleeding (or any other status effect)
and i am not talking over damaging tiles
i noticed this while in the castle

i thought she was going to say she was pregnant and then BAM!


General 30M
As i dont care for pointless battles. this was a boring experience.
the bets part of this was the mapping. i have no complaints in that area.

Overall
did not enjoy
Frogge
I wanna marry ALL the boys!! And Donna is a meanc
18995
author=shayoko
reynard constantly loses life when moving outside of battle and he isn't poisoned or bleeding (or any other status effect)
and i am not talking over damaging tiles
i noticed this while in the castle

This is probably because you equipped an accessory. It greatly increases Reynard's stats but it gives you HP Degen.
Dragnfly
Beta testers!? No, this game needs a goddamn exorcist!
1786
Just played it.
It was enjoyable enough for a short little event game. I'm a colossal fan of the whole vampire slayer setting so of course I loved the Castlevania nods.

I'd say the highest point was the music. The maps weren't bad either. ... wait, I forgot my absolute favourite thing! That battle transition. Man, that thing rules!

I noticed some funky things, mainly with the inventory.
Blood Armour:
"For Carmelita" but Reynard can use it.
A few armours say "For Reynold". Name changed during development? I feel you. I did the dumb thing of swapping two of my characters' names. I'm 100% sure I've fixed it all in the script but god did that ever take forever to weed them out even with a triple find/replace.

Not a bug, just a note about making cutscenes more involved - In the intro I would've had the middle window closed and then changed it to open when Bachman arrived.

All in all for an event game it was enjoyable. I also feel the 2nd half was really lacking compared to the first but I feel an imbalance in design is kind of a trait of the event. Making a final product that's still enjoyable despite two developers working blind.

(If you want more comedic Castlevania experiences I can recommend a fan game called Castlevania NKN. It's hilarious. BLOODY hilarious!)
Linkis
Don't hate me cause I'm Cute :)
1025
Well now I can say this.....I LOVED THIS GAME :)

Really, I can't get over how much I enjoyed playing this game.

Thank you uni and Ocean for a fun time.
Ratty524
The 524 is for 524 Stone Crabs
12986
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