DARK GAIA'S PROFILE

I develop games and I write. I have a Bachelor of Arts in creative writing and journalism. I like writing speculative fiction, horror and literary fiction, sometimes all blended together. You can find elements of my writing in my games, because I consider my games to be stories just that happen to have gameplay.

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Legionwood 2: Rise of th...
A sprawling J-RPG game and direct sequel to Legionwood: Tale of the Two Swords.

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Legionwood: Tale Of The Two Swords

Don't buy the essays guys, play Legionwood instead!

Craze's Let's Play! Topic

No, I mean the battles solely. It doesn't matter that it's my game - I tend to play RPGs defensively so when I test played my own game, I found it easy. I of course didn't have time to test out all the different possible character builds. This of course means it's been balanced based on my personal playing style, which is bad.

I'm not criticising Craze in any way... I'm just saying he should buy some more equipment - I've watched the videos and he actually didn't buy any in the two towns he's been to so far.

Craze's Let's Play! Topic

True... Craze's playing style differs greatly from mine... I'm a bit biased that way, in that the game (particularly the forest section) wasn't as deadly for me.

Legionwood: Tale Of The Two Swords

I checked the green switch and it was doing that because it uses the same switch from the Rift Monument instead of a new one. Just redownload and you'll be able to pass.

@Idida: Glad you're enjoying it! Not the best game sure, but I think it's decent.

Craze's Let's Play! Topic

Oh! I'll watch session 3 right now! Also, I've edited the dialogue you told me to and I'm uploading another minor update.

And D&D is a videogame... Baldur's Gate anyone? But I get your meaning. In all fairness I kind of had no idea what I was doing early on in Legionwood's development.

Also, might I ask why you have Legionwood listed as "completed"? Have you stopped playing it?

Please try not to be too upset by the dialogue. As I said, I'm rewriting it, but like you I have a life so it's taking a very long time so I'm forced to just release minor updates with dialogue intact in the meantime. I've got final exams in like a week.

Yes, the game does cater to stupid people. Believe it or not, one of my real life friends who tested it had no idea how to play an RPG and couldn't fight and kept getting lost and couldn't understand the story. When I was 16, I had a thing for trying to do overly dramatic writing, and you can see the results. Also, the game did originate on RRR.

Damn it, did I somehow get mixed up and continue working on an old version or not save changes? Grudge Holder is supposed to open with a move that kills you in the first turn. I should really make sure I save these things. Build 5 was supposed to have that change.

Hmm... The idea behind the "you read the waypost" comment is that it's meant to be something a DM would say. Kind of like in Fallout when messages pop up that say "you see..." or "you open the door" even though it's fairly obvious. Lazy eventing is why you can read the post from any direction. I swear you're nitpicking now, but it's helpful nonetheless.

I thought I killed that overlay. Checking... Damn, why the hell did I put two events to show it. Thus, I nuke only one and it remains. Stupid!

Pounding is a rather nasty move at the best of times... It hit Alexis so hard because she has low defense. You should have spent some AP on defense by now. Stupidly, I balance my enemies based on the strength of my party as I'm playing. I spent AP on defense. I might reduce the power of that move.

But... Why don't you actually buy armor and skills? No wonder your Defense sucks! When you get to the blacksmith, upgrade your armor! Buy Techs! /end mock rage

Seriously, if you're gonna rely on equipment you just find in chests, you won't have enough to go around. That equipment's mainly there if a.) spent money on skills and couldn't afford to upgrade anyone or b.) it's slightly better equipment you haven't been able to buy yet. Great job staying alive though! I seriously felt tense watching those battles.

An Undead dungeon's coming up and Crumble will be your best friend there. There's another in Chapter 3 and another in Chapter 4.

Tankentai sucks... Which is why the sequel doesn't use it.

I never encountered that lag though. No idea what that was.

I'll watch the rest of Session 3 tomorrow... I have some stuff to do right now.

P.S

Thought you all might like to know...

Why the character buffs are so expensive

I originally had them cost 3 SP each, but then I realised, that with me having spent all my AP on Thyrra's Intellect and Lann's Attack, a 25% stat boost was A LOT. Seriously, casting a single buff makes you overpowered in Legionwood. Think about it.

Legionwood: Tale Of The Two Swords

No, it's intentionally confusing. It's a reference to Lost. my favourite TV show.

Legionwood: Tale Of The Two Swords

I took L2 away until I'm ready to formally announce it again.

@antarctic:I'm not sure how, but maybe that switch is stuck? Also, some people are unable to leave Klaim, so I'm gonna have to reupload. No idea how those errors are occuring as I made no changes there.

Legionwood Build 5 (aka Craze's Build)

Hi everyone, I'm uploading a new version.

EDIT: Okay, what the hell!? I uploaded a file called "Legionwood Build 5" and the one I download from here is named "Legionwood Build 5_1"

Legionwood: Tale Of The Two Swords

I know how that feels. I'll upload a non RTP one, but it'll take a while to be accepted is all, and I can't do it now since I'm about to go out.

Legionwood: Tale Of The Two Swords

I suppose I could upload without the RTP, but it won't be available for a day or two.

@Pokemaniac: Yeah, I added that after the LT. Craze raised a valid point.