EIKE'S PROFILE

I'm trying to track down a sprite sheet with lots of bows on it. The ones you see slapped onto expertly edited onto sprites here are from the sheet, and they're all pretty much the same kind of size and style as these, IIRC.

I really like the style, and would like to try and find it again, would anyone have seen this sprite sheet around, or hopefully have a copy? I can't find it anywhere, I didn't really give myself the credit to search past the first few pages of google images 'bow sprites', so I'm kinda stumped now.

Chapter 1 (Demo)

Hi, I'm Eike. This is Universal Language, a little game I've been working on with RPG Maker 2000 from September 2007, transplanted onto RPG Maker 2003 some time after that. Loving that sexy side-on battle system. The entire Chapter 1 is now complete, and is to be published as a demo. I have been working it on a while, and this demo is a good few hours long.

Synopsis

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In the years 303-304, the continent of Mellynd was torn apart by what is now known as the Great War â€" the country of Leyland fighting against the invading Orville, and their ally, Edgos. Eventually, Leyland absorbed a small nation, Kilnan, and, after the succession of a new leader, Edgos defected, allowing Orville to be defeated by Leyland and its new allies.

Now, eight years later, in the Leylandian industrial town of Fenheim, bright eighteen-year-old Amos Hardie attends the prestigious University of Fenheim. As one of the only grammar school boys there, he is finding it a less than enjoyable experience, and his only friends at the university are the other Fenheim resident, Eugene, and shy posh lad Lester. Having moved in with Amos and Eugene in town, Lester must now meet Amos' blue-collar friends, including saturnine Lawrence, tomboyish Isabel, self-assured Thomas, and childhood-friend-turned-moronic-bitch Elvira. However, a bloody revolution in Edgos will change the lives of Amos and friends beyond recognition, and spell ill-fortune for all three nations.

Meanwhile, Edgosian secret policeman Mark, recovering from a severe bout of insanity, tries his best to flee the country under its revolutionary regime, and young Leylandian lordling Cyril Avenbury takes a visit that doesn't quite go as planned to one of his father's political allies in the countryside.

Screenshots

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Features

• Universal Language takes place in a historical hodgepodge vaguely tongue-in-cheek world inspired very much by 19th Century England (through most of chapter 1 - you do travel to the bordering countries more later), with elements of both classic fantasy RPGs and modern values woven in.
  A traditional RPG using RM2K3's DBS.
  The idea of magic-like abilities only features minimally, in the ‘steamglove' skills in battles, and other than that, the story is largely reliant on human conflict, and not ancient magical demons and the like.
  Inspired more by classic RM2K games, such as Legion Saga and Three The Hard Way, than more recent RPG Maker games â€" evident in the lack of graphical consistency in the screenshots. However, outside of this intentional nostalgic ‘scrapbook' effect, I strive for professionalism, in a hopefully endearing game world that will remind you of the RM2K games of old. … the good ones, hopefully.
  Only slightly evident in the demo, the game will follow the ‘Suikoden' formula of recruitable characters, as well as an occasional duel system, with one appearance in Chapter 1.
  A feature of RM2K3 not many games seem to employ â€" rearrange your party as you choose, and control any member of your party whilst exploring.
  This game was created by a borderline obsessive! If you're into speaking to bookcases and objects, meticulous spelling and grammar, and plot consistency, then you're in luck!