ESSENCEBLADE'S PROFILE

Created a character from a REFMAP base template style. This character is probably going to be a sub protagonist in my game.



Damn straight, she has a spear.

Of course in terms of side quest logic, I wouldn't create apocalyptic abilities or items. Simply persay, a "memory" take this as an example.

A person in your party is a bard. He never told you why he chose the way of a bard until you encounter it in person when you're in the past. You find out he chooses to become a bard because of his lost love. He and his love had an argument which then spiraled into them separating ways. To his digress, he sought to make up with her, only to find his love with another. He heard them conveying the words "The song of the lovebirds." and the two were playing harps in melody. In his sorrow, he began studying the basis and soul of music and its trend.

Now up until then, he hasn't thought to resolve his past and go in the endeavor, or even how his love met with another. As the party reaches the past, they discover the above story about their party bard.

This is where a series of cut-scenes and a "jigsaw" like convey commences. Allowing the player to his or herself fit the history events of a certain character together to their custom.

Obviously with the bard seeing the full concept of what was amidst, he feels slightly at ease (whether the ending be positive, or negative still) and visits the place wherein he saw his old lover.

Amongst it he writes a song into a cave wall about the Discovering a soothing truth.

Once the party return to that same area in present time, they read the same cave wall, and the bard obtains "A soothing memory". Which allows the bard to a new ability exclusively to them.

Or you could even use that Memory and visit a special temple or something which reforges it into a special Exclusive Harp or Flute, or something.

Nothing overpowering, while something worth doing, the best way for a justified side-quest. If the player gets some worthwhile information and something out of it as a nice momentum, that is a worthwhile side-quest.

author=Gourd_Clae
Um, sounds like a normal time travel game to me. Radiant Historia, Dark Cloud 2, and Chrono Trigger had pretty much what you described for the simple.
Same for elaborated. Though, I love time travel, so I'm not complaining. Just don't mess up your events by leaking things that shouldn't happen because you're dealing with time. Good to hear you were thinking about that. Good luck.

Funny thing is, I've played neither of them. It was just a thought. See I based my time travel on a major part of my story where I could really flesh out detail and meaning of it. Within that, it contains things like interesting discoveries about a certain characters classes. This is probably how I'm going to make the characters seem to have their story elaborated on, instead of random batches of text herein and hereout throughout the story. I thought experiencing it whilst in the atmosphere or the cutscene--and by that, I mean, area--will have a greater impact on the stories emotion sway.

I never really was a particular fan of characters having a past which you find out half way through the game, and the ONLY reason you know of this is because of cut-scenes and "flash backs". I though, why not experience this first hand?

Ah, that's rather easy, but you need to have some knowledge in terms of spriting and editing.

I assume the style you're trying to attempt is using the characters that you use on the map in battle too.

Tell me, what image editing system do you use? Character Maker? I can give you a tutorial via PM because this'll take awhile.

My fear is probably being trapped in a tiny room or barrel with nowhere to move. I hate cramped spaces so much. But I'm not claustrophobic.