Project Charmers

A Charmer-based RPG? Seems interesting. I'd like to pitch a few ideas to the RPG, though they're subject to change.

Moving back to the world idea, I think that using Field Spells would work as different parts of the world, though if they're not used for that, maybe the Field Spells could be used in a battle, such as Yami, giving Spellcasters increased attack.

As for towns, cities, ect. There could be both shops (Weapons, spells, items, armor, ect.) and bystanders, which you could talk to for game information and stuff. (Possibly to trade items too.) When you buy spells (Which could be spells and trap cards.) you could use them in battle, such as buying Gift of the Mystical Elf, which could heal you in battle, or Oozaki, to deal damage to your opponent. Or from the armor store, you could buy equip spells, (Lightning Blade, Core blaster, ect) But some that are only for certain cards, could only be used for the respective cards that are allowed to use it, like Morphtronic Rusty Engine, only being used by Morphtronics.

Now to the gameplay. Going by the pictures, it seems to have the style of Harvest Moon, or something along those lines. I personally think that a game like this would work well as a strategy game, assuming that the kind of game hasn't already been chosen.

Another idea I have, is being able to use other monsters in battle. I haven't really thought about it much, also leaving it as a flexible option. Anyway, those are my ideas towards the game. Hopefully they're of some use.

Kappa Tulen wrote:

Wow, this sure is Interesting.

If possible, I would like to help with this, but I'm an amateur at this kind of stuff, and dunno how much I can help.

At the very least, I guess I try giving some game title. Sorry if it is bad.

Charm of Element; Chronicle of the Six Element (Or four if Dharc and Lyna isn't counted)

It's okay, Kappa ^^ Any suggestion or opinion about this project will be a great help, and I really appreciate it ^^ So if there's anything you want to add in this project, something that you think will be interesting and can improve this game, feel free to suggest it! XD

And there are two people here that suggested "Chronicles" for the game title XDDD Chronicles of the Six Elements sounds good too. What do you think, guys?

Kyokochan666 wrote:

A Charmer-based RPG? Seems interesting. I'd like to pitch a few ideas to the RPG, though they're subject to change.

Moving back to the world idea, I think that using Field Spells would work as different parts of the world, though if they're not used for that, maybe the Field Spells could be used in a battle, such as Yami, giving Spellcasters increased attack.

As for towns, cities, ect. There could be both shops (Weapons, spells, items, armor, ect.) and bystanders, which you could talk to for game information and stuff. (Possibly to trade items too.) When you buy spells (Which could be spells and trap cards.) you could use them in battle, such as buying Gift of the Mystical Elf, which could heal you in battle, or Oozaki, to deal damage to your opponent. Or from the armor store, you could buy equip spells, (Lightning Blade, Core blaster, ect) But some that are only for certain cards, could only be used for the respective cards that are allowed to use it, like Morphtronic Rusty Engine, only being used by Morphtronics.

Yes, this already suggested by another member too, and I'm currently working on it XD

Kyokochan666 wrote:

Now to the gameplay. Going by the pictures, it seems to have the style of Harvest Moon, or something along those lines. I personally think that a game like this would work well as a strategy game, assuming that the kind of game hasn't already been chosen.

Err... that previous screenshots are just samples, actually XD;;; Can be changed anytime XD

But for a strategy game, hmm... Let's see if we can make it like that, maybe an ATB system could work. Thanks for the idea ^^

Kyokochan666 wrote:

Another idea I have, is being able to use other monsters in battle. I haven't really thought about it much, also leaving it as a flexible option. Anyway, those are my ideas towards the game. Hopefully they're of some use.

I'm currently working on this too ^^ Somehow the script doesn't want to work, so many bugs in it x__x

Thanks for contributing in this project!

I have a question. What about voice-acting? It would be awesome in my opinion.

DoomsdayDharc wrote:

I have a question. What about voice-acting? It would be awesome in my opinion.

Voice-acting... yup, awesome indeed. But I think it will be too much for a simple game like this ^^;;; And more important thing, I don't know which person I should hire to be a voice actor.... XD;;;

Maybe in another project XD Still, thanks for contributing, Dharc! ^^

Hmm, a fan-made RPG exclusive to the Charmers? Me gusta.
Have you planned up the plot yet in general? I kinda have an idea for the plot, that is if you still aren't sure about where to develop.

Solid Snake wrote:

Hmm, a fan-made RPG exclusive to the Charmers? Me gusta.
Have you planned up the plot yet in general? I kinda have an idea for the plot, that is if you still aren't sure about where to develop.

I did ^^ But if you have an idea and want to contribute for the plot as well, I'll be glad to hear about it ^^

Feel free to put your idea here. Or if you think it will be a spoiler to the game, you can PM me instead. I'll be waiting ^^

Runo wrote:

Solid Snake wrote:

Hmm, a fan-made RPG exclusive to the Charmers? Me gusta.
Have you planned up the plot yet in general? I kinda have an idea for the plot, that is if you still aren't sure about where to develop.

I did ^^ But if you have an idea and want to contribute for the plot as well, I'll be glad to hear about it ^^

Feel free to put your idea here. Or if you think it will be a spoiler to the game, you can PM me instead. I'll be waiting ^^

Well, it's not spoilers or anything. My plot is just a simple cliche story, but I personally find it fitting for a Yu-Gi-Oh themed game.
Basically, the main villains are all Six Samurai's cards. They're a tyrannic and powerful force that just wants to expand their country until they seize control of everything. The Charmers on the other hand are trying to protect their homeland from the invasion.
That's my plot in a nutshell.

Solid Snake wrote:

Runo wrote:

Solid Snake wrote:

Hmm, a fan-made RPG exclusive to the Charmers? Me gusta.
Have you planned up the plot yet in general? I kinda have an idea for the plot, that is if you still aren't sure about where to develop.

I did ^^ But if you have an idea and want to contribute for the plot as well, I'll be glad to hear about it ^^

Feel free to put your idea here. Or if you think it will be a spoiler to the game, you can PM me instead. I'll be waiting ^^

Well, it's not spoilers or anything. My plot is just a simple cliche story, but I personally find it fitting for a Yu-Gi-Oh themed game.
Basically, the main villains are all Six Samurai's cards. They're a tyrannic and powerful force that just wants to expand their country until they seize control of everything. The Charmers on the other hand are trying to protect their homeland from the invasion.
That's my plot in a nutshell.

Ah, I see. I'll discuss about your idea with the other contributors then ^^

Thanks for contributing, Snake!

My idea is that while those events happen, they also must do an exam to prove that they are worthy charmers and will be able to summon their own familliar when in need of battle. Outside of battle, they may be summoned to break some obstacles, all at a cost of some MP.

Dally wrote:

My idea is that while those events happen, they also must do an exam to prove that they are worthy charmers and will be able to summon their own familliar when in need of battle. Outside of battle, they may be summoned to break some obstacles, all at a cost of some MP.

Yup, I'm currently working on this, as suggested by Eria and Amirashika in the first page of this thread XD The current script for this feature has been fixed. Just need more testing to make sure there's no annoying bugs in the script, before I can continue in spriting x__x

Thanks for your contribution too, Dally ^^

The idea sounds great 8>w<8

I think that the charmers maybe could have the mission of rescue their teacher: of the six-samurais or the villans of the story, also maybe they will have help of other monsters like , depending of the region where they stay, like...i don't know...dark zone, light zone, earth zone.

Perhaps the zones could be fields cards like Amazoness Village, Black Garden, Canyon or other fields.

Well this's my ideas, i hope that help XDU

Too add some realy good points we can make different end's of the game acording to each Charmer owo.

Misuka wrote:

The idea sounds great 8>w<8

I think that the charmers maybe could have the mission of rescue their teacher: of the six-samurais or the villans of the story, also maybe they will have help of other monsters like , depending of the region where they stay, like...i don't know...dark zone, light zone, earth zone.

Perhaps the zones could be fields cards like Amazoness Village, Black Garden, Canyon or other fields.

Well this's my ideas, i hope that help XDU

Thank you ^^

A mission to rescue Doriado... that reminds me of someone's FF here XD Interesting idea, though. But maybe I'll limit this project to not involve any character from DT, since it will make the storyline turned out to be a war between clans and not focused on those six charmers anymore XD;;; Still, thanks for contributing, Misuka! ^^

Wiseman wrote:

Too add some realy good points we can make different end's of the game acording to each Charmer owo.

The basic storyline indeed have multiple endings. But to make more endings for each charmers... I'm not sure about this. Let's see if we can make it like that or not, though. Thanks, Wiseman ^^

OK... I haven't heard about the news from this game project. How has it been so far?


~Kirikaze

Kirikaze Fuuma wrote:

OK... I haven't heard about the news from this game project. How has it been so far?


~Kirikaze

Oh, yeah. Almost forgot to update this thread... >.<

Overall... not much, LOL. The spriting part itself already spent so much time compared to the other part, so I dropped it for a while and moved to mapping again. Tested some custom menu systems too, and this is the result :


That's all for now, I guess XD At least the script has been done, but for the sprites, well... I'm so slow at this part, sorry >.<;;; As for a little update, here's another (random) screenshot XDDD

AWESOME!!!!! 8>w<8

It looks really appealing right now.

No way!!! When is this game going to be out? o.o; How difficult is the gameplay, Runo? If its like most Final Fantasy Turn-Base-Games I won't be able to beat it!! But I wouldn't mind testing it out!!!

Misuka wrote:

AWESOME!!!!! 8>w<8

Solid Snake wrote:

It looks really appealing right now.

Hope you like it, guys XD

Wynnda wrote:

No way!!! When is this game going to be out? o.o; How difficult is the gameplay, Runo? If its like most Final Fantasy Turn-Base-Games I won't be able to beat it!! But I wouldn't mind testing it out!!!

I can't really tell when it's going to be out, but I'll try to finish it as soon as possible ^^;;; At least for the first demo for now XD

About the difficulties... maybe it will be different depending on the player, but yup, most likely it will be turn-based ^^ Some skills will require some item or stat too. Like, for example, if the charmer doesn't equipped with their staff, then they can't use any magic skill at all and only melee attack can be used to counter the enemies. The same goes with the familiars. If the charmer left alone without their familiar, then they can't enter the FP state and the option for that will be locked unless they battle with their respective familiars XD

Well... the whole base of this game so far will be focused on the storyline, actually. Sure there are plenty usual battle scenes like any other RPGs, but other than that, there's also some side quests as the story goes on. You can choose whether you want to take those quests or not XD

But if you want, maybe I can try to set the game's difficulties in some different levels. Let's see about that ^^

Alright, time to bump this thread again~

First, sorry for the delay, guys. But since I will graduate soon from a certain boring place (lol), I will have more free time after this to fully concentrate in this project. Hopefully I can finish this quicker. >.<

Anyway, the demo version will be up around this forum's birthday (hope so XD), with about 20-30 minutes of gameplay (or more, depending on the events I will put in it). I might ask some people here to be the beta-testers too before released the final version, including bug testing and grammar/spelling correction. If you're interested to be one, feel free to drop your comment here. ^^

UPDATE :
- Endymion's Map is now done (finally! ). Moving on spiriting again~
- Fixed the database of each Charmers and their familiars.
- Implemented the junction system and re-organized the skill requirements.
- Finished the rough design of the game's logo.

That's all, I guess. Now I need to....

Sounds great, I can be a beta tester if you'd like.

Can't wait to play the demo.

Sure, Dally. I'll contact you again later before I upload the demo here. ^^

One beta tester. Need at least 2 more. XD

Anything happening for this little project?

You could put the charmers in GearTown as a difficult level with Ultimate Ancient Gear Golem as a secret boss. Maybe you could put some secret bosses like: Five-Headed Dragon, Dark Ruler Ha Des, and the Earthbound Immortals.

hohoho... finally someone with secret dungeon idea. I like this.


But if it's a secret dungeon... I prefer it's on somewhere else like Chaos Zone and the secret boss are BLS and Chaos Emperor Dragon (together with other high level Chaos monsters). And if you want to take it to another level, try to use another dungeon and the bosses can be the Asgardian gods like Odin, Loki and Thor (Yugioh monsters), or Obelisk, Slifer and Ra. Too powerful? Sure... Star Ocean tends to have some overpowered bosses in their secret dungeon. So... why not? XD