Genre: Fantasy/Adventure/Romance
Game Type: Visual Novel/Choose-your-own-romance
Arabian Nights type setting
Multiple endings
Rated: Teen+ - covers ideologically sensitive subjects
Project Progress:
Script: 99% (A script is never really finished. I always make small edits as I go.)
Coding: 80% (The whole game is playable but I intend for some parts to have image maps. Currently those parts are menus for the sake of testing code, still need to add images and sound and effects)
Music/Sound: 50% (collected sound effects, selecting music)
Art: 20% (All base sprites completed)
Need: Sprites for 30+ characters; 25+ Location bg, 24 CGI images, 10+ item images, UI
I plan on doing nearly all the art myself but I wouldn't mind help with item art, bg art, music, or ui art, perhaps a sprite or two.
Summary
Many years ago, a Hero rose from the desert and prevented the Evil King of Thieves from stealing the power of the Triune Goddess. The legend is sung across all the lands.
Mara, the daughter of a Legendary Hero, struggles to find a way to escape from the shadow of her Father's legacy. A legacy that must be continued in their family line. When her father goes missing, Mara is the only one with the power to find him.
She finds herself on the adventure she never wanted, but the strength and friendships she's never known.
Will the trials strengthen her heart or break it?
Creatures!
Elves - The dominant sentient creature of this world. There are 3 major cultures/ethnicity of elves:
Desert Elves or Sun Elves - dwell in the Desert Regions. They are known as tough, skilled warriors. Even the women are trained in ways of battle so as to defend the home while men are away. They are very divided into family tribes and compete over resources.
Shadow Elves - Tied to the Royal Family as perfect spies. They dwell in cities with High Elves but originated from canyon country and Dark Woods. Their complexions tend to be pitch black to dark grey.
High Elves - They have developed technology and magic and strive to unite all elves. They can live anywhere.
Siren - Sea-dwelling, amphibious people with bluish-green toned skin and sea-colored eyes. They tend to live in southern tropical areas where the humidity helps them keep their skin moist. They are able to breath underwater and have webbed feet. They are able to use vocal powers (only underwater) and graceful dances.
Faun - A goat-like people with hooved feet and horned heads. They tend to keep to the highlands and mountains. They're famous for hardheadedness.
Malak - A winged race that live in the sky. They were wiped out by the Thief King. 0
Thestrals - Demonic horses with horns and skeletal facial features and fangs. Always black.
Karkadanns - Desert unicorns that will fight ANYTHING.
Djinn - a magical creature that can take form of any animal or humanoid. Usually involved in unusual births or events.
Characters:
Mara - the protagonist
Mara is a young woman from a desert tribe and the daughter of the Legendary Hero: Arens. She is his eldest child and manages the family's herd of Karkadann. She was trained as a warrior until her brother was born.
(Her younger brother Niq is 10 years younger than she. He has taken up his father mantle and is expected to carry on the family's duty.)
Rama - Mara's Companion
Most girls would like a puppy or a kitten, but Mara prefers the fierce Karkadann. Rama is bonded to Mara and serves as her protector. He also helps her manage the herd...well...it is mostly his family anyway. He's not very friendly to anyone except those that earn his respect.
Opal - Mara's Childhood Friend
Opal is only a year or two younger than Mara. They were childhood friends but some of Opal's behavior drove them apart. Opal has recently started going on a rebellious streak and is interested in being banished so she can be free. She longs for freedom and love more than anything.
Daire - Princess of the Mountains
Daire is a strong and stubborn faun. She does not think she's very pretty but secretly wants to be admired for beauty. Daire is very opposed to the idea of a "nobelwoman's" role in High Elf terms. She does not stand for being judged and sized for market so to speak. And she will tell you so.
Rosalia - Princess of the Southern Seas
Rosalia is self-conscious and very clumsy. Despite being an only child, Rosalia is incredibly generous, perhaps because she always wanted siblings. Her position in life makes her feel nervous about people's true feelings for her. She wants to be known as a person, not a princess.
Shakil - Childhood Friend
Opal's younger brother and one of Mara's only friends from home. He is a very empathetic young elf and meek, but he has a talent with smithing weapons. It's no secret that he admires Mara and might be interested in more than friendship.
Lord Shamir - Rival/Friend/Enemy??
Shamir is the bastard a female djinn living with a High Elf Noble, Lord Tianal. He is single-minded and very ambitious. He has some mysterious magical abilities which he attributes to his djinn lineage. He has an interest in Mara but his intentions may not be so noble.
Lucios - Friend and Guide
One of the Shadow Elves entrusted with protecting royal secrets. He works in the palace for part of the year delivering messages and spying on various nobles. He has a happy-go-lucky attitude and cheerful personality. However, he is also capable of very strong and emotional outbreaks.
Melek - Fanboy
A Temple guardian with a bubbling personality for a solemn duty. He is a cheerful healer with a great dedication to the Triune Goddess...and perhaps the Hero too. Little else is known about the true nature of this strange man.
Minor Characters
Lady Miret
- a spoiled noble obsessed with Shamir. She's a bit of a rival, but not a threat.
Mistress Maple - Mara's manners instructor in the High City. She teaches noblewomen court manners.
Lord Tianal - Shamir's father and the Queen's adviser
The Queen - a prophet-queen that rules the lands of the High Elves. She helped the Hero seal away the Thief King.
The Thief King - a man who traded his name for power, he seeks immortality and to rule over the heavens as a god.
Arens - The Hero of Lengend
Chibuike - Mara's mother
Malaika - Shamir's Djinn mother.
More Concept Art
Djinn Temple Guardians
- Thestral
- The guys. 
Top Left: Shakil, Top Right: Lucios, Bottom Left: Melek, Bottom Right: Shamir
- Rosalia's dance outfit
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