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Steel Hearts

#1 Post by sbaao » Thu Jun 26, 2008 7:01 pm

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The city Juno, home of the prestigious Weyland Academy, has existed in a relatively prosperous and peaceful way for many years. This peace is suddenly interrupted, however, when a strange meteorite fell into the outskirts. From its remains came the Phantoms, parasitic creatures from the vast reaches of space that assume control over its host, slowly transforming them into giant monsters.

In response, the government sends an army to exterminate the threat. The Phantoms however, proved to be far too strong. One could be defeated, but at the expense of many, many lives. In an attempt to reduce casualties from combating the Phantom threat, giant mechanical suits known as the Aegis were made. The problem: production proved to be far too expensive, and only people who possessed the special ability to sync with the machine's operating system could actually effectively operate the Aegis. Government support for the Aegis was withdrawn. Dissatisfied with this decision, a group of people form the private organization 'Elysium', sworn to protect Juno from any Phantom attacks using their self- produced Aegis units.

You are a newly-transferred high school student. Caught in the crossfire of a Phantom attack, you board an unmanned Aegis for shelter. Little did you know how much this would change your life forever.

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Aegis: SH-001, Peony
Age: 17
Birthday: (You choose)
Class: Sophomore Year, Class 2-B

This is you. Your parents, by your uncle's request, sent you away to enroll in one of the region's most prestigious academies- it doesn't look like they knew alien parasites have taken a liking to the forests outside of it. In any case, you're stuck here and there's very little you can do about it.

But hey, you are the hero of the story, right? You're just a little bit of a wuss, generally unintelligent and not too popular with the ladies. You've got a year to work on that though, don't worry. Hopefully, with enough luck and hard work, you'll get at least one girl by the end of the year.

Good luck with those alien parasites, too.

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Aegis: SH-003, Iris
Age: 17
Birthday: January 8
Class: Senior Year, Class 3-A
Loves: Rabbits, Green Tea, Cakes, Lollipops, Cookies, Swimming, Baking
Hates: You, Indecisive people, Darkness, Ghosts

Lillia is the interim captain of the Elysium Aegis team, filling in for Chris. It looks like you two started off on the wrong foot, probably because you spilled tomato sauce all over her (and her homework). That, and you somehow got recruited into the Aegis team after you somehow saved her from a very unpleasant death. She can't be very pleased about that.

Lillia is the outspoken one in the group, possessing a sense of responsibility and steadfastness bordering on stuborness. Having her as your superior and senior won't be easy.

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Aegis: SH-002, Magnolia
Age: 17
Birthday: May 15
Class: Senior Year, Class 3-C
Loves: Dogs, Chocolate, the color Blue, Art, Comics
Hates: Cockroaches, Arrogance, Dishonesty, Stalkers

Your senior, and probably the only person on the team that hasn't sworn to make your stay as difficult and uncomfortable as possible, May is your go-to girl for any problems you might encounter.

Despite being a bright and beautiful girl herself, May's timid disposition leaves her overall popularity overshadowed by that of the more extroverted Mariel and Maria. Any potential suitors are also shooed away by her overprotective sword-swinging samurai of an older brother, Levi.

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Aegis: SH-004, Camellia
Age: 16
Birthday: December 14
Class: Sophomore Year, Class 2-B
Loves: Mint Chocolate, Clothes, Sweets, Cute boys
Hates: Ghosts, Incompetence, Carrots, Celery

Mariel is in your homeroom class. She enjoys poking fun at you, but then again, everyone enjoys picking on the new guy. Especially when he's such a wuss. A lot of guys in the academy would probably kill to get that much attention from her, though. Before Maria, she was the cutest and most popular girl in school, due to her off-beat style, optimism, and probably her being a bit of a flirt.

Straightforward, and a bit of a hothead. Stay on her good side and you'll get along just fine. Cross her and you'll find yourself in a world of pain.

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Aegis: SH-005, Sampaguita
Age: 13
Birthday: March 3
Class: Freshman Year, Class 1-A
Loves: You, Cookies, Milk Tea, Chocolate Milk, Singing, Cooking
Hates: Math, Frogs, Dogs, Darkness

Despite not really liking Math, Maria is actually something of a child genius. With that, a rich daddy and a commanding officer who also happens to be the school's headmaster, Maria was allowed to skip two grades of elementary and get right into high school. What Mariel would like to call Maria's 'cute factor', and bubbly personality have made her an instant celebrity in the academy, and the most wanted mascot for every club and team in the academy's history.

She has a huge crush on you. HUGE. When given the opportunity, she will dedicate her entire free time following you around, acting like your wife, eliciting strange looks from anyone within a ten meter radius.

Other Characters
  • The Commander - Elysium's commanding officer. He took on the job of headmaster of Weyland Academy to scout for potential pilots, imposing the miniskirt uniform policy along the way.
  • Remi - The Commander's right hand woman, school nurse, and mother figure of the Aegis team. Many believe she's the real brains behind the operation.
  • Chris - The Aegis team's original captain. A failed mission several years ago resulted in the death of his girlfriend. The rest of the team had managed to survive, but Chris had been so badly hurt, both his legs were paralyzed, confining him to a wheelchair.
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Aesthetics
  • All-original character art and sprites.
  • An original soundtrack
  • Visual Novel presentation
Gameplay
  • Fully functional tactics battle system
  • Branching outcomes throughout the game depending on player decisions
  • Part-time jobs (Mini-games)
  • Simple Life Simulator
  • Dating Sim elements
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Blue Yonder Staff Some scripts made by:
  • ccoa - Universal Message System
  • lambchop - Scene_Title Change & Simple Splash Screen
  • Gubid - Gubid TBS
  • Zenith - Zenith TBS
  • Mac - Zenith TBS translation
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#2 Post by monele » Fri Jun 27, 2008 6:27 am

Very very good presentation so far :). I love the art style, I'm intrigued by the premise (mechas, whoo :D), it has stats... yeah, sounds like a game I want to play :). Seems like there is quite a team behind it, too and that it has been running for some time. Good luck with this ^^

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Re: Steel Hearts

#3 Post by Vatina » Fri Jun 27, 2008 7:31 am

That looks really good so far :) Good luck with the project!

And I also do envy people who can make a good looking logo for their game.... I can never make that work :P

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#4 Post by sbaao » Sun Jun 29, 2008 1:40 pm

Forgot to mention, if you can't tell, it's not made on Ren Py. I'm hoping to work on Ren Py someday, but this thing needs to be finished first.

First of all, I could really use a hand with pixel art. I could use background artists, but it's not a priority. If there are any other artists out there who're interested in helping out, we're taking spots for monster and mech artists as well.

The logo's actually pretty simple. I could try and do one for you. ;o

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#5 Post by Blue123 » Sun Jun 29, 2008 2:18 pm

Looking great. Can't wait to see the finished game. Just out of interest, what engine did you use?

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#6 Post by sbaao » Sun Jun 29, 2008 11:46 pm

It's made with RPG Maker XP, although since the engine caters to more traditional types of JRPG's and we're going for an SRPG with a VN atmosphere, we've had to revamp most if not every default feature in the engine. Scriptwise, it's a piece of cake. We're dying over the graphics.

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#7 Post by x__sinister » Mon Jun 30, 2008 9:53 am

Wow, this looks really professional! You must have spent some serious cash to hire your artists; either that or they're extremely generous. I can't hide that I'm interested (: I'll definately stick around until you get the game up and running.
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#8 Post by sbaao » Mon Jun 30, 2008 10:55 am

I've spent a grand total of uh, $10 for printing stuff and $100 for the software. Other than that, I haven't spent a dime. The artists are all old friends of mine so they were pretty willing to work for free. We're all just out to have a good time and build something people will enjoy together, is all.

But if this thing goes well, I wouldn't mind shelling cash out to go commercial. We're all mostly college students, so the spare pocket money wouldn't hurt.

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#9 Post by Hime » Mon Jun 30, 2008 11:23 am

Good luck with the project, it looks very professional from the screenshots and the description. I think I'll get confused with all those names beginning with "Ma", though. ^^;
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#10 Post by sbaao » Mon Jun 30, 2008 11:27 am

Funny story about that. The four girls are all based off avatars me and three other friends used when we played Ragnarok Online (Me = Maria, Yanilyn = May, Lillia = Kyoko, Mariel = ippus). Naturally, when I got to planning I wanted them to name their own characters, and we chose those names. We didn't realize the whole Ma- thing until we were already deep into the project. Yes, we tend to be a little dense. : P

Moving on, I have a teeny tiny thing for everyone. This is a demo I put up for the staff to look and test the VN interface we put together. At most, all you can really do here is see how the message windows and moving around works. Nothing much yet.

http://sabao.xepher.net/steelhearts.rar

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#11 Post by honoreixix » Thu Jul 03, 2008 12:02 am

it looks great....no scratch that...it looks awesome...good luck on the project...

it is promising...

another game i very much look forward too...

as i like this types of games...

VN with an RPG... ^^,
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