Hello Amaranth community! This is my first RPG game, and I'm quite excited about it! I’d greatly appreciate any feedback!




Story:

The plot centers around a simple, small-town girl named Aiyana. She is from a small forest town called E'nav. She has large ambitions to leave E'nav eventually, but she stays because of her father. Her mother died when she was young so Aiyana was raised primarily by her father. Her neighbor, Isenguard, has been her closest confident since infancy. He supports Aiyana's desires to leave E'nav, and secretly wants to go with her to escape his large, smothering family.

Suddenly, Aiyana's world is thrust into chaos when she ventures into the depths of an enchanted tomb. A mysterious stranger claims that she alone can stop the destruction of the world. Aiyana must learn about her true self, and fulfill her destiny in order to save everything she loves from destruction!

(Some)Characters:
There are over two dozen characters to find and recruit. Aiyana must rely not only on herself, but the allies she chooses to surround herself with in order to conquer the impending evil and save the world!




Aiyana
The main protagonist of the game. Aiyana is ambitious and adventurous. She believes everyone is generally good natured, and tries to see the best in everyone she encounters. This can lead her to be a bit naieve at times. She lives alone with her father most of her life until she is thrust into a whirlwind adventure of a lifetime!




Isenguard
The secondary protagonist of the game. Isenguard is brave and protective over his friends and family. He tends to be defensive of Aiyana and her gentle nature. Isenguard promises Aiyana's father that he will protect her throughout her journey, and he fully intends to keep his promise no matter what.




Caleb
A rambunctious youth from the wealthiest family in a small city. Despite his privileged upbringing, Caleb does not have a large sense of entitlement with worldly possessions. He does, however, have a problem with his untamed desire to flirt with every woman he comes across. As soon as he meets Aiyana, Caleb is immediately infatuated, much to Isenguard’s dismay.




Quanta
A fairy healer the group finds on the outskirts of the fairy village. She is light hearted and fun, but entirely devoted. She joins the group to search for her missing sister, who disappeared in a recent melee. She has undying loyalty to those around her. Many people underestimate her because of her size, which can turn out to be a grave error.

Hadley
A very stern and serious soldier of the Kingdom of Fiernndiw. He has a strong sense of duty and a low tolerance for foolishness. He is often seen as unfeeling or cold by those who don’t know him. Those who know him better see the same thing most of the time. However, there are brief moments of time when he reveals the slightest emotion.

Ubume
A mysterious ghost whose bones have been stolen by a demon. She joins the group to repay what she feels is an eternal debt to Aiyana. She is soft-spoken and private, but rarely demonstrates some odd form of humor. She never talks about her life before her death, but at times she can be heard weeping over two children.

Jonathan
A cleric of the Order of the Brethren of Elruhe. He attempts to be stern and rule-abiding, but often ends up dragged into situations he would rather not be in. He bends the rules for others and is unendingly forgiving. He prefers not to engage in fighting, but will defend himself and friends if necessary.

Nevaeh
A P’Tomah native who feels unbalanced in her world. She joins the group after they perform a large favor for her friend. She uses her friend’s gratitude as an excuse to join. She really yearns to see the world outside of her small settlement, and figures that Aiyana and her friends are the only opportunity she may ever get.

Those are just a few of the over two dozen characters to find and recruit! Through the game, Aiyana must seek out her allies and unite them by her side.

The World of the Game
Legend of Axes Mundi takes place on a planet called Earth in the universe created by The Eternal Ones. The Eternal Ones sprang from the cosmos and collections of cosmic energy. They created the mythic race known as the Mundi, who then created the planet using a balance of their powers.

There are several continents on Earth; most prominent among them is Fiernndiw. It is the crossroads of the world, ruled by King Alexander and Queen Beatrice. The Royal family of Fiernndiw has ruled the city and the country for the entirety of recorded history. Fiernndiw is a major player in global politics and a leading innovator in military warfare. Thought they are prominent and advanced, Fiernndiw and its habitants do not make of the majority of the world population. Because of the vast variety of continents, island-countries, and unexplored boundaries, the Earth is a widely diverse place.

The Realms of the Mundi are the places from which the Mundi Elementals rule over their dominion. Only Mundi can exist within the Realms. They are often thought to be mystical, heavenly places, though no mortal has ever even found a way to travel there.

Major Features
-Over 20 characters to find & recruit
-Custom detailed profiles for each main character
-Several hidden rooms and secret maps to seek & explore
-Hundreds of unique weapons, armors, accessories, items & skills to craft characters with
-Intriguing and challenging puzzles to solve
-More than 50 side quests to earn extra experience, gold, & rare items
-Visible enemies which will chase down your heroes
-A village to customize and rebuild as the game progresses

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For a demo video and more information, check out http://crazypuppyproductions.blogspot.com/

Lookin' great! This is interesting, I'm looking forward to all the updates! How much would you say you've completed? The mapping looks good and the characters are wonderful! I love games where you have to recruit lots of characters! It just brings a sense of challenge, which I like. xD The story line is typical but mysterious. I like it~ Good Luck!

Thanks! XD I would say I have roughly a bit more than half of the game finished. It's getting larger, so I may break it up into a few games a la Laxius Force or the Aveyonds. I'm sorry to report it's a bit slow-moving. It's pretty much a one-person production with a part-time spriter and artist. But! I am working diligently as much as I can and will update often! Glad you like it!

This game looks very interesting. Looking forward to the demo's release, unless it's already out and I just can't find it. XD

I don't normally like non RTP charactersets, but the ones in this seem pretty good. You have nice mapping, too.

Half the game? That's nice! Well, you could probably release a demo? I'd love download and play it~

I'm trying to figure out where to stop the demo at. I'm going to try and have one out by this weekend!

Alright! The link to the demo download is below!! Enjoy! Please let me know your thoughts!

edit: Had to fix a simple but problematic weapon glitch. The link below fixes that.

http://crazypuppyproductions.blogspot ... undi-demov10-out-now.html

That's awesome! Downloading~ I'll be sure to post here after I'm done playing through it!
EDIT: Great Demo! It was excellent~ I took about 2 hours to finish it~ The puzzles weren't too hard. The battles seemed to be good! I could also see you had shown some character development, which I think is important in games. Also, that cave place full of Imps and gold was so cool! xD Found a few bugs but nothing major. I love the recipes and fairy village building thing! It's awesome! It's things like these that I really like~ Had a lot of fun playing through it, and now I'm really looking forward to updates and the full game! <3 Good Luck!

Thanks Sana96 for your feedback! It's encouragement like that which makes me want to work even harder!

Still need to finish playing it, loading my save from the last demo.

It's awesome so far. The plot is interesting and the bits of character interaction I've seen are cool. I'd be playing now, but I have homework. >.> Meh.

The recipe feature seems REALLY cool, and I like being able to jump. Jump, jump, jump~

I don't mean to be off-topic, but I'm having some database issues with balencing enemy stats and hero stats. If anyone has any advice/help to offer, I'd really appreciate it. Thanks.

you mean figuring out the balance so you your emeies are not too weak or not too strong? That's a proces of try and error I'm afraid

The demo is looking good so far!!

Ok. That's what I figured. *sigh* I suppose that means I'm gonna have a couple of long days... oh well. Thanks for playing the demo!

If the help part in " If anyone has any advice/help to offer" means that you look for people who actually help you with getting it right, I could give it a shot if you want, but i think you would have to send me the gamefiles?

ooo you really got my attention here *DOWNLOADS THE DEMO*

Thanks Yannes, but I worked on it today and got it cranked out. I think it's about right. I'll just need to keep testing it. I'll send you an extended version once your done with the demo.

@MoonPrincess: 1)Love Sailor Moon. 2)Back on topic, let me know what you think of the demo!

@all: What's your favorite part of the demo? Least favorite? How much/little of the hidden/secret content have you found? (Secret passages/rooms/characters?)

@LadyGodiva I love it so far. Your story captured me from the very beginning Like sana said, typical but mysterious. You can tell that this will be a great adventure and believe me I'd pay for a story like this. The characters are simply amazing and I love how you can name them yourself XD I always like that in games dunno why Interactions were so funny, your humor is great XD I also like that the characters don't begin from a scratch, that they have loads of HP and MP and the monsters are not too tough so you can really enjoy through the game, get XP and not waste any time on leveling up Actually fighting seems to be really fun in this game ^^ I like the quests as well. The saving mission is awesome, as well as that imp cave with gold. I also found a few glitches (I wasn't able to get going and fight with few imps in the cave) but they were nothing important. But now I have a problem in the lighthouse How to pass those pipes and finish my quest? I mean I killed all of those ghosts there but I can't walk after those pipes, so I can't finish my quest. I've been searching and searching but found nothing to help me

P.S.: YAY!! Another Sailor Moon lover ♥ welcome to AM btw XD

@Moonja - Have you tried jumping? Many of my dungeons have elements you can't get through unless you jump over them. (Well, with the lighthouse, anyway. The imp cave was a glitch, but it's been fixed.) I'm with you, I always loved naming my characters. It makes them more personal, I think. I'm so glad you are enjoying my demo!

PS: Can't help it! I've loved Sailor Moon since I was a little girl. I remember watching it when I was 6 and thinking I'd get in trouble because it was rated for "7 and older". Lol. True story.

PPS: Thanks! I'm loving this community.

Awwww I'm so silly, I totally forgot that I can jump -_-' I finished the demo and loved it XD You have a great dungeon creation sense ) I love awesome dungeons in a game ^^

Hahaha, you weren't the only one who got stuck in that dungeon Moonja! I got stuck in that one too~ Took me a while before I realized we could jump. xD