Sunday, September 21, 2008

Release Notes 1

The release tomorrow will have three downloads according to difficulty. Easy Mode, Normal Mode, and Unknown Mode.

Easy Mode's enemies have pathetic stats and your SP gain is doubled, allowing you to grow your characters faster and breeze by enemies with little effort.

Normal Mode's enemies have the standard settings that I started with, SP gain is also normal. Nothing special about it. Some may find it a little hard though.

Unknown Mode's enemies have a large boost to all stats, but HP. SP gain is the same as normal mode, but to make up for it, the player starts out with more items and SP.

I did this to avoid difficulty complaints I got from testing really. Download easy mode if you're not really into difficult stuff. At least it won't stop you from seeing the story play out then. Otherwise, normal mode should do fine for anyone with half a brain and some strategic thinking. Unknown mode is just there for masochists.

I'll rerelease a fully voiced version after my VAs get their collective acts together.

1 comments:

Shiningsword said...

I can't tell you how long I've been waiting for this.

Granted, you may not know who I am, but I've been following the production of this game for what feels like forever now and I'm thrilled to finally have the opportunity to play the full version! As far as I'm concerned, this is borderline professional work you're doing.

It's unfortunate to hear abut the VA situation--though as a VA myself, I understand their position in the matter. Alas, I only wish I could have taken part in the audition process as I would have loved to be a part of this in some way--no matter how small. If by any chance you end up wanting or needing another voice for the final VA release--whether just for an NPC or an added extra/cameo boss--feel free to contact me. Assuming that you held your auditions on the VAA, you can find me there under the name of Sky (yeah, it's kind of freakish how similar our usernames are). Just drop me a line and I'll gladly send you some examples of my voice if you'd like. It would be an honor to work with you in any way.

In any event, I'm thoroughly enjoying what I've played so far, and I happen to be fond of the Summon Night character aesthetic too. From what I've seen, it appears to be pretty polished--there aren't a whole lot of factors detracting from the experience. Congratulations on a job well done!