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Mark19293 years ago (1 edit) (+1)

I liked the opening and the premise so far, but I am having issues with the screen size. The default screen size is a bit small and the full screen option makes the size way too big. Is there a way to resolve this?

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It took around an hour for me to beat the game.

I had a lot of fun with the mentor skill system and maxing out Harold's magic stat with MAG increasing incense.

I was hoping that the log weapon would allow Reid to attack on his own, but it makes sense as to why it wouldn't allow him to do so.

I had fun with looking over the various available skills, but it would have been nice if there had been more skills to learn after level 6.

The statue boss was clever and fun, and the final duel at the end was even more so.

I wasn't expecting to see a familiar sketchy deformed Harold from another itch.io title.

And I definitely wasn't expecting the post-game event involving Axial's Chip.

Overall, this was a very wonderful title and I can see the influence Axial had on the graphics and music.

callmeDJ3 years ago (2 edits) (+1)

Thanks for playing, glad you enjoyed. VX Ace's screen size and tiles are smaller than MV and later versions of RPG Maker. Not sure if there's a way around this, at least not that I'm aware of. The level 6 thing is more or less because you're suppposed to be around level 5 by the time of the final boss. Since I wasn't planning much after the final boss at first, I decided to have skills end there.

Really Axial is the reason this game exists in the first place. Around the time I made this game, I was on the Axial team as a composer for a little over two years and was pretty close friends with Violet the creator. I bought VX Ace during the Steam Summer Sale and made a goofy test game to learn the ropes. Violet noticed my screens and encouraged me to enter the Haroldverse jam, even going as far as saying he'd make any assets I needed if I joined. I decided to one him up with an original soundtrack and that's where it all began. It was a collaborative process throughout and Violet did indeed contribute most of the graphics (or at least repurpose them from Axial), albeit I tried my hand at a few tiles like the cabinets and the apple pie. I really have to hand it to him for encouraging me to join; I would have never expected game dev to become a new passion but here we are.