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An RPG Maker masterpiece – enter a giant castle. 

Action-adventure with lots of puzzles and areas to explore.  

The puzzles can be hard, but thankfully, a detailed walkthrough comes with the download.  

The walkthrough also becomes handy when you get lost among all the rooms.   

It's a time-consuming game. For me, over 30 hours passed even though I skipped some side quests.

https://amerk.itch.io/mias-curse

Edit:  At the beginning of the game it says "this game was made with the X-Box Controller scheme in mind", but I was playing on a regular keyboard. Use arrows and Z/X (go to options, set always dash to on to run faster) or mouse. To rename Hero, first delete the letters with X.

In the end, I chose to stay, 'cause I had a fun time on the planet. Good game!

Certainly. Is it possible to email each other here on itch.io?

What I particularly liked about this game was the huge map, and the fact that you chose your own fights. In the early stages, to fulfill the quests you had to avoid running into stronger enemies which was fun.

The heroes had several attributes, but some of them I hardly used. Often, it was enough with Sleep, single or Two-Strike attack and Heal to win the fights, which perhaps became too easy after a while.

The search for keys were entertaining, and you got pretty good help from the game where to look. But sometimes I forgot where to find a certain person, so I started writing down my own notes.

If I could wish for something, it would be a greater variety of enemies or that some of those already present were made stronger with different weaknesses. But I can imagine it's hard to find the right balance, if the foes get too strong players will get frustrated and give up.

It took me 25 hours to reach the end, and I’m quite impressed by the game (must be plenty of hard work behind it) and its concept. Actually, there is a lot of grinding in this game, but as a player you don’t find it annoying as the grinding comes in form of side quests (I believe I completed about 90 per cent of them). Wish you good luck with the sequel!

Lots of land to explore, lots of funny side quests. Terrific game ... 

... the 3 and a half hours I managed to play it. Unfortunately, my old stoneaged computer got a bit too hot for this game, but a game I definitely recommend, and to which I will return when my equipment has been upgraded.

One had to use one's brain to beat the final bosses, so this game - though a bit grindy - was a fun challenge.

Made in 2017, so it took me eight years to find this game. I'm glad I did, 'cause it gave me some enjoyable hours.

Took me about three and a half hour to reach end, having fun along the way.  
Twice, the game froze, when I fought the two final bosses, so save before encountering them. When I restarted the battles, it worked fine.

Genuine turn-based RPG. Highly recommended.

I blame myself, I should have been able to solve that code faster. Nice game!

I fell into the "safe code trap" too, which gave me plenty of headaches. The solution was just too simple to figure out.

Above, you write you had fun making this game. We had fun playing it. Thumbs up!

It has been perfect days for gaming. It started to rain when I started the game, and I finished the game just as it stopped raining. It took me a little over 18 hours. Time to go outside and greet the sun. Great work, Emmanuel!

Hi again! I have had a good time with your game, but also experienced that the game crashed when using the great lightning staff combined with multiple shock. I switched it for an ice staff, which worked well.

If you check the game "Skolios", I remember having the same issue there. I no nothing about programming, but maybe it will interest you what Skolios' creator replied:

I've "packed" the entire game folder into the game.exe using "Enigma Virtual Box" so random people wouldn't be able to edit the game itself so easily (which happened before sadly).But that seems to cause some issues with said anti virus programs.

I’m sure there is nothing threatening with this game, but my McAfee antivirus won’t let me play it. Usually, McAfee gives a warning but you can play the games anyway. “Talin” is a game it stops entirely. It’s a problem I've encountered only a few times.

I hope Hallmark realizes what a gem they are being offered. Wish you good luck!

Sounds great!    

I believe a reason people might skip this game is the RTP download. I’m no computer genius, and I remember having issues with what to do with the downloaded file. A clip on YouTube wasn't entirely clearifying, but it finally put me on the right track. 

This game certainly deserves all attention.

I agree with all that D1jkstra says (below). I played the updated version. The game froze at times, so save often is recommended.

Well-balanced puzzle game. Not too easy, not too hard.

Agree. The script is good enough to make a tv-movie out of it.

Thank you. For a free game, it was very enjoyable. 
However (spoiler), despite the good ending, I would never trust Ako again.

When I first installed this game, some of the opposite teams had such high stats, it was impossible to beat them. To advance in the playoffs, you had to rely on a lucky draw to avoid these teams.  

When I reinstalled the game to start over, I never faced teams with those high stats again. Becoming Elite champions with a rather weak team was a piece of cake.

It's like I have played two completely different games. I am a bit puzzled ...

https://strangebrownbag.itch.io/relegation-basketball-franchise-simulator

This is a surprisingly good sports management game. You are owner of a basketball team and have to pick the right coach and players to advance in the game, your goal is to have your team become Elite League champions.  

You start with little money in the Minor League, and try to build a team good enough to be promoted to the Major League. Next step is the Elite League, which requires better and more expensive players.

The coaches to be hired have different strategies, so choose one you are comfortable with, and sign players that can work well together.  

The matches are simulated (you won't see any images of the players in action), but you can sway the outcome by changing the intensity of how the team plays or substituting players while the matches are in progress.

I don't get this game. My team always goes bankrupt before the 
end of the season, and even if I strengthen the team with 
better players, it continues to lose most of the games.

After my character got stuck in the gym (at the 'help' sign), I tried to reload the game, but my game hadn't been saved either.

Played through your other game today, Curse of the Wizard King. Just as impressive. I hope many players will discover your games.

If you like to explore, you will enjoy this game. I did!

Now I can sleep at nights, because my collection of secrets is complete :-)
I went back to the 6th floor to fetch the Alient Plant Sample.

This game was a pleasant surprise. Though it has a repetitive pattern, it never felt repetitive to play.

Over four and a half hour, I defeated 188 enemies and rescued all starborns.
A bit annoying was the missing secret, I got 19 of 20. What could that have been ...?

Excellent game.
But I was about to throw in the towel several times - I played this on a computer, and wall jumping was hellish. 

If you ask me about this game, I'd say it's a masterpiece. What particularly impressed me was that you could add coloured markers to the map, it was very helpful. I guess some gamers would have wanted tougher bosses, but I prefer them not to be invulnerable so I don't have to rage-quit.

I really enjoyed the game, and the history lesson just as much. Had me read more about the city of Grudziadz and its past.

So, I played it through, and I liked the atmosphere of the game.  What was a bit repetitive, was that you had to examine the same stuff in the house over and over again, as you didn’t have much clues to go on.

For part 2, perhaps some hints would be helpful (or a walkthrough in the readme-file?). Looking forward to the next part. I hope you will finish the story.

This is tough. I've placed the doll back on the desk, observed the toy bus, met the cat,  turned on the telly and double-clicked all stuff in the house and outside again (I think), but can't find any clues how to move on or more things to "examine closely".

Well, I've searched the house and the area with the stone well, but can't find anything that will make me advance in the game ... Hint?

Sorry, I can't remember the party as I deleted my save after finishing the game. The same for what levels, but the final battles were pretty easy as I had spent some time grinding.

I reached the end after five and a half hours. This game had more depth than I thought it would, and some fun surprises too. One thing I really liked was that — unlike many other turn-based games — you as a player picked the fights yourself. If you were searching for something, you didn’t have to be annoyed by frequent pop-up battles.  

A question, though: I never figured out what to do with purchased spells. I bought some, but none of my characters could use them. Were the spells linked with certain weapons?

Reminds me of games one played a lot during the flash era, so reliving it turns a bit nostalgic.
I start at level 1 now, but I found another bug, I think. I have no mana points, but can still exercise magic in battles.
You say you are new to this, but I think the game looks pretty professional.

Hello again. Downloaded the game again, but the issue remained. Still level 99 and unbeatable.