MZ - Llewl and the Lyre of Two Worlds

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  1. padr81
    #1 Source

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    Latest
    Patch 0.1.3.1 is here and comes with over 80 bug fixes, tweaks, changes and updates and an all new graphical style.
    Thanks to everyone who has already played or offered feedback on the demo, you guys are amazing and the game already feels 100 times better. Y'all are amazing. Thank you so much.
    Click here to see bug fixes and game tweaks.



    About
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    Llewl is a love letter to the classic JRPG's of the 90's but with many modern design principles, the goal is to create a jRPG that plays like 2023 but hits square in the nostalgia like its 1996.
    Join trainee Guardian Sarah and her best friend Hans as they go on an epic adventure to rescue her childhood love Llewl. Joined by a diverse team of characters along the way, the game has one goal, to see you the player play through with a smile on your face at all time.

    Screenshots
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    Training with Grampa!

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    The Elven Sanctuary of GreenHaven

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    Iceburg the capital of the North.

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    Icburg Prison - Where the naughty folk go.

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    The poisoned swamp with bouncy lillypads.

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    Friendly neighborhood protection gang!

    oOzuPM.pngIn the monomyth this might not be "Refusal of the Call" more like "Whining about but inevitably accepting the call".

    Characters
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    Bellaks.png

    Demo Download
    Click here to get it on Itch

    Credits
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    Code and Plugins
    Visustella,
    Blizzard,
    Moghunter,
    Galv,
    Neo Soul Gamer,
    Enterbrain,
    Kadakowa,
    GGG,
    Caethyril,
    Sasuki Kannazuki,
    Ace of Aces,
    Takeshi Sunagaw,
    Komodo.
    Sprites and Art
    Seleil The Shaper,
    Mega Tiles,
    Nowis-337,
    Clockwork Raven,
    Final Boss Blues,
    ELV Games,
    GIF,
    Manu Gaming Creations,
    Oskr,
    Guld,
    Moogle Rampage.

    QA - Testing
    Simple Gaming, The Real Tron, RonaldBabe, HierophantGreen,
    Ifti, d757 Gaming, Big Squirrel, Brent Rossen @Lunesis Studios,
    Carrot, Nova Kane, Lolshtar, Crescendo, RC Dunn, Annwyn, Iron Brew, Spiral Sigil, Not Applicable, Yorkshire Pudding, Sawyer Friend, Gensun, Heroic Zephyr, Gray Bard Gaming, Lavexis.

    Thanks
    Sawyer Friend, Rythane, mf_WillBlack,Platonic Game Studio,
    Lavexis, Jallun, Trihan, IronBrew

    Lets Plays and Reviews.
    Spoiler

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  2. TheAM-Dol
    #2 Source
    That's what I typed out every time I watched a funny cat video.

    LLLLLEEEEWWLLL!!!!!! XD XD XD XD

    Spoiler
    Apologies for the lack of meaningful contribution to this thread.
  3. SpiralSigil
    #3 Source
    I think this might be the first time Ive seen someone else using the TinyTales sets other than me! Thats awesome!! Good job! Cant wait to see how youve utilized the assets <3
  4. padr81
    #4 Source
    SpiralSigil said:
    I think this might be the first time Ive seen someone else using the TinyTales sets other than me! Thats awesome!! Good job! Cant wait to see how youve utilized the assets <3
    Awesome to meet a fellow Megatile user, I'll check out your game asap.
  5. TESTOSTERONE
    #5 Source
    padr81 said:
    the game has one goal, to see you the player play through with a smile on your face at all time
    Ah finally the game that understands me as a player. I am going to give it a go.
  6. SpiralSigil
    #6 Source
    So I just played through part of the demo, and as a fellow game maker, as well as a reviewer and streamer, I streamed my experience to some of my community, and we kind of just had a blast going through it, discussing game design stuff as well as things that were really good and things that could use some improvement. Not in a bad way - I honestly dont think there was anything I saw or experienced that was actually BAD or INCORRECT - But purely in a constructive way. If youre at all curious how I reacted to the demo (At least what I played through before I had to leave) here;

    That said, to summarize, the game has really solid potential. You have good mapping skills, some features are just great and little details I didnt even consider despite using a lot of the same assets. So I would be happy to stream more of this.
  7. TESTOSTERONE
    #7 Source
    Positives
    • (+) The 3-d like beginning was great, you knew something was about to go down.
    • (+) I did not expect swimming, and then when I realized I could swim it was like woaaaaah, neat!
    • (+) Snow bros are too cute :D And the boss fights were challenging and well balanced.
    • (++) I appreciate the humor, and the game is true to its word - it made me smile several times. Characters say some funny stuff, especially the Blade and his mouth. Go trainee guardian Sarah!
    • (+) The combinations / limit breaks (whatever they are) are frigging awesome during fight when they come up. Great job there, including the battle animations.
    • (+) Exploration felt rewarding, especially since I was a little bit lost wondering around the big maps.
    • (+) The graphics are well done. And the pixel art animations/poses, great job!
    • (+) Heal on level up is always appreciated.
    • (+) After defeating the boss... all the treasures chests that were there to restock the items I used and to reward me <3
    • (+) Unreadable scrolls were kind of a cool idea. And once they are translated into stat boosting scrolls I am so glad it's applied to ALL party members, instead of me having to pick one.
    • (+) Mini games are something different and I kind of liked them. Although, for the singing mini game, maybe I can "tune" my lute first as practice since I didn't know what to expect and missed the first keyboard press.

    Improvements / Suggestions
    • (-) I wish you could save everywhere. I thought about disabling save in dungeons too, but in this day and age... it just isn't necessary and people appreciate being able to hop in and out of the game whenever they need.
    • (-) Mouse on Equip screen did not work, you have to hit enter first before you can select equipment.
    • (=) I get it's a demo, so I imagine you will add some tutorials for combat, that would be appreciated. Thankfully the guild gave some hints, like guarding restores mana for example.
    • (=) Character motivations are a bit questionable, but what the heck.... as long as the character banter is fun, it doesn't matter much.
    • (=) I would like to see more cut scenes and character interactions. Dungeon maps feel big and the balance heavily favors exploration and combat rather than the character banter, which I wanted to see more of.

    Bugs
    • Battle encounters sometime wouldn't activate on event touch.
    • I was jumping as I was floating down the water stream in that mini game and then it just kinda kept going and going without any obstacles appearing... I think I broke it. And that is a shame because my last save was from before entering the cave and I did not want to fight the bosses again. :(

    Spelling Mistakes
    • Mayor guard:
      • you are exhuasted (I think it was mispelled)
      • want to save save your friend
      • theres a good chance we can catch them there

    TL;DR: I am not sure the screenshots you have do it justice. This was a pretty fun game and the project has a lot of potential! Please keep the humor. Writing funny/witty dialogue is WAY harder than anything else. As long as you can keep this vibe going, it'll be a good one. I recommend people give this demo a try.
  8. SGHarlekin
    #8 Source
    Oh look, Llewl has a thread now. Just letting y'all know I've played this way before all of you. All the way back before it was cool and before any and all future enjoyers of this game. I remember granpa's spontaneous combustion and everything.
  9. padr81
    #9 Source
    SpiralSigil said:
    So I just played through part of the demo, and as a fellow game maker, as well as a reviewer and streamer, I streamed my experience to some of my community, and we kind of just had a blast going through it, discussing game design stuff as well as things that were really good and things that could use some improvement. Not in a bad way - I honestly dont think there was anything I saw or experienced that was actually BAD or INCORRECT - But purely in a constructive way. If youre at all curious how I reacted to the demo (At least what I played through before I had to leave) here;

    That said, to summarize, the game has really solid potential. You have good mapping skills, some features are just great and little details I didnt even consider despite using a lot of the same assets. So I would be happy to stream more of this.

    Thank you so much, I had just gone to bed when you started streaming, will check the vod straight after work dude. Really appreciate it.

    TESTOSTERONE said:
    Positives
    • (+) The 3-d like beginning was great, you knew something was about to go down.
    • (+) I did not expect swimming, and then when I realized I could swim it was like woaaaaah, neat!
    • (+) Snow bros are too cute :D And the boss fights were challenging and well balanced.
    • (++) I appreciate the humor, and the game is true to its word - it made me smile several times. Characters say some funny stuff, especially the Blade and his mouth. Go trainee guardian Sarah!
    • (+) The combinations / limit breaks (whatever they are) are frigging awesome during fight when they come up. Great job there, including the battle animations.
    • (+) Exploration felt rewarding, especially since I was a little bit lost wondering around the big maps.
    • (+) The graphics are well done. And the pixel art animations/poses, great job!
    • (+) Heal on level up is always appreciated.
    • (+) After defeating the boss... all the treasures chests that were there to restock the items I used and to reward me <3
    • (+) Unreadable scrolls were kind of a cool idea. And once they are translated into stat boosting scrolls I am so glad it's applied to ALL party members, instead of me having to pick one.
    • (+) Mini games are something different and I kind of liked them. Although, for the singing mini game, maybe I can "tune" my lute first as practice since I didn't know what to expect and missed the first keyboard press.

    Improvements / Suggestions
    • (-) I wish you could save everywhere. I thought about disabling save in dungeons too, but in this day and age... it just isn't necessary and people appreciate being able to hop in and out of the game whenever they need.
    • (-) Mouse on Equip screen did not work, you have to hit enter first before you can select equipment.
    • (=) I get it's a demo, so I imagine you will add some tutorials for combat, that would be appreciated. Thankfully the guild gave some hints, like guarding restores mana for example.
    • (=) Character motivations are a bit questionable, but what the heck.... as long as the character banter is fun, it doesn't matter much.
    • (=) I would like to see more cut scenes and character interactions. Dungeon maps feel big and the balance heavily favors exploration and combat rather than the character banter, which I wanted to see more of.

    Bugs
    • Battle encounters sometime wouldn't activate on event touch.
    • I was jumping as I was floating down the water stream in that mini game and then it just kinda kept going and going without any obstacles appearing... I think I broke it. And that is a shame because my last save was from before entering the cave and I did not want to fight the bosses again. :(

    Spelling Mistakes
    • Mayor guard:
      • you are exhuasted (I think it was mispelled)
      • want to save save your friend
      • theres a good chance we can catch them there

    TL;DR: I am not sure the screenshots you have do it justice. This was a pretty fun game and the project has a lot of potential! Please keep the humor. Writing funny/witty dialogue is WAY harder than anything else. As long as you can keep this vibe going, it'll be a good one. I recommend people give this demo a try.
    Thanks so much for playing, also thats some absolutley brilliant feedback, I'll work on a way to make some saving possible in the dungeons, it used to break enemy pathing and mess up encounters but I think I can at least throw in a couple of safe/save rooms before each boss.

    Again great feedback (the type I love and adding all of it to my kanban boards).
  10. padr81
    #10 Source
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    Bugs Fixed
    1. Head and Body gear icons now fixed (were swapped).
    2. Controller now has a minimap button combo.
    3. Patched bug where player can jump through walk tutorial tile.
    4. Quilt Barkeep has no nametag.
    5. Removed Sarah's heart icon on burning Grampa.
    6. Status Menu description location on bottom.
    7. Drowning Enemy location saving in water.
    8. Quilt Caves Hidden Exit tile fixed.
    9. Tiling issue in Quilt Item Shop
    10. Ability to Jump over Shout Event trigger during Snowton Battle.
    11. Jumping issue with Snowton Crates in the invasion map.
    12. Fixed slight audio looping issue during Snowton invasion.
    13. Players no longer can enter Mayor's House early.
    14. Pyro Ring accidentally doing blunt damage.
    15. Rogue door event in Whitewoods removed.
    16. Bug with bridge in 1st Whitewoods map killed.
    17. State effect listed twice in Sarah’s Holy Light.
    18. Tiling issue in Whitewoods North beside chest fixed.
    19. Player jump ability allowed leaping over map transfer edges and off map.
    20. Typos fixed in grammar pass
    21. Snowman sprites under fighter sprites during Invasion fixed.
    22. Tile collision issue in Adventurers Guild.
    23. Tier 2 Lightning states wrongly stunning.
    24. Players could jump into inaccessible plant tiles.
    25. Blunt animation playing instead of Pyro now fixed.
    26. Fixed intro scene marching animation stutter.
    27. Hans accidentally showed level up and new skill on recruitment.
    28. Temporarily changed return to title screen to open menu as it was causing a crash on demo completion.
    29. Kobold Mage Static Shock and Discharge casting time fixed.
    30. Enemy Troops always contain map sprite enemies.
    31. Bellas Counter Slash state was being blocked by her armour.
    32. Bellas Third Eye state was being blocked by her armour.
    33. Fixed bug with menu opening on swimming minigame.
    34. Fixed flashing bug on transfer to swimming game.
    35. Removed ability to jump on swimming minigame.

    Tweaks and Changes
    1. Change to floor tiles Quilt caves (looks less Ruin like).
    2. Removed Aggro Bar from Hud.
    3. Removed flavour Text from weapons.
    4. Increased size of icon and text on acquiring item.
    5. Ice Avian stat balance redress.
    6. Equippable Type Names more consistent.
    7. Snowshroom was firing AoE ice too often.
    8. Moved when Sarah equips Aerothage Stone.
    9. Nerfed pitfall damage.
    10. Slight change to Quilt map to make access to SW chest more obvious.
    11. Slight buff to mob XP in first 2 dungeons
    12. Tweak to 1st quest journal entry to say Grampa instead of Grandad.
    13. Very minor buff to squishy Hans HP.
    14. Drowning now impossible
    15. Removed nerf on Shield item that was lowering Sarah's agility.
    16. Kobold Mage - now takes a break between discharge and static shock, runs a 5 turn cycle instead of 4. Secondary heal now has a 50% chance to fire on enemies with <25% HP, instead of the former 100% chance on enemies <33%
    17. Shield Values now boosted to def * 20 for armour and mdf * 20 for mana wall. Old value was * 10.
    18. Kobold Fighter now has a 6 turn cycle so it doesn't constantly provoke. Extra cleave skill though to offset nerfs to mage and lack of provoke.
    19. Resting at the Inn now no longer transfers players upstairs.
    20. Removed ugly green bushes from Snowton.
    21. Map edit to Snowton to better align the camera for cutscene.
    22. Map edit to Quilt Caves to remove some stones from water.
    23. Map edit to Quilt Caves to remove pitfall near transfer.
    24. Pitfalls now do max 5% hp damage as opposed to 20%.
    25. Lowered Timer on swim minigame map 1.
    26. Lowered Kraken HP by 40%
    27. Moved Ice Golem reward chests so they are now unmissable.
    28. Changed Singing Icon Balloons to all the same colour and more visible against lights.
    29. Moving menu options are now much subtler.
    30. Change healing item sizes form (sm) to (S) etc…
    31. Moved auto battle message to screen bottom so as to not cover battlers.
    32. Made a tweak to Whitewoods SW map so the player can see a clear exit in a jumping area.
    33. Changed minimap compass icon.
    34. Removed 1 enemy more from each WhiteWoods Map.
    35. Enemy defend skill is no longer as strong as Player defend skill..
    36. Time of day now changes depending on story progress.
    37. Added dialogue on acquiring unreadable scroll.
    38. Added decor to White Woods
    39. Slight change to forest snowball battle in Whitewoods pre-event.
    40. Change to code under shooting minigame, better performance and less jank.
    41. Lowering of Bella’s starting HP to prevent her being OP.
    42. Altered Bellas break slash damage, less damage vs non-armored enemies.
    43. Changed subclasses to have a bigger effect on stats offsetting some weaknesses.
    44. Battle UI overhaul
    45. Sped up Inn cutscene approach of Mayor’s Aide and Barkeep, cut some dialogue to improve pacing.
    46. Cleaner set up on States being added and removed.
    47. Quilt Inn now uses a more relaxed version of Inn theme.
    48. Replaced Jump SE
    49. Normal attacks now restore 10% MP.
    50. Weapon Unleash replaced by Ultimate party limit gauge.
    51. Updated to Nwjs 0.80.0
    52. Updated to Pixi 6.0.4
    53. Minified Pixi.js for performance boost.
    54. Removed redundant events and doodads from Invasion Map.
    55. Proximity Compass Icons and event icons added to useful NPC’s such as Merchants.
    56. Moved Caves near Quilt merchant to boss save room.
    57. Change of text for kickstarter on title.

    Also I was lucky enough to get some wonderful feedback from Big Squirrel:


    And also some wonderful feedback from Spiral Sigil:
  11. TheAM-Dol
    #11 Source
    Well, considering you took my job as the Orc's musician, I feel it's only right I play this game and ruthlessly trash it out of vicious spite!

    /s

    I am interested. Schedule is packed, but I want to stream it. Let me know if you are planning any major updates soon-ish and I can hold off until those updates come.
  12. padr81
    #12 Source
    TheAM-Dol said:
    Well, considering you took my job as the Orc's musician, I feel it's only right I play this game and ruthlessly trash it out of vicious spite!

    /s

    I am interested. Schedule is packed, but I want to stream it. Let me know if you are planning any major updates soon-ish and I can hold off until those updates come.

    Whoa, I had no idea SG had another composer. If its any consolation, I get approx 1 piece done every 3 months for him lol.
    Would love your feedback dude, really appreciate it.
  13. TheAM-Dol
    #13 Source
    I wasn't officially his composer. I told him that I believe in his product and since he often complained about the quality of the music packs, I offered to do a couple tracks for him to show my support.
    He wanted me to do more, but 1) It was already like pulling teeth for him to actually like my work (that I did for free). It took a community poll and his jam game before he was finally convinced that my work was fitting. 2) I don't really have the time to work on someone else's game since I barely have time to work on my own game. If he was easier to work with, I wouldn't mind occasionally doing a bonus song again once every 3 months like yourself...
    I like the dude, couldn't ask for a more honest person in my court, but damn is he impossible to please.

    Anyways, I'll see what I can do. I'm interested in playing it. Watch out, knowing you're a musician, I might be pretty critical of your soundtrack.
  14. SpiralSigil
    #14 Source
    Wow, looks like you did a ton of modifications and updates. I'll have to have another run through this on stream sometime soon!
  15. padr81
    #15 Source
    SpiralSigil said:
    Wow, looks like you did a ton of modifications and updates. I'll have to have another run through this on stream sometime soon!
    Ah thanks dude, all the amazing feedback I got I just had to act on it.
  16. padr81
    #16 Source
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    Not much of an update as I've been grinding out the story and moving stuff in and out of place. But so far I'm at the midpoint of Act 3 which is pretty close to having all the narrative and plot points in place.
  17. TESTOSTERONE
    #17 Source
    I've no idea what I'm looking at, but I love me flow charts and graphs and stuff.
  18. padr81
    #18 Source
    padr81 said:
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    Not much of an update as I've been grinding out the story and moving stuff in and out of place. But so far I'm at the midpoint of Act 3 which is pretty close to having all the narrative and plot points in place.

    Its pretty much gameplay structure/plot for the first we'll say 3/5ths of the game.

    Grey - standard gameplay
    Light Green - cutscenes
    Blue - Minigames
    Red - Bosses.
    Yellow is the Act, so like Act 1, Act2, Act3 etc..
    Dark Green - Chapters

    Probably some spoilers in there if anyone can read the text lol
  19. padr81
    #19 Source


    Its been awhile since I had anything to show as progress has been under the hud and bug polishing but got started on the assigning tasks to recrutied guild members.
    No hud or anything decent graphically yet, just a mechanical showcase.
    Heavily inspired by AC: Brotherhood.
  20. doomthey
    #20 Source
    Your key art looks awesome and I love the tiny sprites! I'm a big fan of FFIV and FFV's style and I've been wondering how someone could update that style to be more detailed while keeping its charm and this sprite set definitely threads the needle! Looks like a joy to play!