VXAce - Rave Heart+ (RELEASED)

SPECIAL EDITION UPCOMING:
Experience the definitive 2D pixel art sci-fi RPG with new content, new music, new animations, and voice acting!

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Rave Heart Tvtropes page by Bugfragged:

https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/VideoGame/RaveHeart



Special Edition Features

• New CG illustrations highlighting major story moments
• Professional voice actors bringing key characters to life
• 30+ hours of total gameplay
• New playable and story characters
• Overhauled encounter system — no more random battles
• New character artwork by Surya Raka
• New original soundtrack created for this edition
• Enhanced 2D visuals and improved map presentation
• Refined turn-based battle effects and animations
• Rebalanced encounters and smoother progression
• Updated UI elements for a cleaner experience
• Additional optional content and bonus events
• Improved performance and quality-of-life updates

Rave Heart Goodies:

@Indie_Goblin 's cute comic fanart

Kiyo's cute Disney Princess studying Ellemine

@Cheddare's funny Handsome SquidChad

@BerryB 's Gorgeous RH+ fanart with the main cast

Art I made for Klein Cryoz (Splash Art)

Surya Raka's gorgeous Klein illustration as Christmas gift:

@Cheddare 's very cute and funny El_Lemon (Ellemine) sticker! <3

Art I made for a romantic boba tea date in the park between Chad and Ellemine! This game's love birds:

@BerryB 's very cute artwork for Ellemine, made in his wonderful art style! <3

@BerryB 's adorable 3rd-anniversary artwork for Rave Heart featuring Zazir and Sola:

@Vanessa 's awesome cover art that I commissioned from her for Rave Heart's steam store page (You can avail her services here):

Kiyasu's very adorable Ellemine art:

@SmashArtist 's cute and pretty sprite for Ellemine:

@hiddenone 's really adorable and fun looking art for Chad:

@Finnuval 's really awesome and detailed art for Klein, Ellemine, and Chad:

@rechronicle 's really awesome and dramatic art for Ellemine:

@dreamfall887 's very cute and beautiful Disney Princess art for Ellemine, which was done via Azaleadolls feature:

Mork's very cool sketch of Klein:

Hello guys! I am also happy to inform you guys that I'm now on Twitter and Youtube to share with you all my progress with Rave Heart! :) I will be very happy if you follow me on twitter and subscribe to my youtube channel, as I'll be posting my game's progress there from time to time! ^_^ (Do let me know if, by chance, you came from here. Cause I'll be sure to follow/subscribe back)

My Twitter:
https://twitter.com/Starmage_RPG

My Youtube Channel:
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCg8Ju44LMoTUOaWB_pGKuwQ

Hi guys, just wanted to share some progress with my game. xDD

I was thinking about adding some sort of horror parts in the game where Klein has to wander around an abandoned facility. :) Seeing as the game's going to be sci-fi, I guess it is only right to balance out the numbers between peaceful paradise planets and creepy alien-infested planets. :D

Here are some screenshots of what I've done so far:





Stay tuned, cause I'll be posting a playable boss battle for this dungeon soon, as submission to the RPG maker 28th birthday event. :)

I also have a map screenshot here as a form of submission to the RPG maker 28th birthday event. xD


That would be all for now! ^_^

> Tankentai Sideview
> Sci-fi

Alright, you got my attention. Downloading this :D

Hello @TheoAllen ! Thank you so much for checking out! ^_^ I really hope that you'll enjoy the demo! :D

Hey, I decided to give a try. And here are some of my cents

• The intro sure took damn long. Is there any way to skip it? Not like it's bad, you've done it amazing. It just if I already seen that in case I want to replay, no option to skip?
• And it finally brought me to the first battle. But since I want to know everything first like this and that skill do what, I spend my time reading the description, didn't realize that the ATB is not passive. So while I'm doing it, the A.I foes keep attacking me that the princess went down
• In the next scene where the princess is supposed to battle alone, and I haven't get my recovery from the green orb, the game sent me to Game Over screen, since maybe because the princess is knocked out in previous battle?
• I'm not sure how you gonna do this, but isn't it better if an enemy has a visible ATB bar, so I could know when they're going to attack? or I'm missing something? Granted I didn't read the battle instruction, so idk if I'm missing it

Hi @TheoAllen ! Thanks for your feedback!!

- Hmm, regarding the intro, I'll see if I can make it work faster (The scrolling parts, anyway.)
- Oh, right! The ATB is supposed to be fast paced and real time xD So I guess that's why. I guess this part is where preference comes to play, I know that some people would love to take their time reading the skill descriptions in battle. I'll do my best to provide an option to disable the real-time atb. (But in will require deep scripting experience that I have no knowledge of, sadly :(( )
- My bad!! Thanks for pointing that out, I should've included a party recover right after every battle in the test. x( I'll keep this in mind for the update. :)
- Now this is the hard part x(( I'm not sure if Mog Hunter's atb has an option that allows the player to see the atb bar of enemies. But I'll look into it further and hopefully, I'll find something. ^^

Thank you so much for taking the time to play the demo, TheoAllen! And thanks for your feedback! I really appreciate it so. :)

UPDATE!

Hello guys! You may now download the new version of the demo which includes the following changes:

- New battle system: Battle Symphony + CATB by Yami and Battle engine by Yanfly (Good bye, Tankentai SBS :( )
Reasons: While the tankentai sbs of the demo combined the Mog-hunter's atb looked really amazing (to me, at least), it has lots of incompatibility issues that is just too much of a risk in making the game buggy and crash-y. So I had to let it go, even if it hurts. :( But, thankfully, there were talented scripters that I found who have created wonderful battle systems that are able to duplicate the side-view active time battle system that I wanted for the game. They may be simple, but they're very clean and there was a bug fix patch released for the system that is done by DoubleX. So I'll stick with this for now, and hopefully, there won't be any more serious incompatibility issues. :)

- New simpler and cleaner menu as well as some smooth improvements from "Maker Systems".

- Enhanced game camera work from "Maker Systems" for a smoother and immersive experience when exploring the galaxy of Xerxes.

- A few dialogue changes that includes rephrasings and typo fixes.

- Battle system now shows enemy's atb gauge.

- The ATB is no longer real-time, which means that you may now take your time selecting your decisions in battle without the risk of the enemy wrecking havoc on you.

- Intro scroll sequences have been made a lot faster to avoid unnecessary delays.

And that's all of the changes for this version of the demo. (As far as I can remember.) I would also like to thank @TheoAllen , for, most of the game-play changes were based off his feedback and suggestions. ^_^

Hi guys! I just recently submitted a project file containing 5 maps from this game for the RPG maker 28th bday event. :)

So if you're interested in checking them out, you may download the project:

http://www.mediafire.com/file/b7en5fddpibicyn/Rave_Heart_MAPs_Submission.exe

The download contains 5 maps, each from different places in Rave Heart. The Granian Research Facility, abandoned science facility, Cosmic Cube, Niredia Prison and the Western Haven. You can read more details about each maps and their purpose within the project download. Just talk to Starmage inside the project and he'll help guide you through the maps.

Enjoy! ^_^

Ooh, this game looks interesting! I have the same futuristic tileset by Celianna :) and I love sci-fi!

Also, how did you change the game's icon? I really want to change my game's icon like you did :D

Hello and thank you so much for your kind words, @Thomas Smith! ^_^ Yeah, Sci-fi rocks and Celianna's futuristic tilesets have really given us the opportunity to express our love for sci-fi! xDD

As for the game icon changing, I'll send you a pm. :)

Yup I love those tilesets! :guffaw:

I saw your PM and replied.

Hi everyone! I just updated the texts of the game's title screen and logo! ^_^ credits to: cooltext.com

Here is the new titlescreen for the next update. xD

I like it!

Thank you so much @Thomas Smith ! xDD I got inspired by your game's cool art and logos to do this. :)

I like Cool Text as well :kaoluv:
Fun fact: When I was making my game, I looked at all the other games under development or completed games and almost all of them had animated titles :kaoback: and I thought, "okay, I don't have one... :kaosigh: Now I know I need one as well." Animated title scripts looked tricky to me but I decided to just try it! :kaopride: And it came out well! :kaojoy:

I know right!! Those animated titles are really very amazing to look at xDD :D And yeah! It's indeed really great that you were able to pull them off quite amazingly in game! ^_^ :kaojoy:

Thank you! I love animated titles :)

Hello guys!! I've started learning spriting and will create some animated battler sprites for the characters of Rave Heart. ^_^

I'll have an updated demo soon where characters will no longer be using their walking sprite during battles. :)

Here's what I have so far:


If you wish to give some feedback or discuss the sprites, you can post them on my official newbie spriting thread:
https://forums.rpgmakerweb.com/index.php?threads/starmage-sprites.91907/

Just wanted to say I've been playing the demo for a bit and so far, I'm liking the art style and story! I don't know why, but I've always found Chad so amusing, besides his name (And there's nothing wrong with that! He's actually my favorite besides Elle).

I'm a sci-fi rpg enthusiast myself and I've always wondered about the lack of those kinds of games lately. Either way, you're doing us a favor haha.

Anyway, in regards to the sprites on your recent post, I'm interested on seeing them in action. If that happens, I'd be more than happy to give you some feedback as a pixel artist/spriter.

That said, time to give the updated demo a try (And looking forward for the next one!)