VXAce - Rave Heart+ (RELEASED)

Starmage · 2018-02-08T21:03:09+0900

Trailer: SPECIAL EDITION UPCOMING: Experience the definitive 2D pixel art sci-fi RPG with new content, new music, new animations, and voice acting! More info: Spoiler Exciting news, everyone! Rave Heart + (Upcoming Special Edition Announcement) I'm proud to share and announce, that I'm officially working with @MoztheTiger as my publisher of Rave Heart+, the enhanced edition of this beloved sci-fi JRPG I've released year 2020! We’re bringing new art, new music, and plenty of surprises for this game! Stay tuned, this is only the beginning! The Galaxy of Xerxes shall soon usher in a new era! Epic Games: https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/rave-heart-plus-c042cd Progress Update for Rave Heart+! New battle sprites for the playable characters are ready! Stay tuned for more updates! Rave Heart+ progress! We have a new mysterious character joining the Xerian wars! Is she on Vorakia's side, or is she not? We'll see! This Special Edition will also feature message bust portraits for dialogues! Stay tuned for more! Is that a new Vorakia sprite? ~ In celebration of Rave Heart's official release anniversary today (August 29), we have a teaser video for the upcoming Rave Heart+, a special edition of the game, which will showcase some of the new experiences to come! Hope you all enjoy! Begin Warpdrive! <3 History: Spoiler It is the year 212 AXW: the Great War that ravaged the galaxy of Xerxes has given way to contentious peace. One of the legendary heroes of the war, Arcturo Rave, now presides over Xerxes as the High King. His influence, though considerable, is barely containing a galaxy divided. Much of the conflict stems from two age-old adversaries: the humanoid Errans of House Rave in Sector 4, and the lizard-like Draconians in Sector 1. To defuse the tension, Draconian Count Vorakia Estuuban wishes to merge two of the most influential houses from Sector 1 and Sector 4 through the marriage of Princess Ellemine Rave (daughter of the High King) and Prince Chad Zephyr (son of Lord Falric Zephyr). The High King approves of this union between the Errans of House Rave in Sector 4 and the Humans of House Zephyr in Sector 1. However, the Count may have an agenda of his own for this marriage, and may not have the best interest of the galaxy in mind. Could House Zephyr simply be a puppet of the Draconian Count in this union? Story: Spoiler Klein Cryoz, the personal bodyguard of Princess Ellemine Rave, finds himself caught up in a twist of unfavorable events. Journey into the galaxy of Xerxes and enter Klein's life, as he finds himself caught up in a galactic feud. Along the way, the fragments of his long-forgotten dark past surface, piece by piece. Will he be able to do his duty, withstand the pressure of a brewing war, all the while having his past haunt him? Screenshots: Spoiler Downloads: Spoiler Epic Games: https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/rave-heart-plus-c042cd Steam: Itch: https://starmage.itch.io/rave-heart Rave Heart+ OST on Epic: https://store.epicgames.com/en-US/p/rave-heart-plus-rave-heartplus-original-soundtrack-005117 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 Spoiler Kiyo's cute Disney Princess studying Ellemine Spoiler @Cheddare's funny Handsome SquidChad Spoiler @BerryB 's Gorgeous RH+ fanart with the main cast Spoiler Art I made for Klein Cryoz (Splash Art) Spoiler Surya Raka's gorgeous Klein illustration as Christmas gift: Spoiler @Cheddare 's very cute and funny El_Lemon (Ellemine) sticker! <3 Spoiler Art I made for a romantic boba tea date in the park between Chad and Ellemine! This game's love birds: Spoiler @BerryB 's very cute artwork for Ellemine, made in his wonderful art style! <3 Spoiler @BerryB 's adorable 3rd-anniversary artwork for Rave Heart featuring Zazir and Sola: Spoiler @Vanessa 's awesome cover art that I commissioned from her for Rave Heart's steam store page (You can avail her services here): Spoiler Kiyasu's very adorable Ellemine art: Spoiler @SmashArtist 's cute and pretty sprite for Ellemine: Spoiler @hiddenone 's really adorable and fun looking art for Chad: Spoiler @Finnuval 's really awesome and detailed art for Klein, Ellemine, and Chad: Spoiler @rechronicle 's really awesome and dramatic art for Ellemine: Spoiler @dreamfall887 's very cute and beautiful D…

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Starmage

#81 May 15, 2018, 01:12 PM Source

Hi guys!! Here's another update on the demo for Rave Heart!

Changes:

- Most arena enemies have been dramatically nerfed.

- Fixed some more tile-set bugs that I missed at some comfort rooms.

- Fixed a bug where the shuttle will sometimes appear as a car in one of the maps in the demo.

- Fixed an unpassable tile found at Dorado.

- A few more story continuation from previous version.

Also, some screeny for you guys:

Poor Veronica, forced to marry the crazy Star-Raiders' leader. Veronica has no say in this cause she was intentionally muted. xD (And yes, that's a wedding in a dance club.)
Imadeanaccountjuattoaskthi

#82 May 16, 2018, 10:54 PM Source

Can't believe I'm saying this but you're updating your game too fast! It hasn't been 1 months since the 4.0 update, slow down so we don't have to download a brand new game every 5 seconds. About the game itself, great premise, cool characters, but I'm not feeling them. They lack a certain "je ne sais quoi"to make them feel more human; unique.
Starmage

#83 May 17, 2018, 04:42 AM Source

Hi @Imadeanaccountjuattoaskthi ! Thanks so much for checking out the game, and I'm glad to hear your feedback! ^_^ Well, haha, I promised myself version 4.5 will be my last update for a long while! xDD :) And also, I understand that you may not feel for the characters yet, as I'm still doing my best to improve their character arcs and development as the game goes on! Thanks so much for sharing your thoughts on the matter!! ^_^ :) Hope not to disappoint when the game is finished! ;)

EDIT:

Here are some new wonderful LPs done by Nikorasu and Chibievil for the latest demo! (Version 4.5). Do check 'em out guys!! ^_^ :)
Starmage

#84 Jul 13, 2018, 09:58 AM Source

Hello everyone! Just had the honor of @Dutch Power Creations and @Studio Blue giving amazingly detailed and helpful feedback for Rave Heart demo 4.5 in their LPs, check 'em out guys! ^_^
Dutch Power Creations

#85 Jul 13, 2018, 10:13 AM Source

Thank you for the mention and glad I could help :)
Starmage

#86 Jul 13, 2018, 12:44 PM Source

Of course, Dutch! ^_^ I am very thankful to receive such great help from you for the game's development! ^_^ :)
Starmage

#87 Jul 25, 2018, 09:18 AM Source

Currently working on the Kunian Planet: Vismel's wildlife!! XD :) Hopefully Chad can keep up with their culture in this planet xDD

Stay tuned, as demo version 5.0 is coming soon! ;) It will have a huge overhaul for the prologue's writing, as well as many significant changes, and more story content! ^_^
cradth

#88 Jul 25, 2018, 10:06 AM Source

Love the characters! and hey, the maps are pretty neat. I like it.
Surely I'll give the demo a shot. :)
Starmage

#89 Jul 25, 2018, 11:25 AM Source

Hello @cradth ! Thanks so much for your kind words! ^_^ :) And I hope you'll enjoy the demo once you try it!! ^_^ :D
cradth

#90 Jul 25, 2018, 11:47 AM Source

Starmage said:
Hello @cradth ! Thanks so much for your kind words! ^_^ :) And I hope you'll enjoy the demo once you try it!! ^_^ :D

*downloading the file atm*
I'll spend tonight relaxing and playing your game demo. :) I'll let you know what i think once I finished it. :D
Starmage

#91 Jul 25, 2018, 12:04 PM Source

That's awesome, cradth!! ^_^ XDD Yay!! Take your time with the game, cradth! :D Enjoy! ^_^
cradth

#92 Jul 28, 2018, 06:47 AM Source

It was a fun ride. I like Klein's character, and the battles are really quite well balanced so far.
Melee for robot-type, and telekinesis attack for creatures blend so good into the fight. I mean,
you need to learn the basic fundamental and apply them in the fight or the characters might suffer.
My poor Klein has 1/4 HP left on the second fight.XD The maps also are pretty neat! I love it!
Starmage

#93 Jul 28, 2018, 06:11 PM Source

@cradth - Thank you so much for playing the game and for your kind words! ^_^ :) I'm so glad you enjoyed the battles!! :D Haha, yep! The battle system is fairly simple, but it is designed to be fast-paced and engaging with how you make your choices! ^_^ :) It's also a good timing because I'm now ready for a new version of the demo!! :D

Hello everyone!! I am very pleased to present to you all a very big update along with the downloadable new demo: Version 5.0! :)

There have been tons of changes and improvements from the previous, as seen in the changelog. All of this isn't possible without the help and kindness of everyone who gave their support, wonderful feedback, suggestions and criticisms! :) They are always a huge help to my development of this game! :) So thank you, thank you, thank you soooo much for everyone who gave their honest feedback as well as their support! This goes out to all the people who LP'd and reviewed my game! ^_^ And of course, people who shared their support and comments of the game is so much appreciated! :D

Now, without further ado;

Version 5.0 changes:

- Shuttle's sprites have been reverted back to the Space cars.

- Fixed a few typos and grammatical errors.

- Healing items' recovery power has been slightly increased.

- Victory music has been changed.

- Klein's "Kinetics" has been renamed to "Psionics".

- Ellemine's skill "Alter" has been renamed to "Conversion". Icon has also been changed.

- Intro Area has been improved with an added little exploration, dialogue reworks, and some lootable chests.

- Prologue's story and narrative regarding Ellemine's Psi-Exams have been reworked completely in respect to the image of sovereignty.

- Going near the Rave Palace waterfalls will now play some sound effects.

- All music in the game that are .mp3 files have been converted to .ogg files.

- 1 hour of additional gameplay/story content.

Hope you all enjoy!! ^_^
Starmage

#94 Jul 29, 2018, 07:25 PM Source

Hello everyone!! Here's Toasty's amazing and very helpful First impression video for Rave Heart's recent demo version; 5.0! ^_^ :) Check him out guys, and I hope you enjoy! ^_^
Starmage

#95 Oct 27, 2018, 12:14 PM Source

Hi all! I know I've been gone and haven't been posting some news about my development of this game as of late! But no worries, I do not intend to stop! ^_^

I was busy with some real life stuff, and I'm also currently working on a collab project with @BerryB on the RMN Twisted Fairy Tale Event here: https://rpgmaker.net/events/halloween18/ . I'm also very excited to share with you guys this collab project soon as we wil be releasing the game either this Oct. 29 or 30. :) Then I can start working on Rave Heart once again. xD :)

Rave Heart is currently on private beta test phase, and I have wonderful and trusted people playing the private beta right now. :) If you wish to give me the honor of being one of my private beta testers, please do not hesitate to ask! ^_^ With that said, I will no longer be uploading Public demos for download. :)

For now, here's a little screenie sneak peak of what's to come! XD
Lunawolfcomics

#96 Dec 9, 2018, 08:00 PM Source

I love your story and character designs/background. Scifi is one of my favorites genres and I like all the different alien races that are blended in this. Looking forward to playing the demo! :)
onipunk

#97 Dec 10, 2018, 01:31 PM Source

Liking the look of this a lot, I very rarely see sci-fi RPG Maker games I like but I'm really into what you've done here. If I was to suggest one thing, maybe change the name of the Aryans? As a word used in our real world it's loaded with history and very specific connotations and none of them are good.
Starmage

#98 Dec 11, 2018, 11:03 AM Source

@JAD94 - Thank you so much for the kind words! ^_^ I'm glad you liked the alien races! I love sci-fi too! I hope you'll enjoy the demo! XD :)

@onipunk - Hi onipunk! Thank you so much for checking out the game and for your support! ^_^ I also appreciate you sharing your concerns regarding the usage of the term "Aryan". :) It's already been discussed quite a lot already in the discord servers, and you weren't the first who shared concern regarding the term's usage of this game. But this will be helpful, as this gives me the opportunity to address this concern on this thread, should other people share the same concern as you. :D With that said, I decided to keep the term for reasons I'll reveal below. :)

I'll quote/copy-pasta my response here from another concerned citizen back in RMN if you do not mind! ^_^ :)

Spoiler
Thanks so much for bringing that up! As this gives me an opportunity to answer this concern here in my page for other people who are curious with the usage of the term. In the very decision that I used the term "Aryan", I actually was referencing the real life alien species "Pleiadians" Since their alternate name was also "Aryan" as seen here:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_alleged_extraterrestrial_beings

I drew inspiration from the Pleiadians as an alien race for their peaceful and loving nature, as well as their very spiritual and technologically advanced traits.

It was only until this was heavily discusses on the Discord servers, when one of the members (Drass) kindly notified me of the negative connotations of the term. I was heavily shocked, since I never knew that until then. X( After heavy research and discussions with the members of discord, I came to a final decision, that I will continue using the term "Aryan".

My reasoning was:

1. I do not want to give in to the Nazis reality that they own the term or that they think it is the perfect race that humans should become.

2. The Nazis no longer have power over anyone in this world, for, they are long gone and their horrors buried with them.

3. I wish to recover the honor of the term, wherein it was used as an alternate term for the "Pleiadians", an alien race that was far from the evil Nazis in the first place. I read a lot of books about the alien races when I was a child, this is why it is a heavy influence on me and the development of this game.

In the end, I will still take part of my responsibility in making a disclaimer that no terms are used as a means of offending nor looking down on anyone of a specific group or ethnicity. :)

In addition with that, the word "Aryan" also had indo-iranian origins, which was far from the evil movement of the Nazis. ;)

Hope this helps clear things up, onipunk! :D Thanks so much once again! ^_^
Kokoro Hane

#99 Mar 21, 2019, 09:35 PM Source

Whoa, whoa, whoa....

You will be making a commercial game? And it looks this fabulous? I am also loving the sci-fi setting and the list of races, it seems very enriched. When I get the time, I'm going to have to play the demo! ^^
Finnuval

#100 Mar 24, 2019, 07:37 AM Source

Klein means small in Dutch, just so you know lol
Other then that it's looking good! :)