Star's Favour

Indrah · 2014-10-04T04:32:57+0900

After hitching a ride on a shooting star, four unlikely heroes find themselves in a stone temple floating in the night sky. The four have agreed to banish every monster sealed in the temple after hearing the plea of Starlet, a star spirit who sadly was unable to come along. This leaves the heroes a bit lost as to what to do next, other than wander around smacking monsters. Luckily, that's something they happen to be very good at. That, and acting like idiots. Screenshots: CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD(All files included) GERMAN VERSION(translated by Crazy_Leen) -------------------------------------------------- Game details: -4 unique playable characters. Decide whose skills to upgrade first depending on your style. -Visible encounters. Mostly optional; tackle monsters at your own pace. -No plot hassle, find out more about your puspose or not, it's up to you. -Around 2~ hours of gametime. -Humorous character interactions and lighthearted tone. (Controls, hints and notes in txt file inside game folder.) The game was originally made as a weekend challenge, but it stretched into a full week. I'm rather happy with the result, as this game is a total solo effort, and it was the first time I did eveyr aspect of game dev by myself. It was a great experience, but I'll happily leave my partners to cover anything regarding numbers >_< The big inspiration for this game was Crazy_Leen's Retro Pixel set, go praise her for her greatness here. Support Bar: Paste the code below in your signature to add the above image+link. [/url] [U][B]Updates[/B][/U] -May 13th 2015: Added link to translated German version. -January 8th 2015: Updated download with patched version. (Minor bugs fixed) -October 3rd 2014. Pff i uploaded the worong file, the original version was the old one with no credits and a couple rough parts. Uploaded correct version. If you have the old one (a zip instead of an exe) just download and replace the files. Saves are compatible. -October 3rd 2014. Game finished and released.

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Started by Indrah Oct 3, 2014, 07:32 PM 20 posts View original ↗

Indrah

#1 Oct 3, 2014, 07:32 PM Source

After hitching a ride on a shooting star, four unlikely heroes find themselves in a stone temple floating in the night sky.
The four have agreed to banish every monster sealed in the temple after hearing the plea of Starlet, a star spirit who sadly was unable to come along. This leaves the heroes a bit lost as to what to do next, other than wander around smacking monsters. Luckily, that's something they happen to be very good at. That, and acting like idiots.

Screenshots:

CLICK HERE
TO DOWNLOAD
(All files included)

GERMAN VERSION
(translated by Crazy_Leen)

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Game details:
-4 unique playable characters. Decide whose skills to upgrade first depending on your style.
-Visible encounters. Mostly optional; tackle monsters at your own pace.
-No plot hassle, find out more about your puspose or not, it's up to you.
-Around 2~ hours of gametime.
-Humorous character interactions and lighthearted tone.
(Controls, hints and notes in txt file inside game folder.)

The game was originally made as a weekend challenge, but it stretched into a full week. I'm rather happy with the result, as this game is a total solo effort, and it was the first time I did eveyr aspect of game dev by myself. It was a great experience, but I'll happily leave my partners to cover anything regarding numbers >_<

The big inspiration for this game was Crazy_Leen's Retro Pixel set, go praise her for her greatness here.

Support Bar:

Paste the code below in your signature to add the above image+link.

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Updates

-May 13th 2015: Added link to translated German version.

-January 8th 2015: Updated download with patched version. (Minor bugs fixed)

-October 3rd 2014. Pff i uploaded the worong file, the original version was the old one with no credits and a couple rough parts. Uploaded correct version. If you have the old one (a zip instead of an exe) just download and replace the files. Saves are compatible.

-October 3rd 2014. Game finished and released.
Alkorri

#2 Oct 3, 2014, 07:36 PM Source

Proud of you! Plot or not, I had fun playing this. Congrats :)
Raider

#3 Oct 3, 2014, 08:25 PM Source

Leens Retro Tileset :3

I'm definitely trying this out :)
Geoff Moore

#4 Oct 3, 2014, 08:30 PM Source

Congrats on your first solo effort, it looks fun! I'll try to check it out this weekend. :D
SunStoneLight

#5 Oct 3, 2014, 09:22 PM Source

Playing the game right now, very unique! ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆ ☆

(The name sort of interested me, anything related to stars interests me)
Indrah

#6 Oct 3, 2014, 11:11 PM Source

Pfff, and of course something always is wrong with the very first release. ALWAYS.

I originally uploaded the wrong link, it was an old zip file with rough patches a couple bugs. It's fixed now (it's an exe).

If you downloaded the game before I posed this, download it again, install it somewhere and copy over any save files you had (the saves should be fully compatible).

Unless you do this you wont see the best pic in the game during the credits, so, you know, definitely worth it XD
Crazy_Leen

#7 Oct 4, 2014, 07:31 PM Source

My god you really made.... you spoil me, Indrah QWQ

I'm downloading it right now and then can say more about it <3

Hey, would you be interested in me translating it into german (and uploading it to our forum ) :3 ?
Bonkers

#8 Oct 4, 2014, 08:22 PM Source

Some thoughts as I played:

Spoiler
Enemies reappear after the battle is cleared, and then fade out to the temple map.

I ground levels before touching any of the real challenges, so I got to level 5 very quickly.

"You have gained enough experience to be level 3!" Checks status window, level 5. Ok.

"?" is cut off in a window of dialogue from Mab.

So Karnak can hit with blade dance 8 times. Now 11 times with blessing and roar buff. It doesn't seem to wanna cap out at 5 like indicated. Either I am doing something to make her attack more

somehow or after 6 years of math college courses I forgot how to count proper.

Ashura fight was a lot of fun, and I instinctively felt out to let it sleep until I got the minions first. Curse and paralysis were a big help here and in the blue slimes fight.

The reward for all the blue slimes was great, and having all the items doubled helped immensely.

Having the abilities upgrade and learning new ones through items/mini bosses was preferable to leveling up and getting them. The side dialogue really helped to flesh out the characters, though Karnak was the most quiet.

I had an enjoyable time, and the battles were challenging. It was a nice debut for the tile set which I had taken notice of, and for a small dungeon without exploration involved it was nice.
Indrah

#9 Oct 4, 2014, 08:47 PM Source

Crazy_Leen said:
My god you really made.... you spoil me, Indrah QWQ

I'm downloading it right now and then can say more about it <3

Hey, would you be interested in me translating it into german (and uploading it to our forum ) :3 ?
*spits drink everywhere*

I...I would be honored \;A;/ (tell me when you guys want to and I'll pass you the files)

@Pala: ""You have gained enough experience to be level 3!" Checks status window, level 5. Ok."

WOAH WAT. That is some major bug in there wtf XD And yeah, soemone noticed bladedance is a cheating ho yesterday too =_=u to be fair, karnak is a monster no matter what you do so 8 or 11 hits don't make much of a difference *wibble*

Glad you could enjoy he game (limited as it is). I was actually dissappointed i could not use anythign but the temple due to time, I had like three towns mapped and I could not use them >c

Waiting for a friend to paly (and see what bugs HE reports) and then will update the game with the fixes, thanks for the report '3'7
Alkorri

#10 Oct 4, 2014, 08:53 PM Source

Indrah said:
Glad you could enjoy he game (limited as it is). I was actually dissappointed i could not use anythign but the temple due to time, I had like three towns mapped and I could not use them >c
Wha, no, I was gonna make a game with the towns, darnit. Lemme steal your maps, Indrah heehee ;)

Naw is all good. I wanna make some kind of game with Crazy Leen's awesome tiles too. :)
Crazy_Leen

#11 Oct 4, 2014, 10:04 PM Source

Okay I finished it and it was so much fun to play *-*

Ithink translating stuff can be fun, too and your little dialouges are so nice <3

You can pass me the files whenever you want :D

Just drop me a PN :3
Evan Finkel

#12 Oct 6, 2014, 06:17 PM Source

Let me finished this thing..

Edit Ah, I think the support banner is using more "s"es? It's spelled Stars's Favour

EDIT #2 I've played a little bit and enjoyed it. But there is one issue I detected so far : In battle - When ">Retreat<" is selected, then I choose "Stay." The character facesets disappear, either I didn't knew that time that of what character I was commanding!

Cool pixelated facesets by the way.
Jaide

#13 Oct 10, 2014, 12:30 AM Source

I played this in one sitting and couldn't get enough of it. x3 The combat was fun, and I especially loved using Chain Lightning on large groups of mobs~.

I didn't realize Karnak was female at first, so I was delighted to see a lesbian relationship, and like most of Indrah's games, the cast contains more females than males, which is refreshing in the male-dominated world of gaming.

tl;dr every game Indrah makes is pure gold and this one is no exception. <3
Indrah

#14 Oct 10, 2014, 01:47 AM Source

@Zalett: FFF. It's true about the banner. XD I'll have to fix dat

And glad you guys enjoyed the game, as silly and short and plot-less (oh, the poor inexistant plot) as it is!
Evan Finkel

#15 Oct 23, 2014, 04:46 PM Source

I already did done the game previous weekend, may I ask you who you hired to do your pixelated faces? You listed Miyanamisya (Avatar Maker) or something but I searched around the net, and I got home with empty hands.
Indrah

#16 Oct 23, 2014, 05:03 PM Source

http://www.k3.dion.ne.jp/~toraneko/index.html

There should be a link to her avatar makers soemhwere. Don't ask me to help I bought them off the japanese dl site with a lot of trouble years ago and I can't be assed to go throught that again. Each set costs like 100 yen or so.
Evan Finkel

#17 Dec 12, 2014, 05:50 AM Source

I've read the text file. Are you planning to make "Star's Favor II"?! It'll be a great thing to enjoy! ;)

Fanarts (Because why not!):

Spoiler
Karnak & Mab's Flirt!

Faceshot of Karnak and portrait of Edian.
Indrah

#18 Dec 12, 2014, 02:30 PM Source

Ahahah thanks! It's just a vague wish for now. I have at leas 3 projects to finish before that u_u
Cluly

#19 Dec 12, 2014, 08:24 PM Source

Lol, awesome game! A well spent couple of hours indeed.
Indrah

#20 Jan 8, 2015, 07:52 PM Source

Updated download with patched game. Just a few bugfixes, nothing you'll notice XD