Expiation - Demo

• Brought to the world of Sinia by mysterious means, is Manuel, a boy who suffers form amnesia. The weird part of it is, he is able to manifest his emotions in battle through an aura he is able to use. Not being a mage, neither a swordsman, Manuel seems to have this unique ability out of the blue. The world of Sinia consists of 4 lands: The Kingdom of Mercurius, the Palladium Empire, the Nation of Argon and the Rubius Archipelago.
  
  Stranded on Mercurius he is told to reach a town called Sehrli, where mages live who might be able to restore his memory back and deduce the origin of his abilities. The Kingdom is in a state of turmoil though, as it is currently besieged by the Palladium Empire, with some of the local lords having allied themselves with the Empire to save their status as lords and the land they rule.
  
  Where did Manuel come from? What is that Aura ability of his? And is there any way to restore his memory loss?
  
  This demo has the beginning of his adventure, while he is travelling through mountain caves, infiltrating a villa and conquering the Foggy Peak, infested with demonic creatures.

• The game utilizes the ATB system for battles. Each character has their own set of skills with passive skills being available as well, to help tweak the standard RPG Maker gameplay a little. A Day/Night cycle allows for changes in the environment and a quest system provides the needed flair, every RPG needs with its side missions. 3 main characters are available with 2 more during the prologue. 5 boss battles are included and over 20 different enemies trying to stop you. Suitable for anyone who wants to scratch that RPG itch!

• The world of Sinia is divided into 4 lands: The Kingdom of Mercurius, which worships Aleza. The Palladium Empire, which worships Priroda. The Rubius Archipelago which is the home of the Shikra tribe and the Nation of Argon, isolated from the rest of Sinia.
  
  The Palladium Empire has infiltrated the Kingdom of Mercurius for unknown reasons, killed the King at the capital of Reabershire and is looking for the missing prince.
  Some cities have been wiped out in the process, with people fleeing the lands and other lords having allied themselves with the Palladium Empire, out of fear to lose their status.
  
  It's not allowed to worship Aleza anymore and the Mercurians are visibly upset over their loss of freedom.
  The origin story of Mercurius tells of a propher warrior, who was able to manifest his emotions in battle to create wonders and liberate the lands establishing the Kingdom of Mercurius in its current form.

• The game features minor mentions of religion, politics. It is a pure RPG in it's genre.
  The title screen image was made using AI, as I am not at a point yet to ask for a commission since that will be the final step. To make the title screen more presentable and not using the stock images, I decided on AI. Other than that, everything else was provided by either the RPG Maker Engine or artists who have been all properly credited.

• CREDITS:

Run Time Package Data Packs including Graphics, Tilesets,

Assets, Audio taken from the included RPG Maker VX Ace
Engine by Enterbrain and Gotcha Gotcha Games

Further Assets obtained through DLC and the steam shop
->Dungeons and Volcanoes Tiles
->Pirate Ship Tiles


Scripts used:

YANFLY ENGINE ACE
->Ace Core Engine v1.09
->Ace Battle Engine v1.22
->Party System v1.08
->Visual Battlers v1.01
->Element Absorb v1.01
->Element Reflect v1.01
->Victory Aftermath v1.04
->Event Chase Player v1.00
->System Options v1.00
->Menu Cursor v1.00
->Ace Save Engine v1.03
->Ace Item Menu v1.02
->Ace Shop Options v1.01
->Steal Items v1.03
->Ace Menu Engine v1.10
->Party Sized Menu v1.00
->Ace Status Menu v1.02
->Ace Equip Engine v1.06
->State Animations v1.01
->Extra Param. Formulas v1.00
->Skill Cost Manager v1.03
->Anti-Fail Message v1.00
->Enemy Levels v1.02




GALV'S SCRIPTS
->Vehicle On/Off Locations v1.5
->Map Positions v1.8
->Cam. Slide Control v1.0




SCRIPTS BY V.M. OF D.T.
->Sleek Gauges v1.06
->Basic Quest System v1.3f
->After Battle Events v1.0
->Critical Flash + Sound Effect v1.3
->Basic Game Time + Night/Day v1.6.2b
->Basic Enemy HP Bars Lite v1.1b
->Appraisal Shop v1.1a
->Set Guard/Attack Skills v1.3




VENKA'S SCRIPTS
->Bestiary v1.8
->Crafting Script v3.8 15.12.2014
->Crafting Script: Customize Section
->Crafting Script: Difficulty Settings 20.09.2014
->Crafting Script: Menu Access Add On 20.09.2014
->Crafting Script: Actor Stat. Changes Add On 21.09.2014




VICTOR SANT'S VICTOR ENGINE
->Basic Modul v1.3.5
->Fog and Overlay v1.12
->Element Strength v1.01
->Incapacitate States v1.09
->Action Conditions v1.03
->Passive States v1.03
->Cast Animations v1.03




TDS' SCRIPTS
->Stat. Distribution v1.8
->Menu Add On




HIME'S SCRIPTS
->Custom Use Conditions 04.01.2014
->Custom Event Triggers 28.01.2015




SINGLE AUTHOR SCRIPTS
->Fomar0153 - ATB/Stamina Based Battle System
Edited by Deathsia and AnarchCassius v1.5
->Roninator2 - Show ATB Bar for Enemies v1.00
->Yami's Fix Revival
->JV Master Script - 8 Dir. Move
->Majirefy - Modified Map Names v1.0
->FirelyFlip - Battle Transition v1.0
->Zerbu - Text Sound Effect version2
->Modern Algebra - State Viewer v1.0b
->Hudel - Orange Balloon
->Secretlemur - Message Speed
->Meow Face - Auto Revive
->Moghunter - Simple Anti Lag v2.1
->Solistra - Backtrace v1.5




UNUSED SCRIPTS BUT SAVED IN THE DATA
->Hime - Connected Maps
->Khas - Awesome Light Effects v1.0
->Unknown - Item Removal




TILESETS AND GRAPHICS
->Adiktuzmiko
->Archeia
->Aweryn
->Boldpaste2
->Candacis
->Celianna
->Deathswallow
->Ksi
->Liberty
->Lunarea
->Marquise
->Matombo
->Matseb2611
->Michael.Galefire
->Monkeysnow55
->Nanohan
->PandaMaru
->Quigon
->Radiant Cadenza
->Super Tristan
->The Infamous BonBon
->Vexed Enigma
->Zombie Daisuke
->Eternal Destiny Resource Pack




BACKGROUND MUSIC AND SOUNDEFFECTS
->Aaron Krogh
->Darren Curtis
->Desperate Measures
->Dreadshadow
->IAmGyrowolf
->JDB
->Joel Steudler
->J Stewart Music
->Kelven (Heim - 3_Schrei Soundeffect)
->mostly-useless
->Ms Littlefish
->Radiant Cadenza Studios
->The Brogrammer

Iconset for items, weapons, armor, skills and states made by Avery.


SPECIAL THANKS TO THE RPG MAKER COMMUNITY FROM
->https://forums.rpgmakerweb.com/
->RPG Maker Subreddit on Reddit

SPECIAL THANKS GOES TO
->Studio Blue for playtesting the very first
alpha prototype back in 2019! Your suggestions helped me a lot in refining the whole intro with many wonderful ideas!