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STORY

When the Eclipse arrived, the world was changed forever

People no longer possess emotions, instincts, or feelings of any kind.  Instead, these lost "fragments" of humanity appear as monstrous beings under the light of the eclipsed sun.  Those who are left now live in the shadows, each community struggling to find its own reason to carry on.

Now, the world must find a way to change, once again

When a girl named Lucid stumbles across an assortment of strange cards - relics of lost technology from the old world - she gains the ability to reclaim both fragments and the magic that they possess.
Bewildered by powers and sensations she has never before experienced, she sets out to uncover the mystery of the fragments, track down others who wield them, and find a way to fix her dying world born of the Eclipse.


GAMEPLAY

Capture your enemies as cards, and use them

Born of the Eclipse uses a hybrid of classic RPG turn-based battles with elements of collectible card games.  Build a deck of cards, acquired by capturing any of the 100 fragments found throughout the world.  By releasing these cards, you can use their unique abilities to deal with whatever stands in your way, and ultimately add those foes to your collection.
Fragments will only appear in the sunlight, so use the shadows to avoid confrontation or venture out to find new cards.

Master the forgotten forces of the human heart

Each card represents a lost piece of humanity, from joy and sorrow to hunger and pain.  Broken into four categories - be they born from instinct, emotion, spirit, or will - you will need to take advantage of how your powers match up against your opponent's, constantly using new cards and attacks with the flow of battle.

StatusReleased
PlatformsWindows
Rating
Rated 4.5 out of 5 stars
(2 total ratings)
AuthorWyrmling Productions
GenreRole Playing, Card Game
Made withRPG Maker
Tags2D, Female Protagonist, JRPG, RPG Maker, Singleplayer
Average sessionA few minutes
LanguagesEnglish
InputsKeyboard, Xbox controller

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Born of the Eclipse (Version 1.02).exe 289 MB

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Now I'm stuck in the second guardian of the tower. Its ability is just tricky to deal with. I feel like I'm relying on card draw, hoping that I get something that would boost my defense so I can block the returned damage of my own attacks.

Anyways, yeah, I'm stuck. I'm not really sure of other strategies on how to defeat this enemy...

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If memory serves, the idea with that boss is to focus on healing between attacks.  Try making sure you attack with an advantageous phase, then shift back to a defensive one by the end of the turn.  Doing so will also heal you in the process, so it should be possible to stretch the fight on pretty long by playing conservatively with your cards.

Of course, if the damage is too high, you could also just attack while staying in a defensive phase, and just take the fight slowly.

It's a really, really good game. Definitely in the top 3 of my favorite RPG games.

Unfortunately, it has some bugs. For example, when you play a move that reduces your life to 1 as the finisher, next encounter, your life gets reduced to 1. The debuff carries over to the next fight.

And there's also this:

I'm not sure what it means, but the game crashed with that message. It's when I fight Militias, right when the battle UI would appear, that message appears.

In any case, I'll still love this game. The world-building is amazing, and I really love Lucid as a character. And, oh boy, the number of flavor texts there are... I love it. The story is enough, but maybe it's just my taste. The bugs do suck, but yeah.

It's a damn good game.

I'm glad to hear you enjoyed the game so much, despite the bugs.  I put my heart into this one, but there were just so many third party scripts running behind the scenes that it never quite worked flawlessly.  There were never any unavoidable crashes reported, so I hope you were able to get past Militias in the end.


A lesson for other developers that I hope to take to heart in the future:  keep it simple, make sure it works, and then build on it from there.

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I'm not sure how to fix the Militias bug, and I've tried all I can think of. Except for making a new game, or redownloading the game. But I'm not sure if I want to restart my progress...

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Please send me your save file at WyrmlingProductions@gmail.com - I'll dig up the archives and see what I can do.

EDIT:  I've updated the game and sent you a fixed up save file.  Let me know how it goes!

It works! I was able to defeat Militias, too. Thank you for the save file, btw.

I'm thinking about making a full review of the game once I'm finished, which could be a while since I'm pretty busy these days. Don't expect it to be good, though :p. I rarely do reviews.