I’ve been working on this largely behind the scenes since January, and I’m finally ready to formally announce it to the rest of the world: Astellia, Land of Stars, a romhack of Fire Emblem 8 for the GBA!
In a land defined by Church dogma and hegemony for the past millennium in the wake of the arrival of sacred relics from the heavens, the eyes of the world are ever upon the footfalls of the gods. Those with a divine gift are venerated as Saints, the physical acts of the gods of creation who are said to sleep in the Holy Land of Astellia, far above the planet of Albion.
It is into this world that a woman named Amaranth awakens, bereft of her memories and adrift on the sea. As she seeks to uncover the buried secrets of her own past, will the eyes of the world soon be upon her?
Astellia, Land of Stars is a story of identity. It is a story of those who seek to understand the reason for their existence, and of what these people are willing to do when they come to the ends of their stories.
Based on a collaborative RP that has been going for over ten years between myself and a small group of friends, Astellia, Land of Stars will be releasing… Soon™.
Features
- A condensed, fast-paced 15-chapter story
- Fully original portraits for the entire playable cast, major antagonists, and a large group of friends
- An original soundtrack of 50+ songs fully composed/arranged by me, featuring mostly original songs as well as a few arrangements of potentially familiar tunes—plus, some guest contributions to the soundtrack from my fiancé!
- Unique battle themes for every playable character!
- A completely reworked summon mechanic
- Unique classes for all playable characters
- Infinite-use prf weapons that serve as the core of a rebalanced weapon economy
- Held items that grant passive bonuses and allow for skill portability between units
- And more!
Credits (patches)
FEBuilder framework: 7743- 16 tracks/12 sounds by Agro/Brendor
- 256 Color Title Background by Leonarth
- AnimNumbers Damage pop-up in battle anime by Huichelaar
- AoE Area of Effect by Vesly
- Don’t die in the arena. stay at 1 HP.
- AutoGenLeftOAM by 7743
- Unique Battle Music Per Unit by 7743
- Battle Transforming by Tequila, UNKNOWN, Aera, circleseverywhere, 7743
- Casual Mode (Ver. Flag 0xB0) by circleseverywhere, Vesly
- Fix CG Fade Glitch by 7743
- Change Chapter TItle background for each chapter by 7743
- Convert Chapter Titles to Text ver.2 by circleseverywhere, 7743
- Continue Battle BGM Between Map and Combat by 7743
- CritCap by Contro
- CSA Creator for FE8U ver.2 by circleseverywhere
- Map Danger Zone by circleseverywhere
- Draw attack effect on map animation when battle animation off by Vesly
- drumfix by circleseverywhere
- Remove Enemy Control Glitch by Brendor, 7743
- Display Escape menu by 7743
- Add Event: AutoLvlUnit by Vesly
- ExModularSave by Stan
- FE8 Battle Stats with Anims Off ver2 by Vesly, Tequila
- Enable Locked Weapon Prf constraints on staffs and items as well by 7743, Tequila, jjl2357
- Using 256, 224 color BG by Huichelaar
- 01command_hack by Hextator, 7743
- 48command_hack by Hextator, 7743
- Anti-Huffman by Hextator, 7743
- FillAIDangerMap Efficiency Fix by 7743, HyperGammaSpaces
- Fix dodge to front glitch by Snakey1
- Make a magic throwing ax (Bolt Axe) by Midori, 7743
- Crash prevention in the clear turn list by 7743
- fix_lz77decompress by Tequila
- Use HandAxs motion as generic motion for throwing axes by 7743
- HPBars_with_warnings by Circles
- HPBars_with_warnings Cache by Circles, Tequila
- HPBars_simple by Circles, Tequila
- m4a hq mixer by ipatix, 7743
- Magic Sword Rework by Sme
- Warn you when trying to sell rare items by 7743
- MeleeAndMagicFix by Hextator, Tequila, 7743
- ModularMinimugBox: 2018 Default/2018 Default With Skill by Zane Avernathy
- ModularMinimugBox: GFE1R Style by 7743, GFE1R, Zane Avernathy
- ModularMinimugBox: Kaitou Style by 7743, Kaitou, Zane Avernathy
- ModularMinimugBox: REDFE Style by 7743, REDFE, Zane Avernathy
- ModularMinimugBox: RUNABOX LHT Style by unuesu, Zane Avernathy
- ModularMinimugBox: VisionQuest Style with ItemList by Pandan, Scraiza, Zane Avernathy
- ModularMinimugBox: VisionQuest Style without ItemList by Pandan, Scraiza, Zane Avernathy
- ModularMinimugBoxV2: catball Style by Zane Avernathy
- ModularMinimugBoxV2: catballsecond Style by Zane Avernathy
- ModularMinimugBoxV2: Vesly Style by Zane Avernathy
- Exceed the Portrait Hackbox by 4 Tiles by tiki
- Multiple vulnerary by 7743
- NarrowFont by Scraiza, MintX
- Switch the death Quote for each unit who is killer by 7743
- Null Move Display by 7743
- Prevent exchange of valuables ListVersion by Vesly, Circle, Pawkkie
- RNGRandomizer by TR143
- Simple setting of Sacred Weapons 2 by 7743
- Show Heal Amount by Tequila
- DurabilityBasedItemEvent
- Skill SkillSystems 20220703 by Circleseverywhere, Monkeybard, Black Mage, Blaze, Tequila, Rossendale, StanH, Leonarth, Teraspark, sd9k, Kao, blademaster, Snakey1, Primefusion
- SOUND_NIMAP by ciecleseverywhere
- SOUND_NIMAP2 by Alusq
- Stairs 20191031 by Snakey1
- Add blink to portrait image on status screen by Stan
- SummonEXP by Snakey1
- Prevent exchange of valuables by Circle
- UnitActionRework by Stan
Credits (visual assets/other)
- Battle screen UI by Fenreir
- Refined movement arrow by Squidjees
- Summon routine by circleseverywhere, Vesly
- Status screen UI by me
- Menu UI by Alice, Stephano
- TRAILER VOICES by SimplyLucky, Sam Polwart, Sarah Watson, and William Caine
- Map sprites by HyperGammaSpaces, Catinator, Ultra-Fenix, VelvetKitsune, Bowgun, Pikmin, SALVAGED, Blood, Dei, Dondon151, Tatutachang, Scraiza, Nuramon, ltranc, Unknown, EldritchA, Indogutsu Tenbuki, Smug_Mug, Melia, Tdim, Batima, NamelessX, Hanakko, ZoramineFae, Duckbeard, Devisian Nights, Feier, Flasuban, Quinnabon, N426, Leo_Link, DerTheVaporeon, Sax Marine, Sephie, L95, Pushwall, ArcherBias, CamusZekeSirius, and me
- Item icons by Seal, LordGlenn, N426, 2WB, EldritchA, Indogutsu Tenbuki, Ereshkigal, Celice, Serebii01, Zarg, Rootrick, BatimaTheBat, Jubby, Peerless, Zelix, SacredStones, Beansy, SN_Ivan, Jeorge Reds, UltraFenix, GabrielKnight, XVI, and me
- Battle animations by 2WB, Someone Else, SaintRubenio, Velvet, TytheBub, Pikmin, Seliost1, BatimaTheBat, Nuramon, GigaExcalibur, SALVAGED, RedBean, 7743, Yosh, Aruka, Kenpuhu, Tatutachang, Greentea, ReykRS, xxxDrama, Glenwing, Levin64, HyperGammaSpaces, UltraFenix, Melia, knabepicer, Feier, Pushwall, TBA, Duckbeard, Plant Academy, Dachi, Steaming Tofu, Melledoneus, GabrielKnight, Jey the Count, Iscaneus, The_Big_Dededester, Sax Marine, RRSKAI, TheBlindArcher, Spud, MeatofJustice, Craigrandall55, Zankantou, Blood Beryl, SHYUTERz, Blademaster, Shin19, ltranc, Dinar, 7743, darkjaden, Camus Regan, and me
- Spell/Skill/Effect animations by Kenpuhu, Mikey_Seregon, Mariode, Scraiza, Norikins, Seal, SHYUTERz, MeatofJustice, Nagao, LoveMachine, The_Big_Dededester, Bonzai, Blazer, 7743, Alusq, Jubby, HIROTO, and me
- Portraits by Garytop, Alice, AmBrosiac, claire45, Cygnus, Eden, Ghostblade, Its_Just_Jay, Random Wizard, Sphealnuke, NickT, Stitch, CaringCarrot, GratedShtick, DarkChibimon, BuskHusker, and me
- “The Devoted” piano arrangement used as a base for my version: slappysloop
Soundtrack Samples:
