Fire Emblem: Of Sand and Sabres is a FE8 hack with a fully custom cast, story, and campaign! Currently, the first act (chapters 1-1 through 1-F) and some parts of the second act (chapters 2-1 through 2-4) are complete and playable. The current “hiatus build” linked in the thread contains partial gameplay for some Act 2 chapters even beyond that; however, I hope to release a build with Act 2 fully written and playable by the end of 2024.
Features
- Playable monsters!
- Desert maps that are (gasp) actually fun to play!
- A heavily custom soundtrack, aside from the FE8 songs that I haven’t replaced yet!
- Fun, unique, and interesting units!
- Ironman-friendly design and gameplay!
Plot
Sundown, a bounty hunter and exile from his homeland, journeys to the deserts of the Frontier to seek respite from his past. A magical Sabre in tow, he and a new ally - the retired brigand chieftain Snake Eye - find their paths intertwined. They fight to protect both the town of Scorpion Hill and frontier-dwelling victims of the Empire’s purges, and fend off threats from both their pasts.
They cannot run forever.
Credits
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Sundown portrait: Xilirite
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Moth portrait: Cravat
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Ironhoof portrait: NickT
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Jenny Lea portrait: NickT
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Bowie portrait: MournfulRelic
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Buckler portrait: LaurentLacroix, Hypergammaspaces
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Gnasher portrait: LaurentLacroix
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Cranberry portrait: Citrus
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Deacon Hope portrait: Melliel, NickT
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Darkdrake portrait: CirclesEverywhere, NickT
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Inkhand portrait: Daff
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“Aerdna” portrait: CapibaraInSpace
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BLOODSTORM portrait: Sterling_Glovner
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John portrait: ObsidianDaddy
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Windfang portrait: Sterling_Glovner
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Polar Knight portraits: Flasuban
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Graknor portrait: L95
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The Mayor portrait: Valak, Obsidian Daddy
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Two-Tooth portrait: MournfulRelic
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Honest Jon portrait: Sterling_Glovner
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Aoibheann portrait: ZoramineFae
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Five-Lance Fred portrait: Citrus
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Lt. Alance portrait: LaurentLacroix
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Kyklos portrait: Zaim, Sterling_Glovner
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Gadfly portrait: Atey, Renoud, NickT
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Haagenti portrait: NickT
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Kharios portrait: Autonima
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Pugnaccio portrait: WAve
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Bloodhawk portrait: SomeDenseGuy
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Haneadd portrait: MournfulRelic
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Xiratsah portrait: JiroPaiPai
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Watt portrait: Yasako
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Vigilante map sprites: Agro
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Vigilante animations: Orihara_Saki, Pikmin1211, Maiser6
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Archer map sprites: MeatOfJustice
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Archer animations: Leo_link, Spud, MeatOfJustice
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Axe Guard map sprites: Pikmin1211, L95
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Axe Guard animations: Waleed, Pushwall, Lord_Tweed
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Axe Guard class card: L95
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Bard animations: MeatOfJustice
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Bow Tarvos map sprites: ArcherBias
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Brigand map sprites: Flasuban, Skitty
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Brigand animations: Flasuban, eCut, Skitty
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Cavalier map sprites: SALVAGED, Flasuban
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Cavalier animations: SALVAGED, Flasuban
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Chief Thief map sprites: Glaceo
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Chief Thief animations: Leo_Link, Nuramon, Spud, Sax-Marine
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Confessor map sprites: Devisian_Nights, Knabepicer
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Confessor animations: Devisian_Nights
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Confessor class card: Devisian_Nights
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Deathgoyle animations: Teraspark, L95
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Deserter map sprites: Alusq, Knabepicer
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Deserter animations: Alusq, Knabepicer
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Deserter class card: Rasdel, Knabepicer
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Desert Lord map sprites: Pikmin1211, Unknown
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Desert Lord animations: Mercenary Lord, NYZGamer, Maiser6, Pikmin1211
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Dread Fighter map sprites: Nuramon
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Dread Fighter animations: Nuramon
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Four Horsemen map sprites: Pikmin1211, Nuramon, DerTheVaporeon
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Freeblade map sprites: Agro
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Freeblade animations: TBA
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Geomancer map sprites: Devisian_Nights
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Geomancer animations: Devisian_Nights
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Grand Guard map sprites: Dellhonne
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Grand Guard animations: Nuramon
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Myrmidon map sprites: Leo_link
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Paladin map sprites: RobertFPY, Pikmin1211, L95
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Pirate map sprites: DerTheVaporeon, StreetHero
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Pirate animations: DerTheVaporeon, Nuramon, MarioKirby, Wan
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Rearguard Knight map sprites: SALVAGED
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Rearguard Knight animations: SALVAGED
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Serpent Heir map sprites: DerTheVaporeon
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Soldier map sprites: Rexacuse, Peerless, Alusq, WarPath
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Soldier animations: Nuramon, Flasuban, JeorgeReds
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Halberdier map sprites: TBA, blood, Dei, dondon151
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Thaumaturge map sprites: Pikmin1211, DerTheVaporeon
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Thaumaturge animations: Pikmin1211, GabrielKnight, Maiser6, Lisandra_Brave
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Troubadour animations: Pikmin1211, Maiser6, Lisandra_Brave, TBA
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Thief animations: Pikmin1211, Maiser6, Skitty, GabrielKnight
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Trickster map sprites: StreetHero, blood
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Trickster animations: Leo_link
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Valkyria map sprites: CamusZekeSirius, flasuban
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Vanguard Knight map sprites: SALVAGED
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Vanguard Knight animations: SALVAGED
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Villager class card: Ghast
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Worldwake map sprites: Leif, MeatofJustice
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Zouave map sprites: ArcherBias
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Village tileset: N426, Zoramine, Vennobennu
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Desert tileset: Hypergammaspaces, Zoramine, Vennobennu
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Snowy Bern tileset: FEAW, Zoramine, Vennobennu
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FF2 Town tileset: N426, WAve, Zoramine
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Buffed Frontier Village tileset: Hypergammaspaces, Zoramine, Vennobennu, WAve, Pushwall
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1-3 map palette: Zoramine
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1-7 map palette: WAve
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Bowie’s Bow icon: XVI
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Firefall Sabre icon: LordGlenn
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Lucifer Pike icon: LordGlenn
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Regnant Sun icon: GabrielKnight
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Sandstorm Sabre icon: GabrielKnight
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Assassin Edge icon: GabrielKnight
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Parrying Sword icon: GabrielKnight, Ereshkigal
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Prinzschwert icon: SacredStones
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Quietus icon: Lisandra_Brave
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Thief’s Dagger icon: GabrielKnight
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Vorpal Dagger icon: GabrielKnight
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Glaive icon: GabrielKnight
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Glaive-Guisarme icon: Zelix
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Guardian Pike icon: Beansy, CardCaph
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Heaven’s Thorn icon: GabrielKnight
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Warden Pike icon: Beansy
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Surety Axe icon: GabrielKnight
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The Bulwark icon: LordGlenn
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Ballista icons: Celice
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Bison Rifle icon: GabrielKnight
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Coyote Rifle icon: Ereshkigal
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Heavy Crossbow icon: Valak
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Light Crossbow icon: Valak
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Phoenix Rifle icon: Beansy
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Wolf Rifle icon: GabrielKnight
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Demon icons: Beansy
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Leyline icons: GabrielKnight
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Melody icons: CardCaph
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Orb icons: Beansy
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Virtue icons: Zarg
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Wand of Flame icon: Zarg, Feier
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Beer Bottle icon: GabrielKnight
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Beer Barrel icon: GabrielKnight
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Bronze Jewelry icon: Celice
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Fine Wine icon: GabrielKnight
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Fool’s Gold icon: GabrielKnight
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Gem Jewelry icon: Rootrick, Zarg
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Gold Bullion icon: Zelix
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Land Deed icon: GabrielKnight
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Medal of Valor icon: Rootrick, Zarg
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Pocket Watch icon: Beansy
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Poultice icon: LordGlenn
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Roll of Silk icon: Beansy
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Silver Jewelry icon: Zarg
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Song icons: XVI
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Title screen background: Fenreir
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Status screen background: Epicer, MournfulRelic
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Playtesting: Leche, Godspetturtle, Rivian, Levin, ArcherBias, Epicer, SirSpensir, Roze
Screenshots