This is my first attempt at making a Fire Emblem rom hack, so after getting through the initial chapters I decided to make a “demo” version out of them - so that if I’m doing something wrong, I can learn what that is and take it into account when continuing the work on it. So feedback’s obviously appreciated.
Synopsis:
In the beginning, before the tales of heroes and monsters; before history, before song, there is nothing but an empty ocean, a barren land, and a child, dreaming of great things…
This story starts as far back as it gets, at the very beginning of the world, and follows Ilma - a goddess who under a watchful eye of her mentor is bringing her first world into existence, in the process clashing with Fiends - beings which seem to exist solely to destroy gods and all that they create.
Features:
- 3 Chapters (9 planned)
- 9 Playable Characters (26 planned)
- Supports for all playable characters, some changing based on outside factors, some having immediate effects (such as receiving an item or a temporary unit)
- Personal skills for playable characters and bosses
- Weapon rebalances, including a complete (and very experimental) rework of anima magic.
- (Partially Implemented) Every character death impacting either the story or gameplay in a way that changes them, instead of being just a loss.
- (Partially Implemented) Dynamic story - the main story beats remain the same but a lot can change depending on whether someone died or wasn’t recruited in the first place, what supports you got and which side objectives you completed. Obviously the first two chapters can only show a tiny fraction of that.
- All the expected QoL features.
- And probably more. Idk. My note taking when making this has been less than ideal.
The goal is to create a short, but densely packed story, where you can get a single playthrough and be satisfied, but there is enough there to allow you to keep finding new things in subsequent playthroughs. Is this stupidly ambitious for my first project? Maybe, but though I’m new to rom hacking, I have a decent amount of game dev experience, enough to feel (semi)confident about what I’m doing.
Download link (demo v2) (contains the ups patch and credits)