Hello, there!
It has been a while.
Welcome to my new project: Cursed Soul.
This one has been in development for quite some time now. But, today I can finally present to you the sequel to “The Phantom King”. Progress on this project has been slow over the years. I started development all the way back in 2020. Yes, I was already working on this before Phantom king’s first release! After Phantom King’s final release I decided to focus on "“Crowns and Thrones” instead of this project. But now after 5 years, I finally have something to show!
I’m not exactly sure yet how long the game will be, but I’m aiming for 30 chapters. Today I release the first 14 chapters.
Story
Well, obviously it is the sequel to “The Phantom King”. And at the same time it is a prequel to “Crowns and Thrones”, but it is more so a sequel to Phantom king.
A lot has changed, 20 years after the events of The Phantom King. Before he died, the Dark king Nymen warned the island of Reglis that he would be back in 20 years. And now those 20 years have passed…
The nobility is paranoid and believes that the dark king might be already among them. The suspect? A whole generation!
But, the kingdoms of Reglis are not only worrying about a threat from the inside. Invaders have been colonizing the east for a few years now. The kingdom of Sountaine has already fallen…
The fearless Marugnatii are slowly conquering Reglis piece by piece!
Story structure:
The chapter progression of this hack is quite something. In “The Phantom King” you controlled two different parties, which the player switched between every chapter. This time around there are not one, not two, not even three different parties to switch between. This hack has a whopping six different parties at the start of the game! A dizzying amount…I know. The six different parties intertwine and merge slowly throughout the story. By the time you reach the endgame chapters you’ll have just one party.
Here’s a picture to illustrate the chapter progression:
Gameplay
After the big experiment that was Crowns and Thrones, I decided to return to traditional FE gameplay for this project. But, of course there are still quite a few changes from vanilla.
Some basic things:
- Doubling calculation: The threshold for doubling is 1.
- Con: Units have very little con. This means weapon weight has a lot of effect on a unit’s speed. Most units have somewhere between 0 and 3 con.
- No branching promotions.
- Stats cap at 20.
- Stat boosters are stat rings instead. They work differently this time. Stat rings basically shuffle your stats around. +5 points of speed means -5 points from other areas like this example below:
You can mix and match different rings together, because they do stack.
Credits
Battle animations:
[FE5 Lord Custom] [M] Leif Lord by Obsidian Daddy.
[Cavalier-Variant] [M] Generic by SALVAGED.
[Grand Paladin] [M] Seth v2 by Aruka.
[Great Lord-Custom] [M] Master Knight by St Jack.
[Paladin-Variant] [M] Kent by Greentea.
[Paladin-Variant] [M] SALVAGED +Weapons.
[Sniper-Reskin] [F] Quiver by Nuramon.
[Sniper-Reskin] [M] Quiver by Nuramon.
[Soldier-Custom] [M] FE15-Style by Nuramon.
[Hero-Reskin] [F] Generic +Brown Shield by IS, Pikmin1211, Pushwall, St jack
[Mercenary-Reskin] [M] Armored +Axe by Alusq.
[General-Reskin] [M] Baron Cape +Weapons by Leo_link, Nuramon, Iscaneus, The_Big_Dededester.
[Knight-Variant] [M] Generic by SALVAGED.
[FE7 Lyn-Reskin] [F] T2 FE7if Karla by FE7if.
[FE8 Ephraim-Custom] [M] T2 Heavy Infantry by Nuramon.
[FE8 Ephraim-Variant] [M] T1 Vanilla Repack +Weapons by DerTheVaporeon, Pikmin1211.
[T3.1 Bishop] [M] Patriarch by MrNight48.
[MK-Base] [F] Vanilla +Weapons by Aruka, Kenpuhu.
[MK-Base] [M] Vanilla +Weapons by Aruka, Kenpuhu.
[Troubadour-Reskin] [F] Ponytail Repal +Weapons by Pikmin1211, Maiser6, Lisandra_Brave, TBA.
[Paladin-Custom] [M] Leo’s Duke Knight by Leo_Link.
[Marshall] [U] FE10-Style by Nuramon.
[FE15 Lord Custom] Alm T2 [M] by Nuramon
[Cavalier-Variant] [U] Skeleton Cavalier by Teelvade
[Cavalier-Variant] [M] Leo’s Axe Cavalier Noble by Leo_Link
[Cavalier-Variant] [M] Leo’s Lance Cavalier Armored by Leo_Link
[Cavalier-Variant] [M] Leo’s Sword Cavalier by Leo_Link
[Paladin-Custom] [M] Leo’s Great Knight by Leo_Link
[Paladin-Custom] [M] Leo’s Helmetless Duke Knight
[Paladin-Reskin] [F] Isadora by Greentea
[Sword FE15 Custom] Myrmidon [M] by Nuramon
[Swordmaster-Reskin] Guy [M] by Eldritch
[Swordmaster-Variant] Fir [F] by Redbean
[Hero-Variant] Armored +Short Hair [F] by Nuramon
[Hero-Variant] Armored [M] by Nuramon
[Fighter-Variant] FE9 Variant [F] by Pikmin
[Hector-Reskin] T1 Waleed’s Gladiator Repal [M] by Pushwall
[Rogue-Reskin] Ponytail [F] by Temp
[Mage-Custom1] [F] Light Mage by L95.
[Mage-Custom1] [M] Light Mage by L95
[Mage-Custom] Gaiden-Style Frame Fix [F] by Gamma
[Sage-Custom] Gaiden Priestess [F] by Gamma
[Sage-Reskin] FE6-FE7-Style +Pants [F]
[Sage-Reskin] FE6-FE7-Style +Pants [M] by Levin64
[Skeleton-Custom] [U] Specter by Alexsplode
[T1 Cleric-Variant] Sassy Healer [F] by Alusq
[T2 Bishop-Reskin] Elimine [F] by Sirknite31
[Skeleton-Base] [U] Bonewalker Vanilla +Weapons
[Skeleton-Base] [U] Wight Repal by Teraspark +Weapons
Map Sprites: Sprites ripped and formated to fit GBA by: {Stephano, Zane, Random Mercenary}
Tilesets:
FE5’s fields by flasuban
FE5 Castle V2 by flasuban
FF2 - Town - Tileset by WAve, N426
Music:
FE4 - Another Assault (Tristan_Hollow).
FE4 - Army of Agustria (SurfingKyogre).
FE4 - Army of Grannvale 1 (SurfingKyogre).
FE4 - Castle Captured (SurfingKyogre).
FE4 - Conversation 1 (SurfingKyogre).
FE4 - Defense (MrGreen3339).
FE4 - Disturbance in Agustria (Sme).
FE4 - Eldigan the Lionheart (Scraiza).
FE4 - Emperor Arvis (SurfingKyogre).
FE4 - Enemy Message 3 (SurfingKyogre).
FE4 - Glory to Grannvale (SurfingKyogre).
FE4 - When The Rush Comes (MrGreen3339).
FE5 - Advance (Dolkar).
FE5 - Adversity (Dolkar).
FE5 - Barbarians (Dolkar).
FE5 - Boss Battle (Dolkar).
FE5 - Conquest (SurfingKyogre).
FE5 - Crisis (SurfingKyogre).
FE5 - Defend (pandan).
FE5 - In Search of Victory - Leif (SurfingKyogre).
FE5 - Map A (Dolkar).
FE5 - Prep Screen (hypergammaspaces).
FE5 - Pressing Threat (MrGreen3339).
FE5 - Pressing Threat Base A (Dolkar).
FE5 - Recruitment (SurfingKyogre).
FE5 - Searching the Enemy (SurfingKyogre).
FE5 - Squadron B (Dolkar).
FE5 - Victory (Dolkar).
FE5 - Victory Minor (Dolkar).
FE2 - Where The Wind Rustles (hypergammaspaces)
FE11 - Clash of Two Virtues (Sme)
FE3- Anthem (Sme)
FE11 - Onset (SaXor_the_Nobody)
FE11 - Defense (Sme)
FE11 - Combat Mission (Sme)
FE12 - Liberation (GratedShtick)
FE12 - Footsteps of Fate (Sme)
FE12 - For Liberty (Sme)
FE12 - Before Battle (Swift Saturn)
The Legend of Zelda Phantom Hourglass - Linebeck_s Theme (Sme)
The Legend of Zelda Phantom Hourglass - Mercay Island (Feier)
Kirby and the Amazing Mirror - Cabbage Cavern (pandan)
Kid Icarus - World 1 (pandan)
The patch can be found here: FE Cursed Soul (Link to Dropbox)
I hope you’ll check it out soon, and I hope you’ll have fun!
Thanks for reading.
