Alright, so this is it. Small introduction as well. If you’d like to go ahead and just download the patch (which is also found below in the OP), you can click here.
I’m Sokaballa. I found Serene’s Forest a couple years back and was fortunate to play some really
good FE hacks along the way. TLP, Requiem, Road to Ruin, Heaven’s Bloom, OCA… There are
some really good, quality projects out there.
Wasn’t until 7743 came out with FeBuilder that I genuinely considered making a hack of my own.
Don’t know a lick about coding, ASM, etc… Nor do I know anything about artwork, pixel art, game
balance… Well, I didn’t know hardly anything about making a game.
But in November of 2018 I made a good attempt at learning FeBuilder. By no means am I perfect. But it’s been a hobby of mine trying to make a game from the ground up (with some tools, of course.)
So introductions aside, this is my hack:
FIRE EMBLEM: ILLUMINATED
Hack of Fe8
Features:
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A brand new story (with a serious tone) set in a new continent, Ralspar.
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Higher difficulty than Sacred Stones.
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Plenty of custom classes, weapons, weapon icons, battle animations, etc. Everything I have is from the very wonderful FeUniverse Ultimate Repository.
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A new battle screen!
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More unique/effective weapons to increase weapon diversity.
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New maps for each chapter.
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Some custom music (Some from the Ultimate Repository and some from VGMusic)
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A few quality of life hacks (Showing HP Bar, Show health to be healed, fast text and unit movement as a default).
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Circles Skill System. I love the inclusion of skills with Circles’ patch. I did my best to give every playable character a skill that is useful for the hack. There are several new skills and most skills have been altered numerically in one way or another. Skills are learned at level 8 and 15.
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Differing objectives for chapter completion. Especially as I gained some proficiency with FeBuilder, chapter objectives start to become more diverse.
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Most every chapter has some form of making you work efficiently. It is fairly guaranteed that if you
spend too long in a chapter, you could end up paying for it. I did this to encourage the player to work efficiently when possible. -
This hack is designed to have a small roster. There are only 14 characters that are recruit-able in the hack right now (12 in the current beta). I wanted to make sure that because of the small roster, every character is valuable to the player and must be taken care of. It’s also why no unit can promote until after Level 15. Get those level ups… You’ll need them.
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Portraits from the Ultimate Repository
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A STR/MAG split
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More as I think of them!
Screenshots:
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Notes:
- The prologue is meant to be played in a very specific way. It is the only time that I’ll ask the player to
play a chapter on my terms, but I wanted to have an interactive prologue. As a result, and the hack
will ask you to… Stick to the red carpet, please! - Some characters will cause a game over upon death (outside of lord characters). These characters are essential for some story development. HOWEVER, once their plot continues the story, you can lose them just like any other FE game. (Cordelia, Ophelia, Lana are examples)
BUGS:
This is my first attempt at a hack and I have play tested it A LOT. However, there will certainly be bugs.
If you happen to come across any, PLEASE let me know.
Bugs I’m aware of:
- Several classes have movement sounds that are incorrect. Dragon knights, for example, have the cavalier sound effects. I’ve tried changing these in the past and they keep changing back for some reason, so this will likely be something I fix last.
- Palettes aren’t perfect yet. This will be addressed at a later point.
Things that I’d like to get to:
- Somehow incorporating forced support level gains. Balancing support bonuses with skills has been tricky, so for the moment, there are no supports. There is a chapter in which gaining support levels would be very appropriate (and you’ll know it when you play it), but I’d rather support levels be tied to story events and “Talk” commands. That way I can control the pacing.
- A battle animation for Jay, the light mage lord. I’m cool using the monk’s at the moment, but something unique would be better. Especially for his promotion.
- A male pegasus rider animation (with a sword). Yea I’ll probably just bite the bullet on that one and leave the female’s (Sorry Frederick).
Help?
Any thoughts about the hack would be awesome. If you play through the hack and have tips, criticism, etc. about anything (maps, character growths, anything), I’d love to hear it. There is also a discord below that you can join to talk about all things Illuminated.
Patch:
This patch goes through the third shop Chapter, S-3. There are several more chapters in the hack that have not been updated since the difficulty split. I would stop playing after hitting the chapter titled “End of Beta”
Content Warning: 10 and Up
Illuminated’s content, for the vast majority, is very clean and suitable for everyone. The worst (and only) thing in the hack that you’ll find is some mild swearing (he**, da**, and a**), but this is the extent of the content warnings that go along with the hack.
Thanks for the read. Good luck, have fun!
Credits
ALL the work everyone does at this forum. Without it, I never would have had access to FeBuilder, the repository, the assets… etc. You guys rock.
CanDy Portrait 4
Nebula Background - Screaming Brain Studios
HP Bar Colors- Snakey1
David Epesce - Rock Tutorial Rock
Spell- Arch (Dulam)
Spell- thoron (Mikey-Seragon)
Spell- Arch (Exordium)
Flavia Portrait - Cathleen
Barrel Volcano SMRPG (Jarel Jones)
Corneria SNES - King Meteor
Splice for Danielle - Ponyboy, Laurent, Raymond, Kanna, Husbando Emblem for Hair colors
Beammond - Weapon Icons
Fenreir/7743 FF Battle Backgrounds
FGO Backgrounds (WAve/ZoramineFae)
KnoblePersona Water Battle Background
Stan - Blinking Portrait Patch
Venno - Might Staff Based Routine
Sagittae - HyperGammaSpaces
Lisandra - Weapon Icons
Leolink, Spud, MeatofJustice - Hunter (Male) BA
RedBean, Marlon0024, Jj09 - Bernadetta
Nuramon - Hero Gerik Style (Battle Animations and Map Sprites for Both M/F)
Rasdel - FE14 Thief
XVI - Xavier Portrait
Camtech075 - Weapon Icons
Snakey1 - Weapon Icons
Leolink - Bow Fighter Battle Animation
Scraiza - Bow Fighter Map Sprite
Nuramon - Soldier Custom Animation
Glenwing - FE9 Fighter Repal
Flasuban - FE10 M/F Soldier w/Shield Map Sprite
{Rexacuse, Peerless, Alusq, WarPath} - Soldier (F) Shield Map Sprite
Starlight (Blazer, Jubby)
Peerless - Weapon Icons
Zane - Weapon Icons
Zelix - Weapon Icons
Dire Thunder (Orihara Saki)
GabrielKnight (Mugs)
Eldritch (Mugs)
NickT (Mugs)
Melia (Mugs)
BatimatheBat (Fe13 Cleric Battle Animation)
Orihari_Saki and TheBlindArcher (Magic Knight Battle Animation)
Mikey Seragon (Female Mage / Lilina)
Flasuban (Fe10 Style Magic Class Card)
Rasdel (Thief Unhooded Map Sprite)
OracleofFire /Khrene Kleaver (Vanguard icon/Ike Ranger Animation)
Alusq (Donbettyr)
Thunder Mage (Black Lightning)
Orihara_Saki (Svartrwolf)
Pushwall (Hero, Lance)
Iscaneus and Nuramon (Knight (Bow/Lance))
Swarm (Blazer, Jubby)
Fighter (Fe9)
PrincessKilvas (Mercenary Axe)
Skitty (Cavalier Axe Animation)
BorsDeep (Fe4 Attack - Music)
Sme (Corrodor of Fate)
Megaman 6 Last Battle (Joseph Collins)
Megaman 3 Stage Select (Sword-Bolt)Tamborrino (Music)
Meilu (Music)
Music
Alex
Agro
Blazer
Cerberiga
Ciel
Ingolme
Jay Ryan
Kyo
MaikelChan
Ray Zonday
Boney
ScottMTC
Shadow
Sykoviet
The Grimace
FixJeffreyatW To Zanarkand
Gyana Ren FFX Battle
MGS2 Main Theme Dave Phaneuf
Kasumi’s Stage - Hitohira
Sigh of the Wind - Gyana Ren
City Trial - Leu
Fountain of Dreams -Jonathan Shen
All Star Introduction - Zagro
Twoson-Cerberiga
Taking Over the Halberd (Seven Chaos)
Forest “Into the thick of it” flamingspinach
Marrymore- Teck
Rosetown - Omar
Tadpole Pond - Alluro95
Forest Maze - Jay Reichard
Yoshi’s Island Story Dialog - Gigasoft
Raphael the Raven - Chibi Vegito
Monkey’s Delivery Service - Jayster
flamingspinach - SoM Town "Color of the Summer Sky
FFXIII Music - Thomash Lee
Hyrule Field TP: Andrew Bassett
Ocarina of Time/Lost Woods- Jeff Chermak
Scarlet Forest, Rude Buster - ShinkoNet
Norfair - Ryan L.
Brinstar Depths - Jay Reichard
Brinstar 1 - Teck
TA Koopa Stage - Dave Phaneuf
Windwaker Overworld Theme - Dr. Fruitcake
Dragon Roost Island Windwaker -spudge
Verdane Phase FE4 (SME)
Mother 3 Love Theme (Mr Green)
Celica Map 2 (Pandan/Chair)
As well as the original composers of all ripped and transcribed songs.
Tequila (Show HP Heal)
Lufia 2 Boss Battle - Setzer
Worm
Miguel-Rojo (Mugs)
PkMnBro1 (Mugs)
Mercenary F (Beta Eirika Edit)(Hover Anim)
Russel Clark (F Merc)
Myrmercidon (Max FEU)
The Blind Archer (General Bow Anim)
SaXor (Mug)
Sephie (Pegasus Fencer Moving Map Sprite)
Flasuban (Dragon Knight Map Sprite)
Alusq
Blade (Mugs)
AmBrosiac (Mugs)
Melia (Mugs)
Assassin M (Hoodless, Bow) Needs Source
Circles Skill System
Tequila and Circles QoL Patches
7743 (For FeBuilder and Helping me A LOT in the Discord)
Leonarth (For Helping A LOT in Discord)
Dancer AI (Stan)
Griffon Knight Map Sprite (Blue Druid)
Griffon Knight Battle Anim. (Ayr) (SoA)
Dancer Class Card (Orihara_Saki)
Blademaster (Falcoknight staff hovering/moving map anim)
Falcoknight Staff (Shadow of Chaos)
Divinestone (Seal, Sacred War)
Mug (LaurentLaCroix)
TeamSalvaged Knight/Cavalier/Paladin
St Jack (Wyvern Knight Helmetless/Feaw Repallete)
Flasuban, TBA (Wyvern Lord Helmetless)
TBA (Wyvern Lord Axe/Handaxe Vanilla)
Nuramon (Ephraim Sword/Lance Battle Animation)
Ballistae Map Sprites (Aruka, Yggdra)
Zoramine (Map Help)
Female Hero (St. Jack)
Trickster animation (Leo_link)
Trickster map sprite (StreetHero)
Assassin Class Card (L95)
Orihara-Saki (Ruin Magic Animation)
CamusZekeSirius (apocalypse animation)
Shuusuke (General Help in Discord)
Music: Four Seasons (Meilu)
Fate (Meilu)
(SME) Chrono Trigger Battle 2
(YangKai) Leif’s Army
(DerTheVaporeon) FFA Boss
(Music Repository) With us
Wii Shop Channel (MysteriousDancer)
Zero Theme Mega Man X (Jarel Jones)
Boss Battle “Danger” SoM (Jorge Fuentes)
Big Blue FZeroX (King Meteor)
N426 (Griffon Knight)
F Summoner (Velvet Kitsune)
F Summoner Map Sprite (Unknown)
Arbalist Class Card (Flasuban)
Deserter Lance Class Card (Rasdel)
(Primefusion) Map Pack Castle 22
Berserker (F) (eCut, Skitty)
Berserker F Map Sprite (Pikmin 1211, DertheVaporeon)
JJ09/Pikmin1211 (Malig Knight Anim/Map Sprite)
Team Salvaged Mercenaries, Cavaliers, Paladins and Repalletes
(Leo_link, Pikmin1211, Flasuban, Team SALVAGED, ZoramineFae)
War Monk (DerTheVaporeon, Pikmin1211)
[MAG] Sage (M) (Battle Sage) Magic+Sword {RobertFPY, Aruka, Yggdra}
(DerTheVaporeon) War Monk Class Card
(DerTheVaporeon/Flasuban) Ballista Map Sprite
[T3][ARM][Marshall](Baron Cape +Weapons)[M]{Leo_link, Nuramon, Iscaneus, DerTheVaporeon}
Dark Knight Class Card (Eldritch Abomination)
Marshall Map Sprite (Nuramon)
Baron Class Card (St.Jack)
Female Warrior Map Sprite (FEGirls)
Female Warrior Battle Animation (Temp)
Desert Bastion (Zoramine, N426)
Ranger Lance animation (Skitty, Feaw)
KrashBoomBang (Prf Weapon to Everyone Idea)
FillAIDangerMap (HyperGammaSpaces)
FFXV Valse di Fantastica (UtapriForever1)
Swordmaster (Lloyd) - DertheVaporeon/Greentea
LaurentLaCroix - Portrait Mug
CapibaraInSpace - Portrait Mug
Alusq - Brigand 16x16 map sprite
L95 - Fighter Fe10 Style Axe
WAve - FE5 Chapter 23 Map
WAve - FF2 Pandamonium Map Tileset
WAve - FF5 Cave Tileset
Lance/Axe Armor Map Sprite Stand/Move (Agro)
Team Salvaged Lance/Axe Knight Class Card
Team Salvaged Mercenary Battle Sprites
Team Salvaged Cavalier Battle Sprites
Female Mercenary Battle Animation (TBA)
Thief Bow Class Card (Rasdel)
Hunter Class Card (Spud)
Sniper Hunter (Deranger)
Hunter Standing/Moving Map Sprite (MeatofJustice)
Myrmidon 2.0 (Leo_link, Tsushi and Iscaneus)
Monk Class Card (Blademaster)
Pirate DS BA (DerTheVaporeon)
Short Hair Lyn (Zoiste)
Lyn BA vanilla (knabepicer)
Pirate Map Sprites / Class Card (DerTheVaporeon)
Armored Wyvern Lord (Mycahel, Nuramon, Big Dededester)
Grappling Hook Class Card (Saphatthachat Sunchoote)
Fighter 2.0 (Leo_Link)
Wyvern Rider Axe (Flasuban)
Meteos Menu (Leu)
Geno Awakens (Chibi Vegito)
Catch a Falling Star Piece (Govoni Dario)
Noel’s Theme (FFMusicScore/Alex Nilsson)
Snowy Bern Map Tileset (Zoramine/Venno)
Improved Snow Castle Map Tileset (Peerless)
Hail from the Past (Joseph Collins VGMusic)
ZoramineFae Map From “Bucket of Maps”
N246/Flasuban/Zoramine Updated Stronghold
ZoramineFae Updated Fort Tileset
Zoramine Updated Fields Tileset
Leo_Link/JeytheCount Ranger Leo Style Battle Animation
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