[LT] [COMPLETE] The Three Princes v0.2.1 [SIGURD Entry]

[PKLucky]

The legend of the Rose Princess of Carcharia is well-known throughout the land: rescue the princess from her prison and win her hand in marriage. Three princes from different realms come to the Rose Princess’s tower to claim their prize. But all is not what it seems…
(Note: Though they may share characters, this has no relation to my other project Cycle of Remorse. You may enjoy either game without playing the other. Think of this as an alternate universe to CoR.)

My entry for this year’s single-chapter contest, SIGURD!

DOWNLOAD LINK

Features:

• A small playable cast. Three playable units each with a unique Personal Skill.
• Low stats, low growths, single RNG
• Units do not die. Instead, they gain the Down status and must be Revived by an ally to be active again.
• Changes to how fire magic and torches work (It make sense in context.)
• Rated 13+ for mild swearing and mild dark themes.

Screenshots

Known Issues

• Reloading a battle save causes the unit who activated it to still be able to move but not take any other actions.

Credits

Portraits:
Forrest - PKLucky
Kai - PKLucky
Krista - PKLucky
Trevor - PKLucky
Pirate (Generic (Version 48)) - LaurentLacroix
Priest (Priest (Version 3)) - Eden
Skeleton (moving mouth) - L95, Alexsplode
Skeleton (Cantor) - Eden, L95

Item Icons:
Briar Storm (Unique 22) - Ereshkigal
Elthunder - WhydidImakethisaccount
Elwind - WhydidImakethisaccount
Wind (Anima 11) - WhydidImakethisaccount

Skill/Status Icons:
Silenced - PKLucky
Torch - PKLucky
All others by LordGlenn, rainlash, suneohair, and ZessDynamite

Spell Animations
Briar Storm (Mad Growth) - Mikey Seregon

Tilesets:
Castle + Bookshelves + House + More - flasuban, N426, ZoramineFae, Venno
Final Fantasy VI GBA

Combat Animations:
[Knight-Base] [U] Vanilla +Weapons (Sword, Axe) - Agro
[Skeleton-Base] [U] Bonewalker Vanilla +Weapons

• Axe - Vilkalizer, Orihara_Saki
• Handaxe - MrNight, RenOokami, Orihara_Saki

[Skeleton-Variant] [U] Skeleshaman (Lich) - Dutch Introvert
[Thief-Base] [M] Matthew Repal by Pikmin +Knife +Bow (Bow) - ZoramineFae

• Palette - Pikmin1211, Maiser6, UltraFenix
• Palette Order - Alice

Map Sprites:
Briar - PKLucky
Dead Bonewalker - PKLucky
Dead Knight - PKLucky
Dead Mage [M] - PKLucky
Dead Thief [M] - 2WB
Dead Peer [F] - GreatDoot
Fourth Allegiance Light Rune (Lavender) - TopazLight
General (Axe) - Blademaster
General (Sword) - Norikins
Knight (U) Axe - Agro
Knight (U) Sword - Agro
Save Points - serif
Skeleton Axe (Bonewalker (U) Axe) - Snerdels
Skeleton Lance (Bonewalker (U) Lance) - Epicer
Skull Mage (Bonewalker (U) Skelemonk) - Ryn, N426

Music:
Broken - Peritune 【無料フリーBGM】壊れた人形の激しい曲「Broken」
Creep - Peritune 【無料フリーBGM】不穏なクラシカルBGM「Creep」
Conjurer - Peritune 【無料フリーBGM】ポップな奇術師のテーマ「Conjurer」
Entangle - Peritune 【無料フリーBGM】ダーク＆クラシカルBGM「Entangle」
Fantasy 03 - Maoudamashii ファンタジー03 | フリーBGM・無料ダウンロード 魔王魂
Fantasy 09 - Maoudamashii ファンタジー09 | フリーBGM・無料ダウンロード 魔王魂
Fantasy 13 - Maoudamashii ファンタジー13 | フリーBGM・無料ダウンロード 魔王魂
Game Piano 05 - Maoudamashii 旧ピアノ05 | フリーBGM・無料ダウンロード 魔王魂
Game Piano 09 - Maoudamashii 旧ピアノ09 | フリーBGM・無料ダウンロード 魔王魂
Grief 2 - Peritune 【無料フリーBGM】オルゴール＆弦の切ない小曲「Grief2」
Moonlit Dancer - Peritune 【無料フリーBGM】ロマの軽快なエスニック曲「Moonlit_Dancer」
Music Box 05 - Maoudamashii オルゴール05 | フリーBGM・無料ダウンロード 魔王魂
Obsession - Peritune 【無料フリーBGM】切なく激しいクラシカルワルツ「Obsession」
Puppeteer - Peritune 【無料フリーBGM】ハイテンションなゴシック戦闘曲「Puppeteer」
RetroRoman_Battle - Peritune 【無料フリーBGM】大正ロマンの軽快な戦闘曲「RetroRoman_Battle」
Swift Strike - Peritune 【無料フリーBGM】アップテンポなRPG戦闘曲「Swift_Strike」
Tango Romantic - Peritune 【無料フリーBGM】Tango_Romantic / おしゃれなタンゴ
Theme 03 - Maoudamashii テーマ03 | フリーBGM・無料ダウンロード 魔王魂
Thunderclap - Peritune 【無料フリーBGM】ダークメルヘン戦闘曲「Thunderclap」

Sound Effects:
Battle Explosion 05 - Maoudamashii 爆発05 | フリー効果音無料ダウンロード 魔王魂
Magical 06 - Maoudamashii マジカル06 | フリー効果音無料ダウンロード 魔王魂

While the game can be finished from beginning to end, there are some (graphical) features I want to implement in the future:

To-Do List

• CGs for Talk conversations
• Custom Menu and Battle Screen graphics (I nabbed some from the repository, but I would like to make some from scratch)

Please enjoy! Any feedback (especially before the contest deadline) is very much appreciated!

[FE7Dragon]

Another PK banger, let’s goooooooooooo

[Augenis]

My reaction after playing this to the end

[ShirleyVaga]

I wonder is that like different versions of the characters
since Krista is evil here?

[PKLucky]

They may share some personality traits and such, but ultimately they are different versions of their CoR counterparts

[HeroVP]

A few quick bugs

1. If you use the boots before promoting a unit (or at least the knight) the promotion will set their move to what it should be, erasing the +2
2. The hand axe cannot be upgrade powder-ed
3. Stealing a droppable promotion item adds the bag icon to the unit with it, and the text for the item remains green

All in all though, great little game, my only notes would be that

Mild spoiler

The final fight is a little too easy, the mage with fire could almost one shot her immediately

, and that the I couldn’t promote the thief without waiting a bit, which is mostly just because he’s the only one of the three without a good exp economy (the mage has uncontested heal exp, and galeforce helps with kill exp) or 1-2 range.

But yeah, characters are fun, it’s a decent length, I like the map design, good job

[ShirleyVaga]

What about the mage boy being trans?

[PKLucky]

Thanks for the bug reports! I know how to take care of the first two (the hand axe wasnt supposed to be upgrade powder-able in the first place tbh lol) and ill have to ask about that last one in the LT Maker discord since that might take some doing
And yeah that minor spoilered thing is something i wanted to adjust lol i have a couple ideas for how to do so
I can probably make it so that Kai’s personal skill also gives him exp just to make it easier for him to catch up to the other two. Its something i noticed in my play tests so i dont mind doing that lol

@ShirleyVaga

What about the mage boy being trans?

Minor spoilers for CoR i guess?

Yup that is a shared trait between both Trevors

[PKLucky]

Hey guys! The game has been updated to v0.2.0! All the bugs that have been reported were fixed and i tweaked some stuff to help with game balance. Kai, Trevor, and Krista also have new portraits! Forrest doesnt have one yet, but once he does, i can get started with updating the title screen and adding CGs.
Check out the included Changelog.txt for more info on the changes. Thank you everyone for your feedback so far!

[PKLucky]

Alright this might be the last update before the contest deadline? We’ll see. Anyway, v0.2.1 is live! This update adds Forrest’s new portrait, an updated title screen, CGs to the opening and endings, and achievements associated with said endings. You’re going to need to start a fresh game to keep track of those, but it shouldn’t be too much of a hassle since this is just a single chapter thing.
I’m hoping to maybe get one last update in to add more CGs here and there, but I’m satisfied if this is all I can squeeze in before the deadline. Please enjoy the game!

[chromaji]

This was a very nice short game! I liked the weapon upgrade powder & Kai’s weapon stealing, those were fun to play around with. I’ve been meaning to play your Cycle of Remorse game, and after this I’m finally inspired to go & start that🫡

[knabepicer]

This was a neat little chapter! The characters were conveyed pretty well in a small amount of space, and the gameplay had some interesting management and twists, but wasn’t too challenging.