OC Emblem Redux [23/25 Chapters, 8/8 Gaidens, 48/49 Playable Units, 38 Custom Songs]

[PurpleMage]

Greetings, FEU! After a year or so of restructuring and reworking, I’m proud to present the revival of my romhack, now (informally) titled OC Emblem Redux!

I started over from scratch, this time using FE8 as a base, and overhauled the gameplay, visuals, music, and script so much that 95% of the (admittedly crappy) original has been shredded down to its last atom. Thanks to planning this out a lot more orderly this time around, I now have a general outline planned!

OC Emblem’s features so far include:

Features

23 playable chapters!
8 playable sidequests!
48 playable characters! (3 competent lords!)
38 custom songs including Grasswalk, Terra’s Theme, High Above the Land, Loonboon, and… Spider-Man 2’s Pizza Theme?
Fun classes to play with like Ballisticians, Spiders, Golems, and… Chickens?
Fun items to play with like Hookshot, Tri Attack, Brainshock, healing food, and… Wall-Nuts?
Utilizing the Text Engine Rework for dynamic and fun dialogue scenes, complete with fun little sound effects!
A lighthearted crossover story peppered with humor but still treats the stakes seriously, including an in-game Lore encyclopedia that unlocks more and more articles as you progress through the game! (If you think some things in the hack are too absurd, keep this in mind!)

But that’s enough chitchat for now. Here’s a link to the current patch!
OC Emblem V23 (11/22/2023, goes up to Chapter 23 with optional Chapter 4x, 5x, 7x, 10x, 12x, 15x, 20x, and automatically-unlocked 22x)
And what’s a hack’s post without some juicy screenshots?

Screenshots

And here are the credits as well! (Everyone is credited only once for convenience. If you made something used and seen in-game but I forgot to put your name anywhere in the credits, please notify me about it in private on Discord or here so I can rectify the problem.)

Credits

Character Concepts: Purple Mage (me), Evielution, Dragoncat, Espurrhoodie, IfIHadToPickADude, COOKIECHEESEMAN, Dumdum, Creamily (Liz), WafflesTheGastrodon, Ariseka, Popple/Ashtray, Letty Whiterock, Firion, Umbramatic, SilverSoulmmc, Rye on Speed
Portraits: CapibaraInSpace, Lenh, Leonarth (non-FEU), CanDy, XVI, Citrus, Fenreir, DerTheVaporeon, BatimaTheBat, Zoisite, MeatOfJustice, SomeDenseGuy, Zorua, JeyTheCount, Wasdye, Roxannity, Sterling Glovner, Hugin, SeaLion, Stitch, Kanna, BreezeBender, UltraxBlade, serif
Battle/Spell/Map Animations: SHYUTERz, HIROTO, L95, St jack, Aegius, Black Mage, Jj09, Furious Squid, Eldritch Abomination, Marlon0024, Asael, Teraspark, Russel Clark, Orihara_Saki, Pikmin1211, Maiser6, Skitty, GabrielKnight, eCut, Temp, Blue Druid, Mercenary Lord, NYZGamer, Vilkalizer, Memae, BwdYeti, Velvet Kitsune, Author_Pendragon, Seal, Glenwing, Andy, SD9K, Keks_Krebs, Beccarte, Flasuban, Nuramon, Pushwall, Mikey Seregon, Alfred Kamon, Alusq, SqrtOfPi, Pokécommunity, SpritingBrad, Vilkalizer
Maps/Tilesets: PentV, N426, ZoramineFae, Venno, Contro, TheAuraWolf, MaxTheMagelord, Emerson
Item Icons: Tristan_Hollow/Ruby, Obsidian Daddy, Beansy, Valak, Topaz
Music: Sme, pandan, MrGreen3339, RSflame, Retina, The Chalkeaters
Menu Stuff: SaXor the Nobody, Runa
Text Engine Rework: Tequila
Narrowfont: Scraiza
Playtesting: S_G, Vyland, Bartozio, Kylier, Salts, SirSpensir, DAT, UltraxBlade, Rivian, Pig, Alexpersonmanguy, Zappy McZapZap, Centauri Eternal, LyfeldLesk
FEBuilder: 7743
Other ASM: Contro, Agro, Leonarth, circleseverywhere, Vesly, hypergammaspaces, Stan, Zane Avernathy, RandomWizard

That’s all for now, so if you have any feedback or thoughts please let me know! I hope you can all enjoy my personal passion project of a romhack!

[Rye_on_Speed]

Is this the pogger

[PurpleMage]

yes very much so, good sir

[DarkPrinceRick]

The Mini Jelly description sounds similar to the Oozium units from AWDS

[TheSuzakuSeven]

This looks amazing! The color scheme is probably my favorite I’ve ever seen in a hack(I am alittle biased towards purple and blue since that’s my favorite color combination) and I’ll be rooting for the completion of this as well! Good luck my friend as I know it’ll be good(I’ve also played a PME that you’ve done in the past so I know that this gonna be a good one).

[PurpleMage]

Hey all, thanks for the support so far! I’ve updated the patch quite a lot over the past week or so, since it was mostly polishing and little fixes here and there, I’ve used the same link. I hope you’re all enjoying the hack so far!

Part of the hotfixes include: Bugfixes, rebalancing, and aesthetic weather! Chapters 1 and 4 both have snow you can enjoy without having to trudge through the sloggy reduced movement!

[PurpleMage]

Hi guys, new update is out, including Chapter 5 and tons of early chapter polish. The original post has been updated with the link to the new patch.
In the meantime, have some screenshots:

And to celebrate the hack’s planned playable cast being finalized, here’s a tier list maker for some more fun: https://tiermaker.com/create/oc-emblem-characters-final-roster-tier-list-1429345

[PurpleMage]

Hi guys. Minor update today. Chapter 5x is out now. Here’s a screenshot:

And don’t worry, the rain is just aesthetic. Enjoy the chicken chapter!

[PurpleMage]

Chapter 6 is here! Did plenty of things behind the scenes to get this chapter up and running. Enjoy the game!

[PurpleMage]

I’ve uploaded Chapter 7. I was gonna wait until I finished Chapter 7x to post a new update so we’d have the entirety of Act 1 released, but I kinda got tired lately. Hope you all enjoy!

[Spring]

Good job! Also, don’t push yourself, rest

[PurpleMage]

Bump. Chapter 7x has been out for quite some time. I’ve been doing tons of QoL changes behind the scenes as well, such as implementing Tequila’s text engine rework and using it to make dialogue flow a lot better and adding sound effects for fun. I’ve condensed the OP for a much more appealing experience. And with that, Act 1 is finally complete. Act 2 coming soon, but I’d like to get some supports done before then, if possible.

And for those interested, here’s the updated cast tier list maker: https://tiermaker.com/create/oc-emblem-characters-tier-list-9-20-2022-1429345

[PurpleMage]

Chapter 8 is live? Has been finished since last week! Thought I’d wait til the FEE3 video release to announce the update and bump the thread.

[MissVanity]

Following this can’t wait to play this

[PurpleMage]

You could try out the current patch to see how it’s going so far! As of now, it goes up to Chapter 8 with three unlockable side chapters as well.

[PurpleMage]

Hey everyone, not sure if anyone’s still interested in the hack, but Chapter 9 is out now! It’s the biggest chapter so far in terms of unit count, and I’ll let the image speak for itself:

It’s gonna be a Battle on the Big Bridge! (associated music and boss included)

[Dex]

JEBUS this map is big. Ima probably play the hack again after chap 10 releases but still keep up the good work.

[PurpleMage]

Took me so long, but Chapter 10 (and 10x) is finally out. Welcome to Hyrule, folks.
I am so frigging tired. I stayed up til 3am to crank out the new update in a mere three days before the public release’s one year anniversary. I hope you all enjoy the fruits of my endless labor.

[PurpleMage]

Hotfix uploaded today. Healer and Cavalier characters have been replaced by different characters of the same class. I have also updated the tier list maker: https://tiermaker.com/create/oc-emblem-characters-tier-list-1-6-2023-1429345

[PurpleMage]

The 1/23 update is here! Chapter 11 is out now! Have fun!
And remember… It just works!