Downloadlink for the 1st demo version (01.01.15)
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Downloadlink for demo version 1b (04.01.15)
rpgmaker.net/games/5880/

This game will be released in English language exclusively.
The idea for a game, based on ancient egypt and mythology isn't that new. Because I'm very interested in that matter. But when I found the death metal band Nile in mid 2012 (when their album At the gate of Sethu was released), the idea took shape. First I wanted to make a game about a pharao, who is on his last great journey, something like travelling to the stars and become a god. I also made a few graphics back then, but because of school and a new hobby, chess, I soon didn't work that much with rpg maker and quit it completely. 8 months later I decided to work with rpg maker again and I bought the Vx Ace (my previous works were done with Xp). I created a short game which was released in june 2013. Also I released a demo version of the sequel to it but cancelled it because it is almost impossible to get some feedback from the german community. In August this year (2013) I finally started the work on Re & Apophis. First I thought about making a game based to almost 100% of the myth of the two and how Re has to defeat Apophis every night on his journey to become the sun itself. But I think I would be kind of bored to make a game like that, because it would be way to determined. So I thought about something different and made an own story with many known figures of egypt mytholigy.
Since october I'm studying bioligy and so I haven't much time for the game. The work on Re & Apophis is kind of a compensation, just like chess. So I'm sure that this project will kind of accompany me during my study. The full version won't be released before 2016 I guess. The 1st demo version will be released 01.01.2015.
But enough of this...

Story:

Since the beginning of time,
there is an eternal clash between good and evil.

In order to rise again as the mighty sun itself,
Re has to solve a dangerous quest, a journey
through the Duat which lasts 12 hours.

In the 7th hour, the incarnated chaos itself,
a giant serpent, known as Apophis appears and
tries to stop Re from his mission.

Since the beginning of time,
Apophis gets decapitated every night.

Since the beginning of time,
Apophis reincarnates to try it again.

But some day, Apophis broke out of this eternal
loop and went down to earth, to spread chaos over
it...

With his dark powers he manages to control three mighty gods (Osiris, Sobek and Heh). Also he controls the most powerfull human being, the Pharao. Under Apophis' influence, the Pharao plans to start a war to gain control over the whole continent. Every fallen man, woman and even child whose dead is caused by Apophis' influence will make him stronger. After Re knows what Apophis did, he decides to get down to earth, together wih Seth. Down there, they want to challenge the evil serpent. This will be a dangerous quest, because on the earth even gods can die and won't even be reborn, like they do in their own world which is fullfilled with mysterious magical powers. Re and Seth first have to defeat the three gods, which are controled by Apophis. This will make him weaker and will break the seal, which lays over the Pharao. When those tasks are done, they can challenge Apophis himself... if they manage to find him.
 

Characters:

Re:

Re is the most powerfull god. His strenght are fire based spells. Normally he rises as the sun itself every day. But in order to safe the humans and all living beings on earth, he has to go down to earth in his humanoid form.

Seth is the guard of an demonic world, called "Duat". In battles he can open the gate to Duat and let demons attack his enemies. Also he is known as god of tempest and so he is able to summon lightning. From the beginning of time he is a helpmate of Re.

Isis is a powerfull magician who uses water/ice based spells. Also she is able to use healing spells. Her brother, Osiris is one the three gods who are controlled by Apophis. So she teams up with Re and Seth

Apophis is a giant serpent who tries to defeat Re everytime, bevore he rises as the sun itself. But since he exists, he couldn't manage to do it. Instead he got killed every single time. He has enough of it and so he decides to go down to earth to gain some power. He managed to get control over three gods and also to get control over the Pharao. Every being which will be killed because of Apophis' influence (the pharao plans to start a war) will make him stronger.

Gameplay:

The main goal is to free the three controled gods. In order to manage that, the player has to visit their temples. Those are full of puzzles which have to be solved. Besides those temples, there also are optional dungeons, where you can find special items, skills and so on.Of course there will be battles, too. The enemies will not be seen on the map and the battles will be random. BUT the player is able to set the encounter rate to 0 (when you have trained enough and just want to explore the maps).

 Features:
-Most of the graphics are made by myself (unused graphics).
-Normal dialouges as speech bubbles.
-Weapon-Upgrade-System:
From every enemy you defeat, you get his Ba (soul). With these Bas you can improve your weapons and armor.
-Skit System:
Inspired by the "Tales of..." series. Skits are optional group intern conversations about different topics. The idea behind those conversations is to learn more about the characters and to give them more depth.
 

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