Arumada Chronicles - Divine Rebirth

[Chaze007]

Please remember that this storyline and plot are a constant working progress, things are subject to change

A Neon-Arts Development Project.
General concept by William Martin, Ronnie Mooney, & Devin VanMarcke.


Story of the Arumada
The Arumada is indeed a most unique collection.
You see, an Arumada can only be activated by a very powerful energy force.
This force, as you know, is called The Phantis.
The Phantis is a very powerful being that inhabits the energy force of both the Arumada, and it's Master.
On the other hand, the Phantis needs power of it's own to function properly.
The Phantis creates a pact with the Master to bind souls.
Throughout the Master's life the Phantis slowly drains the power of the Master's soul, to feed it's own.
When the Phantis has no source to feed from, it goes into an untouched sleep until another soul makes the pact.

The Arumada, is divided into a complex cycle.
Each Arumada has a circular, or spherical binding built into it.
This binding is called an Augment. Each Augment is divided into separate sections, and each section holds a unique power.
The reason one of your Augment's sections is powered, is because it was activated by yet another Aecina Artifact.
Yes, There is an artifact, for each section of every Arumada.
When the Arumada's Augment is fully powered the Phantis can grant unimaginable power to the Master.


Game Cast

Markus: ShowHide

Markus
Age: 20
Markus is the son of James, who is an archaeologist.
Markus finds himself in a tight situation when he acquires Novraelus, the Arumada Cestus, and binds his soul with Aretimus, the Phantis of Novraelus.
Markus begins his adventure to avenge his father's death, and to help save his kingdom, and possibly the world.

Daniel: ShowHide

Age: 22
Daniel was personally adopted by the Tyran King when he was little.
James, Markus' father, being one of the royal archaeologists visits the castle frequently and that's how Markus became best friends with Daniel.
By the age of 16 Daniel was admitted into the Tyran Knights.
At the age of 18 Daniel became a Tyran Captain under command of the Tyran Commander, Collin.
Daniel assists Markus with his quest.

James: ShowHide

Age: 41
James is a Royal Archaeologist, and also Markus' father. James is murdered in the raid on the digsite.

Mraeki: ShowHide

Age: Unknown
Mraeki is the General of The Shadow Army.
Mraeki is the one behind the attack on the digsite, and the personal cause of James' death.

The Shadow Army: ShowHide

The Shadow Army consists of many ranks, some are Grunt, Mage, and Commander.
The Shadow Army fall under command of Mraeki and will stop at nothing to collect the Arumada.

The Tyran Guard & Commander Collin: ShowHide

Age: 44
Collin is Commander of the Tyran Guard.
Collin believes it's at his fault for the attack on the Digsite and assigns more guards around Castletown Tyra to be reassured it won't happen again.

Aretimus: ShowHide

Age: 4031
Aretimus is known as the Phantis of Novraelus, the Arumada Cestus.
Aretimus is a powerful, living energy source that lives within Novraelus.
Without Aretimus the cestus would be powerless.
Aretimus is awoken from a sleep of 3000 years when Markus makes the pact to bind souls.
Aretimus hears what Markus hears, and sees what Markus sees, Aretimus also helps Markus figure out what to do in tough situations

The Game Design Team
General Design and Concept
William Martin - Chaze007
Ronnie Mooney - Game_Guy
Devin VanMarcke - DSVRox

Game Scripting & Event Systems
Ronnie Mooney - Game_Guy


Story Writing & Story Editing
William Martin - Chaze007
The One and Only - UltaFlame

Character Spriting & Character Development
William Martin - Chaze007
Devin VanMarcke - DSVRox

Sound Effects & Music
William Martin - Chaze007
Enterbrain - RTP
Various Artists

Arumada Testing Team
Watson Tungjunyatham - Starrodkirby86
Also credit and kudos to everyone who made this all possible with their support, scripts, graphics, music and imagination.

Author's Notes
Well, There's a TON more to know, and even more characters, but I can't give everything away right?
If you feel like joining the design team just let me know, I'll throw your name in there.
Expect a demo by July 5-10th

Thanks for all the support! ~Chaze007 | William A. Martin

[lonely_cubone]

That's an interesting idea. Do you know anything about the game itself? Have you decided on the plot, or just the background story?

[G_G]

FIRST!
OMG STALKER! YOU KNOW MY NAME :V

Anyways, looks nice. Cant wait to see a playable demo.

[Silentknight72]

Cool... but are you sure it's Ethereal not Etheral?

[WhiteRose]

Looks cool. I'll have to check back once a demo is ready. The sprites look great. Is that really SRK's name, though?

[Silentknight72]

If you put Ulta's name, we would've discovered the secrets behind the....... IT!

[Chaze007]

Thanks guise. and yes that's SRK's name. SK72: Ulta has no name, it is the one and only.

[lonely_cubone]

Cool... but are you sure it's Ethereal not Etheral?

It's most definitely Ethereal.

[WhiteRose]

SRK, you have just about the coolest name in the entire world.

[AliveDrive]

The story sounds cool! Can't wait to try a demo.

[Chaze007]

Thanks guys, thanks to GG and his wonderful brain I have some of the main scripts set up to go.
I'm almost done with Markus's battler sprites. I retitled the game, and gave it a fresh new logo.
Tell me what you guys think!

[Leo_V117]

One thing I know about Chaze007... He never fails to impress.

Nice going there CHaze007. 10/10

[Chaze007]

Thanks Leo lol.

Anyway, me and GG are working on a pretty sick script system for it right now, I'd rather not release any details. hehe.

[G_G]

c'mon relaese the screenie of the CMS

[Chaze007]

Oh Alright! Hah. Here's a preview of it since GG likes to ruin the fun of surprises.

Spoiler: ShowHide

Nothing in this script is Mog Related. it's all 100% custom-made by GG

[Wizered67]

Wow! That looks really good! I  can't wait to play this game!

[G_G]

well some of the graphics are mog related, but they're just place holders

[Chaze007]

Oh yeah! I forgot..the bars....haha!

Thanks! Hope to have a demo out soon!

[G_G]

Okay here's a preview of our Items menu. One of the greatest features are looping items.

More on Looping Items: ShowHide

Here's how the work. Say you have these items in this order.
Item 1
Item 2
Item 3
Item 4
Item 5
Item 6
Item 7
Item 8

Here's how looping items work.
Item 6
Item 7
Item 8
Item 1 <---- Cursor is here
Item 2
Item 3
Item 4

Item 5 isnt shown. But if you press down it'll display this
Item 7
Item 8
Item 1
Item 2 <--- Cursor is here
Item 3
Item 4
Item 5

6 Was booted off. Unless you press up or down again. Of course if you had more then 8 items it'd take a few presses to see the 6 again.
And if you dont have 7 items for example like this
Item 1
Item 2
Item 3

It'll display it like this
Nothing
Nothing
Nothing
Item 1
Item 2
Item 3
Nothing

And thats what are looping items do

Here's a screenie

Spoiler: ShowHide

[Chaze007]

He also didn't mention, but you can notice the text slightly becomes more transparent the farther you are from the selected item.