Screenshot LP Aëdemphia [ft. FdRstar sloppy translation]

[FdRstar]

Hi everyone ! I'm starting a LP!

...

You have no idea, who I am? Well, why do you care? I'm not important here. The game is, so let's talk about it.

So Aëdemphia is a (unfinished) RPG maker (2003) game you can download here.

So... if you have taken a look at the previous image, you might have noticed the game is not in english.

Indeed, it's french and don't have a translation because of the sheer size of it and the... not so warm reception of the english speaking RPG maker community.

But don't worry, I'll be there to translate the most important of it. Woohoo!

So... it's a RPG. What else?

Aëdemphia distinguish itself by blending the two main groups of RPGs, japanese and western.

Like a JRPG it has a developped story, a turn by turn battle system and people with gravity defying hair.

And like a WRPG, it has an extensive world with lots of optional quests and loads of choices to make (and they do have consequences.)

The actual demo contains around two thirds of the game and propose more than 30 hours of gameplay (for the average player)

And more importantly, it's very good, yep I said it. And if you don't believe me... Read a bit more.

So let's start, I guess.

Part 1 : Introduction and dialogue

All right, let's start the game !

The launcher of the game. Make sure to install the font before playing for the first time ("Installer les polices").

Now, just click on "Jouer" (play).

The title screen! It is... different than the one I posted before... Yep, it's animated and change between several landscapes.

Let's detail the options!

"Démarrer" is to start a new game. We'll be doing that soon.

"Charger" is to load a saved game. Yes, this game has a save feature, hooray!

"Résumé" is to learn about what happened before the start of the game. We won't really need the game will give us a short summary soon.

"Didacticiel" teaches you the bases of RPGs

"Crédits" shows the... credits.

"Bonus" contains some bonus images : images from the first version of the game and some artworks.

"Quitter" lets you leave the game.

Let's start the game then!

Warning! There are some violent and immoral scenes in this game

It is really true.

Now, the game asks us to configure some thingies.

Your walking speed : Normal or Slow.

I'll stay with normal.

You can deactivate the battle musics. In that case, the music of the place you are currently in will continue.

(Also note, that some places will keep their music in battle, notably the start of the game, so don't panic if your choice doesn't seem to be taken into account)

I'll keep battle musics on.

Some animations may slow down the game if your computer is old. Mine is but the animations still work fine so... yeah.

Difficulty level!

From very easy to very hard. i'll stay to normal difficulty myself. (Difficulty doesn't change experience and rewards and can be changed at any time. In fact, all those options can)

Which button do what. I'll explain everything if someone to play the game alongside.^^

Enter/Space bar : validation

Escape/0/X : cancelation

+ : Next character in the menu / Maps

- : Previous character in the menu / Reputation

* : Help / Statistics in the status menu

/ : Pause

. : Talk to your vokoni (if you have one)

Shift : Discretion mode (hold)

5 : Free camera (hold, be careful it uses MP!)

9 : Free magic menu

7 : Quest log

Here's the guy who did the game.

Oh and also, this is an animated cutscene. (!!!) You can watch it :

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5fDqs6qvrQ

(how do I put a video directly in the post?)

Alright, translation time :

When I was young, I always wondered what was the stars in the sky.

The Worlds. Unattainable, countless, eternal.

And yet, mine has extinguished.

And now, I live here, refugee on Estarzall.

Of course, here nobody travels between worlds.

In fact, no one knows there are others.

Nice city!

This is here I have met with this prodigious child, enamoured of justice and freedom.

He has grown well since then. His name is Ufa.

Everything is OK ?

Thanks to all your preparations.

Thank our allies, the Musings of the Mind.

They have replaced almost all the patrols.

I saw that. We entered like a hot knife through butter.

But the palace is still well protected.

I know Master.

Let's go. We have to hurry now, my friends.

We have an attack to plan.

Yep, Sylvanor did almost everything.

Alright. We have to be ready at daybreak.

The enemy troops are gathered around the palace.

We are outnumbered but we do have flying djidaques.

Remember, Irzyka. You lead the djidaques.

Only attack the palace. It is your target.

And promise me. If I die, I want you to continue the battle in my stead.

I give you my word.

And Egaj, I want you to write our story. This cause must not be forgotten.

Hé! Don't imagine yourself dead already, will you?

I must prepare myself for the melee.

(Ufa for Smash !)

You will participate in the battle!? You are crazy!

My place is on the battlefield.

A war chief must be among his soldiers.

Ufa...

Come back alive... Please.

Here we are.

This day will stay engraved in history, my brothers.

At first, it was only a desire for revenge.

Because my parents were slaugthered as an exemple.

Today, this is an ideal of peace for the entire desert.

Now, it is time to get rid of this bloodthirsty madman!

Enough of this oppression.

See! These men will die to protect him and he doesn't even deign to show himself.

His horrible reign has lasted too much.

We will use his blood as the cement of a new era of justice!

Death to the tyrant!

Djidaques, ready for the attack!

And she's dead.

Am I... dead?

Where... Am I?

There was the explosion, then...?

And Ufa..?

I feel... Strangely well.

Phew, that was longer to do than I thought...

Let's continue a bit still...

Stranger? You are awake?

... I hurt... Where... Where am I?

You are in Erfanan. I found you consciousless in the middle of the forest. You are lucky I was here. What is your name?

Wow ! Choice ! So here the two choices are :

- "My name is Irzyka."

- "My name is none of your business."

So before you jump on the funny option, know that your choices have consequences. You have a reputation to keep!

People will treat you differently depending on how you treat them. For the moment, I will play it safe and nice.

My name is Irzyka.

It's apleasure to meet you, Irzyka.

(Erfanan? I have never heard of such a town... What's happening?)

Our heroin is a thinking to herself, here.

(I... I have the feeling I have crossed the void... That's terrific!)

Do you wish me to talk about Erfanan for helping you reclaiming your memory?

"If you wish", "No thank you" or "Shut up".

If you wish.

Erfanan is a small town of Osfade, the northern continent. We essentially live from hunting. There are vast natural frozen areas around. At the northwest, there is Ankatas, Osfade's capital. We are quite secluded from the rest of the world. You will quickly see everything there is here. The most important place here is the temple. I hope you are recalling all that. My name is Aïnam, I will let you rest. Meet me again at the temple later.

And we are free at last!

Leaving the house...

This is Erfanan alright. Let's try to go to that temple...

Pressing the + button will...

A map! The temple is the big thing with a 1 on it and we are at that brown triangle thing.

Let's go east then.

Later! This is a save point. I thought about doing a bit more but this was longer to type than I imagined so I will stop there for now.

Why emoticon limit!

[Tamanoir]

Hey, I actually tried it a while ago when I deiscovered RPG Maker.
But I didn't get really that far.

Wel, this is gonna be lot of work but good luck.

[FdRstar]

All right, I'm gonna end up what i first considered to do for the first update (but time taken and image limit disagreed with me)

Let's go to that temple and see what we will have to do.

We left just outside Aïnam's house last time.

Let's take those stairs and...

This guy starts a conversation.

Oh, would you be Aïnam's guest? Welcome to Erfanan, miss.

We can either thank him or gently ask him to leave.

Well, thanks.

He then propose ta answer our questions about the city. Let's just summarize this time :

- The town is kinda boring. There is a book shop at the north and an hunter is ill and needs someone to fill in or heal him.

- The temple is at the east (as we knew)

- Aïnam is a sympathetic old priest. We were lucky he found us instead of the mountain's beasts.

So it's really the case... I was transported in another world, once again.

Irzyka muses one last time about her predicament.

Children don't understand the importance of believing in Aëdemphia and salvation.To think we were like them before.

Title drop! You weren't expecting it this soon, were you? And especially not by a random NPC.

So is Aëdemphia a religion or a god? Let's ask the little girl.

My parents want me to go to Aëdemphia after my death. But I don't want to waste my life for that!

Oh, it's some sort of heaven. OK.

To the temple !

We are on the right tracks.^^

In the temple...

I am to succeed to our great priest in a few Kahls. I I am assigned with providing the sacred words for now. Do you have any questions?

Let's learn about religion!

Talk about this religion

Summary time :

When one dies, if he is in peace with himself, believe in Aëdemphia and is a good person he will go to Aëdemphia that is a wonderful place where our wishes take form.

The others become wandering souls and stay in this world eternally.

Wandering souls?

All the small light sphere you can see here and there.

And thus we gained 20 experience points for learning about this world. Awesome!

Let's learn more!

Where does this religion come from?

A woman named Inalisse teached it several hundreds of Kahls ago. (a kahl is propably ~ a year)

It was popularized by the first Great Oracle and adopted by all people.

Are there any other religion?

There are some minoritary believes that venerate the wandering souls or the degenerates.

The degenerate?

A part of the world that took life and became autonomous. There is one just outside the town. They have a... particular character. (Well, that sounds funky)

Thank you for your explanation, I'll be going.

This woman is asleep, hihi.

Oh, you're here. Go speak to the Great Priest!

Hello to you, stanger...

Aïnam told me you would come. I am happy to welcome you to this Temple.

He told me you had never heard of our lands and you looked confused.

Let me explore your mind... I will try to se what is wrong.

Hey, I'm not crazy!

What are you doing?

You grew up in an desolate world. The "Dump".

You, you were in security in a palace, the "Isolator" (I have no idea how to translate that, sorry)

You were raised by Creas, the scientist.

One day, you were kidnapped by Erun, one of those who live among the garbage.

And you became his friend.

One thing leading to another, a catastroph was triggered by your fault et the world was destroyed.

Thank to a breach, you could flee and survive. But you were the only one.

Forget all those parentless heroes. Irzyka is a WORLDless heroin!

You then arrived on Estarzall, where you met Ufa and his master Egaj.

Ufa, the orphan who wanted to overthrow a dictature. You followed him in his journey.

(Chibi Ufa is so cute^^)

You saw him grow and become a powerful war chief. Until his final assault.

Wait... Those memories... Those stories...

I don't recognize anything. All this past... How is it possible?

All those landscapes in your head, none exist in Akzalfir. It's unbelievable.

But if it is true, we are face to face with an icredible discovery.

I... I pain to believe what I saw.

Would you... Would you come from another world?

Does that mean... we're not alone?

The aliens are among us!!!

Irzyka, is it? I can't understand how this is possible. I will need to talk about it with the Great Oracle...

The explosion of what you call a "djidaque" should have killed you. An even you ignore why you're alive.

Looks like you were really lucky!

I am very happy for it...

How do you feel?

"Well", "Quite surprised", "really hopeless" or "It is none of your business"

Really hopeless.

It's natural.But you have my benidiction and my support in your quest.

If you work hard for it, I am sure you will be able to come back home.

All this is beyond me. This being you call the "Heartless Soul", maybe it's his fault? I don't know.

Wow, that's a wild speculation there.

You must see a better mage than me. You need to go to Séfanine... Our capital is where resides our Great Oracle. He will be able to help you. I you have any questions, I will do my best to answer them.

Talk about this world

Akzalfir has 3 major continents : Osfade to the north, Eséir to the east and Rouem to the west.

We all live in the hope of reaching a dream land.

An ultimate era. This wonderful world is called Aëdemphia...

Proper title drop!

We can only reach it after an exemplary life.Thougthless idiots anf fools who ignore its value can't go there. Aëdemphia is an central element of our civilization. Akzalfir whole lies on it and I know it exists.

Now go! The Oracle of Sefanine already awaits you.

Irzyka! Leaving alone would not be reasonable. There are ferocious beasts outside town...

Arniok is a brave man who will be able to accompany you.He lives to the west of Erfanan, in the high mountain. He knows well the area et he is a generous man who knows how to fight.

Go take him and come back. I will then explain to you how to go to Séfanine.

Ah. You will certainly need a bit of money. You don't have any so take this purse, this will help you during your journey.

Money !!! How much is 30 Emnels though?

Also, if ever you need something out of town, don't hesitate to take from our sacred Altars.

You will find supplies and sometimes materials. They are here for adventurers needing them.

You can help yourself to them. You will easily recognize them, they radiate with a golden aura and are covered of various objects.

More free stuff!!!

And they have finished talking. We will go and actually play next time, pheww!

And be damn the image limit.