In this retro-style 2D RPG with modernized game mechanics, journey across Astravia as the wandering mystician Oliver and meet new companions, uncover secrets better left unknown, and stop a villainous trio’s plot to steal the powerful Astri and cause world destruction. Influenced by 90s and early 2000s-era JRPGs like Golden Sun and Grandia, the game features a dynamic battle system and a world rich with exploration and puzzles.
A fresh spin on "Active Time Battle" (ATB), Legends of Astravia'sturnless battle system encourages quick—but strategic—decision making. In this fluid system without “turns”, interact with enemy and ally actions in real time and feel the excitement of outracing your opponents with powerful magic and abilities.
Vast, explorable overworld designed with care. Intricate dungeons filled with puzzles and traps are contrasted with lively towns and their welcoming NPCs and side-quests. And while the main story's obstacles are balanced and fair, there are plenty of optional areas with difficult and rewarding challenges to discover.
A varied cast where each character's unique personality and traits shine through. In this character-driven story, scenes with dialogue are written to make you feel like you're in the company of your companions as they react to the changing world around them.
Oliver is a mystician—those in Astravia who are gifted with a natural talent to cast magic. Awakening deep in Mordin Forest with nothing but his shirt and circlet, Oliver finds himself at a loss as to how he ended up there. To make matters worse, the corrupt knights of the area seem all but welcoming towards mysticians.
After a swift rescue by a kindly swordsman, he takes refuge along the outskirts of Mordin Village. There, questions about his past and a fated meeting with the enigmatic Azel leads Oliver on a quest across the world to recover his memory...all while the “Astri Hunters”plan to reawaken the Great Cataclysm for their own gain.
Journey as a wandering mystician and meetnew companions, uncover secrets better left unknown, and stop avillainous trio’splot to steal the powerful Astri and cause world destruction...for the fate of Astravia!
Legends of Astravia has been happily hosted on itch.io and RPGMaker.net, as well as various other indie game development forums, but it is finally making an appearance on indieDB.
The game is in active development, and will remain free-to-try until it is approximately 50-75% complete. From there, it will go into early-access and become a commercial game.
Right now, with only approximately 15% of the game complete, it is already 2 hours long! This epic RPG will be an expansive journey that will allow the player to develop their characters, craft equipment, find secrets and solve various side-quests, as well as complete an epic story-driven main quest.
The current demo has the first town and dungeon. There will be a total of 4-5 dungeons in the game once it is complete, and an expansive overworld.
I appreciate everyone's support with the project so far! Eventually there will be a download available here, but for now the current demo can be accessed on itch.io and RPGmaker.net.
Fantastic work here ! Well done !
Yeah, that looks cool!