A Maiden's Ballad
A downloadable RPG for Windows
A Maiden's Ballad is a short RPG that I made as entry to RMN's Theme Roulette Event, where each participant are given a random theme to make an RPG maker game out of. I got the word "Passion", which allowed me to create this RPG. Hopefully, the game will do the word justice as you play it.
Story:
Cecilia Ashenhurst, an aspiring musician and harpist, has decided to go on a journey to the Harmonica at the capital city of Rainsville. The Harmonica is an organization that helps musicians publish their music and make them known throughout the world. Cecilia, along with her childhood friends: Yolanda Vladimir and Nathan Scollfyld, ventures forth to Rainsville. Along the way, the trio faces difficult and dangerous circumstances. Will Cecilia and her friends become successful in realizing their dreams and passion?
Features:
- 3 hours of gameplay
- Beautiful Time Fantasy graphics
- Fun and engaging atb battles
- Colorful and sweet cast of characters
- Immersive dungeon atmospheres and music
Credits:
Graphics:
Jason Perry
whtdragon
hian
Moghunter
Pentagon Buddy
Cooltext.com
DEGICA
Enterbrain, Inc.
Music:
YouFulca/Wingless Seraph
Amélie Guiboux
Terry Bradley
FredFluteMUSIC
Frontier Works, Inc.
Bitter Sweet Entertainment, Inc.
Archeia
EvilEagles
Tobby Ong
Caz
DEGICA
Enterbrain, Inc.
Plugins:
Yanfly
Moghunter
SumRndmDde
DEGICA
Enterbrain, Inc.
Hope you all enjoy! ^_^
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Development log
- New poster for A Maiden's BalladMar 10, 2023
- A Maiden's Ballad V2.0 Update!Jul 15, 2018
- A Maiden's Ballad V1.5 Update!Jul 13, 2018
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I seriously did not expect myself to actually play through this entire game and enjoy it as much as I did. I have about 4 hrs and 40 mins logged onto it before I completed it, which is very rare for a small I game I found myself and wasn't recommended.
What kept me in were the different zone maps and seeing where Celelia and her party would go. The best part about this game by far is how good the fights and battle system were designed. There were only a few spells that seemed pretty useless (Celilia's luck buff/Yolanda's ice arrow?), but there were many that were important to use at the right times on certain enemies.
Maybe I haven't played enough RM games, but the level design in this game was genius. Each new zone had 3 enemies with their own unique skills. This made it so the first two fights were more difficult because you didn't know exactly what order to take them down in and what to use to counter their attacks. The Ice and Hell zone were places where this was particularly noticeable. Then you would fight a boss using the same type of mechanic and progress to the next zone.
I have one problem with this game being that the plot and characters are a bit lacking. There is some good, of course. Not only did the plotline with Derrik near the end make me want to see what would happen, but we got to see more of the other characters play off of him as well. However, every part of the story prior never really led me to care about the specific characters. From what I took from this game, I couldn't really tell you much about Yolanda or Nathan as people. I do think Cecilia is very cute, however.
This game is a great, investing play for someone who wants to see a great, fun example of game design in an RM Game. I would recommend playing this one if you enjoy RPG Games.
TLDR: Game Design / Fights are great. Character's and Plot are lacking. A good play for anyone interested, however. I like it very much. 4.5/5
Great job to the dev! I'm excited to check out your other games!
Hello Hellixo and wooow! <3 ^_^ I am truly overjoyed and surprised to receive such a wonderful detailed review of your experience with the game!! ^_^ <3 This means so much to me! Thank you so much and I am so happy you enjoyed the game and its battle system!! :D Yes you are indeed right too! I myself wish I could've fleshed out the characters a bit more and give more lore to the world at large. ^^ But I'm so glad you enjoyed the game for what its worth! :) I have always loved the classical JRPG experience and fun battle mechanics, and that is what inspires me for most of the RPGs I make! :D Thanks so much once again, Hellixo, and I truly hope you'll enjoy my other games as well! ^^ Have a great wonderful day! :D
Thanks
Of course! Enjoy! :D
Please make video walktrough?
Hello Samaliah! A walkthrough? Are you lost in a puzzle? or something else? Thesacredlobo has made a full playthrough of the game if you wish to watch it for guidance:
https://youtu.be/UEVc7-iXZ1Y