召喚ガキ Shoukan Gaki - Bratty Summoner Story
It's all fun and games, until...
Many "chosen ones" have tried, and just as many have failed, to put an end to the antics of a powerful sorceress who brings terror to the land from high up in her castle. Now, the next chosen one named Lorelei will take her stand against Lady Maura...
FEATURES
- Summon 4 somewhat different creatures to power up in battle and overcome your foes
- Hate wasting turns healing and buffing your party? No more! Your companions will automatically do these things so you can focus on beating the enemy to a pulp.
- A shameless appearance by AIR MAN from Rockman 2
- Cameos from at least 4 characters from Goburin no Tower
- "PURE" RPG Maker 2000; no fancy custom battle systems or menus to interfere with the timeless classic feel of the golden era of RPG Maker
- As always, crisp, legible MS Gothic font for optimal enjoyment of the text
CONTENT ADVISORY
THIS GAME CONTAINS GRAPHICS, SOUND, STORY, AND GAMEPLAY. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.
IMPORTANT DISCLOSURE
Some chipsets from the VIPRPG resource pool were used in this game. VIPRPG advises that the resources hosted on their pages are "for everyone" so long as good sense is used when creating games with them.
Version History (see included changelog for details)
V1.0 - (2/23/2021) Fixed a dungeon-breaking camera bug in the sandcastle dungeon.
V0.99 - (2/22/2021) Initial Release
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Install instructions
It's RPG Maker 2000 so as long as your computer was made after some year or another, it ought to run just by double clicking on the thing or whatever. Use the shortcut if it works so you can start it in window mode. Oh yeah, don't forget to use winrar or whatever to unzip the thing.
You may or may not need the RPG Maker 2000 Run-Time Package. I honestly don't know. If you do, here's the link to get it straight from the sweet teat of the RPG Maker website:
https://dl.degica.com/rpgmakerweb/run-time-packages/rpg2000_rtp_installer.exe
If you choose to use EasyRPG Player to run this, while it SHOULD work, I have not personally tested it to know whether it affects the game adversely.
Comments
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Hi Goburinbro!
I want to ask about something. I've collected 2 from 3 spell books and now I have to collect the 3rd one. I can't find it. I've searched it in the beach but I can't touch the three crystals. Maybe you can gave me some hint? Or maybe a walkthrough/guide? I would really appreciate it. Sorry for my broken english. Thanks.
Are you talking about the one inside the sandcastle itself? There's some metal bars you can interact with if you call Slime Lass, and that's how you'll find one of the books.
Thanks for the reply! I've finished it and the 2nd one. Now I'm waiting for the 3rd sequel lol
I loved the story, thank you for making this!
Ha-ha-ha...
By the looks of this I expected a boring, unfinished rpgm "game" and what I got was a comfy, memorable story with nice combat mechanics. I love, LOVE the story between the witch and the Heroine working together. The puzzles are also top notch, not too hard but too easy. The humor actually got a chuckle out of me and I love the scenarios the game puts you in, like kicking out the skeletons from the arcade.I love it. Seriously, what inspired you to write such a thoughtful and memorable story/game?
TLDR: Unexpected (but in a good way) is the word I'd use for this game. Hope you'll make a sequel to this game some day.
Late reply, but thank you for playing.
Trying to think back to my mindset when I made it is difficult since this was a while ago, but my one goal with it was to make something closer to a traditional JRPG than the game I'd done for the previous /vrpg/ jam. Considering how much NON-traditional stuff/VIPRPG I play and draw inspiration from, that can be challenging.
As for being thoughtful and memorable, that is incredibly kind, and I'm happy you think so. Maura is a fun character to write, and I draw a lot from my own youth when I think about what she's going to say, how she should act, and so forth. Her dragging along the Chosen One from seemingly irrelevant place to place is, well... exactly what I'd have done, maybe.
The sequel to this game definitely exists, and if you haven't played it, I definitely recommend playing the other /vrpg/ jam titles beforehand since I paid a lot of respect to other jammers' games in there. I'm always thinking of what to do with these characters next, so maybe a 3rd Shoukan Gaki could happen someday.
Super Duper late reply (sorry about that) but:
Holy moly you actually replied AND THERE'S SEQUEL?! Well I'll be darned, I will definitely try some of the other /v/rpg jams and your sequel. I'd tip my hat to you because creating something you have lil experience with is not an easy task. Congrats! So the inspiration for Maura the witch and half of the story was drawn from your old self? That sounds like something a great writer would do.
Anyway, I do hope you do make Shouki Gaki 3 someday because your number 1 fan will be anxiously waiting for a continuation after playing 2. Oh and if I didn't say this before, I'll say it now. Thank you for this game, you are a great inspiration for me and many others in the vrpg game jams. Hopefully one day you'll be a rich and famous game dev who will look fondly at this....and that I'll finally get off my lazy butt and create the game of my dreams
An excellent story about people growing up. Very good sense of humor, fun gameplay system that keeps you interested in seeing what's next, and a couple nice emotional hits. The scenes between the two main characters are really fun, great use of dramatic irony. Great work, I enjoyed it a lot!
Thank you kindly!