Thursday, September 13, 2007

A Moment in Vana'diel Time - player's guide

*You* are a little newbie White Mage, and these are your friends and neighbours in the fair Federation of Windurst:


Furrry is a cheerful Mithra, and she's your best friend so far. She's helping you to get to know Windurst and its residents better.


Edward is a kind Hume guy who likes to adventure and go fishing. You don't know him very well, though - but maybe you'd like to change that.


Winding Path is a Galka who's visiting Windurst from Bastok, so he doesn't know these surroundings very well yet. He seems to be a bit shy and awkward... What has brought him here so far from his home?


Hobbiru-Bobiru is a Windurstian Tarutaru, like his name suggests. He usually doesn't talk to strangers, so you'll probably need to find something in common with him before you can become good friends.


Bellatreont is an Elvaan from San d'Oria, but currently staying in Windurst on an important mission. He is easily offended by rude remarks.


Ogrelord is an easygoing Hume guy. You won't see him doing anything as tedious as crafting, but he adventures occasionally and sometimes walks around Windurst showing off any new gear he has.


Aira-Maira is a Windurstian Tarutaru girl. She's very helpful, but she's sometimes quite uncertain about her own abilities and potential.


Anissa is an enigmatic Elvaan girl: although she's from Windurst, for some reason she doesn't seem to adventure or spend time with the other Windurstians that much.


Moogle is your loyal housekeeper and also keeps you informed of special events in Vana'diel. Any messages or gifts that need to be delivered go trough Moogle, so you don't have to worry about them.


You will also encounter various NPCs while exploring Windurst, but they will naturally only play a minor role in this story.


In addition to the characters introduced above, you may - in rare instances - encounter special characters who only appear under certain circumstances:

This good-natured and lively Tarutaru will be happy to help you gain more experience. He also has a very chivalrous nature, and he may come to your rescue in a moment of need if you manage to befriend him.

This kind Elvaan will occasionally keep you company, although she's not on a suitable level to actually join your party and adventure with you. If you're her friend and she sees you in trouble with too powerful enemies, she'll be sure to help you out.

This courteous Elvaan won't join you in the battlefield, but he can take you on interesting and enchanting journeys like no one else ever has... Be prepared to take a step into the unknown, or you'll lose your chance to find out his identity!

This mysterious Tarutaru will expect respect from all who come across him.



(What's this all about? See comments for more info...)

7 comments:

Pasifika said...

There's the trailer to this, erm, magnificient and intriguing relationships simulation game a couple of post back, in case you're interested.

I'll put the link for downloading "A Moment in Time" here when it's uploaded. Sorry that you can't just play it in your browser or something... but I'm hoping it won't take an eternity to download... ^^;
It's a self-extracting zip file and once it's open, you'll find the actual game file (MomentInTime.exe) in the folder.
I made the game using Ren'Py visual novel engine, but I'm not a very good programmer, so it probably still has some bugs we missed (Phu helped with beta-testing).

Anyway, I hope you'll
a) play it
b) enjoy it at least to some extent, and
c) comment it. ^^

(Yeah, I know... thousands of lines of code and hundreds of images just for a so-called 'game' that's at best slightly amusing and has some considerably lame inside jokes... I'll get a life next month, I promise. -_-;)

Pasifika said...

The link:

http://download.yousendit.com/EDE5DD8750B53AC7

(If for some reason you need it for other platforms than Windows, that can be arranged.)

Anonymous said...

Ohhh!! That mysterious Elvaan male sure looks... mysterious!! xD I can also tell from that figure that he's very handsome, and you should absolutely find him in the game ;D

Remember; very mysterious. xD

Anyways, good job Pasifika! :D I'm glad you finally got this done, with all the work you've put into it. ^^ I'll toss a link to Europa's blog too, you may have to consider reuploading the game soon. :3

Anonymous said...

Also, if the Yousendit link doesn't work for whatever reason, here's an alternate download link:

http://d.turboupload.com/d/2033725/MomentInTime.exe.html

Pasifika said...

The previous download link still works for me, but apparently there's a problem then. Thanks for the alternate link Phu, you're my knight in shining rdm AF armor. ^.~

Anonymous said...

awww played for a while X3 very cute and fun, great job! ^_^
But I still have to meet Phu and unlock 3 piccies in the gallery *pouts* (and to become friend with Anissa, the only reason I have her in the gallery is because I had nftc kidnap her X3)

Once again, really a nice job ^^b wub the game.

Ill let you know if I found any typo or bug ^_^

Pasifika said...

I'm happy to hear you like it Gabrielle! ^_^
If you get bored of trying to get the characters but wan't to see them anyway, I can always give you hints... I know a lot of them. x)
You have a nice blog, btw, it's beautiful. ^^