Llyven - (Official Legacy Studios Project)

[Zackwell]

For many years, the duchy of Hohen Llyvenhagen has enjoyed peace and prosperity, under the wise rule of it's Duke;
but with doom on the horizon, will it live to see tomorrow?

This is a small project that Legacy and I decided to undertake in order to get back in the swing of things.
We're doing as much as we can together. :3
Llyven will eventually serve as the first game to be released on Legacy's Enigma Engine.



Hohen Llyvenhagen is a city nestled deep in the Welsh mountains. It was
formed when germanic settlers forged a truce with the indigneous tribes
many hundreds of years ago. Due to it's location, Llyvenhagen is rarely
bothered by threats... Until a new enemy appeared.

The unknown enemy besieged the castle overnight. It was the brave and valliant
efforts of the five knighthoods of Llyvenhagen, led by their captain,
Kaiser, that led them to victory. Though no official name was given to
the enemy, the citizens came to know them as the Kobold.
Since their narrow defeat at the siege, the Kobold have sent small raiding parties to
attack Llyvenhagen, all fended off by the knighthoods.

Hedge Gwyn is a knight in the 4th knighthood of Llyvenhagen; and tonight, He's on patrol duty.

An innovative yet classic storyline; intentional yet subtle clichés to revive the feelings you thought lost to modernized stories.
Engage in the changing environments. Go from a vivid, colourful city, into dark, twisted forests and dungeons.
One man Combat system, utilising a never before seen mechanic. Details will be posted at a later date.
One man Menu system - Created by Legacy.
Custom soundtrack - Composed by yours truly.
Visual novel style cutscenes, and custom facesets.
Custom Sprites - Hand-drawn by Leongon

Screenshots

Hedge

Hedge posing with the sword 'Wendigo'

Bark Centipede Queen

The Bark Centipede Queen in all of her glory.

Here I'll post some ideas for enemies or bosses. I'll try to keep it spoiler
free, but if I get excited about an idea, I'll mark it accordingly.

The Bark Centipede

The Bark Centipede is a creature native to the Bygors swamp.
When newly hatched, they are harmless insects that feed on the bark of
trees. However, as they mature, they can prove troublesome, as they
begin to hunger for meals that are more alive. They release sweet scents
that tempt creatures to eat them. When ingested, the centipede, however
disfigured, regenerates and consumes the creature from within.

The Queen Bark Centipede is known to take on a disguise of a great tree
which consumes any wildlife that comes into contact with it.
The Queen releases a sweetly scented, thick, sticky resin on it's bark-like skin.
Creatures who are attracted to and trapped by the resin become connected to the
Queen. The process involves a tendril which breaks into the creature's
body and sprouts roots around it's internal organs. The roots slowly
drain all the nutrients, water and energy from the creature, whose body
eventually shrivels and becomes another piece of bark on the Queen's
carapace.
Just before the queen dies, she stands on end, and her body
hardens as she turns into a tree completely. After one year, She
flowers and bears fruits that hatch into more Bark Centipedes, which
feed on the bark of the dead Queen.
The centipede which consumes the heart of the dead Queen is elected as the new Matriarch.

Black Undines

Black undine - Dark faeries of water.
Once cheerful water faeries, they have been contaminated
by blood and turned into Black Undines.

Depressed beings by nature, a black undine appears as nothing but a dark puddle.
They live for hundreds of years, and sometimes wait for decades on end to snatch their prey.
If a creature steps into, or is splashed by a black undine, they are doomed.
The undine's water creeps beneath the skin of the creature and turns it's
blood into water. It then consumes the creature's muscles and internal
organs, and inhabits it's skin. A creature posessed by a black undine is
said to leak thick black liquid from every possible outlet.
Posession is the only way that Black Undines can assimilate a physical form; they
are otherwise restricted to the state of a pool of dark water.
They prize the blood of humans above all, and use their devious minds to ensnare even the wittiest of travellers.

Now we're talkin'. Here are some samples of the pieces I've composed for this project.
They're only short samples. Enough for you to get the gist of them.
I will add more pieces, complete or remastered to this list.

Main theme
Hedge's theme
Llyvenhagen Castle
Under Fire
Enter the Fray(Battle music)
Nyneve
http://soundcloud.com/zackwell-aesther/nyneve
Encounter! Bark Centipede Queen!
http://soundcloud.com/zackwell-aesther/0...-centipede



So far we have...

Legacy - Scripts and more

Zackwell - Story, Soundtrack, Foley artist, Logos and Headers (And probably more).

Leongon - Character artwork and facesets.

I daresay we'll add more to the credits, should the need arise.



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[MetalRenard]

Wow good looking game!
I'll def be following the progress. :)

[Zackwell]

http://soundcloud.com/zackwell-aesther/nyneve

Piece of OST for you, fellows.

[Taylor]

Oh this does look to be quite snazzy. <3

[Zackwell]

A momentous occasion.
I am now posting Concept art in the thread!
Check just below the screenshots section to find it!

[buddysievers]

looks great like all of the legacy studio games ^^
hope one of them gets a demo in the next time...
go on !

[MetalRenard]

Looking sexeh!

[Zackwell]

More concept art! I've also linked the Boss battle theme "Encounter! Bark Centipede Queen!"

[Chukkaque]

This looks awesome!

[millarso]

Color me impressed. Unique art style, great metagame (menu, dialogue) graphics, and the music is definitely thorough. What program(s) was used to make the tracks? Very realistic vst's.