The Unholy Crusade

The Unholy Crusade (UC) was a personal project I made in my free time during my undergraduate years.

UC is a sword and sorcery style RPG with traditional turn based combat. UC's world contains four Forces: Dread, Sound, Time, and Mana. Each one has a playable class associated with it. Throughout the first half, the player has a chance to team with a member of each of these classes. Then, a few hours before the Interlude between the two Acts, the player is presented with the option to change to one of the four classes. He can pick from any of the four, or maintain his base class. This gives the player five different ways to experience the second part of the game.

The differences in the classes becomes important in the second part of the game. At the end of the first Act, there is a cataclysm which causes the Forces to go wild. Each Force empowers one of the other Forces, weakens a second, and is neutral to the third. In Act 2, if the player has any of the specialty classes, he will be empowered or weakened in different areas that are filled with the different Forces. This also applies to the companions that have these classes, though it is possible for the player to pick companions that will allow him to avoid this mechanic entirely.

UC was my first game in the RPG Maker XP environment. Their official website: http://tkool.jp/products/rpgxp/eng/ The game, particularly the second half, is far from complete. It is however, sitting at Alpha stage. The game can be completed, and it has an estimated play time of 24 hours.

I designed the game concept from scratch and built all the maps myself as well as the combat moves. All of the art, animations, and sounds are royalty free assets that were included with the engine download.