Welcome Piltima 1, Quest of the Avatar.

RELEASE NOTES:

  1. This is a 'quick and dirty' doc file.  I'll put something better together at a later time. Right now 100% of my resources have gone into getting the level done for contest closing.
  2. This game has NOT been play-tested.  I tested a version with no monsters or items (the last 2 things i added to the game), just to make sure the game mechanics work and it is possible to complete the game.  But the last monsters were added to this game literally a few hours before contest closing, it took THAT long to do this game.  So i may release a few updates to adjust monster strengths and stuff as i play the full version the same time you do.

GAME INTRO:

    You play the 'hero' in the game.  You have come to a land to help become an icon of virtue to the people.  Along the way you will discover a political structure, meet a whole lot of people (aprox 32), explore 7 large cities, 2 villages and 4 special places.  You will explore 7 intricate dungeons, 7 shrines, 7 islands, MAYBE 2 hidden caves that randomly appear/disappear and the Great Abyss. You will   travel across water, through mountains, forest, grass, swamp, lava, rocks, desert (maybe more, can't remember).  Some 44 different monsters and 2 classes of trianers will test your skills of combat and give you rewards on performance.

    This is a full blown PC style RPG game that has taken some 2 1/2 months to design.  The initial time was spent researching, brainstorming and getting all the graphics drawn/converted.  The last 3 weeks have been spent in the editor itself, at least 5 hours a night monday to friday and 8 on the weekends (aprox 100 hours over the last 3 weeks alone, yes i have no live :>) have gone into the making of this game.  I hope that time and effort is reflected in the quality and detail of the game. And if you're a true RPG'er you've no doubt played the PC game that Piltima 1 is loosely based on but i've made some story changes and added my own twists.


QUICK Q&A'S

GAME DESIGN:

        AN OPEN GAME CONCEPT

    I wanted to create a game so you can go anywhere and do anything whenever you want.  I hate 'adventure' style games where you can't go somewhere becuase you havn't gotten a Freeze at the 7/11 store.  In Piltima you can pretty much explore everything from the beginning.  If you want to go sailing on the seas, go to minock and get a ships deed (which is free by the way, you just have to get there), if you want to explore the dungeons right off the bat, go ahead.  You'll get your butt kicked pretty quickly but hey, if you want to do that, the go ahead. You can visit the temples which you don't need to go to until almost the very end, although there won't be a lot of value in going there right away.  The only restriction is that you can't go into the shrines until you've gotten the mystical runes from the dungeons and know the mantras of meditation.  The story will explain why the runes were removed from the shrines to being with and stuff, it's actually an integral part of the story.

        LOTS OF ITEMS

    I've tried to make the game make you go through items pretty quickly.  I spent quite a bit of time entering 140+ items into the game, i'd like to have some of them be used haha.  Yes there is a 'super' weapon setup and it's totally free. You have to just be in the right place at the right time to find where they are.   The game story line will help you out.  There are lots of character enhancement items as well and the Guilds will carry the most powerful things (at a price of course).  Beware of what you buy from pirates, remember you get what you pay for!


CHARACTER CLASSES

    I took a unique approach to classes and guilds.  When you start the game you will be in a "Class Building", you can only come here on the start of a new game.  A guy will tell you which direction to go for which class and you will reach an altar.  At the altar you spend your 10 credits i give you on the items that class gets to start out with.  One item will be a weapon and one item will be a character attribute changer.  Each class has it's own benifits and downfalls so choose your character with some thought.  And yes i've given though to people running around to different class altars, so i've made all the  items cost different amounts.

    Below is a list of the 3 classes and what you will end up with should you choose to choose a class (you don't have you, you can just start the game without doing this if you want)

  1. Warrior - STATS: Strength-16, Agility-14, Health-10 WEAPON-Axe- Strength - 5   Durability - 12
  2. Rogue - STATS: Strength-13, Agility-10, Health-18 WEAPON-Bow- Strength-2 Durability - 11
  3. Mage - STATS: Strength-10, Agility-16, Health-20 WEAPON-Staff- Strength-4 Durability 9

QUICK START:

    What do you do when you begin after you choose your class?   Head south to Palm, go into the castle and follow the 'red carpet' to the throne room and talk to King Rameous, Blachthorp and Nicodemus.  That will get your adventure on the way.  Other than that, you can do whatever you want when you want.   I would suggest roaming around around the city of Palm (outside the walls) to build up some cash.  Then buy yourself a better weapon and some armor in the shops in Palm.   Then head East over the bridge to the village of Cove.


ITEM LIST:

    This is a 'construction' list and is not 100% accurate to whats in the game but its the closes i have right now.  Pretty much everything is right except for which FOOD items are in which stores in which cities.  But thats not a really big deal.

 

Shop

class

sub-class

Description

ST

EFF

HP Heal

Uses

HP+

ST+

AG+

Cost

Bow of rogue

2

11

$ 1

Skills of rogue

8

3

0

$ 6

Axe of War

5

12

$ 4

Warrior Skills

6

4

$ 6

Staff of Magic

6

9

$ 1

Mage Skills

10

6

$ 6

Heal Stick

20

0

$ 3

specialty

enhancer

ring

Ring of Zodiac

10

10

10

$210

specialty

enhancer

ring

Ring of Whale

40

$240

specialty

enhancer

ring

Ring of Slaying

8

$112

specialty

enhancer

ring

Ring of Skill

6

$124

specialty

enhancer

amulet

Amulet of Heavens

6

6

6

$190

specialty

enhancer

amulet

Amulet of Giants

9

$122

specialty

enhancer

amulet

Amulet of Accuracy

8

$113

specialty

enhancer

amulet

Amulet of Lion

25

$130

specialty

enhancer

helmet

Helmet of Stars

4

4

4

$170

specialty

enhancer

helmet

Helmet of Virtue

8

$ 60

specialty

enhancer

helmet

Helmet of Titan

12

$132

specialty

enhancer

helmet

Helmet of Perfection

6

$104

specialty

enhancer

capes

Cape of Moons

2

2

2

$100

specialty

enhancer

capes

Cape of Accuracy

12

$144

specialty

enhancer

capes

Cape of Might

3

$100

specialty

enhancer

capes

Cape of Fox

5

$ 40

specialty

armor

plate

magic armor of Palm

95

200

$ -

specialty

enhancer

ring

magcin ring of palm

150

100

80

specialty

weapon

sword

magical sword of Palm

190

200

$ -

weapons

weapon

bow

Light Bow

5

15

$ 10

weapons

weapon

bow

Medium Bow

10

20

$ 20

weapons

weapon

bow

Long Bow

20

25

$ 40

weapons

weapon

bow

Windforge

80

20

$ 85

weapons

weapon

bow

EagleHorn

120

25

$110

weapons

weapon

staff

Short Staff

15

10

$ 15

weapons

weapon

staff

Long Staff

35

15

$ 25

weapons

weapon

staff

Stormspire

75

15

$ 70

weapons

weapon

staff

Thundercall

95

20

$ 90

weapons

weapon

staff

Immolator

105

25

$105

weapons

weapon

sword

Short Sword

10

25

$ 20

weapons

weapon

sword

Long Sword

20

30

$ 40

weapons

weapon

sword

EagleShadow

50

25

$ 80

weapons

weapon

sword

Gryphon's Spike

70

30

$100

weapons

weapon

sword

Executioner

140

30

$120

weapons

weapon

Xbow

Light Crossbow

15

25

$ 25

weapons

weapon

Xbow

Heavy Crossbow

25

30

$ 45

weapons

weapon

Xbow

Windstorm

45

20

$ 70

weapons

weapon

Xbow

Dragons Breach

85

25

$ 90

weapons

weapon

Xbow

Wasp Stinger

130

30

$115

weapons

weapon

axe

War Axe

20

25

$ 20

weapons

weapon

axe

Double Waraxe

40

35

$ 60

weapons

weapon

axe

Toe Chopper

60

40

$ 80

weapons

weapon

axe

Hell Slayer

80

45

$105

weapons

weapon

axe

Tiny Hatchet

160

50

$130

weapons

weapon

sword

Short Sword

10

25

$ 20

weapons

weapon

sword

Long Sword

20

30

$ 40

weapons

weapon

sword

EagleShadow

50

25

$ 80

weapons

weapon

sword

Gryphon's Spike

70

30

$100

weapons

weapon

sword

Deathbringer

135

25

$120

weapons

weapon

sword

Short Sword

10

25

$ 20

weapons

weapon

sword

Long Sword

20

30

$ 40

weapons

weapon

sword

EagleShadow

50

25

$ 80

weapons

weapon

sword

Gryphon's Spike

70

30

$100

weapons

weapon

sword

Dlb Edge Sword

135

30

$115

weapons

weapon

bow

EagleHorn

120

20

$ 70

weapons

weapon

staff

Immolator

105

15

$ 65

weapons

weapon

sword

Executioner

140

20

$ 80

weapons

weapon

Xbow

Wasp Stinger

130

15

$ 70

weapons

weapon

axe

Tiny Hatchet

160

25

$ 80

guild

weapon

sword

Gravedigger

135

35

$140

guild

weapon

sword

Holy Defender

145

40

$150

guild

weapon

axe

RockBuster

155

40

$160

guild

weapon

axe

WickedDeath

165

45

$170

guild

weapon

sword

Magic Enforcer

175

100

$210

armory

armor

leather

Leather Suit

30

10

$ 15

armory

armor

leather

Studded Leather

35

15

$ 25

armory

armor

leather

Gladiators Bane

60

30

$110

armory

armor

cloth

Cloth Cape

20

5

$ 10

armory

armor

cloth

Cloth Suit

25

10

$ 15

armory

armor

leather

Leather Suit

25

20

$ 20

armory

armor

std leather

Gladiators Bane

60

30

$110

armory

armor

bone

Bone Suit

30

25

$ 40

armory

armor

chainmail

Chainmail Suit

40

30

$ 55

armory

armor

chainmail

Magic Chainmail

70

40

$130

armory

armor

cloth

Cloth Cape

20

5

$ 10

armory

armor

cloth

Cloth Suit

25

10

$ 15

armory

armor

std leather

Nightscape

55

40

$100

armory

armor

chainmail

Deflector

60

40

$110

armory

armor

platemail

Deamons Coat

65

45

$120

armory

armor

bone

Rott

35

25

$ 45

armory

armor

chainmail

Rings of Steel

25

30

$ 55

armory

armor

platemail

Blade Killer

30

25

$ 50

armory

armor

platemail

Formed Rust

35

20

$ 65

armory

armor

leather

Leather Suit

25

20

$ 20

armory

armor

bone

Bone Suit

30

25

$ 40

armory

armor

chainmail

Chainmail Suit

40

30

$ 55

armory

armor

std leather

Gladiators Bane

60

30

$105

armory

armor

platemail

Denied

75

20

$120

armory

armor

chainmail

Chainmail Suit

40

15

$ 45

armory

armor

std leather

Gladiators Bane

60

15

$ 90

armory

armor

platemail

Formed Rust

35

10

$ 45

armory

armor

platemail

Deamons Coat

65

20

$ 90

armory

armor

std leather

Pirates Vest

2

255

$100

armory

armor

platemail

Training Plate

50

45

$120

armory

armor

platemail

Steel Skin

55

45

$130

armory

armor

platemail

Stormshield

60

50

$140

armory

armor

platemail

Royal Plate

70

55

$150

armory

armor

platemail

Virtuous Plate

80

65

$200

healer

heal

potion

Yellow Potion

5

2

$ 10

healer

heal

potion

Blue Potion

15

2

$ 15

healer

heal

potion

Green Potion

25

2

$ 20

healer

heal

stick

Yellow Stick

10

5

$ 30

healer

heal

stick

Blue Stick

20

5

$ 35

healer

heal

stick

Orange Potion

35

2

$ 25

healer

heal

stick

Red Potion

45

2

$ 30

healer

heal

stick

Orange Stick

40

5

$ 45

healer

heal

stick

Red Stick

50

5

$ 50

healer

heal

potion

Yellow Potion

5

2

$ 10

healer

heal

potion

Green Potion

25

2

$ 20

healer

heal

stick

Yellow Stick

10

5

$ 30

healer

heal

stick

Green Stick

30

5

$ 40

healer

heal

stick

Orange Potion

35

2

$ 25

healer

heal

stick

Red Potion

45

2

$ 30

healer

heal

potion

Yellow Potion

5

2

$ 10

healer

heal

stick

Blue Stick

20

5

$ 35

healer

heal

stick

Green Stick

30

5

$ 40

healer

heal

stick

Orange Stick

40

5

$ 45

healer

heal

potion

Blue Potion

15

2

$ 15

healer

heal

stick

Yellow Stick

10

5

$ 30

healer

heal

stick

Blue Stick

20

5

$ 35

healer

heal

stick

Orange Potion

35

2

$ 25

healer

heal

stick

Red Potion

45

2

$ 30

healer

heal

stick

Orange Stick

40

5

$ 45

grocer

heal

fruit

Apple

4

1

$ 5

grocer

heal

veg

Carrot

6

1

$ 6

grocer

heal

dairy

Milk

8

1

$ 7

grocer

heal

meat

Pork

10

1

$ 8

grocer

heal

fruit

Orange

3

1

$ 5

grocer

heal

veg

Beans

5

1

$ 6

grocer

heal

dairy

Eggs

7

1

$ 7

grocer

heal

meat

Chicken

9

1

$ 8

grocer

heal

fruit

Pear

4

1

$ 5

grocer

heal

veg

Corn

6

1

$ 6

grocer

heal

dairy

Cheese

8

1

$ 7

grocer

heal

meat

Fish

10

1

$ 8

grocer

heal

fruit

Bananna

3

1

$ 5

grocer

heal

veg

Peas

5

1

$ 6

grocer

heal

dairy

Yogurt

7

1

$ 7

grocer

heal

meat

Beef

9

1

$ 8

grocer

heal

fruit

Apple

4

1

$ 5

grocer

heal

veg

Beans

5

1

$ 6

grocer

heal

dairy

Cheese

8

1

$ 7

grocer

heal

meat

Beef

9

1

$ 8

grocer

heal

fruit

Orange

3

1

$ 5

grocer

heal

veg

Carrot

6

1

$ 6

grocer

heal

dairy

Yogurt

7

1

$ 7

grocer

heal

meat

Fish

10

1

$ 8

grocer

heal

fruit

Bananna

3

1

$ 5

grocer

heal

veg

Corn

6

1

$ 6

grocer

heal

meat

Chicken

9

1

$ 8

grocer

heal

dairy

Milk

8

1

$ 7

Inn

heal

sleep

Slumber Bag

35

10

$ 70

Inn

heal

sleep

Slumber Room

45

10

$ 90

spell shop

weapon

scroll

FireThrower

60

1

$110

spell shop

weapon

scroll

Lightening

70

1

$115

spell shop

heal

scroll

Heal 1

100

1

$ 90

spell shop

weapon

scroll

FireBall

120

1

$150

spell shop

weapon

scroll

Holy Bolt

140

1

$155

spell shop

weapon

scroll

Heal II

150

1

$100

spell shop

weapon

scroll

Apocalypse

190

1

$175

spell shop

weapon

scroll

StarNova

195

1

$180

spell shop

weapon

scroll

Heal III

200

1

$170

guild

weapon

scroll

Bk o Apocalypse

200

15

$240

guild

weapon

scroll

Bk o StarNova

240

15

$245

guild

weapon

scroll

Bk o Immortal

255

15

$250

pub

heal

drink

Whisky

5

1

$ 2

pub

heal

drink

Rum

5

1

$ 2

pub

heal

drink

Wine

5

1

$ 2

pub

heal

drink

Dark&Stormy

10

1

$ 2

shipbuilder

weapon

cannon

Light Cannon

80

4

$150

shipbuilder

weapon

cannon

Heavy Cannon

160

6

$180

shipbuilder

weapon

cannon

Double Cannon

220

8

$210

 


MONSTERS

    This is a list of all the monsters you will encounter that are associated with a terrain tile.  You will encounter 'special monsters' other places and those will not be included in this list.  Have to leave something as a surprise :> In general the special monsters will be stronger and more agile than the trrain   monsters listed here.  Monsters will not attack with in the walls of a city except if you're in Pirates Den.  The people there don't follow any rules.

 

Terrain/Location

LEVEL

MONSTER

TILE

HP

ST

AG

WS

AE

EXP

$$$

Grass

1

Tiny Snake

69

15

5

10

3

0

30

10

1

Bee

69

10

4

8

5

2

25

5

2

Scorpion

70

30

20

15

25

15

60

25

2

Wild Cat

70

35

30

20

15

5

70

20

2

Hydra

70

30

25

28

20

15

60

28

3

Headless

71

50

50

30

40

15

100

30

3

Evil Knight

71

55

40

50

30

25

120

37

4

Pirate

72

80

65

40

20

40

160

40

4

Evil Wizard

72

80

75

30

25

0

160

50

4

Rogue

72

85

60

30

20

15

170

45

1

Baby Scorpion

69

14

6

10

6

15

35

15

Forest

Reaper

73

55

25

20

20

25

110

40

Seeker

73

45

30

25

20

15

90

45

Gremlin

73

10

6

70

4

50

100

25

Swamps

insects

11

5

5

25

5

0

25

5

Dragonfly

11

10

5

30

6

10

30

10

Crocodile

11

25

25

25

15

25

100

25

Corpser

11

30

35

20

25

20

120

30

Monntains

Rage Cyclops

15

60

40

15

25

0

100

45

Chaos Cyclops

15

80

45

20

30

2

120

50

Lava

Fire Beast

10

120

60

60

40

45

500

65

Lava Devil

10

110

45

45

50

45

450

60

Deamon

10

140

65

65

55

50

600

70

Bridges

Troll

7

20

20

25

10

15

140

20

Troll

8

20

20

25

10

15

140

20

ghostly plains

Ghost

9

35

25

75

10

40

102

35

Phantom

9

35

20

20

25

25

120

40

Spectre

9

40

30

30

25

30

110

30

dungeon

Mimics

52

60

10

35

10

50

240

120

Fire Isle

Dragon

10

200

60

67

65

65

800

75

dungeon

1

bat

48

15

10

50

5

15

50

50

1

spider

48

15

15

45

10

20

45

55

1

slime

48

25

20

50

15

20

50

60

2

skeleton

50

45

45

30

20

25

90

55

2

minotaur

50

55

40

35

30

30

110

60

2

linch

50

65

55

45

25

35

130

65

3

goblin

51

75

55

50

40

40

150

65

3

ettin

51

85

65

55

40

45

170

80

3

drake

51

95

80

60

50

50

190

100

Water

1

Sm Pirate Ship

74

65

45

25

20

20

200

60

1

Phoenix

74

50

20

65

20

50

120

50

Pirates den ater

2

LG Pirate Ship

75

110

65

45

50

45

200

120

Power/Fire Isle water

3

Pixie

76

140

40

75

25

65

150

75


TIPS FROM THE AUTHOR (me, Ram)

  1. The creature of the upper land won't give you much financial satisfaction for your efforts.  If you want real riches, you need to go underground.  I have set up one dugneon with ONLY level 1 dungeon creatures.  They're fairly easy kills with bigger riches than above ground creatures, you just need to find the dungeon Wrong (it's close to Palm, a little north).
  2. When going to a dungeon, there is usually a secret 'neutral' path to it, unfortuniatly you will only figure out where that path is with experiance.  Otherwise you will get attached on approach to a dungeon. More specifically any dungeon through trees or grass have a neutral approach if you can find it.
  3. There are areas where levels of creatures are stronger than others.  On grass, level 1 creatures the Palm side of Dragons Spine, from Paws to Cove.  South of Paws and East & North of Cove are level 2 creatures. South of the Swamp Lands and East of the high stepps, and north of Dragon Spine (and all islands) are level 3 with a mixture of level 2 and 1 creatures.
  4. Try and build up enough money to get enhancer items to boost your skills quickly.   You'll need them !
  5. The most powerful weapon is the spellbook of SuperNova in the Mage's Guild.  But if you're looking for swords, the most powerful hardware you can't buy, you have to find it, the Sword of Palm along with the Ring of Palm and Armor of Palm.  These 3 items have as much durability as the game will allow and the Ring of Palm, well, lets just say HE-MAN!  Super stat enhancer!
  6. If you don't have a registered version of Quest, GET IT!  There is no way you will be able to finish this RPG in a reasonable amount of time to prevent swapping out to another applcation causing you to start right back at the beginning choosing you class.   It's not that expensive, REGISTER!
  7. When the water if you stick close to the shores of the main continent, you won't get attacked.  But if you venture out, you become prime bait for pirates!  And if you get too close to Power Isle or Fire Isle, you'll know it because you'll come face to face with fierce Pixies.
  8. Get a cannon for your ship from the shipbuilder near Minock. And although you can use it on land, i would highly recommend saving it for water battles, you'll NEED its power! These may be expensive, and not have many uses (Cannons and Cannon Balls aren't very portable), they will get you out of an emergency jam against some Pixies.
  9. Water 'space' around islands extends 3 tiles out from the island.  So if you're not prepared to deal with huge Pirate ships or Pixie's, stay well away from Pirates Den, Power and Fire Isles.
  10. Whenever you get a symbol of some kind, write it down and its meaning somewhere (probably a doodle pad in the pilot will be a good thing to have).  You will be 'tested' later and the penalty for the wrong answer will most likely be death unless your character is totally pumped!

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