New artist!

A new pixel artist was hired today! His name is Joshua Astorian and he's a great artist.
I'm going to upload screenshots of the new artstyle here and on the Madsoft Blog soon enough.

That is all for now~

Major Characters

Tyler - The hero of the game. Being a normal boy living in a normal place, he accidentally gets transported to Aikonia, a completely different universe. It's up to the player to lead him on the right path to lead him back home, or not?

Khalas - Once a warrior for the king of Aikonia, he retired and went rogue after a while. What mysteries lie within him? Why is helping Tyler out? It's up to you to find out.

Marcus - An experienced bounty hunter, he joins Tyler on quests for loot. Does he tie in with the storyline? You figure it out.

Kaise - A half-man revived using steam-powered machine. Half of his face covered by machinery and he has a missing hand. Is he bad or good?

Xyla - The hero's love interest. She seems to be more than just an Aikonian Citizen, but who could she be?

There are lots more characters and lots of people you meet throughout the game. You also meet people from the guild.

But nothing more will be revealed due to spoilers~

The Storyline

I'm not going to go in details here, nor am I going to reveal the storyline exactly. I'm going to talk about how the storyline will work.

First off, there will be multiple endings, 4 to be exact, each leading to completely different results and 1 of them being a cliffhanger.
As the storyline advances, the hero also grows older. He goes from a young confused boy, to an adult powerful warrior and/or maybe even king (?).

A lot of things you do trigger specific events that could lead to a different storyline. A lot of this has to do with the day/night system, since at night, a lot of things, places, npcs, and quests are different than during the day.

That's all for now~
More to come later.

Custom Stat System

Just completed the new custom stats system.Whenever a party member levels, he'll gain 3 SP (skill points).The player can use those SP to raise any 1~3 stats from the following:

Strength: Increases attack damage
Dexterity: Increases accuracy
Luck: Reduces magical damage
Intelligence: Increases magical damage and MP
Avoidability: Increases chances to dodge an attack
Speed: Increases attack speed in turn-based battles
Defence: Reduces the amount of physical (non-magical) damage

Each increase in stat requires 1 SP.