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Affiliate Information: plimus product ID=668474 GAMESITE: http://www.soulframe-rpg.com/rainblood/ DOWNLOAD LINK: http://www.soulframe-rpg.com/rainblood/files/Rainbloodinstall112.zip OVERVIEW LINK: http://www.soulframe-rpg.com/rainblood/?p=277 A most popular indie RPG in China is now translated into English. An indie RPG making extrem use of RPGmaker that creates a cold and dark world in free-hand style. An adventure by a tragic blader; a dark drama in a deserted town; a complex plot played by an invisible power. Rainblood-Town of Death, an mini-RPG with dramatic experience. STORY/BACKGROUND-------------------------------------- Pang Town, a small but once popular town in the border of Central Land, was now blighted for a sudden and strange plague. Most of the people fled, while someone unexpected came. A black dressed man entered the town with fatigue and sadness, but at once he felt the never stopping steps of chasers sent by who he was eager to see while dared not. Then the town came killers wanted to kill him, came his old friends who had to kill him and came the little girl who died in front of him but now laughed at him, who also wanted to kill him. He had no choice but fought back the ones aiming at him; however it seemed another clue underneath all these strange events, which leads to a complex plot, a plot within a plot. So what else would happen in this small, dark, and deserted town? 
May be too “story-telling" for an RPG, the game tells a short but complex plot and a dramatic love story with darkness, in a background of traditional Chinese Martial world but with many weird stuff such as a strange samurai without head and machine-like killers. The total time in story is just one day and space is in a deserted town, but with montages and disordered story lines, it wants to be nearer to an art piece. The game has been a great challange to a non-native English speaker in translation, thank to my three native English speaking friends, Satus, WolfCrimson and Farfus, who have helped to modified about 75% of the dialogues, in order to keep as much as possible literature quality. 
Background knowledge: Central Land is where the game takes place. It is a fantasy world in ancient China style. Actually, "Central Land" is from "Central Empire", which stands for China in the past. The Chinese for China is "中国", if you translate it literally, it means "Empire in the center". However the "Central Land" in the game refers to no real age or location of the history of China. Martial World means the community of the people with martial art. It is like in Harry Potter people are divided as "Wizard" and "Muggle". There are several background setting in the traditional or modern martial novels for this "Martial World", such as "Shaolin" and "Wudang" clans, the game keeps some of these settings but the major part is something original. 
PORTAITS OF CHARACTERS-------------------------------------- 
BATTLES-------------------------------------- A battle style in the influence of Gulong(one of the two most popular martial novelers in China)'s martial arts novels, which describe the core spirite of Chinese martial art - always solo, kill in one slash, and dodge rather than defence. The game also includes many other elements, such as dark gothic style, Japanese samurai, and even B-movie monsters. Fighting is unique in this game, you can only control one character but the strategies required are even more than usual, for you have to select the right skill in right order, and sometimes have to calculate the rounds a status lasts. But anyhow the balance has been adjusted for years, now it is easy enough for main story but challanging in side quests. 
PRODUCTION-------------------------------------- Though using a 2d engine, the game made an extrem use of RPGmaker, and with a lot of original script making additional effects which help to use only paronomas as maps. 
The game is made WITHOUT any of the default materials. In the game all the characters, paronomas, battlers and icons are created with HAND DRAWING, to control the style to what it should be, the expression is a cold, dark and free hand drawing style. There were many discussions about "2D or 3D"? Normally, if a game wants to be real, it should be 3D, but if it want to be stylish, 2D with offer a more flexible expression. A simple engine such as RPGmaker is not weaker, but somehow offers more possibilities in terms of "How can you create your game", because you don't have to be annoyed by the technical details. What Rainblood wants to achieve is a Playstation era quality of 2d graphic, while many people will think the "default" quality of Rpgmaker is merely SFC, and we'll only expect a stereotyped style from it - that's NOT TRUE. 
SEQUEL-------------------------------------- The sequel of Rainblood-Town of Death is Rainblood2-City of Flame, where the protagonist will continue his adventure. The game is underproduction and with more effects to make it an RPG with really amazing effect. The story is right after Town of Death, leading to a real truth of all the plots and tricks. See more about the sequel here: http://www.soulframe-rpg.com/rainblood/?p=248 You can download the high-res trailer of Rainblood2-City of Flame here: http://www.rain-blood.com/files/rainblood2-trailorhigh.wmv Or view it online here: http://www.soulframe-rpg.com/rainblood/?p=87 CREDIT/SPECIAL THANKS-------------------------------------- Art/Design/Story/Production: SoulframE Technique Support: Liuliu, Lhbadsl Translation Consultant: Satus/WolfCrimson/FarfusMusic License: Shockware-sound.com For the English version I shall thank the following people for your ideas/suggestions/helps: Mike Rose from Indiegames.com Amanda Fitch from Amaranthia Games Michael Johnston from grayboxgames Moumita from Overcloud9 Rose from Loveless Games AND YOU!!
May be too “story-telling" for an RPG, the game tells a short but complex plot and a dramatic love story with darkness, in a background of traditional Chinese Martial world but with many weird stuff such as a strange samurai without head and machine-like killers. The total time in story is just one day and space is in a deserted town, but with montages and disordered story lines, it wants to be nearer to an art piece. The game has been a great challange to a non-native English speaker in translation, thank to my three native English speaking friends, Satus, WolfCrimson and Farfus, who have helped to modified about 75% of the dialogues, in order to keep as much as possible literature quality. Background knowledge: Central Land is where the game takes place. It is a fantasy world in ancient China style. Actually, "Central Land" is from "Central Empire", which stands for China in the past. The Chinese for China is "中国", if you translate it literally, it means "Empire in the center". However the "Central Land" in the game refers to no real age or location of the history of China. Martial World means the community of the people with martial art. It is like in Harry Potter people are divided as "Wizard" and "Muggle". There are several background setting in the traditional or modern martial novels for this "Martial World", such as "Shaolin" and "Wudang" clans, the game keeps some of these settings but the major part is something original. PORTAITS OF CHARACTERS-------------------------------------- BATTLES-------------------------------------- A battle style in the influence of Gulong(one of the two most popular martial novelers in China)'s martial arts novels, which describe the core spirite of Chinese martial art - always solo, kill in one slash, and dodge rather than defence. The game also includes many other elements, such as dark gothic style, Japanese samurai, and even B-movie monsters. Fighting is unique in this game, you can only control one character but the strategies required are even more than usual, for you have to select the right skill in right order, and sometimes have to calculate the rounds a status lasts. But anyhow the balance has been adjusted for years, now it is easy enough for main story but challanging in side quests. PRODUCTION-------------------------------------- Though using a 2d engine, the game made an extrem use of RPGmaker, and with a lot of original script making additional effects which help to use only paronomas as maps. The game is made WITHOUT any of the default materials. In the game all the characters, paronomas, battlers and icons are created with HAND DRAWING, to control the style to what it should be, the expression is a cold, dark and free hand drawing style. There were many discussions about "2D or 3D"? Normally, if a game wants to be real, it should be 3D, but if it want to be stylish, 2D with offer a more flexible expression. A simple engine such as RPGmaker is not weaker, but somehow offers more possibilities in terms of "How can you create your game", because you don't have to be annoyed by the technical details. What Rainblood wants to achieve is a Playstation era quality of 2d graphic, while many people will think the "default" quality of Rpgmaker is merely SFC, and we'll only expect a stereotyped style from it - that's NOT TRUE. SEQUEL-------------------------------------- The sequel of Rainblood-Town of Death is Rainblood2-City of Flame, where the protagonist will continue his adventure. The game is underproduction and with more effects to make it an RPG with really amazing effect. The story is right after Town of Death, leading to a real truth of all the plots and tricks. See more about the sequel here: http://www.soulframe-rpg.com/rainblood/?p=248 You can download the high-res trailer of Rainblood2-City of Flame here: http://www.rain-blood.com/files/rainblood2-trailorhigh.wmv Or view it online here: http://www.soulframe-rpg.com/rainblood/?p=87 CREDIT/SPECIAL THANKS-------------------------------------- Art/Design/Story/Production: SoulframE Technique Support: Liuliu, Lhbadsl Translation Consultant: Satus/WolfCrimson/FarfusMusic License: Shockware-sound.com For the English version I shall thank the following people for your ideas/suggestions/helps: Mike Rose from Indiegames.com Amanda Fitch from Amaranthia Games Michael Johnston from grayboxgames Moumita from Overcloud9 Rose from Loveless Games AND YOU!!
