Tag Archive for Indie Game

Vestaria Saga: October Updates

November 5, 2015 News, Pre-Release, Vestaria Saga 10 comments

It’s been a while, but I’ve finally returned (and recuperated) from my vacation back in October. Thankfully Elieson has done an excellent job updating the front page and I’m pleased to say he’ll be continuing his role for the foreseeable future.

Prologue map.

Prologue map (Atolfis is highlighted).

Note: All images belong to Shouzou Kaga.

That said, you’ll continue to see me popping in every now and then, as there’s still a lot of things for me to cover. To begin with, let’s recap all the recent happenings relating to Shouzou Kaga’s new indie project, Vestaria Saga.

After formally introducing his project to the world via a gameplay trailer back in August, Kaga started posting frequent updates on his blog during early October, conveniently while I was away.

Of particular interest, on 22nd October 2015, Kaga made a detailed post in response to many comments he had received about his new project.

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Vestaria Saga: First Trailer

August 9, 2015 News, Pre-Release, Vestaria Saga 9 comments

As promised in his previous blog post, Kaga has unveiled the first trailer for his new free indie game, Vestaria Saga: The Seven Sacred Rings, developed using the SRPG Studio software.

This “trailer” is actually a 30 minute-long video that showcases the game’s progress and features, and spans the first three chapters of the game (not in their entirety though).

According to Kaga, the project is currently 10% complete, although he’s still uncertain if it will reach completion. But from the look of things, he and his team of 15 volunteers are trying their best.

The video begins with the Prologue, where in typical Fire Emblem fashion, the protagonist, Zeid, is ordered by his brother, Zechs, to flee the nation before an impending invasion from an overpowering empire.

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First Look at Shouzou Kaga’s Indie Game

July 16, 2015 News, Pre-Release, Vestaria Saga 22 comments

Back in May, Shouzou Kaga–the creator of Fire Emblem–announced that he was developing an indie strategy RPG using the SRPG Studio software, which he would release for free once complete.

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At the time, Kaga mentioned that he would post updates about his game on his blog should significant progress be made–and it seems his project is going relatively smoothly as the first update is now available.

The game itself is currently known as “Vestaria Saga: The Seven Sacred Rings“. The name, along with the logo, is very reminiscent of Kaga’s first independently-developed title, TearRing Saga.

Not just that, but the game seems to be based on one of Kaga’s earlier prototypes, “Vestaria Chronicle 687-693”, which he discussed in February. Even the world map looks the same.

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Shouzou Kaga developing indie game with SRPG Studio

May 6, 2015 News 8 comments

Shouzou Kaga, the creator of Fire Emblem, has been rather quiet since making his last game, Berwick Saga, 10 years ago. Although things could be changing very soon.

SRPG Studio (copyright SapphireSoft)

SRPG Studio (copyright SapphireSoft)

On his purported blog, Kaga is recruiting volunteers to assist with an indie game to be developed with SRPG Studio, a recently-released Japanese game-making tool published by SapphireSoft that allows creation of strategy RPGs like Fire Emblem..

Unsurprisingly, Kaga’s blog is entirely in Japanese, but fortunately a traveling elder has deigned to translate the relevant post here. You can also find discussions on our forums. Special thanks to Arch for keeping me posted with Kaga’s movements.

Update: Kaga mentions that he has found enough helpers and is no longer seeking assistance. He thanks everyone for co-operating and warns that he will remove his recruitment post soon.

The rest of this article summarises Kaga’s post and provides some background information.

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