#shining wisdom

[oldgamemags]

CVG #175, June '96 - Review of 'Shining Wisdom' on the SEGA Saturn.

[90sfantasyanimestuff]

Shining Wisdom art

[starswordartblog]

I'm helping out with a Shining Force fangame!

"Epic Shining Wisdom is a remake of the classic Sega Saturn game, adapted from an action rpg to a tactical rpg like the other Shining Force games, using the Game Maker 2 engine. The concept is very simple: What would happen if instead of just Kazin and Sarah being sent by Granseal to help Mars, they sent the Caravan full of the heroes from Shining Force 2? Thus, Mars can recruit the beloved heroes of Granseal while fighting alongside Wisdom characters like Princess Satera and Gudo Fairy."

Game is being made by Didakus, you can read more on his website here. He approached me months ago to commission map sprites for the game (including all the ones you see above), and as you might have noticed he's also using a bunch of my battle sprite edits and portraits as well, those have always been free to use and there they are, being freely used.

I'm honestly having a blast working on this and very proud of all i did so far, I'm very happy I get to show some of it now! So keep an eye out for this project, and if you're interested in helping out, Didakus is looking for more people to help with pixel art and Game Maker scripting, his contact email is in the website as well so shoot him a message.

[claire-starsword]

Nihil, a youtuber focused on Shining Force content, has done a video on Epic Shining Wisdom, showcasing a very early alpha version and an interview with the creator, Didakus. Gameplay footage starts at 4:40.

While I encourage people to watch the whole thing, I wanted to highlight the most important points for anyone with no time for a 30 minute video.

The majority of characters from Shining Force II are planned to return as playable characters, with the exception of Bowie, Peter, Kiwi, Lemon, and Claude;

According to Didakus, the addition of a custom character won't affect the story much, and is more intended as something to add replay value, letting the player start off as different classes. Mars is still the hero of the story;

There will be also six playable characters coming from Shining Wisdom. Of course, that includes Mars himself. These six characters plus Sarah and Kazin will join the team through the story as usual. The other characters however are optional. You will find and receive items named Force Crystals and exchange them for characters in the Caravan. I'm *very* excited for this idea because it gives you so much freedom on composing your team through the game and experimenting with different playthroughs, it really sounds like a blast;

Characters recruited in the Caravan will join at Mars' current level so you don't have to worry about them lagging behind either;

Didakus also mentions that the build here is a single test battle, and that he already has further builds with all the five battles expected for the first demo. I can confirm that, I have been testing that thing all week as well lol. Some things seen in this footage, like misaligned UI elements and weird collision have already been fixed, so yeah, things are progressing fast in my opinion;

The demo is expected to drop this month or January, I feel January is more likely at this point, but I am fired up to finish my part of things after this so, we shall see! Keep an eye out for it.

Also, Didakus is still looking for help with art, scripting and more, so check out his website for contact and donation info;

[comfortfoodcontent]

1996 Shining Wisdom for Sega Saturn Magazine Ad

[gamerzylo]

[spicyclematis]

KISS OF LIFE as Greek mythological figures

[spiritualseeker777]

[trinalwilliams]

There is a color ... In your mind

Let it come out ... and shine

There is a dream ... In between

Let it flow ... Through the seams

There is a race ….. In your heart

Let it come out and start

A time... ...

A place

We call the human race

Starting... ...

Ending For a new... ...

Beginning

Tlw

[ghostampede]

a your turn to die au where there is no death game but everyone still meets does so much emotional damage to my brain. like fuck. sara chidouin is a 17 year high schooler. she’s recently realized she has the most insane social support network in the world. kai satou was hired to be her maid/babysitter/caretaker while her parents are extremely busy with work and became like an older brother to her. he has joked about being an assassin in the most deadpan way she’s ever heard, but sara knows the only truth in those claims are in the way he would commit atrocities to protect those he cares about, since he didn’t really have many people growing up. kai is the reason sara got to know one of her neighbours, q-taro burgerburg, who is an ex baseball player living a quieter life after extreme injuries made him stop. he’s a funny guy with a unique speech style due to growing up in a diverse orphanage and is on a long journey of growth that is inspiring to sara. next to him is a man named keiji shinogi, an ex police officer who is extremely caring once you get past his shady exterior. he’s chased by his demons but still lives life the best he can and gives sara advice/motivation to move forward with her own. if kai was like the older brother sara doesn’t have, keiji was more of a second father. sara’s best friend, joe tazuna, is the wacky class clown and on the outside seems to be the opposite of sara’s academic and straightforward personality, but they’re extremely close and care about each other more than anything else. it too joe three months before he trusted keiji because of how shady the guy acted and how much he wanted to protect sara because he knew she would do the same for him. aside from joe and one other girl, sara didn’t have many friends from her own school, but due to tutoring a sweet middle school girl named kanna kizuchi, sara also met kugie kizuchi. sara wasn’t that close with kugie all things considered, most if their interactions just regarding kanna, but sara thought she was wonderful and respectable and they git along well. kanna herself was an absolutely sweet girl that sara unintentionally became a mentor for in a way through tutoring, becoming family. shin tsukimi was met through kanna, as he’s kanna’s biological older brother and recently was able to reconnect with her. he fuckinh hates sara due to some shitty misunderstanding in their first interaction and she hates him back but they become friends eventually. he studies computer sciences but still somehow met and stumbled into a friendship with three art kids: reko yabusame, alice yabusame, and nao egokoro. reko and alice are siblings and bandmates both studying music theory, currently considered to be local rockstars. reko is dating nao, who is a visual arts student. if was alice who initially befriended shin actually, and the other two followed after relatively quickly. sara thinks those three are pretty fucking cool and despite really only being a fee years older than sara, give her advice and inspiring stories. nao is around a lot for other reasons too, she happened to be a graduate from sonobeno high school and her favourite teacher was kazumi mishima, the eccentric japanese and arts teacher, and she’ll visit and help out whenever she can. mishima was sara’s home room teacher and surprisingly became her favourite teacher too, despite his strange exterior. this entire strange web of people have recently assembled in her life which once felt hollow snd cold to give it sparks of warmth. she wouldn’t have it any other way.

[lydiaortega1996]

[90sfantasyanimestuff]

Shining Wisdom II

[starswordartblog]

I did Kazin so of course here’s Sarah too. She’s actually matching the game’s style a lot more.

[claire-starsword]

looking up tips on how to find japanese novels and getting soooo jealous of the people going "i just google the title! I just use syosetu!" like glad that works for you, i on the other hand am looking for the novelization of a mediocre action rpg from 1995 so i need something stronger

[darabeatha]

@ardenssolis said ; "So, Jason, was the voyage worth it in the end?" [hi smol] / 𝐔𝐍𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐌𝐏𝐓𝐄𝐃

❝ Was that voyage worth it? Let me put it this way; would you give everything in your life for one second of glory ? for not even a tangible future, just for one beautiful dream ? everything you have ? I did. That voyage... See it under any lens, you don't need to be a genius to come to the conclusion that it was not worth it. Did it make me learn anything? Hell, did that even matter ? To who was I even supposed to show my change of heart ? Was I even conscious of that ? Did I return as the same man I was when I left or was I so blind that I could not even tell any difference ? Before I could mourn this wreckage of a dream and gulp down my own despair, I was crushed by the very same ship that allowed this feverish dream to sail. The dead can't learn from their mistakes, I can only say I would do it again differently now because I now have a second chance to make things different. ❞

[gamerzylo]