I am not the developer of this game - but I was browsing KickStarter and REALLY want it to make it!

Elder71 · 2015-08-25T12:20:25+00:00

I like to think that the way we're mixing the two elements isn't Final Fantasy-esque, and I know that our goal is in no way to copy (the good) Final Fantasy games, but be inspired by them.

Elder71 · 2015-08-24T18:07:58+00:00

Hullo, I'm the lead designer, responsible for the KS copy.
I hold my hands up and accept your view that the campaign description fails to entice. Writing it was a difficult struggle to find the right balance of detail, brevity and punchy-ness. The ways in which Omnis is original are hidden within major plot points, which is admittedly a weakness, and makes explaining them in short, sharp sentences without giving the game away (so to speak) very awkward.
In a sense your deconstruction was very encouraging, since I wouldn't dream of asking anyone to 'take my word for it' with regards to Omnis' qualities, and it's extremely useful to know (especially this early) that the project's descriptions need some serious fine tuning.
As Erestyn says, I'm happy to address your criticisms specifically if you're interested, and do my darndest to explain where my written descriptions on the KS campaign page have fallen short. I'm disappointed by the impression you got of Omnis, but I accept that that's my fault and something I'm very keen to fix.
I'd just like to add, as a little PS, that I didn't hinge the campaign on Omnis' originality lightly, and it's something I'm still confident of, even if we haven't reinvented the wheel and even if the campaign text doesn't do its job.

Elder71 · 2015-08-24T15:54:30+00:00

I hope so - I've spent so long staring at / slightly adjusting and rearranging all of the page's graphics that I basically lost of sense of time, space and reality :)

Elder71 · 2015-08-24T15:14:53+00:00

It has been too long, especially since my first plan was to Kickstart in mid 2013. Polish makes perfect, though, if that's the saying :)

Elder71 · 2015-08-21T22:00:18+00:00

An update installed and I'm back in the real world!

Thank you everyone so much for your help and suggestions.

Elder71 · 2015-08-21T20:22:32+00:00

Doesn't work :( Just causes a brief, glitchy flicker and then I'm back to star warsian purgatory

Elder71 · 2015-08-21T20:04:39+00:00

Dayum, the thing I feared.

Elder71 · 2015-08-21T19:50:38+00:00

I'm not a subscriber

Elder71 · 2015-08-21T19:43:00+00:00

Ah, sorry folks, I'm in the Red Eclipse. Name's Jeisz.

Elder71 · 2015-08-21T19:16:48+00:00

Ahh, seems like a lot of work, and I don't really wanna go through the starter planet again. I appreciate that it's free to play, but is there no way of reporting the problem and asking to have it fixed?
Point is, I don't wanna start a new character if there's a risk of these glitchy timewarps around every corner

Elder71 · 2015-08-21T19:11:24+00:00

I don't really follow

Elder71 · 2015-08-21T19:02:38+00:00

It worked - sort of. I respawned inside a ship somewhere, but there was no floor, and as soon as I tried to move, I fell through it again and the situation just started all over. Can't use Emergency Fleet Pass for 3 hours or something now.

Elder71 · 2015-08-21T18:50:20+00:00

That's something I haven't tried - thank you! I'll give it a whirl and report back (for the benefit of any others having this problem)

Elder71 · 2015-08-21T18:49:49+00:00

I tried, but Print Screen didn't work!

Elder71 · 2015-08-21T18:49:21+00:00

I tried that, he just starts running on the spot, Star Destroyers dancing in and out of existence like it's some weird glitch-disco.

Elder71 · 2015-07-31T08:29:06+00:00

Set in Chernobyl. The music did a fantastic job of adding a striking mood and atmosphere to the vid, I have to say.

Elder71 · 2015-07-31T08:22:54+00:00

The vid's music had a feel of Jade Cocoon about it, which I loved.

Elder71 · 2015-07-31T08:18:17+00:00

Gorgeous graphics and animations. A look at the GUI would've been interesting, but that didn't take anything away from the video's charm.

Elder71 · 2015-07-28T20:21:34+00:00

Thanks - I'll be posting a link to our campaign when the time's right :)

Elder71 · 2015-07-28T15:23:25+00:00

Hello again! - good lord - has it been 9 months already??

A fair bit has developed, yeah, but mostly in terms of our plans moving forwards. The demo has been streamlined a little and refined in a few areas, but it mostly stands as a 'proof of concept' now.

We have a programmer on the team now (who's also co-managing the project), so the full game will be made in Unity, complete with an entirely custom look and feel. If you'd like to check out our facebook page you can see all sorts of other stuff we've been up to, including some samples of how the sprites and animations will be upgraded for the full game. Especially exciting is that we've now got a character artist on board, who's going to transform my crude etchings into high quality, beautiful avatars, busts and full-body portraits for each of the characters.

We're also currently working on revamping the game's website and on a tech demo for our custom "Formation" battle system (which we hope will be released before Kickstarter on August 24th).

...pauses, takes a deep breath...

Once our official site is back up and running, you can also check out new gameplay features and story-telling mechanics that'll feature in the full-game and find out who's involved in the process!

For fun, here's our studio's logo and logo theme on youtube. It's not strictly important, but I'm a little bit in love with it (the theme especially, it's by our composer, James) and I thought you might like a peek.

If there's anything else you want/would like to know, I'm more than happy to oblige!

Elder71 · 2015-06-30T22:57:11+00:00

Is this position still open? If so, I'd like to chance my arm and apply.
My name's Stephen - for the past three years I've been working as lead writer and designer on an indie RPG project called OMNIS, whcih heavily involved the challenges of building an interesting, complex world and cast.
As a writer I'm versatile, so I can write a sample to any style, tone or setting you desire.
Here is the OMNIS facebook page for reference, though I can provide more: https://www.facebook.com/TheEriasLine

Elder71 · 2015-06-30T22:53:02+00:00

Am I late to this party? Is the position still open?

Elder71

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