Dance of the Damned is an RPG featuring puzzles and minigames that challenge both mind and body. Relying on memory and reflexes, you’ll guide your adventurers through countless perils. As your characters recover their skills, new features gradually unlock, enriching the gameplay. While the game includes innuendos and a few suggestive comments, its overall tone remains mild. For more backstory and past adventures with these humorous and incorrigible misfits, check out my DeviantArt page.
Summary
[*]Hunters and Gatherers - Collect various herbs, minerals, gems, meats, etc, from various sources.
[*]Once more with Feeling - Characters and townspeople now show emotions on their face graphics, which usually consist of eyes open, eyes closed, mouth open, and mouth closed. So…yay! Real emotions!
[*]Quest Journal - Now features a new quest log to keep track of objectives. Including Bonus Objectives and Secret Ones. What are the Secret ones? If I told you, it wouldn’t be a secret.
[*]Crafting System - Create an assortment of potions, poisons, foods, beers, weapons, and much more. It’s a simple crafting system.
[*]Trailblazers - Swim, Skate, Climb, and Move heavy obstacles with magical footwear.
[*]Achilles Heel - Discover the Strengths and Weaknesses of all 4 Characters.
[*]Sticky Fingers - Steal from enemies in Battle. There is also a chance to find something rare and one-of-a-kind items.
[*]Trophy Hunter - By dealing the death blow with a specific skill, a party member can find unique materials.
[*]We are all Special Little Snowflakes - Each Character has their own set of skills and abilities.
[*]Does this hurt? Four different types of weapons cause unique types of damage. A new Weapon Master Book explains them.
[*]What’s under the bed? - New Monster Catalogue added. Discover the enemy’s strengths, weaknesses, and other useful info.
[*]Everything is Magic- A new magic book has been added to explain the magic system.
[*]You talk too much- At the beginning of a long dialogue, you will have three options. The long version: Full of humor, tasks, and world-building. The Short Version: Tells you what tasks you have to complete and nothing else. And just skip it; only recommended if you’ve already seen the 1st or 2nd one. The quest giver will give you the short version if you forget.
Summary
Music/Sounds
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S/E- Yawn
S/E- Gulp
S/E-Malign Chords Music Pack
Lurking Evil- Darren Curtis
The Phantom’s Castle- Darren Curtis
Hallow’s Eve Ritual- Darren Curtis
Something Big Approaches- Scythuz
Sprites
Swimming Sprite- Matsuo Katito
Signs- Syrubis Edit- Harmp
Snake- Panda Maru
Rabbit- Panda Maru
Crocodile-whtdragon
Bee swarm- Matseb2611
Crocodile battler- placeholder
Face set
5-1 by Kumi
5-7 by Soruve
Aweryn, Halfdeadrpgnut, GGKTH, Rina Gaming, Momope,
Faceless, Closet, Kao6.
Scripts
Yanfly Engine Ace- Ace Core Engine v1.09
Be Yanfly Ace- Ace Battle Engine v1.22
YEA- Battle Engine Add-on: elemental popups v1.00
YEA- BE add-on: Enemy HP bars v1.10
Yanfly Ace Engine Equip v1.06
Tactic Ogre PSP Crafting System- Mr. Bubble
Be YEA- Victory Aftermath v1.04
Title Large Choices- Hime
Jet’s Viewed Battle System- jet10985
Quest Journey- Modern Algebra
Khas Awesome lighting effects- Khas Arcthunder
Galv’s Character Effects
Yami Engine Ace - Overlay Mapping
Yanfly Engine Ace - Slippery Tiles v1.00
Yanfly Engine Ace - Ace Message System v
Yanfly Engine Ace - Skill Cost Manager
Yanfly Engine Ace - Debug Extension v1.0
Graphical Object Global Reference
Stairs Movement by FenixFyreX
Snippets
Hide passive skill- Sixth
No Running- Lavra
MP or TP only by Harosata
Remove Formation by Xypher
Remove Passive Skills by Sixth
Map Screenshot- Hime
System
Title Screen and Game Over by Guiguimu
Dream shading effect-Guiguimu
Windowskin by Companion Wulf
Tilesets
Ancient Dungeons base pack
Celianna tilesets
Liberty
RPG MAKER DS resource pack
Mapping
Guiguimu
Tanarex
The Magic System
Summary
Uh-oh. It’s magic—a simple, elegant system. The natural elementals form a cycle: Fire defeats Wind, Wind defeats Earth, and so on.
Beyond these, two opposing forces exist: Holy and Unholy, locked in eternal struggle, each as dangerous as the other.
Within their wheel lies Arcane, a force beyond both nature and the otherworldly. Arcane is pure, non-elemental consecrated magic—exceptionally effective against animated objects and the walking undead, as it unravels the magical energy binding them. Unlike the other elementals, nothing is resistant to Arcane; however, the most powerful beings will be immune to it.
Tips, advice and hidden achievements
Summary
Talk to Crazy Crofton every day. He may sound mad, but there is wisdom in his cryptic clues.
There is a limit to the amount of money in this game. So spend it wisely. There is no way to grind for experience or gold. No endless amounts of supplies to mine, harvest, or collect. No creatures drop gold. But you can steal gold and other valuables from certain enemies.
The Innkeeper can help guide you if you get stuck.
There are secret achievements in each boss battle or in the lead-up to it. There are other achievements throughout the game. A few offers one-of-a-kind rewards. Can you find them all and get the final achievement?
Death becomes you. Not only can you dieBattlettle, but you can also die on the world map and in certain multiple-choice options.
Open to suggestions and feedback.
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