Dragon Fantasy (SNES style turn based RPG)

Officially - no, we haven't yet announced pricing. Unofficially - it will be just about the same price as most other RPGs.

 

Dragon Fantasy 1.0 was shipped to the app store at 5PM today! We're hoping to have it live in time for PAX, where Crashfaster, the musician who did the music for the game will be playing DF remixes live!

 

The magic of iOS.

 

Awesome!! I'm really looking forward to playing this game!! :-D

 

Congratulations on the release! Day one purchase here... PAX is week of 26th.

 

Thanks man, I'm glad you're excited... me, I've been working on this game since I was a kid, so you've got no idea how huge today was for me 16 years! Started on the first rough draft of it on a 386 when I was 14!

Hope you all enjoy it, and I hope it was worth the wait!

 

Definitely buying this game.

 

That just earned you a purchase, my good man!

The game's aesthetic is remarkably like a level in our upcoming game. I also based it on Dragon Warrior, Final Fantasy etc but our game's not an RPG but rather a puzzle game. EarthBound is my favorite game of all time so I think we must have been separated at birth haha

 

How much will this game cost? Is it universal?

 

Really looking forward to release as well, and I'm also curious whether it's universal. One more question... Is this set to release upon acceptance or a specific date?

Can't wait to play!

 

No official price yet - but it's going to be roughly the same price as most other new iOS RPGs. It is indeed universal! And as for release date, we're hoping to have it out in time for PAX, which as undeadcow mentioned is the week of the 26th.

 

I can't wait to see that! Keep us posted

 

Hi developers thanks for making this game it looks very fun and i hope its not too hard . I enjoyed Guardian Saga and hopefully they have the same difficulty haha. But i wish you guys the best.

 

The biggest difference between Dragon Fantasy and Guardian Saga, gameplay-wise, is that in Guardian Saga when you die, that's it, you're dead. In Dragon Fantasy you just reappear at the last place you saved, minus half your gold. That way if you spend get all the way to a boss and you die, at least you get to keep your experience points and you don't have to do all that work over again PLUS grind a few more levels.

 

...Plus it seems Dragon Fantasy allows use of items in battle creating a potentially much more robust battle dynamic than Guardian Saga or RPG Quest - Minimae. Also Dragon Fantasy appears to have a more wordy plot. ...but I haven't even played Dragon Fantasy yet.

Half gold penalty is for weaklings; give me permadeath! Can death result be made an option toggle, permadeath or half gold?

 

This one looks really old.

I love it! Can't wait to give it a try in a couple of weeks.

Dave

 

You can always just quit whenever you die Maybe I'll add a hardcore mode in the future, but for the first release, you'll just have to deal with it

 

I cannot wait for this. Lovin' these classic RPGs lately.

 

And of course by quit he means start a new game...not quit...

ADAM! NO TELLING PEOPLE TO STOP PLAYING OUR GAMES!

Believe me when I tell you that we're all SO excited for you all to get to play this...it's been a long time coming and we can't wait for this to finally be in peoples hands!

 

Ol' Bryan made a real nice blog post for iDev Blog-A-Day about the history behind Dragon Fantasy. Didn't even tell me he was doin' it I thought I'd share it with you guys!

http://mutekicorp.com/2011/08/19/a-game-16-years-in-the-making/