How to play Shining Odyssey ?

I/ Cities

For the moment, cities are only animated scenes where the plot unravels. Just click the " OK " button until you get to know all about our heroes….

The story starts in the not-so-beautiful village of Haplop :

II/ Battles

The screen is divided in three main areas :

The map window (middle) shows the current battle and positions of the forces.

The active window shows the active character (in the present case, D’Oepy), and the allowed actions. Currently, Movement in the four directions (up, down, left, right) and staying (the little guy standing in the center)

The status window shows the status of any character. Just left-click in the map window to display its status. Browse through the characters with the next and back buttons.

Beware that currently, the status are not updated in the status window if the status change during battle (e.g. if HP decreases). I’m planning to change this.

D’Oepy has finally moved to her final location. Button " stay " was clicked. Then other buttons appear : " Attacking " (on the left), " Heal " on the down left and " next character " on the right. Click either button to attack the neighbouring foe, cast heal or play next character.

In the present case, D’Ozoa is the active character (check the portrait in the left window). She has moved to the present location and button " stay " was clicked. D’Ozoa has then chosen to attack, as she has a two-square range weapon. The arrow and thumb-up buttons then appear. Click on the arrow to select the ennemy you wish to attack. When you’re decided, click the thumb-up.

That’s it for today. More to come soon.