Tales of Bushido A Team Bushido & Team PDF Production In a world where Evil looms in the
shadow of ignorance
A world where those who have power, do not believe in Hell
One man shall take on the burden of the world, and Slay our ignorance
And he is not alone, those who embrace the Truth stand by his side
As the world turns to Anarchy and Confusion, these Warriors shall light
the way out of Darkness
We are those, who can not fight, who are cowards... So we shall tell
their Legacy - their Tale!
I'll turn the end of the World into a Tale... One so fanatical it can only
be told as... A Tale of Bushido
Story
PrologueIt is Spring time in Shizuoka, the large North-Western region of this land.
Over the past year... there have been a string of clan murderings, rapes, and pillages.
Many of the people in this land, say it was the Yutomo Ninja Clan who have been the cause of all the problems.
However... the few who survive the destruction of many villages, towns, and cots say that their attackers were not human, they called them Demons...
In hearing of these rumors and travesties, Shogun Tokujima of the eastern Hassai high council decides to do something about it.
Fujimoto Leyasu, an Usuneki specialist under Lord Tokujima, is ordered to take one of his subordinates, and investigate the travesties of the Shizuoka region.
Upon leaving Hassai, an assasin attempts to take his life before he leaves on his mission, after defeating her the assasin joins the ranks of Fujimoto's elite and comes along with them to Shizuoka.
Once in Shizuoka, it is apparent to them the rumors are true, the beings known as Demons have invaded these lands, and are quickly spreading and killing all that they can.
Fujimoto sends the assasin back to Hassai to inform Shogun Tokujima of what is happening, meanwhile our hero and his bodyguard risk their lives to save as many men, women, and children as they possibly can.
As the female assasin attempts to enter the city she is surrounded by the ninja who hired her to eliminate Fujimoto.
Now is where our story begins but our only question is
Will this be where our tale ends...
Datelog
5/24/06
- Tales of Bushido Storymode Demo 01 Released! Download it at the bottom of this page, info provided below
- Returned to publically working on this map
- Reopened SEN thread to give it a chance
- Fixed the final glitch or typo on sunday
- Finished Testing all pieces of the demo on tuesday
- Released Demo
3/18/06
- Stripped the game of non-demo essentials for demo mode
- Felt unsatisfied with the 2 cutscenes in the first demo, so they've both been
revamped
- Fixed a few balancing issues
- Added a Lesser Boss to the Demo
- Completed all level 2 spells for all playable heroes
- Acquired new testers
- changed a few enemy unit and NPC unit names(You wouldnt know unless i said
it)
- Lowered current string count by 20
- Fixed a small issue with running multiple camera angles at once for different
players
2/24/06
- Re-stringed a bunch of things within the map
- Reorganized Combo Technique trigger system
- Selected new music to be added to soundtrack
- reduced some music file size, but not quality
- Completed Free for All mode for one stage
- Added an unlockable idea for a whole new set of characters
- Story advanced and taken further since last update
- Decided not to upload a "Spell Index" so as not to spoil gamers
Specifications
Map Name: Tales of Bushido
Production Team: Team Bushido and Team PDF
Map Maker: Tdnfthe1
Map Genre: Action/Rpg
Fighting Style: RealTime Command
Tileset: Badlands
Dimensions: 198 x 128
Estimated Map Size: 2mb(when fully completed)
Will there be a smaller version of the map?: Yes, one version will be music impaired for the benefit of faster dl for some of our 56k players.
Characters
Story Heros Tokijiro InufaneAge: Somewhere between 20's and 30's
Weapon: ShadowBlade
Class: Shadow Guardsmen
Biography:
One of Fujimoto's most loyal Guardsmen. His blade is forged of the flames and darkness of Mt. Inuyama, also known as the mountain of dark shadows. He can master the art of his shadow and call it to aid him. He has also been friends with Takashi since they were young men.
Tamajiro NoburaAge: 41
Weapon: Tung-Rifle
Class: Rifleman
Biography:
Fujimoto's close adviser, the wisest of all his warriors. He completely crafted his own weapon, it's bullets are fired 3x as fast as regular rifle pellets, and they have enchanted seals on them for fighting beings not of our world. He always makes sure to carry spare rifles in case of an emergency.
Azumi ToyatimoAge: Under 21
Weapon: Kunai, Assasin's Blade, and Poisoned Shuriken
Class: Vicious Assasin
Biography:
Once a female assasin hired a fortune to eliminate Fujimoto, she now chooses to assist him in his endeavor, most likely because she has fallen in love with him. Though she is young, and very distracting, Fujimoto only realizes her as a skillful warrior, and not a sex hungry young woman. She searches for those who attempted to kill her after failing to complete her assination to kill Fujimoto.
Takashi UremitsuAge: 28
Weapon: Twin Whisper Blades
Class: Twin Blade Swordsman
Biography:
Tokijiro's childhood friend. When the two were young, they had an encounter with a rather large and frightening Demon. After surviving the ordeal together, they trained day and night to protect their family and friends from another Demon attack. One day the same Demon returned to vanquish their village, the two were not enough to defeat it but luckily our hero Fujimoto arrived on the scene and slayed the Demon. Inspired by Fujimoto's power the two took under his wing to learn the way of the Demon Slayer and at times... they can even surpass Fujimoto's Skill.
Honda TakashimiAge: 24
Weapon: Power Rods, Fists, and Axes mixed with Fire Magic
Class: Mystic Guardian
Biography:
One of the survivors of the reknown Masai Village. While on leave escorting his longtime friend, Hiro, his village was ravaged to the ground despite their powerful Demon Slaying Clan techniques. Despite their amazing skill, they were no match for the Demons awaiting them as they returned to the ruins of their village.
Once again, Fujimoto enters the scene and saves these two young men from certain demise. The event has haunted Honda for near months now, and refuses to lose anything else dear to him, especially Hiro.
Hiro YagutsuAge: 21
Weapon: Magic & Archery
Class: Mystic Archer
Biography:
The other Survivor of the reknown Masai Village. Much like Honda he is torn and hurt from the loss of his families and friends. He is overprotective of Honda even tho it is Honda who is his bodyguard. Hiro is the son of the Elder Sage of Masai, which is why his magical skill is so much stronger.
Gendo ShidomoAge: ????
Weapon: Unknown
Class: Dresses as a Ninja
Biography:
Though he appears young, no one knows much about Gendo except for Fujimoto. It is rare that Gendo shall even leave Fujimoto's side, and none of the other warriors have ever seen him in a fight. All that is known for sure is that Fujimoto trusts Gendo with his life, and is ranked higher than any other of his subordinates.
In the comming battle there is no doubt that Fujimoto will have to call on Gendo to fight, so we shall see what he can do sooner or later...
Fujimoto LeyasuAge: 33
Weapon: Two Shimmering blades with different engravings on them
Class: Usuneki
Biography:
The great Usuneki warrior also known as the "Silent Crest", and "Silver Slayer".
Fujimoto doesn't talk much of his master, but lets everyone know that's who taught him all that he knows. Fujimoto has slain hundreds of thousands of Demons and has never been defeated, his speed is only matched by his power and lust for justice. He works under Lord Tokujima who gave created the position of Usuneki just for Fujimoto.
Shogun TokujimaAge: 48
Weapon: ???
Class: Shogun
Biography:
One day Tokujima and a squad of more than 30 of his best men were ambushed by Demons. Quickly lord Tokujima realized this was a battle he could not win. Though they tried to escape they were cornered, cornered right in area of Fujimoto's current camp. Stepping onto the scene like a divine warrior, Fujimoto slayed each Demon directly in front of Lord Tokujima, and since then Tokujima has taken great care of Fujimoto. He created the position of Usuneki, which is much like a secret service agent for Demon activities. Tokujima would be called insane if he told the other Shogun of what he saw happen that day, so instead he keeps Fujimoto close by his side and pays in full for all of fujimoto's needs, whatever they may be.
Features
*Unlockables*Many Stages, Heroes, Features, and specials are sealed within the early opened modes of Tales of Bushido. The unlocking system will require you to first play the storymode fully through, then everything else you'll have to be creative enough to discover! The code system will be a 6 digit code, so when you get a code make sure you write it down! Or you might forget! Goodluck unlocking everything, first person to do it is guaranteed to receive a special unlock code from those of us here at Team Bushido! Play to win! Story Mode [Co-Op] -Play through the Tales of Bushido Storyline and experience the story yourself.
Play as any unlocked heroes and learn the basic techniques of how to play.
Free for All Mode [Versus] -Use unlocked heroes and stages, to battle it out with friends of enemies in an all
out battle to the finish. Everyman for himself, every tale must live on his own!
Team Battle Mode -Team up with your friends to have a 3 on 3 battle royal, or a 5 vs. 1 handicapped
match! All unlocked stages and heroes are available in this mode.
*More Modes have been thought of but are not posted for safety against spoiling the fun of unlocking different modes! We still have room for 2 more modes so if you have an idea and think we havn't thought of it, leave a post and label it, "I GOT AN IDEA FOR A MODE" in big letters so we won't skip it.
Command System
MenuThe Menu is composed of a series of selection beacons in which you use a cursor to select your choice. The first choice you will make each time you start the game is to load codes or not load codes(host only). Other menu like choices choose game mode selection, special features that you can toggle on or off and etc. The menu system will also have a return to last menu option in case you select the wrong option.
Spells and CommandsTales of Bushido is an RTC combat game that uses a real time dropship system for selection of commands. Types of commands you will be capable of is an interaction command labeled, -ACTION-. And a maximum of 4 spells for each hero you are in control of. There will also be special moments where you can issue commands to CCA'S(Computer Controlled Allies) for profiency. And of course before I forget, Tales of Bushido is proud to debut the use of COMBINATION TECHNIQUES as you all have always wanted to see them...
Combination TechniquesOne of the new features Team PDF and Team Bushido will be proud to promote in Tales of Bushido, is the use of real-time combination skills. No this is not something as simple as, "i Use my spell, you use yours, and we call it COMBO MOVE!" No this is a very well triggered, very new way of having 2 PLAYERS select a combination attack skill and use it simultaneously. Combo Attacks will be a large part of the flash that we hope to bring to Tales of Bushido, as well as crucial to optimised gameplay. A good example of how Combination Attacks work, is 1 player will select to use "C-Attack", the flash from that player's character can work as an indicator to his teamate saying "USE THE SKILL NOW!"I thought of this because there WILL be moments in Tales of Bushido where you can not communicate with your allies through text. Sadly, my only downside to combination skills is I had to make it so THIS CHARACTER DOES IT WITH THAT CHARACTER, it's not open ended, it's 2 specific characters
(forgive my lazyness
). When you get the chance, let us know how you feel about combination techniques, even if you feel they are a huge blowhole of idea and we havnt done anything so great, we would like opinion on our combination ideas, they were a big part of influencing the creation of this map!
Terrain & Settings
Tales of Bushido will be a game with some of the highest quality of Terrain.
This is because Tales of Bushido shall use 100% isometrical terrain, and do believe it shall be some of the best isometrical terrain you have layed eyes on in a map. Along with a promise to give the player a stunning display of isometrical Terrain, we also have thought up a great cache of unique settings for the players to play in, and here are few of the ones you'll be able to explore.Shikigami ForestA Deep forest covered in shadow. Normally a quiet refuge to those who can find it, but now it is a Den of Evil for unwordly things. This is where our storymode in the game begins, and the first set of screenshots in the screenshots section. *Playable in Demo 01Kushuragi Temple Sacred river city housing a Temple of the great Kushuragi Warriors. The town itself is quite large, but the temple grounds are truly a splendor of human workmanship and effort. The Kushuragi Monks train themself to withstand pain, in order to defeat their enemy without fear of pain or death, the real question is can they withstand the onlsaught of our new unseen foes...*Playable in Demo 02Forgotten CapitalUnderground cavern of a once grand city. Now it is a cesspool for Demons and their Hunters, for some reason it seems very familiar to many of the characters, why do they feel as if they know this place? *CURRENTLY Playable in Demo 02(Subject to change)
Yutomo River CampThe Yutomo Ninjas are a group of mercenaries well known throughout the country as "The Dark Assasination". This beautiful river town is the perfect camouflage for these deadly assasins. In truth they are much more than mercenaries... and are believed to be the cause behind the destruction in Shizuoka over the past year...*Defenitely Playable by final DemoWE have many more stages planned and completed for use in Tales of Bushido, but we are trying to leave 2 STAGES for YOU THE PLAYER to pick! If you have an idea of a setting or area you want to see in the game, just leave a post or pm me in big letters, "I HAVE AN IDEA FOR A SCENARIO" so we won't skip over it. Thanks alot, and hope you like the ideas we have planned for Tales of Bushido.
ScreenShots
A Forest Tainted by Evil... Combine Attacks to Defeat the Enemy Protect your Master *More Screenshots to come in coordinance with Demo and Trailer Release. Enjoy for now!*
Production Team & Testers
Tdnfthe1 - Head of Production, and storyline designer. Also head of Team PDF.
Septhiroth - Head of Team Bushido and overall designer of the entire world of Bushido Lore.
Tomacojo - Official Terrainer under Team Bushido. Created Terrain for Bushido Lore and Bushido Shogun Warz.
Team Bushido and PDF - There is not enough room to name all the small team members who have helped with any or all projects, but we just want to point out the main producers of this project(Tales of Bushido) and everyone else is Recognized right here, we didn't forget you guys!
Testing Squad-Ice-Inferno_x3
-k357
-Overlord(BW)
-Forsaken
-Moogle
-PDF_Shadow
-PDF_Noqurs
-PDF_Mhcline
-Flying Penguin
-Sogi Tako(the man who started it all!)
-SSG_Sunny
-StarmanJr.
-Mr.kirbycode774
-fgsvsd
-Infested_Lumpy
-Oo.Slayer.oO (yeah man I didn't forget you!)
-And of course PDF_Darkblade
*If you want to become a trusted tester of not only Tales of Bushido but other Team Bushido or Team PDF projects, you can leave a post and pm me about it. Also if we missed you here in the tester list, please just let us know there were so many small helpers around the corners we can't keep track of everyone and apologize for that. Thanks for all who support our projects, and all are welcome to become a part of them!
Trailer
Trailer is currently in production, we are trying to release it before our demo but it's not looking good. The Trailer will be available as soon as it's finished and perfected, thanks for waiting for it!
Demo and Sneak Peaks
First of all there will be more than 1 Demo for Tales of Bushido, this week we will release a small portion of the storymode to you guys, then release another mode or too. So there will be many things to come and taste and enjoy as we continue to update this project.
Storymode Demo 1-Released 5/24/06
-Contents include:
- Opening Cutscene
- View of the mode selection system
- 6 playable main heroes
- 1 available spell per each hero
- Outlook on terrain and setting of the first scene, Shikigami Forest
- First Mini-Boss fight(yes it's only a mini-boss)
- Second Cutscene that sets the journey and tone of the entire game
I'd like to apologize for not getting this out sooner hope you all enjoy or at least enjoy criticizing it.
To Download Click Here:
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Free for all Mode Demo-Currently To Be Announced
*More Demos to come, as well as Trailers. Keep track with our threads as we keep you up to date in all the new comings of Tales of Bushido.
To Do List
- Re-Open Thread Check
- Finish Storymode Demo 1 Check
- Create Terraining Thread and Give short descriptions Check
- Finish last Combination Technique Check
- Trigger Unlockable process
- Redo Second Cutscene of Storymode Revised!
- Put up screenshots Check
[Updated 5/24/06]
*Not Created with Map Production Layout or whatever it's called, some manage just fine on their own.