Yggdrasil Chronicles - A Tale of Cindrivia
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Updated on April 17th, 2024: Version 1.4 is now available. You can download it and play the game without the need of applying patches.
Yggdrasil Chronicles - A Tale of Cindrivia is a turn-based JRPG, set in a fantasy world named Cindrivia. This game is made on RPG Maker VX Ace by Ryan Entertainment Studio. This game is free-to-play, which means you have to pay nothing to experience. However, we will be very grateful if a small donation is made. We are also developing the sequel called "Yggdrasil Chronicles - A Record of Valkadia", so if you feel interested, please visit our Facebook page for more information: https://www.facebook.com/RyanEntertainmentStudio
The public demo of the sequel "Yggdrasil Chronicles - A Record of Valkadia" is now available here: https://ryan-entertainment.itch.io/a-record-of-valkadia-demo
To download the game, please follow our provided Google Drive link. We are truly sorry for this inconvenience because of 750 MB limited by Itch.io
Estimated Playtime: 20 Hours
- General Story
Hundred years ago, The Illuminati Order, originally formed by a demon named Lucifer, plunged the whole world into Chaos. With his mighty power, he slowly corrupted this living world, driving the humanity to an extinction. Fortunately, six remarkable warriors, calling themselves Warriors of The Holy Alliance, possessed the power of faith and justice, stood against The Illuminati as the last hope of Cindrivia. With the help of the Heavenly Artifacts sent down by Aina The Goddess of Night, they finally put an end to Lucifer and his Illuminati Order. The world of Cindrivia then found peace again for decades. Many years have passed, and now The Illuminati Order is about to raise again, lead by a mysterious wizard so-called Ryan The Illuminator. The existence of Cindrivia and even The Yggdrasil Tree is in danger one more time.
- Highlighted features:
- Turn-based ATB battle system: Actions are depended on this system to be performed during a battle. Just be patient and wait for your ATB gauges to be filled.
- Manual Stat Distribution: There are four stats that you can distribute by yourself to build up your characters. They are Vitality, Strength, Dextirity and Mentality which directly affect your characters' power.
- Day & Night Circle + Lighting Effect System: We do provide a day-night circle which can affect some of your actions in game and also an awesome light effect system to enhance the visual effects of the game.
- Quest & Achievement System: As a must-have in every RPG game, we divide our quests into two types: Main Quests and Side Quests. Completing the main quests provides you a full understanding of the story while the side quests and achievements provide you handsome rewards to make your journey much easier.
- Crafting and Enhancing Equipments: Defeating monsters, collecting the materials from them to craft some unique equipment. The equipment can also be enhanced (+1, +2, etc) to provide better stats. Over 100 items to be discovered!
- Class Changing System: You can change your characters' classes to higher ones when they reach a certain level. This will provide them a better bonus to their parameters and some more new skills.
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Development log
- How to apply Patch for v1.1Aug 26, 2018
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Can you play this on joiplay
Is it the emulator for RPG maker games on mobile devices? I have not tried this yet. I think you can give it a try.
Good Day What A Wonderfull Game Trulty A Masterwork By the Way Where Did You Get The Spirtes For Meteor [The Giant One]
Thank you for enjoying the game. Unfortunately, the Meteor magic was my partner's work before (but he left so long ago) so I do not have any idea where he found it. I am truly sorry for this.
So um, I'm probably completely alone on this, but why is there a technical barrier for entry?
I understand that it's actually not complicated at all to install the patch, unlike some games out there that ask you to recompile the source code or whatever it is without even a single hint of what to use and how, and I'm probably the only person in the world that would nope out b/c of CPTSD from too many l33t haxx0rs haranguing me over pAtCh ToO t3cH1E 4Me when I just want to play instead of earning a computer science degree, but... just why?
Oh, I downloaded it, I just wanted to rant. But would it not have worked to zip up the installation folder, patch included?
I am truly sorry for the inconvenience you have experienced. Do you have difficulty applying the patch to the base game? I may assist you with this.
Nah, i got it. It's simple enough. Thanks for listening. Although, do please consider pre-patching your future releases, since fresh installs want to be patched anyhow. I feel that separate patch files should be more for people who already have the game, so they don't have to redownload the whole thing.
I'm glad you did it. I will try spending some time to look back at the project and build a newer version, so no patches are needed and the installation would be easier. Thank you for your understanding. Hope you enjoy the game!
I have uploaded version 1.4, which is a plug-and-play one. No patches are required.
Nice game so far.
Initially started itat normal, thinking that normal would be.... normal since it's in the middle of the 5 difficiulties.
but it was jsut way too hard for me, only made it till the mummies whcih would have required me to grind tons and tons beforehand.
now, while sometimes being a bit too easy, I play it at the easiest difficulty (piece of cake).
jusge me if you want but it jsut is way more enjoyable than wasting ages on eahc mob fight.
where mos have already respawned by th time you killed another mob.
anyways, now I am stuck on the grave on the spring plains.
I think I got the 2 needed piecea already, the one directly found on thegrave, the other given by the quest giver.
but I can only pin it down to basically a guess the five digit number, where each number is either 1,2,3,4 or 5.
just too many possibilities to wildly guess.
Am I jsut supposed to guess a valid name that sounds the best?
Or is there some lore hidden elsewhere, like" i remember the name starting with a vowel" or such?
Am I misisng somthing yet?
Sorry for the late reply. I have been busy because it was Monday. Choosing the difficulty is based on the players, so I decided to divide it into several pieces to suit all. The easiest one is for those who love to play casually, and the hardest is for those who love to try hard.
Besides, I'm sorry to say this, but I merely have a recollection of the place you have been stuck in. Is that where you need to find the name of the Goddess of Nature?
Ah, I remember now. You should receive the Mysterious Note from Kyle the Blacksmith. It is the hint to reveal the Goddess' name. They are not numbers, but letters. Maybe you should try using the letters in the note with the same color as shown in the gravestone. For example, the first letter shown on the Gravestones should be Red, so try one of the red letters in the Mysterious Note and do several combinations with other colors to reveal her name. And soon, you will see it is a very familiar name. Once you get your answer, just write it on the gravestone (MUST BE ALL CAPITAL).
Yeah, by now I read your hint in the forums.
My initial thought was "in each coloumn the letter with that color"
which didnt work at all for obvious reasons.
ddnt expect that I would have to guess out of 4.
By now I am a bit further in the capital.
did all the level up quets, except lucas one.
first off couldnt find any hint to it in forever.
mostly cause this NPW didnt have the blue thing on its head.
but the "storage room south of pub" doesnt help SINCE THERE IS NO STORAGE ROOM (OR ANY VISITABLE HOUSE) SOUTH OF THERE.
SO gaven up on that, did the invasion.
Now, the girls dont een wanna tell me that "hint" anymore, both jsut telling me if I wanna rent a room.
so levelup quest gone for good I guess?
for the record, it's the one to become a shadow assasin.
Also, after the invasion, when I am now basically free roaming again, just went to the pub and thought, maybe sleeping in their will let me find the mysterious storage room that doesnt exist.
well, woke up in seashore ports inn :-)
so that bug is still alive and well :-)
doubt that it ruined anything sicne I am in no cutscene, invasion or anything.
am supposed to meet the king again, to tell me which direction the next town is
oh god, I am an idiot.
that room is literally IN the pub -.-
well, gonna do that quest finally :-)
okay, in the trial, second room, middle statue.
which button is "Sf" supposed to be?
I dont even remember such a button EXISTING on my keyboard :-)
I dont know how or when it happens.
But I usually have this party:
aiko, raphael, then and lucas.
Every npw and then, mostly when in a fight, I realize that the damn Emily has replaced Ethan and is back in the party.
So yeah, not sure how or when, but Ethan sometimes gets switched back to that useless Emily. Think it's cause she and the other 3 were the original party.
I love the dog in Verde Village <3
"Bow Wow, Bow Wow, I am a dog!"
Ehm,cant you just upload a game version where that patch is already inserted?
Like this gets confusing with all sorts of equally sounding versions that may or may have been deleted, patches and whatnot.
Sorry for the inconvenience. Please download the v1.1 and apply its patch to fix some minor bugs. Currently, I cannot build a new build with the latest data, but I will try doing it for a better downloading experience.
hm I just cant manage to download that 1.2 GB (!) file, download fails after a few seconds -.-
It is a Google Drive link, so I guess it should be stable enough and would not be the main cause for your failed download. Please try it again with a more stable connection. Thank you for your understanding.
Does anyone know where Herbest Steppe is it's a side quest where you have to find someones brother but i have no clues as to where it is if anyone knows then please do let me know thank you
I do not quite remember about it because it has been years already. Could you please tell me the name of that quest. I will look for some information to help you.
By the way, thank you so much for spending your time to play my game :D
The side quest is called ''Emergency'' which is found in Vierna Skyland and honestly i loved playing your game it was amazing especially the combat i should be the one to thank you for making a game so entertaining :D
Have you checked the middle island of the map? At the pond, there are two men talking with each other. It might be them whom you want to find.
There's only one pond in the bottom left of the map in the middle there's only the Tower where two guards stand there and i have tried talking to both of them but still nothing
Let me try to look for some other things. I have been working on the sequel for a couple of years and now I barely have any recollection of my first game.
Hi,
I have some more information for you about this quest. There are 4 steps needed to be done.
1. You need to obtain the lock-picking kit from an NPC in Item Shop in Vierna Skyland
2. Use the Lock-picking Kit on the lock outside Meryl's house
3. Talk to Meryl
4. Find Meryl's brother somewhere in Herbst Steppe
5. Talk to Meryl at her house in Vierna Skyland.
At step 4, you can find two men talking near a small pond in the map. It is a small island where there are three bridges leading in. Meryl's brother is the guy on the left.
Enjoying the game so far, just wanted to leave a note about a bug I encountered (and how to avoid it in-case anyone else runs into it)
After the boss battle with the wolf, the fight between Ethan and Ryan can get bugged if you use Ethan's Berserker's Blood skill (the one that gives him a lifesteal buff) if you just avoid using that skill during the battle with Ryan everything will be fine though.
Thanks for the cool game and keep it up!
Thank your very much for pointing out the reason and giving a fix for that. Some players informed me about this before, but I have not even found the reason yet. Also, I am developing the sequel and a demo with the length of around 15+ hours is ready to experience. If you finish this game and want to try out the sequel demo, feel free to contact me and I will give you the download link.
Hi i'm stuck on the arrow puzzle any clues on how to get them facing up
Unfortunately, I have also forgotten the activation order to make them face in one direction haha. Once you find out how it works, I think it will be the matter of time before you can solve it. I am also sorry for this because I was focusing too much on puzzle in this game, and sometimes it makes the players feel frustrated when they cannot solve to advance further on the main story. So I am trying not to repeat this mistake in the sequel.
i'm stuck in a puzzle of cards in ryan's castle, already have the cards but i cant figure out the password to go further
Hi,
If you have collected all 8 cards from 2 halls, please try to calculate the total of them for the real password.
Hello! Love the game, really enjoying it. But I've run into some difficulty beating the boss in the forest south of Nilfheim (I'm bad at remembering names!) He keeps spamming zombification, is there a way to reverse it or am I going to have to keep trying my luck? I tried to find a walkthrough or wikia online and didn't see anything come up, sorry for commenting on the game page like this. Cheers! :)
Hi. Thank you for playing and enjoying the game. If I remember correctly, this boss you are talking about is the Black Knight (or Death Knight, Dark Knight maybe). Could you tell me which difficulty you are playing? I do not recommend Deathwish or Hard mode. The Deathwish is kinda troll mode (enemies are too strong), while Hard mode might require a very proper stats investment, and a lot of luck. About the Black Knight, you were right about him. This fight is partially based on luck, but there is still a strategy to deal with it. You can try adding more AGI than STR to your Treasure Hunter, so he will be able act more before the Black Knight's turn comes and make use of his DPS (Poison, Bleed) because these kinds of damage are based on enemy's max HP. Adding AGI also raises LUK points, which reduces the chance of being affected by negative states. Do not forget VIT for your team. It provides more HP and DEF so you can be more durable.
Hello! Thank you for replying! I'm playing on Normal mode. I was finally able to beat him, you're right -- I just got lucky the fourth time around. Regardless, though, your advice on how Poison and Bleed works is really useful, I'll definitely keep it in mind as I continue to play! I'm really enjoying it, it's so clear how much work and love went into making the game. Thank you so much for making it :D
Glad to hear that. Just feel free to ask if you have other questions. I will try to answer as soon as possible.
I do! Haha. I'm so sorry and also thank you :D
I wish there was a way to tag spoilers. Uh, spoilers ahead for anyone reading!
After beating the M Wolf and Ethan confronting Ryan on his own, after he unleashes a power I've not seen before, the screen freezes and I can't move forward. This has happened twice at the same place. Can you advise?
(I've uploaded the screenshot to imgur just because I don't want to spoil things, but the cursor goes off and does its own thing: https://imgur.com/6BwcZAC )
*Edit: I figured out what needed to happen to progress; I turned Ethan's sword on himself and that did the trick :D
Hi,
I am truly sorry for the inconvenience you have experienced. Some players also reported this issue before. At the cutscene, after using the ultimate power on Ryan, Ethan should be defeated automatically (as you can see each hit also hurt himself). He should not be left alive with 1 HP. In this case, please try getting one more level and put more point to his VIT or STR, making his HP becomes xxxy, or xxy (with the last digit y higher than 5, like 1506, or 967) before going into this cutscene.
Technically, this issue is caused by the damage formula, which takes 10% of Ethan's Max HP per hit (10 hits total), but it is rounded. Following by this xxxy HP formula I mentioned above, if Ethan's HP is 951 (with y = 1 < 5), the damage per hit is 95,1 and it will be rounded down to 95. After 10 hits, he will have 1 HP left and the cutscene is broken. But if his HP is 956 (with y = 6 >5), the damage per hit is 95.6 and it will be rounded up to 96, and he will definitely be defeated.
I can make another patch about this, but it is kinda dangerous to your save files, because i have not touched this game files for years (I have been busy developing the sequel of this game), so there is no guarantee that the new patch will not cause new issues, which might corrupt your current save files.
My husband and I made it through the Redwood Tree and Mask puzzle just fine this time! Still enjoying playing very much.. Got a quick question, where do we find the "Mist Ocean"??? According to the quest directions, suppose to leave and sail to Sanshain Town from Cindrivia and cross the mist ocean.. But the ship is docked at seaport HELP PLEASE! Thanks in Advance for Help
The Gardner's
PS Had to open another account here, my other is not working.
You can get to Mist Ocean by going South from Cindalia City. Just get to the Cindalia Dock and find Chris' quartermaster (I forgot her name). She is waiting for you there. Talk to her and she will ask you if you want to set sail.
Thanks! we found it all ok.
Well so far so good! after placing the newest patch all is well again! there was no problems with the game until we was fighting the big bad "M" wolf and it kept freezing the game and had to go back to the save crystal, and had to do that arrow puzzle seemed like 20 times! to fight all over again and it freeze! anyways the patch worked along with taking all of the (healing armor) OFF Ethan for that fight. ..
Now, we do need some help on this next task please, we are having trouble solving this riddle: " When the eye of night reaches the peak, touch the wooden mask and it shall lead the way"
We did find the stone by the way for the nest.. the rest we have been ALL over and come up with no clue of what or where to go next to finish this out.. Thanks in advance for any help with this.
The Gardners
I'm truly sorry for the inconvenience you experienced. Some players reported this problem to me before, but I was not be able to reproduce on my side, thus I could not find out what was the real cause of this. And about the puzzle you are asking, I'm sure you have found and exposed the mask on the Red Giantwood (or Giant Redwood), right? I think I will give you some hints about this first.
- About the "Eye of the night": What can you see in the clear night sky? Use your imagination to know what an "eye" is. It can only be seen at night after the sunset.
- Next, if you have figured out what the "eye" is, try to find out the time it reaches the highest point in the sky. Be fast because it won't last long.
I hope this will help you to solve this puzzle. It is one of my favorite when I designed this game.
P/s: I have seen your post on RPG Maker forum about Aiko's trial (Holy Priest). If you haven't managed to finish it before the invasion, you MUST deal with the invasion first until the battle is done (from Step 96 of the Main Quest if I remember correctly) , then you can go back to the Cathedral and finish the trial.
Thank-You once again, deeply appreciated. No, we haven't found the mask on the tree yet but we will go back and try again to try and finish this puzzle. You are a very clever man! My husband and I have had to really brush the cobwebs out to figure them out... keep up the good work!
Just a suggestion if we may, for us "Older Players" it is very difficult to do speed puzzles because of our arthritic fingers and hands.. could you keep us oldies in mind when programing other games please.
We are looking so forward to tackling the next game of yours.. The style of characters and programing is a lot like the "Aveyond"series which we dearly love. Thumbs up to you for coming on to this field!
The Gardners
Thanks for your compliment. And according to your comment on RPG Maker web, I assume that you have found the "Stone Egg" near the tree. Try to put it to where it should be on the tree, and the mask will reveal itself. When I designed this game, I was into the puzzle things too much (because my very first game was a puzzle one). Now to think of it, sometimes it makes players feel frustrated. That's why I have decided to reduce the difficulty, as well as the number of puzzles in my next game, to focus more on "RPG" element than "RPG - Puzzle". Thank you for enjoying the game, and stay tuned for the upcoming public demo of "Yggdrasil Chronicles - A Record of Valkadia".
Yes, we found the egg and fed it to the tree, but did not see a mask. What can we do to have it show again? we are seriously stuck here. Is there another egg or something to activate the tree?
You will not receive the mask. It is a part of the tree, once you put the egg into the nest, and that is the mask I'm talking about. Just come back there at the time when the "eye of the night" reaches the highest point and you will see. In case you want to skip 6 hours (in-game time), go to the Inn and take a rest there.
Well.. Both my husband and I made the decision to start all over from the beginning.. we figured there was no way to solve the problem of the mask and tree. We did everything suggested and nothing worked. Actually by going back to start, we were able to pick up things, money and experience more so than before. When we arrive back to the tree again, we know what to look for now and will pay more attention and hopefully this round.. get it to work! Will inform you when it happens, wish us good luck! oh by the way... the patch is still working well.
The Gardners
I often avoid giving direct answers to solve the puzzles, but in worst case if you get stuck for too long and want to know the answers to keep going on the story, I can help you solve them. Anyway, good luck on your second run. I hope things will be working well for your two this time.
Fantastic Game! My husband and I play side by side on our lap tops! we help each other by trading information back and forth as we play!
Just have a question if we may.. we are kinda stuck trying to find the "Advisor" step #72 at the cliffs.. we have both done the caves and rebuilding the railroad tracks, blowing the cave opening with the coal car to the dessert. We have fought all around and below the cliffs and have no clue what to do next or where to go to find the advisor. Any help would be deeply appreciated! Thanks in advance The Gardners
Thank you for playing and enjoying the game. And about your problem, if I recall correctly, the Advisor is located center of Spiral Cliffs. You can find him there and he will guide you to the next step of your main quest. If you have any other questions, feel free to ask me here, or better send a message to my facebook page. I'm also developing the sequel, and if you feel interested, please follow my facebook page for more information.
Thank-You ever-so-much for the quick response! this has impressed both of us to no end! we shall follow you and your game and games of the future! the quality is very enjoyable indeed!
You make two (Older) gamers really have to think and use all our experience to figure some of your puzzles, but; the challenges have been worth it all. Thanks again, and we will go to your facebook page also.
The Gardners
Was this made in VX Ace?
Sure i mad it with VX Ace
Well can I ask you something about it?
Sure. If possible, i'm glad to help.
Would you like it if I helped bring this over from VX Ace to MV? I think I can give it a go?
I once thought of this, but I have been working on the sequel of this game on MV for almost two years already, so unfortunately I don't really have much time to work on this port.
Looks like my review was too big to post here, so I created a account and posted on the forums HERE and it's waiting moderator approval.
As I said in the first comment, this is one of the best RPG games I’ve ever played and the amount of work, dedication, passion and effort will not get past unnoticed by me.
Total playtime: 49:55:24
Difficulty played: Hard mode
Total rating: 9,5/10
Looking foward to the sequel! :D
One of the best rpg games I've ever played, everything looks and feels excelent, I've played 12h and I will post a complete review of the game, after I'm done playing on the Hard difficulty. Absolutely amazing work!
Thank you for your interest in our game, and we are very glad that you have enjoyed it so far. Players' feedbacks are always a great help for us to make better games in the future. We are also working on the sequel, and if you feel interested, please visit our official fanpage on Facebook for more information.
Thanks for replying. It makes me feel very happy that this game will be getting a sequel and I'll definitely play it as well. Later I'll check your fanpage on facebook for updates, you already had my like. Currently I'm on 27h of gameplay, in Cindalia City. Loved everything so far and also I'm writing down the minor details that in my opinion needed some fixes or changes, but those are only few in comparison to the rest. Ethan is my favorite character so far, and he also kicked my ass the first time we fought :D, I'll come back after finishing the game
We will be looking forward to your detailed feedbacks to improve the quality of our next games. Thank you very much!
Hello I'm back again. Currently on Ryan's castle and I don't know how to pass this puzzle --> https://imgur.com/VQFaMUz . The one with darts. Since I don't play darts, I googled the scores to try to get past this. According to the scoresheets the results goes for Purple = 12 + 9 = 21. Teal = 40 + 3 = 43. Yellow = 4 + 8 = 12. So Purple + Yellow + Teal = 76. And It says It's the wrong password. Am I doing something wrong? I need your help because this part is blocking me from progressing
You can find the answer HERE (Inside the Hint box) :)
Doesn't download
Is the download link not working?