Epoch: Unseen
Revived a stalled SRPG and rebuilding it to match current sensibilities.
Role
Design, combat structure, scenario, UI/tools
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Highlights
- Story-driven medieval fantasy SRPG
- Command skills and enemy manipulation as the combat core
- Fire Emblem-inspired feel
Pulled out an old SRPG I'd stopped working on. Reopened the code — absolute garbage. The setting felt off against current taste too, so rather than restoring, I rebuilt around what I want now.
Closest comparison: Fire Emblem. Echoes, Three Houses — that lineage. A story-driven medieval fantasy SRPG carrying that feel.
The protagonist Erich can trigger game-turning command skills based on ally formation, and can take control of enemies to use as minions. These two mechanics anchor stage strategy. Class growth, battlefield direction, character portraits — all shaping the game's tone.
Most satisfying part: the late-game story. Still far from reaching it, but the feeling that it'll be good is there.
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Epoch: Unseen Devlog 1 - Restart
Pulled Epoch: Unseen out of hibernation, stripped legacy structure, and laid the foundation to resume development.
Epoch: Unseen Devlog 2 - Tilemap and Combat AI Foundation
Dropped custom-built tools in favor of Unity Tilemap, a range-setting editor, and Behavior Designer for AI.
Epoch: Unseen Devlog 3 - Filling the Combat Prototype
SPUM sprites, protagonist design, combat animations, and battle formulas — filling in the combat prototype materials all at once.
Epoch: Unseen Devlog 4 - Combat AI and UI Draft
Established the Directive/Force/Policy AI structure, scenario graph, and initial combat UI.
Epoch: Unseen Devlog 5 - Counter System and AP Rules
Locked down counter-attack and AP rules, refactored, and set the finish line for the combat phase.
Epoch: Unseen Devlog 6 - Setting and Project Name
Locked the medieval fantasy direction and the name Epoch: Unseen. A short checkpoint.
Epoch: Unseen Devlog 7 - Lua Migration and Class Tree
Dropped Graph assets, reverted to Lua/code-based data structures, finalized the class tree, and cleaned up UI.