Mistfall Saga

# Mistfall Saga *The Mist has hungered for a hundred years. Tonight it found teeth.* A Final Fantasy IX–style JRPG built end-to-end by an AI agent inside the Zero engine. Explore in third person, fight in classic side-view **real-time ATB battles**, and carry a party of four across a three-act mini-campaign to the heart of the Mist. ## The party - **Rook** — thief/duelist. Fast strikes, **Steal**, Mug, Quickstep, Flee. - **Vela** — white mage & summoner. Cure, Cura, Life, Protect, Regen, Holy — and the Eidolons **Sylpha** and **Aurin**. - **Bramm** — knight. Heavy sword arts, Shell Break, Rampart, **Cover** (takes blows for the wounded). - **Nixi** — black mage, glass cannon. Fire/Blizzard/Thunder up to the -ra tier, Sleep, Bio. ## The loop Town (shop, inn, NPCs, save crystal) → wilds (walking risks encounters) → dungeon → **area boss** → the road opens. Three valleys — Bellmere Vale, Emberfall Reach, Frostveil Heights — then the Mistheart and **Umbra, Avatar of Mist**. ## Systems - Per-combatant ATB gauges (Active or Wait mode), elemental weaknesses, poison/sleep/haste/silence/protect/regen. - **FF9 ability learning**: equipment grants abilities; earn AP in battle to master them permanently. - XP levels with stat growth, gil economy, buy/sell shops, consumables, equipment slots. - Save crystals persist the whole journey; Game Over reloads your last save. - Full menu suite: Items / Abilities / Equip / Magic / Status / Order / Save, settings (volumes, text & battle speed, ATB mode, difficulty), pause, victory tallies, floating damage numbers. - Every model is hand-built voxel work; every note of music and every sound effect is synthesized from scratch. ## Controls **WASD** move (Shift sprint) · **E / Enter** interact & confirm · **Esc** pause / cancel · **Tab or M** main menu · **W/S** navigate menus · **A/D** adjust & switch hero pages. Start the game from the title screen: **New Game**.