ATHENIAN RHAPSODY DEMO
A downloadable game for Windows and macOS
Athenian Rhapsody is a comedic indie RPG game by Nico Papalia. In this game, you're tasked with adventuring through the world of Athens by either befriending or fighting your way through each interaction.
This game is currently in development, but you can follow along for updates at https://twitter.com/AthenianRhapso1
Check out the Kickstarter here: https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/nicopapalia/athenian-rhapsody?ref=user_menu
Please keep in mind this is a demo, if there are any bugs or strange things please let me know! The game has a long way to go, please let me know if you enjoyed.
CONTROLS:
Arrow Keys: Move Space: Interact/Sprint Backspace: Back Enter: Pause Shift: Fullscreen (also has controller support!)
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Install instructions
The Windows version is an installer for the game's demo.
Mac Download Instructions Below:
https://help.yoyogames.com/hc/en-us/articles/216753558-Mac-says-apps-damaged-whe...
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One bug I ran into: I was in the middle of my first encounter with the squirrel thing (sorry I forgot its name) and I had to go do something, so I exited out of the game via the x button, since I can't leave mid-battle, and when I started the game up again, it loaded fine but I couldn't progress through the demo any further since the squirrel was gone. Also, the quit button wasn't working.
Update: Is the quit button's purpose to exit the menu? If so, that makes way more sense.
Super weird! Probably a saving bug, I'm gonna check it out. Yeah, eventually it will exit the game but for now it's just a little menu thing. Try it again at let me know how it goes! Sorry about that
I think it would be cool to get a option like book of friends where you get a picture of the friends you made in battle with a description. So it kinda feels like you really made friends with them or something
My plan was to include "Friend Cards" that you collect from enemies!
Some of the other fights were a bit too challenging for me. But man that fly boss is way too hard I can't get past it.
The fly needs to be nerfed in the final version! For now, try and use the dog follower's burst skill "go fetch" to get powerful healing items in battle, that can heal you up completely. Also, using "speed up" at the start of the battle may help you dodge better
Hey man, I just saw you reached your goal on KS almost a week away from the deadline! Congratulations and best of luck on your project! Looking forward to the full release!
Thank you so much! Amazing to hear from you again, your support means a lot <3
Hey man, I wish I could contribute to your project but I don't have creditcards nor paypal nor any means to pay. However, I played the demo and at least I can give you some feedback, I really like the sence of humor and personality you put into the game. I kind of suck so I died quite a few times, that made some parts a little bit slow and repetitive. I would not say that the game has to be easier, I think is all right but perhaps provide the option to replay the boss encounter without having to replay the cute scene I think that would make it more enjoyable.
I must say as well that the trailler you have in your KS is amazing and it really made me interested in finding out more about your game and contributing.
I live in Ecuador and I stumbled on your game so I am a testament that you are trully reaching a worldwide audience I guess.
You inspired me to post a demo of the game I am developing and get on kickstarter as well sometime in the near future so thank you for that. I really hope you reach your goal and you get to finish your game and you put in it everything you envision. I can't contribute now but you can be sure I'll be buying the final release.
BTW I can actually bench press 220 for a good 20 reps and full rom so I could give Richard a run for his money B)
Thank you for taking the time to leave a review, your words made me so happy and I'm so glad you enjoyed the demo, my heart is really in this game. The difficulty seems to be similar for most players and the common feedback is the skipping of cutscenes, so that is a definite need. I'd love to play your demo and check out your kickstarter in the future as well!
Pretty great demo, loved the art style and crazy enemy encounters even though I got my ass kicked a couple times.
Everytime I try to download the mac version of the demo it says it can't be opened because its damaged. Is anyone else having this problem, or have a way I can fix this?
Yes, so if you look under "download instructions" there's a yoyo games article linked which shows you how to get past this. You'll need to open up the terminal and enter a few things, it should take a few moments and the guide is pretty simple. Here's the link as well https://help.yoyogames.com/hc/en-us/articles/216753558-Mac-says-apps-damaged-whe...
I absolutely loved the demo The fly was hard but i managed to befriend it
and yes i am a pacifist in game and irl. I only wish you could have added more color Variety to the shirt and hat like Orange or brown or green or any more colors
But overall An amazing demo and i cant wait for the full game id be more than happy to be a tester keep up the awesome work
this is plummerj from tik tok btw!
love to see you here man! So awesome haha I'm glad you enjoyed the game and thank you for sharing your experience. In the future I'd like to add an RGB color scale for the hat, shirt, and bag if possible. The color-swapping is a lot of work and kind of difficult to set up so it'd take a lot of time for me to do, but I'd love to impliment it in the future and am planning on attempting it.
Another thing worth mentioning is that the overall gameplay is amazing! However there are some times when i accidently press the right shift button and it really fucks up my gameplay so im suggesting that you at least add the ability to keep it fullscreen wirhout having to press shift all the time.
And another thing im interested in is kinda like romance or a romantic kind of thing because in earthbound if you remember Paula has a thing for ness but nintendo pulled a cop out move with that But i digress what im saying is just dont cop us out
in closing this game is amazing and i would love to be a alpha and beta tester for this game and give feedback keep up the fantastic work
Thank you for the shift control feedback, I think a detailed options menu is in order with shift toggling enabled/disabled. Also, canonically you have a crush on Richard. I'm so glad you enjoyed, I hope you follow development!
of course i will follow development but i however am a guy and i don't really have a thing for richard personally i'm just saying try to be more gender crush inclusive because richard is obviously a guy but im not gay im a heterosexual (or however you say that)
meaning i only have a thing for girls but i digress
what i'm saying is be more inclusive with people and their preferences like for the LGBTQIA+ and also straight people too thanks for listening