Background Information
'Steel Hearts' is an indie SRPG (Strategy Role Playing Game) project currently in its planning stages. Although serious in appearance, the game is satirical in nature, poking fun at the many clichés in Japanese Cartoons or 'Anime', like the stereotypical schoolgirls, giant robots, martial arts, and the like. The game will look almost as if you were actually watching an Anime show, and is divided into episodes. As a team mostly composed of graphic artists, our main tendency is to give aesthetics greater emphasis, but we are hoping we also develop solid and innovative gameplay.



Story
Seven years ago, strange meteorites fell from the sky into a nearby mountain pass. Shortly after, giant creatures known as 'Phantoms' began emerging around the area where the meteorites fell. At first they were relatively few, but as the years passed, their numbers grew at an alarming rate.

Recognizing the threat to public safety these creatures posed, the government commissioned a formerly retired commander to form a team known as the Aesir, that would pilot giant robots called Aegis that were made to combat the Phantoms and to protect the city from danger.

Ryan, a newly transferred Junior, finds himself caught in the middle of a fierce battle between the Aegis and Phantoms. In a desperate attempt to stay alive, he boards an unmanned Aegis which mysteriously activates on its own and defeats the Phantoms. Now, he's been recruited as captain of a team of four beautiful, demon-slaying, robot-riding, and very temperamental school girls. Lord help him.



Staff
Listed in Chronological Order
*Ryan 'Ry' Canteras
*Maylyn 'Yanilyn' Canayon
*Giovanni 'Gio' Tengco
*Rainier 'Rei' Buccat
*Darlene 'Dakie' Segura
*Irene 'Ippus' Lee
*Connie 'Kyoko' Fung
*Louis 'DB' Enario
*Lene
*Ember Reed
*Kio



Characters



The Aesir:
L-R Lillia, May, Ryan, Mariel, Maria

Given the state of unrest the city was in, the government was finally forced to form a team to combat the Phantoms. While they are still very young, these children possess fighting ability that exceed those of adults. Also, they possess special mental abilities that synchornize them to the Aegis's system, thus making them better pilots than just any soldier.

Ryan
Age: 17
Year: Junior
Aegis: SH-001, The Peony
Bio:
Ryan's not your ordinary RPG protagonist. He doesn't have the funky hair, dark past, and freakishly powerful final attack certain RPG characters *cough*Cloud*cough* have, and he's certainly not the sharpest tool in the shed either. He's a pushover. He comes as a bit of weakling to others at first as well. He's the new captain of the Aegis team, despite all that though, much to the delight to the rest of the pilots. He may seem unreliable, but he's definitely one of those people that'll come running to help out whoever's in need.

May
Age: 17
Year: Senior
Aegis: SH-003, The Magnolia
Bio:
May is the naive, sweet girl of the group. She comes from a family of shamans from the east. Her family is especially proud of their lineage and has been very strict in upholding their traditions. Because of this, May is often forced to submit to her parents' will and give in to her numerous marriage meetings. Aside from that, she also has to referee bouts between Lillia and Mariel, and avoid her huge horde of admirers in school.

Lillia
Age: 17
Year: Senior
Aegis: SH-002, The Iris
Bio:
Lillia's an outspoken and a headstrong kind of person. She's a very capable leader, probably more so than Ryan, but her temper often gets the best of her. She may come off as a bit snobby to some people, but she's actually a very caring person, often thinking of the well being of others before herself

Mariel
Age: 16
Year: Junior
Aegis: SH-004, The Camellia
Bio:
Mariel's a rebel... Or, at least she'd like to think she's one. She bleached her hair white and put on different colored contacts for the sake of standing out. Appearances aside, she's actually a very responsible person, and a straight A student as well. She does her share of crazy antics as well. She enjoys playing practical jokes, especially on Ryan.

Maria
Age: 13
Year: Freshman
Aegis: SH-005, The Sampaguita
Bio:
Maria's a child prodigy. She's a straight-A student, top actress of the drama club, and star athlete of the gymnastics team. However, what she has in talent, she lacks in maturity. Being only thirteen, she's rather naive and gullible, which often becomes her undoing. She's energetic and upbeat, very evidently shown in her reckless fighting style on her Aegis.



Features
* All- original, all hand- drawn graphics exclusively made for this game.
* Beautifully illustrated characters and backdrops.
* An all original score composed by rmxp.org's very own Lene!
* Side scrolling movement.
* The Sync System, a system where what you say and do to your team mates will affect their good will toward the hero and affect their teamwork in battle and certain minor events in the story.
* A Full Tactics Battle System.
* A Life Simulator, more or less. Aside from fighting monsters, Ryan has to live his life too right? Get a job to buy stuff, study so you don't fail tomorrow's pop quiz!



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Credits
Xepher
#talkpinoy
rmxp.org
voiceacting.co.uk
Tak Seng
Ryan Duldulao
g_man_450
Aevora
Vikifanatic
Lelli/Reruri-Chan
dubealex