Played through Episode 1. It was a fun little experience. It has a pretty short run time with only one dungeon so we don't get much time to learn about the main character, Alrick. I see this more as a proof of concept as Episode 2 gets worked on. It's pretty good and sets up ideas and concepts for the future. The combat was fine, albeit it simple, though it's still the beginning so that is to be expected. It has potential to be more complex in future episodes, which is always a good thing!

I did have some issues, for one, Catherine's Laeh healing spell was able to miss. Personally I just don't think a healing spell should be missable, it can completely ruin a fight and lead to game over at no fault to the player. There is also an elemental system in place, but as far as I can tell there is no way to know what enemy is weak to which element? 

In future episodes I would like to get more story and learn more about what a Mage Sword is and what they do around the world, in addition to learning more about Alrick and the other main characters. Overall it was a fun game with potential for more!

Thank you for checking out the first episode.  I truly appreciate the interest.  Let me try and answer some of your concerns.

1) The focus of the game originally was gonna be helping myself improve my mapping, so each episode is a separate game with bigger and bigger world map.  So the stories and gameplay will get longer with each new game.  (Note: all the games will be playable from this page)

2) Alrick isn't the main character of the main game, but we will visit his story from time to time.  Originally, every game was gonna be a one shot, so I had no main character at the start.  

        (Note:  I have already done episode 2.  I just haven't put it up just yet, but the main character is actually Laura, the sister of Melissa who you save at the end of the episode.  I decided on the story revolving around her as I created Episode 2.)

3) I don't know why Laeh will miss.  That was never my intention.  In fact, I'm a firm believer that anything that cost Mp of Ap should never miss.  You're already paying a price for it.  I will need to look and see why it does this. In fact, even Alrick's move set shouldn't miss either.

4) As I said, episode 2 is already made, however, I will keep in mind your thoughts (Alrick's backstory, What is a Mage Sword, etc.) for future Episodes.

I hope this clears a few things up.  Thanks, again, for playing and I'm glad you had fun.