Songs of the Past

♫ Songs of the Past ♫:

♫～Songs of the Past～♫ is an upcoming role-playing adventure set in a world where music, mystery, and reality are deeply interconnected.  An unknown existential force emerging from an alternate reality threatens the balance of the world, and players embark on a journey to uncover the truth behind the mysterious “songs” that shape fate itself.

The adventure begins in K-town, a central starting region where players are introduced to the world, its story, and core gameplay systems.  Players can choose from multiple character classes, each offering unique skills, combat styles, and progression paths, with additional classes potentially added during development.

The main storyline spans nine distinct regions filled with unique environments, quests, and characters, where players gradually uncover the deeper mystery behind the songs and the forces influencing the world.

Learn About The World:

♫～Songs of the Past～♫ is a role-playing project that blends music-inspired themes, storytelling, world-building, and systems-based game design into a cohesive experience currently in active development.  The project has grown significantly over time, with over 130 mapped areas designed and integrated into a large interconnected world map built for exploration and narrative progression, shown below. ↓

Gameplay Elements:

♫～Songs of the Past～♫ combines multiple RPG-inspired gameplay styles into a single experience, blending classic turn-based role-playing combat, adventure-oriented puzzle design, and life-simulation mechanics into a cohesive world of exploration and progression.  The game features a growing set of core systems currently in development, including a day and night cycle, character creation, and class selection, along with additional mechanics such as banking, mining, and fishing systems that form part of the broader gameplay structure.  These systems are being expanded and refined over time as development continues, with ongoing updates shaping how the world and its mechanics evolve.

Development Progress & Content Scale:

♫～Songs of the Past～♫ has grown significantly since 2020, with a large amount of content designed and implemented as part of its ongoing development into a large-scale role-playing experience. The following represents a snapshot of current development progress:

• 🎵 Over 130 maps created and integrated into the world

• 🎶 80+ characters designed with unique roles and identities

• 🎼 160+ items created with icons and gameplay functions

• 🎹 90+ weapons and 90+ armor sets designed

• 🎻 60+ enemy types with stats, skills, and loot systems

• 🎷 20+ boss encounters designed for major story moments

• 🪕 Status effect system with multiple gameplay conditions

• 🎺 50+ combat skills with animations and effects

• 📯 Multiple properly licensed content packs integrated to support music, visuals, and gameplay variety

• 🎤 1450+ icons used across items, weapons, and UI systems

• 🥁 150+ switches and 70+ variables supporting gameplay logic

• 🎸 1800+ event structures supporting world interactions and quests

• 📻 50+ music tracks implemented to support atmosphere and gameplay

Development Showcase Video:

A development showcase video has been produced to provide a deeper look into the world of Songs of the Past, highlighting over an hour of gameplay systems, narrative structure, and quest design currently in development. This footage reflects various mechanics and features being built as part of the ongoing development process.

Core Gameplay Systems in Development:

• ① Time System / In-Game Time Display

• ② Day and Night Cycle

• ③ Dynamic Cave Lighting

• ④ Parallax Mapping System

• ⑤ NPC Movement (Stationary and Active Behaviours)

• ⑥ NPC Dialogue Interaction System

• ⑦ Prison System Mechanics

• ⑧ Monster Encyclopedia System

• ⑨ Teleportation Orb System

• ⑩ Musical Tome Interaction System

• ⑪ Fishing System

• ⑫ Woodcutting System

• ⑬ Firemaking System

• ⑭ Cooking System

• ⑮ Digging System

• ⑯ Mining System

• ⑰ Smelting System

• ⑱ Smithing System

• ⑲ Character Creation System

• ⑳ UI / Wide Screen Support System

Quest Content Overview:

The game features a variety of narrative-driven quests that form part of the main storyline and side content, each designed to support exploration, progression, and world-building across different regions of the game.

Main Story Quests:

• ♈ Grandma's Cooked Cluck Cluck

• ♉ Letter From The King

• ♊ Lost Son

• ♋ Evil Cave Minotaur

• ♌ The Research Specialist

• ♍ The Historian

• ♎ A Lonely Lighthouse

• ♏ Wind Sword Family Heirloom

• ♐ Enter The Wind Temple

• ♑ Defeat The Hippogriff

Side Quests:

• ♒ Rat Problems

• ♓ Digging Up The Past

Development Journey & Feedback:

This project has been a long and rewarding journey of over 5 years, focused on building the world, systems, and narrative foundation of Songs of the Past.  The studio is grateful for any thoughts, impressions, or feedback regarding the project’s direction and development progress based on publicly shared development showcase materials, including videos available through the project’s official YouTube channel.

Feedback and community input regarding these development showcases are appreciated and will help guide ongoing improvements to gameplay systems, world design, pacing, and the overall experience as development continues.

World Location Examples:

♫～Songs of the Past～♫ features a wide variety of handcrafted environments designed to support exploration, storytelling, and atmosphere across its regions. Below are examples of locations currently designed within the world:

1) Forest Lumberyard:

2) Church (Inside):

3) Lakeview Castle:

4) Western Plains Graveyard:

5) Lost Forest Castle:

6) Hidden Lakeside Manse:

7) Lost Land Of Pharaohs:

8) Sultan's Palace:

9) Desert Oasis:

10) Hidden Lakeside Cave B1:

11) Hidden Lakeside Cave B2:

12) Lost Ancient Temple:

13) Western Plains Tower:

14) Dreamy Ocean Path:

15) Mystical Mausoleum:

Future Development Plans:

♫～Songs of the Past～♫ is planned to continue expanding with additional gameplay systems and world features as development progresses toward its full release.  Planned additions may include systems such as baking, farming, lapidary, crafting, enchanting, alchemy, entomology, archaeology, an animal compendium, player-upgradable housing, and a romance system.

Development is currently focused on expanding core gameplay systems, additional regions, and story content, with further updates shaping the structure and scope of the world over time.  The story foundation is already established and will continue to grow into a larger narrative experience featuring a wide range of unique characters, locations, and exploration-driven encounters.

Long-Term Vision & Availability:

♫ Songs of the Past ♫ is planned as a long-term development project, with ongoing updates and expansions intended to support the game’s growth over time as the world, systems, and story continue to evolve.

The project is currently planned for release on Steam for Windows PC, with potential future platform support considered for additional systems depending on development progress.