A family-friendly JRPG weaves together the journeys of a young girl hunting for her father and a king chasing redemption. Captured by an evil wizard and whisked to another world, the girl teams with her newly alive toy elf to quiet barking dogs, shift a ruler's outlook, and face raw emotions amid fantasy. King Nicholas Westergaard governs human lands gripped by war against outsiders and inner revolt, only to learn his role in both crises.
Exploration relies on clues and logic, skipping maps, side-quests, and random fights. Voice acting brings the girl and foes to life, while other roles spark reading and imagination. Hard-core RPG fans skip inventory or skill systems; families and thoughtful players savor real childlike moods and philosophy-prodding sayings.
Sydney's World is a family-friendly JRPG. Game focus is on the intersecting story arcs of a young girl seeking her father and a king in search of redemption.
Sydney is a real eight year old girl, not a cliche fem super-hero or cliche fem helpless victim. She behaves just as the real Sydney would, alternating between cuteness, petulance, innocence, anger, sorrow, illogical decisions, jealousy, extreme joy, etc.
When she's captured by an evil wizard and transported to another world, her toy elf Snowball is brought to life. He's Sydney's alter ego and ultimate childhood wish-fulfillment; his whole existence revolves around her. Together, they stop small dogs from barking, cause a king to reconsider his philosophy, and deal with very real emotions in a fantasy world setting.
King Nicholas Westergaard rules the human settlements of an unknown world. He's consumed with a war against another race and a rebellion within his own kingdom. In time he discovers he has caused both.
Explore new worlds without the usual multitude of boring side-quests and random encounters with identical enemies. There are no maps, mini-maps, mini-mini maps, or micro-maps; exploration is done the old-fashioned way, with clues and logic.
Sydney and villains are voice-acted to enhance engagement. Other characters are not, to encourage reading and imagination.
There is no profanity, blood/gore, sexual content...or even more damaging to young minds...lame dialogue and cheap endings!
Older, wiser players will enjoy unconventional aphorisms that might cause them to reconsider their own philosophy.
Hard-core RPG gamers should note that there is no inventory management or traits/abilities/skill point management.
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