Rebound RPG

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Having fun with the game so far. Although I am struggling on trying to get these ancient fish for Ronny's fish weapon. Not sure where to look for them.

i really loved this game, it was short and sweet, and really fun to play. i absolutely adored the art and the soundtrack. i saw a lot of things that i loved in lisa in this game, and surprisingly, this game gave me a bit more of a challenge than lisa did, even on pain mode. the more constricted roster meant i couldnt just put together some indestructible force of chaos with some characters that had unbeatable synergy, but there was still really good and balanced synergy between the characters in this game. in lisa, i really didn't worry too much about items because resting spots were fairly plentiful, and a good few of the characters had healing moves, not to mention i could just farm mags and go rest at an inn, but in this game, even though there was an abundance of items to be found and bought, i still found myself having to strategically and conservatively think out how i was going to use my items in battles because of how much i had to use them. i think this game did items really well because of the dependence you have on them with the lack of restoration moves, and the rhythm between areas with item abundance and item scarcity, and i think it just really adds to the difficulty in a way that lisa didn't.
TL;DR: great gameplay, great art, great soundtrack, overall super fun experience.

Absolutely lovely. Only negative really is that the game is kinda easy and I was loaded with stuff at the end but that doesn't bother me that much. My party remained.... Unbreakable :Troll:

Also just like Frendiobuddo, the recurring monster in the "new" ruins is bugged and I cannot get past or fight them. The room it is stuck in is  right after speaking to yellow rag person. Playing all of this on Bugfix 2

I can't get past the spooky guy in the apartments in the ruins. He's blocking the way. Playing on the recent bugfix by the way.

Woah, the game got updated after so long?

 You love to see it!

i like taitoki's music from the bonus tracks in the PNP OST, might peep

oh lisa inspired eh? might need to give this a go, doubly so if it has the same kinda horror vibes as lisa

This game is awesome, played the previous build like 3 times, messed around with it in RPG Maker and had a lot of fun. It's even better now that it's updated. Also, is there any way I can contact you, Pinyaps? I have some suggestions regarding the game.

The game is great new content feels great but there is bug where I can't get an item in cult tunnels. And also I miss the phone guy (I came up with that name) talking to us

Fantastic game, happy to see it has been updated. New content and more game time made me really really happy to see, even more so in this game that I find so lovely.

Art is very stylish, definitely reminds me of Paper Mario and it's great to see how the characters exhude personality with each move, some examples being Ronny's contant anxiousness, Interrobang's direct and "no-nonsense" moves and Warden's (Love Warden!! Warden <3) firm and almost "cocky" moves.

Music is as always fantastic with such great tunes. Even the overworld ones are fantastic and hold their weight compared to the great combat tracks.

Combat is great and better than ever with the new Party Members and moves, new equipment with special "skills" also making it so you can combine moves for even more potential.

Story was also quite nice, happy to see it expanded and with more secrets, special items and hidden fights, found myself going out of my way to return to previously visited areas and was pleasantly surprised to find a boss or such in them, along with some nice goodies. I feel guilty for wanting a bit more but it's nice to see a "glimpse" into such a lovely little world Pinyaps has created.

Some other things I wanted to at least mention: Warden and Ari Aida are lovely additions to the rooster too. Warden being another "moveset" character along with Interro is quite nice. His moves are interesting, mainly the hype ones, since they can make him or other characters deal quite a huge amount of damage, stun and daze and his "combos" with those are nice to see, although I was a bit sad since I didn't manage to get any insta-kills with his special move. Ari's "group"-targeted moves were nice. Going into a battle and dealing damage to everyone while maybe getting some crits here and there make her an interesting addition. Maybe wish she had more moves but then again they can be quite impactful against groups so I can't complain much. Some moves did extra damage to hidden enemies but I felt like there were very few of them so I didn't use them much, which was a bit sad. I liked to see Interro having some more stuff to her, she turned out to be funny (besides being quite smart) which was quite interesting to see considering she looks so serious all the time. Again, the extra bosses and enemies encounters were great to find, the "quests" too were very nice to complete... although one quite surprised me since one dude apparently dies before you can "properly" finish it. Wish there was another Glove-equippable since I really only had Warden's and Interrobang's starting ones so I kept switching them from time to time. The game has so many little moments that are funny or give it a breath of fresh air such as going inside a house in timberland and falling on top of a dude, bucket musician's little "tune", NPCs talking to each other or just talking to themselves, found it nice and quite funny that the barrel town "mania" was talked more about. it's some minor stuff but adorable. The villain's "ending" along with what Interro talked about were quite interesting to know too. The "Mainland" is talked about a lot in the game, with many character's goals after the events that happened in the island the game is set on being moving to it/starting over again in it and in the end you end you also go to it with the remaining people and... it ends. I never noticed it but the game starts and ends at night. It's nice. Guess those are symbolic. EDIT: The game also talks a bit about "effort" and "laziness" or taking "shortcuts" to achieving power, and even about regret when the shortcut goes wrong, I found that nice as well, and to see character dealing with it was interesting and a bit sad.

Hmm... What else is there to say... Rebound is quite a nice game with a bunch of surprises, one of the few pieces of media that really stuck with me and I think fondly about from time to time. Sorry for the drawn out comment (or also for thinking a lot about stuff that may have not even meant much really) but I really wanted to talk a lot about this game and why I like it so much. Happy to have experienced its world and characters, it's very very charming and memorable. Thank you for the game and the update, Pinyaps.

About to replay this masterpice and I'm it will be a hell of a ride!!!!
Thanks for making the most beautiful game I've seen

Still a hell of a fun time like it was 5 years ago, if not even better now (shoutout to the GOAT warden). I really liked the new Markus fights aswell, the 1st one in the Mansion was probably the toughest fight in the whole game for me but it was very fun.

Warden :thumbsup:

oops i'm very late to the party, the cake has been eaten, the ballons have upped themselves to the ceiling, and the people left. oh well

i guess there's not much point in saying anything about the game other than "thank you for the wonderful experience I've had with Rebound", since many praises have been given, and while much like others I am kind of sad that it didn't progress past the first chapter & of course would not hesitate to play a quality of life update, in the end I'm really just so grateful for what there is. So, really what I want to say is I hope you continue to be artistic, no matter how much it's related to gaming or even how public. I think your sprites and drawings are very special, there's a sense of childlike wonder to the locations and situations you create and you have a unique way of making a design immediately endearing, as if it's been with the player/viewer/whatever for much longer than it has. Cactus Man, Ronny, "business partner", the magical cultists, ??? man and whatever that knife wielding enemy hiding in a bush was called are some of the coolest, dare I say radest looking characters I've seen in a game. tl;dr thank you

Aw man, it's a shame that this game was cancelled.

I really enjoyed the Demo of your Game. If the Game would ever get revived and finished i would love to play the full version :)

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An impressive game with alot of very pretty visuals, surprising depth for a turn based rpg maker game, and very memorable characters. Even if the game will never be fully realized, what we have here is nothing short of art. Kuddos to you and all the supporting team for the wonderful art and music, (i still listen to this games music to this day while playing other games) be proud of the work you've done here and push yourself to go above and beyond this in your future. Cheers, pinyaps, thank you for this wonderful experience

(Excuse my subpar formatting and basic language, this is probably the 2nd time I've ever wrote any sort of review for a game)

i feel kinda depressed when i see unfinished/cancelled single-developer ones including lisa/yume nikki fangames but the thing is you've done it deadass good

i still appreciate this and gonna play agan soon haha gonna bang interrob