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My Game-in-a-Day entry: a platform puzzle game starring Gerdal the Turtle.
Help Gerdal reach the delicious noms using turtlepults and pixelated trampolines.
I'm not sure exactly how long it took to make (with all of the distractions and breaks), but it was well under 10 hours of coding.
http://www.byond.com/games/Gakumerasara/GerdaltheTurtle if you want to give it a try

Because of the energy channeled from the heroes Oriole and Cherrysoda, Morgaine was able to free herself from the chains that imprisoned her. Meeting with quite a large amount of adventurers in the town of Remora, the troupe began to proceed towards The Crimson Queen. Travel was quite easy as a group while Oriole and a select few took out the straggling monsters that were found.

Upon reaching the Sea Biscuit, 4 adventurers stood on the seals unlocking the door that barred passageway to to chamber. It was a rigorous battle, but they were very successful in keeping the queen at bay long enough for Morgaine to work her magic and destroy her soul.

The plan was to take out the queen, then to move on to Zeygram, the larger threat of destruction. However, it didn't work as well as we had hoped.

The Sorcerologist, Manastrologist and Knowologist discovered that the manastorm wasn't in fact a memory of the world, but that the world held the memory itself, however after presuming that Ansi was the work behind the ability of the world to be able to recreate itself, Zeygram made short work of them by banishing them, claiming that it was him who had done this.

Zeygram then proceeded to explain that he created the world in peace for all creatures to live in harmony, and that Ansi was the one who started war by teaching mankind that it was superior to the other creatures, claiming that the others were monsters. Mankind fought off the other creatures in the past and eventually created the wards that protected the towns be evaporating 'monsters' that approached them. It wasn't long before mankind had control of the world. After the destruction of 'monsters', mankind then turned to war against each other. This was the time when Zeygram was first seen in the world. Thought of as a monster, he was sealed under the earth.

Disappointed that the world had brought itself to such a low that they did nothing more than fight with each other, Zeygram replenished the worlds population of 'monsters', which forced mankind to unite as one and stop the pointless fighting. He then created the manastorm to cleanse the world. However, the newly created worlds were no different than the old ones because of the nature of humans.

Calling out to the world, he was answered by a Maverick which let him out of his prison, only to be sealed back under the earth once again. Upon his second release, he spent weeks trying to fix his broken world himself, only to fail. He decided in the end to manually cleanse his world himself by undoing what he once created. This is now the end of the world, as we know it.

Was Zeygram really the true creator of the world, or perhaps this was all an elaborate ruse to make mankind ponder what it has done, and to feel as though it's been fighting a backwards battle against itself? This is something I fear we might not know, and without the consciousness of mankind, we never will.

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Not long after the world was prematurely changed, and forced into a final era of living, a maverick jumped the gun and released the being known as Zeygram into the world. Gathering the courage I could, as well as a poor soul that looked up to me in battle, and a comrade named Compass. I decided to engage the beast in an attempt to see if I could harm him.

With great speed I ran from one side of the world to the other in search of the demon, to be finally told that he was spotted in Remora. Traveling forth, I met with my comrade, and engaged the might Zeygram. Slashing furiously with my flaming sword, I came to the conclusion that he isn't going to be taken down with raw force alone. As he appears to be able to see everything that is happening, and he slayed the young warrior that had followed me into battle.

With the help of Compass, we locked the demon into a room, only to find that he has the ability to teleport out of his imprisonment.

Later on, in another attempt to destroy the great demon, I gathered together 7 warriors. While they may not have all been the strongest, they made up for it in heart. Compass, Accomplice, Cherry, Argonus, Firefox, Jimbo Jambo, and myself unlocked the door barring the queens chamber, and ran in to engage her in a hoped attempt at luring Zeygram into her chamber to watch them do battle.

Avast it was a failed attempt. With the brute force attacking her, and the aide of our healers we managed to hurt the queen slightly, however it was to no avail, as she regenerates faster than we can harm her. After a strained battle, we were disappointed that Zeygram never showed up, and we all perished in the futile attempt.

As some of you may have read previously, Zeygram was released upon the world during the second era causing 5 heroes to sacrifice their souls to once again imprison him, bringing peace to the world once again. After this happened, everyone woke up in a brand new world. Much research was ensued and we discovered that the manastorm was not the cause of the worlds troubles, but in fact the life source of the world itself. When times get tough, the manastorm would swallow the world to cleanse it and then recreate it as best it could from memory. This is the reason why the changing of an era would cause the world to be altered.

However, this was not the case which brought us to a final era. Many have come to understand that Zeygram was once human, or humans(just a thought), but nobody is sure where he or they came from. However, he was sealed under the earth.

Nearing the end of the third era Nefaros, Beledim the lightbringer, and the skeletal wizard, three beings whom used to be humans named Sothriam, Medda, and Calpha whom had changed into monsters by their own will joined together to form the Crimson Queen. A being whom we are assuming is as strong as Zeygram himself. She is said to be against Zeygram but as a monster I doubt she can be trusted.

The Crimson Queen, or rather Nefaros, Beledim and The Skeletal Wizard had stolen the power of the manastorm causing the world to be unable to cleanse itself. When the act of the three began to happen, the world attempted to cleanse itself during the transformation. This is when it appears that the Crimson Queen stole the power of the storm, and now that it has no power left. The world will remain the way it appears.

Unfortunately, the whereabouts of The Crimson Queen is unknown, and if we do not destroy Zeygram upon his next release, humanity will be lost forever.

As the manastorm grew out of control in the Stolen Lands and the Mavericks grew in numbers, one being stood out. A Maverick known as Orinasu gathered three objects, an unknownflower, a soulstone, and a jesteregg. Combining these items he completed the ritual and broke the seal on Zeygram.

Being released, Zeygram's force broke the seals on the settlements, no longer protecting them from the monsters that wandered freely.

Appearing in the Arms of Fate, Zeygram traveled south towards Serpants Path. I, Oriole, with the help of Stasus, a Maverick siding with the humans met him here and attempted to destroy him, but it was a bitter attempt. Stasus being a Maverick was of little use against the evil, being of evil decent, his presence merely helped the demon recover his own. Without Stasus, I followed Zeygram west towards Morestine where I eventually lost his trail.

Finding myself of no use against him physically, I looked towards the stars and pleaded, giving up my soul as two others had done before me.

In the end, 5 heroes, namely Cherrysoda, Claviarm, Oriole, Lavarion, and Claviarm II suffered the same fate, giving up their souls in order to seal Zeygram once more.

The third era has begun, a time of peace. However, it won't last long. Zeygram's seal won't last forever and until he is destroyed, his destruction will return.

It is time for heroes to rise up, to join forces and prepare for Zeygram properly. Arm yourselves if you're brave enough, and join the fight!