Shining Force 1 - Fan Remake

Shining Force Reimagined: Chapter One (AI-Assisted (obviously) Tactical RPG Remake)

A complete, from-the-ground-up reimagining of the 1992 Sega Genesis classic Shining Force: The Legacy of Great Intention, A turn-based tactical RPG . I rebuilt this using rebuilt using AI assets but I built editors to easily replace that with real assets if an artist ever joined in.

In the peaceful Kingdom of Guardiana, young swordsman Max awakens to find his homeland under sudden attack by the invading forces of Runefaust. Evil forces seek to reopen the Shining Path and resurrect the ancient Dark Dragon. Assemble the Shining Force, recruit powerful allies, explore the world, and lead your party in tense, turn-based tactical battles to save the land of Rune!

Core Gameplay

The game splits into two main parts:

• Town Exploration — Walk around towns, talk to NPCs, recruit new party members (over 10 unique characters in this chapter one build), shop for weapons and items, and advance the story.

• Tactical Battles — Large grid-based battlefields where you control up to 12 party members at a time. Combat is fully turn-based:
  • Units move a set number of squares based on their Move stat.
  • You can attack, cast spells, use items, and how use abilities and advance your skilltree.

• Positioning, terrain, range, and character classes (knights, mages, archers, centaurs, etc.) are crucial.

It’s a perfect mix of story, character recruitment, and deep tactical strategy.

What Makes This Remake Special

This isn’t a simple port, remaster, or ROM hack — it’s a full passion-project overhaul built from scratch over nearly 3 months:

• All new Visuals — Completely new art style and assets currently AI with as much touchup as I could do.

• Brand New Soundtrack — Fully redone music that captures the epic feel of the classic while sounding modern and immersive.
• New Progression Systems — Skill trees and unique abilities for every character, letting you build and specialize your party like never before.

• Expanded World & Story(WIP) — New NPCs , new dialogue, and new Towns.
• Modern Quality-of-Life Upgrades — Completely new menu system, difficulty selection new Enemy AI , new priest and shop menus .

• Faithful Core Gameplay — Still the classic Shining Force experience you love: explore towns, recruit heroes, prepare your party, then fight on grid-based battlefields where positioning, terrain, and turn order (based on agility) matter. 

Current Status Chapter One:

•  fully complete andplayable 
• 90% done with bug fixing and AI art cleanup  
• Full battle animations and cinematic cutscenes are not done yet. 

This is a passion project of  my favorite video game as a child. If you grew up with Shining Force you may really enjoy a playthrough of this. 

More chapters are planned — this is just the beginning of the reborn Shining Force saga!