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Set in the high fantasy, anachronistic universe of Aia, each Aveyond game centers around a protagonist inevitably tasked with saving the world. The series is spread out over hundreds of years, with each individual game functioning as a stand-alone story but featuring callbacks, recurring locations, and a few recurring characters (both as cameos and party members).

Aside from Ahriman's Prophecy, which uses a real time combat engine, all of the games feature turn-based combat. Enemies are shown on screen before you encounter them, letting you prepare for battles and occasionally sneak past foes you're not yet ready to beat.

The games are fun, goofy, and I would argue examples of RPG Maker fantasy at its best. The maps are well-made and fun to explore, and the characters, while often bare-bones, have incredibly fun concepts behind them. The stories are generally simplistic, but frequently play with fantasy/RPG tropes in interesting ways. If you're someone who likes fleshing out storylines and characters for yourself as you play a game, these games are perfect for you - the ideas are compelling but leave you a lot of room to work with.

Taking off my formal reviewer voice to say I've been obsessed with this series since I first played them over ten years ago. They're funny, charming, and uniquely compelling. There's really just a magic in them I haven't found elsewhere. I really recommend giving the free trial a shot - you'll probably get an idea pretty fast if this sort of game is for you or not.

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Although often neglected in histories of the RPG Maker scene, the first Aveyond game was among one of the first commercial Western RPG maker games, and the series played a formative role in English-speaking, high fantasy focused RPG Maker communities.

In addition to its absence from general RPG maker fan communities, the official website has pared down significantly over the years, going from a niche but lively forum and tangled web of blog posts to just a forum, to finally just a storefront for the series itself. In this (rather sudden) process, tons of fanworks, resources, and history was lost.

Essentially, it makes me sad that so much about Aveyond has disappeared, so I decided to make my own website to preserve and share what I can. In the immediate future, the Archive page will share interviews, reviews, and other interesting tidbits I've saved over the years, and the Resources page will include links to various places to find information about the games, walkthroughs, etc. In the long term, I hope to write my own walkthroughs for the games to help new and returning players.

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