Shining In Mind
Release date: May 10, 2025
Developers: TANG WEIMING
Publishers: TANG WEIMING
Genres: Indie, RPG, Simulation, Strategy
Categories: Single-player, Steam Achievements, Family Sharing
Supported languages: English, Japanese, Simplified Chinese, Traditional Chinese

An homage to the Shining Force series (up to the third installment). This game has a relatively large number of characters and a rich storyline. Based on a fictional continent and story background, it describes the protagonist's journey from weakness to strength. This game has branching storylines and high difficulty, which may require players to try multiple times. This game belongs to the hardcore JRPG genre and does not have a so-called beginner guide, but will provide text prompts and all key combat function buttons will provide prompts. The game mainly describes the story of the protagonist, who is located in the territory of the Republic of Sekir on the continent of Zorode, and is tasked with turning the tide in times of danger This game adopts a retro weak interaction mode, without the existence of so-called overhead exclamation marks. All elements are prompted in the conversation with the NPC The game adopts a 45 degree oblique perspective, and players can hold down the right mouse button and move the mouse to rotate the perspective horizontally. In combat scenes, a character has four orientations: front, back, left, right, and always has a weak point behind them. When the four arrows above the controlled character appear, rolling the mouse wheel can change the character's orientation The game has numerous collection elements. You can recruit special and interesting companions through corresponding storylines, and collect special props and weapons in towns and battlefields to strengthen yourself and your companions. The game has a personal backpack and warehouse to satisfy players' collection desires. The collected weapons and equipment can also be improved in quality through enhancement functions. You can use the experience gained from killing enemies on the battlefield to upgrade your level and strengthen your own abilities and those of your companions. At the same time, the game also has a rich story background, and through playing, you will gradually understand everything about it. The game is completely operated by a mouse. Left clicking on the ground with the mouse button can control the character's movement. After clicking, hold down and drag the mouse to achieve the same effect. It is important to note that in scenes where day and night alternate, different NPCs and events may occur. Various props may be scattered in towns and need to be explored by each person. The same applies to the battlefield. During battles, confirm the fish head icon, nod is yes, and shake head is no. The total number of collectible companions exceeds 12, and there may be conflicts when adding some characters. Please choose carefully. The game adopts a single main storyline and small branch structure, and your choices will affect the joining of companions and the direction of the ending. The game battle adopts a square chessboard pattern, where you can control up to 12 characters to fight against enemies on a variety of rich and varied battlefields. The characters have four orientations: front, back, left, right. When the four directional arrows appear on the character's head, you can change the character orientation by scrolling the mouse. Attacking from behind or from the side of the enemy will help you eliminate them faster. At the same time, each character has the characteristic of coordinated attack. When a character launches an attack on an enemy unit from a non rear melee range, any adjacent character that can be attacked by ordinary attacks will assist in attacking the enemy unit accordingly. At the same time, each controlled character has their own special skills, which can be used appropriately. The, It will make you invincible on the battlefield. The action sequence of game characters on the battlefield will be calculated based on their agility and weight, among other related data. This is a hidden attribute, and memorizing the character's action sequence will make your battles more skillful