A Brief Introduction to The Bitian Story

In the distant time and space, there is a magical continent, on which two countries are established. One is called Central Federal Bitian Union (CFBU), the other is called Termish Empire (TE). It remains unknown whether there are other unexplored countries.

The story is mainly focused on six characters living in CFBU.
CFBU consists of four city states, namely Bitcity, Yolihah, Shinora and Reteree, among which Bitcity is the capital and is far more important than all other city states. This is why CFBU is a central federal republic. It is a federal country with Bitcity as the center. When the city states vote in the Central Federal Congress, Bitcity has three votes, while the other city states have only one. CFBU has advanced bionic and electronic technology, as well as an especially futuristic building design. However, magic still exists in this country, making CFBU a mixture of tech and magic. UNIMADE smartphones, the product of the Central Federal Administration of Electronic Manufacturing, is extremely popular among people in CFBU.
People in CFBU call themselves Bitians.

There are six major characters in CFBU.

Genius, as the main male character, uses a bow as his weapon. Not only does he pursue archery skills, but also he’s very keen on bionic technology. Genius is very open-minded, ready to learn everything, thus has the broadest horizon in all the major characters.

Basic skill: Launches a exploding energy arrow that deals damage in an area of effect.

Yosin, as the main female character, takes the role of a healer. She is caring, full of sympathy and very optimistic. Her words are especially inspiring, boosting everyone around her. Everyone loves to make friends with Yosin.

Passive skill: Nearby allies get extra range and armor.

Active skill: Heals an injured ally to full health.

It is worth mentioning that since Yosin gives extra range, she is the best partner of Genius. Genius would shoot farther in the presence of Yosin.

However, Yosin is extremely weak at the beginning, even weaker than some ordinary soldiers! She’s going to do something to become stronger and more independent... (She managed to do so)

Canida (Ka-nai-da) is another major character. He is brave and power-worshipping, making him a good warrior, or to be more exact, berserker. Canida believes that everything can be done with sufficient power, which is not so close from true...

Basic skill: The next attack deals double damage. (As a damage-oriented character, Canida could instakill most ranged hero with one hit with the basic skill.)

Shiyu (Shee-yoo) is a young and attractive girl characterized by her dual horsetail hairstyle. Her great charm can even attract enemies, making them fight on Shiyu’s side. Shiyu is even weaker than Yosin, arousing the will of protection of Canida. However, Shiyu doesn’t feel good about Canida, as he is a little too crude...

Passive skill: Enemies defeated by Shiyu instantly fight by her side.

Active skill: Fires a heart that can instantly covert an enemy into an ally.

Felida (Fe-lee-da) is the main wizard character. He is greatly focused on the way the world works. He majors in fire magic, but also learns many other types of magic. As a straight A student, he is always ready to pass on his knowledge to others. However, unlike Genius, he doesn’t care much for things outside the magic world...

Active skill: Casts a powerful exploding fireball at the enemies.

Rebecca is a very special girl. Although girls are thought to be very weak and can only learn support magic, Rebecca is a battlemage, learning both warrior skill (with Canida) and fire wizardry (with Felida) and fighting in the frontline as Canida and the powerful knights do. In battle, Rebecca is as powerful as, if not more powerful than, the male warrior Canida. The enemies fear her fire-inbued blades...

Active skill: Performs the dance of fire with her dual fire-inbued blades, dealing damage to all enemies around her.

The six main character is united and has a name called Team YUHAN (Yoo-han). This name is proposed by Genius, the only one that knows much about the Oriental culture. YUHAN comes from the verse”校尉羽书飞瀚海” in an ancient Chinese poem called”燕歌行”, which means that members of Team YUHAN would fight together bravely everywhere and go very far.

There are three other characters that is worth mentioning. They are not Bitian, but Termish. They fight against Team YUHAN.

Termo, as the leader of Termish Empire, aims to conquer the world with advanved weaponry. He is a distinguished engineer and can combine engineering with dark magic. The Termish Cannon, designed by Termo, is widely feared and enjoys a fame equivalent to the Russian Katyusha cannon in the real world.

Basic skill: fires a solid beam of destruction, dealing great damage to enemies caught in the line.

Lotus is the queen of the cats. She is very ambitious and also aims to conquer the world. (Real-world cats also wants to conquer the world, don’t they? Why do they do so many unpleasant things? It’s obvious provocation!) Lotus is heavily armored and leads a heavy armored cat troop. These cat warriors are really durable, offensive and agile, posing a great threat to the Bitians...

Basic skill: Gains extra speed and attack.

p.s. Lotus is Termo’s wife. Why would Termo love a cat? When not in battle, Lotus takes the form of a nekomusume... that’s the ACGN stuff...

Zeszy is another very interesting character. She is a top fan of Termo, and is fascinated by Termo’s great power. She loves dark magic, so she is now a witch apprentice. As a smart girl, she learns impressively fast...

Basic skill: Instantly kills an ordinary enemy unit and heals to full health.

So that’s all the characters that are worth mentioning.Let’s move on to the plot design.

The initial game takes the form of battle chess. The rules of battle chess will be written in another document, since it has little to do with the background and plot. The game is divided into several chapters, with each chapter reflects a certain period of time in the character’s life.

Chapter One: Encounter Difficulty: Easy

In this chapter, the basic rules are introduced to the player. After that, the player goes through some easy levels to get to know the characters’ ability and special skills. Then in some levels, the player knows the basic relationship between the characters, especially the partnership between Genius and Yosin. After a key event, the game enters the second chapter.

Key event: Yosin’s leave
As the Princess of Yolihah, the city of natural magic, Yosin’s mission is to bring the healing and inspiring magic of Yolihah to the world. However, being too weak individually largely hinders her ability. To make herself stronger, Yosin would have to go deep to the core of the Yolihah Forest and take Yolihah’s most valuable treasure, the Bracelet of Power. Taking it is not at all easy... She has to get through a series of very challenging trials. On the other side, Genius would have to fight without his best partner...

Chapter Two: Restart Difficulty: Hard
Without each other, Genius and Yosin both have a really hard time... However, the matter is not as bad as they think. They will encounter many new and interesting people...

Level design in this chapter is very special. There are two branches in this chapter, one G chapter telling the story of Genius after Yosin’s leave, forcing the player to how Genius and cooperate with other characters, one Y chapter following the steps of Yosin, giving the player many special trials. (Mini-games, Puzzles, Special Rules Battle, etc...)

This chapter is meant to be very difficult, meaning that it’s not so easy to start a new life with the taken-for-granted partner absent. Most not-so-smart people (70%+) would have to quit playing the game, or switch to an easier level of difficulty (I plan to design three difficulty levels for each game). I do this on purpose because this game (medium difficulty) is aimed to those who love tactic logic and are willing to think (Cooperation between characters will become much more important in the mid-to-late game, and it requires very good logical skill)

Chapter Three: Reunion Difficulty: Medium

As soon as Yosin gets the Bracelet of Power, there comes a bad news. Canida has made the deal with Termo, getting dark power and fighting against the CFBU. Yosin, with the Bracelet of Power, have become really powerful and more than ready to help.
Yosin finally gets together with her former partner Genius, who is much stronger than before with the bionic mechanical outer body.
The two, both much stronger than before, goes on a trip to defend against their former friend Canida...

Chapter Four: Reborn Difficulty: High

After Canida finally realizes that power is not everything, he comes back to Bitcity and fight for the light. Team YUHAN faces several difficult challenges and defend Bitcity from enemy invasions. They finally managed to stop Termish Empire from conquering the world. In this chapter, the player is required to have a deep understanding of the characters and use them flexibly in order to pass the levels.
Key Event: After the Final Fight
When the Ultimate Weapon was about to put in use, someone else managed to destory the weapon, causing it to explode! Luckily, with Yosin’s Ultimate Skill (Group Invulnability), Team YUHAN survived the ultimate explosion. Strangely Enough,the Termish also got invulnablity from the skill... Maybe they are allies now?

This is what I have now written about the game. Further game mechanism and detailed level information will be discussed in future documents. Thank you for your reading!

p.s. There is also an 1 vs. 1 standard non-campaign version of this game. This will be discussed in another document.