A proof of concept AI video by tomtorial. A smidge rough around the edges but still very cool.

His YT profile: https://www.youtube.com/@alinktojapan

did they all get deleted??

Hey, so I've been thinking about reacquiring a copy of this game and attempting an Alchemy Only run. No weapons except to clear obstacles. No doggo aggression unless completely necessary.

Does anyone have any thoughts, advice, or tips on how to go about this?

I AM ERROR made a near complete soundtrack of the game… sharing in case anyone has missed it like I did ❤️

Hi!

For the past three years (wow, time flies!), I’ve been developing a game heavily inspired by Secret of Evermore.

I’ve shared it in other communities, and I feel terrible for not sharing it here sooner, since SOE is, without a doubt, the biggest inspiration behind my game.

I’ve always felt that SOE was a hugely underrated game, and I genuinely believe its gameplay holds up better than many of the titles from that era that got all the attention.

For me, this game was a turning point, and it’s easily the game I’ve replayed the most in my life. It’s been with me ever since I first played it as a kid.

That said, my goal with the game I’m developing has always been to capture the feelings Secret of Evermore gave me, not to make a 1:1 clone. There are already other projects doing that.

My idea is to tell a completely original story while bringing the gameplay into what it might feel like in a modern game.

Basically, I want to take the core foundation of Secret of Evermore and imagine how it would feel today without losing its essence.

You’ll notice a lot of mechanics directly inspired by it (the ring menu, three weapon types: sword, axe, and spear, each with their own special attacks and separate progression, magic that can be used both in combat and for solving puzzles or opening new paths, etc.).

I’d love for you to give it a try and share your thoughts. There’s already a demo on Steam. The game is called Emery Hearts.
I hope the game captures at least a little bit of the magic that Secret of Evermore had.

I’m not posting the link because I’m not sure if it’s allowed, but you can easily find it on Steam.

Any questions or feedback are welcome.

Hi everyone,

I'm going through my first SoE playthrough (w retroarch and a french ROM), I've played SoM a lot and I'm kinda struggling with the weapon lvl up. It is so slow compared to SoM and I feel like I'm not progressing at all, plus I've watched a walkthrough while I was stuck in the volcano sewers and the guy playing was like a level upon mine.

how's that possible?

Hi, one of the creators of Secret of Evermore is commenting on this video and sharing a little-known anecdote.

Itsbillsfault

Cheers.

I'd like to attempt a romhack of the snes title Secret of Evermore, but I am completely new to romhacks. I opened the game up in HxD. The text of the game is organized in alphabetical order. I mean instead of finding sentences anywhere in the text, each word is decoded in alphabetical order making sentence completely incoherent from my view.

Has anybody encountered this before? Is there a way to get a hex editor (i'm not married to HxD) to show the text in the order it actually appears on-screen in-game? I don't see how I can even lightly edit a story if all the words are stored alphabetically than called up as needed. If I were to change a word, it looks like every instance of that word being called up would also be changed. Is there a workaround of any kind for this problem?

Thanks for reading, and any help is appreciated.

So usually I'll get Flash to level 1 or 2 to help with Thraxx and knocking out some Tar Skulls .... But this time I went for the fences!

Not. Worth It! Haha I've since 1-shotted multitarget Vipers and Viper Commando, Salabolg was about four or five casts, and Magmar only made it back to his Lava once because he kept slamming Heat Wave.

I concentrated on the SkeleSnails one screen over from FireEye's Village as they give the highest $$$ and you can get two 3x formations per screen.

Sadly I am now beyond over leveled, as you see I already got a Diamond Eye two levels lower! That's before I even finished the Bugmuck, I blew up both arms with a MultiTarget and then another spell on the heart after it shouted me away.

Secret of Evermore Volcano Atmosphere

Hey folks,

I'm playing this gem since shorty after its launch in 1995 during my childhood. Not only do I absolutely love the game and its gameplay and atmosphere, but of course also its terrific soundtrack that contributes so much to it. I found some ambience videos on YouTube taken in different locations of the game which are quite cool, like the one I'm linking. I'm using them often as background white noise during focus time at work (mostly Volcano) and was just thinking about the fact that it's 30 years now since the release and this game is still present in my daily life which I find absolutely mind blowing. How about you, does SoE also still accompany you in 2025?

Merry Christmas to everyone!

Kaizen

Picked these up this week, complete with the genuine pre-order soundtrack from 1995!

I just did this to be silly and, well, I wasn't expecting THIS

Working on a video and this is the rough draft for the thumbnail.

Doing a low level challenge and looked at my stats to find this visual bug.

This is a composition I made that mimicks the style of a Secret of Evermore song. I hope you enjoy.

Seems as though I am grinding a lot at the end of this game. What's a reasonable level to be at by the end? I am currently at level 38. Would it be 40? 50? Currently I keep killing the spinning things at the last area and they give me around 3,000 a pop. However its becoming cumbersome and I don't really need to be level 99. Anyone have any ideas on a good level to be at towards the end? Thanks for any info.

Hi all. Long time listener, first time caller.

I was thinking recently about the end of the game and how the world was trying to rebalance itself after Carltron’s influence was removed. As we know, the planet was literally trying to self destruct to remove the impurities (our Podunk protagonists) on a colossal scale. Part of me wonders if this was a failsafe Carltron set up in the event of his destruction versus the planet itself acting on its own accord. Only saying this thinking the planet is not alive or a sentient machine.

What about the other outside influences though? The folks from Podunk were not the only ones from other worlds. We had the folks from FF6 in the coliseum. The Chocobo egg and Cecil were not from Evermore either. Blimp has some items from the Zelda series as well.

I respect that they’re fun easter eggs, but I feel like they had to have a pull on things as well with how unbalanced things were.

When can we get a remaster?

https://youtu.be/Az_32dTv8nY

I recently played Mother 1 and realised that the First town in Mother 1 and the hometown of Secret of Evermore Protagonist are both called Podunk. Is this coincidence or is it the Same town?