The Shining Source

March 2024

• Adventurers Unbound has some really neat scripting

June 2023

• Immunity Force Released!

January 2023

• Adventurers Unbound - Demo v1.3 Released

September 2022

• Legends of Salamanca - New Demo Available!

August 2022

• Legends of Salamanca

May 2022

• Sneak peak at Adventurers Unbound's "Hillford" town
• Adventurers Unbound - Complete Demo Available!

June 2021

• The Legend of Syro gets shops, costumes, and more!

October 2020

• The Engine of Chaos is getting some updates

September 2020

• The Shining Source turns 20

August 2020

• War of Velana - Demo released

December 2019

• Mega Force 2 Released!

October 2019

• War of Velana
• Shining Pod

May 2019

• Ballad of Thuriana
• Shining Force Unity

April 2019

• Legacies of Veridocia - Demo 2.5 released

February 2019

• Legacies of Veridocia - Demo #2 Footage

October 2018

• The Engine of Chaos

May 2018

• Beta testers needed for LoS

April 2018

• Kings of Ember 0.6.1 released
• The Legend of Syro - Beta 1.0
• Project Update – April 8th, 2018
• The Legend of Syro - Now with Shops

March 2018

• Kings of Ember v0.6 Released

February 2018

• "Amreen: Instrument of Revolution" Demo
• The Legend of Syro development update

December 2017

• Kings of Ember 0.5.1 released
• Project Nekoforce
• It's time for a Christmas Battle!!
• New Project - Kings of Ember

November 2017

• The Legend of Syro - Chapter 1 released

July 2017

• New demo released for The Legend of Syro

May 2017

• Shining Force II Minecraft - Granseal

April 2017

• New battle cutscenes for The Legend of Syro

February 2017

• The Legend of Syro playthrough

October 2016

• A new Shining Force fan game

March 2016

• New demo available

February 2016

• The Legend of Syro - Battle cutscene preview
• Project Update – February 3rd, 2016

January 2016

• Mega Force - Final release now available!

July 2015

• The Legend of Syro

December 2014

• Harmonia Tactics - Demo 1.4.3 Released

September 2014

• Shining Force PC source code now on Github

July 2014

• Legacies of Veridocia Demo Released
• The Wanderer Of The Worlds - Version 1.0

April 2014

• Early beta uploaded of Shiny Sword: TDD

February 2014

• New Harmonia Demo Released!

March 2013

• Mega Force - First Demo Available!

August 2012

• Shining Force Central RPG Launches!
• Shining Force PC - Summer 2012 Update
• Harmonia Kickstarter Needs YOU!

July 2012

• Harmonia Gets a Facelift

May 2012

• Shining MUD is now Tales of Harmonia
• Shining Force MUD

August 2011

• New Version of Shining Force PC Released
• Shining Force Minecraft Textures
• New Shining-Style MMO Project
• Shining Force Game Development Toolkit
• Shining Force Central Redesign Completed

May 2011

• About progress on BABS
• BABS 3 in development

February 2011

• Shining Force PC Demo Available
• Shining Online – Demo 4 Video
• The Ultimate Shining Project
• Shining Force 2 Character Sprites Done

November 2010

• Help Save the Shining Force Series!

August 2010

• Popup battle screen
• Sketches (Imp, Gaurd, and background)
• New Spark Screenshots
• The gaurds
• A few new screen shots

July 2010

• Project screenshots added
• Project Pages Polished
• A New Batch of Content
• Ye Olde News

April 2010

• Update – April 14th, 2010
• New Shining Force PC Engine

March 2010

• New Tatakai videos

January 2010

• Project Update – January 29th, 2010
• Quick site update
• BABS 2.5 – Source Released

November 2009

• Shining Force 2 Remake - Source Released

September 2009

• Shining Online Update – September 11th, 2009
• Tales from the Good Old Days
• New Project: Gathering Light

August 2009

• Cool little project: Undeadly

February 2009

• Shining Force 2 Remake updated

January 2009

• Shining Guitar website released

September 2008

• Shining Force 2 Remake - Demo Released!
• BABS BETTER? Lycadell Campaign of SSCS?

August 2008

• Shining Guitar

July 2008

• Shining Force 2 Enemy Sprites – All done!
• It has begun…
• Shining Online – How we did AI

June 2008

• Site Update – June 16th, 2008
• The SF:RPG rule book is here!

April 2008

• Dark Resurrection - More screens!

March 2008

• Moving (again)

January 2008

• Brand new Dark Resurrection Screens

October 2007

• Site Update - October 26th, 2007
• More Dark Resurrection Screens
• Site update - October 19th, 2007

September 2007

• TavernRPG needs your help

April 2007

• We're Back

January 2007

• Grid based movement
• Dark Resurrection - Bug testers required
• New article uploaded
• Walk Cycle video using Camtasia
• Dark Resurrection - Movie Time !
• Animation success and a sprite sheet
• A look at the SO Editor
• Javascript Engine: Proof Of Concept
• Sparks Wii interuption
• A few site tweaks

December 2006

• Notice anything different?

September 2006

• Shining Flash has a new URL
• More models and the engine
• "Dark Furniture"

June 2006

• Shining Force III Articles
• Shining Song - New Project Site
• June 4th, 2006
• The 3d look.
• 2 new projects!
• Alive

January 2006

• Dark Resurrection - The Holy Ark
• Dark Resurrection - More Screenshots
• Shiny Sword bug solved!

November 2005

• Direct link
• Loolarge's Game - Cool Video

September 2005

• Bowie Online: New Progress
• Newts is leaving TSS
• More graphics for TRAP
• Graphics Pack

August 2005

• Shining MUD
• SFFC ROM patch released!
• Loolarge Game
• DR lighting experiment
• Loolarge making progress

July 2005

• We're back.

June 2005

• New DR screenshots!
• SFW webmaster resurfaces!

May 2005

• More graphics
• Wanted: Visual Basic 6 guru
• Interface
• XSI connection
• Sprites and animations
• Shining Online
• BABS 2.25 released ;)
• More BABS screenshots
• BABS update + screenshot

April 2005

• Added opponent talk to BABS
• More DR3D models :)
• BABS 2.10 out!
• Fresh DR3D screenshots
• SF:TA update
• Working fulltime
• Shining Stalkers Updated

March 2005

• Penn Pong Cheats
• Shining Flash Q&A
• Multiplayer Shining Battles
• A Shake up at Bowie Online
• BABS 2.01 out :)

February 2005

• BABS 2.0 is out!
• First Loolarge demo released!
• New Project in the works!
• SF:TA Characters
• Worklog begins
• Tateru development begins

January 2005

• SFTA Phoenix Demo
• Tatakai v1.4 out!
• BABS 2 Beta out

December 2004

• BABS2 Screenshots :)
• Happy Christmas
• Wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!!!
• Another Shiny Sword update
• SSC Update
• Shining Force is No More!
• Bowie Online To be released
• Dark Resurrection update

November 2004

• SFTA HQ Contest winner
• We're not dead ;)
• SFTA HQ Contest ended
• Shining Mania - Shut down

October 2004

• SHF webring membership
• Uploaded Stordarth's Graphics
• SF:TA HQ contest part 3
• T.R.A.P. launched!

September 2004

• Shining Tears
• More info on new project!
• Dark Resurrection update!
• New fan game in the works.
• Shining Flash Console.
• More Shining Force screenshots
• New Shining Force screenshots!

August 2004

• SFFC remake
• Bowie Online 1st TSS News Update
• SF:TA Maps, Calendar & Items
• Adding news accounts...
• The future of TSS.
• SFTA : HQ contest part III
• Yet another Shining Force?
• SF:TA HQ Contest P2 Results

July 2004

• 2 new projects added :)
• Bee-ware!
• Bouncy Ball found again!
• Tatakai update

June 2004

• A few changes...
• SF:TA Update
• First serious SF GBA site open
• DR Screens added
• Shining Memory released!
• Downage :/
• SFW is back!

May 2004

• Shining Odyssey update
• Dark Resurrection update
• Tatakai update
• Shining Truth update
• Shining Flash update
• Shining Valour update
• Fresh tileset from Peter!
• Two project updates!
• Interesting perhaps?
• Legend of Atlantis update
• DSC update
• SF:TA update
• Shiny Sword update
• Big TSS project update!
• Various news
• Shining Odyssey added
• Shining Flash Newsflash!
• Heaps of stuff from DeathsGate
• Fresh SV release
• New Project Announced!

April 2004

• Sega opens new Shining website
• Updating & updating...
• Shining Source Alpha Version up!

January 2004

• Hmm, i never knew about this!
• Shining FLash Update
• Shining Odyssey demo - available here!
• New Shining Force game for the GBA!
• Shining Force Resurrected?
• New Shining Odyssey demo out!

December 2003

• SF:TA x-mas tech demo released :)
• Granseal is back
• Major Shining Valour site update
• Dark Resurrection Screenshots released!

November 2003

• Fresh Shining Project dots the scenery!
• TSS Re-design - Have your say!
• Shining Odyssey screenshots!
• SO truly revived!
• Shining Online - revived!
• What happened to the SSC updates?
• Interview with bEn and Grom posted
• Portrait artist required!

October 2003

• Shiny Sword update

August 2003

• New Article Added!
• SF Vedmak demo 1 released
• Can I use your graphics? ;)
• Interviews III
• Interviews aplenty - part II
• Interviews aplenty!
• Shining Odyssey 0.2 released!
• Some noise

July 2003

• Tremendous silence

June 2003

• The end of an era?

May 2003

• Demo 3B is here

April 2003

• Goin' down a storm
• Today's the day!
• Fan art competition extended
• No surprises...
• Shining Text released!
• SMEE Update
• About Shining Force Central
• Uploaded Acebloke's Shining War
• Fan art competition
• Off-topic: Sars Cure

March 2003

• Demo 4 release date (again)
• Phase 2 commences!
• Word Association Thread doing well...
• Penn Pong 2 is up!

February 2003

• Making of Demo 4...
• Worklog - February 20th, 2003
• Online progress
• Some news
• 2000 Downloads and still going!

January 2003

• Happy Birthday Newts!

December 2002

• Brief Demo Update...
• Wooops!
• One day away!
• Brief Status Update...
• Deadlines deadlines...

November 2002

• Worklog - November 28th, 2002
• SODA!
• Shining OnLAN?

October 2002

• Newsletter and news...
• Worklog - October 27th, 2002
• Shining Online canned

September 2002

• Still here...
• Note from Newts about me :p

August 2002

• New Shining Online site released!
• Anything you can do...

July 2002

• 1000! Hurrah!
• Shining Online Mailing List

June 2002

• Small site update and more!
• Worklog - June 19th, 2002
• Some minor update...

March 2002

• Progress Report
• Worklog - March 15th, 2002
• Smash Software page down...

February 2002

• Our new logo
• Ye New Blah
• New Site Stuff

January 2002

• Shining Flash :)
• Won’t be around for the weekend.
• Progress slowly picking up..
• Sorry for the silence, but I’ve been busy 8)
• My work on Shining Online
• Verge Olympics stuff 8)
• Dev’s useless fact of the day.
• More Shining Goodness!
• Worklog - January 2nd, 2002

December 2001

• Worklog - December 31st, 2001
• Happy New Year 8)
• Have a New, New Year!
• A small and late Christmas present…
• A sneak peak into the new Shiny Sword site…
• Shiny Sword officially “Off Hold”.
• Merry X-Mas
• It's here...
• Shining Online Demo 3
• Some more Demo releases!
• Worklog - December 23rd, 2001
• Real big!!
• Devlyn presents: the Fireball
• Exams finished for me to...
• Worklog - December 18th, 2001
• Finally! No more exams 8)
• Worklog - December 9th, 2001
• Explanation for the recent lack of updates
• Worklog - December 2nd, 2001
• Still here...

November 2001

• Worklog - November 25th, 2001
• Not a lot...
• Worklog - November 18th, 2001

October 2001

• Been a while 8)
• Shining.8k.com -> Shining Force World

September 2001

• Shining Online stuff
• TSS on indefinate hold
• Sometimes big crap happens.
• Minor Things

August 2001

• Updated the TSS history page
• Another music post…
• Music III – The Proof Of The Pudding
• Music II
• Music
• Examinations coming up.
• Made a little banner for the site :)
• Did this a few days ago already but ah well.. :)
• First Mavellantica battle map done
• Oi!

July 2001

• Tracking part II
• Nothing’s what is seems to be..
• Not much…
• Mavellantica is done