Nusutto Kōza

盗人講座
Developer(s)	"w-n" Nakanishi Wataru
Publisher(s)	Independent
Designer(s)	"w-n" Nakanishi Wataru GOMA (illustrations)[1]
Engine	RPG Tsukūru 2000
Platform(s)	Microsoft Windows
Release date(s)	2001
Genre(s)	Adventure game, role-playing game
Mode(s)	Single player
Media/distribution	Download

Nusutto Kōza (盗人講座^?, lit. "Thief Lectures") is a Japanese language freeware adventure and role-playing game created with RPG Tsukūru 2000 by Nakanishi Wataru (中西 亘). The game has received several prizes, i.e. Enterbrain's Internet Contest Park^[2][3] and Enterbrain Game Contest,^[4] and Freem's Free Game Awards.^[5] Also, the game was fan-translated into Traditional Chinese by Chen Yueshen (陳 躍升), and released on 16 April, 2004 as Dàorén Jiǎngzuò (盜人講座). The Chinese version was once covered in a Taiwanese newspaper China Times.

Game description

Sprite characters, including the player character, move along vertically and horizontally on 2D maps made out from sprite chipsets. Regarding sprites, the game largely depends on the Run Time Package (RTP) and those used in Hanayome no Kammuri, an RPG Tsukūru 2000 sample game, whilst its music contains free-to-use materials, especially those posted on the DigiFami Ongakudō,^[1] along with the RTP. The game's story is centered on Toredo Napparupa (トレド・ナッパルパ), a novice thief, and mostly develops at a town of thieves called Misuto (ミスト). The game lacks combats in most part of the gameplay, and contains a number of side-quests and alternate endings.

Story

The story begins as Prince Rettō (レットー) and his vassals escaped from their castle which had just been thwarted by the Empire (帝国). Whilst his men hope for re-building of their country, the Donaparuto Kingdom (ドナパルト王国), Rettō thinks this a chance to become a thief, which he personally dreamed of from his childhood. After somehow letting his men admit him entering Misuto, he attends on the first lecture for thieves, disguising himself as Toredo Napparupa, an aspring thief. Through lectures he gets familiar with his classmates and townspeople; meantime, the Empire starts stealthily watching Misuto as they realized Rettō was in there.

References

1. ^ ^{a b} http://www5c.biglobe.ne.jp/~w-n/material.htm(Japanese) Retrieved on 2007-4-28
2. ^ Winners of the Internet Contest Park, May 2001(Japanese) Retrieved on 2007-4-28
3. ^ インターネットコンテストパーク総合人気作品第2位(Japanese) Retrieved on 2007-4-28
4. ^ 第5回エンターブレインゲームコンテスト コンストラクションソフト作品部門(Japanese) Retrieved on 2007-4-28
5. ^ FREE GAME AWARDS 2003(Japanese) Retrieved on 2007-4-28

External links

Official websites:

• http://www5c.biglobe.ne.jp/~w-n/n0.html(Japanese)
• http://myweb.hinet.net/home8/happyroy/nusutto/(Chinese (Taiwan))