The Legend of Dragoon: Dragon Campaign (a fan prequel)

Eleven thousand years before the legend, humanity lived in chains beneath an empire in the sky. Until seven rose.

Dragon Campaign is a free, unofficial fan prequel to The Legend of Dragoon (1999). It tells the story of the Dragon Campaign: Zieg, Rose, Shirley, Belzac, Kanzas, Damia and Syuveil, the first Dragoons, and the war that broke the Winglies' hold on the world.

WHAT'S IN IT

- The whole war: a prologue, fourteen chapters, an epilogue, and an evening after the credits.

- Timed-press Additions in the style of the original, with Perfects, counters and Break Runes.

- Dragoon transformations, each with its own spells and its own timing game for its attacks.

- Two stances for every hero, switched mid-battle: a tank, a healer, a bard with a lyre, a knife-thrower, a tactician.

- Big bosses with phases, telegraphed attacks and mechanics to learn.

- Bounty hunts, a forge that turns rare parts into unique gear, side quests, and a bestiary.

- Dragon's Dream: a separate roguelite mode with relics, events and a different run every time.

- Easy, Normal and Hard, changeable any time.

HOW TO PLAY

- In your browser: https://dragon-campaign.pages.dev (Chrome or Edge on a computer works best).

- On Windows 10 or 11: download the Windows zip, extract it, and run "Install Dragon Campaign.bat" (or "Dragon Campaign.exe" without installing). Windows may warn that the app isn't recognised, because it isn't code-signed: click "More info", then "Run anyway".

CONTROLS

Keyboard or gamepad (Xbox or PlayStation style). The mouse isn't used, so phones and tablets aren't supported.

- Move / choose: arrow keys or WASD

- Confirm, and the timing presses in battle: Z, Enter or Space

- Back, and counters: X or Backspace

- Menu: C or Tab

- Walk softly: Shift

- Controls page: F1 or P

- Fullscreen (desktop app): F11

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

- A computer with a graphics card or chip from the last several years.

- Browser version: Chrome or Edge (WebGPU) works best. Firefox and Safari use the WebGL2 fallback. The game downloads each area as you reach it, about 1.4 GB over a whole playthrough.

- Desktop version: Windows 10 or 11, about 2 GB of free space.

- If it runs slowly: Menu -> Config -> Graphics -> Low.

SAVES

Save at the glowing save points; the game also keeps an autosave after every scene and battle (Continue -> Autosave), which never replaces your own saves. In the browser, saves live in that browser: now and then, use "Saves" on the title screen to save them to a file (it also carries them to another browser or computer). Clearing your browser's site data deletes browser saves.

AI DISCLOSURE

This project was made with the help of AI tools: Anthropic's Claude (the programming, and the story and dialogue, written to the creator's direction), OpenAI image generation (concept art, scenes and portraits), Meshy and Tripo3D (3D models), ElevenLabs (music, sound effects and voices) and MoGe-2 (scene depth). Character animation uses motion capture from the 100STYLE dataset (CC BY 4.0) and the Bandai Namco Research Motion Dataset (CC BY-NC 4.0).

LEGAL

This is a free, non-commercial fan project. It is not affiliated with or endorsed by Sony Interactive Entertainment. The Legend of Dragoon is a trademark of Sony Interactive Entertainment. No assets from the original game are used: all art, models, music and story in this project were made for it. It will never be sold.