/rpgmg/ - RPG Maker General #180

Hello everyone how is it going with your games

>>164295619
I'm working on the menus of my game. One major common event involves (or rather should involve) moving colored rectangles around to plan your day. I'm currently trying to write scripts that allow me to do that using the game's window class.

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>>164296783
This is probably still unintelligible, but pic related is what I'm trying to create. I think I figured a way to do this efficiently using Sprite as a base class for displaying the rectangles (rather than drawing all rectangles on the main window itself).

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>>164296783
>>164298792
Nice, what do you mean by "plan your day" though?
I have made a little progress today btw, I made a shop. He will sell clubs, trinkets and stress balls which act as healing potions in my game.

>>164299084
Resource management is one of the elements of my game. The main character can perform a series of tasks; the player needs to choose when and in which order these tasks should be done. This is the "planning phase". After this phase, the MC performs all tasks in a semi-automated fashion, and may be interrupted by random events that require player actions.

Has anyone seen this Humble Bundle sale?? Just looked today and it looked pretty good. Passing on the info.

https://www.humblebundle.com/game-developer-software-bundle

>>164299408
That sounds cool and complicated, good luck with it.

Happy New Year bump

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>>164296783
>>164298792
>>164299408
That sounds super, super cool.

>>164299084
Club merchant, brilliant!

>>164295619
I've just finished a prototype for my control prompts for mini games.
Need to see how they look in game, colors might be too gaudy for the rest but I want them to be exciting, like flashing candy.

Attached is the varying combinations that'll show on screen depending on which actions the player has available.

>>164300172
Giving this a look now. I've honestly never heard of most of these, but I can definitely recommend Pyxel Edit for a dollar. I bought it for a tenner a few months ago and it's fantastic.

>>164306312
I had heard about Spriter before and apparently it's really good. It's normally like $50 USD so I think for $1 that's pretty good too. Pyxel edit is looking really cool. Have you used it for RPG maker yet? I can Imagine its good for any kind of pixel editing.

>>164305906
Your yellow buttons are much more subdued than the red. The flashing is barely noticeable in comparison.

>>164305906
Colors are good, but as the other anon said, the yellows are not flashing as much.

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>>164307523
Yeah, I've been using it for RPGMaker for a couple of months but that's not to say I'm any good, pic related, it's a game I'm making in RPGMaker atm.

>>164307727
>>164308094
You're right, I had a feeling that was the case, walked away from it for a bit, came back with fresh eyes and totally agree. Thanks!

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TOMB OF FRIENDS UPDATE
I'm eating some really good candy that a friend left at my house
The demo reached 48 downloads which is pretty good! After uploading it I entered a vegetative state and just tried to regain energy, but now that I'll start working on it again I promise that I'll keep you guys updated on the future of the game
Love ya, my friends <3

>>164308163
I think this looks really comfy but at first I thought those office chairs were tiny old ladies with dark gray hair tied into buns. Also the plant that is on the left in the bathroom looks like an ayy lmao. For more serious feedback the vending machines look thin as hell since the perspective on the tables is more "from above" so to say

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>>164308792
Haha! I'll see what I can do about those.
This is actually an old screenshot, I didn't realise until you pointed out the vending machines- I fixed this a while back and made the machines smaller as they totally dwarfed the MC.

Could probably be thicker still, but I'll do an art pass before the end.

Where can I read about linguistic phonemes I want to make up some faux mesopotamian deities, demons and spells

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How high is the
>disdain
for those who use the default art assets 'round here?

>>164310865
If you're not selling the game, I give zero fu-
>disdain

This one's free for any of you guys who lack an idea to start

>your party is composed of things on the periodic table of elements

>>164309226
Oh my, please don't mixel your pixels. The environment pixels are much larger than the pixels on the character, it looks really bad

>>164312962
I know all about the problems with mixels, and you can rest assured before release it'll be fixel'd

>>164308708
What great news to start the year.
Really looking forward to the full game!

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>>164312962
But mixels were great!

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>>164312307
How bad is it that I was immediately reminded of Metall/u/rgy when you posted that?

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Boss Room and Battler image done!

>>164315262
Looks nice

>>164315262
Nice.

>just found out "mick" used to be a slur against Irish people

I guess I have to rename my MC now. Booo.

>>164323649
Wait, what?

>>164323839

Yeah, that's some obscure shit, not really relevant at all anymore. That having been said, it wasn't super sticking as a name, and this is just another reason to change it I guess.

>>164315262
Looks great.

>>164324578
Make your MC Irish. Change his last name to O'Grady.

>>164326115
Mick O'Grady, the Irish Cop.

>>164326670
And the police force secretly hates Mick's guts but he's so good that if they let him go, the town would be rife with crime. Not only that, but they might face his devilish vengeance.

Even in death I still bump

>>164310865

Don't give a shit. An' if anyone tells you you're shit for using the out of the box stuff, tell 'em they can go fuck themselves.

Not everyone is an artist. When you draw like crap and use that as an asset, it is not endearing, brave or innovative, it's making your game look like shit.

That being said, if you're going to use basic, at least edit it enough to make the damn objects sit comfortably against the walls instead of a foot away from them. That's just common decency with which you'll not insult me.

>>164310865
Sorry anon, but I care. If you're bad at art, then you can use that in your favor to make a joke game, or at least use references to make your art suck less... but it's much better to use your custom assets because it shows you've actually put effort on your game, and even if the results of your effort suck, the effort itself is valuable and would motivate me to keep playing.

Alive

>>164308163
Nice. I think I'm going to get the bundle. But I don't know if it's worth spending the extra $9 for all the other stuff. I guess having the extra assets could save time if I wanted to make other games with other engines.

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It's almost done. This map is missing all of the NPCS. There will be little bees flying around the sunflowers, worms wriggling by the garden that you can fight, the blank area to the right of the tree is where a cow will be with her calf will be walkin around. The stump to the left of the tree has a squirrel that likes to lift weights and challenges you to a mini game.

Goal is to have 1hr demo out in 1 week, 2 weeks tops.

>>164310865
Though there is nothing wrong with using the default RTP, I highly suggest you go on the adventure of developing your music/art skills. Not only is it fun, but it gives your game a style that you developed! I'm far from a good pixel artist, but I have a great time and I hope everyone will enjoy my game when it's done.

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Work on your game Onii-chan

>>164339640

No! I'm too tired!

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>>164343726

>>164344036

Nee-chan, if you shoot me, the game will never be made. Put the gun down.

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>>164339640
I've made some okay progress

>>164344697
Stupid Onee-chan, I just want to help you to stay motivated so you can reach your dreams one day.

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>>164349745
No bully

>tfw you realize your project would sell better if it was porn

>>164349745
SPEAR! SPEAR!

>>164349745

Was it rape?

Is your MC cute?

Is this general still the "Project Never Finished"?

>>164358518
My project will be finished one day.

>>164357098
He's based off me. So, even if he were cute, his big mouth would make him pretty un-cute in a hurry

Is there anything I should get from the steam sale? Maybe a RPG one of you guys made? I want to play something instead of nodev.

>>164361617
DashBored is from here and really cheap right now.
IIRC Celia's Quest is also from here but not reduced.

>>164357098
It's a cute animal

My game is similar to Rune Factory except you can have harem.

>>164362956
I already like your game.

>>164357098

You never see the player character's face but the actual main character is kind of cute, he's a plaid-wearing skeleton for most of the game.

>>164362956
Happy, willing harem? Or enslaved/hypnotized harem?

>>164364216
Happy willing harem but
1. You have to raise the affection really high compared to monogamy.
2. It is considered cheating if you try dating someone else after confessing, that's why you confess to all of them at the same time.

How long should a random encounter take? A single round and it feels like a waste of a screen transition. Too long and exploring becomes excruciating.

>>164364932
>random encounter
Drop it and change to on-screen event that chase you.

>>164365201
Okay, forget the word "random." How long should encounters take in general? I want them to be long enough that it feels worth it to use DoT and HoT spells, but I also don't want fights to automatically be a few turns longer just to get all your buffs and debuffs active.

>>164365424
>" How long should encounters take in general?
Less than a minute.
Maybe 5 turns max.

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Good night bump
Please don't die again

>>164365424
Make sure battle flows fast.
I hate all the wait that happens in between turns.

>>164337252
Are you planning on putting it up on steam?

My turn based game is gonna have those certain overworld enemies that instakill you when you get grabbed by them in dark and scary rooms with a sound that sounds like insects crawling about+a certain sound made by taking in air with the mouth and nose at the same time

and you can't do anything to stop me

>>164332493

I dont understand this point of view. Using rtp does not mean any lack of effort or diligence towards making their own game on their part. This idea that you have to make your assets to stand out is stupid, especially if your own self made assets look like crap.

>>164372537
It won't change the fact that many people associate rtp with crap due to the shitload of shovelware that edgy teens release. People aren't always rational and first impressions sway their view.

>>164373857

That's true, I can readily admit that. Still, we are supposed to be cut above the edgy crowd here. We ought temper our expectations accordingly.

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So is the kid tab in the CG just fucked or is currently proof of concept right now?

Don't die on me.

>>164376791
Buy DLC for the parts I guess?

>>164353212
Would it, though?
Regular game:
>upload to itch. Io
>spam links around
>get feedback
>get shared on social media
>develop small fanbase

Lewd version of the same game:
>can't put on that site
>put on dlsite instead
>spam links around
>one guy from 4chan buys it
>uploads it to mega for /hgg2d/
>not social media friendly
>not lets play friendly
>not steam friendly
>nobody will publicly own or talk about it, outside of Hong fire, who'll also provide a torrent

Not all its cracked up to be.

I just flushed a bunch of earwax out of my right ear, and now things sound really loud.

>you have to buy the program before releasing your game to the masses
fug

Where do you fags get your resources? Are there any hidden gem sites out there, aside from RPGMweb and rpgmakermv.co? RPG Maker Central used to be pretty active back before MV came out but since then it's pretty much dead. There used to be tons of little websites with good resources that weren't on the official site back during the XP/VX/VXA era but there just doesn't seem to be much out there for MV, which is disappointing.

>>164381826
It's literally on sale right now, what are you waiting for?

>>164381826
I'll just release it here.
I don't need recognition.
I need my game completed first.

>>164382216
I'm incredibly uncomfortable using other people's resources. It's gotta be either my own shit or RTP for me.

>>164384335

Yeah, some 100% custom resources usually clash badly with RTP and RTP edits, which is what I'm using. But there are some really good transformative RTP edits out there.

>>164383775
I'd rather complete my game and then buy it.

>>164385704
Fair enough, it's only 50% off on steam anyways and I think it was cheaper when I bought it a couple months ago. 80% or something like that.

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Y'all making progress? I made 4 maps for the first dungeon. Since Commons' got a rework, I had to rework the sewer layout too, though I decided against calling it a sewer. Not a society that'd have it. It's Waterway now. I need like... 2-4 smaller rooms now, for smaller areas and such. Will have to edit the tileset some, I don't need stone pillars for the waterway and I could use some cracks and such. Not a place that'd have a lot of clutter, but smaller rooms I think I'll clutter up a bit since folk might have hid out, smuggled shit, etc in them.

Pic related, for the main area. The doorways are placeholders.

>>164381794
That's the best isn't it? Feels like upgrading to HD for the rest if the day! Enjoy.

>>164372537
>>164373857

It's not just a matter of associating RTP with edgy teen games. RTP is used in so many games that it won't make your characters or environment as memorable as you'd like them to be, because people can see the same resources in other games, so there is nothing special to your game at all, regardless of how good the RTP looks. And given how important graphics are to determine the feel of your game, that alone is enough to put me off from playing it. The only people who won't find a problem is those who never saw RTP or RPG Maker before, but most people will immediately recognize it, and those who don't will eventually do.

You can still use RTP for a few things, but you shouldn't use it for your entire game. The only exceptions are simple games or games that you're making to practice, but if you plan to release a standalone game that is good on its own terms, then make your own graphic assets. If people can figure out that your game is made on a specific engine by simply looking at things in-game, that's not a good signal.

>>164389578
This to be honest. I don't want to sound shallow, and I don't hate folk who use rtp, but it colors my judgement of their game if they release it that way.
In no other community would it be acceptable to make a game entirely from prefabs.

Its cool the resources are built in, but they are there because you couldn't sell the software as an all in one without it.

>>164389939
>>164389578

You do sound shallow. Both of you, for that matter. Suppose it's just a matter of opinions clashing. I wouldn't care, because I can understand why people use it. Like I said before, if you're making your own assets and they look like shit, then you're not doing anyone a favour by "standing out", least of all yourself.

>>164390342
Using RTP for the whole game because you suck at art isn't acceptable either. If you don't want it to look like the typical generic RPG Maker game, then you need to either git gud at art, hire an artist, or if it's really needed, use resources from other people that aren't the default ones.

>>164391885

>hire an artist

Here comes all the nodevs to cry about how art is too expensive to commission

>>164381595
Why not both?

>Lewd first game (since everyone tells you to make your first game free)
>Acquire large fanbase
>Less-lewd second game that gets sold

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>People talk about how RTP is fine while I plan a game with full created custom art and enough drawn scenes that some may think it could be a VN

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>>164389145
It looks nice. I'm actually working on my first dungeon too. What do you think of this song I made for it, it's not been mixed properly but the melodies are there.
https://soundcloud.com/jim-malmstr-m/comfy

Are combat useless (characters that give useful passive perks like extra gold or xp, or skills that are out of combat like heals or something, who what nothing special for combat) characters still a thing in rpgs of this generation?

>>164395686
No one enjoys grinding and everyone loves Rise Kujikawa, so go for it.

>>164394607
>>164395686

Am I having deja vu? I swear I've seen these posts before

>>164365424
This was something I recently changed in my game. Battle animations were way too long and I sped everything up drastically. One battle animation is no longer over 2 seconds, most are 1. I cannot tell you how much better it feels. You can get a few more turns in this way while making sure battles are a decent enough length to seem meaningful.

Though I disliked FFX for its characters, the battle system was astounding and I could never really figure out why, the speed of responses and animations is why. Try it out! There is also an option in Yanfly to just speed up everything in the battle by a factor and that helps too!

>>164370393
The game will be released on steam for cheap. I'm giving a % of the proceeds to no-kill animal shelters and no-cost veterinary clinics. The goal here is to get enough money to hire a small team to help with my next game, I do not plan on making money on this.

Everyone in this thread will get a free copy :)

>>164402421
>Everyone in this thread will get a free copy :)
You are a good man.

>>164402943
If it wasn't for this thread, I probably wouldn't have half of the determination to push on, regardless of IRL circumstances. All of the memes about finishing your game, the constant nagging of progress, it feeds me. Something about everyone struggling together makes me want to complete my game even more. I want to encourage everyone in this small little general to see their goals through to completion. Almost all of the ideas here are amazing and have every right to exist, and should exist. I only hope that, once released, my game will inspire people to see the capabilities of RPGMaker. I think it'd be criminal to ask for $$$ after all that this community has done for me.

>>164403770
I know exactly how you feel, I also want all of us to make it.

>>164394549
Why would the fanbase of a lewd game come together to support your future legit work?

Also, in order to do this you'd need to keep the same dev name and everything. I don't really want my lewd first game associated with me in real life.

I'm arguing against it, but I really am looking for a way I can do exactly this.

>>164394549
How about a middle ground with non-lewd waifus?

>>164403770
>Something about everyone struggling together makes me want to complete my game even more.

Yeah dude, I feel the same. It's really nice seeing the games that stand out getting ahead with their game and actually looking forward to playing their stuff.

>>164407961
My answer to that is; do you have a new Steel Zeroes demo ready yet or what?

>>164408050
Wrong anon.

>>164390342
I can accept that, and I totally agree with your logic about shit art not doing you any favours.

There are projects using stock assets that have had a lot of effort put into them in other areas- the guy in here using RTP but developing an incredibly complex FFT-esque battle system for example, but those are rare.

It sounds like the original RTP question anon is looking for permission to not bother with art, and he's totally free to, but they need to understand that a lot of people, like me, won't waste their time.

Like I said before- In no other community would it be acceptable to make a game entirely from prefabs.

Started really getting into Ableton today. I bought some Udemy courses so I'm getting better and I can feel it. Still don't know much about mixing though. I need to work on it. This is something I came up with. Would you like this as a song on the title screen?

https://soundcloud.com/mrmichaelgomez/intro-game-loop-v2

>Tfw you have a problem, the script looks perfect and you throw your hands up and curse the buggy program
>tfw after poring through every single letter you find the too-inclusive flaw that stops your script from progressing because it keeps resetting it to the same early stage

Fucking breakthrough of the century lads.
How about you, gotten over any humps or stumps lately?

>>164410678
>when the snare comes in syncopated to what my brain was following, forcing me to flip it up in the air and catch it again.

10/10, whether intentional or no, little concepts like that are my jam.

>>164410678
I like it, though in my personal subjective opinion you could be bolder and try to make it stand out more if you want to have it as a title theme, with a lead of some sort since it's just chords atm. I would not mind this as background music for walking around some kind of supermarket in outer space though.

>>164395518

Sorry anon, I hadn't had a chance to listen till now. I'm not all that versed in music making, but I like it. A stray though that occured to me. Since you're making this prahistoric stuff, perhaps keeping tracks thematically simple would work in your favor. Perhaps include more complex ones when shit is going down.

>>164394607
It's just one guy. Even if the custom tiles look worse than the default ones after playing a dozen rpg maker games they really get repetetive and I can't see them anymore. It's always better to do your own thing.

Give me your random ideas to spice up a turn-based gameplay.

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What do you anons think of banana sticks?

>>164394607
Other people not bothering their arse doesn't devalue your actual effort. The guys saying rtp is fine are the guys using it extensively.

>>164417827
Make it real time.
With pause.

>>164418113
Feels a but contrived, but the lets play lefties will adore it

>>164416684
Thanks for feedback, I've thought about it, in the caveman town I have some really basic age of empires 1 sounding shit with bongos and flutes that I felt were better fitting overall. I'll see if I can't ooga boog-ify this song too. There's a part later in the game where you get abducted by ayy lmaos where I think the more modern songs like this would fit better.

>>164418263
Well he was rather spontaneously created after watching Rocky Horror Picture Show.

Arise my thread

>>164410975
Thanks man! I kind of made it like that on purpose but I didn't realize how cool it was until you pointed it out.

>>164411370
I actually did just that in this new version. I tried really hard to come up with a neat melody that isn't the same thing over and over again. Also I hoped that it might be catchy. Haha, at first all I could think about was the PS1 intro sound. That's what the pad sound is somewhat inspired by. Definitely feel the outer space

https://soundcloud.com/mrmichaelgomez/intro-game-loop-v3

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I don't have the patience to continue this. Here. My very first pixel art work. I was curious if I'd be able to pull it off.

>>164423441
Is it supposed to be a side view?

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>>164424274

No fuckin' idea pal. I fucked around with the trunk more. I can't get the trunk to work properly.

Ideally, the tree ought be used for forests? Like showed in the pic related.

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>>164424274
>>164425880

Geh, the damn map is so friggin' small. Here, take the v2. I'm off to bed. Leave any feedback here if you'd like, I'll read it tomorrow.

>>164426107
I'll hop on gimp real quick and see if i can help.
What exactly doesn't work? The look of it on the map or characters can walk through it?

>>164426868

Oh, I just feel that the trunk is not colored properly. I've no issue with the look of it on the map and such, I've not even tried adjusting it for basic rtp compatibility. Just all this talk of making your own assets compelled me to try my hand at making something. I've literally never done pixel art in my life and haven't really looked at any tutorials sans that very basic one a few weeks back.

If you've more experience than I, I'll be happy to hear suggestions as to how to improve. Honestly, I like the leaves, but the trunk colors don't seem to blend well I guess. At least, I've such a feeling when I look at it. Something to work on when I wake up, I suppose.

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>>164427310
For never having done pixel art, this is pretty good. This is my first work by comparison, note how shit it is.

Keep at it man.

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>>164427310
I've never really done much work on pixel assets. I think maybe adding a shadow to the tree will help? I added a picture of what it might look like. You can use it and see. I know all the RTP assets have some shadows to them and that makes them realistic.

You sound like you have an eye for what you're looking for which is very good. If you can spot the bad things, you can spot the good things.

Stop dying while I work out Thread-chan

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>>164423441
Maybe some shading like this to make the leaves look less flat?

I command you to work on your game.

>>164434232
But i'm busy trying to find lewd twine games that aren't shit

>>164434331
First the work and then your lewd shenanigans Anon.

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>>164434232
I'm working, I promise!

Will probably make the deadline for a demo in 6 days.

>>164408050
Sometime later this year, anon.

>>164435452
What a cultivated bunny that is.
I really like your art style, it's very charming and comfy.

>>164435452
That painting looks familiar...

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Well, /rpgmg/, my New Years Resolution is to stay away from 4chan, and I think I'm going to do just fine managing that.

While I doubt anyone cares, there won't be any more Song of the Days coming from me. Someone else can take up that mantle if they wish (this thread always needs excuses to bump, after all). This is also probably the end of Project Overlord, my sRPG. Remember folks, you can do practically anything with rpg maker. While I never got around to making a proper UI, the guts of the combat was fully functional, and the only script I ever needed was a pathfinding one for AI movement. The engine is far less limiting than you think. There is nothing holding you back from your game, anons. Good luck.

Final Song of the Day:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KDxJlW6cxRk

Farewell, /rpgmg/.

And by that, I mean see you next week.

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>>164437575
Oh, and I'll be dumping a bunch of shit I found to be really useful in learning how to use script calls. Mostly just experiments that eventually became core functions, things that made the sRPG system a cinche, even with its Line of Sight function, inventory system built from scratch, the threat-based AI, and so on.

For RPG Maker MV, in particular.

>>164435762
Thanks :)

>>164437010
Pretty sure it's in the public domain, if I'm wrong I'm sure some European guy will sue me.

>>164437575
This anon is right, RPGMaker is pretty powerful if you get into it. Please don't go anon!

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>>164437575
I will miss you, your songs and your project Anon.

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And finished.

>>164437575
See you next week

How do you feel about alternative/bad ends?

>>164444291
Love them, especially if they are meaningful. Blew my mind as a kid choosing to ally with the Dragon King in DQ1.

>>164444562
Well, this end only occurs if the player fucks up during a very important event and while nothing too major happens to him it affects the party pretty badly.

I haven't played DQ1, what happens if you side with him?

>>164445510
It's only a game over with very little dialog. In my game you can ally with the enemy and for the rest of the game you're doing bad shit. It makes the play through end much quicker than the real quest, but I think it's a nice little addition.

bumo

>>164444291
A bad ending can be incredible, and would probably replay it for the multiple endings.

>>164445510
>I haven't played DQ1, what happens if you side with him?
You wake up at the nearby inn, swearing it was a bad dream

>>164444291
It is a dangerous thing, anon.

Players like the idea of a bad end being possible but not actually getting it themselves.

The only time a bad ending works is when it's satisfying enough to give closure or allows you to keep working towards the good ending immediately.

>>164444291
If I can immediately revert the decision that led to the bad end, it's fine. But if I have to start the whole game over because I made a mistake, I'll probably just quit.

>>164444291
There are definitely ways to do it badly.

There's a game where there's alternate endings for every chapter where you win the "unbeatable fight" and you have to start over on NG+.

The game was good, but I couldn't handle the tedium of going back to the prologue and slogging through the story of the easier chapters 10+ times for every ending.

Bad ends depend on how much you have to do to fix said ending to reach a better one. A bad end near the start of the game that goes to NG+ is more tolerable than a bad end that's at or near the endgame that does the same. If there's a bad end at the very end, there better be a way to actually achieve a good or neutral ending without having to completely start over.

There's one game that has a "Bad End" that happens after where the normal end is supposed to stop, but it's actually the Good Ending because if how the main character perceives themself as "Evil" and the rest of the world as "Good".

>>164452967
>>164453163
>>164455336
>>164456506
>>164456852
Alright, thank you guys for your input.
I'll make sure to have a save point a few minutes before the player gets to that event so he wouldn't have to replay too much.

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Good night bump

>>164410837
I've been doing similar the past week. Staring and staring at the scripts until suddenly things click.

Sorry I don't frequent this general.

Anyhow can anyone recommend a free tileset or two for a modern day city with a grungy feel? Celianna's Futuristic Tiles looked exactly what I wanted but it costs >money.
I'm not making money off of my game, nor do I intend to, so I'd rather not buy tilesets. Already bought rpg maker.

I like to use tilesets as a base, I know some of you probably dislike them.

Hi friends. I've been taking on extra hours at my day job and haven't had much time to work on my game, but I'm still working on it when I can! Please understand.

>>164376791
Sauce?

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I could not leave the well enough alone. I got lost in pixels at one point, but it still came out relatively better than the one before.

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>>164465972

A touch doctored in GIMP, this version.

>Want to do a porn rpg game on the side just for shits and giggles
>Can't draw
>Only way to get others to draw adult shit is to pay
>Don't wanna pay for a side project that im not selling

:/

>>164466867
Screenshot your favorite porns and trace over them

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What progress have you made today anons?

>Made a couple of buildings and their interiors with all events done, still need to do parallax
>Got my Child Count working properly even though a little clunky, still need to revise
>Drafted up some more character quests

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>>164468407
Is that a bank? Looks pretty comfy. I'm working on this new critter that is encountered in my first dungeon, and I think I will make it into a vehicle/mount aswell. They live underground and lay eggs which they protect with their lives if you go near them.

>>164468407
Yeesh. Why is the contrast on the rug and wood tiles so large.

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>>164469267
Cute!

>>164468407
Currently working on sprites for NPCs, this is the most recent one

>>164468407
got internet in my new apartment. I call that progress enough for now, might do real work later

>>164364932
Generally I feel encounters should be as short as possible. Being able to finish in one round if you know what you're doing and do it well is a good thing. But this should also work in reverse, where enemies hit hard and fucking up is costly.

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Time for Anon's COOL Advice!

If you want to make a COOL final boss, it must have

1)One eye cloaked in shadow
2)Abilities similar to yours, but also their own, strong ones
3)Some kind of scarf, or cape. If it rains, it's even better.
4)Some orifice from where colored energy can flow from.
5)A "slow to use and moderately easy to dodge but reduce health to 1" move
6)Smirking when it holds the advantage

That is all for today's Anon's COOL Advice

>>164395518
It's catchy, but it sounds very modern in contrast with the graphics and setting of the game. I don't know if that's necessarily a bad thing, but it's the impression I get.

>>164473667
more

>>164471306
Maybe for unimportant fights. The thing with kill-or-be-killed rocket tag gameplay in RPGs is that it incentivizes pumping all of your skill points/effort values/whatever into initiative and power so you can sweep the opposing team (cf. Bravest Bird).

Rocket tag works in FPSs and action games because you need twitch reflexes and precision to score hits and avoid dying, but you can generally take your time in RPGs (unless you're using an ABS).

For more serious boss fights, I'd add some resistances and meat to incentivize more careful tactics, as well as more one-sided damage/level scaling. One-shotting bosses seems impressive at first, but it gets boring when you can just press A to win.

>>164475489
He was asking about random encounters. No one is talking about one-shotting bosses.

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Made a grass tile. In need of volunteers to test it. Also, advice on making the pattern less noticeable.

>>164476521
OK, that makes sense. Fuck random encounters anyway.

>>164476919
Reducing pallette contrast should help in making it less noticeable.

>>164467165
Not him but this give me idea.
Thank you anon.

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Any idea what might cause all background sounds to stop working overnight without me changing anything to my knowledge?

>>164481052
Some Plug In that stopped working/being read properly for reasons. Maybe the thing that caused it to stop working wasn't the last thing you did, but it had already stopped working, but the Caché of your computer was still interpreting the original sound files.

>>164482878
Even with all my plugins off, BGS still don't play. They work fine in the sound tester but not ingame. Tfw I'm not sure what to do

>>164483219
Maybe something in your computer like a removed codec or a change in your browser. Try opening a new project and see if it persists

>>164481052

Sounds silly but check all of your sound options. Make sure your hardware is plugged in and make sure nothing is muted in software.

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>>164484016
>>164483875
Jesus christ you guys I am retarded. I had literally turned down the BGS volume in the game options yesterday while playing and it was still set to 0 today which is why no sound was playing. Thanks for the help though.

>>164484374
kek. Well I'm glad you figured it out, anon!

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>>164476919
Looks alright- zooming out betrays a grid-like pattern, but up close looks pretty nice, if a little busy for my tastes.

What are you using?

>>164486851

Used Asprite. I tried Piskel, but its difficult to get used to. Ended up using Asprite. Though I touched things up with GIMP once I'm done, the saturation/hue a bit.

Yeah, the grid like pattern annoys me a bit. Unsure how to do away with it. Perhaps I ought make more foliage on the grid border, so that it fills that area up and makes it less noticeable, I guess?

>>164487039

different anon here, you should check out the humble bundle this month. It has Spriter Pro and Pyxel Edit for both $1. They might not be what you need right now but they are powerful tools and it's nice to have a few programs to choose from if one can't do something.

https://www.humblebundle.com/game-developer-software-bundle

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>>164487039
>>164487446
Seconding the vote for 1$ pyxel.

Regarding touching up in GIMP afterward, I'm not familiar with Asprite but does it not utilize layers and transparency?

I tint everything uniformly with mostly-transparent layers set to blend by Difference

Does anyone by any chance know how to make the default highlight cursor from Window_Selectable have a higher z coordinate?

What do you guys thing about these magic words?
Arast
Eth
Ophir
Uman
Iah

Spells would have names like:
Ophir!
Uman Ophir!
Arast Uman Ophir!

With a total of 85 possible combinations of magic words that result in a total of 55 different spells of varying power. Could you memorize at least a dozen of them?
Also, the words mean: Flesh, Memory, Soul, Power and Emotion. Could you associate each word with one of these concepts?

>>164489906

I like the sound of that idea. How does the player learn the magical words? Also what's the interface to use them? Lastly, does the player learn what they actually mean or do they figure it out based on using the word a few times and through combining it with other words?

>>164489906
They all start with vowels. Is it intentional?
It's a neat concept, how would you combine them in-game?

>>164489906
People managed Megami Tensei's mafucklao naming system, so why not? Introduce them at a slow trickle, I imagine it'll work out fine.

>>164489906
I wanted to argue that people quoted FUS RO DAH all the time, but that's only because it was in the trailer for the game.
People quoted the equal-space version of the trailer; it's pronounced differently in game itself)

I remember the Final Fantasy spells like Fire, Fira, Firaga because they were formulaic while still being fairly flavorful.

Truthfully I find it hard to draw parallels between the words and the concepts stated. If I had to guess:

Arast: Power - because it sounds like a curse you'd shout
Eth: Soul, because I guess it's like Ether (upper air?)
Ophir: Sounds like Ass Creed's uncle. I'll guess Memory.
Uman: Flesh, because Human?

so the spells are:
KEBAB!
FLESH KEBAB!
POWERFUL FLESH KEBAB!

>>164489906

It's not super convenient for the player, so if you do want to go for such flavor-y names make sure that your menu and descriptions are very clear about what does what.

Also, make sure you're super consistent on prefixes, suffixes, etc.

>>164487446
>>164488973

Im broke at the moment. Like full on, so that'll have to wait.

It does I think, but Im still learning my way around it.

>>164491579

Or actually, since it seems you can combine them in whatever order, it sounds really confusing? Are "Uman Ophir" and "Ophir Uman" super different? What about three word combinations? Is there a difference between "Ophir Uman Iah" and "Ophir Iah Uman?"

I don't know your full system, but I think it would be easier to have a group of base words, and then a group of add-on words that modify the spells. Like adjective-noun rather than noun-noun. Especially because the words have English equivalents, so if you translated a longer spell you'd be looking at your characters yelling "Memory Flesh Emotion" as an attack. Just my 2 cents! It sounds like a really cool and fun system.

>>164489906
Overall I don't think I would enjoy a game with a system like this. My personal bugbear is unnecessary lore choices distancing me from instant understanding.

Rather than asking you what these words bring to the game, I guess I'd rather phrase it as; what would be lost by removing them and using, for instance, archaic or rare 'real' words for each of these?

I think even latin / neighbouring language corruptions would be more intuitive.

I know there is a type of player who will invest in a videogame's lore enough to bother learning the intricacies of how a reinvented wheel rolls, but for everybody else it'll be a hurdle.

Feel free to disregard my input though, I've only recently realised I really dislike 99/100 magic implementations in media, and I can't be certain that's not skewing my opinion.

>>164492228
Post an email address (you can delete your post later) and a picture of some other work so I know it's you and not an opportunistic lurker, and I'll send you a Pyxel Edit key, if you want one, that is.

>>164492371
I'm curious. How DO you like your magic implemented, then?

>>164489906
I always think I want a system like that, like a spell crafting system, but it always ends up that after a few hours everything is either too weak to bother with or I find a spell that I consider so broken that I coast through the rest of the game with it and miss 90% of other spells.

It's not going to be massively fun to try balancing a 3-point combination of spells unless they're going to work in a basic way like :

Part 1 - 60% x effect
Part 2 - 30% y effect
Part 3 - 10% z effect

So it does 20 earth damage, heals 10 and boosts evasiveness by 3%.

and that's just boring and anti-game.

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>>164489906
http://nier.wikia.com/wiki/Words

>>164490265
>I like the sound of that idea. How does the player learn the magical words?
An agonizing demon hunter/priest (or maybe dad?) teaches the main characters the words at the start of the game and gives him a talisman to channel them. Maybe they'll play a role in the intro too.
>Also what's the interface to use them?
Plain old shitty menu list for now. I'll probably need to improve it, though.
>Lastly, does the player learn what they actually mean or do they figure it out based on using the word a few times and through combining it with other words?
It will be infodumped on him, sadly. At least the way the current story plays out.

>>164490592
>They all start with vowels. Is it intentional?
Yes. I think they flow better into each other that way
>It's a neat concept, how would you combine them in-game?
http://ffxiv.consolegameswiki.com/wiki/Ninjutsu
A bit more annoying, though, because you'd have to use CTB and menus to choose each word you cast.
Basically: Your menu goes:
Attack: Deals damage and "Senses" the identity enemy (who begins the fight hidden inside some human body)
Focus: Arast, Eth, Ophir, Uman, Iah
Release: Launches a spell based on the last three Words you picked.

There are no items or blocks. But Ophir + Release gives you immunity to magical attacks for a turn and Uman+Release boost your Defenses and Attack for a turn.

>>164490662
>Introduce them at a slow trickle,
All the words will be introduced at once, but you won't be able to create combinations auntil you reach level 10, and 3-word combinations will fail until level 15 (and the game will eb over before you reach level 20, probably).

>>164491250
1 out of 5, I guess is pretty bad. Ophir is Memory. Arast is Flesh, Eth is Emotion, Uman is Power and Iah is Soul.

Would it be easier to memorize them if they all started with different letters?

>>164491579
That is an issue. Menu descriptions won't be very useful. It is all about remembering stuff under stressful situations.

>>164494591
The few times I like Fantasy, it's low fantasy.
It's more to do with its whole place in the universe.

A complex magical system like this tells me that magic is part of everyday life to some degree- if the player was some sort of magic man in a world of relative normies, he wouldn't need a 3-point spell chanting system to put the shits up them or take care of business, so I'm guessing everybody has some magic about them, right?

This is the kind of magic system I feel is totally unthinking and devoid of any actual magic, despite being the default for modern fantasy.

I like magic to be rare and simple in the way it manifests itself, and its uses to be direct and self-serving.
If something has a weakness to fire, it better be because it's a flammable thing, and not because it's plotted in the wrong place of yet another 'rock-paper-scissors' elemental mechanic.

If I have an old man throw a fireball, it's going to look like a ball of fire and set things on fire, make him a fucking hazard in the eyes of any spectators.
It's not going to emanate heartagrams, invert the screen, chant ethereal and explode, dealling 600 hell damage to enemies tagged with that weakness.

I'm not saying your game is going to be like that, I'm just saying it'll be a real rarity if it's not.

How's your progress?
Today I:

- managed to get the default cursor to home on custom menu sprites, but it was below them
- found out the cursor is made in the hidden Window class of RGSS3
- realized that it doesn't have an independent z coordinate, tying it to the window
- gave up trying to modify the default cursor and started making a custom one

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>>164492685

How does this concept sound?
Bounty Hunting through time.

The game revolves around 3 different characters through 3 different time periods.

The first is the typical western bounty hunter from the time period where all westerns take place. You hunt outlaws through a variety of enviorments. Think sunset riders but as an rpg.

The next will be the medieval era hunter where you go after the stereotypical bandits, corrupt clergymen and such through castle dungeons, and a pirate ship at one point or two. Horseback too, again!

The final is a more modern day hunter where you track down druglords or human trafficking lords and get into those lovely gunfights through warehouses, on private boats, and maybe in a high speed chase.

I want the game to be really really open. Players can travel between the timelines at will and there will be no REQUIRED order for MOST of the contracts you're given. There will be a recommended order due to difficulty, but I don't want to restrict players to this.
Of course there will probably be like 1 tutorial hunt for each timeline before you're allowed total freedom.

For each time period there will be about 10 contract quests unlocked from the start. And 5 from each period that you can unlock.

How you may ask? Through a combination of doing certain open quests and exploring a medium sized open world for each time period. This open world will include little secrets here and there the player can find to learn about the L O R E of all the worlds, and perhaps how these bounty huntings all relate to one another, even through the different time periods.

And finally adding to the freedom I want people to have, we would strive to make the quests repeatable (More than one way to beat them). While out in the open world as well you could probably find random enemies, and instead of just killing them off you actually have the option to capturing them, even though they're not contracted. By doing so you'll get money depending on the enemy....

>>164498242
...And you might actually stumble upon something that unlocks another contract for you.

I'm taking inspiration from a lot of things. Sunset riders, TONS of rpg games, and even Monster Hunter.

I'd be working with it with someone else, so there'd be less chance of me just abandoning it at one point.

I don't expect it to take any less time than a year to get out there.

Thoughts? My partner is already doodling up concept art.

>>164492279
"Ophir Uman" and "Uman Ophir" do have different effects. "Ophir Iah Uman" and "Uman Iah Ophir" have the same effect that is different from "Ophir Uman Iah". Is this too weird? The issue is that I need a lot of flexibility at "Two Word combinations" because it is probably what the player would use most often and 10 effects doesn't cut it, but on the other hand 60 effects for the spells that take longest to cast is far too much).

Adjective Noun format doesn't work with the type of flexible grammar, though. Especially went you want to keep chanting.

>>164492371
I started with Latin corruptions (affectus, corpus, anima, memoriae, potestas), but their meaning was a bit too clear, which doesn't work well because as the other anon said, all the words are nouns and I need to make them feel like "concepts", so I went for Egyptian corruptions. And ones that are not very related to their Egyptian definition because I wanted all the magic words to start with Vowels.

>>164494690
For now, it does look like balancing the 3-point spells is going to be the bane of the battle system, but testing the idea is precisely the point of the game so I don't want to dismiss it yet.

>>164498460
>>164498242
I am not sure about what time traveling contributes to the story at all. You'd basically just have to spend 3 times the resources (in writing, art and dungeon design) to get something that amounts to the same bounty hunter experience re-skinned 3 times.

And given the limited resources of Indie devs, that sort of thing means your Western world, Modern world and Medieval world all end up 3 times more shallow than they could be if you just focused all your effort in fleshing them out. desu

>The game revolves around 3 different characters through 3 different time periods.

Why, exactly?
From the description it sounds like 3 games in the same genre, with different settings?

>>164499301
Literally because we were arguing between which was better. I thought western, he thought medieval. Modern kinda just got thrown in there after we thought Porque no los dos?

Outside opinions are nice. If we had to limit it to one of those settings, which would you choose?

>>164492685

I'm grateful, but I'm stuck on mob right now. Will post tomorrow.

>>164499535
Hoinh by popular opinion is probably not the best choice, IMO. Try making a list of Pros and Cons to see what suits your game best:
Western:
Pro: Not used very often.
Pro: Bounty hunting is a given of the setting.
Con: Magic is hard to excuse.

Medieval:
Pro: Magic is a given.
Con: Setting most common for RPGs.

Then try thinking about some mechanical implementations of your bounty hunting system. Like do you want the player to apprehend the criminals? If so, what are some interesting ideas to capture enemies in combat that you have? Getting their HP to 0? Weakening them and then capturing them with some spell that has a chance to miss like a pokemon being captured with a pokeball? Maybe you implement some kind of "wound" system rather than an HP system? Which of these cool mechanical implementations works better in which setting?

Also, keep in mind that you should probably try to make your first game just a bit more humble in scope than what you think you could put out because there are parts of game design that you haven't actually stumbled upon just yet (balancing and organziation, for example) and you will have to distract yourself with that for now.

>>164498005
He got scared by your kindness.

>>164501001
>Medieval:
>Pro: Magic is a given.

Mate.

>Also, keep in mind that you should probably try to make your first game just a bit more humble in scope than what you think you could put out

This 100 times. Walk, then run.

Do not die

>>164499301

Live a Live rocked that shit with 7 different time periods, you can do it easy.

Making progress feels so good

>>164508876
Live A Live had a rather linear story for each period and a rather varied cast with iconic/unique storylines, though.

3 bounty hunters with 15 Quest missions each seems to be going to opposite direction.

>>164400828
You need to wake up.

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>>164516759

Quick
Post motivational music

>>164523060
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vn91tBlnNic

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Damn, it's been a while since I've posted here, at least under this name. I finally got back to working on my game somewhat frequently now that the semester is over, and I've been making good progress. The only problem I'm having is with memory usage; RPG Maker 2 (for the Super Famicom) is really strict with memory, and my game has a decent amount of dialog in it. The way it looks, I'll be able to easily get two-thirds of what I had planned into one game. My question is: should I split the game up into two separate games, or simply remove stuff from the first? If I go the first route, I'd be able to add more sidequests and bonus content into both games, but then I'd also have to figure out how to restart the game somewhat seamlessly (maybe incorporate some kind of password system using game switches?) and putting the game on a SNES cart would be twice as expensive. Any thoughts?

Also, here's the side of a cliff from a sidequest in my game.

>>164524928
Wait, you plan to release your game on an actual SNES cart? That would be pretty cool.

What's the point? Amateur game development general here. Name one recent rpg maker game that was critically acclaimed
I'll wait

>>164525246
Lisa is recent, right?

Besides, I'd be content with 10 000 Patreonbucks/Steambucks a year

>>164525246

To the Moon

>>164525389
>Lisa
Lolok
Literally who?

How do you guys write a plot and make game mechanics that fit

>>164525246
Bruh. OneShot.

>>164524928
2chill, right? Welcome back.

I know you have the mental toughness to pare down your dialogue. Last I saw of it, it was really good. Which means it can be reduced a little bit. I'd also suggest (if you haven't already) taking out anything you used for bugtesting that you no longer need. Defeat the Darkness' event files take up a full 15 blocks on a memory card, and it was only possible with certain tricks like turning on Switch 50-55 on (3 bytes) and turning 53 off (2 bytes) instead of turning on Switches 50, 51, 52, 54, and 55 manually (2 bytes each, 10 total). Look for little savings wherever you can. They add up.

>>164525246

>random nodev from /agdg/ trying to start shit

Literally by simply opening rpgmaker, everyone ITT is further along than a good 80% of you guys will ever get, you realize this right

>>164525863
I've written this multiple times before and I'll write it again because I like it.

I, personally, like using a 5 Act Structure and write scene by scene. This is much easier when you have a linear game, or at least a game that converges to certain plot points and then branches out.

Read this article to get a clear understanding of 5 Act.

>https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dramatic_structure

Using this as a framework, I then write the story scene by scene. This is an idea I got from screenplay writing. Basically you write what happens in the story by location. So if the game has an opening sequence in the bedroom of the Main Character, that will be scene 1. Then if he goes off to his back yard then that will be scene 2. Now if he goes back to his bedroom, that is technically the same location but it is a different scene(3) because something new happens.

Also each scene is not every single thing that happens. This whole thing is an outline to get everything on paper to refer back to. You can be as detailed or as simple as you feel at the time.

So that would look something like this:

Act I
-Scene 1
-Scene 2
-Scene 3
etc..
Act II
-Scene 1
-Scene 2
-Scene 3
etc..
Act III
-Scene 1
-Scene 2
-Scene 3
etc..
Act IV
-Scene 1
-Scene 2
-Scene 3
etc..
Act V
-Scene 1
-Scene 2
-Scene 3
etc..

>>164525141
Yeah, that's the plan. I've already seen a website that lets you order whatever non-US released ROM you want on an SNES cart for $50 or so; maybe I'll be able to find someone that wants to distribute the game so others can buy it though.

>>164526389
Yeah, it's me, somehow I forgot my name in my post. I like your idea of consolidating the switches and removing debugging stuff, so I'll try that when the time comes. For now though, I'll keep working on my game as I have been.

>tfw shit at all kind of art and feel too insecure to ever start on any project

>>164528275
JUST DO IT
Seriously

>>164528568
Who would want to play an ugly game? I can't even do pixel art and people are already complaining about oversaturstion of pixel games

>>164528908

The morons crying about pixel games were never your audience to begin with.

>>164528275
I actually picked up RPG Maker 2 (SFC) mainly due to the fact that I couldn't draw and I liked RPGM2's art. You might also want try making a game using an older engine, or perhaps with art from other RPGs. As for your insecurity, I've never met anyone that thought making a video game was lame. Even if it turns out shitty, it's still quite a feat to put that many hours into something and actually finish it.

tl;dr do it pussy

>>164528275
>>164528568
>>164528908
>>164529109

Whenever I get in this way I like to look at great games that have ugly or primitive art.

>>164528908
You don't need to do pixel art, you can easily use hand drawn stuff.
Creating art is really fun though and you don't need to be afraid of it.
Of course your first attempts will be awful, so what? You can only improve!
JUST DO IT

>>164528908
Make a game using RPG Tsukūru Dante 98

>>164529484
>hand drawn art
That's even worse!

>>164529316
Name one "good" ugly game

>>164531732
Dwarf Fortress

>>164531889
And if it was released today everyone would shit on it

>>164528248
Friendly reminder:

Average Event instruction (PS1 RPGM): 2 or 3 bytes
Every single last letter of dialogue (PS1 RPGM): 2 bytes

Anywhere you can cut words will do wonders. Optimizing the code will net you another window or two at most. Good luck.

>>164531732
Space Funeral

>>164525863
I start backwards. Example:

I decide to make a JRPG with Tamagotchi-like mecanics.

I choose Tamagotchi mechanics because they seem like the best to make a player care for a fictional creature.

Thus I decide that the MC needs to be somebody who wants to take care of something. Maybe wants a pet or a brother but can't. Because she is poor? Or maybe because her mom died? Maybe she lives in an apartment? All three?

Then I think about what it is like to take care of something. Say a dog. What are some things that you could learn from raising a dog? First you learn to be responsible, you learn that friendship is earned with effort and sacrifice, and you learn that your wishes might not always turn out the way you imagined them to, but they might still make you happy in a different way. These seem enough for a character arc to me, so they get picked up.

Transforming/evolving monsters are a must for Tamagotchi, so I need a excuse to justify that. I decide that these creatures are influenced and transformed by human emotion. Thus, I decide that most characters in the game need to reflect some emotion, like Rage or Sadness. I investigate on the subject and find some studies discussing that classify emotions. I pick one that classifies emotions in something that looks like I could connect with Elements and decide what enemies will be in the game based on that, then I organize the general ideas into 8 "areas of powerful emotions", which.seems like a decent number of areas for a game.

Then I realize need villains. Villains that mirror your hero's journey somewhat are cool. So I come up with:
Different characters who have for one reason or another rejected their responsibilities,
An insecure person who has fallen into a codependent relationship.
An paranoid loner who fears friendship.
A creature that was never loved by anyone or who was abandoned. This seems like a cool final boss.

Now I organize these ideas and some semblance of a plot is unveiled.

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Progress time!
Worked on maps and stuff for a while, I've also been designing a few stupid enemies to put in the game.
Portraits for this part of the game should be at about 80%, still need about 3 characters finished.
I've also been writing some scripts for cutscenes... so there's that too.

I should probably stick to just one thing and work from there, but I get bored on working on only one thing very easily.

>>164537637
Keep up the good work!

live

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How do I break free from restarting a project every few days /rpgmg/?

I'm stuck in a loop.

>trying to work on dialogue and story
>realize I'm the kind of pathetic otaku writer that guy talked about
>an inexperienced socially retarded man-child who can't write a real human being and just makes cardboard people to play with

>>164543315
You can't. Good luck being stuck in a loop forever

>>164543315
Make a game about a character being stuck in a loop

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https://www.mediafire.com/?6cekoocopwqh7g3

A tower dimensional rpg demo up for grabs.

>>164543342

Here's the thing: if you like something, you're never the only one. There's always other people that like the same thing as you. So if you make something you like, chances are there'll be other people who like it, too. Either way, all that matters is that you make something for yourself first and foremost. Quit beating yourself up, open rpgm, and get busy.

So I had some weird inspiration today. Still trying to get better at this music thing. If you heard this music in a game, what would you think? Other than it's kinda shit.

I imagined it for possibly a boss fights. With robots.

https://soundcloud.com/mrmichaelgomez/robots-in-my-eye

bumparino

>>164545405
The beat timing seems a little weird, but I generally like it as an atmospheric exploitative bgm.

>>164548308
Thanks!

I tried to make it somewhat loop. Also might try to make a more atmospheric, ambient track soon.

>>164501001
>>164504162
Not my first rodeo. Not my partners either kinda, but all he's done is worked on VH.

Also I don't want this game to have much of any magic in the gameplay, even if it was set in medieval.

At that point it'd feel less like a bounty hunter game and more like every other rpg.

Still trying to talk my partner into medieval. I'm using arguments like setting our project apart from Literally a bunch of other rpgm games. His only good argument back is that we couldn't throw a pirate contract into it.

Was the west coast of america used for big boats and shit during western frontier times? If so we could probably toss in some sort of boat contract.

>>164550897
talk my partner into into western*

>>164550897
>Was the west coast of america used for big boats and shit during western frontier times?

AFAIK no, because trade with Europe happened on the east, and the whole point was expanding westwards into the vast unclaimed land, let alone the distant west coast. I think there was some boat trade along rivers, though. But then again, I'm not much knowledgeable in American history.

Besides, unless you want to accurately portray historical facts I say it's fine to modify the setting as you please.

>>164550897
Nah. The west wasn't inhabited enough to have big ports like that.
But like the other anon said river trade was a thing. You could pull a battle off on one of them.

The main things western games have that I love are fast paced horse gunfights or gunfights on trains. The latter gets me so fucking hard. Also if you want to spice in a little diversity, the bayou is literally right to the east of texas and would not ruin the western feel. Very few games have settings in the bayou and it makes me sad.

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Good night bump

>>164552273

I've watched so much western TV it's a little crazy. I enjoy the whole "founding a ranch on fresh soil" thing. Can't have a western game without getting a deed to a property.

Things i love in westerns aside from that
>New sheriff in town
>stagecoach robberies
>Native American's being Native American
>Super cheap everything in the store except it's all expensive for the time
>Schoolhouse also serves as a Sunday Church
>Mining and building railroads

>>164553561
>deed to a property

Sure you'd get your own house that you'd go to pass time and rest up but I don't intend to create some sort of farming system. If I did it'd be very minimal.

>>164532197
Dwarf Fortress is still in development, it gets updated almost every week. People are atill playing it and new people are getting in on it as well

>>164544150
>forsaken journey
Did you RNG the name from a list of cliches?
We're a good bunch here, but if you're gonna drop a link to your project outta the blue, at least tell us why we should down tools to play it instead of working on our own.

>>164550897
>>>164501001
>>>164504162
>Not my first rodeo. Not my partners either.
>Was the west coast of america used for big boats and shit during western frontier times? If so we could probably toss in some sort of boat contract.

Are you sure this isn't your first time? Picking a setting you don't know much about and asking others instead of researching seems a but noob man.

Not trying to be a dick but man, post if you actually have progress. Your ideas are not related to the thread unless you're actually working on an RPGMaker game.

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>>164498005
>>164492685

[email protected]

Here anon, as you asked. Sorry you had to wait.

>>164553406
If you post characters from porn you might as well post an allowed lewd picture next time.

Good morning. It's time for more progress boys.

>>164559337
I want to learn how to make tiles but I'm lazy.

>>164559810
You mean like how to draw, or how to make tiles that connect well such as floor tiles? Because I find that's a question of patience as much as skill, I simply edit the borders and corners of mine a billion times until they work.

>>164559941
Yes, floor tiles and then I'll draw the character too.
I don't want to use RTP.

I can draw random shit in inkscape but for some reason the floor tile aren't "connecting"

>>164557810 I felt the need to make a tower like game cuz it was simpler tlus what you think
>>164559941 soz I'm a iPhone

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Welp. I can't into paint art very well.

Even my base is suck.

Bit hard to use

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>>164560091
Depends on what kind of floors you're making, but for "natural" ones like this dirt floor here I try to have as little contrast in the colors as possible and then use the clone stamp tool to even out the edges. Work on the bottom edge of a tile for a while until it connects well with the top edge and then do the same for the left and right edges. Stone and wood floors are much easier imo because you can use straight lines and patterns on top of the material that make them connect. If any of this makes any sense to you. But desu just keep at it my man.

>>164560235
Maybe I should've dropped the guidelines.

I dunno.

I don't even wanna attempt a face.

>>164560676
Why don't you look for a tutorial to get you started?

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>>164560235
I might just leave this as placeholder art. I'd rather get back to the game than focusing on portraits.

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Ok don't hate me but I'm making a
Porn game in rpg maker. Just something to get a bit of money off of patreon so I can buy myself some gear for when I do make an actual game... under a different alias. I don't want to be associated as a porn game maker.

It was super easy to get the system set up, a world map put together and such. I can't draw porn though. And I realize people like these types of games more if there's something visual to look at. It doesn't even have to be super high quality. People just like something to go along with the text.

Is there anywhere I could go to get someone to draw up basic lewd shit for free or would I be better off spending awhile to try and draw my own shit?

I don't need something of humongous quality. Pic related was an rpg maker adult game, it has VERY shitty art, but made like 600/mo on patreon.

>>164561959
reminds me of that one watercolor game.

>>164564632
You are going to have a big problem trying to get art for free without anythng to back up, but if you build the base of the game and some placeholder scenes, it might be easier to get an artist to draw the images in exchange of a promise of 50% Patreon Bucks.

>>164543315
Write down all your other ideas so you can use them later

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>>164564632
Hey, porn always sells, nobody judges you here!
About the art, try posting something you've done here. I'll try to be as critical as possible, I have an extremely keen eye on this sort of stuff.
I'd offer help with art and visuals and stuff but I'm currently working on a pretty huge project at the moment.
What kind of game is it? Tell us more about it and maybe someone here'll help.

>>164550897
It might be easier to throw horse chases in a Pirate setting than throwing Pirates in the Wild West.

>>164565812
Haven't drawn anything. I don't own a tablet, I've worked off of singular laptop for about 5 years now. I tried doing some mouse-drawn shit the other day but I didn't even save the pic.

I've drawn lots of shit on paper irl though. I remember when I was little I used to be fixated on Morrowind Dwemer Machinery and I would always doodle up little machines and centurions. Never was good at machinery. It's ALOT harder to draw digitally.

I'll explain the game in my next post.

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I think I'm satisfied with the basic look of the Waterway. It'll provide ample opportunity for player to tusle about, They could directly head to room on the lower left side for the MQ, but if they bother to visit the open side room, they'll pick up a key that'll open another side room. That side room will contain a mini-boss and another key that opens up the third side room, which has no boss, but does have a cooky old man that will give player the key that player can use to open up the two doors barring passage to central chamber. The same room where cooky old man is opens up the path below, to the Undercity, which is purely optional section with stronger mobs and a few secrets of its own.

>>164566871
>Never was good at machinery
Meant humans.

Anyhow the game plot doesn't have too much to it. Kid's father is murdered (as is typical of a lot of porn games, killing off the dad) on the streets one night. Kid goes searching for answers, meets up with a detective and they team up to do some sleuthing. That's the actual gameplay part. The porn part is there are basically a bunch of chicks around town you can meet during your sleuthing, including your Mom and Sister that you can shag.

Incest is pretty much the farthest I'm going fetish wise. I don't wanna do anything gay, scat, piss, gore, etc etc etc. And I won't be talked into doing it, even if people on patreon ask. I know it's a porn game, but I still want it to be my porn game.

But like I said it is so fucking easy to set up the gameplay mechanics for these games. The only hard part is the art.

How hard will I get slammed for releasing with base assets?

Like tilesets and stuff, but in-engine generated characters.

>>164560235
>>164561959

I can't tell if you're using a soft brush on that or applying a Gaussian blur,. Either way, you probably should use a hard edge to outline. It makes the portrait look like it has a more definite form. Unless you're trying to go for a bokeh look or some other type of artistic look, than disregard what I said.

Maybe the last things you could do is give it some highlights and shadows. Look up a few speed paints that people do on art programs and you'll see what I mean. The highlights and shadows really make the picture *pop* and have more depth.

>>164567825

People here will slam you for it. I personally don't mind. Some people will judge you for it, no doubt, but given that there are plenty of games released with rtp already, I'm sure that someone'll buy it.

>>164567825
It depends on a lot of factors like how well you present your game, if your maps are good and if you'e got unique mechanics etc etc. The autists at rpg maker forum would probably "slam" you regardless but I have hope that the average gamer at least takes a minute or two to check out what else is in there besides the graphics.

>>164567094
Maybe it already does, but it would be cool if the waterways connected to different parts of the city so you could get inside locked houses and loot them from below

>>164567825

If you're making a free game, I don't really care. Though it should make up for it with the gameplay. Not saying it should be revolutionary, but at least fun. Personally, I think trying to make art assets at the beginning really detracts and discourages people from making their games.

One of the great things about RPG Maker is that it's supposed to allow you to MAKE games! It's supposed to be easier than writing all the code yourself and spending months coming up with a way to put it together. The included assets are meant to get you started on making YOUR game. There is no shame in using them.

I think you could use the included assets and still make a good game. We already know it's going to be made on RM so we know what to expect from the tilesets. However, you can still make your own maps and get some good results.

If you're going to be selling your game, that's a different story. It's my opinion that if you're going to be selling a game, it should be unique and stand out from the rest. And it doesn't take much to make new tiles(well except for auto-tiles but there are tutorials for that) and now with MV parallax mapping is even easier.

tl;dr: If you're worried about graphics and don't have a game, there's no point; If it's free, people will give you leeway but it it's not, people will have higher expectations.

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Well, this is new.

>>164572278
Have you tried plugging it back in?

How to force event only move after you move or take action?
I think it's possible with common event.