/rpgmg/ - RPG Maker General #181

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Bumping with bunny

>>164883606
>>164883752
Great. I really wanted to get to working on the very first "dangerous" story mission.

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Don't give up Anons

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First boss area finished!
Now onto balancing the fight itself, perhaps I'll even finish a demo sometime soon
Nah, who am I kidding

>>164884434
I think rather than just writing a 'legit' game with optional H-content, ride the line more often.

The lewd stuff doesn't need to be tacked on, the whole game could be good just being a bit sleazy all the time, with the odd full scene thrown in when it makes sense.

That way you can still get your kicks writing the story missions. Always have the meter running.

>>164884434
Dangerous?

>>164885405
First mission you can actually fail. Before this there was just fetch quests. This quest has the PC going to a place with lookouts, which will fuck you up and fail the mission if you get caught. PC has to sneak through, do some shit, sneak back through, and possibly an encounter at the end.

Speaking of, I'm a bit worried about implementing lookouts. I figure it'll be easy to do if they're on a set moving path, but what if I have them move randomly? I imagine I'd have to constrain the position of the line of site events to the position of the lookouts, and then something else or something? I dunno.

>>164885875
Galv has a line of sight plugin that'll likely help you in that case.

Personally I wouldn't put random movement in, since it's properly random and will lack all sort of sense. Better to give them a set routine, or multiple set routines, the one being used being determined on starting the script with a die roll.

>>164885875
Line of sight is relatively easy to implement using an event's x and y coordinates. There's a forum post tutorial explaining how to do it with eventing only:
http://forums.rpgmakerweb.com/index.php?/topic/3452-direction-based-line-of-sight-events/

>>164854693

This is interesting. I'm not a fan at all of shitty 4-koma comics like this, but the ideas seem pretty sound.

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>>164888659

>4koma
>shitty

>>164854693
FlyingDream is cute! CUTE!!

>>164888659

I liked it. You're just shit.

Also, no progress from me today. Rance VI is just too damn fun to play.

>>164892052
Yes, 4koma can be shit. I'm sorry to be the one to break it to you.

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have some bad guys

>>164892391
>Rance VI
Got a link for me senpai?

>>164893468
I want some good guys

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>>164893732
have a magebot then

>>164893468
The one on the top right is my favorite.

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>>164895221

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>>164893693

Only cause you asked nicely. You can thank me by posting cute girls.

https://mega.nz/#F!yccGjCQY!PcbrdbrzTWEnZ87qQnTqhw

Password is Anasel

Yo, evening RPG ladm8s.

So I'm trying to create something using the default event options.

I've got the player's X and Y coords continually being written to a pair of variables, and i have an event that's keeping track of its own coords and writing to variables.

I want a condition to be the player's location relative to the event, but so far all I can do is check that the player is on the same X or Y coord as the event, which isn't ideal.

Anything I can do to check if the player and event are within one square of each other on either axis?

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>>164895509
Thank you!
These are cute, right?

>>164895721
For reference, tried this but doesn't do anything:
($gameVariables.value(41) - $gameVariables.value(43)).abs + ($gameVariables.value(42) - $gameVariables.value(44)).abs == 1

Where 41 and 43 are the X coords, and 42 and 44 and the Y

>>164895721

distance formula is the pythagorean theorem, a^2 + b^2 = c^2:

a = playerx - eventx
b = playery - eventy

distance_squared = a * a + b* b

thanks to the fact that the coordinates are always integers, we know things about a few key values:

if distance_squared == 1, then the event is adjacent to the player

if distance_squared == 2, then the event is diagonally adjacent to the player

if distance_squared == 4, then the event is on the same axis as the player either vertically or horizontally, with 1 empty space between them

if distance_squared == 5, then the event is a knight's move away from the player

If I'm going to release a demo for people. How should I go about telling them when they reach the end of finished content?

>>164896631
Any idea why the above isn't working? Sorry, it's 1am and my brain is falling away like a wet cake

>>164897920
Make a message about thanking the player and telling them that they reached the end.

>>164897950
The math looks okay. Can I see a screenshot of the event?

>>164897920
Fade to black and say thanks for playing. Then start jewing by advertising the website they can find more info about the game, when it's going to be released, etc

>>164896121

Cute enough anon, cute enough.

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>>164898494
Apologies if it's something massively obvious, I am feeling very stupid with all this

>>164900414
I've hacked together something that works meanwhile, by considering 4 situations
(where X of player and event match, and Y is offset by 1 or -1) and (where Y of player and event match, and X is offset by 1 or -1)

and stuck those in a common event for now.
Very unprofessional and roundabout way to do things but I guess it works atm.

>>164900414
I've solved it!

{Some number}.abs doesn't work in javascript. You probably got that from a Ruby code snippet I'm guessing?

Instead you need to do Math.abs({Some number})

The condition should wind up being:

Math.abs($gameVariables.value(41) - $gameVariables.value(43)) + Math.abs($gameVariables.value(42) - $gameVariables.value(44)) == 1

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>>164901523
You beautiful sod, thank you <3
I guess I can throw away this cumbersome rubbish I came up with meanwhile. I hope it gets a laugh at least

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I just tried doing a very basic foundation for a game like that Yanfly comic suggested, and holy shit that was refreshing.

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Time to make some progress

>>164906006

B-but I planned on hacking my 3ds tonight...

>>164906357
I know you have literally no excuse not to do that but you have no excuse not to work on your project either.

You shall live

>>164904109
It looks so simple but guess it is a good way to start.

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STAY ALIVE

Today I put together some stuff for a slave girl. You can't fug her or anything yet but the quest to get her is set up in full, you can set her out to work in a bar for some cash, and if you do so enough you can send her out in more revealing clothing.

Tomorrow I'll work on a hunger/thirst/someotherthirdneed (cleanliness?) system and an event of her dying if you don't tend to them needs.

>>164886119
>>164886448
Thanks anons. I'll work on this soon.

Fuck
I am THIS close to use "This is the choice of Steins;Gate" because something very fortunate happens in my game.
But I know I shouldn't use this.

>When you thought you had a totally original idea but suddenly come across a game with the exact same premise after months of working on yours.

>>164918890
Don't.
Making a meta breaking is only good when you are 100% that your meta is already established, otherwise nobody will take it seriously.

That goes for all of you.
Don't break the 4th wall until you have a goddamn standing house.

>>164921025
I know that feel.
Take solace anon, everything has been done.
But not everything has been done well.
Do it well, anon. Do it well.

>>164922249
Don't worry, I'm going to use "This is the will of the universe" or something like that instead.

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;;;tiles are so time consuming and it honestly feels like they barely pay off when i make them, it's just not my thing. is anyone here good at tiles/maps or am i gonna have to either suck it up or hire an artist?

>>164925543
Just draw the map completely in Photoshop and disregard tiles.
Also TROGDOR

Just another day without complete project.

>>164928536

Even though it's 1am, I just opened my project to work on it a bit before bed. 1 step at a time, anon.

>>164925543

Your tiles are looking good so far, though.

So right now, in my battle system, I've got it set up to where the fastest unit always goes first (barring if you're in a certain formation). Should I add some variance to that to make battles a bit less predictable, or should I work in the confines of that to make them interesting despite it?

Let's say I make a map.
Can I just replace them later by swapping the tiles?

>>164933315
if using rpgmaker yes

I'm looking to get into pixel art, I've been drawing digitally for about half a year with clip studio.
Where should I pick up photoshop / what version should I look for?

>>164933749
I use CS6, but there are other/better versions. You can always use gimp as well for pixel art.

>>164933952
All of these downloads/torrents are sketchy as fuck looking

>>164925543
Depends, if it's really simple 16px tiles, I can do those all day, just as rewarding as the rest, but anything bigger and my lack of artistic ability really trips me up.

>>164933952
I recommend pyxel edit, it was 1 dollar this week in the humble deal, should still be ongoing

>>164933749
CS2 is available on Adobe's website for free. It's ten years old, but fuck, it's still Photoshop

https://helpx.adobe.com/creative-suite/kb/cs2-product-downloads.html

>>164934363
>>164934409
thanks, i'll try both of these.

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Aries is on fire

>>164934964
That's cool

>>164884785
Your art style is gorgeous, really great use of colors and big fat blocks of the same color, really enjoying seeing it.

>>164893468
>>164893897
You are crushing it with these characters. Looking forward to the next demo no pressure

I've noticed that projects with original artwork or displaying a competent level of development receive much less attention or praise than story pitches, character background exposition or RTP mapping, and that's a shame.

I don't post my own stuff because it's disheartening to have it skipped over, though I'm hardly expecting a hugbox or anything.

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Good night bump

>>164937585
Sleep titght, anon

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How do you guys feel about missable key items?

I'm making a H game and one of the party members has an item that they use to get off, but you can miss the item on if you pass that certain portion of the game without taking it.

I'm juggling the idea right now and still quite on the fence about it.

>>164940882
I'm not a fan of missing anything forever in any game. except if it's demoniacally linear so it's 100% the player's fault.
if not, always consider the "I'm gonna explore that area after I do this" mentality

>>164940882
>missables

Not even once. Temporary missables are fine, like in Lost Odyssey you can buy anything you missed from a one-time dungeon in the auction house lategame, but if it's permanent the game can go fuck itself.

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>>164936343
Shame or not I don't care much, just the fact that someone out there is looking forward to it is more than enough for me! Thank you anon.

Also, an enemy.

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>>164944343
Another one.

>>164944529
What is this supposed to be? A cute tentacle rape olive?

>>164944630
Yes
Octolive

>>164944691
I guess that's a sign the drawing conveys the intention well.

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>>164935559
For some reason I sent a really small version (?) well, here's the full thing. It's a concept of one of the bosses of my game.

>>164945001
Zodiac-themed?

>>164940882
If I can't progress in a game because I missed an item earlier on, and now my only option is to restart, that's some bullshit.

If I can't progress past a certain bit unless I backtrack all the way to get something, that's admissible.

I think we should be past the point of sierra style dead ends, but you could probably make it worthwhile for the player by minimising the time between losing access to the item and needing it to progress, and adding in a bad-end H-scene.

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>>164945115
Yes
Here's Capricorn. The game will have 2 episodes (I don't know if this episodic thing is praised by people, but it's a good way to save time for me, at least), and Capricorn is the first boss, Aries is the second one.

>>164945786
For example,
>You're in a bank
>your party members took out a security guard on the way in
>You all head for the vault.
>Guard dropped a baton
>You could take the baton from him, but you don't.
>Once in the vault, you're separated from your party by a security measure, locking you in a small room-
>the baton would allow you to reach through the bars and hit a release, letting you get away
>you didn't pick it up so now you wait
>after a short while you get roughed up by some busty cops

off the top of my head. This feels like less of a kick in the groin, because the time between losing access and needing the item is short, all just my opinion though, if somebody can make a case for Sierra style puzzling, I'd love to reconsider.

>>164945981
That looks nice. Profile picture feels a bit off but I can't quite tell why. Maybe it's because there's too much space around it.

>>164945981
Episodic is a turn-off for me, as it's usually a hallmark of people who have much bigger plans than they can accomplish. I think it'd be a better idea to get the first 'episode' done and polished, release it as a demo, then work on the rest.

There are already so, so many more indie games than there are people to play them, I think you'd do yourself a disservice to dilute it further.

>>164946136
It's just that there's 12 zodiac signs, and all of them will be on the game. For me it wouldn't make sense to take some down, since it's "Virgo versus the Zodiac". I thought it would work ok, but Capricorn area already has some good 1 hour+30minutes of gameplay, and this is just the demo. The other areas are way bigger, besides the hub town where you'll find a lot of side quests to do... The game will be big even when cut in half, since it will have 6 areas with lots of things to do. But what you've said makes sense, it may push people away. It's just that I was playing Heroes of Legionwood and it wasn't a bummer for me.

>>164946080
I'll place it better on screen. I just saved it in a bigger png file, so it has this huge amount of space.

I tried doing it in pixel art as well, but it was so much more difficult than what I'm doing now. Way more precise for a whole portrait as well, and way less space for subtlety.

>>164946627
I don't think it's a problem that it's not pixel art. It's probably just a tad small and I'm used to seeing bigger portraits.

Also, looking at the picture again I noticed that you have two lamps at the entrances, but the light source of nearby objects is still to the right. You might want to fix that.

>>164946450
Ultimately it's your decision- whether it's one massive title or 12 smaller ones. I can see the appeal of launching them one at a time, because until you release something you've no stake out there marking your project, gathering followers or patrons or whatever. I feel that pressure, maybe you're the same.

On the other hand, you might find that by time you get around to the 3rd or 4th part, you've made a change in some area or another and now the game isn't uniform in its art direction or gameplay or writing, story arc etc.

>I can't believe I didn't notice how rough the camera panning was in the first 2 before i started using this smooth camera plugin

for example.

I guess what I'm saying is that by releasing it as they're made, the earlier parts don't get a chance to benefit from the progression you've made, where in one title you could always go back and implement any improvements into earlier stages.

I guess that's the nature of all sequels though

>>164947020
In fact I just wanted to divide it into 2 parts. I would finish the game with a kind of cliff hanger, and them do another one with the rest of the signs. The story could profit from this as well, but there's this problem about the improvements that you're talking about... I get what you're saying though, if I launched it in several parts like this it could hurt development severely, but what about the game having just 2 parts? I think I would have the time to acknowledge possible changes, although it's always the moment for devs to re-do shit...

But I'm considering just releasing the full thing all together.

>>164947816
Do the full thing, release episode 1 as demo.

>>164945981
So you did the tiles and sprites right? what about the portrait?

>>164948626
I did the portraits as well.

>>164947816
>>164947816
Ah, if it's two that's not too bad at all. My only wondering about that would be if people were expecting to see all 12 in one game but don't get to.

Like if somebody released a platformer with level design based on the 7 stages of grief, but the game ends after 3, they'd call bullshit.

Seems like you're doing it right though, from everything I've seen, don't let bystanders like me sway your plans too much.

What are you working on right now?

I'm doing a visual inventory you cycle through with a key in realtime, since I only have a handful of different items I want to avoid menus as much as possible.

So I have it that when you press a hotkey a common event will search your inventory for item types, skipping over any you don't have until it finds one you do, then shows a little picture of it and sets it to the active item.

Then you use the item with another button, the picture is removed accordingly (provided it's a one-use).

Like this I can use items on NPCs (checking for proximity before enacting any effects so it doesn't just trigger when you're in the same map as them).

Very excited.

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>>164954954
I'm also working on menus and user interfaces in general.

I wanted something similar to you where I have a few tabs and just by moving the cursor over each tab it would update the screen next to it to display the appropriate information. It was a bit tricky as first but I managed to make good use of the Window_Selectable class to write a menu script that would fit my needs. Pic related are the only two tabs I bothered to add content to. The first is a status screen, the second the bag with the items. Everything's still very much in the placeholder phase.

What I'm working on right now is a different user interface that pops up regularly during the game. This was definitively more complex to do, it took me the whole week working all day but I'm finally almost done. Progress coming soon, I hope.

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>>164954954
I'm sitting here wishing I could just commit suicide

if I feel better though I'm gonna try to storyboard the rest of my story on paper

How do you guys stay focused / not get burnt out when deving?

Struggling to stay focused with my current project, and finding it difficult to carry on.

>>164957793
Sometimes it helps working on a different aspect.
I personally benefit from writing small todo lists on a piece of paper. It breaks the task down into smaller manageable subtasks. It also helps that I don't feel like doing anything else at the moment, so I don't have distractions.

>>164940882
How to get dark theme?

>>164959839
Nevermind that. I never open the option before.
It's done.

>>164940882
>semen containers
>plugs
>breast milk

hoo boy, my h-game is feeling pretty tame right now.

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>>164950531
I just came up with something
First episode could include these sign areas in order, going from Capricorn->Pisces->Taurus (just her area, but she won't be there, you'll fight Scorpio in there instead)->Cancer->Virgo (in a hallucination, she fights herself)->Taurus (actual fight)->Aries (ending abruptly with Libra dragging them both to prison)
And then the other signs (Leo, Aquarius, Sagitarius, Gemni and the Libra bossfight) taking place in the second episode.

Those five should all make cameos through the other signs areas to reveal some of their personality and purpose in the world.
I think each area should go around 45 minutes to an hour to go through entirely.

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>>164960394
It's definitely a /d/ related game, not going to have futa though.

>>164958134
I keep a list on Notepad with all my other general notes, I feel like I've been lazy and that I need to have more realistic/specific goal names/descriptions than "Balance Combat" or "Disposition System"

>>164955837
Cheer up anon, we all go through rough times, I hope you feel better soon. <3

>>164958134
Having a Trello helps in this matter, since you can have a list and see your goals being clean from the list with gigantic symbols of "done"

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>>164961021
Sounds like you've cracked it, mate- hype train at full speed over here. Post more lovely art when you can.

>>164961021
>>164945981
>>164945001
Secret Boss Ophiuchus when?

Yanfly update some of his plugin.
http://yanfly.moe/2017/01/08/plugin-updates-2017-01-08/

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Hey guys, do you know how to fix this error with MV?

It says "Failed to execute 'drawImage' on 'CanvasRenderingContext2D': The HTML ImageElement is provided in a broken state."

I cant find anyhting to help me with this.

>>164964396
Hit F8 to bring up the dev console, and post a screenshot.

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>>164965989

>>164966225
Does the file "Loading.png" exist in your game's img/system folder?

>>164966703
it does
its in the exact same file name, and size, and extension

>>164966972
Are you using any plugins?

I'm having so much trouble trying to outline my game.

>>164967087
Not at the moment.
I even deleted my old Yanfly plugins cause I didn't use them months ago.

>>164967919
When does the error occur? Right when the game starts?

>>164967919
Oh I found out what happened.

I'm actually fucking stupid.
I have my Loading Image as a .gif.

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In my system I wanted to be a bit more lucasarts about my item puzzles, since so often even in games like Skyrim, quests or puzzles just auto-complete if you're holding the right item without any brain usage from the player.

I show a little icon in the top left of whatever is in the player's hand, and they can cycle through items owned (there aren't many).

When they are standing somewhere they can use the item, pressing a hotkey will perform an action using the item.
For example, the player here has a screwdriver. Using it next to a particular wall fitting will allow the player to remove it from the wall.

Two questions:
>1) Should I continue having a hotkey for item usage, or should I just change what OK does depending on what's in the hand?
I chose a separate key so players could interact with items as normal without having to cycle to clear their inventory before pressing OK

>2) When standing next to an interactive object, should I have the icon of usable inventory items glow, or otherwise animate?
I have a few fun-but-basically-useless actions players can take, so this would occur for red herrings as well as puzzles, but is that a good enough change from what I'm trying to avoid?

Music to dev by:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jaK1-a4ntks

Festival of Light: Japanese Resource Pack
https://fas.li/FEd5h

Call of Darkness: Japanese Resource Pack
https://fas.li/OW1qH

Twilight Shrine: Japanese Resource Pack
https://fas.li/0kbqS

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>>164298792

Posting progress.

I finally finished the "planning" menu. This will show up periodically during my game to plan the actions in the current week. The upper rectangle holds available actions, the lower panel lets the player arrange the tasks in the preferred order.

Needs some graphical pretty-fication, but it does what it's supposed to do and this makes me very happy.

>>164955837
Next podcast will be released soon, you wouldn't want to miss that, right?

>>164969659
>When standing next to an interactive object, should I have the icon of usable inventory items glow, or otherwise animate?

Yes.

>>164976418

Podcast?

>>164980103
In the OP

>>164940882
>H-game

How do H-games like Urban XXX Life or A Town Uncovered that have shit art get so many patreon pledges? Patreon won't even show pages with adult content in the search bar.

I've considered jewing out and just making a porn game often but I don't understand how they... jew.

>>164982340
Shill your game on /d/ and /h/ maybe? That's where I find most of my lewd games.

Can anyone suggest music, available for Commercial games made with VX Ace, fitting for a Western RPG game based on my D&D campaigns?

>>164983137
Maybe try Incompetech? He has a good variety of free stuff with reasonable licensing.

Don't use the track "Oppressive Gloom" though. I'm fucking sick of hearing it everywhere.

>>164893897
I'm actually considering removing that crystal on the bellybutton...
Looks kinda silly...

>>164984609
Give her a belt or something, then. But don't leave it with nothing. Busy designs aren't always optimal but neither are "void" ones.

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readytodie.jpg
there HAS to be a trick to making tiles right?

>>164985805
This looks really cool.

>>164984609
Shit, I too have a character with a jewel in the bellybutton. Is it really that silly?

>>164991328
It can be pretty sexy

>>164985805

Think back to how many hours you spent on your first charset. It's like that again only with tiles and you have the advantage of already being pretty good with pixel art. Once you've made a few, you'll be fast at it.

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>writing H-Scene
>player is meant to put sleeping pills in heroine's drink
>all going to plan
>about to bring the drink out from the kitchen to serve to m'lady
>press the wrong button to open the door
>drink the drug wine
>screen starts to shake and fade
>after 10 seconds, complete darkness
>game alt+F4's itself
>mfw I scripted this in the event the player forgets which drink is theirs, but I did it so long ago it gave me a massive fright.

top kek. Ever surprise yourself?

Does your game do the whole "walking -> boat -> airship" progression you see in Final Fantasy games?

I'm using RPG maker MV but the game will vary much from typical RPGs archetype.

Do I belong here or rather AGDG?

>>164995235
agdg will just laugh at you for using rpg maker

>>164995235
AGDG is hostile towards RPG Maker. Stay here where you are welcome.

>>164995235
A lot of us are making non-standard games in the engine, but AGDG is not fond of our lot, which is how we got started here i think

>>164993843
kek anon. There are times when I accidentally make attack effects too intense but nothing that funny.

I finally managed to outline my game beyond the first act! I've been struggling with how the story should go beyond the party reaching their first objective for ages, and basically doing nothing but fiddling with numbers while I procrastinated on that.

http://pastebin.com/QfW1qmZ4

The terms "dungeon/story/town" in the progression are ripped from that recent Yanfly comic. They're really more shorthand for "linear challenge", "cutscene", and "sandbox hub".

>>164998197
The Yanfly comic is so silly it hurts. But at the same time it is so goooood. The idea of having the game made start to finish in a crude way is simple but so ingenious...

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Why aren't you working on your game?

>>165004523
I already got some good planning done today. Now I'm gonna play something lewd.

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>>164995617
>>164995638
>>164995837

I was a little hesitant to post this because of that other anon with the zodiac game but since it's never mentioned or referenced in my game I figure it's gucc, anyway rate/hate?

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>>165009992
It said I had uploaded the file, oh well

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How is this for a pre-boss taunt segment? Premise is that the hero is trying to rescue his sister, who was abducted by a foreign prince.
>SEARCHING FOR SO LONG...NEVER FINDING WHOM YOU SEEK...I CAN FEEL YOUR ANGER, YOUR FRUSTRATION! YOUR HATRED OF THOSE WHO TOOK EVERYTHING FROM YOU! IT BURNS IN YOU...AND IT BURNS IN ME! THEY MUST BURN! WE MUST BURN! MAY OUR ANGER BURN UNTIL ALL IS ASH!
>The boss in question is most definitely not based on Raging Raven

>>165009992
>gucc
Nani?

>>165011105
I'm not a fan of bosses taunting the hero. It's really overdone and often more childish than anything else.
I'm not familiar with Raging Raven, does he really have an emotional connection to the hero? Or is it just a tactic to annoy/unnerve the hero?

>>165011105
If you don't want to do a simple taunt, make that the hero does not get taunted, but still want to kick his ass with a bad ass quote.

>>165012851
okay/fine/passable. I've been spending too much time around kids these days and their newfangled slanguage

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>>165012851
Raging Raven (pictured) is a boss in Metal Gear Solid 4 that uses most of the same rhetoric. Both Raging Raven and the intended boss are female, and the boss in question might be the missing sister, albeit transmogrified into a fire-blasting harpy.

>>165011105
Cheesy, over-the-top, realistic for a VA to perform. I like it.

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>>165013382
I guess it's okay, maybe the plot is a little generic. A few things confuse me however.
Are they gods? Are they demi-gods? Are they just humans/mythical albeit mortal beings named after zodiac signs? Why does Gemini attack Aries?
Why does Gemini live in the underworld? If you say because he is evil then I will punch you.
And why is the underworld on the same continent as the normal world? I mean what's the point of a ferryman if you can travel to the underworld by foot?
Also, killing your father is a little extreme if you can talk others into giving you their stones, don't you think? I know you want to have a decision at the end but that feels incredibly wrong and forced.
>"Hey dad, I killed you and now you live again so my entire journey was for naught. Let us watch some football."
If you really want to have something like that let your father die in battle against Gemini or something.

>>164925543
Only thing I might suggest is looking for a few color palettes online. The colors are good in choice alone, but they're not helping each other much in creating a cohesive 'look'

Would any of you here consider making a dev team to make your game?

I can't get past my trust issues here, I don't want my game in the hands of irresponsible art-types.

>>165019030
nope

Would you play a game in black and white? I thought about possibly going that route. I really like the noir kind of look and feel like it is something that is amazing on film and photography but I don't know if it translates very well for video games.


Also how do you make your games smaller in terms of file size? I tried making a sample game but it came out to like 500MB which is way too big. I've heard compressing the .png files would help and also compressing the audio files. But what about taking things out of the database like monsters, items, animations and other things? I tried that once but it resulted in my game not being playable. Luckily it was just a test game while I was learning.

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which of these looks least worst??

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Post em

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>>165020943

I like this one

>>165021196
do you think they are too small?
not sure how to make sprites larger

>>165020506
What kind of game are you planning?
I'm having a hard time imagining a normal RPG with Noir aesthetics. But I would play it, yes.

>>165020943
I like the third one.

>>165021297
What size are you using right now?

You could try using a resize tool to make it bigger. or bring out his cloak a few pixels from the top and bottom.

Does anyone has the Animation Collection II: Quantum that is also willing to share it?

>>165021347

Well I don't have a game planned at the moment but I wanted a second opinion. The closest aesthetic I can think of is game boy games, the old black and white ones. But you could add in a few more shades of grey to bring out more detail.

You're right about noir aesthetics though. Lighting and shadow are hard to replicate faithfully on a pixel level. At least in a low resolution game.

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>>165021163

>>165023035
I remember waaaaaaay back that someone was supposed to be working on classic GB tiles that would basically have that dual-tone look to a tee of old GB games

The tilesets looked like Final Fantasy Legend or Adventure

I'd play a game like those anon

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>>165024410

>>165026226
>Brave little toaster
Oh fuck, my childhood

>>164994951
Mine is more like "walking -> horseback for majority of world map travel -> teleporters".

Do you guys like the Hime haircut?
I sure do.

>>165026226
Wow nice I always wanted to play as a mirror

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Be happy

>>165021163
Stella Deus for Game Play and Artstyle,while it'ss not the best game ever it definitely had a lasting impact on me and got me into game design.
Dream setting is FFXII Ivalice easily, MC is strange as I could say anything where you wake up and have no idea where or who you are.

>>165019030
I don't think people would work with me on premise that it's not exactly the every man's lewd game to begin with, but even then I'd still keep it as solo as possible.


Starting to work on enemies now - feels backwards that I've figured out all the bosses first and then enemies, I've got a good idea of what I want and currently using placeholders for testing purposes.

Post your favourite enemies you made or seen (because I need more ideas.)

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>>165032589
Or not upload the image, that's cool - Thanks Opera.

>>165032704
>Opera

All the cool kids have switched to Vivaldi.

>>165032589
Was Stella Deus the game with that girl who had a reconstructed arm by alchemy or something like that?

>>165033815

Yeah, an Atlus game.

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>Wanted to make lots of progress today
>For some reason only managed to make very little

Finished game?
What's that? Is it tasty?

>>165038292
It's the same as friends and true love
Not real

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>>165037570

>I'm going to take a break
>Finish like 3 minor goals

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Good night bump

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>Haven't made progress in weeks

Day job hours have been fucking killer, using the computer when I get home is the last thing I feel like doing. It sucks.

I've been keeping a notebook of sketches and ideas, though! One day I'll get back to Slime Quest.

>>165040762
If it makes you feel better, i have no job or whatever else that keeps me from doing my game and my game is still 0.1% completed.

>>164995235

Which is funny. We'll sooner finish our games than they will.

>>164984609

Give her a cock.

How can I make my PC not collide with anything without fucking with the tilesets?

It's supposed to be a cursor that clicks and moves the other characters, like Fire Emblem.

Do you prefer your endings to be based on choices made near/at the end of the game or variables and choice sthroughout the entire game's length? The latter feels like better design but also requires full playthrough to see all the content and I dunno if people have the patience for actually doing that with an indie RPG maker game

>>165045628
What happens if you make the PC an overhead kind of tile? Does it go over characters or does it still bump into them?

I'm going to be honest with you guys here, I'm basically just making my first rpgmaker game to check all the checkboxes that get those YouTube lpers that focus on rpgmaker horror games to play it and hope the exposure gives me a few followers for projects I care about

>>165046268
Honesty is the best policy.

Besides, if you do get noticed then that gives you a lot of exposure, like you said, and then you can make the game that pisses them off, thus giving you MORE exposure.

>>165010174
tfw you get ignored
bump :/

>>165009992
>>165010174
>>165047641
It seems like a pretty solid outline. It's easier to give feedback on maps/dialogue/the combat system/the other ways and means of implmenting your story

>>165020943
The gray one is the best. It's way more pleasant than the ones with blue hat.

Trying to develop a system like Kancolle where you can "build" certain characters by putting in ingredients, but I'm starting off with some basic ones first.

Can I have some input on my first algorithm Draft?

>Pseudo-Code / Algorithm

Generate Random Number for Class (Basic): 1-6
If # = X, call X Class
From Class, input RNG into Stats
//Random Stats, put greater emphasis on needed stats, less on dump (Left to right)
1; (Same RNG for all stats)
2; DEF, HP, MDF, MP, AGI, LCK, ATK, MAT
3; ATK, AGI, LCK, MAT, HP, MDF, DEF, MP
4; MDF, MAT, HP, MP, DEF, LCK, AGI, ATK
5; AGI, ATK, MAT, HP, LCK, MP, MDF, DEF
6; MAT, MP, MDF, HP, AGI, DEF, LCK

//Save to an NPC as a strip of code.
New Recruit, <- [RecruitNo.], [Class(1-6)], [StatHP], [StatMP], ...

//Make that NPC callable as a party member via strip of code

//ie 0001-0525.0450.50.40.30.20.40.50

Would this be viable or is it too complex?

>>165020506
Black and white is a bit of a turn-off, but it's fine if it's ~stylish~ enough.

Im' not up to date enough with modern rm to help with the size thing, sorry.

>>164854693
Actually decided to try out what the comic did. Made those 5 maps. Made a basic foundation for the entire game's progress. I actually feel like I can make a game this time around without making everything from start to finish as I go. Now I'm hating myself for never thinking like this.

I have an urge to do 3D rendered cutscenes in a flat Paper Mario kind of style

>>165057396
You mean SNES Donkey Kong? If you're good, go for it.

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>>165038292
It's good, unless you realize you've released something with severe bugs in it in which case you have a pretty big update ahead of you.

Name best jrpg boss battles

>>165060326
Kunino-Sagiri and Ameno-Sagiri from Persona 4 are pretty fun.

>>165060326
Suikoden II. Luca Blight.

>>165060907
I had to train several character for this motherfucker.

What could be a shorter name for magical defense and magical attack?

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>>165021163

>>165062489
Mind, spirit? Magic, resistance? Just abbreviate Mag, MDef?

>>165058852
I mean 3d camera angles and stuff but flat popup characters

>>165060326
Final battle in Wild Arms 2 is great. More cutscene than battle, but great.

>>165062489
I'm using these stats:
Strength
Endurance
Agility
Mind
Spirit
Focus

>okay, time to head on toward the story in ff xv!
>enter new area
>15 sidequests pop up
>begrudgingly do them

Friends, please remember, there is such a thing as too much. I'm never gonna finish this game.

>>165045628
Create a parallel event that turns 'through' on for the player. I've sections in my game where the player is an arrow or cursor, works fine.

>>165065827
What do you suggest?
One sidequest everytime you advance the story?

>>165047641
You got ignored because you have a proper idea. What you should have done was post something stupid and un threatening that people could give advice on, then you'd be swimming in (you) s.

I don't know If I'm being autistic or not, but why the fuck can't I store $GameVariables into an array?

>>165062489
mdef
matk

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>start experimenting with adding dark outlines to my tiles for a more cartoony look
>everything really "pops" now and looks 10x better
Best i've felt working on my project in a while now lads

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Post progress friends! I have fixed some small things around the intro, some of the areas and I've installed all the plugins I plan on utilizing.

I also found time to make some changes to that tree from before. Perhaps I'll buy make my next game in this pixel art style. For now, EditedRTP+FSM combo will suffice.

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>>165069482
>tfw you've watched this single tree blossom into a beautiful work of art

>>165069319
Good man, post us a preview

>>165070212
This. Stellar work anon.

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>>165070495
Here, I've cartoonified a few of the things and theres a few that still lack outlines, mainly the ground, ledges and walls and stuff like that. I think if I keep doing this it could look pretty cool.

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>>165069482

You've come so far.

>>165072780
Man even his stuff from before beats mine

Keep working at it!

>>165073240
Keep at it Anon

>>165047641
>>165017875

I want to change the Guard skill for something else, and I want to edit:

Scene_Battle.prototype.commandGuard = function() {
BattleManager.inputtingAction().setGuard();
this.selectNextCommand();
};
in rpg_scenes.js

and

Game_BattlerBase.prototype.guardSkillId = function() {
return 2;
};

in rpg_objects to newvalues, but leaving the original names irks me a little. What are the odds of me permanently fucking up the code if I just run Find/Replace in every single file in the folder to rename these functions?

>>164945981
Shouldn't you rather start with Aries, since it's the first sign in the zodiac.

>>165052797
I'm no proficient coder but that looks like a good start.

>>165077207
make an alias in a script instead

>>165079984
Do functions with the same name in any script replace the original functions automatically, or do I have to return specific values or something? Like, do I just create a new .js file for the Scripts folder, copy the function into that file, edit, save and then enable from the PlugIns Manager? Is that it?

Also, since my game only has one party character I want to just move Escape into the Character's action menu and spare the player a Button Press. What would be the best way to fuse:
Scene_Battle.prototype.createPartyCommandWindow
and
Scene_Battle.prototype.createActorCommandWindow
?

Do I edit PartyCommandWindow to put the Actor Commands there? Try to make the game skip PartyCommands and go into Actor Commands straight away? Something else?

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So I finally got RPG Maker MV on steam, but where do I find the file gradients to be able to change it to pic related?

>>165084019
Inside your steam folder, at SteamApps\common\RPG Maker MV\Generator\gradients.png

Maybe back up the old one first just in case.

>>165081195
>Do functions with the same name in any script replace the original functions automatically

Yes.

As for you second question, let me experiment and get back to you. My first hunch is never right.

>>165070212
>>165070569
>>165072780

Thank you anons. When I make a tileset in the distant future, you guys will get it for free.

>>165073240

Keep working on it anon! You can see how I improved. You can too. Polish your talent!

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Some bad guys

>>165081195

To get the escape function into the ActorCommand window, add this line to Window_ActorCommand.prototype.makeCommandList:

this.addCommand(TextManager.escape, 'escape', BattleManager.canEscape());

And add this line to Scene_Battle.prototype.createActorCommandWindow:

this._actorCommandWindow.setHandler('escape', this.commandEscape.bind(this));

I haven't yet worked out how to make the game skip the Party Command window and go straight to Actor Commands. I'm too tired right now to keep poking at it.

>>165086781
>>165085248
Ok. Thanks. Although binding Escape to the actor's Command Window is not really necessary if I can't skip the Party Window, so I'll have to try to look into it myself..

>>165046137
Just have the choices set to values and have the weight of the values increase exponentially as the game progresses. That way you can start aiming for the ending from the beginning, but if you want to get all endings, you only really need to replay the last 10%

Sound like a good idea anyone?

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I want to make a puzzle in the "Engine Room" of my game that isn't a "pushing bolders" kind of puzzle. In this part your companion will be the playable character, and there's no battles involved, just the engine room with hopefully a few puzzles for you to master and open the rooms that needs to be opened. Any ideas of Puzzles for this specific area?

>>165046137
Think of a player.
If you want to replay the game to get a different ending, your choices should be different since the start of the game.
If the game plays exactly the same and just near the end you get a choice, it really doesn't add replay value to incentive people to go through everything again.

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Man, making equipment is fun.

>>165090998
Add in some text colours for effects.
It's always better to read and identify stuff on descriptions.

>>165092026
Yeah, I have to do that eventually.

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>>165092946
Start as soon as you can. Editing everything afterwards is a pain in the butt.

I've got an image file with all text colors and their numbers so it's easier from the get go.

>>165060326
I'm guessing you mean turn-based or at least ATB games:

>Luca Blight Suikoden II
>Every battle against Songi Legend of Legaia
>Divine Dragon Legend of Dragoon
>Doel Legend of Dragoon
>Wiegraf Final Fantasy Tactics
>Li Grim Final Fantasy Tactics Advance
>Humbaba Final Fantasy X-2
>That blob thing in FFX that changes its element every few turns
>Choosing to Barubary in Breath of Fire 2
>Deathevn BoF2


I like almost all superbosses too

I'm the guy whose google drive link is in the OP. I have the other Katakura Hibiki resources as well. I can upload them and provide links if anyone needs them.

Personally, I'm trying to find links for Ancient Dungeons: Jungle and Ancient Dungeons: Winter, if anyone can help it will be appreciated.

>>165021163

For my practice game, setting is like Warhammer Fantasy, art style is RTP, Gameplay is like FFT + SMT + Darkest Dungeon, and MC is kind of like a combination of Naota from FLCL and Kamina from TTGL.

For my actual game, setting is similar to 1213, art style similar to a sketchbook, gameplay is like Earthbound, MC is like a generic escape-the-room protagonist.

>>165088852
Five levers power a machine. Some need to be on, some need to be off. If you activate the sequence with the wrong levers pulled, random battle. Or nothing but an error sound. or "Nothing happened..."

>>165102573
Annoying.

>>165088852
Some quirky clock robots that block the pathways until they see the robot in front of them displaying a particular time of the day. You can change the time a robot displays by going behind them and winding them.

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Work on your game

>>165106042
But I'm organizing my homework schedule for the semester

>>165086781
This isn't working for some reason. I am able to delete commands from that menu, but adding crashes the game with "undefined is not a function".

>>165106042
I just finished outlining the entirety of it.

Now I need to outline each chapter.

Should be ready to actually get into RPGMV by the end of the month and have the first 20 minutes of gameplay done by February. Once that's done, if I get an hour of gameplay done each month, I'll have reached my goal and have a complete alpha for the year.

>>165107521
Screenshot of the code?

>>165107494
>trying to graduate from college when you could be making shitty rpgmaker games to sell on Steam for 50 cents

>>165107935
I wonder how many people buy these games.

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>>165107628

>>165110590
I set my code up identically to yours, and it seems to be working fine for me. Do you have any other plugins installed?

>>165109967
Yeah, I do have YanflyCore, YanflyBattleCore and YanflyRegionEvents, but I playtested it again and is working now for some reason.

Maybe I didn't save the .js or the engine just takes a while to read changes in the file.

>>165112235
If you just do a "battle test" from the database, scripts aren't reloaded. You have to actually launch a whole test play of the game before they update.

>>165112235
Obv. Meant to quote >>165111587

>>165112324
I didn't know this. That must be it.

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What's your favorite class?

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>>165116479
Geomancer.

>If you are male the NPC flirts with you
>If you are female you get told to change your attire

Sounds realistic enough for me

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>>165116479
Doll Master

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I made lots of progress today
Man that feels good

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So I'm throwing out a character pitch I'd like some feedback on.

The archtype I'm going with is Druid but he plays more like a Warlock with party buffs. The entirety of his gimmick is Insects/Arachnids and he's pretty much just going to be distant from the party and very reluctant to even join them simply out of apathy. Once he joins he's just "the bug guy" for most of the story. He regularly unnerves and freaks out the party unintentionally with his pets, the only time he really shows any emotion of joy or excitement is when he is talking to his bugs.

He'll eventually get a small character arc where it explains because he was raised by nomads he never really had any human friends nor developed the skills to really interact with people, though he could always rely on befriending the local bugs. He's open up a bit near the end of the story but mostly keep to himself.

Mechanically, he's end up a utility character with balanced stats and a fuckload of status effects.
He can summons swarms of stinging insects for damage over time out the ass.
A butterfly swarm that inflicts blind.
A fuck ton of debuffs.
A few buffs like "Beetle's Might" which would raise attack.
Probably gets some life steal bullshit.
Jumping Spider swat team.
His ultimate move would be "Locust Plague" which chops off 1/5th of the enemy's max hp, including bosses. (SD3 did it with Lunatic though I think the % was different so I doubt it would be hard to balance)

Does this have any potential?

From your experience, which Tactics System is the most B A L D?

>>165124763
>the most B A L D
Nani?

>>165123493

From a usefulness perspective he sounds like a cool character. It makes sense that a character that controls bugs could have AOE or duration attacks. Those kinds of attacks could be useful over the course of the game if they work via percentages.

As far as the story of the character, sounds kind of cliche but that's okay. Is his story emotionally engaging or is it just filling in the context of his character? I could see an interesting story arc in general if you get to see how much potential power he has if he works with local bugs. But also it may be worth exploring that he has learned a bit about human companionship since joining up with the party. Perhaps you could create an emotional connection with the character by explaining him as a loner who isn't alone but he has nothing more than bugs, who dong live long.

>>165125638
Saving this in a notepad, I'm still very early on in development of this character, but I like the way that sounds. Hoping to go with something along those lines and eventually somewhat get over his social issues.

>>165126427
No problem. I'll help you bounce ideas if you want. Also don't be afraid to change your mind! Nothing wrong with changing a character if it makes your game better.

How long should the first dungeon be?

Are there actually any Tactical Battle Systems for MV right now or do I have to go back to VX/Ace?

>>165134247
I think between 10-25 minutes is ideal.

Anyone of you that made good progress on enemies can post a comparison between like 2 early game 2 mid game 2 endgame enemies's stats? I want to see how should i work on stats.

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Good night bump

Recruitable characters along the game, or made them as pre made chars to select on game start (with or without custom made chars?)?

Game is a 5 man party, much like any D&D group. I feel the party should be consistent the whole game, but there's so much combinations that could work...

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>>165137183
Not RPG Maker, but here's some enemy stats from one of my finished games.
You have to remember that things like skills and elemental resistances/weaknesses also play a role; the bell enemies on the left inflict statuses and so their stats don't really play a huge part in their difficulty, while all the enemies on the right have attacks that work with their stats.
Really, just throw some stats down, playtest, and change them up if they're not where you want them to be.

>>165138963
Recruitable if your game centers around one "main" character. If your game doesn't have a main character, then go with the latter.

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This is kind of hard explain so bear with me;

I want to create a window with 4 seperate "boxes", each box has 2 sections, one section has the symbol with a name of an item, the other with a ticker that the player can adjust the values for 1's, 10's, etc and to store that value when [accept] is pressed.

Image as visual reference.

How would I go about this?

I was thinking about making some yume nikki like game just to get used to rpg maker but there's so many of them it seems kind of pointless. Should I still do it or nah?

>>165147695
If it's your first game make a game like in Yanfly's comic.

He's got the right idea, but I'd actually just say make a town with stores and a few NPCs, a castle with a king and 1 dungeon. Give the hero the task of saving the princess and have that be your whole game.

If it's NOT your first game, start a project that's short and you can be inspired to create. Don't make a game that will take more than 5 hours to beat.

Think of all the things you want in your dream game, and scale it back, shed them all down to the simplicity that Dragon Quest introduced to the genre and slowly add all that other crap for sequels.

>>165148873
Yeah you're right. It was mostly to test a few things but I dont really need to make a whole game for that

How would you feel about a game that pulled a "Fight Club" twist ending, with the antagonist being inside the MC's head? Is that too cliche now to take seriously?

>>165149751
Nah.

Afro Samurai did something similar and I was still surprised.

It doesn't happen often enough in fiction to have it be a cliche

>>165046137
It depends a lot on how the game works. Generally, choices through the game is more organic, but there may also be parts where decisions near the end make more sense. More detail?

>>165116479

PRISONER 666

gump

Planning on making an RPG based off a non-RPG indie game.

Am I retarded, or super retarded?

(this isn't my only game, I have one that's like 1/3 of the way done)

>>165162151
Depends! Tell us more.

There's a lot of tutorials on art and spriting- but how about writing for video games?

What's the theme of your game, /rpgm/?

>>165164825
Not a tutorial, but Extra Credits gives you some interesting ideas that you could take into consideration for writing for your game:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KG1ziCvLkJ0&list=PLhyKYa0YJ_5ATCznEwJx794x4RMuYNZLN

>>165166236
Elven adventurer and her quest.

>>165166527
I've never seen anything from extra credit that was worth watching. Why the fuck do they pitch shift this guy's voice up? Totally undermines his authority when he sounds like he's trying to sound like a cartoon child.

>>165169245

kek. It reminds me of that spirit science shit. I could get past that but you'd think if he'd spend the time editing the audio he would get a pop filter at least. The plosives annoy me to no end.

Haven't made much progress today. I made a few npcs, but that's about it. Not much drive to do it, I fear.

Alive

>>165145883
Get into scripting. In particular, you might want to have a look at how the item window is generated.
You need to do two things: create a new Scene class, and at least one new Window class. The Scene calls all Windows and handles what happens when you press OK or CANCEL on the buttons. The Window class manages the contents and what happens when you press directional keys. I can help a bit more if you have more specific questions.

Why is there a delay whenever I select the guard command on MV?
This doesn't happen if an actor or enemy use any other skill, but when it's Guard it takes a full second just to start playing an animation.

>>165116479
Torn between Lancer and Phalanx
Probably Phalanx
God damn I love some spears.

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Thank y'all for believing me, it definitely gets easier. Now for furniture.

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>>165183981
Awesome

>>165183981

Good job anon. Tomorrow, I promise I will make real progress!

Tell me something about your villain

>>165190308
Capricorn just wants to exploit her employees and live happily doing so, but the MC (Virgo) is a pain in the ass with OCD and obsession with cleaning wrong shit, so she will go after Capricorn because she's doing bad things.

>>165183981
You did an awesome job with the shadows and lighting. You have to explore this more on your tilesets from now on!

>>165183981
Really like the borders of stair tiles with extra shading.

>>165190308
The villain was circumstance. (Practice Game)

The villain is the main character's past life (actual game)

>>165190308
Lion whose parents were murdered by hunters. He was brought to a circus at a young age and trained to preform, but secretly his rage was building underneath. Years pass, and, no longer able to contain himself, he and the rest of the animals break free and kill several people, effectively ruining the circus.

The animals left over then form a kind of "Animal Farm"-esque alliance and seek to recruit you.

You have a fondness for humans because a child saved you from the brink of death as a kitten. Clearly, not all humans are evil, right? Will you join the lion, or continue on your journey home? He can be quite convincing.

>>165163963
it's based off Binding of Isaac cause I've had an idea for a very slighty but mostly not canon story for it. I also love the idea of taking the items and making them into weapons and armor and stuff

>>165190308
It's a delusional NEET with powers

>>165190308
It'll probably be a bit cliche, but here we go -

He's a general of an alien civilization, who decided to betray his leader and sold his whole race to an ancient space god. He did it to ensure the survival of his people, even as slaves, because otherwise they would be all wiped out by the said god. During the game, he'll be the one leading that space god's army of enslaved races in the invasion on main hero's planet. Without much remorse, though, because he sees main hero's people as lesser beings in comparison to his own civilization.

So, basically - he has some good intentions, but is still a dick.

>>165190308
No villain.
'Antagonist' is each of the characters' own destinies.

>>165190308
His personal killcount is in the thousands

>>165190308
She's a thousand year old magical loli. She's also deranged and obsessed with the MC, ranging from smotheringly possessive and protective to homicidal jealous and hatred.

>RPG Maker 2 only allows you to create 128 map rooms
>running out of available rooms at an extremely high rate

The good news is I have a lot of rooms that are simple 2x2 stairways or houses, so I can just combine many of these rooms together. The bad news is I have a lot of rooms that are simple 2x2 stairways or houses, and combining these rooms is going to take lots of time and be an organizational mess. I haven't had to do much in the way of revision so far, and I am really dreading when that moment comes.

Otherwise, I'm making tons of progress and my maps and script are looking a lot better than when I started making this game (it's almost been a year now!). Every day of progress just wants to make me actually finish the game even more. Hopefully, if I can put work in consistently over next semester, I'll be done with the story by summer. Stay tuned lads!

>Been thinking about checking this out for a while just to fuck around a bit and make some stuff for fun
>It's $80
What the fuck are you people doing

>>165208205
Yarr Harr fidlededee Anon

>>165208205
paying for software totally legally like a good christian imageboard

bumb

>>165208205
>not buying it for $1 3 years ago in a humble bundle and then remembering you have it and using it now
shiggy diggy

>>165190308
A respected and beloved King who performed a magical rite that fucked the world. He scarified himself to hold back the apocalypse and was revered as a saint. He's dead for the entire game too. Might have left out the madness and trying to fuck with the natural order pissing off the planet itself.

Also there is some bitch trying to finish what he started while a giant snake prepares a grand extinction.

>>165212192
I think I still have a couple of those VX Ace bundles left over, too. I bought like 10