/rpgmg/ - RPG Maker General #182

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Tell/show us what you are working on Anon!

Ancient Lich awaken.
He command various undeads and demons.
Ready to take over the world.
Only to be crushed by tanks, jet fighters, and modern weapons.
After his utter defeat, the only servants he has left are virgin succubuses, lazy dullahan, vegan vampire, and shaky skeletons.

Learning from his mistake, he decide to inflitrate human town and slowly corrupting people.
From with manipulation and hypnotize, he'll make every nation wage war against each other.
He will take over the world.

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Is this good enough for prologue?

>>165643642
This sounds fun, I like that idea.

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>>165643450

Currently, pacing out my work so that I'm ready for GubiD's S/T-RPG battle system when it drops.

Working on skills and their planned functions, because once that's out of the way all I have to do is portraits, sprites and tilesets then the battle system.

Bit hard to work on a project where the main component is still in dev.

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Good night bump

I'm a complete rpgm newb so this will sound stupid, but is there a way to create a slot machine type attack with numbers from 0-9 in each reel and have the final result equal the damage done?

basically something like an input number option with rolling numbers?

>>165645329

Well, you could make a common event dealing with the number generation themselves and then perhaps you could show a graphic in the same event?

That's how I'd do it at least.

Is it alright if I steal this idea a bit? One of my classes in my game is "Gambler" and that fits so well.

>>165645329
I feel like I've seen the exact same question before.
In short yes.
Getting 3 random numbers and combining them to a 3-digit number is quite easy and it may even be possible to integrate this into a one-liner in the damage calc window. Showing the matching pictures is probably a bit harder.

>>165645424
>Is it alright if I steal this idea a bit?
sure man it's just an idea, thanks for the reply

>>165645483
thanks, didn't even consider the damage calc window

now I remembered that the "reels" would also need to be stopped by a button press

thanks for the ideas

Just 2 simple MV questions that i could probably answer in 1 minute by googling.

1)Is there a plugin to show the enemy's level in battle?

2)Is there some way to "fake" the enemy's level(like it's a mysterious boss and it shows lv???? instead of lv50) ?

>>165642789
why can't none of you tits make a new thread while the previous one is still alive

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Post 'em.

I've been away from RPG maker for about 10 years and I've just picked up MV.

Is using RTP still frowned upon? I can do pretty much everything else but I'm shit at tilesets.

The last thing I want is my game being stepped over because of any RPG maker stigmas.

I just woke up from a dream that terrorists or someone were attacking while I was at an electronics store. There were mushroom clouds on the horizon and gunmen shooting people in the parking lot.

Is there an Rpgmg Discord room? I see AGDG has one. Might be comfortable on this snowy Sunday afternoon.

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I started making some simple pixel art pieces that might be usable with simpler pixel art styles. I'll fill the sheet out as I go. They're MV size.

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>>165652023

And I post the wrong image. What a way to start.

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Bumping.
Does anyone still developing RGSS3 script?

>>165654643
>That non-subtlety in those icons

Never change Japan, never change.

So just as a general question more than an RPGM question;

How is it that FF Tactics Advance is like 5.5mb yet the smallest RPGM game's are like 20mb for the shortest ones?

ah new thread
moo~

I completely organized all my weapons and now it feels comfy as fuck. I'm thinking over the course of the game you can get 15 weapons for each character including a joke weapon and ultimate weapon.

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so I'm using a script that makes enemies have HP bars during combat, and I can change whether their HP is displayed as an absolute value or a percentage
How do I make it possible for the player to choose in-game how enemy HP is displayed, or turn off the HP bars completely?

>>165656714
If it's a script function where you have to call it, I'd imagine you could turn it to either with an event.

>>165656714
>Create a global variable, e.g. $enemy_hp_display_type.
>Incorporate a case...when... clause in your script to allow switching between display modes (%, absolute, none; corresponding to values of 0,1,2 of $enemy_hp_display_type)
>call an event with choices
>depending on the choice set $enemy_hp_display_type = 0, 1, or 2

>>165657016
>>165656923

thanks

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>>165648119

>>165661206
Damn I remember that Cartoon Network game. It felt incredibly comfy for some reason

False potential party members: Good twist or bad twist?

>>165671272
Good.

>>165651489
it's passable, you'll always be encouraged not to use it but there are plenty of games that get away with using it

What are the downsides of using MV over VX ace?

>>165672715
Pretty much nothing. You can even keep using the VX RTP with a plugin and a few seconds in photoshop per tileset.

>>165671272
I'm doing that in my game. He is the first member you get and he drives the story for pretty much half of the game.

>>165672715
It runs a bit more slowly.

>>165652016
There is one, but the last post was Dec. 15th. It's even deader than this thread:

https://discord.gg/MmsFC

I'm thinking about what to name my mysteriously "evil" bad guy. He is not named for a good portion of the game until a certain part. The only thing that comes to me is TSUGARA. Is that... too weab? All the other characters have normal western sounding names except the evil guy. Is it too much? I want it to sound foreign and possibly antiquated.

>>165673165
The game or the developing?

>>165675323
I wrote a script a while ago to generate fantasy-ish names using a list of real names and Markov chains. Here's 100 names:

http://pastebin.com/EArrxyiS

It comes up with a lot of names, from stuff like "Jachlaise" and "Chranerretton" to stuff like "Alfo".

>>165675323
>Is that... too weab?
depends on context, if the character design is exotic then an exotic name works too
names are mostly just feeling imo, if it sounds right go with it

>>165675683
The game. The switch from Ruby to Javascript greatly improved flexibility, but at a speed cost. (Although honestly VX felt slow at times when compared to 2k3, especially with lots of events)

>>165675854
This is awesome.

>>165675854
That's pretty neat, anon. I may use some of those, if I'm allowed.

>>165675995
Well considering other characters have names like Phil and Elise, it certainly is "exotic". The evil guy doesn't make an appearance for at least awhile. Until then he is not given a visual except for a brief flashback that a character has.

>>165675323
Just change it to "Zugara" and now it doesn't sound "weeb".

>>165675323
I'm a non-weeb and I wouldn't recognize that name as weeb, in fact I think it sounds cool. You could look into other languages for inspiration though, I do use modified versions of random foreign words for some dungeons and characters but they're all euro languages

>>165676190
>>165676046
If you have Ruby installed, you can use this script to generate more names. Save it as "markov_names.rb":

http://pastebin.com/TtB9zFNa

You also need a list of source names. Save this as "first_names.rb" in the same folder:

http://pastebin.com/FKdSB1Fw

>>165676028
Ah, cool. ty ty

>>165672995
thank you too

>>165676206
I may do that. I think the TSU really makes people wonder. But phonetically, TSU sounds different from ZU.

>>165676279
I may also try to do that as well. As the game progresses, things start to become more and more strange. At the beginning, it is grounded in a somewhat familiar reality. Then as more strange enemies and places appear, the names become foreign and strange too.

Do you work on your game linearly? Like an act at a time? Or do you work on individual aspects across the whole game?

I feel like my first act is strong enough that it if I gave it some serious polish it would make a halfway-decent demo, but I really haven't touched anything after that. I have a rough outline, although I don't think it makes a good story arc.

>>165677913
Are you me? I'm also almost done with my first act, although I'm seriously worried that when I finish polishing whats already there I'll think of something else I want to add and I'll keep doing that forever. I also sort of know whats going to happen in the second act, story wise, but I make up the side shit as I go along

>>165677913
I have a more non-linear, chaotic approach, where I'll work on specific aspects at a time. I'm also the same when writing texts, I will often jump from the main body to the introduction and back to the ending.

Haha time to reinstall linux mint. See y'all on the other side.

>>165643642
i think there was a anime like this but with demons

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>>165643450

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>>165681025

>>165679020
Are you the anon that was running his game on a server, playing on his laptop???

>>165677913
Right now I've been working on my story outline. I actually write scene by scene in a linear fashion. I'm still coming up with the story and whatever I write is what the next part of the story is. I have a very vague idea of what will happen as major plot points but no specific details.

Right now I'm still in the first 1/3 of Act II. The story is just starting to pick up and the first major plot points are being made. At the moment I just write in game aspects and notes into the game as I'm writing the story. For example when the characters reach a certain location I'll add in a note that says what type of enemies they'll be facing or if they gain a party member. I leave out the dialogue, instead going for third person descriptions of what is happening and the general idea of what the dialogue is about.

No dying allowed

>>165682473
Yes. It's specifically the laptop that I'm reinstalling. The server is in a virtual machine on my desktop.

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>>165643450

>>165686718
Oh! I remember playing a demo some months ago.
How is your progress?

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>Have an idea
>Constantly question it until I give it up
Maybe game design isn't for me

>>165689443
What idea, and are you worried that others wont like it or is it you that dont like it?

I know this isn't exactly the place to ask, but anyone have experience with Wolf RPG Editor (One Way Heroics, Mad Father, Witch's House, LiEat, to name a few)?

I'm having a bug where any game on this engine can't play audio at all, but it's otherwise playable. Running through Wine on Linux if that helps, couldn't find any reports on this from google either

>>165689748
Mainly worried that others won't like it, that it is a stupid idea, although sometimes I get bored with the idea as well

>>165690502
Maybe you muted the audio in Wolf games? Did you check the options and properties?

>>165690658
If so maybe it's better to show your ideas here and get feedback on them, when youre all alone working on your game sometimes its hard to know whats good and what isnt.

>>165691925
this, second opinions are always worthwhile, posting it here or showing someone you can trust to give honest criticism might help
alternatively, write down the ideas you're unsure about and leave them on the back burner while you work on something else. I've done that several times and am often amazed at how much difference coming back to an old concept a month or two later makes in the way you look at it

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>>165691606
It's not the config, even freshly downloaded Wolf RPG games start up without any audio, and it's not system's sound settings either. And even if there's a config file both sound and music are on...but nope, nothing plays.

Really stumped here, that's why I decided to ask, see if anyone else has gotten the same problem before. I'm running on Linux Mint, but as far as I can search no one's reported this either.

Also, just in case someone else who knows more about technical aspects, I've set Wine to run RPG Maker games through this guide: https://www.supershigi.com/forums/index.php?topic=888.0 , and I've tested running Wolf RPG games with winegstreamer.dll and winepulse.drv enabled and still nothing. Any info would be appreciated!

>>165687675
after the demo last october, we've managed to nail some annoying bugs, such as random crashes for seemingly no reason. currently working on the game's opened up structure from here on out and a new area in particular. fun stuff

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>>165643450
Successive approximations of trying to sprite out characters.

>>165692484
I would be really careful about posting something very near and dear to your creative process here though.

There's a couple salty toxic anons lurking that fling shit at anyone doing better than them.

>>165693729
That's partially true. As long as you have tough skin, it's okay. I've been posting my icons and have gotten good feedback. The first thing I posted sucked ass and the criticism, some helpful and some not, helped me be better.

>>165693729
I actually find the harsh criticism extremely helpful. I figure if you assholes (I mean that endearingly) like it than your average player will go apeshit over it.

>>165694095
>>165694617
Right, I'm not saying there's anything wrong with constructive criticism.

But the toxic anons here sometimes will just try to hurt your feelings without giving you anything to go off of, which can leave you feeling (even more) demoralized if you're not ready for it.

>>165693512
I really like the one on the right, that full body sprite/pixel art style is my jam. Nice work anon.

>>165695067
>just try to hurt your feelings
>if you're not ready for it
Yep, I agree with that. If you're gonna post on here, be ready mentally for no help, criticism and meanies. But as long as you don't take it personally and be genuinely honest about your work and yourself, people here can be helpful.

>>165695067
That's true of every community, there will always be trolls. 4chan is not unique in this aspect. Putting yourself out there always exposes you to being harassed or put down by others who are incapable themselves. I think the best way to deal with it is to develop a skill for discerning between proper feedback and mindless drivel, and then put yourself out there. You cannot grow without feedback.

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>>165696394
>You cannot grow without feeback
Don't believe me just watch
Joking.


>>165695591
Right. That, and there's toxic people that are gonna be reviewing your game, so if you see what gripes people have on here, you can predict what they will say later.

>>165695336
Thanks, trying to de-grunge it a little so it looks more colorful, but I'm generally p happy with it

>>165686718

Ogggghhhhh fuck yeah. Cool to see you're still around.

Down the line if you become known you will get both love and hate, cant dodge toxic remarks forever, just how everything is really

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Trying to be artsy for a moment because I can draw faster this way~

>>165701414
ZA WARUDO

>>165701581
WRYYY

>>165701414
Am I getting mixed up?
I thought Leohart was the trip that was working on the zodiac game?

>>165703323
Yes.
He is making that game with the black cat.

>>165703559
Oh ok, gotcha

>>165703323
Sorry not Leohart here, I'm just anon

>>165695067
There need to be people like that, though. It would start to get annoying and even feel unnatural if everyone was always "z0mg this is SO cool great job anon!! <33" or "I think you should fix this small detail my good friend :^) but good job anyways ;)" all the time.

Many times, people actually think your work is absolute shit, but they don't say that due to courtesy, while rude / non-courteous people will express how they really feel it. Their absolute honesty should be appreciated, even if their negstive traits outweigh the good ones. Hell, they can even help you notice a massive flaw in your vision by shaking your emotions up. That is, if there is one, and they're not just being faggots.

So how ass-aggravating are non-euclidean mazes anyways?

I was thinking about a brief maze in a part where reality is breaking down as the player approaches a sleeping god. So for it, what's better than a non-euclidean maze? Well, a non-euclidean maze that changes every time you enter and exit it, of course.

For it, I was thinking of a very simple, very straight forward 10 chunks x 10 chunks maze that randomly distributes the "Transfer Player" events amongst each other upon entering the maze. In that way, going into a room and then back out the same way is just as valid for progressing as going straight forward (indefinitely, somehow). The player has the means to mark each room he's entered before, as well as the corridors he's taken, but if non-euclidean mazes are that tedious, I may scale it down to 5x5 or even 3x3. For reference, there aren't random encounters to bog the whole thing down.

"Test it urself" doesn't really work here because I really enjoy hunkering down and spending 20 or so minutes mapping the logic and routes of such a maze, but I feel the casual player probably won't feel the same - or maybe won't even understand, so I'm at least planning on broastcasting rather loudly what they are in for before entering.

Trying out pyxel. Seems pretty neat so far.

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Alright, sadboi here.

I think this is the last update of the 16x16 icons that I've been working on. I think it's time to move up to 32x32! It's been hard but I've learned a lot.

>>165708615
You should try restricting yourself to just 4 colors (black, white, 2 grays) like the original gameboy

>>165708906
That sounds so difficult that I almost want to do it. I like a good challenge. I'm not sure I could honor the Gameboy in such a way. I'm using a 15 color palette right now. Basically black, white and 13 shades of gray.

>>165673060
I'm not sure I'd call a character you use for so long a "false playable character". I think it'd be more of a character that looks like you'll play him but then it never happens, or you play them for like 1 or two fights and then that's it.

>>165709394
Oh. I think I misunderstood what you were saying kek

>>165709113
I like what you doing with the shades, but I feel 13 might be too many. I also think 2 would be too few. If 13 works, stick with it. Not everything has to be pure Game Boy

>>165710426
I get what you're saying though. 13 is nice but since I'm using 16x16, I don't feel like I can get the full use out of them. Or maybe I'm not that good yet. I do find that I usually use around 5 or 6 shades of grey when making things. I may try to limit myself to that.

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Things in rpg maker games that you are tired of.

>>165713190
RTP

That's it. Not enough people collectively hate the copypaste games though.

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This is a really cool program.

>>165713190
Backtracking for little to no reason

>>165713190
Memes

QUICK
Motivate me to work on my game

>>165693512
This may be a little late, but is it alright if I use this in a presentation to demonstrate a work flow / process?

>>165713461
Looks neat.

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Is Yanfly's icon generator worth it or should I just make my own Icons?

>>165714294
I'll give you a kiss if you make some progress

>>165714762
The contract is sealed, I shall make some progress!

>>165714294
if kemco can keep churning out pieces of shit and calling them "games" and sell hundreds of thousands of copies on the play store, you can certainly make something better than they do and have it be far more successful

>>165713454
;-; I'm sorry anon-senpai I am trash at art so I have to use RTP for now until I can hire an artist

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Stop dying

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Tilesets is hard

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Welp... making icons is a bit easier.

>>165720346
10/10 character design

>>165720489
We can rebuild him. We have the technology

>>165722227
head over the the bowling alley for the monthly league tournament.

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Jesus had to reupload 3 times, anyway.

Whax wants to _______.

>>165722487
What was wrong with the previous ones? They look the same to me. Anyway, see: >>165722476

>>165722589
The colors were a little off.

>>165722476
Yeah he's kind of a hick.

>>165722487
Learn how to play the tuba

>>165722487
be slav

What is the most unique RPG maker game? One that makes the most out of the engine and is the least generic. Something that does something nobody could expect the engine to pull off.

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Okay, re-did some things. It's kinda coming along.
Everything feels really small though.

>>165713190
turn based combat
forced, unnecessary combat to fill time
default assets

>>165724181

Uhhhhhh... I guess LISA counts since it's the one that looks least like an rpgm game. There's also some action battle systems like the tales series out there for XP.

>>165724181
OneShot

>>165724185
It may be small but it is big in my heart

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>>165725664

Here's one for you.

What is your most favorite RPG Maker game?

>>165730687

Mine ____ :^)

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>>165732951

>>165693512
The full body sprite on the right is mirrored. Intentional?

>>165701414
Wow, so nice.

>>165708419
I think they're a good idea IF you make it obvious that backtracking can take you someplace else. Being able to mark rooms is also a huge plus.

The new Pokémon games had a maze like that and while there were hints for progressing, there was NO indication that backtracking could lead to different rooms, and it really irritated me because I thought I had figured it out and then suddenly the path I had memorized didn't work anymore. There was also no way to mark rooms (other than strewn items which you were supposed to pick up anyways) and un-repelable random encounters.

With that said, from your description I see that such a maze makes thematically the most sense, so I would definitely include it!

So random traits for party members.

Like it? Hate it?

Was thinking bout doing it for my current game because it already does randomised stats, so why not just throw another variable into the mix for increased replayability?

>>165735872
Hate it. All it encourages is savescumming

>>165735872
What would these traits do?

>>165735872
Like it, as long as all traits have some use.

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Good night bump

>>165736076
>That moment when you're entire game could be scummies

I actually don't mind if people save scum, I'm building with it in mind for the post end game portion, or if it gets really bad, I'll have a recruit cooldown so that they can't just reload and try again immediately.

>>165736150
>>165736213
Stat Bonuses mainly, maybe access to out of tree skills, perhaps aura effects, stuff like that.

>>165736701
>Stat Bonuses mainly, maybe access to out of tree skills, perhaps aura effects, stuff like that.

Sounds good. Ship it!

>>165736701
>I'll have a recruit cooldown so that they can't just reload and try again immediately
That's even worse anon, what are players supposed to do if they get stuck with bad party members who can't carry the party?

I know this is probably a real newbie question but using Ace, is there a way to make a state that increases EX/SP parameters by a flat rate rather than a percentage?

I'm trying to build some early game passive skills and even the lower percentages can be a game breaker, especially once scaling comes into play.

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>>165724181
Cherry Tree Hill Comedy Club

>>165643642
Stealing this

What is cooler for a game, indipendent spells or "evolutionary" ones? For the player characters, i mean.

Indipendent are like Ember, Flamethrower, Fire Blast or Water Gun, Surf, Hydro Pump.

"evolutionary" i mean like Fire->Fira->Firaga or Zio->Zionga->Ziodyne

>>165740615
Are the low-tier spells useful in the late-game (less MP cost when MP is a limited resource, need to cause low damage to certain enemies like for catching Pokémon)?
If yes, keep them. If not, evolve them to reduce skill bloat.

>>165706238
This. I'm sure my input in the last thread has me pinned as one of these toxic anon, but that's really not the case. I don't want this to turn into a /co/ style hug box where we try to find something nice to say about a first effort.
I offer criticism alongside any negativity, but some people ignore anything the rest of your post if you hurt their feelings.

The first time I posted my work got destroyed, but you know what? I knew the points raised were valid because that anon clearly didn't hold back to save my feelings. I made most of the corrections offered and ended up much happier with my work. If people tell me 'great job but try doing more x on the y' I'll be more likely to take it as a subjective suggestion.

We're all different. I don't think being harsh with a point is toxic.

>>165740615
Skills that stay relevant through the whole game.

>>165706238
>>165745345

I agree with both of you. You should absolutely learn to listen to criticism. People may not always be able to articulate precisely what is wrong, but it's a clear indication that there is a flaw you have to fix.

>>165671272
>>165709394
There's nothing particularly wrong with it, it's good if used well, but it's kind of obnoxious when you get to play as a fun character for five minutes and never again. Unless you're actually setting out to troll the player (why), don't give them any super interesting gameplay stuff.

>>165730687
Still Exit Fate.

>>165738161
shocking, I didn't know this.

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>>165648119

>>165720346
Nice stick

>>165750598
kek, thanks!

Have any of you actually bought the DLC for RpgMaker MV?

>>165733676
Intentional. While drawing I periodically flip the canvas. Things you did wrong become immediately obvious that way.

>>165751592
Man, that's a great idea, I need to do that. It's like looking at my cat and his uneven markings, I only realise its strangeness in the mirror.

>>165755000
It's pretty much standard procedure for arting shit. (Back in the day you used to have to pick up your paper and hold it against a light to see the flipped lines.)

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>>165643450
Here's some beta footage of a boss battle.

https://a.pomf.cat/vkxjsl.mp4
( Sorry about the watermark )

>>165757118
Here's my thoughts in no particular order:
Lots of things going on at once, maybe because the video was too fast.
The animation of the menu windows is smooth and pleasing to the eye.
Some of the item names are in Portuguese, I assume placeholder?
Took me a while to realize the tridents are targetable opponents. In general the floaty numbers make it hard to tell who is getting hit/healed/statused.
Music gives me a Megaman vibe that fits very well.
The RTP animations are obviously placeholder.

>>165757118
lol crotch fire

>>165730687
tales of the drunken paladins. it might not be the most advance rpg maker game, but it's funny and pretty well balanced.

>>165748585
this

how do I randomize all of my enemies' Max HP in VX Ace? Let's say by 33%

>>165761758
Is there a reason to design-wise? Randomized HP by that wide a margin on a single enemy that I might fight over and over repeatedly would feel pretty bad. In comparison, wild pokemon HP has a fixed base, that can go up or down 10% based on the partially hidden Nature/temperment and then slightly modified from there back or forward about 5% via the very hidden IV stats.

>>165763128
>wild pokemon HP has a fixed base, that can go up or down 10% based on the partially hidden Nature/temperment

Actually, HP is unaffected by nature. You may be thinking of EVs, which differ from 0 only for trainer-owned Pokémon.

>>165763128
>Is there a reason to design-wise?
yeah, finding out how much HP an enemy has is a significant part of my battle system, so I'd like to have every encounter be somewhat unique

anyway, nevermind I think I'm going to have to battle event it

I hate to use this as a faq but I can't find the info online. I'm tying to use a custom battle background. I moved the original files from backgrounds from:

>img/battlebacks1
>img/battlebacks2

I did that so I could save space and get rid of unused files. I've changed the battleback to my image in the map properties, troop properties and anything else I can find but the game keeps crashing when I go to battle. It says that it can't find "grasslands.png". Obviously that's because I moved the file. Does the game actually need these pictures to run any battles at all? Is there a way I can remove dependencies within the game so I can use my custom images?

When I put the images back into the game, it partially shows my background but also the default background.

TL;DR: How do I get rid of default assets in RPG Maker MV without the game crashing and remove the dependencies of those files?

>>165764169

The built-in scripts are probably coded in such a way that they always grab the default assets. It's a matter of modifying the relevant parts such that they either grab no asset, or your custom assets (this is best done with an alias or overwrite in a separate script, leaving the original intact).

When the game crashes it usually tells you which line in what script caused the crash. Use this information to figure out which functions you have to modify to prevent them trying to get the default files.

>>165764580

Thank you for your help but I literally just figured it out a few seconds ago. I went into the recourse manager to delete all the other battle backgrounds so that mine was the only one. That did the trick!

I'm not using plug-ins at the moment but I'll remember what you said about them in the future.

>>165763303
you're right, I can't beleive I F'd that up after fighting Tapu Lele 4 times and settling on Quirky.

>>165693512
boobs and face are looking at me, all the rest is looking to the right. Eerie.

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>>165765384

Uhhhhhhh

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>>165769661
>tfw none of these cliches apply to my game

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>mfw i'm not worried about making characters, tiles, walking animations or whatever
>the thing that preoccupies me the most is making unique effects and animations for skills like ice, fire, etc

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>>165769661
>majority of party are teenagers

Age means nothing to robots, and they're canonically 2-3 years old.
Does that apply...?

What games don't rely heavily on jumpscares or screamers to be spoopy? I can't handle these at all

Does Witch's House have a lot of them?

>>165727249
This is really cute.

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>>165772623
Still a work in progress.

>>165772359
There are a lot of jumpscares in the Witch's House, although there are more scenes where you expected a jumpscare but got none, which is how the dev makes the jumpscares work..

I suggest you try EndRoll. It is like Mother 2 + Yume Nikki.

>>165772359

It's got a handful of them. I would recommend ib. Also while it's not rpgm, the Crooked Man, Sand Man, and Boogie Man games are cool. You can find them and a bunch of other stuff on vgperson dot tumblr.

>tfw nodeving on Ren'Py now

>>165775890
Can't you just make the same in MV?

>>165776164
Yeah. I guess. I could even nodev in Flash or HTML/JavaScript.

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Do you like "big hunk of rock" mountains like the NES version of Final Fantasy, or "individual peaks" like the remakes?

>>165778765
hunk of rock

>>165772796
Good game but how far can you continue

>>165778765
hunk o rock

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World tileset is coming along

>>165782713
anon you are inspiring the shit out of me right now. I never thought I'd be able to do tilesets and i look at this and think huh maybe I can do something like that

I wanna say your bushy grass is a little off compared to everything else tho

>>165784932
Thanks for the feedback. I'm still trying to get a feel for world map tiles. The bushy grass was the first one I did when I started these yesterday.

Where did Yanfly post that comic?

>>165785193
I assume you're talking about this one: http://yanfly.moe/2017/01/07/comic-lets-make-a-game/

>>165785447
thanks

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I think I've written myself into a corner again.
>PC is a heroic prince has to find his abducted sister
>every major bad guy has someone in his employ/entourage that resembles and could possibly be that sister
>none of them actually are her (one of them is the bad guy's rightful daughter, four of them are she-beast mid-bosses in the employ of another villain, and one of them is a boy)
>Not even a weird underworld/dream sequence gives any concrete information
Basically, I have too many red herrings and not enough believable, legitimate endings. Wat do? And no, "you were the princess all along" doesn't count.

>>165785447
i want to fuck flyingdream

>>165787117
Why do you have to have a believable, legitimate ending? I don't see what's wrong with "she's been dead all along and nobody but the killer knew about it".

>>165787117
Based off of this, it sounds like you had a lot of fun creating your premise but have absolutely no clue how to end it. You're not in a corner, you're just lost

>>165787682
Because fuck anticlimaxes. After all the weird shit the player has to deal with, having a semi-satisfying ending should be a reward, even if she does end up dying or something bad like that. Just stuffing her into the proverbial fridge offscreen is a dick move.

>>165787684
Yeah, that's a better way to put it.

>>165787117
So by the second imposter, the player will start to get the gist of it. You could do it like Chaika where the villainesses will have an identity crisis and believe fully and truly that they're MCs sister and then his actual sister comes out and was in cahoots with the big bad the entire time.

I'd need to know what the villain's motive is to begin with to say WHY she joined up with him, but her abduction, her impersonators, were ultimately her master plan and she kicks the crap out of the villain at the end and turns out to be the real deal

>>165788625
Seems pretty diabolical, although I'd have to have a chance at redemption because I'm a softie like that.

Thus far I have, in no particular order
>VILLAIN 1: Pretty basic evil king; red herring 1 is his fuccboi and #2 is his "queen" (probably a good place to put the sister-turned-villain?)
>VILLAIN 2: A pirate king; all of his most elite soldiers are Amazons, and his enforcers are vicious she-beasts similar to the Beauty and the Beast Unit (to fit the game's monster combat gameplay), leading to a needle-in-a-haystack situation
>VILLAIN 3: A cave-dwelling, insane tomb king; red herring is his rightful daughter-wife by incest
There's another, but it's too weird/intentionally ambiguous to really be helpful.

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here's a character portrait to a redneck shoot out game im working on. bump

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>>165779048

Still at it...

>>165789664
Ok so MC-kun's sister makes this master plan after hearing intel about Villain 1 making a move on the kingdom or some shit and decides that his armies are damn OP and she wants a piece of that since she always wanted to turn your quaint little kingdom empirical but because of the PATRIARCHY it turns out she's like 67th in line to the throne, and no amount of shmoozing or backstabbing is going to get her the top spot especially since her pesky relatives keep popping out babies like god damn rats

So she reaches out to him, sets everything up but it turns out he's a bumbling jackass who just inherited his empire or kingdom or whatever from his dad whose corpse is practically still warm.

So she gets fed up with how he's running things (peace treaties? Diplomacy? Oh no FUCK THAT) and slowly wins over the hearts of his followers, has him assassinated, and tries to claim rightful rule of both his kingdom, your kingdom, and onward to the entire continent

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>>165791285
ahoo. resize

>>165791324
This fucking face oh my god

>>165792128
Which one??

>>165792409
The best one

>>165706238
>>165745345
>>165746779

Again, the emphasis is on toxic anons who have nothing to add. Negativity is fine, being mean is fine. It's why Simon Cowell and Gordon Ramsey are known as being kickass critics. But amidst their shit-flinging, they give you something to go off of, something that you need to improve on.

I was warning about anons that essentially just Walter and Staldorf you without giving you anything to go off of.
"That idea is shit because X. Scrap it." and "Your entire game is shit because Y, give up and try again." are both negative, but still helpful if they are backed up by why you say so.

>>165765384
>not bringing synchronize pokemon to get good natures for legendaries/mythicals

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>>165714540
Oh yeah sure, that's fine. Go ahead. I made this one way earlier too for portrait making if it helps

>>165765606
Think I fixed it, one sec

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>>165765606
Good to go now?
She's facing away but looking in your direction.

Why isn't your protagonist a cute catgirl?

>>165801876
because my antagonist is a cute catgirl

>>165801876
Because I acknowledge that I'll never make a JRPG catgirl cuter than Katt so why even bother

Holy fuck I'm playing Hero & Daughter right now, I'm tickled pink by how hilarious this game is lmao

Any cool stuff or tips? I'm literally getting too many girls than I can't keep up with training them. But really, what a wonderful game, this is definitely going on one of my top favorites for how funny written it is

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Would you be interested by this?

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Revamped mountains, added forest, cave mouth, and town.

>>165810219
If you would refine your dialogue then maybe.

>>165802357
You found the true path, anon
Don't fuck it up by making the cute catgirl villain turn good because she falls in love with the MC.

>>165813613
He should make the MC fall for her instead

>>165813613
it's actually pretty much the opposite of that
cat girl starts off good as rival with sexual tension to the MC before a big disagreement sets her on a bad path, ending as currently planned is basically mutual respect without any romantic implications between the two

>>165814256
Great stuff Anon

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Here is disc 1 of my OST, lots more to come, enjoy! (some songs still need a little work)

https://soundcloud.com/user-666801173/sets/the-long-road-ost/s-fe028

>>165817604
Had to fix some stuff up and re-upload, it messed up and excluded a bunch of songs.

I love you

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>>165821403

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>>165821403

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>>165821486

Anyone have download links, torrent or otherwise, of Ancient Dungeons Winter and Ancient Dungeons Jungle? I already own Ancient Dungeons Base Pack and prefer working with tilesets that complement eachother, which the other Ancient Dungeons packs do.

>>165824113
Tried searching for these, only found some .exe links on sites shadier than my sunglasses.
Sorry Anon.

>>165686718
This is the kind of shit i want to do. Fuck tiles and character generator, i want my own drawn maps and my own drawn characters.

congratulations

>>165825585
Yeah, I'm experiencing the same problem. It's why I've been asking here. The few workings links I did find were for the Base Pack.

you wouldn't make an rpg

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Good night bump

>>165827478
but it's morning

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Have a boss fight!
feat. tentacles

https://a.pomf.cat/vpzatm.mp4

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>>165724181
>>165738161
That's not really fair. Games like these aren't really using the engine.
Like that Bullet Hell game, A New Beginning, it was all coded from scratch with ruby. It doesn't use the database, maps, or events.

They run in the rgss player and that's all.

Arrived late, but to the missing sister and red herrings guy, why not make all true?

Instead of them being red herrings, if the player investigate enough, flip a switch and side quest where that is missing sister. This way the player can "choose" who he wants as the missing sister.

Off course this makes the game longer to make instead of only one canon possibility...

>>165818686
I feel the piano is often too loud compared to his quality. But it's a overall solid, I personally prefer the tracks with more guitar or orgue.

Check the Sims 3 OST if you havent already.

Time for anon's COOL advice!

How to make a last dungeon cool, but at the same time difficult?

Simple! Just make enemies that have low health, but are faster than you and can use multitarget instadeath skills!

>>165840167
>Multitarget instadeath skills
That just sounds like unnecessary frustration.

>>165690658
in my opinion, I think developers should do what they want without seeking affirmation from others. it's more interesting to see their original vision as opposed to one that's been shaped by the tastes and preferences of other people. try to have a little more confidence in yourself and your ideas.

>>165844418
You're right. Swarms of fast enemies that kill you if they touch you in the overworld is better.

>>165845016
>make game
>awful
>receive critics
>release game, huge success
>release director's cut, original vision
>awful

>>165845016
Dear god no. That's how you get people like latter-day Hideo Kojima. Sure, you shouldn't suck the editors' collective cock, but listening to honest criticism, even if it's harsh, is a godsend. They can even give new ideas like >>165787684
>>165788625
>>165791380
did for me. This is especially true if you're working with a team, because an idea is no good if it can't be implemented (again, Kojima).

What version of RPG Maker should I use?

>>165849086
Your favorite one

>>165849161
I like them all, sempai.

Is there any tool to export and import the item and other stuff databases to Excel? I have nothing to do at work and it would be cool if i could waste the time working with that

>>165778765
Neither looks super great, frankly. Big hunk is better, but needs more definition.

>>165778765
The NES version looks like aluminium foil.

>>165850918
Which version? MV uses standard json, so I'd guess there's some way to import it, or at least convert it to a format excel understands.

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I did a piece of artwork for one of my enemy characters. Thoughts?

>>165852159
What is that weird thing on its face supposed to be? Or is that its real face?

>>165852640
It's supposed to be a mask. If that isn't obvious then I'm slightly worried about my art skills

>>165845016
That is only true IF you don't care at all about your game being liked by others. But the fact is that most people do, and there is nothing wrong with that, because not everyone wants to live in a personal autism bubble. Sure, caring too much about what others think is bad, because then you let your vision be defined by them, but caring in a sane amount lets you conserve the foundations of your vision AND receive helpful criticism that contributes to your game's overall quality.

>>165852159
That black line crossing the face is not supposed to be there. You should use shadow to make it clear his head is turned, the mask itself wouldn't work that way.

>>165852885
I kind of guessed it was a mask, but you can never be too sure. Overall, I'm getting some serious Zant vibes from the mask, head shape, and robes. The overall design looks OK, but I'm not a professional critic so take it with a grain of salt.

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>>165853021

>>165853759
That's better, though there are still some symmetry and shadowing issues if you want to get picky.

The left side of the mask should be at the same height as the right side, unless his face is tilted - which it seemingly isn't. If he has another eye, the small part of the another red orb should be visible on the left side (from the watcher's perspective).

What comes to shadowing, there seem to be many lightning spots. If you don't want to rehaul his shadows completely, you should add some on his purple hood and you'd get away with it with most players.

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Just had a power outage. Lost good 2 cutscenes I was working on. Fuck. I should've saved.

>>165854496
fuuuck man. Use dropbox too. Or some cloud service for extra insurance.

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I imagine you guys are tired of seeing my videos, so here's a picture instead.

>>165855138

Nah, I like to see progress. I recently engrossed myself in RP on Argent Dawn again, so a chunk of my attention goes there nowadays, so my own progress is slower. Plus, I ended up reworking the skills again.

Instead of just getting JP and buying skills as they show up through level ups, now I think I'll implement it so that each character has a base skill path till level 10, at which point you get an extra skill slot and are able to buy one of two "class" passives, which will allow learning of more skills. I don't want to implement a class change plugin for it, since it's kinda meaningless, as I don't want the stat gains to be different. Just the skill options. For instance, MC gets an option to go Knight or Parvil.

Knight is the tank. He gets higher tier defense up passives, gets to equip heavy armor and gets skills that lower enemy armor/attack and can wreck barriers. Taunt too. Damage wise, all those attacks will remain on 5xAttack.

Parvil is damage. He gets the flame/ice/thunder elemental single attacks, stronger variations of random targets hits, 3 hit on single target, Single target attack, All target hit. He gets one skill that pierces barriers some, but the precentage is low.

It's a clear cut difference.

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>>165856024
>RPing on official WoW servers

You need higher standards. Desperately.

>>165856384

Not really. I've RP'd on Laurelin once, in Lotro. I met good folk there, but ultimately, now that I look back on it, I was part of the elitist brigade without realizing it.

Then I moved to GW2, I RP'd there since the game was out. Ended up making my own guild with several similar minded people after the guild we all initially were a part of turned bad when leaders started throwing tantrums on forums and facebook just cause we were actively RPing and character logically wondered when are we going to make a move on in the plot that was sold as super urgent to us. That guild was well alive into the expansion and we never lacked for fun, we weren't anime people, but had actual characters and despite the fact that we weren't big, we were known to community since we actively RPd in Divinity during times the guild wasn't out in the world(Mercenary guild, so we went out a lot) and we took time to do joint events with other guilds, etc. But GW2 went to shit and so did the RP, so we kinda had a quiet death in that people moved on.

I got bored of not having anything to do a few months back, joined two former guildies on Dawn in this guild they were in. It was good RP, though the guild was a terrible fucking bubble thanks to the officers. Same officers who didn't like me for reasons they didn't want to say and actively sabotaged RP events I brought to the table inbetween expeditions. Ended up with them giving me an ultimatum. I was to make my character act in fashion that would suit their plot narrative and I had to fix my transgressions, which boiled down to me once saying that giving someone gameplay tips for Legion content isn't a spoiler. I left. Now I found some new group and they're alright.

I know what type of RPer you immediately thought of, but I don't roll with those, so I'd say I'm fine. Besides, where else am I to go? Some private server? God no. I gave thought to trying FFXIV out, but not for RP. I bet it's animey there.

>>165857961
I'm sorry to sound like I'm bashing the way you spend your freetime, but you should try (heavy) roleplaying outside of MMORPGs. You would then understand what I mean.

Also, never played LotRO myself, but GW2 and every other MMORPG I've ever tried can barely be said to have any serious roleplay, mostly teenagers with their all-over-the-place writing.

But each to their own.

https://soundcloud.com/jim-malmstr-m/carnival-of-feels
What kind of environment you guys think this song might fit in? Winter landscape?

>>165860108

Forum roleplay, you mean? I would go out of my way to do D&D, but online its a hit and miss and lately I've just not the time for it.

I know what you mean. An' it really is all over the place, but sometimes you find solid stuff. Or you make it, if need be.

What would be a good name for a "MP Poison" state?

What would be a good name for a "Flinched" (action is stopped if opponent goes second, like in Pokemon) state?

>>165861185
Small mountain town.

>>165861339
MP Poison state = "Mana Drain"
Flinched = "Flinch"

So, RPG Maker uses JavaScript these days?

>>165862519
XV Ace uses Ruby.

MV uses JavaScript

>>165862326
Mana Drain sounds like absorbing the enemies MP for yourself, though.

>>165862741
"Mana Loss"

>>165862562
Any idea what ecmascript version is supports? I'm guessing it's probably just a partial implementation of the language in any case.

>>165863281
I don't much much about JavaScript to be able to know that, unfortunately.

>>165861642
You're right based anon, I hear it now. There's a mountainside village later in my story, I'll save this song for it.

>>165863281
ES5.

>>165863728
Not really too important I guess, although the latest language spec has a lot of nice features.

Is there a marketplace in RPG Maker similar to other engines like GameMaker and Unity? Selling scripts that implement various mechanics seems like it could be profitable.

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Where is the podcast Eggman
You said there would be podcast

>>165838575
Thanks, I'll tone down the piano! I agree actually, my fav tracks are lacking piano. Most of the newer stuff I make is drifting away from the starting area instruments (piano,violin, etc). I wanted the first area to feel like a country, warm good feeling. It quickly goes much different, as can be seen with tracks like Whax & Whane as well as A Mischievous Kindness.

>>165864170
There isn't really a centralized marketplace. On Steam there is the workshop and on various RPG Maker forums there are people who put out their work. As for the profitability of it, RPG Maker has a very open, sharing community. I wouldn't say selling things is frowned upon but there are a lot of free assets and scripts people offer. If you do good work, I think you could sell it. The only model that I've seen that looks stable is creating a Patreon page and asking for monthly donations. Of course most of those people put out scripts or tilesets often and sometimes do commissions . You could also do freelance work and offer your services that way. You sound like code writer so making scripts for people could net you some cash.

>>165810347
Very basic, but I dig those trees.

>>165861339
MP Poison : Spirit Decay

>>165866516
Yeah, I'm a systems programmer, was thinking this could be a nice source of income on the side. If it doesn't have a marketplace though it could be a little tough... The patreon idea might work, I'll have to research it a little.

>>165867146
The guy that I think has the most success is Yanfly.

https://www.patreon.com/Yanfly

But I think he actually has a few people who help him run a website, make art for him, make YouTube videos and other things like that.

>>165861185
First coming to mind was a Christmas village.

But it could work in pretty much any JRPG town while a girl talks to you about romance and gay stuff.

How much is it important to you anons, to have pleasant artistic style in a RPG Maker game.

I know myself I can tolerate a bad game if I dislike the Art, but it's still important.

I'm really shit at making graphics for my game, I'm scared

>>165861185
A fellow composer here.

I would say ice cave village. Not a snowy mountain village, but a village/house built inside ice/ice cave.

>>165867086
"Mana Decay"

>>165870785
Pleasant artistic style is EVERYTHING.

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>>165871028
On a scale from 1-10, 1 being ms paint stick figures and 10 being secret of evermore, how would you rate my games art? I'm too exhausted to overhaul everything again so I'm sticking with this aesthetic and just working on finishing the damn game. My goal is that its at least passable enough so that you don't have to think about how bad the graphics are.

>>165871959
Could I see character graphics? They are more important, especially the main character one, as the player needs to stare at him the entire game.

... The background graphics remind me of certain Flash games you saw around Newgrounds etc. around five years ago. They are passable for the style they are going for, definitely, though I'd like to grade it in two parts. The background-background (sky, clouds, mountains): 9/10, while the background (house, fence, trees etc.) are maybe... 7/10 in my eyes.

I don't know why you wanted my opinion but there you go, friend.

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>>165872617
Why wouldn't I want your opinion? I love getting feedback from everyone. The character art really isn't complete, but here is an idea.

>>165871959
6.8 for my taste

7.5 otherwise

>>165871028
>"Mana Decay"
That's sounds generic af, but it works if magic is simply "magic" and not some sort of spiritual life force or related stuff

>>165873005
I'm happy with a 5.0 to be honest, this is my first serious attempt at art in general let alone making game art. I just don't want to crowdfund the project, I really want to make everything myself. I think of it as a personal mission.

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>>165871959
I'd rate it 8. Only thing I would change is giving the tree trunk an outline like most of the other objects

>>165875404
Thank you anon, that's way higher than I feel it deserves. You gotta self-deprecate or you'll never improve, remember this! Outlining the trunk now and checking how it looks.

Is it possible to do parallaxe scrolling with maps much biggers than screen space?

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>>165864321
Wednesday. It's always Wednesday, anon.

If you heard this as battle music, what would you think?

https://soundcloud.com/mrmichaelgomez/cave-battle

>>165875708
Having a really low self-esteem, I feel like self-deprecating is the only thing I do. I'm never really satisfied with my art and I end up tweaking it ad infinitum

>>165876154
>https://soundcloud.com/mrmichaelgomez/cave-battle

I bursted into laughter when the singing began. I'm sorry.

>>165876656
That's almost what I was going for!

>>165876656
I think it's the point

>>165876154
I'd think it'd be time consuming to script something that makes the vocals non repetitive. Because this is only funny if

A. Is varied
B. You are a superstar and fans eats everything you do because you're the next Jack Black

>>165877162
Well I don't mind recording multiple different versions. Your point about it being varied is absolutely paramount when it comes to in-game music(to me), especially if it has vocals. Obviously if you were in an area and had random battles you wouldn't want to hear this 8 times in a row.

I haven't looked into it yet but I think the easiest way would be to have a script that selects the battle or game music at from a list at random. For example

Cave A
>Cave Song A1
>Cave Song A2
>Cave Song A3
>Cave song A4

Cave B
>Cave Song B1
>Cave Song B2
>Cave Song B3
>Cave Song B4


Basically having exclusive songs for each area that are chosen randomly so it wouldn't be so repetitive.

>>165877698
I'd try a sort of switch events with variables, each time you make a battle you gain +1, and depending on the variable score, it changes to a certain BGM fight song.

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The big purple-roofed building was a failure, I need to redo it. The scale is wrong with the villages, and since it's two tiles wide it doesn't line up with the road.

>>165879101
Why neither of the towns are next to the store?

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>>165879836
That's not a store, it's the Academy of Magic. It's off limits to non-mages. Also I'm just throwing tiles around to show them off, the layout isn't final.

Here's a quick 3D model I did a while ago of the academy. I'm still not sure about the architecture, not being an architect.

>>165880687
I meant shore. Not store. Damnit!

New song

https://soundcloud.com/iwilldevouryourkittens/the-nameless-army-second-alternate

Thoughts?

>>165880865
Ah, the shore. Well my answer still stands. I'm just throwing around tiles at random to see how things look.

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Hey kids I have some gore

>>165881274
You're going to give me an aneurysm.

How usable is your game, given the ISO 9241 definition of usability?

>Usability: The extent to which a product can be used by specified users to achieve specified goals with effectiveness, efficiency and satisfaction in a specified context of use.
>Effectiveness: the accuracy and completeness with which users achieve specified goals
>Efficiency: the resources expended in relation to the accuracy and completeness with which users achieve goals
>Satisfaction: freedom from discomfort, and positive attitude to the use of the product
>Context of use: characteristics of the users, tasks and the organizational and physical environments

>ISO 9241 also defines a Goal as an intended outcome, and Tasks as activities to achieve a goal
>Example (Jokela et al.): “90 % users achieve the goal (Es) in less than 1 minute (Ey) with an average satisfaction rating ‘6’ (S) when users are novice ones (U), and they want to have a desired sum of cash withdrawn (G) with any bank machine (Cx). “

>>165881806

Honestly depends on how much the player likes dudes liking dudes.

>>165880984
That's pretty cool, I like it a lot. Especially the guitar.
Is it a boss theme?

>>165882774
I'm thinking it'll be a normal battle theme, but only for the final dungeon.

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>>165881806

>>165882487
I'm fine with it unless both partners are super macho. There needs to be a gentle touch or slight femininity.

>>165882892
Sounds more like a "secret badass boss" theme.

>>165883912
Yeah, I guess it is a bit too grandiose to be a regular battle theme.

>>165883489

It's actually a harem, and all the harem members are technically just parts of the same person. Sort of a 6 for 1 deal.

>>165876516
Yeah I guess I should have mentioned that it's only a healthy thing to do if you have too much confidence to begin with, lol.

>>165876154
I would think that you have a great sense of humor and looked forward to laughing the rest of the game.

You sound kind of cute.

Hey anons, has anyone else tried this thing? http://rpgmakersource.com/ourproducts/invenio/

I want to see if it's worth it. Not shilling but I need a pathfinding script for my game that isn't performance heavy.

What did I say to you about dying young lady?

>>165891907
That I should die, Master...

How would I go about creating a Skill that deals "Aftershock damage" the next turn after it is used?

>>165893345
Edit Poison?

>>165894496
People have mountains in their yard? Kek I like it.

>>165894617
It's secret placeholder for even shittier barriers

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Have you made some progress today?

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>>165769661

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>Do you even lift?
Your game DOES have a weight lifting mini-game, right?

>>165898782

I want to make a jump rope minigame because I jump rope in real life.But the game I'm working on right now doesn't need a minigame like that. I could think of a few that would need it though.

I've decided to make the bar a stick and the weights either pine cones or rocks tied to it. Thoughts?

>>165899117
What game are you working on?