/rpgmg/ - RPG Maker General #195

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>>170341396
Just like our thread?

making progress is hard

>>170343889
It sure is but don't you feel rewarded afterwards?

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>>170341396
I'd go to the forums for help if I didn't expect:

(A) Blue text from the staff telling me I can't ask for that.

(B) Tutorials and Resources made by a well-meaning teenagers going on 30 who are less qualified that I am, but continue to be authorities because no one is allowed to tell them otherwise.

(C) Bullshitters who are quick to respond and can write paragraphs and paragraphs on solutions to your problem as you phrased it. But won't open your zip folder to see the goatsee.jpg inside.

>>170344694
well like, I'm at the story planning stage (I'm making the outline first) and I've just got horrible writer's block

>>170345215
What are you struggling with? Not sure how to proceed with a scene?

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>>170345215
So I don't sound like a bullshitter: Show us what you got.

Remember. You're anonymous, so any shame or embarrassment you experience when we laugh at you is medicinal and will work as a laxative to push crap and bad ideas out of your system.

Okay, I will be bumping this thread for at least a few hours so it won't die. But that doesn't mean you can slack off, anon.

>>170346814
Don't worry Anon! I'll

>>170345582
>>170346389
Pretty much it's story progression. I'm not very far but as of now I have the tutorial fight, and I'm not sure where to proceed from there.

>>170346389
also >so any shame or embarrassment you experience when we laugh at you is medicinal and will work as a laxative to push crap and bad ideas out of your system.
no I'm pretty sure that that'll just cause me to throw out the game altogether and not want to work on it again. However, helpful criticism without sounding like a dick is good for fostering good ideas.

>>170348367
It's possible that you're dwelling on the details too hard, hence why you're getting stuck on just the "tutorial fight". Try to write down events into summarized pieces consisting of one sentence, then add details when it's all arranged as you want it.

Seriously, you get a lot of space covered with:
>MC is going to the big city.
>Encounters girl.
>Saves her, takes her back to starting village.
>Badguy sending army after girl.
>RPG ensues.

Story idea:

a transgender female gets beat up and then decides to become a man(again). The combat is fighting the mental illnesses to become normal again and moving back into the normality of society. Then the game ends with a new main character and a set up for the sequel.

>>170350316
>a transgender female gets beat up and then decides to become a man(again)
I'm not transgender, but I don't think that's how it works

>>170350316
shitty desu

>>170350419
Somtimes

>>170350598
why?

>>170350316
transwomen don't decide to become male again cause they weren't male in the first place, being trans isn't a mental illness, being trans can mean being normal in society
so aka people would laugh at you fucking up this hard

>>170350989
>transWOMAN
>they weren't male in the first place
>born with a penis
>being trans isn't a mental illness

really makes you think. they are biologically a man though, you can't deny that.

>>170351382
I mean, yes they are biologically born as men, but mentally and developmentally they are female. Transwomen are shown to have similar brains to cis females and same for transmen and cis males.
And no it's not a god-damn mental illness. If you want to classify it as any sort of "illness" (which is still an incorrect term but I can't think of a better one), it's an issue with the brain of a person being in the wrong biological body.

>>170350989
>transwomen don't decide to become male again cause they weren't male in the first place

Biologically speaking, they were male

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Rate my sloppy first animations, /rpgmg/

I'm proud of them even though they are literally the first animations I've ever made, ever.

>>170351640
>mentally and developmentally they are female
How can that be though? If the entire physiology of the body is male, producing more testosterone and growing male features for most of their developing years, how do they turn out to be women?

Also how can a brain be in the wrong biological body? From about seven weeks the baby is already growing their sexual organs. I don't think this is an issue of biology here. It's determined way before any social pressure.

Anyway, I think the story could be quite inspirational and at the very least controversial.

>>170352747
the torso should move

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>>170352949
How so? Should it bob with the head? Lean side to side?

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>>170352857
>making a game saying that transwomen should detransition, their being trans is a mental illness, and saying being trans isn't normal in society
>I think the story could be quite inspirational

>>170353351
up and down

>>170352857
>Inspirational
>Controversial
I'll just say you very likely have no idea what you're talking about.

Even if being transgender was a mental illness (it isn't), one does not simply "get inspired" to fight their own mental illness. And what do you mean by "become normal again"? Are you saying people with issues or people that happen to be different from your ideas of
"normal" aren't normal?

If you're aiming to be controversial unironically, then I hope you get inspired to not be such a closed-minded individual with no idea how people work.

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>>170353521
Like thus?

>>170353762
Sure

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>>170353351
the way to think about it is that lifting your leg moves the rest of the body up simultaneously. That includes the torso, the head, and the arms

Something else, you animate the lower half of each arm without moving the top. the motion actually comes from the shoulder, so you should be pivoting the whole arm to show that

On the front-facing one you also probably want some foreshortening on the legs: they should get smaller when they're further away. Right now it just looks like they're moving up and down.

>>170353995
Fair - although the arm thing is intentional in that it's supposed to look like she's lazily swinging her hands about, all child-like. But it could still use work, you're not wrong.

Also, by foreshortening do you mean making the foot smaller? Because when I make the legs thinner it looks strange because of how few pixels I'm using (each leg is 3 pixels)

What is up with the general being weird today? The last one was weird too.

>>170353705
So we agree on the biology aspect then?

>one does not simply "get inspired" to fight their own mental illness
Fine, lets say mental disorder(please correct me again CNN) since you're stuck on semantics.
But people get over depression, addiction, anxiety and other phobias. Why is it so completely insane to think that it would be different in this case?

As far as normal is concerned, going along with how biology and nature plays out in men and women. That's why CIS straight men and women are the overwhelming majority of the world. It's not my idea of normal, it's clear by the numbers. So by saying "becoming normal again" I mean going back to what they were born as: a man. .

>>170354793
I think you just don't get that that's not how being trans works though.
Trans people don't ever decide to detransition, and if they do it is horrible for their self-worth and being.
Being trans itself is also not a mental illness. If there is any mental disorder from it, it's gender dysphoria, i.e. hating your body for being the wrong gender. The closest we've gotten to trying to get cis people to understand is saying, it's like if you as a man, suddenly had tits. Sure maybe for 10 minutes you'd be like "oh hell yea I'm gonna feel myself up" but then you'd have to deal with bras, with back pain, with everything else, plus having boobs in the first place. You'd most likely hate it and want to get them removed and feel awful about having them. That's dysphoria for trans people, and we're just trying to fix our bodies so we don't constantly hate them.
We do get inspired to get over dysphoria, but you don't "get over" being trans.

>>170354268
>she's lazily swinging her hands about, all child-like
that's not really how children walk, esp. in animation
Maybe you were going for the more stocky earthbound look?
https://www.spriters-resource.com/fullview/6074/

The interesting thing here is that the torso is basically just a 3d cylinder: the arms, legs etc. rotate as the torso "twists" around, so the shoulder/hips move back and forth horizontally so it gives kind of a waddling vibe.

>Also, by foreshortening do you mean making the foot smaller?
Sure. Something else you can do, even if it's not super realistic, is to darken things that are supposed to be further away from the camera, the same way you do with the back leg in the side view. This can suggest the thing is further away without requiring line weight changes.

>>170355417
The smaller leg actually does get darker, although its hard to tell because the gif quality is shitty.

And yeah, I am trying to make it sort of Earthbound-esque. I'll try and crib some stuff from that sheet.

>>170355152

>it's horrible for their self-worth and being
Trans people have a huge problem with depression. They probably have it the worst out of all groups. So wouldn't it be most logical to help them overcome that and find peace with their situation instead of pushing them to find discomfort in trying to be something their not and probably be publicly ostracized for their effort.

Also the breast analogy is not a good one. You wouldn't suddenly get them. Nothing like this is ever just a sudden occurrence. It builds up over time.

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>>170355695
>>170355417
How does this look? Sorry if I'm just kind of not getting it.

Where are the games?

>>170354452
Venus is in retrograde and in Aries. Expect people to be loquacious with a gift of oratory.

>>170356224
yes, we have huge problems with depression cause we also have staggering amounts of discrimination, murder, sexual assault, and are seen as a negative part of society by a large amount of people
and helping with their dysphoria is 100000x better than trying to get them to repress. If you want to make a transperson happy, all you have to do is call them the right pronouns and not treat them like shit and they do a lot better.

Also ok imagine growing up you had boobs then.

>>170356746
some demos are listed in OP

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>>170348450
You sound determined to stand in your own way. I can't help people who are tangled up in their self-image.

>>170350989
>being trans isn't a mental illness
It is one. Which is why making jokes about it is in poor taste. Still doesn't change the fact that it's a mental illness though, tranny.

>>170356224
I'm not that guy, but here, I'll translate the analogy for you:

Let's say you died and got reincarnated as a Dragon Quest blue slime. Being a blue slime has its own pros and cons, but you know you were a human before, and because of that, you'd rather have a human body.

Now tell me how you would feel if a wizard came along and told you that instead of a human body, you should go back to being a slime because that's the "normal" thing you should be.

>>170359019
I know this because I am dog. And when I get tangled around a post my human laughs at me saying "walk around the other way"
I can't go anywhere else, so I do it. And he tells me "good job' and we go home.

Also it's fun to roll in crap. Sometimes eat it.

>>170360623
http://time.com/4424589/being-transgender-is-not-a-mental-disorder-study/
someone more qualified and better at speaking their side makes a case for why it's not a mental illness.
have fun

>>170360937
>someone more qualified and better at speaking their side
than you?

>>170348450
Are you saying that you'll toss your entire game out altogether when some people point out flaws about it? What, was your entire game all just bad ideas then?

Sounds like you have nothing but doubt for your own work, so already you're shooting yourself in the foot.

>>170361123
yea, honestly I get really flustered and mind-flooded when I try and speak my side of something and sometimes don't say what I need to or stuff comes out wrong.

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>>170341261
Imagine you live in a city born out of gay love between San Francisco and Miami, and liberals took a massive pastel shit over the baby.

This is my setting.

>>170350316
Who is this game even for?

>>170362430
You the dude who posted a screenshot with a weed shop in it a thread ago?

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>>170348450
Here's the way I look at it:

-There's always gonna be someone who thinks it is shit and won't be afraid to tell you.
-Criticism is an invaluable look at your work from an outside perspective.
-Unhelpful criticism and mean comments are just par for the course on the internet and especially 4chan, surely you've developed a thick enough skin by browsing this site that it shouldn't really phase you anymore (in theory)?
-Sometimes ways to self-improvement can still be gleaned from impolite criticism. Instead of getting butthurt, being humble about it and asking people what specifically is shit about your work/what needs improving in their eyes has led to otherwise inflammatory people being decently helpful towards me in drawthreads.
-Because there is no place more brutally honest than 4chan, if somebody actually says they like your game they're probably being genuine, so even if five guys say "it's shit" and one guy says "wow, good job, Anon!" then hey, somebody liked it.
-Even if you made one of the best games in the world there's still going to be harsh detractors. As a gamedev you have to learn how to take it gracefully so you don't become pic related.

>>170358439
All of the other disorders I listed before are agreed upon as not optimal. So people cure, or at the very least minimize them to livable levels, them and go on about their lives. However when it comes to trans, it's like you bow down to them and that's it. I don't get why this is any different? Thinking they are the opposite sex is not(according to you) an illness but thinking that their body is ideal is? I'm telling you, it's not adding up.

I'd rather listen to the hard science and what's between people's legs rather than pretenders. This whole trans thing has led people to expand on the whole super explosion of genders and what people think they are. When people think they are attracted to animals or are some other kind of -kin, things have gotten out of hand.

>>170360675
Still a hypothetical but it's better, I'll give you that.
However in this situation, you were something and then were completely changed. A man is born a man but wants to become a women, which he never was. So he's in search of a wizard that will make him into the women he wants to be AKA take hormones to change his body and his mind. That's probably what messes them up even more mentally. Those hormones are what make the body completely off balanced. They are taking more than a normal woman would have to offset and disrupt their body to get the result they want.

>>170362430
Who is this game even for?
All I said was it's a story idea. If I did make it, it would probably be for those who want another perspective. For those who are actually open minded enough to stomach a fictional story of transformation. Yet it seems the idea has gotten attacked and it's not even real yet. That won't stop me though.

>>170365596
you say it's for those who are open minded but from what you're talking about you seem pretty closed minded

>>170366925
>Ad hominem
Who I am has nothing to do with my game.

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>>170362642
Yes.

Still debating if I want drugs to be used for healing items.

>>170365596
It's just really offensive though.

>>170365596
>that slippery slope into bestiality
What the fuck, Anon?

Although technically yes, gender dysphoria/gender identity disorder is an illness and hormone replacement therapy does have some pretty bad potential side effects.

That being said I have nothing against transgender people and one of my best friends is ftm and a totally functional human being.

You know what else is a neurological disorder? Autism. Which is pretty much mandatory for making completed video games.

>>170367604
>that slippery slope into bestiality
Well I didn't mean to imply that. I actually meant the people who think they are like dogs and put on tails and cat ears or something. Essentially, extreme furries. I didn't mean actual people who engage in animal sex.

The main idea of the the story would be a person finding peace with themselves and rising up from a hard situation and becoming better for it. They just happen to be transgender.

>>170367931
so why not someone rising through dealing with society's distaste for trans people, the amount it costs to transition, the stigma that people think it's a mental disorder, in order to transition?
wow, that's inspiring, and it's not offensive!

>>170368076
How many times do you hear the opposite story though? Also a rich gay man becoming a women isn't all that inspiring.

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>>170368076
I mean, there's already countless indie art games about that.

Even if Anon made something distasteful at least it'd be original.

>>170368256
>rich gay man becoming a woman
that's funny that you think most transpeople are rich when transpeople have high rates of homelessness and poverty

>>170368631
So let me get this straight(kek)
high rates of
>homelessness
>poverty
>depression
>suicide
>body dysphoria
>domestic violence

Why would anyone want any of that? That's like saying, you can be this certain way and have a 90% chance of being unhappy and 5% chance of being okay with it and a 5% chance of being happy if you live long enough and have the money to make it happen. Is it even logical to play with those odds?

>>170369245
You don't want that, that's the thing.

>>170369462
>you don't want that, that's the thing
So then it's better to be the gender that goes with your gender; a man being male and a woman being a female.

>>170368631
I think he meant the ones who go the whole mile and get their dick chopped off and everything. That shit is expensive.

After doing a little reading, the poverty thing does actually seem to be the case to some degree. Although
>facing medical expenses not covered by health insurance
seems to be the real crux of the matter. Of course you're gonna be poor when you're paying out the ass for surgery and medicine you can't really afford with what I can only assume is a Social Studies degree.

>>170369578
because actually transitioning can give you happiness and hope for the future, while staying your birth gender is the nightmare you wake up to every day. Trans people would rather play the odds for the 5% happiness instead of not transitioning and going with 0% happiness.

>>170369878
>0% happiness.
Nothing against trans people at all, but that's a dumb way of looking at it. You can't have everything exactly how you want it in life. Especially when it comes to how you were born.

I look in the mirror every morning and see an ugly fuck staring back at me every time. I'd be way happier if I had a different, attractive body for sure. I lament the fact hat I wasn't born as a hunk with chiseled features. But that doesn't mean I can't have ANY happiness just because I look like neckbeard Danny Devito instead. And THAT'S a nightmare to wake up to every day, I'll tell you what.

I know it's not exactly the same thing as gender dysphoria, but learning to accept the way things are and make the most of it does not have a 0% chance of happiness under any circumstance. Even if it takes counseling or whatnot to achieve.

This general is turning to shit

People obsessed with gender sexuality and dude weed lmaos blabbing about death and quantum physics and depression and more off-topic crap and that weird ass guy who keeps bumping these threads with anime girls sleeping in poses that are obviously meant to arouse, and all those people saying "le progress is hard xD" while posting none of their work have ruined this general

/v/ was right about this board, there is almost no real discussion, yet sadly it's one of the few places where you can discuss about specific engines while being 100% anonymous

From now on I will just chill around their "how's your game going" threads, sayonara gente

>>170372506
Or you could just ignore the shitposting

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>>170372506
Eh. The quality of /vg/ threads always fluctuates. Especially tiny ones like /rpgmg/ where two or three people can dominate the whole thread when they feel like it. Whenever somebody actually posts demos and shit it usually goes up in quality for a while. Seems to just be a lull in progress right now.

In an attempt to stay on topic... has anyone here played Capella's Promise? Easily the best RPG Maker game I've ever found that uses RTP stuff. Nice and beefy playtime with a great treasure system and good battle balance, and the art that is original looks really good. Really feels like it could have been a commercial RPG on the PSP or something.

>>170372506
and nothing of value was lost

>>170365596

>it's for people who want a different perspective!

Who wants to hear some random cis person's assumptions about what it's like to be trans and how they could find happiness? If you make a story about another culture, you research it and talk to people who have actual experience with it. Otherwise you end up with hot garbage that only really exists to get a rise out of people.

>>170375131
Not even a transexual, but this just holds a lot of truth in general. If you're going to try and make a winded sentiment about any complex subject you should make sure you know your shit

Come on you guys can we stop with the weird politics and stuff. This isn't the place for it.

>>170375568

If an anon wants to make a story about that subject, it's only natural to discuss it, don't you think?

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>>170373575
I've been feeding the cancer, feels bad.

Lets post progress instead, here's a wip muscle man.

You help him get off roids.

>>170375568
I haven't been actively participating, but I think to an extent we should be able to discuss the themes of our games and commend/criticize the way other anons are handling them.

>>170375131
>it's not real
>fictional story that never happened
>anything could happen in a fictional story

I have to hear about every other liberals hypothetical situation for every other argument, so I think you could stomach just one story.

Besides, the MC will probably just end up getting hated from his former trans community for what they see as being fake and pretending while he tries to be the man he never was.

>>170375802
>>170376042
You're not even talking about his game or how he can develop the plot theme further. The discussion turned entirely into a matter of politics, leaving his game aside.

If a game is about dogs, and the thread about that game falls into a discussion about dogs in general, then it's not a thread about the game.

>>170377365
I get that there's a limit, which is why I said "to an extent", but it would appear that >>170376625 is actually taking this into consideration for their project
It's not my call as to whether this goes on, but I'm just saying there might be merit to this topic if it's improving someone's game.
The alternative is a dead thread that we cast bumpaga on every 15 minutes, and it's not like this noise is preventing others from posting progress or questions.

>>170377775
bro if you could get dubs, you could have totally gotten quints

>>170378006
I have minor butthurt over that fact

>>170378178
You got quints in my eyes, anon-san

>>170378317
I guess that's all that really matters

>>170376625

>muh liberals
>muh fiction

At the end of the day, you're still just making excuses to not research your stories probably.

>>170379331

Properly* sorry.

>>170379331
>this whole discussion isn't research
Nice try. So tell me the facts then. Tell me the true story of the transgender success.

>>170379331
"ahhh oh no those liberals are ruining everything"

I'm sorry, I'll tell the big bad liberals to go away so you can have your safe space

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>Open RPG Maker.
>this is title screen

wat do?

>>170380894
reel back about an inch in surprise, then proceed to start a new game

>>170379839

I can't claim to be an expert, being a cis gay, but having read up on the whole thing in the last few years:
>majority of suffering comes not from inherent trans+depression going hand in hand, but from a lack of support and acceptance
>this doesn't mean "needing a hug box" but "a desire to be loved and respected as a person despite my differences with cis people"
>much like being gay, lesbian, or even just black, it isn't a choice, and you can't just flip a mental switch and stop being trans
>only real support is other trans people
>treated in the lgbt community as an afterthought at best, and an "invader of our space" at worst
>THIS ALSO APPLIES to many, many feminist groups, radfems and trans-exclusionary feminists especially

Hope some of this helps you in some way, but again I'm not an expert and it would be best to do some reading and maybe even talk to trans people if you want to make a genuine and sincere story.

>>170381205
I'm trans and have to say that is very accurate although I'm lucky to live in a liberal progressive city and have cis allies as support as well

>>170381205
So they need love just like every other person but don't get it so that makes them more likely to have depression.

Also don't you think it's possible for a trans person to perhaps discover that they aren't really trans? Like a straight person finding out they are gay or possibly even the reverse. It seems that the dominant perspective that it only goes one way and can't go the other.

So, uh
How is your progress Anon?

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>>170382378
Yes, there as a trans advocate who found out they were just a gay man. Forget his name, this is from like the 80s.

Had a heart breaking quote too on how he fucked up, being post OP.

Now that would make a great story.

>>170382848
Cool muscleman. He an enemy?

>>170382848
>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ckZlj2p8W9M starts playing

>>170383064
Sort of, all NPCs are enemies with story-lines, and end up joining you after you make up for whatever you did to them.

>>170382378

It actually is true, that trans people can find that they aren't actually trans, but as far as I can tell, the trans communoty wouldn't be up in arms about people realizing this. On the contrary, they are more about free explorarion of gender norms, and a character who does end up not being trans would probably still be welcome in their community, having spent time in it and thus sympathetic to them. They definitely aren't sherlock holmesing each other to find out who's "actually trans."

>>170383458
Well that would make for a happier ending, that's for sure. I mean either way, finding out that you're not something that you've though you were for a long time is pretty hard no matter what the situation.

>thread is fine until transgender comes up
Really makes me ponder

>>170383926
Not really. Science doesn't mean anything anymore. Feelings rule the world now buddy boy.

>>170384086
When did science ever rule the world? Feels have always been before reals whether it was in the age of religious dogma or the age of political correctness.

The most powerful man in the world currently thinks China invented global warming as a trick to make money and that all scientists are in on the hoax.

And nobody believes bees are endangered because Jesus is just gonna make more of 'em or something. Bumblebees were blocked from the protected species list a day before it was supposed to take effect.

Scary shit.

>>170384578
Science ruled the world in the later half of the 20th century.

>The most powerful man in the world currently thinks China invented global warming as a trick to make money and that all scientists are in on the hoax.

That is a science. The science of persuasion. It might not seem apparent now, or even at the time, but it's that type of statement, along with many others, that persuade the masses to further an agenda.

>And nobody believes bees are endangered because Jesus is just gonna make more of 'em or something

I don't think people believe that. It's just that bees are an afterthought compared to the new iPhone(which the CIA uses to spy on you btw), what's for dinner and when the next awards show is. Also bees sting you so they don't have the best image to the public.

>>170383926

>thread is completely dead until people start talking about real world issues and how to make game stories out of them

Really puts a tingle in my dingle.

>>170384086

Science changes and evolves as time goes on, same with psychology. Maybe you need to do some reading.

>>170385001

Speaking of, what kind of game would that even be? It sounds more like a vn.

>>170385001
>thread is dying until people give the final killing blow by turning a question about how effective would a plot be in a game into an off-topic discussion about a topic the plot touches, deviating from the original intent of the question

ftfy

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>>170387724
All according to plan.

>>170388094
>Assassinates the guy so hard his glasses fly off

>>170388364
And the person gets a photograph at the moment of impact too. absolute pottery

I'm considering having the plot of my game star a main character that you can't use in battle, and they end up being the final boss. Is that a good idea or bad?

>>170388695
It could work buy why isn't he usable in battle?

>>170388695
What the other anon said

>>170388898
They don't know how to fight and don't really care to. They become the final boss via being absorbed into a world eating monstrosity against their will.

>>170389067
An interesting idea but if you want the MAIN character to be unplayable (at least in battle) you'd have to make him pretty darn likable during cutscenes. Or give him skills that pertain to other gameplay elements that aren't strictly related to fighting.

Just having sucky stats is enough for some RPG players to dislike a character. I think most people feel more attached to the characters they end up using during gameplay.

Just my two cents.

>>170389463
The idea was that they have the power to basically do class changes and exchange skills. As well as revive party members and what not

Is there a list of good tilesets outside of the RTP?

I feel as if, despite playing quite a fair bit, many of the RPGs I play lack mechanical diversity as far as how the battles themselves play out. What are some RPGs you've played that do something unique with established RPG mechanics and staples.

>>170393769
The Last Remnant was really unique

>>170393769
I don't really care about 'uniqueness' myself, I just want battles to be strategic and relatively deep. But sadly that does end up being pretty unique because it's incredibly hard to find in either RPG Maker or commercial RPGs.

>Mash auto-attack until you need to use a potion
>If you get to a boss you can't beat by doing the above, grind enemies until you can

99% of RPG Maker games with combat.

>>170394271
Well, having a thousand different stats and variables to account for sure is something.

Although one thing I like about it is
>Grinding on disc 1 makes your disc 2 characters irreversibly have shit stats

>>170394325
>I don't really care about 'uniqueness' myself, I just want battles to be strategic and relatively deep. But sadly that does end up being pretty unique because it's incredibly hard to find in either RPG Maker or commercial RPGs.
I'm entirely aware of this, and that's why I'm asking how to be unique

>>170394894
IIRC Skyborn had a threat system or something like that

Is there a way to cause the KO state if someone falls to 0 MP?

>>170393769
leeches + inventory slots

Walking through a body of water you notice your health dropping -1...-1...-2...-2...-3...
You think, Piranhas? You get out of the water, but it continues to drop.

You open you're inventory and discover throbbing wiggling leeches in random empty slots. You have to pluck them out manually - with a very satisfying 'sssh-plorp' sfx.

>>170399634
That would be cool if I planned on having a dank swamp area
I suggest somebody try this

>>170399634
>tfw got completely covered in leeches as a kid after playing in the river

I had repressed that memory until now.

>>170399901
It'd be neat to equip a leech that will fall off when you're poisoned. Like an auto-antidote charm that breaks once it's activated.
But you can't buy it in stores. You have to go skinny dipping .

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Felix Charity Stream Night 2

twitch/onlymanonmars

They got more people working on it, and the host is shoving cupcakes in his face every $25

Bumpa

>>170399634
woohhhhhh I might steal this to be honest

>>170403342
>$1000 - ONESHOT DATING SIM!
Wait, fanmade or legit from the devs?

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>>170354452
Idk man, Idk. I think it's because they aren't working on their games.

WORK ON YOUR GAMES.

>>170405073
wow nice

>>170393769

You need to look into tabletop games, and see how the SaGa franchise applies them and makes them work for vidya. Boatloads of cool systems just waiting to be ripped off.

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>>170362693
>-Because there is no place more brutally honest than 4chan, if somebody actually says they like your game they're probably being genuine, so even if five guys say "it's shit" and one guy says "wow, good job, Anon!" then hey, somebody liked it.

This is why I put up with your heartless, brutally honest, wonderful monsters.

>>170403342
>shoving cupcakes in his face
Welp, you weren't kidding

>>170404454
One of the OneShot devs (NightMargin) is doing stuff for the stream. No clue if she'll be making the dating sim, though.

>>170404454
Confirmed on stream: Nightmargin (a dev on OneShot) will be making the dating sim. She really has to now, because they broke $1K

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>RPG Maker fans in a nutshell

>>170409052
That looks more like a Hotline Miami fan

>>170409336
Ironically enough I just got Hotline Miami 2 from the stream

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Because most of the work I've been doing is ability based, check out this test of some of Hunter's abilities. The enemy is just a damage sponge with no AI.

https://youtu.be/VxwAbRQ5xWc

There exists a large gap between my desires and my effort. Tonight, I will attempt to shorten it

>>170413256
You will increase your effort you mean, right?

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How do you think it's going to go /rpgmg/?

>>170415459
It ain't gonna end well

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>Events and cutscenes, including flavor ones, done.
>Actors, Classes, Skills, Items, and Equipment done.
>Enemies, Troops, States, done
>I probably got all the mapping and plugins and stuff in
>MFW I still feel like there's unfinished business.

AAAAAAAaaAAAaaAA!!

>>170416319
Give up the goods or else we'll bring back the transgender debate and ruin the general. I swear to god i'll bring this general down and ruin it forever if that game isn't posted soon

>>170416319
Have you done a 100% test playthrough?

>>170415459
Poor Fred

>>170416589
Played through with talking to every event, and played through with only going to plot important events.

All the battles are adjusted to play as intended and fair.

How else do I test it? I almost don't want to send it out yet, but I know it's gotta go some time.

>>170416981
Your little bird needs to learn how to fly

>>170416981
At this point the only ways left to test it are
>give it to someone who doesn't know every inch of the game and will take an unpredictable path
>flipping a coin to decide which optional events you'll do in a run
So in short: heckin release it my dude

>>170393769
game 1
>Skills have casting times, mp costs and cooldowns
>all physical skills have 0 mp cost and casting time, but much longer cooldowns
>endgame involves juggling cooldowns instead of saving it all for one burst.


a couple games
>99% of skills are obtained from equipment
>no/little gain from levels
>most of your builds are based around your equipment
>the power level ceiling makes bonus bosses raep


a different game
>ability to change innate element with very rare item
>this can completely change what spells you can use


an idea I had
>what stuff you made in the basebuilding side stuff dictates what guest party members help you in the main plot fights
>new town, new set of basebuilding/guests


a completely different sort of game
>special set armors that provide bonuses
>mixing and matching also provides unique bonuses for that specific combination


in general
>making status resist equipment more valuable than the ability to cure the ailments
>could be through limited slots/item quantities
>could be simply the time lost from 2+ characters temporarily distracted from the fight

>>170394271
I put Last Remnant alongside Dragon Quarter in how its opacity and WHELP THIS WHOLE SAVEFILE IS FUCKED made people stop playing before finding the good points.

In both cases, the lack of control really hurts. Sure, it's fair that you're not allowed to unfuck things if you're intended to start from the beginning, but several points wouldn't be fucked from the beginning if you had more control.

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Good night bump

>>170373575
Are you the same guy who has recommended this before in /rpgmg/, many many threads ago? I got maybe half way through and then got distracted by other video games.

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Let us review the rules and guidelines of the collab, so we can see it through to the end.

In the database, at the Common Events section, you can find a copy of the rules, as well as a place to put dev notes in one place.

-When you pick up the collab, you have 2 weeks to a month to work on a chapter, then to submit it.
-A month deadline is the hard cap. Either you give it as is, or we look for another dev to work on the chapter and your current efforts will be null and void.
-Ideally, you keep in contact with the general so we know you aren't just goofing off. If the general thinks you ran off, we'll start looking for a new dev.
-There will be no more chapters after Chapter 10. It may end earlier depending on circumstance, but everything must be resolved by Chapter 10 (Epilogue chapter undecided).
-We are using RPG Maker MV, if it wasn't clear.
-Please respect the content that previous devs have made by not tampering with chapters other than yours unless necessary.
-It is good manners to have a save ready that begins just before your chapter starts, so that people who have played along previously won't have to keep transferring their saves.
-Try to keep stuff safe for work at least.

http://www.mediafire.com/file/xpr3vkt22mt6gwx/CollabProj.7z

Good luck, and I hope we can work well together in the future as well.

>>170433334
Did the previous collab ever get complete?

I haven't been to the last 5 or so /rpgmg/ threads so I'm surprised to see this. Nice, very nice.

>>170434939
Sadly it seems no one's left that was interested in finishing the VX Ace collab. Anyone that said they would seems to have just disappeared.

That means that if you so desire, that slot is available.

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Are the titties in your game maximized?

>>170438447
I would prefer that over heads larger than the rest of the body.

>>170433334
Do you play Fate/Grand Order by any chance? Would Arwin happen to be inspired by Kintoki?

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>>170433334

>Expecting us to finish anything

>>170441553
Absolutely yes.

oh boy can't wait to see how this collab thing will go and or die

>>170433334
Anyone workin on chapter 1 or may I take a crack at it?

>>170448289
You would be the first volunteer, so feel free.

The only idea I have for a mechanic so far is that you can combine skills together to make new skills. You eventually can combine the party's skills together too

¿How do I work on my game when I have a fever?

>>170452468
Just like you do when you're not sick.

>>170358439
lol kys faggot

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Does anyone else enjoy listening to rain and thunder while they work?
For some reason I work best in my comfy space with a nice warm cup of tea, listen to some peaceful music and put on a 10 hour rain video.

>>170454480
rainymood is the best thing ever for me. helps me focus while also relaxing

¿How do I work on my game when I have a boner?

>>170458974
With the other hand

>>170458974
Take care of boner, continue work

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YANFLY COMIC DUMP NOW

also they've been slightly changed and updated

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>>170459856
part 2

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>>170460024
AND BREAKING NEWS:
THE NEWEST COMIC

LETS MAKE A DUNGEON

>>170449078
Alright, I'll get started today. Give me something to do when I'm bleeding from my eyes making custom assets.

AAAAAAAAAA

>>170438447
Some of them are

>>170438447
Not one of the characters I've designed so-far has tits
I'll probably fix this with the NPCs

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the saga continues....

>>170469136
>Smoking near work
That's harsh

Post your world map

>>170460195
I kinda want to add a note about that last part.
>If the dungeon was more fun WITHOUT random encounters than it was WITH random encounters, there is a problem

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>>170472824
>inb4 >RTP
Only for the tilesets, which I'll hopefully replace by the time I make a first demo

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>>170472824

It's more of an overworld, but whatever.

Sorry for the quality of the image - I just combined pictures from the editor in Gimp, but I think it should be somehow readable.

Awaken

Up

bumplao

>>170469468
But will it get him fired??

>>170413729
Yeah. Shoulda said 'narrow.' *Narrow* the gap between my desires and effort. By applying more effort. Metaphor. Bacon.

What was the first RPG Maker game you played?

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And absolutely nothing to really show for it...

>>170483687
Some random guys demo on the steam workshop.
Lisa was the game that convinced me it was worth it to try and make something serious with RPG Maker.

>>170484398
Surely you have something

>>170483687
violated heroine

Work on your game

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>>170483687
I really don't remember the first RPG Maker game I played. But RPG Maker for the PS1 was my first encounter with it.

From 1998 until 2006 or so I used OHRRPGCE exclusively and made somewhere in the ballpark of 10+ 'complete' games with that because I worked on them almost every day. It wasn't until RPG Maker XP that I discovered there were PC versions of RPG Maker, but I'm not sure if RPGM games even existed in the English-speaking internet before then.

The oldest RPG Maker game I can remember playing is an older version of Alter A.I.L.A. Genesis, but it wasn't my first.

>>170491016
But I finished my part, I'm taking a break to work on irl stuff.

>>170483687
The first one I could remember that wasn't my own was on RPGM2k3 (I think it had sideview battles?). Funny enough, it was also a sort of collaboration thing, where the limitation was there'd be no combat in it, so it ended up with a bunch of puzzles, gimmick zones, and minigames.

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What elements are in your game, and what do they do?

>>170454480
I like to choose a random one of these when I work in RPG Maker. Super comfy.

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>>170492673
These are my elements. I don't really have a theme to them, they're just resistances. Something like a lightning spell would deal both Force & Heat type.

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>>170492673
no changes yet to mine, but I might rename Rime to something less purposely obscure.

>>170494341
Always wondered if there was a fourth type of physical damage one could add, because it seems every game with multiple physical types goes for slash/bash/stab

>>170494854
chop
explode/burst
sting(whips, etc)
Sonic/vibrations

>>170495040
>chop
slash/slice
>explode
fire?
>sting(whips, etc)
neat, but needs a better name
>Sonic/vibrations
Attacks like that are usually element-less magic

>>170494854
I used to have "Physical" and "Magical" as well (kind of as a sub category) Both Heat and Force are physical elements in mine.

Chapter 1 of the collab is coming along great! Can't wait for everyone to try it!

Is there a plugin or anything else that lets me make items unremoveable except by events/dialogue/whatever?

I'm trying to figure out how to have restraints equipped to a character that they can't just take off immediately, and would also replace any equipment they're currently wearing in that slot.

>>170495408
chopping involves very different motions from slashing. You don't exactly slash with an axe.

explosions rely less on heat and more on raw force and shrapnel.

>Attacks like that are usually element-less magic
so you want physical, magical, and "element-less"?

>>170496723
fair points all-around

>>170483687
Kindred Saga

>>170483687
Devil Hunter: Seeker of Power.

A Rm2003 game using graphics from a super obscure jrpg "Treasures of The Rudras"

>>170483687
It was a Bionicle game for rpgm95

I want to ___ my MC
Fill in the blanks

>>170500962
play video games with

>>170500962
redesign with the help of a professional artist

>>170496457
You must've prepared a lot in advance. Can't wait to see how the characters progress.

Btw, how do you like the prologue setup? I tried to make it pretty open so anyone could jump in with their own plot ideas.

>>170500962
murder the will to live of

>>170504113
Prologue was great! Instantly had several directions I could start running with things. I think you'll be pretty happy, I built upon everything there so far. Got about 15-20mins of playable stuff done already. How long should it take to "get through" chapter 1? With what I'd like to do I could get like 3-4 hours of play time in there.

>>170504850
Length is really up to what you're comfortable with. There's been previous chapters with a town and a full dungeon all set, while some other chapters had no combat in it, or even weird chapters where the entire chapter was turned into a Phoenix Wright parody.

Just try not to overwhelm yourself.

>>170504850
Stick to maybe two or three hours. Keep it simple for the next guy, please

>>170505546
>>170505530
Sounds good it's not too complicated just an outdoor and indoor dungeon and the start of a town.

What's your setting that you want to make but can't describe as anything other than ______ but better/different

>>170507143
Sherlock Holmes but different

>>170507143
I actually can't think of anything like it. The closest thing would be Stephen King's Dark Tower but that's only in the respect the main plot device is a tower.

>>170507143
Lucha Underground but different.

>>170507143
I am making my setting come true.
I don't take no for an answer.

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>>170507143
Dragon Quest III but with enforced perma-death akin to Wizardry. Every character you hire is one of a kind with their own hopes, dreams and motivations.

After you let 20 or so characters die the game becomes unwinnable because there's nobody left to recruit. Campaign would probably be 3~4 hours long if you never get party wiped, but would require lots of pre-planning, scouting dungeons and varied battle strategies to get through unscathed.

Maybe randomly generate everyone's names and appearances so they really are dead forever even if you start a new game.

As far as I know it's impossible to make an RPG Maker game that can't be easily savescummed though, so it just falls under "want to make".

So what are you playing for "research"?

It's my first time playing an MV game with that new collab thing. Is it just me or is it really stuttery and laggy compared to VX Ace?

>>170511941
Last Remnant and SaGa are now on my to-do list
Also plan on finally finishing Crono Trigger and pre-ordering Persona 5, but I played enough of the former to get my "research" over with and the latter probably won't give me any ideas relevant to my game that I haven't already gotten from the P2-4.

>>170512209
Be sure to get the PC version of The last Remnant, it had a lot of changes/fixes

>>170511941
On my list are
Bravely second
Gunvolt 2
Witch and hundred Knights
More atelier games
Nier
Phantom pain
Hyperlight
Modded stardew
Shadow of colossus
Resonance of fate
Crystal chronicles
....a lot more

Still waiting for that weird guy who posts animu girls sleeping to say good night

>>170515207
I love that guy

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>>170515207
Good night bump

>>170515295
I love you too Anon

Stay tuned for a "let's play" of what I've got going so far for the collab. I want to know if you think I'm going on the right track and get some feedback!

ETA 30 mins

>>170511941
Nioh and For Honor. For Honor makes me want to put "Ornaments" as an attachment equipment slot for head gear in my game.
It'd probably just give minor stat bonuses, but I'm fine with that.

>>170517153
Already?!

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This is pretty rough but it'll give you an idea of what I'm doing.

https://youtu.be/TMNgWMfDjBo

There are no exp values and the battles have barely been tested.

Don't worry, the crafting is extremely easy/lite not a huge feature. It's basically just bringing mats to a blacksmith to work on a recipe.

>>170518653
Gotta work on yo game anon!

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>>170518946
That's what I get for being a lazy asshole with work to do for others.

You got great work ethic, good job.

live

>>170508813
seems pretty darn different from Dragon Quest then. Heck, it's more like a SaGa game at this point.

>>170508373
I wasn't saying you wouldn't do it...

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Apparently Enterbrain did a Material Collaboration with a bunch of different people sometime early 2016. Probably went under a lot of people's radar.
Bandai Namco IP characters that are probably more recognizable in Japan then anywhere else.

Did you know the split Black and White girl character in the RTP is actually some company mascot named Acquire-Chan?

Anyways, the most useful of them was the Table Top RPG "Call of Cthulhu" materials
Download: http://www.enterbrain.co.jp/entertainment/gamebuild05.html

It's got Big Monster Sprites and Battlers of Cthulhu and "The Deep Ones"

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>>170532567
If you're not familiar. Cthulhu is part of H.P. Lovecraft's mythos in his horror stories. Which is all public domain at this point.
So it's like the Wizard of Oz or Alice in Wonderland, anyone can pick it up and do butchered retelling of it, movies, or what have you.

Many of you are probably aware of Cyan's battlers.
http://cyanyurikago.web.fc2.com/material.html
A portion of his battlers are the many forms of Nyarlathotep - Lovecraft's made up Egyptian god.

Since Rpgs traditionally draw inspiration from mythology, Lovecrafts' mythos are easily incorporated.

>>170532567
>baka to test
>that ninja flop
>akiba's trip
>cthulhu
this selection fills me with ???????

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>>170533427
>not wanting Hideyoshi in your game

>

>>170460195
The funny thing about this abridged version is that it's actually not that much cut out from the original version. Yanfly really went all out with that info dump this time.

>>170539125
Yeah I know. I was really shocked when I put it all together and found that the image was still huge. Still, it's nice to have it all in one place and without the annoying fluff.

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Is anyone else stuck working on their game design document?

I just started mine yesterday and writing things down made me realize my game story is absolute shit and goes all over the place.

Cut out all the stupid stuff, now I'm left making pic related.

LIFE SUPPORT!!!

>>170541079
I'd play a magical girl rpg, at least it's a departure from the usual generic fantasy shit.

>>170541079

I had a very broad idea of my story, but I can only come up with bits and events. When I started structuring it out in rpgm, I had a ton of trouble just making the basic flow feel good. Didn't get much further than planning out the prologue.

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https://www.dropbox.com/s/2foeip8cmukteop/VvtZ_v0.1.2.rar?dl=0 New version of Virgo! Now it goes until the end (still lacking a route for the final version of the demo, tho) with a lot of free songs because my musician is slow. All the songs of the black hole are mine except for the boss battle songs by Infected mushrooms band that was there only as reference for my musician. I hope this version is better than the last buggy one. Any feedback is appreciated.

Does the 48px sized tiles make pixel art difficult with MV?

I've only done pixel art in size 16 and 32. 48 seems like such an odd number and may be difficult to scale existing resources to without distortion.

>>170552853
not that hard at all. It gives you more room to make more details. I guess that aspect makes it more difficult but worth the ratio. I don't get why people are so stuck on the numbers. It allows you to get more detail and use a bigger resolution for your game.

>>170552981
what about porting 32px tiles? won't they either turn out blurry or distorted due to filtering caused by uneven scaling?

>>170553203
Two options:
>scale them
see what they look like and see if they are acceptable. I think there is a bit of a blur applied to the game when you're playing, like in the program itself. So this helps smooth out some of the jagged edges. I'd say just test it yourself and see. Also you could tell by looking at the raw png files after scaling them

>change the resolution of the game
I think there is a plug in that will rework the program to use a 32x32 grid, thereby allowing you to natively use 32px tilesets.

SumRndmDde did this when he was making a game. He basically goes through the process and shows what problems you might have and how he fixed them.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=453AovzHXBE

The first 11 minutes are what you want. But you can skip around the parts he's talking and stuff.

>>170553829
alright, thanks for the info. i'm just worried coming from vx ace since that used 32x tiles which are the most common size, so 48px scares me. ill see what scaling does and look into that video you linked.
thanks again.

>>170554025
Think of it as eating a 6 inch hotdog for a long time and then eating an 8 inch hotdog. It's not really all that different, but it's satisfying in it's own way.

>>170551126
Downloading now but it will take some time until I can play

>>170551126
I haven't had time to get too far, but so far this is fantastic. Really creative stuff and I'm loving the atmosphere and non-standard characters and enemies.

>>170554165
>food analogies
Every time

stop posting about food and work on your game(s)

>>170560552
Don't be a hypocrite, anon.
Show us YOUR game you asshole

>>170559601
Thank you so much, anon! Glad you're enjoying it, I gave absurds amounts of thought to this one. The demo goes up to 1 hour and a half of gameplay, I think, some battles are hard, so that may go up a little.

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>>170541079
>magical girl rpg
Great, something else to add to my bucket list.

Are you having fun?

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Posting some title screen progress

>>170568047
I wouldn't mind an rpg where different transformations represent your job changing powers. Wouldn't be any more cringe than FFX-2

>>170570071
I found FFX-2 to be quite okay, actually

>>170571159
X-2 was in some ways deliberately wacky. The gameplay was solid, make no mistake, but part of the theme was that they were purposely doing things in a "fun" way to contrast with Yuna's previous life.

the fucking guide dangit post game stuff tho...

>>170507143
The game I want to make is basically a super robot wars rip off with a plot made from mixing and matching ace combat plots.

>>170571601

Not that anon, but the game has such a great premise: Yuna catches wind that there might be a tiny chance that Tidus is still out there somewhere so she picks up some guns and is willing to shoot the shit out of anyone that gets between them? Honestly amazing.

>>170500962
Be sung to by

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>>170340801
Who wants Outside Pokemon FRLG Tiles?!
Need Guinea Pigs to test them properly.

It's time to work on my game

Story idea:

a space traveler on a course back home from the planet Xeon is thrown off course by a comet. The autopilot systems of the ship throw him wildly off course and he lands on a planet that is unknown to human space. His landing is significant because the planet is wildly behind him in technology and fear him at first. Yet soon after they see he is much like them, bipedal, mostly hairless and can speak language. Thus begins a tough choice of documenting these people, possibly guiding them to better ways or becoming a god over them. Yet he also wishes to return home to his family and the life he comfortably lived.

>>170582314
What about gameplay/combat? Would he travel around the planet killing flora and fauna with his laser pistol or something? Or would the game be more of a simulation type kind of game where the player takes some actions and see them unfold?

Also really reminds me of some Star Ocean games.

>>170583094
He will see firsthand the events of the past Earth.

They have social problems; racism, collectivism, individualism and other ideologies compete. The physical differences of the groups are minor, and he has the ability to scan them(without their knowledge) and see their physiological data. It's not quite known why they fight, but the physical differences as well as the ideology divide them. They all ask for the space traveler's help.

As far as combat is concerned, still tentative. He would be way more powerful than most anything on the planet because of technology. But that also makes him a huge target.

>>170582314
I like that, my game is pretty much the same story but you play as the primitives, but my ayys have the same conflict among themselves about whether they should exploit or aid the natives or just go back home

>>170583490
So the player can join different factions and basically lead them to victory?
This would be neat and allows for replayability.
How are advanced are these aliens though?

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I'd like to toss around thoughts about rpgs and arena/colosseum fights.

Do you guys think a game that's entirely about climbing the ranks of an arena fun?
What do you think of progression of such games?
What kind of storytelling could that sort of game even have?

I wanted to make a game sort of about this, but every other game I can think of that's like this either becomes samey as it goes on, or is exceedingly short or easy. I'm not sure how to make it work by myself.

pic related

>>170583838
I'm thinking, enough to have animal drawn vehicles, projectile weapons, possibly basic reloadable guns, and live in city states.

That's the big choice you have to make: help them in general by trying to unite them, help one faction to dominate the others, study them and leave, or become a god and dominate all of them.

>>170584356
the concept reminds me of RPG Fighter League. It's still not finished though(i think).

https://rpgfighterleague.com/

>>170584431
I think I would like to play such a game.

>>170584356
If let's say ~90 % of the game is fighting then you need a really good battle system with a lot of different builds the player can play around with.
Progression is important, if you are a no-name scrub then you should have no chance against a high ranking fighter.
As for the story, the important question is why is your MC fighting? Does he need lots of money for (Insert tragic story here); does he simply want to get famous? Is he forced to fight for his freedom like some gladiators back then?

>>170584356
That was essentially .Hack//G.U. vol 2
It's pretty boring. And that was with ps2 graphics and animations for visual flare.

Would your game benefit if all characters were magical 1000 years old lolis?

>>170587889
Maybe
But I'm not about to limit my audience that much

>>170582314
>>170583594
What if you're both making the same game from different perspectives?

>>170587889
It worked for Touhou and Granblue Fantasy, it can work anywhere I guess.

It's hard to not put cute girls in games, especially if you're a weeb. My game's prologue MC was a tall buff dude for about 5 minutes before I concluded that it wouldn't do and proceeding to rewrite everything to accommodate my disgusting instincts.

>>170585404
Yeah that's what I mean. Every fight other than the main fights were just shitty teams no one would care about. You blow through them fast and will never remember them as anything. That's not fun at all.

>>170584542
That's one of the games I encountered which made me rethink if such a game could be good. Fighter League really suffers from a lot of the downfalls and doesn't have a lot of pros to go with it.

>>170585082
So what I'm getting from this is the combat has to have a fair amount of variety to prevent getting stale.


Maybe I should make the arena thing a sort of secondary goal? Basically all I penned down for the MC is that he could be like a manager or something, then he recruits other fighters to work for him or something like that.

>>170587889
I dare you to name a game that wouldn't be improved if the entire cast was magical 1000 year old lolis

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CANT STOP ME NOW!
Made a 93% accurate to scale version of thew FRLG Hero Room!

>>170591297
why two beds and two tv's?

Do tilesets need to be a certain size because I'm importing them and whole tiles are missing

>>170588751
I'd feel bad taking advantage of hormonal teenagers and impulsive adults who have no self control.
I know they'll go after anything if they think it'll make them "feel good"

>>170592102
>He doesn't have 2 beds and 2 tvs in his room

>>170592667
I don't have a bed or a tv in my room.

I've been using RPG Maker since 2000 was first translated by Don Miguel, and I've never finished anything. I just want to finish something. Is this shit worth continuing?

Basic story is this: Protagonist is a young adult who idolizes the hometown hero currently on a journey to defeat the ancient evil and decides to get strong enough to go out to the ancient evil's lair to meet him by doing side quests for people around town. Ends up changing people's lives a la Majora's Mask and giving the hero the inspiration he needs to beat the ancient evil.

I've been thinking of ways to make it pretty open and have multiple endings based on how you help and interact with people (or if it all), but I don't want to spend too much time on it (you know, so I can actually finish it), so probably not.

I'm not planning on using anything but RTP because I'm not good at making graphics or coding. I'm learning, but I'm also antsy because I'm so tired of preparing for the day I finally feel ready to make a proper game. I just want to have done SOMETHING already.

>>170593079
Sure that can work but if you really want to make SOMETHING make a very basic, short game first.
Hero has to save the princess, 1 town, 1 dungeon.

>>170593438
Yeah, you're right. I keep feeling like no matter what, I HAVE to do something that isn't completely generic. But in this case, it's fine, it's something. Thanks for the simple, but much needed advice.

>>170593079
There's nothing WRONG with dreaming big with your first game, but what you're trying to do is to make a project you're not prepared for, then giving up because it's "too hard".

Do what previous anon said and go finish something simple, so at least you got the basics down.

You gotta kill some slimes before you can get to big bosses.

>>170594001

Also check out these comics. They help with making a structure that is easy to follow through on and complete. And you can of course take some things out if you want it even simpler. It's always good to start with something super easy and finish it rather than never finish something complex.

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>>170594234
>Obvious advice for anyone that's played an RPG before
>Fails to differentiate RPG and Adventure dungeons.

Can't wait to see his How To Draw tutorial.

>>170595958
Well the whole series is about making a JRPG.

How do I get rid of resulting decimals in my damage formulas? I'm using rpgmv and everything I've tried just fucks up catastrophically.

>>170596737
integers?

>>170597705
How do I integers? I've tried but it always ignores my damage formula altogether.

>>170598049
post a screenshot of what you're working with pls?

>>170598097
I may or may not have deleted everything after I couldn't get it working.
How do you convert to integer?

>>170596238
Isn't that like taking Sex advice from a virgin? They have a sense for what's hot because they've watched a lot of porn - but they've never practiced any of it.

It's like the guy who made the Time Fantasy Packs. He wrote articles and tutorials for years. You'd think he'd be a pretty competent game developer. Having shown all this knowledge and graphic ability. But in 10 years that I watched him, the only thing he's really produced is a short platformer.

I don't know. It makes me wonder if he had a negative impact while he acted as a community leader.
I don't want to say it was all bad advice, some of it was insightful. But it wasn't the kind of help the got things accomplished.

>>170599712
Obvious things are what people overlook the most.
Besides, he's made demo games of his own stuff. They're not ground-breaking, but he's not just blowing smoke either.

Enjoy moar collab stuffs.

These are the limit breaks and some enemies/dark forest area.

https://youtu.be/fW5iu-klnl8

>>170601858
Looks good

>>170602493
Thanks!
It's a lot of fun taking small breaks from The Long Road to work on this.

>>170601858
Prey's damage pop up being so delayed really distracts me, but other than that, it looks fine.

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>>170602989
Agreed!

Fixed!

>>170584356
>>170588930
The arena games I know come in 3 flavors:
>poststory/extra stuff for goodies
which you aren't doing

>"main" tournament with a "side" story that happens over the course of the tournament. After the climax of the story, you usually do the finals of the tournament.
Pokemon, Swordcraft Story, etc

>the tournaments really are the main thing
early monster ranchers, armored core, SLAI, etc. I'm guessing this is the one you want to do.

And in that case:


>never make a shitty generic team
Make at least 50% of the entrants matter. They don't need to be strong, but they can be themed, have their own issues in life that you see when you bump into them, make them people. Make them people even if you never get to fight them, because that just encourages players to ask for a sequel/side campaign where you do.

>make studying your opponents matter
Let players watch other fights, talk to people about what their gear is or what tactics they use, and make build changes that capitalize on such weaknesses.

>>170603608
Oooh, this is a really good breakdown. Yeah, generic fights are really what would put me off from it.

Now that you mention those games as well as studying the enemy, I suddenly remembered Fate/Extra. You had a week between every elimination match to study, train, or whatever, and you could encounter the opponent and learn about their abilities before the real fight. I didn't finish the game, but it had its own charm, and it was definitely a tournament format I can use as a reference.

How do you all manage your time? I got a full time job, and this job stresses me the fuck out. I haven't made progress in my game for 4 months now, maybe even more. I don't know, every day just goes back in the blink of the eye. I show up to work, I blink, I'm back home, I blink, I'm in bed and waking back up to head back to work.

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Good night bump