/rpgmg/ - Rpg Maker General #210

Has anyone attempted to add proper Vancian magic to their games?
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Vancian_magic

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Post progress
Slaanesh demands it

>>180179193
Why are xp sprites so much better than the chibishit of VX and MV?

>>180179371
What a retarded system. Spells should not be treated like ammunition, or have an arbitrary use limit. That's not magic.

>>180179371
Is there a plugin for it? Asking for a friend I know that loves vancian style magic.

>>180179371

Hell no.

>>180182503
Because you touch yourself at night.

>>180187074
Fucking rude. Next time keep it to yourself nodev.

>>180183791
just use an item crafting plugin, and then items can be made to act like skills, can't they? it's already that simple.

Plugins are a crutch, you should be knowledgeable enough to write and tweak your own scripts.

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I'm wondering if I should make this a town proper or cut off everything but the protagonists' houses and have it be a stand alone, like they live on top of a hill or something.

Everything but the river and the top left of the map is basically left over from a stock map; so it's not really 'done' even part way by any means of the word.

>>180189503
That depends on the plot. Is the protagonist outcast? Is the town razed later? Is there anything else you want to add to this town?

Only you can answer these questions.

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>>180179371
Dungeons & Dragons had a couple neat ideas for tabletop and later videogame RPGs. Lifting the works of Jack Vance was not one of them.

>>180190072

Well, I'm mostly seeking food for thought for now, so...your questions are actually really helpful, thanks.

>>180179371
So basically Magic Scroll Items

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>>180189448
At which point you migrate away from rpg maker like all competent developers do.

>>180191575
>furry
>competent

>>180191575
B-but it's too late for me at this point in development.

>>180192005

(Next project faggot)

>>180192105
calm down

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>Not having a Game Over screen with the player's waifu getting dicked by beastmen master race.

>>180193064
Why do you have a cuckold fetish?

>>180193064

How do I decide which of the main characters is the player's waifu?

>>180191575
Like who?

>Losing on purpose to see the game over screen.
>Not desiring maximum harem.
Is this the beta club or what?

>>180179371
Something like the cleric spells in Tree of Savior?

>>180196587
The guy who made undertale

>>180198380
>going from rpgmaker to gamemaker
wow such a leap
It's debatable if undertale qualifies as an rpg

>>180187790
Sorry newfriend, forgot it was summer.

i kinda wanted to make a game that looks like rpg maker game but in another engine so i can throw surprises, but it would be obvious from the engine itself, if done well it could really work for a horror game

>>180198659
There's been a lot of summer posters here. I'm tempted to start using a trip.

I'll post something to make a point.
Someone directs a question at me.
Someone else makes a shitpost reply on my behalf.
Now my point is invalid and it people just think it's b8.

>>180198659
>>180199979

Summer starts every day after school.

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new song

https://soundcloud.com/iwilldevouryourkittens/the-mirrorlord

Also, bestiary is close to completion (pic related)

>>180198659
Yeah, otherwise you wouldn't be here.

>>180202858
WAIT SHIT WRONG LINK
meant to link https://soundcloud.com/iwilldevouryourkittens/the-mirrorlord-1

The songs practically have the same name, and that's for a reason

>>180202858
Will you still have "monster fusion" in the game? Will the player be able to fuse the "big bad"?

>>180203013
>Will you still have "monster fusion" in the game?
Yes, of course. However, it's a bit different from the way it plays out in SMT - not THAT different, but a bit different.
>Will the player be able to fuse the "big bad"?
I don't currently have plans for storyline bosses being obtainable, so as it stands, no. This could change but don't get your hopes up.

>>180202858
and >>18014864 if you're still here, thank you! Most of my inspiration for spritework comes from Mother 3. My favorite monster designer is Kaneko (the SMT dude), but it's fair to say that my stuff is nothing like his.

>>180202858
man those look so good
keep on with the great work mate!

>>180202931
Are you seriously THAT SALTY over a 10 year old meme?

>>180183791
Like this?
http://yanfly.moe/2016/01/09/yep-56-limited-skill-uses/

>>180202858
Asking again because last thread 404'd.

I love your sprites. Where do you get inspiration from?

Bump?

Mostly just curious because my game is fucking huge so far due to art assests-
but what's the largest RPG maker games out there? In length or filesize.

>>180203013

Is monster fusion gayer or less gay than regular gay sex?

>>180207191
I actually saw the post and responded to it in this thread, but I guess it can't link to archived posts

But my response is here : >>180203804

Also I just finished another song! https://soundcloud.com/iwilldevouryourkittens/rock-the-castle

Sdump

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>>180213192
It's only gay if the balls touch.

>>180205823
I have nothing to say to a nodev.

Can a party of two work well?

>>180221978
Sure

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>>180221978
It wouldn't be much of a party, but there's no reason it couldn't work!

>>180221978
It actually has some pros over a party of four. For example, AutoCounterAttacks, Reflect and Guard are considerably more powerful.

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>>180223468

>>180223856

I'm not really sure what I'm implementing yet. So far, one character's probably close to a tanky healer/Paladin, and the other's probably just a straight fighter, but arguably things will get more clear as I advance

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>>180223861

>>180227475
meant to reply to >>180223227

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>>180227947
I appreciate you trying to help, but I actually replied to exactly what I meant to.

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Are those games coming along nicely?

it's coming along all right

https://soundcloud.com/tinyghoststudios/stage-2-cave

bumb

>>180231041

Could be better

>>180236157
What's the matter, honey? Fresh outta ideas?

>>180238224

Too many ideas.

Can't nail down the right one. Like I just went to the store for one specific shaving cream but there's an aisle of shaving products bigger than my neighborhood.

>>180231804
Nice.
Sounds good.

How lewd should be the battlers in a lewd game where you can't fuck 90% of enemy battlers? Should they be lewd to just keep the tone?

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finally back to drawing

she(he)'s such a qt

>>180242352
>Cat eyes
My fucking fetish

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>>180144734

Hmm, if I took out the voice acting and replaced the sound effects, would that improve it?
What is the issue with the sound effects? Too cutesy-sounding?

>>180241837
whatever is easier to do for you

just remember: if you trigger h events in battles, then you need to give the player a way to distinguish between fuckable and non-fuckable enemies. then they'll know if they can just kill the enemy outright, or try to proc events.

What skills are appropriate for amorphous space alien villains?

>>180247956
laser beams always

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>>180247956
Like slimes? I would think infiltration stuff, squeezing through tight spaces and minor shapeshifting. If particularly villainous they might possible people from the inside. Acid, poison, and being able to consume anything that fits inside them are par for the course, as are splitting abilities.

They could specialize in screwing with or operating machinery like space gremlins that fit anywhere. Shove themselves into capsules and throw each other like grenades to envelop someone or cover a room in slimy jerkass. Might be gun experts capable of pulling a trigger with any part of their body.

>>180251204
>possible

*possess

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>>180251204
they could be slimes, though I see them more like deep sea creatures for more scariness

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>>180251617

>>180193991
There's no winning that one. Unless you give the player the option to choose, and even then, giving more development to tne girl, if not outright guilt tripping the player into choosing your favourite girl, like in DQ5 is going to enrage a big part of your fanbase.

No matter what you do, prepare for backlash. Just remember, the more you develop a character, the more their glaring faults are visible. That's why /a/ never likes the main girl and usually go for the obscure side character, then get angry when she loses.

It's not easy designing waifus.

>>180242352
I would love to pet her(his) head all day long.

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Good night bump

Why aren't you selling your porn game on Steam?
http://store.steampowered.com/app/644570/Material_Girl/

>>180263286
I didn't know you could do that.

>>180265474
Apparently it's "censored" with black bars here and there during the scenes.

>>180265474
HuniePop is on Steam. The devs make you download the naughty pictures off-site, though

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Started mapping out my town today.
The whole game takes place in this one town and one dungeon attached to it, so this grab is only a fraction of how the big the town will eventually be.

(ignore the weird errors going on here, it's because I'm using the tile size change plugin which causes the editor to look weird. It looks fine in game though!)

What sort of things do you guys wanna see in an RPG town? So far I've planned out stuff like shops, inns, town hall, guard outpost, a casino, a strip joint, but I'm open to more ideas for things to see and do in the town!

>>180263286
Because I am too timid to work on something like that.

>>180267575
what tileset is that?

>>180267575
That line with the clothing is a really neat idea, I like that a lot.
How about a witch in a little house who makes remedies and tends to the hurt in general?
Maybe also some sort of farm, these people need food after all.

>>180267575
Since you already thought about blackjack and hookers how about a black market?
Also a school, a libary and stables.

>>180267575

Critique time: normally even houses without paving, especially ones visited often, have paths and trails in (sometimes not by choice but by the very nature of things). This is especially important if those houses on the bottom row are going to have top entries, since it shows you where to enter.

Guys, I'm fucking retarded and I can't decide on what sort of class system I want to use in my dungeon crawler.

>>180276120
what do you mean by system? What selection? whether there are subjobs? How much a class defines your character?

>>180276949
Yeah, I'm not sure what system lends itself well to a dungeon crawler with minimal story. I can't decide if I want subjobs, advanced classes, hidden classes etc.

You can have 5 party members in battle if that matters.

>>180277869
>class system
>dungeon crawler with minimal story
you are aware that Etrian Odyssey exists, right? An entire series that is exactly that, and iterates over multiple versions of class systems?

At the end of the day, what kind of experience are you trying to capture in a dungeon crawler?

>>180278198
One with lots of replayability, so randomized loot, some procedurally generated dungeons, etc.

It seems like most dungeon crawlers like etrian odyssey opt to give you the bulk of class choices from the start and then the player has a choice of specializing skills within that class.

>>180278537
randomized huh?

Is this a roguelite/roguelike? That would greatly change the definition of "replayability"

>>180179193
I am struggling to make a compelling story. I have a lot of good ideas and little tidbits that would make for amazing moments gameplay wise that would tie into such, but there are just these blots of empty spaces I am unsure how to approach constructing it to make sure I leave the player depressed as possible, or at least slightly more fucked up.

>>180278883
Not much of a roguelike. Not all dungeons will be randomized and there's no perma death. It'll be closer to Etrian Odyssey. I might just treat classes similarly to an EO game.

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Who here /storyboard/? Pic related

Pls gib thoughts

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>>180263286
>SakuraGame
I've seen another one of their games, it makes me wonder the same thing: does "SakuraGame" really have the rights to publishing those games?

>pricing
The latest game in particular is selling for 1944yen, within the realm of $20, on DLsite, but is only 1.99 on Steam?

>unconditional refunds provided by [email protected]
The unconditional refund post seems questionable as well, because the email address sounds like it's just some random dude's paypal account. The wiki page for foxmail shows it's a chink program. A few google search results for simply "foxmail" gives a few scam-related pages as well.

>Dieselmine
When I look at the developer's twitter account, @dieselmine, I don't see them promoting anything about the Steam release. Wouldn't it be normal behavior to at least tweet about the release?

>zn632729170/status/877121929102200834
But ultimately, this is possibly just autism. Going by this tweet and response by the developers of that game, they said it's literally "daijobu desu". I guess this means they agreed to allow some chink to sell their game at a tenth of its original price. They really want that cut of a cut of 2$?

Also, does this mean my next Steam release is also a nukige?

>>180284773
I outline my story with bulletin points just to remind me where I'm going with it.

I have written out paragraphs before, like you have. But I found I rarely stick to it.
Stuff like facial expressions and emotions can be a bit presumptuous. Either I'm using portraits in every scene, or none. It can be bad to have it just one scene used unique artwork because it can make the characters in it seem more important than the story needs them to be.

And then there are sentences that are easier said then done that might require a lot of setup and a passage of time you don't think about on paper. The flow of events progressing differently from the rest of the game.
For example your first 3 chapters take place in within a short time frame. But chapter 4 has Cecel in a quandary. Applying for a job. looking around, failing to find anything, having a revelation, coming back to be disappointed, and then lucking out again. It's a lot of ground to cover, with a whole lot of nothing happening in-between.

>Work hard on a game
>Get an idea for another game
Reeeeeee

>>180291142
Good! Then you can get started on it right away after you finish your first game!

How could I create a "Nauseous" state (can't consume Food Items, like in Earthbound)

>>180284773
I'm not seeing a lot of planning for gameplay. How is the player engaged in all this?
If they're not, that's fine. It just means these are just in-between level scenes that play-out in a minute or two.

But as >>180289435 pointed out there's a lot going on in Chapter 4. A lot to condense into one scene. But even if you segmented it out into exploration, it sounds uneventful for the player. Especially for a final chapter. There's some emotional impact in his hopeless try-fail cycle at the end. But this is RPG Maker - how are you actually going to express that? Sad music and emoji bubbles? And he is seemingly by himself, so I expect there would a lot of introspection to communicate his emotions to the player.

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This is your mage for tonight

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>>180300809
It seems like she's only ineffective because she lives in a universe without MP restore potions, honestly.

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FREEDOM FROM COMCAST bump

>>180301784
She's that cunty monk that spams Asura Strike and Yggdrasil Berries.

>>180303880
>Asura Strike and Yggdrasil Berries
Man, I miss RO

>finish designing a UI
>replace it later with a better asset

bumo

Are you planning on selling your games?

>>180284773
You use notepad? Seems blasè

>>180298749
>How is the player engaged in all this?
Good question. The game is split up between a "human world" and a "monster world" - the parts I wrote out were for the human world. Segments in both parts are playable and share the same Gameplay structure, which is akin to Mother 3. The primary difference is, of course, the battles - in the human world you will mostly face unsavory humans, and the monster world is where you'll run into monster encounters.

The reason what I wrote seems uneventful "for a final chapter" is because it's not really the final chapter - human world segments basically take up a little less than a half of each chapter, the monster world segments being where the true meat of the chapter plays out. Plus it's not the chapter where you face the final boss - that entire chapter takes place in the monster world. You'll notice it never actually says "final chapter", just "final mirror."

Hope I made sense.

>>180213676
I'm an idiot. Thanks for answering. So, mother 3. Nice. I can't wait to see the rest of your game.

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>>180284773
A storyboard can be useful but I overdid it a little.
Reached almost 200k words while trying to be concise. I'm not even done yet.

>>180315924
None of the ui is visible, how would you know which program it is?

b u m p
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plz live

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>>180328138

My game takes inspiration mostly from 80s movies, so I'd like to set it in the 80s, but I feel most art styles from the 80s feel "too modern" to set a difference.

Would it be fine if I tried to copy an artstyle from the later 60s instead to drive across the point that the story is set in "your parent's America"?

>>180333260

Okay? Why wouldn't it be okay?

Sweet dreams.
Think about your games before you doze off and you'll gain ideas.

>should work on game
>responsibilities in the way
>and when they're not, I end up extra lazy

send help

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finished with that; was going to have the arrow quiver, but i guess the char sprite doesn't have it, anyway.

now liking him more than the mage, who is now the least favorite.

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and sleeping on this

>>180344413
>the mage, who is now the least favorite

But she has the cutest casting animation!

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Progress bump

>>180345548
You use this along with a plugin or what? Which one?

Bump for the sake of bumping.

How much content is enough for a demo? Not that I'm anywhere near completing one.

Does your game has a positive message? The likes of, never give up, trust your friends or stuff?

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>>180349647
If I see another JRPG with a "power of friendship" asspull plot

>>180348347
Hard to say but it should have like ~30 minutes of gameplay at least.

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Good night bump

>>180349647
I kinda want to demonize the idea of "never give up". Not make it bad, but to make it clear what it will cost you, how it can and WILL change you.

But the person you will be.....may not be a bad person. Maybe not a nice person, but one who protects smiles.

>>180354650
The crooked man had this message and us was pretty good.

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I need some motivation to do something in this overwhelming heat.

>>180361353
Do one thing, just one, and see if you can't get the ball rolling

>>180349647
Save yourself before you even think about saving the world.

Stay alive

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Regarding my earlier post---
>>180267575
Day 2 mapping progress. Pretty pleased with how it's coming along, but still a long way to go

Still very open to any and all ideas of things you want to see in an RPG town. Tomorrow I'm probably gonna start mapping some interiors of some of the places you'll go on the "main quest", so at least I can start to build something that's playable instead of spending all my time fucking with tilesets in Photoshop for this one map.

>>180364742
This looks nice and comfy

>>180364742
What's the point of the bridge over the pond?

>>180369498

Not that poster: I actually took part in the construction of a decorative bridge over a pond.

>>180369498
Why WOULDN'T they have a bridge over the pond? Bridges are nice.

>>180364742
(literal) underground gambling den/emergency shelter
flower meadow
apiary(bees)

>>180369498
To cross to the other side.

>>180375723
Deep.

>>180377459
Ponds usually aren't deep.

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>>180380714
that's an odd translation

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>>180345876
MOG Menu

not doing any thing. a nap sounds better then convincing myself to want something.

>>180383352
You can't make progress when you sleep Anon-kun!

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Remember to have fun Anon.

>>180386636
progress is relative.

I'm too altruistic to do my own thing. But that means I also feel like the linchpin holding this place together.
I can't abandon /rpgmg/ to drown. But I can't keep performing CPR either.
Breath damn it. Breath!
I can't make games for you.

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Rpg maker fes leaked (incase you guys didn't know)

Rate my map
*note:* this is an old picture, the map right now has the desert extending to top, a huge snow area on the northern continent, ans a large forest on the eastern part of the continent.
Game is gonna end up too big even if I use a single map for many different houses, with the 99 map limit

>>180393927
Oh, really?
How is the RTP? Can you import assets?

>>180394065
Unfortunatley no imported assets, also, here is the map now.
Can't zoom out of the actual detailed map editor to get a closer look

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>>180394489
Forgot map

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>>180393927
>>180394858
y no screenshots?

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>>180396608
It would take time to get it to 4chan.
Tbh I'm just gonna use the pre-made houses

Obviously I'm a phone poster, and thanks to the s8, I need to take pictures in a different app just so its not too large to post

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>>180397097
damn

>>180397635
Do you think RPG Maker FES will be big like Mario Maker?

>>180398126
In a small community of people, yes. It will be pretty cool to people who don't know RPG Maker and it will probably appeal to people the same way Mario Maker did with making your own game. But I don't think it will be as big. Partially because it will have the same problem every other RPG Maker game had: the graphics. As far as I know FES will only have the built in graphics so many games will look the same. That will probably grow tiresome for some people.

>>180398126
mario maker only became a meme because it's mario.

>>180398786
So did mario maker, but I totally get the difference, mario is faster, and the tiles don't get old as easily
Where as rpgs are slower, and they are completely new tiles

>>180392337

But what if you did CPR AND made your own game.

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>>180399135
Hopefully with CFW, there can be external assets, scripting, and obviously a way to share these maps

They should release a Maker for the Switch instead of a nearly ded handheld.

>>180400804
FES has been on 3ds in japan for years

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Does your game include the purest love?

>>180403505

The love of a woman for alcohol, and the love of another woman for the Free Market?

Yes, my game has that.

>>180403505
Size differences? yeah

>>180403505
Consistent terrain heights? Yep.

So what happened to Echo? She hasn't uploaded in 9 months.

>>180409231
Is this the shrill "Hey Gamers" one?

>>180409535
Yeah, just wondering because she seemed pretty earnest and her videos were actually useful

vumpa

tfw my sense of proportions/poses is better than the art i traced off of

>>180413228
Post em both

I have officially read more of the bible for video game purposes than any other purpose in my life.

>>180415817
Did it help you?

>>180399643
Have a little fun at /rpgmg/'s expense eh?
Some people might be cross that I'm humping their thread instead of bumping them.

>>180415907

I know what to put on the tutorial door, now:

How much better to get wisdom than gold,
to get insight rather than silver!
Proverbs 16:16

For what it's worth, it is actually a Christian church.

>>180416372
What a coincidence, as a Christian I'm putting a Christian church too in my babby's first RPG maker game.

Book of Proverbs is some of the best stuff, Romans is pretty great too.

>>180417519

One of the main characters is a Christian, so even though I'm not it's going to be somewhat involved.

>>180417632
Don't tell me he turns faithless or agnostic towards the end. Either way, it's pretty funny to think that we see a lot of crosses and churches and even bible quotes or references (The Bible the most quoted book of all time after all) in video games and other media but nearly zero mention of Christianity and the like.

>>180418318

She does hang out with a nonbeliever and she is a Neoliberal, but other than that...I have no plans to make her profane the faith. She might curse when things get bad, admittedly, and break a few legs along the way.

I'm going with a 'world that honestly could seem like ours' kind of setting, so some things that actually 'feel' of the modern world are needed to be anchors.

>>180418852
I always wondered what animals and plants of the world thousands of years ago were like, especially since creatures like Leviathan and other dinosaurs (referred to as dragons) were indeed real back in the Old Testament days.

Back on topic, what does your game's aesthetics look like? Curious to see how to get that "feel" of a similar world type of thing looks like.

>>180419580

Alas, it's babby's first game and thus is using RPGMV tilesets.

It's mostly going to be set in rural poor areas and urban areas.

>>180419749
Totally understandable, mine currently is too. I've been procrastinating on my project like a motherfucker it's a wonder how I ever had the motivation to get this far to begin with.

>>180415817
I was planning on getting around to reading some too.
I've read a little but I need to read more.
Why are Christian elements so compelling for JRPGs?

>>180417632
My MC is Christian too.
Orthodox Christian.
Born in Cyprus to a Cypriot Father and Ethiopian mother.
So more Greek/Cypriot Orthodox than Ethiopian Orthodox.
I've had some dealings with some Orthodox people and thought their attitudes and personality would make for a compelling and different character.

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Haven't posted here in awhile.

Glad to see all the depressives either wandered away or killed themselves. And no more of that trans special snowflake shit.

>>180421706

>He posts that
>they come back
lol jk I've only been here for a month so I haven't seen any of that shit.

Don't die /rpgmg/

Help me decide, most answers after 24 hours will be what I do:

>be frankenstein and paste together face picture of MC with kamina glasses, a realistic scarf, and a pose on top of space ship

or

>draw an art instead

I am partial to first option but I digress.

>>180428856
First option, with the character dabbing

>>180428856
Draw something. If you do the first it's going to look like something from China.

STOP DYING DAMMIT

>>180432464
Podcast soon (tm)

>tfw going to sleep soon and only progress made today was the name of some skills in the database

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Part of me would like to see a Mythical Greek Set. Togas, Lyras, Gorgons and Gods.
But the volume of work needed to support that sort of setting is more than I'm willing to do by myself.

I know I'll burn out and lose interest after a handful of sprites.

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https://youtu.be/Iux7Yb96eEQ

We played and reviewed an RPG Maker game this time around, which you can find here!

https://rpgmaker.net/games/6520/

It has a lot of bold ideas, even if all of them aren't executed perfectly. I like this kinda stuff: It would rather reach too far and mess up than be perfectly polished.

Hope to see you all in two weeks!

>>180435107
first

>>180435107
Did hell freeze over?

>>180428856
>be frankenstein and paste together face picture of MC with kamina glasses, a realistic scarf, and a pose on top of space ship

>>180421706
jokes on you fucker im depressed AND trans

>>180438420
It's okay as long as you aren't vocal about that.
No one likes to deal with other people's drama.

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r8 my laundry equipment

>>180435107
>The lack of narration, and conveying important information organically
>conveying information organically
like maybe putting in some screenshots and a few text boxes?

Sorry, but it's a bit hard to follow when you talk about a specific game's flow.

>>180438614
Your waffling between side-view and 3/4 view.

>>180438614
needs better tiles

>>180439335
not my floor tiles, those squares are just the grid i use to keep my furniture lined up in sai before i import them to rpgm

>>180439171
can you be more specific? like what needs to be fixed for it to all be 3/4?

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>>180439694
not him, but i agree. in particular, the clothes basket's hole pattern needs to be shifted as though it were wrapped around a cylinder.

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>>180439694
i think the objects are good, though, and don't need any change.

>>180442583
>head shifted too far out for my taste; with the way her left cheek's drawn, it's as though the neck's attached to only the right side of her head.
>her right eye's positioned way too far out, and makes for a really.. flat? face
>right shoulder drops way too low to be a comfortable pose
>left arm redrawn entirely using a selfie trace
ultimately used practically nothing from the 'source' in the final version. apart from forcing myself to draw a really wide cheeked face, i guess.

>>180428856
Draw and be proud

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Good night bump

Hows FES going, my dudes?

>>180439694
Not him, but it looks like the washing basket is side-on, as opposed to the washer and shelf which look 3/4

I hate fantasy settings

>>180428856

DRAW YOU FUCKING FAGGOT

>>180397635
WTH? There's some art clash in there or it is just me? Look at the old man (last row, 3rd column): The hair is soft outlined, but the beard is hard outlined. This happens in a few other faces too.

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>>180453692
Maybe. Here have some more Mr.

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>>180453692
Also more

>>180455979
They seriously need to better the ui

Is there a way to have more tiles on the right side to quickly choose?

>>180438862
We probably should've brought up some concrete examples, yeah. Here's one:

During the arena segment, Perrine says to Priel something like "Dad misses you..."
This tells us (1) Their dad's alive, (2) Perrine (the responsible one) talks to him way more often than Priel does, and (3) MAkes us wonder why Priel isn't eager to speak to him (Laziness? Some past event that pushed them apart?)

Three words convey so much about the dynamic between these three characters.

>>180456768
I meant more on the battleflow. A little hard to imagine what you mean when you say it goes too fast or slow without at least text boxes to think over what you said previously.

>>180457115
Your turns last a long time, because you're allowed multiple actions (healing, buffing, etc.)

The enemy turn hardly lasts one second.

>Enemy flashes
>Some kind of attack hits a character

The enemy attack animation is super-fast, too. The only time the enemy turn lasts longer than maybe two seconds is when you fight 4 or more enemies

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How are my mountains?

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>>180457461
Also my world map so far
It seems that due to size restrictions, I can only use the northern continent
Still can't determine how much more I can add, but it seems like I will easily reach 99 maps with this game

babamp

>>180451443
>>180442290
thank you!! i'll add more laundry to the back and tweak the holes to fix it

>>180442583
thank you! this is my first game and its good to hear they at least look like what theyre supposed to be

Tip for FES:
Always use large maps, and put a crap ton of interiors in that same map, that way, you save maps, and make bigger games

Fewer class choices at the start of the game and advanced classes later

OR

Loads of classes at the start

>>180463996
Best to not overwhelm player, so few classes in beginning

>>180463996
Fewer class choice at the beginning

>>180464039
>>180464104
Thanks, boys

Will it be weird if I steal 20% of the spell names in my game from Pokemon?

>>180464778
Don't think so. The names are pretty common sense.
>Tackle
What the fuck else are you supposed to call it? Full Body Takedown?

>>180465253
full body takedown sounds pretty fucking metal actually

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>>180468376
MEGA EFFECTIVE

>>180464778
If you take the more common that are no memes, why not?

>>180464778
Or. Get this. Use a dictionary.

Unless you meant using the names of pokemon as spells. Like Articuno Zapdos Moltres

Or just follow the naming convention and combine some elemental sounding word with a Spanish number.
Artic-uno Zap-dos Mol-tres
Galcuatro
Cindercinco
Eclipseis

>>180471352
The issue is precisely that I am using names from a dictionary, and things like Whirlwind and Fire Blast are dictionary words.

>>180471352
What? Eclipseis is evolving!
Congratulations. Your Eclipses evolved into
Eclipseiscientossesentayseis

How could I go about habing separate classes with separate levels that you can switch to by going to a certain npc, on RPG Maker FES

Bump?

>>180457461
Pretty nice. I like your style.

>>180476451
Thanks
The end goal is to make one giant world map, and release the rest of the game in parts, with smaller, possibly even single-continent worlds

>>180478829
And then after everything is finished, I'll port it to PC as a complete package with huge overhauls

>>180463996

Start with few, branch.

Unless the game's a sequel that is BASED on the previous game and there's at least a brief (optional) tutorial that newbs can easily find.

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Bump

Whats you guys opinion on this song?

https://soundcloud.com/prutte-1/tomb-of-friends-the-mightiest-hero

>>180479839
What if the game is a dungeon crawler and you get your 5 party members from the onset?

>>180483587
You would still want most of the classes hidden as unlockables so there is more replay value.

>>180483259
composition wise, it sounds like what it's titled.
production wise, i think the snare feels too far in the back, perhaps tighten the reverb length if it's there, and increase the overall volume of it.
likely means you'd have to nerf the horn instruments slightly.

>>180483587

Depends on the genre of game.

In a rogue like you don't explain dick outside of the manual.

>>180483826
8 default classes? Too many?

>>180487107
In my game I am using 9 default classes and 4 secret ones, but three of the classes are pretty much "mix and match" combos from other classes, and the game is easy and lewd, so it isn't like there could be serious fuck ups other than "no healers" (and six classes have access to some healing).

I would say 6-7 would be fine for default classes.

>>180483259
I like it!

The VX Ace crack link is broken. Someone mind lending a hand?

>>180463657
Is there any advantage in using small maps over large maps? Is the total allowed number of maps the same regardless of their sizes?

>>180492792
>Is the total allowed number of maps the same regardless of their sizes?
Yes

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>>180492792

What's the total number of allowed maps?

>>180494575
99
Plus an overall limit of the game at 1.9mb
So Its best to only use large maps in extreme cases, like world maps, or large dungeons, as they will eat up more space

An event that transfer players is nearly 10 bytes, and your world map is most likely going to average around 10% of the total space

>>180495631

That's so small. For what purpose does such a limitation exist?

>>180496352
3ds

>>180496409

Oh!

It's for FES!

I just saw 'map limit' and I panicked so much. I didn't even think to read to the top of the comment chain.

Just a reminder to the next OP.
Plug a different game as the Random Game of the Week.

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>have a script for overhead parallaxes
>find that a cutscene completely breaks the script
>spend literally an hour combing through everything in the events involved to figure it out
>the script required Switch 23 to be OFF at all times or it completely breaks
>script maker made no effort to relay this information

Bump?

>>180502771
Wait, how did you figure this out then?

Anyone playing FES?
What are some tips for not taking up much memory while still being complex?

Or any tips in general

is FES as good as RPG Maker for PS1?

MV is way better than VX ace right

>>180506325
I've used PS1 for years, and haven't even touched FES, but if FES has a tool to make sprites it is almost definitely superior. I'd need to look at a few things (like how many Event Commands/music tracks/sound effects it has) but it's probably comparable and the ease of sharing your games is night and day compared to PS1

>>180506724
sweet, I had a blast messing around with ps1 back in the day and this looked substantially better than either of the ps2 ones. thanks

>>180495631
PS1 had a limit of 990 dungeons. Interesting.

What's the max map size? PS1's was 64x64 tiles.

Also, PS1's 'maximum' file size wasn't set in stone: Your database stuff (Maps/items/characters/magic monsters) couldn't take up more than one full memory card (128 kb), but your event data could be as many memory cards as your player was willing to swap. Also, custom graphics ate up one block per character (16 kb)

>>180506616
you shouldn't use vxa if you have the option to use mv.

>>180507098
It gives you 3 options
Small: 32x32
Medium: 64x64
Large: 128x128

>>180509618

If FES is like PS1, there's no reason not to have a 'large' map. PS1's compression basically ignored unused portions of map (ie if your last building ended at (x: 41, y: 58), your map was only counted as 41x58, not 64x64).

Does it have an Overworld (Field) map like PS1, or is that made in the map maker too?

Also, for those curious: Defeat the Darkness is about 80 maps. That's 4 towns, interiors for major buildings, the dungeons, a few test maps, and a few floors of the Tower. Also, does FES come with pre-made maps like PS1 did? PS1 had special maps that looked really nice, and couldn't be edited, but you could event in bridges/doors/switches/other objects.

why am i wasting so much time on fixing a drawing? i told myself not to do this

What kinda game should I make with RPGmaker Fes for maximum downloads?

>>180513037
Undertale clone.

>>180513037
Mother clone.

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Could anyone help me fix a save in an RPG Maker VX game?
Basically my character just started being able to walk through walls and ignore all things that would normally proc from event touch, I thought it might fix itself if I reloaded the save, but that didn't work.
The game is a H-game, but I figured since the issue is more related to RPG Maker, I'd be better off asking here than /hgg/

>>180514038
>>180514134
So a game with le wacky randum humor?

>>180514149
Just download an rpgmaker decrypter and edit the game itself.

>>180515885
a game with meme tier art so nobody takes it seriously then throw deep themes to surprise people, bonus points for lore to make them theorize about stuff that doesn't actually mean anything aka the evangelion approach

>>180514149
completely unrelated but the perspective there makes me want to do front flips. where the fuck is everything?

>>180515980
Well I tried it, but I can't exactly figure out how the decrypter is supposed to work, I extracted all the files and generated a game file but I can't look into it at all, because it says the actors are missing.

>>180516391
Is this Inferno Cop?

10? without any progress bumps? what are you guys doing?

Alright, steam sale are. But what rpg maker shall I buy?
My first thought was RPG maker MV because of that big tittied witch on the previews and cover but I am willing to listen to more sophisticated reasons.
Or is it worth to buy the whole collection bundle? Is there any interaction between those games possible?

>>180524106
just get mv, because it's the newest, and has the most active development for it.

as for dlc/bundles, i wouldn't ever use them in my projects, so i'd say no. ultimately up to you

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what do you think are the dissimilarities, and who do you think is the main outlier? i want to change whatever quirks of the biggest offenders to make the portraits more homogenous

there's something about the mage's head that's triggering my autism. i just went through redrawing a lot of it, like reducing the width of the hair. it was feeling like there was a relatively small face, being covered by an huge umbrella of hair.

>>180527091
i don't think the mage's hair is too much, but the head is a little too close to a ball.

SRD's skill tree builder looks so fucking good

>>180527091
and for my own analysis..
>clothing folds with explicit lines
either the swordsman has too many, or the mage needs more.

>shoulder width
it's overall okay, males have broader shoulders; i think the swordsman's should be nerfed a bit, though.

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i had to babysit overnight and now im working at my laptop on two tv trays at my moms house while my sister sleeps

but im working

>>180528840
aaaaaaaand my tablet pen broke

im going to kill myself

>>180428856
Oh boy, draw it is.

I hope it doesn't end up cringe.

>>180527091
the swordman left arm looks thinner than the right one, too thin.
the mage colors are ugly, her face looks dumb, that cleavage looks really weird, like bellow where it should have be.
the bard's guitar looks too high and the angle of it not natural and she looks thin, like really flat from the look of her shoulders, and i'm not talking about her chest.
archer is pretty good.

Goodnight bump
Don't die /rpgmg/

Just played a demo for Numina. A German game that - as far as I can tell - has been in development since 2011. Maybe even before that.
It's very polished. It's in both English and German language. There's a few places were it's not translated.
I made it to the... second chapter? After that point it's all in German, and I'm not sure how long the demo goes after that. I played for a good 4 hours straight to get to that point.

Imo, they're not putting their best foot forward to promote this. The screenshot aren't the best looking maps in the game, and you'd never know by looking at it that it's a Dark Fantasy.
They call it a "4th wall breaking RPG" which is off-putting to me because it immediately makes me think it's a non-serious self-aware meme game. But it didn't look like one, so I gave it a change.
"Breaking the 4th wall" isn't accurate. Shawn, the main character, hears your voice after falling into a temple. You still control and play as Shawn. But you're like his Guardian Spirit or something. He'll talk to you, ask your opinion on stuff and what you should do next. "You" are a spirit (fragment) of this hooded character you played as in the prologue that presumably died. However, you're free to name yourself and pick dialogue options like "I don't know what's going on" "This guy is suspicious, don't trust him." or just stay silent "..."
So there's no 4th wall breaking at all.

>>180539000
It's like the ps2 game Lifeline, where you're the "operator"

Or in Ar NoSurge, where you're a "7th dimensional being" using your overview of the game world and story events to guide characters in a way they wouldn't know how to do themselves.
It's a little difficult to explain. Although it's very much implied that you are you, at home, and this is a game. The plot twist then, is that someone else from your dimension is using the same method as you to interact with the world, along with a walkthrough guide and hacks. Dubbed "Player 2", they hijack your in-game daughter character and...it's crazy, and really hard to summarize this game.

So you see, it's not breaking the 4th wall when you're playing a role that was always part of the story.
You're the operator. A disembodied spirit. Something that's already in the story.
And even when the game wants you to think you are "you" and it's incorporating you "player 1" into the story.
The reality is, you're only playing as a player that's playing a game, get it? So when it pretends to break the 4th wall to talk to you, it's actually talking to the player that you are playing as.

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Good night bump

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>>180541486
He doesn't realize he's already part of the neverending story.
Just as he was sharing in all of your adventures; others were sharing his.
They were with him when he was browsing /rpgmg/
They were with him when got to the post with the Auryn image, in which he is reading... his own story... right now.

>>180511347
FES comes with sample maps, can be edited I think

And the amount of data they use is determined after creation, with world map taking the most since it loops

Also you create the world map

Is FES finally out yet so I can play it online?

>tfw spent the whole day only to make gameplay worth of 5 minutes

>>180542772
Yes and yes.

>>180545926
Progress is progress. 5 minutes of good gameplay is more than a lot of RPGM games have in their entirety.

Your gameplay is GOOD, right anon?

Anyone else playing MGQP part 2? It's a surprisingly well made rpg

>>180539998
You got a lot of it wrong. The second player is from an entirely different dimension from us, and Prim isn't our daughter or anything, as it was established the character she's the daughter of is an entirely separate entity from us and we're merely hijacking his body.

Try to reread the concepts on Interdimend and the Seven Dimensions before saying falsehoods.

>>180545926
What did you do?

bumpan

So the way I got my weapon upgrades is like this:

Wood sword: 3dmg
Rusty sword: 4dmg
Steel sword: 7dmg
Grass sword: 12dmg, wind element
Magma sword: 15dmg, fire element
Gold sword: 20dmg, light element
Moon Sword: 23dmg, dark element
Clear Sword: 27dmg, no element, but attacks twice

The scaling is actually alot different, with the clear sword actually doing around 50dmg per attack, can't check the stats now though.
Is this reasonable or should I make another non-elemental sword for mid-game along with the elementals

Also swords are available to Adventurer class (which is able to use all weapons, but with stunted stat growth), and paladin, which will get another 8 more powerful swords

Weird question: JRPG class names or WRPG class names?

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Trying out some color tricks to make my guys look more 3-dimensional

This a good idea?

>>180552909
whats the difference

>>180553541
I guess final fantasy specifically

cleric vs. white mage
wizard vs. black mage
etc.

>>180553830
come up with your own names

>>180553830
>cleric vs. white mage
Depends.
Is he from the church or just a heal bitch?
>wizard vs. black mage
The same. Is he from an academic circle or just a damage bitch?

>>180554098
fair enough

>>180553462
Yes. It's always better than using pure grays and blacks

>>180552640
It depends on how the elements work. Do you throw a lot of enemies that resist element X around the time that sword pops up? Is it largely irrelevant? If the elemental swords are specialized tools, you'll probably want a "normal" one in there.

Either way "Clear Sword" seems pretty op compared to the rest, though I feel like the name leaves something to be desired. It's oddly plain for an ultimate weapon.

>>180553830
cleric has religious connotations, and includes the smiting with a mace sort of healer

white mages are more focused on monastic living, their higher tiers(seers) being more academic rather than leading institutions.

wizards are very by the books

black mages are almost a different species at this point, closer to sorcerers.

>>180552640
it's generally good practice to make all elements relevant by endgame. Is the benefit of exploiting weaknesses enough to use a sword that deals half or even a fourth of the damage?

It's the 22nd. Who's the next collaboration project dev?

>>180555460
"Clear sword" is really just meaning its a very clean, high quality blade
But definitely needs a significant attack downgrade

As for the elements, I can't say, but I think it just works like pokemon

This is FES we're talking about

>>180556687
>>180557331
>>180555460
Definitely should add that by the time the player gets the clear blade, should be mid-game
By then they should have overtaken a different class, and use a different weapon, theres still 8 more swords to come, to go with the paladin class

>>180557331
The word clear makes me think more transparent than quality.

>>180558234
What word should I use then?
Theres a good limit too, so try to keep it short

>>180558309
Keen blade
Pure Iron
Null Sword

>>180558624
Thanks

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>>180558309
POWER SWORD

Fixed how my swords scale
Wooden sword: 5dmg
Rusty sword: 6dmg
Steel sword: 13dmg
Grass blade: 20dmg, wind
Molten sword: 24dmg, fire
Golden Blade: 28dmg, light
Dark scimitar: 32dmg, dark
Keen Blade: 22dmg, double attack

And there is more to come, including atleast 8 of every other weapon type, and 8 more swords

Ooooooh just found a MAJOR problem with FES


There is only one armor slot, meaning you can't have a shield, helmet, and curiass all at the same time, you can only have one, also theres two accessory slots

>>180562094
WTF

Welp guys, I uploaded my RPG on FES, give it a play sometime?

Just know that its nowhere near completion, no story, and the slimes die in two hits but deal no damage to you

Its "Journey for Stones"

>>180565530
Do you need FES in order to download/play your game?

>>180565989
Actually, look for something on the eshop called "fes player"

It should be free