IguanaGuy

Interesting. Like the animations.

If you are talking about the lighting effects, it is the Terrax Lighting plugin plus some careful use of light on/off switching.

Meant the doors, they looked elaborated.

I like the look, and the fading into houses instead of a map change is just swell!

@RetroExcellent - Thanks. Its a mix of custom tile stuff plus creative eventing. I hope to make a how to vid someday soon as I fell this makes a nice change to town setups.

This is my latest work in my game progress. Sorry I have not created a page in the games in dev section yet.

@Kes - Can you give me more info about game threads? I would be glad to post this where I can get more feedback and exposure. I was only aware of the game + map screenshots one. I don't like using the game mechanics one b/c mine is game specific. (My project)

As you seem to have gone beyond the Ideas and Prototypes stage, then post in 'Games in Development'. https://forums.rpgmakerweb.com/index.php?forums/games-in-development.20/
Be sure to read the Rules and Guidelines before drafting your post, and maybe have a look at other threads there to get ideas about presentation.

Thanks again @Kes , I copy/pasted the template from the forum page and am working on a submission for it.

That's quite a creative way of using it.

The Gab Window is pretty awesome.

It'd be kind of fun to play a game where you don't directly influence things, but cause a good ending by indirectly helping the "hero". This is kind of what the game Ghost Trick is like, but I'm thinking about something more indirect. It would be more puzzle than RPG I think.

Hahaha. I actually have a scene in one of my games that has a similar premise to this idea. Basically the party is going through a dungeon that was looted in a previous game; one party member, who was in that previous game, wonders why all the chests have their loot back despite remembering having looted them all.

Don't know if anyone has ever played Boss Monster Card Game but the premise is similar. You lure adventures to your dungeon by offering the loot they like to go after. Hey I would really like to see this in a game even if the hero just bumps into this guy atoning for his past thefts.

Love the mission map IguanaGuy

Oooh! How do you have your allies "come out of" The lead actor like that? I've been trying to figure that out for ages!

@Mystic_Enigma - I'll send you a message later showing you how I did that. Sorry I'm short on time ATM.

Well done.

@Poryg and @Kwerty thanks for your feedback. Although the demo wasn't showcasing that attack skill, I do need to work on the realism of that as well.

The theme of the “battle arena” is something I always enjoyed in RPG games and the run up to the first fight is great

@Kwerty - Funny thing is that I used a mutant squid when the arena is on the middle of a desert wasteland. It was just the first oversize enemy I had already setup and I copy/pasted it onto this map. In actuality, the arena will have enemies from the forbidden zone and hunter/human combatants too.

I used the First Seed Grassland Tiles and blended different layers together to smooth out the tile look on the Forbidden Zone map. Then I added different map pieces from various tile set pages to get that strange land look. The Town in the corner was made at larger size and scaled down to look smaller on the map.

Maybe post in Game and Map Screenshot thread?

that's a nice effect =3

Haha, that's neat. I like it. A really nice way to make houses feel like part of the town, instead of their own pocket dimension.

@The Stranger - I'm not even sure if the gate walls are recoloured by me from the base tileset stuff or if they were there already. I've modded so such of my stuff it is hard to keep track of. Some of the graphics are mixed in First Seed Town stuff - that's why they look a bit more realistic.

Nicely done.

im more interested in the bgm. it sounds funny

@TheoAllen - That's the Future Steampunk Sound DLC plus a BGS from the same pack at same time playing.

I thought I would see things that weren't in the square grid.

Yeah I guess my description could be taken that way. That being said, maybe I should move the buildings off the 48x48 grid to make it more true!

I loved it when I saw it!

Some nice work here! The overall theme and feel is tight. If I could suggest one thing, the battlers - how about using more unique or larger designs for them? My preference, the smaller battle chars aren't doing it for me

some really great ideas in your main gameplay and I can tell you have put alot of hard work in to making this , also the mini-games are very clever

@Kwerty - thanks for the suggestions. I should mention that there are times when the CG are in their mech suits as battlers which makes their appearance bigger in battles. I still need to flesh out the battlebacks a bit, they are a little empty at times for sure. Plus they engage tanks and buildings too which fill the enemy side quite well.

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=1447457334 is screenshot of progress.

Ermm.. tower defense???

Just a minigame level in my RPG Game. It does share similar traits to a tower defense style though.

I keep a grammer snob handy to fuss at me for my horrible butchering of my own language, so I'm right there with you!

That's a good thing!

Sounds good! You should hopefully end up with a really balanced game by doing that.