Storyteller-Hero

I was selected once, but got eliminated after the interviews.

The selection process when I did it was someone saying "if you can think of an excuse, sit over there to be questioned"... I didn't think "I just don't want to be here" would've been a good enough excuse, luckily it was a pretty short trial.

The particular trial I could have been picked for would have lasted into next month. I can't divulge details, but getting picked would have drastically delayed a lot of plans. Three days of jury selection was already rough - several weeks of actual trial would have been torture for me as someone who does creative writing as an income source.

It's a bust plugin, in case anyone wants to ask. https://atelieririna.itch.io/visual-novel-busts

Got it. I was about to consider into buying GENE, but then, this bad girl appeared before my eyes.

It's amazing, I highly recommend it! ^.^ Funny about GENE, I bought that first just because I am using a ton of busts as well. But the instant I saw this fabulous beast, I snagged it up LOL
I use GENE for other image things (picture menus and such) since the instant drag and drop picture positions is quite useful anyway.

Yeah. I had a summons recently. Had to tell them flat out I couldn't make it on account that I was recovering from stroke symptoms.

The last time I was called, I was a student, so I was able to get exempt, but I'd graduated since then so that's a no go for getting out of it. Ah well.

The setting would remain the same, but I might have to make some drastic changes to the story progression depending on where my imagination takes me in the revision.

Well... only you can decide it it's worth it and if the story is served by such a change. Whatever the decision I wish you luck

Thank you!

Sorry but I cannot hear anyone but Donald Duck singing this.

Being able to claim statutory damages and attorney's fees is a big deal for deterring people from stealing your game and trying to sell it as if it were their own.

I was going to make it several different stories to choose from at the beginning, but I can do more with this particular game's premise if I condense the different stories into one.

Hmm... So what's your planning process?

Form concept --> Make setting --> determine source of conflict --> determine characters --> determine character objectives --> brainstorm possible interactions between characters --> determine endgame --> explore mechanical limitations and possibilities --> revise and repeat as necessary any of the previous steps while trying to refine the expression of the game's concept

Interesting issue...

There's a couple of characters that I intend to use in the pack for my first game, and I have to make edits to them - fortunately edits are allowed for commercial use in RPG Maker on this pack.

Good to hear.

If it's MV, you can check if it's a hardware problem with this scan (didn't test the scan tho, but should work): https://www.systemrequirementslab.com/cyri/requirements/rpg-maker-mv/14336

When does it crash? Taking it on safe mode can reveal culprits.

It's the hardware. The insides get loose and end up touching the bottom casing. I'd had this problem before but it was never fully solved. I could try taking it in to have everything tightened up, but I can't afford to set my wallet back any more than I already have.

Are you still blocked if you open RPG Maker while off-line?

I don't know. The last time Steam did an update blocking OS, it blocked my ability to open RPG Maker.

Actually, you know what? I'm going to try seeing what happens if I put Steam on Offline Mode just before the deadline, and see if it keeps the client working on my OS.

Physically abusing technology always makes it behave. I've found myself threatening my computer on occasion. I think there might be a domestic abuse hotline for machines in the future. xD

You consider slapping the bottom of your laptop in order to make it work as not a major issue? For some reason I am thinking of that one meme with slapping the top of a car.

It has to do with a loose thing inside the laptop touching the bottom casing and shorting out.

fingers crossed it dies when you're done backing up and not sooner

After a few months, I'll have hopefully saved up enough for a new home computer that will probably be 100x more reliable.

Well, I'll help you hope

Yeah I got it too, mostly for the 8000 sound effects.

Yeah, I already have the sound effects

I think you can get a lot of that stuff from GameDev Market. Lots of good resources there.

Fortunately, the resource flip book that I'd made was backed up before my home computer died, otherwise I'd be much, much more set back than I already am.

Happy you're continuing on, and not letting your pc stop you.

@Storyteller-Hero That's rough. Feeling for ya

Well, if i'm still alive by then, there's always next year, and I'll be able to start right away by at that time if they do the same thing again.

P.S. for anyone who has an old Mac, if your computer is already having problems, don't update the OS - my already damaged hard drive couldn't take it and got stuck in an endless restart loop with drive locked. The last OS update not so long ago went smoothly so I didn't expect the drive to tank. Even Time Machine wouldn't have helped, apparently.