Storyteller-Hero

With an organized plan of where I want to take my first game, it probably won't take me more than a couple of years to finish. I might even finish within a year.

Psst. ( There is actually a thread to post your monthly goals into. https://forums.rpgmakerweb.com/index.php?threads/may-goals-and-progress-thread.108553/ @bgillisp does one every month. )

Overall, it was a bit disappointing in my opinion but far better than a lot of what I've seen in Let's Play videos on YouTube.

6/10 if the SNES Final Fantasy games are 9 or 10 on the scale.

I'd give it a C myself. As in, average. Decent story, poor battle system which had no tactics short of make your tank have the highest threat, watch them get KO'd, revive, repeat. At least that is how all late game battles went for me.

I remember that Final Fantasy VI did this to some extent, and it really added to the ambience of environments during the journey.

I got it as a gift from a Humble Bundle. It's a decent sample of what RPG Maker can be used for. Not the best I've played but decent overall so far (though I haven't played enough to determine if the game is currently worth its full price if I'd bought it myself). It's also a good case study for what the publisher Degica Games finds acceptable for project submissions.

I thought the story decent but the battle system awful. Late game it was they KO my tank, I revive them, rinse lather repeat.

@bgillisp 100%. I felt the exact same way.

Sometimes a tracks sounds great at first but then the music adds a sound that seems cool for the first listen, but is too grating or uncomfortable to hear if used repeatedly in the background.

--track-- I should probably take a break...

I find it best to use them as background music while developing. If it starts to great on you, then it's not grate for the game.

When you spank your computer, does it scream "Harder Daddy!"?

She likes it rough

Are you using royalty free music?

Music from MV music packs. I splurged on them during discount sales and now I'm organizing everything into iTunes playlists.

I am constantly second-guessing myself as a writer. That is why I am treating my current writings as a rough draft so I can iron out what doesn't work through feedback.

If you study not just what the rules of storytelling are but also why they exist, you will have the wisdom of the greatest writers in your hands and the confidence that your final draft will never fall below a certain level (maybe not great but never bad). Knowing also helps prevent writer's block since you'll have a more solid foundation to write from.

For example, the basic rule that conflict (not to be confused with physical violence) is what makes a story interesting - the reader is far more likely to be hooked if you have a good conflict as the basis of your story, because they'll have a legitimate reason to be curious - to see whether change or resistance to change wins out.

Last time that happened people were calling the police about it.

That is why you should always have Discord as a backup, on both your phone and your pc.

What happened while I slept??

The more options get put on the table, the more ways to express as an artist. The more ways to tell a story.

This is the blessing in starting at your own pace. You get to witness masterpieces.

"got to prep" - ugh

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!