Maybe I'll just work on two projects at the same time. I do the same for my regular paid work anyway.
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I just tested Shaz's battle mode switch plugin together with Olivia's Octobattle plugin suite. They seem to be compatible, though adjustment might need to be made to move where the action menu appears.
After watching space anime (Legend of the Galactic Heroes), I'm considering switching over my current project to a different one on my bucket list. I'm still in the early stages for my current project while learning the system and organizing resources so it wouldn't be TOO much to change course atm.
My current project is a magical fantasy RPG - the new project would be a scifi space fantasy RPG if I switched.
The forums feel...bigger...for some reason...
I've started up Pillars of Eternity. It's interesting how the game does a "select choice" cutscene using still image art for dramatic flair. I wonder if that might work for my RPGMaker project.
I finished playing Shadows of Adam. With just the increased stat monsters and keeping gear from completing game, I didn't feel much motivation to play new game plus. I feel that there should be new content to discover if new game plus is part of a game, like Chrono Trigger's multiple endings, or the Diablo series' vast collection of loot and lore items.
If a developer focuses too much on describing the game mechanics in the official trailer for their RPG, I'm going to wonder whether their writing is so bad that it doesn't deserve center stage for their game. This seems to be a pitfall for the marketing on a lot of games.
Flash is dead. Long live HTML5.
It should be safe to assume that some people will take a break from a game for various reasons and pick it up again later. Having a way to recap quickly might be a good way to retain interest.
Having different pieces of equipment unlock different skills while worn seems to be a good way to avoid skill bloat and to give gear customization an extra dimension of fun.
I think that giving a player the option to choose different levels of difficulty, whether it's a menu popup or set levels in different areas, is much better than just scaling everything automatically. Sometimes people want to feel like they've progressed by smashing up weaklings and sometimes people want a challenging foe. FF8 would have been way more popular without the auto-scaling.
I've noticed that Early Access debuts are very risky for a game's reviews/ratings on Steam. It can be useful as a beta period, but devs might jump the gun too soon out of the alpha testing stage and get slammed for things that should have been fixed during alpha testing.
I just learned that something called The CASE Act was snuck into a COVID relief bill for the U.S. and though I haven't read it yet, the description of it seems like it might affect videogame developers, reviewers, streamers, and critics.
I've been busy with other things lately but I'm getting back into working on stuff for my game next month. I think I'm going to fiddle with making NPC busts next, mixing and matching stuff from DLC I've purchased.
I just saw in a manga an interesting mechanic - setting up a stationary teleport beacon that one can go to no matter where one is in a dungeon. I think it'll work with a similar setup to how I did my airship transition.
Ooh what if you could set up multiple beacons and choose from a list of the beacons you set up?
Hmm...
I've been trying out Fell Seal: Arbiter's Mark, and it has an interesting approach to consumable items - you get a limited inventory that is automatically refreshed to max limits (1 or 2 each, craft to expand + improve effect) at the start of each combat. It's a mechanic that goes against the common urge to hoard consumables.
I've been battling roaches every single day for over three weeks. I'm tempted to make a roach-themed dungeon but that might hit a little too close to home. Blegh.
I played around with making an indicator for special spots to interact with for loot and whatnot. The Chrono Trigger style of something tiny but shiny on screen might be one of the less annoying ways to do it, for both player and developer.
I have just restored the Pelican Town Community Center in Stardew Valley. Somehow I feel like I've completed a rite of passage as a gamer.
Eiyuuden Chronicle's Kickstarter success is a sign that retro-RPGs are still very much in demand - it's just that people need to trust in the quality of the product before they'll consider buying it. -
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