Somebody in Japan seems to be working on a mode 7 plugin for RMMZ.
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A [Vehicle] tab for RPG Maker that lets the user add more vehicles, like adding Actors, would be a major improvement to the engine, and open up a lot of possibilities for game making in RPG Maker. If they do this for MZ, it will definitely be a huge deal (this is just me thinking wishfully atm, hoping for it).
If Sony wanted to make a power move versus Microsoft, Square Enix would be the crown jewel to buy, because Square Enix has so many amazing IPs, including manga/anime like Fullmetal Alchemist, which Sony could turn into movies/series. Sony would probably have to pay a lot more for Square Enix than Microsoft did for Activision Blizzard though.
Surgically removing people's faces and grafting them on to other people is kind of fun.
(editing character art busts for my game)
Marketing seems to be about reducing dependence on luck to sell a product, as well as expanding the number of avenues in which luck can play a role in selling a product.
Doing clean-up on tall-ified sprites, filling in pixel by pixel where the stretching warped the image, feels incredibly tedious but also highly rewarding when one zooms out and the sprite looks even better than before.
I've figured out how to reasonably tall-ify chibi sprites on my editor. I like that making tall sprites gives me control on expressing how tall characters seem on the field relative to each other as well as better differentiate adult sprites from child sprites.
People laughed at me when I said that Activision Blizzard would get bought up by another company if they didn't fire their execs. Now their value has dipped so much Microsoft is willing to buy the company, likely followed by some heavy terminations if they want to purify the current toxic image of Activision Blizzard.
After the initial success with one event, I set up four different events on the same map to detect who is in which slot in my current party, and fortunately it managed to work as intended, with the events changing image to match the party members even as I swapped their positions around in formation. This will be a great tool for immersive scene design.
I just successfully tested having events check if specific actors are in a particular party slot and then changing image to match. This will let me make scenes take into account who is in the party at the time and arrange them accordingly - this is important since I'll have extra actors beyond current party. The script used is the same from MV and is compatible with my current core plugin setup in MZ. Thank goodness.
I was making a flip book for game art assets but now it produces lag when loading up. I have to divide it now into separate flip books. I underestimated how large the file would get from holding so much art.
I just came back from watching BELLE. It was amazing. It was beautiful.
Now I want to put a singer/musician-related side quest in my game.
The average commercial indie game doesn't seem to have much marketing if any. Developing a serious marketing plan and investing a budget into marketing (or getting a legit publisher) seems to be a big divider between failure and success. As such, the average (general) sales of RPG Maker games is probably useless data if one prepares and invests in a serious marketing campaign for their commercial game.
I've decided to go with tall sprites for my game, a decision probably best made early because of potential tile adjustments needed to accommodate tall sprites. Instead of going back and looking for things I forgot to adjust, I can just make them while moving forward. Less stress.
Today I successfully evented a random loot chest that changes selection of loot depending on day/night AND resets upon leaving the dungeon. I had a similar method in MV that no longer works in my current MZ setup so I had to change things around. Exasperating, but an important step forward for my vision's realization.
I just successfully ported over my MV test project's eventing for entering an airship interior map while riding the vehicle to my MZ test project, with a change towards the end because MZ didn't like how it worked for MV. I also made a version of the eventing for the (sea) Ship, which had to be a wee bit different from the Airship due to the differences in boarding.
On my world map, a couple of specific button presses will purposely start a randomly chosen encounter instead having to run around to farm or getting unexpectedly hit by a random battle (possibly after forgetting to save). A bit more control of the gameplay experience in the player's hands without adjusting difficulty.
Three different plugins for my project's Title Screen - one for the title logo, another for the title commands, the third for animations/video. 3-5 years from now when the next RPG Maker is announced, I hope they have a whole section in system for customizing the title screen to save time hunting for plugins.
I just remembered Chrono Trigger's Secret Developer Room ending and how freaky it was. Now I want to add one for a New Game Plus ending in my game. This could get really wild.
I've found most of the plugins I wanted to use for MV available in MZ versions, and I'm also finding some great plugins for MZ that I didn't see for MV. Now I'm crossing my fingers that I can get over a hundred plugins working together without game-breaking bugs/errors on this project. -
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I'm really sorry I haven't done any streams. I actually just got home from the hospital after a week and a half.
