Looking to make Friends

[Eternal Kyra]

I've just recently joined here, but been searching these forums and looking at topics since XP.


And would like to make some friends.


Friends as in, people that don't mind chatting with me from time to time.


I'm decently new to RM but not entirely. I played around with XP, VX Ace. But never got very far.


But MV is where I have been learning and doing a ton of tests and playing with the settings.


MV is something I believe that will create my dream. A deep need to put my ideas into a game.


That's a little about my time with MV.


I don't talk much, but I try to.


Friends is a pretty new thing for me, so forgive me if this isn't the right way to go about this.


Other than that, nice to meet you guys!

 

[mlogan]

HI and welcome! The best way to make friends here is to participate as much as possible - answer questions where you can, comment on status updates when you feel like it, join in contests and events. Be yourself and let people get to know you.

 

[GreyStone84]

Howdy! And welcome. I'm running with the VX Ace editor right now. It's kinda my first one - I think I have an RPG Maker game for the Playstation but I didn't really get into that a whole lot for whatever reason -  and I'm still working on my first game right now. I agree with Mlogan's advice about how to make friends on here. There are always new topics posted every day for all of the different RPG Makers. Also check out the General Lounge as that is a way to connect without having to talk about your project if you don't want to. Feel free to chat with me if you wish. I don't have any experience with MV yet, but I'm up for talking about basically anything.

 

[Eternal Kyra]

Thanks for the posts guys.

HI and welcome! The best way to make friends here is to participate as much as possible - answer questions where you can, comment on status updates when you feel like it, join in contests and events. Be yourself and let people get to know you.

I'll take a look around and talk on some posts then. Thank you for the advice.

Howdy! And welcome. I'm running with the VX Ace editor right now. It's kinda my first one - I think I have an RPG Maker game for the Playstation but I didn't really get into that a whole lot for whatever reason -  and I'm still working on my first game right now.

Thanks Grey.


I haven't messed with Ace too much. But I know the basics for it pretty much.


But glad I upgraded to MV, feels like there is a lot more to it and a smoother learning curve.


Care to share a small description on your game? Genre, Era, etc?

I agree with Mlogan's advice about how to make friends on here. There are always new topics posted every day for all of the different RPG Makers. Also check out the General Lounge as that is a way to connect without having to talk about your project if you don't want to.

I'll definitely look around to see if I can find any posts.

 

[GreyStone84]

I haven't messed with Ace too much. But I know the basics for it pretty much.


But glad I upgraded to MV, feels like there is a lot more to it and a smoother learning curve.


Care to share a small description on your game? Genre, Era, etc?

Sure! I finally have a title for it, but it may only be the working title. If I think of something else as I'm making the game, it may switch, but for now it is entitled "Paladonia". It's an RPG (I figured why NOT an RPG since I'm using the RPG Maker?  ) that takes place on a fictitious Earth in the year 1082 on the continent of Paladonia. There are 5 major regions on Paladonia that are each ruled by their own King and Queen. I include Temples in my game, but I stay away from promoting/supporting/defaming any real life religions. The game has four main characters, each with their own weapon types and I'm pretty sure I set it up so none of their abilities are the same (except maybe one or two minor spells). I would say the game is more story-driven than action-packed, but I do want to eventually get some really good fights in my game.


I originally started out with the intention of just throwing something together so I could play around with the Maker and get used to it, but things kinda got out of control and now I've included scripts, bought a few resource packs, spent some time looking for some cool free resources too, began trying to edit some of the graphics - I started by trying my hand at recolouring the default icons. I've also had some practice editing the tilesets (mostly cutting and pasting some tileset items to other tileset sheets) and have recently started to recolour some of the default faces and sprites, which IMO I think I did a decent job for a newbie to the graphic arts. The scripts were actually pretty fun trying to piece them together because I've had some practice in C++ language so I can understand what most of the commands are referencing and what they are supposed to do and that helped a lot since I picked up a few scripts that needed to be rearranged a little to get them to work. And the people in these forums helped out too, so don't be afraid to ask any questions, everyone here seems positive and friendly so far.


Was there anything else about my game you wanted to know, I wasn't sure how much info you wanted? I may end up posting more about it in the Development forums eventually, just haven't gotten around to it yet.

 

[Eternal Kyra]

"Paladonia".

Does it have something to do with Paladins or did the name just have a nice


ring to it? Sounds cool.

There are 5 major regions on Paladonia that are each ruled by their own King and Queen.

Is each region different? Biome, or named?

I originally started out with the intention of just throwing something together so I could play around with the Maker and get used to it, but things kinda got out of control and now I've included scripts, bought a few resource packs, spent some time looking for some cool free resources too, began trying to edit some of the graphics - I started by trying my hand at recolouring the default icons. I've also had some practice editing the tilesets (mostly cutting and pasting some tileset items to other tileset sheets) and have recently started to recolour some of the default faces and sprites, which IMO I think I did a decent job for a newbie to the graphic arts. The scripts were actually pretty fun trying to piece them together because I've had some practice in C++ language so I can understand what most of the commands are referencing and what they are supposed to do and that helped a lot since I picked up a few scripts that needed to be rearranged a little to get them to work.

I've had a similar run with MV. But C++, that's another story. I can't script at all.


Even though MV has Java, still new to me.


Though graphics wise, I think ill be able to handle that. But the work that it needs,


will take some hours with the mouse...

And the people in these forums helped out too, so don't be afraid to ask any questions, everyone here seems positive and friendly so far.

I might look into help for working with my project, but id rather make friends


first. Would make the work all the more enjoyable, not to mention, would be


great to have some people id know.

Was there anything else about my game you wanted to know, I wasn't sure how much info you wanted? I may end up posting more about it in the Development forums eventually, just haven't gotten around to it yet.

Sorry, questions aren't really my forte.


But that was a pretty good summary of it.


I'll probably look into it more if you post something more.


Thanks for the time to explain.

 

[GreyStone84]

Does it have something to do with Paladins or did the name just have a nice


ring to it? Sounds cool.


Is each region different? Biome, or named?

Nothing to do with Paladins (although one of the characters is one) I just thought it had a nice ring to it.


Each region is named. I didn't get much into biomes in the sense that the snow area isn't snowing, there is no rain in my game, that sort of thing, but the most northern region is a snow map and the eastern region is more like a desert/badlands/canyon area. Follow this link, there is a map I posted of Paladonia (not complete yet) in a status update.

Spoiler

http://forums.rpgmakerweb.com/index.php?/profile/65008-greystone84/&do=content&type=core_statuses_status&change_section=1 

I might look into help for working with my project, but id rather make friends


first. Would make the work all the more enjoyable, not to mention, would be


great to have some people id know.

That's a very good idea. Just a heads up, I've only briefly looked into helping others with their projects or tried getting on a group project thing and nothing really came of it. But if you are serious about doing that, keep trying and don't give up, especially if you can make some friends first who are willing to collaborate. I only stopped looking because my heart isn't into it atm. I was merely looking to collaborate for the experience, so when I had a couple of misses, I just gave up for now.

Thanks for the time to explain.

You are very welcome. I enjoy helping others and talking about a wide variety of things.


Take care and have fun!