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I recently took a stroll down memory lane back to my early days of messing around with RM2K and re-downloaded Phylomortis II. When I first played it I found the dialogue impenetrable and the gameplay too damn difficult to be enjoyable - but replaying as a more mature gamer I realised how advanced the mechanics and how developed the world building and characterisation is. It's actually a great game - I'd go so far as to say seminal.
The one thing that hasn't stood the test of time is the graphics - being limited by RM2K specs of course, but also using rips from multiple games with totally different graphical styles, really hinders enjoyment for me. Just for fun, I had a quick 5 minutes re-edit of some of the character sprites so they are at least a consistent style.

It got me thinking - it would be a fun project to remaster the game and bring it up to 2021 standards. i.e. completely new (not ripped) assets in a more aesthetically pleasing and consistent style.
My questions are:
-Is RPG Advocate alive/active any more? The website no longer exists and the email address I found on putting phylomortis.com into the wayback machine is not active anymore. The first step would be to try and contact him/her if possible to get permission. If I can't get RPG Advocate's permission - is there any way to proceed (I'm sure it's not copyrighted as there were some many ripped resources used in it).
-Is anyone interested in being involved?
-Would anyone actually be interested in playing a remastered version or would it be a huge waste of time?
The one thing that hasn't stood the test of time is the graphics - being limited by RM2K specs of course, but also using rips from multiple games with totally different graphical styles, really hinders enjoyment for me. Just for fun, I had a quick 5 minutes re-edit of some of the character sprites so they are at least a consistent style.

It got me thinking - it would be a fun project to remaster the game and bring it up to 2021 standards. i.e. completely new (not ripped) assets in a more aesthetically pleasing and consistent style.
My questions are:
-Is RPG Advocate alive/active any more? The website no longer exists and the email address I found on putting phylomortis.com into the wayback machine is not active anymore. The first step would be to try and contact him/her if possible to get permission. If I can't get RPG Advocate's permission - is there any way to proceed (I'm sure it's not copyrighted as there were some many ripped resources used in it).
-Is anyone interested in being involved?
-Would anyone actually be interested in playing a remastered version or would it be a huge waste of time?