So for a very long time I've always wanted to make my own RPG with the story I've had saved up. Sadly, I am horribly apathetic and lethargic towards trying to learn things, and making a game isn't exactly something you pick up in a night, fast forward to about a month ago and I finally decided to just "do it". I figured the best place to at least start getting something working would be using RPG maker as a base(which if some of you remember I tried screwing around with years ago to make an RPG based on these forums....that didn't go too well), and to be blunt it's given me a pretty big crash course in how much of a pain coding/eventing is.

All things considered though, I've been working on a tech demo of sorts for how I want battles and events and such to play out in the game itself. While for now I'm heavily focusing on the games main story/maps/layout/battle system I do have intentions to go through and work on the games artwork/music instead of just using the stock placeholders RPG-maker supplies.

So for now my priority plans look something like this;
1)battle engine
2)story
3)world
4)art
5)music/sfx

I threw what I have for a "tech demo" up on google drive to show a few people what I've managed to assemble in a month of trial and error and a lot of reading.

https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B_l3zBViGJYsNU53aVRFbGtkc2s&usp=sharing

It's pretty short and it'd mean a lot to me if people check it out and give me ideas/insult me

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I'm drawing a lot of influences from my favorite games: ff6,smrpg,chrono trigger,mass effect 1, earthbound.

things that I  hope to add in later include:
Arcana system: a special equipment similar to magicite, equipping one gives the wearer stat increases and skills that are usable once per encounter that do not consume your turn.
Relationship Levels: As you and your party members fight you'll get to trust one another better and be able to discuss your pasts and other fun tidbits of fluff.
Jewel system: Some powerful rare equipment will have slots for jewels in them that augment their stats/give passives/affect certain skills
HD resolution: I kind of know how to do this but the placeholder assets do not like to play nice and I'd rather spend time on my own assets than re-tooling placeholders to not freak out at higher resolutions

Anyways about the game itself:
Eidolon-13(W.I.P) is about a lazy good for nothing called Theo Knight. One day he accepts a less than reputable job offer and wakes up in a fantasy world known as Vanafel. For one reason or another one of the many gods of Vanafel chose him to fight on his behalf in a death game where thirteen chosen warriors, known as Eidolons, fight to the death to become a new god. Theo just wants to hang out in the world that he views as a dream come true, but with the other Eidolons hunting him, things may get a bit complicated. Theo and his friends will have to travel across the world going on adventures and become strong enough through the power of friendship murdering tons of monsters to strengthen Theo's Eidolon power and win the game, but is killing the others the right way to win?
Theo Knight: A lazy, pun making idiot from our world stuck in the type of world where the tropes he grew up loving are common happenstance. As an Eidolon he has been given strength and magic powers no ordinary human could possess which only grow the more he fights. However Theo has a bit of a shady past from back in our world and although being in this world is the equivalent of being in Disney World, deep down he's afraid of going back home, or making the same mistakes he made there, here.

Eren Mihr: An Elven Ranger and daughter of the Grand Sage of Eisenwolt. Eren gave up on following her fathers legacy to instead become a Ranger, thus making her a black sheep among her people for denying her birthright, as such she has become a no-nonsense voice of reason constantly forced to excel to keep her adversaries off her back. Due to unforeseen circumstances involving a curse and some bad luck, she is unable to leave part ways with Theo forcing the two to become allies until they can break the curse.

Angelice Flugel Mk9: A member of the race of humanoid machines given a soul, the Anima, Angelice is a vanguard and scout for her people, gauging the strengths and weaknesses of the others so if necessary the Anima would have the advantage. That being said the Anima are incredibly powerful as is, known as Machines of Death due to their immense mechanical power to convert energy into magic and devastate entire armies single-handed. Angelice is a bit peculiar in that, she is able to refuel her power cells by eating candy, and as such decides to travel along with Theo who is more than happy to continually feed her more than she could ever want, while she studies both an Eidolon and the rest of the world as per her mission. The greatest asset, according to Angelice, that she has is that her current body has a young appearance (one she insists is twelve) which lets her trick humans into thinking she is a harmless girl to get more candy.

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So like I said, check it out if you can, let me know your thoughts on how stuff looks for now or whatever. I don't know how long it's going to take to complete my ambitions since I only get two days a week to work on it right now, but I've been doing all the studying and other work I can while on my breaks during my job and I really want to make something that people think is cool.

<a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-dcwB3qTMA" target="_blank">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k-dcwB3qTMA</a>

It was announced,

very little info is out right now, but suffice to say, they are changing the multiplayer to a server based type (most likely for better pvp and grouping) as well as original director,  Miyazaki is not directing it, but is a supervisor

http://www.darksoulsii.com/

http://dungeondefenders.com/

It's on preorder on steam now and you get a portal gun and tf2 familiars.


Games a mix of Tower Defense and ARPG with cartoon graphics

check it out, I've been waiting over a year for it to get released

I take monetary gifts aswell

http://www.spiralknights.com/


The game is a diabloesque game that sets you up as a knight...in spaaaaace fighting down a huge clock like planet that keeps changing

what I found interesting about the game is how you can influence levels being created. As you play through the dungeons you acquire crystals that you can use to build a brand new dungeon system(of course it takes a crap top of crystals from everybody to complete one) the crystals highest deposits influence the enemies, traps, and status effects you'll encounter and you can influence which crystals give a higher pay out per deposit allowing you to get people to make the dungeon what you want easier

The game also has your standard crafting system but instead of leveling up yourself your weapons and armor do, so every new weapon you get needs to be leveled up to unlock its stronger power.

Each weapon usually has a different fight style (some do 2 hits some 4, some have cleaving specials etc etc) which also adds to the fun



the best part...its browser  


Oh and there is also the "item shop" which is that you can buy energy to keep going down dungeons (standard 100 energy, sucks to be you for not paying deal) but the cool thing is that players can sell that energy they buy for the in game currency for a set price and then you can sell that for a higher profit, rinse and repeat. It makes getting your gear early fairly decent if the prices fluctuate your way

Discuss.

Premiered on CN today, anybody else check it out?


I liked it, reminded me of Invader Zim and some other old school Cartoons


also I found it funny that Pendleton Ward's(the creator of the show)Official Site is this: http://www.buenothebear.com/

Captain Amazing the greatest....Captain of all time. He wears a red jumpsuit that has a big letter A in yellow on it and blonde hair slicked back like grease, he weighs 210 pounds and is 6 foot 1 inch. He's strong enough to lift 150 pound weights and can hold his breath for at least 1 minute.

Well, enough formalities it seems he has inexplicably wound up inside a house full of horrible death traps! No worries though Captain Amazing has many great traits, such as voices in his head that tell him to do things and being the most fabulous man to ever live, well maybe that's not true but he is amazing! Are you, the voices in his head, smart enough to guide him out of this death trap house and earn the title of Amazing? Remember nothing is as it seems, everything could kill you, think outside the box and you might make sure Captain Amazing survives the ordeal!

Tell him exactly what to do, the sky is the limit, just try not to fall into a horrible death trap!

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Captain Amazing wakes up in an old dirty bed. He thinks to himself "It seems my Amazingness has gotten me lost, truly this is a dilemma!" He  sits there in the bed contemplating how he got here when he decides to look about the place. He notices the bed he is on is very rusted and old, the floors seem to be unstable and might break. There's also an old window covered in dust to the right of the bed and a table in arms reach of the bed on the left, although from your angle you can't see whats on the table. Directly in front of you is a door with a note card on the doorknob.

Captain Amazing then takes a glance at his personal belongings in his pockets, "Egads!" he exclaims, "It appears my wallet has been stolen and replaced with a can of anchovies!"

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location: lying on an ugly bed in a not so amazing bed room
Personal Items: Canned Anchovies
Points of interest: Anchovies, Table, Bed, Window, Note card, Floor