/rpgmg/ - Rpg Maker General #210

just use an item crafting plugin, and then items can be made to act like skills, can't they? it's already that simple.

Plugins are a crutch, you should be knowledgeable enough to write and tweak your own scripts.

I'm wondering if I should make this a town proper or cut off everything but the protagonists' houses and have it be a stand alone, like they live on top of a hill or something.

Everything but the river and the top left of the map is basically left over from a stock map; so it's not really 'done' even part way by any means of the word.

That depends on the plot. Is the protagonist outcast? Is the town razed later? Is there anything else you want to add to this town?

Only you can answer these questions.

Dungeons & Dragons had a couple neat ideas for tabletop and later videogame RPGs. Lifting the works of Jack Vance was not one of them.

Well, I'm mostly seeking food for thought for now, so...your questions are actually really helpful, thanks.

So basically Magic Scroll Items

At which point you migrate away from rpg maker like all competent developers do.

>furry
>competent

B-but it's too late for me at this point in development.

(Next project faggot)

calm down

>Not having a Game Over screen with the player's waifu getting dicked by beastmen master race.

Why do you have a cuckold fetish?

How do I decide which of the main characters is the player's waifu?

Like who?

>Losing on purpose to see the game over screen.
>Not desiring maximum harem.
Is this the beta club or what?

Something like the cleric spells in Tree of Savior?

The guy who made undertale

>going from rpgmaker to gamemaker
wow such a leap
It's debatable if undertale qualifies as an rpg

Sorry newfriend, forgot it was summer.

i kinda wanted to make a game that looks like rpg maker game but in another engine so i can throw surprises, but it would be obvious from the engine itself, if done well it could really work for a horror game

There's been a lot of summer posters here. I'm tempted to start using a trip.

I'll post something to make a point.
Someone directs a question at me.
Someone else makes a shitpost reply on my behalf.
Now my point is invalid and it people just think it's b8.

Summer starts every day after school.

new song

soundcloud.com/iwilldevouryourkittens/the-mirrorlord

Also, bestiary is close to completion (pic related)

Yeah, otherwise you wouldn't be here.

WAIT SHIT WRONG LINK
meant to link soundcloud.com/iwilldevouryourkittens/the-mirrorlord-1

The songs practically have the same name, and that's for a reason

Will you still have "monster fusion" in the game? Will the player be able to fuse the "big bad"?

>Will you still have "monster fusion" in the game?
Yes, of course. However, it's a bit different from the way it plays out in SMT - not THAT different, but a bit different.
>Will the player be able to fuse the "big bad"?
I don't currently have plans for storyline bosses being obtainable, so as it stands, no. This could change but don't get your hopes up.

and if you're still here, thank you! Most of my inspiration for spritework comes from Mother 3. My favorite monster designer is Kaneko (the SMT dude), but it's fair to say that my stuff is nothing like his.

man those look so good
keep on with the great work mate!

Are you seriously THAT SALTY over a 10 year old meme?

Like this?
yanfly.moe/2016/01/09/yep-56-limited-skill-uses/

Asking again because last thread 404'd.

I love your sprites. Where do you get inspiration from?

Bump?

Mostly just curious because my game is fucking huge so far due to art assests-
but what's the largest RPG maker games out there? In length or filesize.

Is monster fusion gayer or less gay than regular gay sex?

I actually saw the post and responded to it in this thread, but I guess it can't link to archived posts

But my response is here : Also I just finished another song! soundcloud.com/iwilldevouryourkittens/rock-the-castle

Sdump

It's only gay if the balls touch.

I have nothing to say to a nodev.

Can a party of two work well?

Sure

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It wouldn't be much of a party, but there's no reason it couldn't work!

It actually has some pros over a party of four. For example, AutoCounterAttacks, Reflect and Guard are considerably more powerful.

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I'm not really sure what I'm implementing yet. So far, one character's probably close to a tanky healer/Paladin, and the other's probably just a straight fighter, but arguably things will get more clear as I advance

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meant to reply to

I appreciate you trying to help, but I actually replied to exactly what I meant to.

Are those games coming along nicely?

it's coming along all right

soundcloud.com/tinyghoststudios/stage-2-cave

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Could be better

What's the matter, honey? Fresh outta ideas?

Too many ideas.

Can't nail down the right one. Like I just went to the store for one specific shaving cream but there's an aisle of shaving products bigger than my neighborhood.

Nice.
Sounds good.

How lewd should be the battlers in a lewd game where you can't fuck 90% of enemy battlers? Should they be lewd to just keep the tone?

finally back to drawing

she(he)'s such a qt

>Cat eyes
My fucking fetish

Hmm, if I took out the voice acting and replaced the sound effects, would that improve it?
What is the issue with the sound effects? Too cutesy-sounding?

whatever is easier to do for you

just remember: if you trigger h events in battles, then you need to give the player a way to distinguish between fuckable and non-fuckable enemies. then they'll know if they can just kill the enemy outright, or try to proc events.

What skills are appropriate for amorphous space alien villains?

laser beams always

Like slimes? I would think infiltration stuff, squeezing through tight spaces and minor shapeshifting. If particularly villainous they might possible people from the inside. Acid, poison, and being able to consume anything that fits inside them are par for the course, as are splitting abilities.

They could specialize in screwing with or operating machinery like space gremlins that fit anywhere. Shove themselves into capsules and throw each other like grenades to envelop someone or cover a room in slimy jerkass. Might be gun experts capable of pulling a trigger with any part of their body.

>possible

*possess

they could be slimes, though I see them more like deep sea creatures for more scariness

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There's no winning that one. Unless you give the player the option to choose, and even then, giving more development to tne girl, if not outright guilt tripping the player into choosing your favourite girl, like in DQ5 is going to enrage a big part of your fanbase.

No matter what you do, prepare for backlash. Just remember, the more you develop a character, the more their glaring faults are visible. That's why /a/ never likes the main girl and usually go for the obscure side character, then get angry when she loses.

It's not easy designing waifus.

I would love to pet her(his) head all day long.

Good night bump

Why aren't you selling your porn game on Steam?
store.steampowered.com/app/644570/Material_Girl/

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I didn't know you could do that.

Apparently it's "censored" with black bars here and there during the scenes.

HuniePop is on Steam. The devs make you download the naughty pictures off-site, though

Started mapping out my town today.
The whole game takes place in this one town and one dungeon attached to it, so this grab is only a fraction of how the big the town will eventually be.

(ignore the weird errors going on here, it's because I'm using the tile size change plugin which causes the editor to look weird. It looks fine in game though!)

What sort of things do you guys wanna see in an RPG town? So far I've planned out stuff like shops, inns, town hall, guard outpost, a casino, a strip joint, but I'm open to more ideas for things to see and do in the town!

Because I am too timid to work on something like that.

what tileset is that?

That line with the clothing is a really neat idea, I like that a lot.
How about a witch in a little house who makes remedies and tends to the hurt in general?
Maybe also some sort of farm, these people need food after all.

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Since you already thought about blackjack and hookers how about a black market?
Also a school, a libary and stables.

Critique time: normally even houses without paving, especially ones visited often, have paths and trails in (sometimes not by choice but by the very nature of things). This is especially important if those houses on the bottom row are going to have top entries, since it shows you where to enter.

Guys, I'm fucking retarded and I can't decide on what sort of class system I want to use in my dungeon crawler.

what do you mean by system? What selection? whether there are subjobs? How much a class defines your character?

Yeah, I'm not sure what system lends itself well to a dungeon crawler with minimal story. I can't decide if I want subjobs, advanced classes, hidden classes etc.

You can have 5 party members in battle if that matters.

>class system
>dungeon crawler with minimal story
you are aware that Etrian Odyssey exists, right? An entire series that is exactly that, and iterates over multiple versions of class systems?

At the end of the day, what kind of experience are you trying to capture in a dungeon crawler?

One with lots of replayability, so randomized loot, some procedurally generated dungeons, etc.

It seems like most dungeon crawlers like etrian odyssey opt to give you the bulk of class choices from the start and then the player has a choice of specializing skills within that class.