WARNING: RAMBLING AHEAD

Alright, so first things first, I need to explain the basic situation. I left this community under the name Lennon quite some time ago, and pretty much quit game making entirely. I decided that I just flat out wasn't skilled enough to do what I wanted in the field. Worst of all, I didn't have the tools or know how to make Neo Lescia they way I envisioned it- a PS1 style FF-eqsue RPG, in full 3D glory. It was depressing for me to see such a life long dream dashed.

But then I met matrixmancs. We were friends for a while before he mentioned to me and another pal that he was thinking of becoming an independent game designer. When I heard that I jumped on the opportunity, and told him all about the things that I had done and dreamt of doing on RMN. Everything spiraled out of control, and we experienced a flood of ideas that we wanted to develop. Over the years we put together a solid catalog of 10 games that we wanted to make, and knew would be worth it- Neo Lescia among them.

When I came back to this community to announce our first project, My Favourite Durian, I had forgotten my old account. I thought it was for the best though, as I knew nobody would believe that we could accomplish MFD or really anything if Lennon, the quitter, was involved. It wasn't too long however before Little Wing Guy came to me in a message and asked me if I was Lennon. This reminded me that I had put up a profile for NL here, and I started to feel bad for leaving everyone who was waiting for this game behind. I made it a priority to figure out the info for my old account, and just now today I did.

So I come here today with news about what became of Neo Lescia. I'm happy to say that it's undergone a total overhaul and begun a new cycle of development, with the end goal I always imagined in mind.



Neo Lescia is far from dead, and the version you see on this page now is pretty much nothing like it at all. Now that I know I can accomplish it the way I want to it has become something much, MUCH more than anything possible on RPG Maker. I can't give away a large amount of details of course, as they're a company secret right now, but I can tell you a few things.

We're looking at releasing Neo Lescia episodically. It's planned to be 15 episodes long, with 5 episodes to a story arc. If I had to estimate (With no real knowledge of how to do so) I'd say the episodes will clock in at around 6-7 hours each. In terms of a release date, I'd give a generous estimate of 2023-2025 for the first episode (A hell of a long ways away, I know) with a steady development taking place after that- likely to be paused in between arcs to release other games. Neo Lescia is a life long ambition that'll take a hell of a long time to finish, but it's the reason I live and move forward. Simply put, Neo Lescia is my baby, my magnum opus. I know from the core of my being that I would never let it die again without going with it.

I want to thank you all from the deepest of my heart for showing support for this project in its early years, and I hope you'll do the same as it slowly becomes a reality. It makes me happy to know that so many people cared about the dream of a nobody from the middle of nowhere.