A New World

So, yeah. A New World is finally back in production. I've been fiddling with a few things during my hiatus, but I've finally decided to put some actual work into this beast and bring it back from the dead. During my time away from this project, I learned a LOT about VX and its inner workings, in addition to improving my writing skills about a thousand-fold. When I opened the project file last night, I literally cringed at some of my dialog, mapping, and content, but I'm working to improve it so ANW becomes more than an average VX game. Expect an updated version of the current demo within a week, and a brand-spanking new demo by sometime in September.
Thanks to everybody who has downloaded and subscribed to A New World!

Notes on the New Demo:
Added:
-A brief scene in the introduction where Eric prepares for the journey
-More mature, less comedic dialog
-New area (The Watchtower) to the Greenewood
-More hidden treasure in the Greenewood
-Two new scenes in King's Harbor, which expand on story and characters
-New, hidden areas to King's Harbor
-Skills that actually do something worthwhile
-The Haruma Stone now adds a new skill to Eric's arsenal
-Much improved, more detailed mapping
-Tweaked Orike boss fight to be a little more challenging
-Much improved, more natural looking world map
Removed:
-Some of the more juvenile dialog from the intro
-Billions of spelling and grammar errors
-A few NPCs from king's Harbor, making the city easier to navigate

So, with fall and school literally just a day away, A New World is going on another hiatus. I'll still work on it when I have time, but that won't be very often. That being said, I'm going to set a tentative release date for an expanded demo.
December 1st. Mark yer calenders.
As for sideprojects, I've started one using the magnificent Coming of Age tiles from the German game Elemental Souls. So far, it's just to improve my mapping skills, but that's exactly what this started as, so we'll see where this goes. Here's a screenshot to break up this wonderful wall of text.


Not my best work, but I'm still learning how to deal with them.
Oh yeah, A New World has passed 100 downloads.
That's pretty dang cool. So, a huge thanks is in order for everyone who's subscribed and downloaded. If you haven't played it yet, take a look at psy_wombats Let's Play and then give it a try.
Finally, and I really hate pandering, but Misao voting is now open. Cast some votes, not necessarily for A New World, but just get out there and vote for games.

FIX: The demo is missing a file that prevents you from entering King's Harbor. You can find the file here: http://rpgmaker.net/users/Scourge/locker/Actor3Tan.png Just paste it into the Demo's Graphics folder and you'll be able to continue playing!
The demo just landed in the submission queue. Hopefully someone will accept it soon and you'll have an hour and a half (or thereabouts) of play in your hands. Read the demo notes before or after downloading it. Chances are, they'll answer some questions you have about the game and stuff.
SUPERIMPORTANTNOTICE: As of FRIDAY, which is tomorrow, I will be taking a hiatus from A New World. It's a week long break; there's no need to fret. I just badly need some time away from this project. Sometime in the middle of the week, I'll check RMN and reply to any questions and concerns you folks may have. If there's any kind of horrible bug, and there shouldn't be, I'll fix the demo and reupload it.
EQUALLYIMPORTANTNOTICE: No reviews. This is a DEMO. You have mountains of praise/contempt? PM me.
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It looks like Janneke, my previous tester, has vanished into thin air. Until she makes contact with me again, I'm in the market for a new beta tester. Please send me a PM if you're interested at all in testing. I'd love it if someone besides myself was able to test the game so I could focus on finishing the demo for a July release.
I don't care how much experience you've got with beta testing as long as you're able
to provide me with constructive criticism and identify bugs.
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Now that school's finally over and I've taken a well deserved break, A New World is up and running again. A demo is coming soon, but in the meantime check out the new screenshots (and old ones, if you haven't yet) and dispense any advice you've got.
Mid July is the planned release date, but it could be later than that depending on when I get my hands on a Dance with Dragons and how much time reading it steals from my life.
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