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Announcement
Featured Game!
A short, sweet update: for those who don't know, Legionwood is RMN's featured game this month. I didn't know it was coming, and was pleasantly surprised when I logged in today and saw it on the home page. So uh, kudos to me, I guess?
Anyway, I just want to thank everyone who has played and supported the game (especially those people who provided useful feedback) over the course of its development and the couple of years afterward. Your comments and suggestions have shaped the game and helped me make it into what it is today. Keep on playing and remember to drop a line if you have any thoughts, because an update is never out of the question. I worked on this game for nearly 3 whole years and it was a huge part of my day to day life once. For giving me the chance to see it succeed, I owe you one :)
So celebrate this occasion by giving it a download and playing it through, if you like. Thank you once again, and keep an eye on Legionwood 2, which I am slowly but surely plugging away at. There is plenty more old school RPGing to come!
Anyway, I just want to thank everyone who has played and supported the game (especially those people who provided useful feedback) over the course of its development and the couple of years afterward. Your comments and suggestions have shaped the game and helped me make it into what it is today. Keep on playing and remember to drop a line if you have any thoughts, because an update is never out of the question. I worked on this game for nearly 3 whole years and it was a huge part of my day to day life once. For giving me the chance to see it succeed, I owe you one :)
So celebrate this occasion by giving it a download and playing it through, if you like. Thank you once again, and keep an eye on Legionwood 2, which I am slowly but surely plugging away at. There is plenty more old school RPGing to come!
Miscellaneous
Stop trolling Wikipedia
G'day everyone. I regret that I'm bringing you a rather serious/disappointing blog post today, regarding some issues that were brought to my attention surrounding the Legionwood article on Wikipedia. Late last night, I received an email from a reader of this blog that highlights some concerning behaviour on Wikipedia by a particularly troublesome Legionwood fan:
(copied and pasted verbatim from email)
"Anyway, I'm not sure fi you're aware of it, but the article for Legionwood is being considered for deletion on Wikipedia. In the deletion discussion, one user in particular has been blocked for "socking" - a Wikipedia term referring to posting under multiple accounts to mislead other participants - who claims to be an avid fan of the game. At one point, the posting was so rampant that when I tried to express my own opinion in the deletion discussion, I was blocked because my IP address geolocates to the same area as the offending user. My edits to the articles for Legionwood and One Night were reverted and a Conflict of Interest notice was placed on the One Night article - suggesting perhaps that the admins believed the offending user to be acting on your behalf or somebody connected to your games. As of yet, I've been unable to get my account unblocked to discuss the matter further, but I wanted you to know of these issues in case they reflect badly on Legionwood or its fanbase."
Since I read this email just before I turned in for the night, I did not have a chance to respond to these issues or check out the mentioned pages for myself, and I still haven't had much of a chance to get to the bottom of it, but I felt it prudent to at least write a blog post summarising my disappointment with regards to this matter.
Being a fan is not an excuse to troll other websites.
Firstly, that the Legionwood article is being considered for deletion isn't what concerns me here, as I have no interest either way on whether my games are included on Wikipedia (though it is certainly nice to have the bragging rights if they are!). What concerns me is that persons claiming to be defending the game on my behalf are engaging in disruptive behaviour on Wikipedia and abusing the good faith of that site's community. The fact that this is happening disappoints me greatly as it not only reflects badly on all of the good fans of Legionwood and One Night (not to mention that it reflects badly on me) but also -- as there are few games on Wikipedia that represent RPG Maker -- portrays the RPG Maker community and users of RPG Maker in a negative light. This trolling on Wikipedia goes against what my games represent to me: championing RPG Maker as a respectable development tool and creating a receptive, expressive fanbase that I can have fun engaging with and receiving feedback from. I do not condone trolling or abusing the rules of any website or forum from any of my players or readers, and especially not in the name of my creations.
What concerns me even more is that, as I understand, the offending user's IP address was located in Melbourne, Australia -- the closest capital city to where I live -- and that this may cause some people to believe that this unfortunate behaviour is my doing. I would like to affirm that both the creator(s) of the Wikipedia articles and and the user who has been banned for "socking" are not affiliated with me, and that it is not my wish for Legionwood to be associated with this immature behaviour. The point of Legionwood is to simply have fun and to present a (hopefully) nostalgic RPG experience to those who like that sort of thing. Having people play and enjoy my game makes me feel really great and by all means, if you like Legionwood or One Night feel free to defend them, promote them, make Wikipedia and TV Tropes pages for them, but please respect the terms of use of other websites and don't cause any trouble.
My apologies go out to the admins of Wikipedia for Legionwood fans acting in this manner, and I hope that these unfortunate issues are resolved as quickly as possible and that further discussion of the Legionwood article is carried out in an orderly, peaceful manner for all who are involved.
Now, back to your scheduled programming.
(copied and pasted verbatim from email)
"Anyway, I'm not sure fi you're aware of it, but the article for Legionwood is being considered for deletion on Wikipedia. In the deletion discussion, one user in particular has been blocked for "socking" - a Wikipedia term referring to posting under multiple accounts to mislead other participants - who claims to be an avid fan of the game. At one point, the posting was so rampant that when I tried to express my own opinion in the deletion discussion, I was blocked because my IP address geolocates to the same area as the offending user. My edits to the articles for Legionwood and One Night were reverted and a Conflict of Interest notice was placed on the One Night article - suggesting perhaps that the admins believed the offending user to be acting on your behalf or somebody connected to your games. As of yet, I've been unable to get my account unblocked to discuss the matter further, but I wanted you to know of these issues in case they reflect badly on Legionwood or its fanbase."
Since I read this email just before I turned in for the night, I did not have a chance to respond to these issues or check out the mentioned pages for myself, and I still haven't had much of a chance to get to the bottom of it, but I felt it prudent to at least write a blog post summarising my disappointment with regards to this matter.
Being a fan is not an excuse to troll other websites.
Firstly, that the Legionwood article is being considered for deletion isn't what concerns me here, as I have no interest either way on whether my games are included on Wikipedia (though it is certainly nice to have the bragging rights if they are!). What concerns me is that persons claiming to be defending the game on my behalf are engaging in disruptive behaviour on Wikipedia and abusing the good faith of that site's community. The fact that this is happening disappoints me greatly as it not only reflects badly on all of the good fans of Legionwood and One Night (not to mention that it reflects badly on me) but also -- as there are few games on Wikipedia that represent RPG Maker -- portrays the RPG Maker community and users of RPG Maker in a negative light. This trolling on Wikipedia goes against what my games represent to me: championing RPG Maker as a respectable development tool and creating a receptive, expressive fanbase that I can have fun engaging with and receiving feedback from. I do not condone trolling or abusing the rules of any website or forum from any of my players or readers, and especially not in the name of my creations.
What concerns me even more is that, as I understand, the offending user's IP address was located in Melbourne, Australia -- the closest capital city to where I live -- and that this may cause some people to believe that this unfortunate behaviour is my doing. I would like to affirm that both the creator(s) of the Wikipedia articles and and the user who has been banned for "socking" are not affiliated with me, and that it is not my wish for Legionwood to be associated with this immature behaviour. The point of Legionwood is to simply have fun and to present a (hopefully) nostalgic RPG experience to those who like that sort of thing. Having people play and enjoy my game makes me feel really great and by all means, if you like Legionwood or One Night feel free to defend them, promote them, make Wikipedia and TV Tropes pages for them, but please respect the terms of use of other websites and don't cause any trouble.
My apologies go out to the admins of Wikipedia for Legionwood fans acting in this manner, and I hope that these unfortunate issues are resolved as quickly as possible and that further discussion of the Legionwood article is carried out in an orderly, peaceful manner for all who are involved.
Now, back to your scheduled programming.
Announcement
Legionwood: Final Edition released!
Dark Gaia
22 post(s) 
- 08/18/2012 01:10 PM
Saturday, August 4th, 2012
Hi there, Legionwood fans! In celebration of Legionwood being featured on the front page of RPG Maker.net, I'm happy to announce that the Final Edition of the game is now available to download!
The Final Edition is the definitive version of Legionwood. This updated build of the game completely fixes the last of the remaining bugs in the game, restores a smattering of cut beta content to the game (such as the extra floor of the Pirate's Cove and the Adventure theme music) and, best of all, features a completely rewritten script, with every line of dialogue in the game addressed for clarity, brevity and spelling and grammar errors. Each of Legionwood's characters now has a more distinct personality, and there is more emotion and characterisation in the game than in previous builds. Foreshadowing and references to Legionwood 2 have also been inserted into the game, to create a stronger link between the two titles.
All of this work, including rewriting the dialogue and tightening up the game code took me about a month to complete - it wasn't a small task, but I've wanted to update the original Legionwood for a while, so I placed the sequel on hiatus to get it done. Now that the Final Edition is online and ready to play, I'm inviting all Legionwood fans and new players alike to give it a try and pass the time until the next release of Legionwood 2 with a more polished, better written RPG that I'm sure they'll enjoy.
With that said, I'll get back to work on Legionwood 2. Now that the Final Edition of Legionwood is released, I'm happy to move on to the future and make some long-awaited progress on the sequel. Keep an eye out for Beta 3.0 of Legionwood 2 some time in October, and I'll bring you more news on the game's development as it happens.
Hi there, Legionwood fans! In celebration of Legionwood being featured on the front page of RPG Maker.net, I'm happy to announce that the Final Edition of the game is now available to download!
The Final Edition is the definitive version of Legionwood. This updated build of the game completely fixes the last of the remaining bugs in the game, restores a smattering of cut beta content to the game (such as the extra floor of the Pirate's Cove and the Adventure theme music) and, best of all, features a completely rewritten script, with every line of dialogue in the game addressed for clarity, brevity and spelling and grammar errors. Each of Legionwood's characters now has a more distinct personality, and there is more emotion and characterisation in the game than in previous builds. Foreshadowing and references to Legionwood 2 have also been inserted into the game, to create a stronger link between the two titles.
All of this work, including rewriting the dialogue and tightening up the game code took me about a month to complete - it wasn't a small task, but I've wanted to update the original Legionwood for a while, so I placed the sequel on hiatus to get it done. Now that the Final Edition is online and ready to play, I'm inviting all Legionwood fans and new players alike to give it a try and pass the time until the next release of Legionwood 2 with a more polished, better written RPG that I'm sure they'll enjoy.
With that said, I'll get back to work on Legionwood 2. Now that the Final Edition of Legionwood is released, I'm happy to move on to the future and make some long-awaited progress on the sequel. Keep an eye out for Beta 3.0 of Legionwood 2 some time in October, and I'll bring you more news on the game's development as it happens.
Announcement
Legionwood Build 6.3 Released!
Sunday, October 16th, 2011
Today, Build 6.3 of Legionwood has been released. Again, this minor build mainly contains some bug fixes and adds some additional polishes to the game (such as the addition of markers on the world map to indicate visitable locations) but for those who felt that the Divine Wand was too easy to obtain, an entire new dungeon, the Magris Arena, has been added to the game, which must be completed in Chapter 4 before the fight with Serra will become available.
Today, Build 6.3 of Legionwood has been released. Again, this minor build mainly contains some bug fixes and adds some additional polishes to the game (such as the addition of markers on the world map to indicate visitable locations) but for those who felt that the Divine Wand was too easy to obtain, an entire new dungeon, the Magris Arena, has been added to the game, which must be completed in Chapter 4 before the fight with Serra will become available.
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