RMN SNEWS - ISSUE #6

The Redundant Department of Redundancy

With the advent of RMN3 comes many features that negates the value of the Current Events section of the RMN SNEWS. As such, this section will no longer be appearing in future issues. A belated congratulations to WIP for finishing RMN3!






Popularity And The State Of This Community



The hot topic of the month centers around the age-old debate of the influence of popularity. Fallen-Griever picks up where the Brasington topic left off and asks the community to comment on the effect and potency of being popular and how that translates into game playing. Furthermore, the topic explores the perceived lack of game playing in the community overall, and the insular nature of it all. What are your views? Does popularity really influence your decisions to such a great degree? What can be done to break the insular mindset of the community, anyway?

If you are cool enough, post your opinion here: http://rpgmaker.net/forums/topics/4256/




Befuddle Quest 3: Love is a Four-Legged Word



With Map Design Fun #10 we are once again presented with Befuddle Quest, the puzzle-based collaborative community game. This is the third and final installment of the project. Using RPG Maker 2003, participants will each make a single map puzzle which will then be linked into a single game. The twist in BQ3 is that YOU MAY SUBMIT MULTIPLE PUZZLES and IT WILL BE OPEN ALL SUMMER.

Check out the official gamepage: http://rpgmaker.net/games/1300/

!!!SPECIAL NOTE FOR BRICKROAD!!!
Teleport events are not allowed.




Making 3D Games in Lite-C - Part I



Eddie has graced RMN with his accessible and knowledgeable presentation of Lite-C, a lightweight free 3D development language. With lite-C you can quickly and easily program graphics or virtual reality applications - such as 2D or 3D computer games - even without previous programming knowledge. Eddie promises to port his tutorials to RMN and continue them in his free time this summer.

From Eddie:
"My purpose here is to make the creation of 3D games more accessible to people who would never dream that it is so easily within their reach. With 30 minutes of your time I am confident I can convince you that with a little work you can go on to make something really impressive in the long term. It's all to worrying when you see people wasting hours of their time trying to stretch RPG Maker 2003 that little bit further when those hours could be spent more productively - coding from scratch, without restriction."

Check out the neat shit you can do!


Read the Lite-C tutorial: http://rpgmaker.net/tutorials/166/
Official Lite-C homepage: http://www.conitec.com/english/gstudio/litec.htm
Eddie's 3D Mechgame Engine: http://rpgmaker.net/games/1283/







Demon's Gate




Who made it?
GreatRedSpirit

What is it?
Demon's Gate bills itself as The Last Great Completed Rm2k3 Game. You play as a group of demon's trapped in Tartarus by plot magic fighting their way free so that they can go back to kicking puppies in the real world.

Why should you care?
Demon's Gate is an engaging dungeon crawler with dollops of humor and interesting battles. Plus, you should really play the last great Rm2k3 game.









Who made it?
Yeaster

What is it?
The titular hero Zero, a warrior of the Pleiades, is sent to Earth in search of an exiled demon, but he soon learns that he is only one of several pawns in a scheme much larger than Earth, the Pleiades and the galaxy.

Why should you care?
Mystery Man Zero is a traditional RPG with an intriguing storyline, great characters, solid gameplay and consistent graphical style (this is notable because this game is made by Yeaster). This game has its fans begging for more.





THEME: Platformer

Zero's Impossible Fortress by SDHawk
Jack by Beaker
Sluggys Adventure by Psychoskull
Lost Universe by Anaryu
B.L.O.B. by GameOverGames Productions

Play Something! was an event hosted by Feldschlatch IV that we used to hold here at RMN but have since phased out in favor of direction site features and the promotion thereof. But it still has a place in the community, and that place is here in the SNEWS.

1. You don't have to actually finish the game/demo, but of course you should get far enough as to where you can say you've actually played it.
2. You don't have to like the game/demo. You're completely entitled to think that the games you picked suck ass. And that brings me to my next point, and perhaps most important...
3. After you've played the games/demos you picked, give something back! This is the most important part of the whole thing! Not just a "Looks good", or "That was fun", give something more. Write a review (and submit it to the site even), post your opinions on the gamepages, list bugs you encountered, hell, maybe we'll even get something that I couldn't even have imagined. Surprise me.

These are some really interesting games that deserve a look and definitely a playthrough. Try to give these games a shot, and get as far as you can. Keep in mind that although these are the target games, you are in no way limited to just these games! Play whatever the hell you want! As an incentive, remember that in RMN3, each accept review gives 30 Makerscore, which directly translates into filespace in your personal locker.






After leaving in a fit of rage, Brickroad returns to grace us with his near-godly presence. That, or to torment us once again with the possibility of Kinetic Cipher being completed. Either way is good.

In his own words...

RMN HISTORY:
I discovered RMN when I was sent back in time to prevent WIP from destroying the world. This turned out to be impossible, so I instead teamed up with him to form a mid-90s boy band called Mohawk Slick. After releasing six hit albums and snorting what then-president Clinton described as "more cocaine than I intend to do throughout my entire second term" we retired from the world of music and now pretty much just hunt vampires full time.

PERSONAL BLURB:
I live in Florida, play tabletop roleplaying games on the weekends and have a dog named after a Final Fantasy character.

SPARE TIME:
Mostly spent flipping through channels and hoping there's a House marathon on.

FAVORITE FOOD:
Macaroni & cheese

FAVORITE SAYING:
"If you're gonna cut it, cut it close."

PET PEEVE:
People who complain about how unrealistic it is for the Joker to have conceivably pulled off all the crazy shit he did in The Dark Knight. Where did he get all the explosives? How did he rig an entire hospital without anyone knowing? Why are his henchmen so loyal? BECAUSE HE IS THE FUCKING JOKER. What is wrong with you people.

LITTLE KNOWN FACT:
I made a pretty good game and have written a bunch of awesome articles, but I still consider my crowning achievement in the RM world to be the time I made Mr. Brandon Abley cry.





Solitayre for writing 12 solid reviews (and counting) since joining RMN on July 10th.