WHAT IS RMN EVEN GOOD FOR?

author=Waxius
Came here to learn about character development... but stayed to make friends, download games, and share my own.

... I still need to learn character development.

RMN: Where you make friends and play games but never find what you're looking for.

author=Waxius
... I still need to learn character development.

Characters act according to their moral compass. If they need to learn a lesson, teach it to them, and have them struggle to understand it. After several failures, and a pivotal success, you've got yourself some character development.

author=visitorsfromdreams
I came here because people here tend to accept games with visuals that aren't inspired by anime tend to be a bit more well received than other RPGMaker based sites. I remember setting up a page for Flatwoods on a number of other sites and there was a lot of "im sick of these sorts of games and these sorts of visuals comments" but here (which would be fine if it was critique but it came across largely more like it was whining), I had nothing but positivity here with good reviews pointing out my works flaws.

THUS

This place seems to have a better community.

I feel at home here knowing my game doesn't necessarily have to star an anime girl with a knife and bloodsplatters.

No offense to people who like that aesthetic. But RMN definitely has the most genre balance of any RM community I've seen, whereas others can be really polarizing.

Right. I am certain I've confused those terms more than once.

I have always liked this community because people are allowed to be informal and irreverent, but there's a distinct lack of perverts or assholes as there are on many, many, many other internet sites. I only have to think back to when I was a kid on the Gaia online forums to relive the horror of a craphole with no respect or concern for decency/younger users. (cue Mrs. Lovejoy memes)

Not that it's perfect; there have been people who have left for legitimate reasons, ugly arguments and occasional creeps and jerks - but I don't feel it's really hostile or alienating here. (There's a compliment in there somewhere?)

I also just really like the site's web design.

The screenshot thread "looks good" meme is timeless.

I recommend this site to people that're burnt out on the modern gaming industry and miss the days where there was a real passion behind game development.

Too, I'm not as active as I want to be because all I can offer is observation and a keen eye for detail because I'm not privy to how any of the RPGmaker kits work, mechanically.

Still. One major factor that brings me back is seeing the community interaction and seeing you lot put forth more and more challenges on yourselves to make your games better, and that constant drive to improve your craft/hobby is enough to keep me here. I just wish I wasn't such a shy git or I'd talk more.

But yeah. That's what RMN is to me - passion and heart for game creation and seeing you lot strive to do better and being a quirky rag-tag site full of personality.

I like old school, 2D video games and RPG Maker in general. My first RPG Maker was on the PlayStation 1. Didn't have any internet back the and couldn't imagine anyone else in the world using it. It's cool to see a community doing it.

author=halibabica
I use RMN in my eternal futile quest for validation.

*validates hali*

from Sooz
Fanwork. Especially shippy fanwork.

but that's what I already do
sounds like a one-way street to self-loathing
I can't respond to that.

from Miracle
*validates hali*

THIS IS THE MOMENT