GIVING KENTONA HS BREAK (INTERVIEW THREAD)

YM, you seem to be both a dude and a bro. i feel we should interface more often.

1. Describe your RMN history and experiences.
I started working with Rpg maker around 2003 or so, I think. First RM community I found and became a member of was DarkolicRPG or something like that. It was led by Darkmax and MDN and had a very friendly and active little community. Then I had my own site for a few years with a person called Snoo and we had several old Darkolic, RMDB and GW members in our little community, which was also pretty active and friendly likewise. After those places died I think I had a pause from the "RM scene" for a while, until I got some plot idea I wanted to make into a game again. Since then I've been member of RMN.

2. Talk about yourself.
I guess I was quite a nolifer after highschool and I mostly focused on Rpg Maker only for a several years. I've become more social and independent during past few years though, and have become more interested in common welfare and actually having some real friends and doing things outside my own room. This is why I am very reluctant to touch Rpg Maker at all right now. I'm still very unbalanced.

3. Talk about your RPG Maker work ethics.
When I work on Rpg Maker I test the game continuously all the time and try to correct even the slightest annoyances that clash with the atmosphere I am going for. I focus a lot in unnecessary details and try to hone the atmosphere to be as smooth as possible. There is so many things always bothering me however, that I always feel that I can never complete a game alone that I can be happy about. I always feel there is too much work for one person to make the game good enough. Even though I can enjoy other peoples' games despite the flaws of those games, I think it takes too long from myself to fix everything I have done in my game to actually ever complete it.

4. Describe where you get your ideas from.
I was always inspired by music when working with Rpg Maker. Different songs gave me ideas for different atmospheres which I was able to base characters, events and locations off to. Of course I always also wanted to portray some of my thoughts, experiences, and things I just find cool or funny in my games.

5. Talk about your games and why they are/were worth making.
I don't think my games are worth making anymore. I spent all my time making my game, and I really loved the results, but I have realized how much time I put in it, and what else I can do with that time. I've found things that make me happier than wandering around in my imaginary world with my imaginary RTP friends, even though that is pretty cool too. I am always making my games for myself, but I feel I can be happier with other things than my games for now. Maybe I continue working them some day, if I become bored of everything else again.

6. Little Known Facts about yourself.
- I like girly things.
- I look like a fag
- I drink a lot of coffee
- I either think too much or not at all.
- I want to become a composer

7. Future game making prospects (what projects will you be working on next?)
I've started composing music on my spare time and I find it really refreshing, fun and interesting for a change. I've been composing only since June, though, but I'm looking forward to getting better by a lot of practice and studying. And I can't wait until I'm able to compose entire soundtracks for games.

I guess I'll do one to.

1. Describe your RMN history and experiences.

LIFE STORY ALERT:

Way back on early middle school, I remember reading about RPG Maker for the PSone in game informer. Even though I never bought the game, I was greatly inspired to create my own RPG. One of my friends told my about a program called RPG Maker 2000 for the PC for free. At first I didn't believe him, but after searching through the interwebs, I finally came across the program and quickly began making my first amateurish project to get use to the program.

I eventually joined Charas-Project forums and lurked around their forums for a while as a worked on my first true game called "Eternel Eve." (Yes, with an E cause I couldn't spell.) I got some good remarks about it from the members there unfortunately though, my computer crashed and I had to reformat my hard disk. =( The loss of my game was too much for me and I decided to quit RPG Maker for a long while. It wasn't until 2006 or so that I began to slowly regain interests in another project. I called it "Osheru Shori," and at first it was going to be a tactics game similar to FFT. Regrettably, the loss of my first project still lingered within me and I couldn't fully adjust myself back to the ways of RPG Making. It wasn't until mid 2008 when I put the past behind me and decided to fully commit myself to the game. I redone absolutely everything and decided to increase my drawing, spriting, and writing skills.

After I long while absent, I came back to Charas Forums only to find it wasn't as active as it was before. Sometime later, I heard about this site, checked out the forums for a bit and decided to register. I was nervous to post anything about me or my game for a long while, but eventually got over it and decided posting. Here I am now.

2. Talk about yourself

I'm a 21 year old, easy going yet quiet fella that likes to play games. On occasion, I do make people laugh but I'm generally not that good at creating humor. I'm a sucker for procrastination and love my alone time.
I'm a sophomore in college and major in Information Technology.

3. Talk about your RPG Maker work ethics.

I've increased my Drawing Skills, Spriting Skills, writing skills, for the sake of expanded my creativity. Usually I have a strong desire to work on my game for a couple of months before I stop and take a small break to recollect myself. My first goal before anything else was to establish an interesting yet simple layout for my story. Afterwards, I began perfecting my Character Designs, CMS,CBS, and other such systems before I began on the actually mapping. I am perfectionist and constantly test my game to make sure things are just right.

4. Describe where you get your ideas from.

My ideas usually spring forth from just about everywhere really. If something interests me, I usually break it apart and try to conceive of ways to make it more interesting.

5. Talk about your games and why they are/were worth making.

My game has become a life hobby of mine that I would like to complete someday. My game is highly inspired from the Grandia series and is worth making not only because it's fun, but it helps expands my creativity and imagination. Developing this game made me realize the fundamentals on what makes a good game fun and the time and care it takes to produce one.

6. Little Known Facts about yourself

- If you didn't already know, I am an in-closet gay african-american.
- I was in the U.S. Navy for a short period of time.
- I really like Japanese Manga. I don't care for anime as much though.
- I am highly competitive in fighting games and was the best SSBB Peach player in the midwest (according to tournaments wins) for about a year. Other fighting games that interest me are: Tekken 6 and BlazBlue Continuum Shift. I also try to be competitive in pokemon games just for the heck of it, but find it way too based on luck. (60% Hypnosis, Abundance of critical hits, etc...)
- I'm a skinny lil' basterd weighing in around 130lbs.
- I spend way too much time on the computer.
- My favorite drink is Orange Soda, and my favorite food is a pepperoni with extra cheese pizza.

7. Future game making prospects (what projects will you be working on next?

- I will be working on one and only one project: Osheru Shori. If I ever do end up finishing it, I'll probably end up spriting more or try to learn ruby for RMVXP for the heck of it. I will NOT be making another game.