I've continued work on my game: Disciple, but first I want to talk about the completion of Rpgmaker games. It seems that a lot of the more promising games are never completed and I was wondering if some of these developers share the same mindset as me. I work via bursts of enthusiasm and I often grow tired of developing. If i'm not having fun (not feeling it) then I have trouble working. This seems like a reasonable mindset to have but it's also the mindset of someone who doesn't finish what he/she starts.

I'd also like to touch on the subject of perfectionism. I'm a rather strong perfectionist myself, so lemme' tell you this: it's the ultimate enthusiasm killer. You'll need enthusiasm to finish a game and nothing can take it away from you like perfectionism. Once you convince yourself that you're not capable of satisfying your artistic vision then you'll quit trying due to the frustration. It's uncanny that a demo often arrives before the death of a game rather than shortly before it's release. I want to follow through on this project so it won't become another game that would've been. To be honest I was inspired to keep working after seeing what can be achieved on this engine with the game: Amulet of Athos: Legend of the Sarian Knights. Kudos to AoA.

Now for the other news: I've completely revamped Disciple! The first thing I want to mention is the battle system, which has been changed from a first-person battle system to a side-view battle system. Once I learned the trick to obtaining and making use of fully animated monsters, I couldn't pass up the opportunity. Not many Rpgmaker games can attest to this feat. The other huge revamp was in the mapping style. I've improved my mapping 10 fold (imo) with the use of advanced techniques and parallax mapping. I hope you'll enjoy my game in the future!

-Alouroua.