Been ages since I did a blog post here.

The majority of Vol I of Enelysion was through improvisation and making up stuff along as I made map upon map. Because it was my first serious game ( after I ditched my Phantasy Star one that was on this site back in late 2009 or so ), I didn't really plan that far in advance ( nor did I imagine the game would become so popular... ) and hence, didn't even flesh out the villians or even the plot ending ( hell, I didn't even plan how the game would end XD ).


This is an early version of the game. Like, REAL early.

Improvisation can be good and bad. Bad because it can lead to a TON of plotholes and loose ends, etc. For players who played through the full 7 or so hours, you would realise that the main villians only made their first appearance some 3 hours into the game, far too late for my liking and never appeared again. They weren't even fleshed out or anything. I was just making stuff up along as I went on, tying things together with the vague 'Drakustals' and Laine's reaction to them ( looking back, it seems really weak now, but only because it's been a good 2.5 years since I started working on the first drafts of Vol I. ). It wouldn't be fair to players to give them a vague storyline in Vol II and cover everything up with nice music and pretty visuals ( though Tristian now gives Enelysion a run for its money XD )


Screen from Tristian: Lady of the Lion

Maybe my standards are higher now ( it's to be expected when you get better at a certain task or hobby ) and while I have disappointed you guys by canning Vol II, I felt it was for the best. But some of you are still downloading my later games, so that still makes me happy. I'm surprised Enelysion still gets downloads. XD

Laine still has her fans, right? ;) Guess you have to turn to Ira/Tristian now, lol. I suppose I can throw in a reason why I left RMW as well.

The site is too commercial/contest-centric. This site... awesome community spirit. I didn't get this feeling from that site, sorry. I should have just stayed here from 2009 onwards and racked up Makerscore. :3

So that's that. My only goal now is to at least get a Featured Gam spot ( I've already had Community Spotlight thrice and PoTM XD ). and I want a Misao... ;_;

Jokes. I will continue to mak gams as an extension of my creative spirit.