Ghosts of the Arcanum

I'm just going to get straight to the point.. In just a mere matter of seconds I have been struck with (yet another) life-changing ordeal that has nearly killed my motivation to continue with this project. That motivation was, more or less, me proving to the community that after have being a part of it since the year 1999, when T-Nomad first began and finished his translation of the RPG Maker '95, that this project has been much more than pretty screenshots, battle system demos, and ultimately just plain vaporware. Yep, I've been around for awhile.. I've seen The Nexus, RPG Maker Downloads; I've experienced Dreamer, the original Phylomortis, Baldy's Big Day, the (amazing) Crestfallen games.. I've been here for the very first announcement of RPG Maker 2000's translation, and Don Miguel's SPIFFY entrance into the scene of RMing.. Yeah, I'm pretty damn old. I think the only other users still here that have been here just as long are Holbert and Video Wizard..?

Honestly, I feel like I have some really great ideas running in this project. I also feel like, while not being an UBER RPG MAKR CODER, I've pulled off a ton of unique gameplay mechanics in my 10+ years by not working beyond the boundaries of the RPG Makers, but working around them. Also, I've been EXTREMELY nit-picky about my work, as well as overly critical.. which has a lot to do with why the context shown in those amazing screens, and talked about in messenger conversations has never been released.. I've never been satisfied with my work. I've always felt I could do better, because I've always wanted my project to be more than just a good looking game with cool gimmicks.. Hell, the game was even FINISHED on the RPG Maker '95.. clocking in at a good 25 hours, 140 MB. The point is I feel if I put at least SOMETHING of the project in its current iteration out, it's gonna get a lot of OMG THIS IS FRICKIN AWESOME!!!!!!!!!11!!!!!!!!11111 responses. ..and truth be told, if it doesn't, I'll probably hang it up from there.

Well.. what I'm having to deal with now will probably demand 500% of my attention, contrary to how much progress was being made with the project despite the little amount of attention I was able to give to it. This isn't to say that I'm calling it quits, or even that I'm putting the project on hiatus. This also doesn't mean that any of you who are genuinely looking forward to this should give up hope and move on. I'm actually working on the project as I'm typing this.. However, my life is about to get much more difficult, much more stressful, and the little free time I did have left is about to go REALLY deep into the negative, and once that meteor nears that point of impact.. well.. it's a wrap regardless.

In any case, I just wanted to give you all the heads up.