Eden Gate

@Ashes: No the shadows are all part of the panoramas, I'd have to have them all as a single picture if I wanted to do it that way to lower transparency and make them appear to be shadow-like however I'm already using my available overlay pictures for dynamic foliage and also for lighting during night time. I think if I used pictures for my shadows I'd lag the game down, I'm trying to find that balance between playability and aesthetics.

@Chana: Thanks so much! Unfortunately I'm not good with drawing sprites, 3d meshes I can handle and environments too but pixels I'm not too good at, the best I can do with my abilities is editing sprites to create animations and even than those animations and poses look sub-par...I'm sure a pixel artist could kick my ass.

Hey I'd be happy to exchange talents with you on Fey if you have time to help out =]

Woah notice board completely ignored your post and it's a shame because those are wonderful words of encouragement Ashes! Really man, thanks so much for the support...I think Eden Gate is the rpg maker game I have always dreamed of making so I'm trying to implement all of the systems I have wished I could prior to this project. I've never come so far with a project before and most of the mechanics are ready to go meaning you can just copy and paste a lot of things make minor tweaks and they can be used where-ever while still feeling unique. In a sense I'm making my own engine and should I never finish this game I'd be more than happy to release it as is so people can have a strong start in their own games.