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Check: Chapter Two and YouTube being a pain.

Hello!

I'm Sky!
So I've never written a blog before. Ever. I've kinda always wanted to, but... Never really had a reason to. I mean, I've been developing games for a while, but nothing you could really BLOG about, of all things. So I'm kinda excited. Well very excited, I guess. Maybe I'm going overboard.

Making an RPG Maker game was the last thing I'd imagine to spark off a blog however. I mean, I'm not saying that the first chapter of my game 'Check' is the most popular thing in the world; it's not. Of course it isn't XD. However, I didn't expect it to get over 1000 views. At all. ...It's kinda shocked me, but maybe its normal :P. Either way, I made the first chapter of Check to see what would happen if I actually posted one of my RPG maker games around the place. Needless to say, the result has spurred me on to start developing the second chapter XD.

I've been playing with the idea of a blog for a while, but I didn't want to sound... Like an idiot, basically XD. I posted the first chapter of 'Check' on here a few days ago, and I didn't want to instantly make a blog saying 'Oh! Ive bin makin the 2nd chapter, am so far in it, an... And... It so amazin lololol, ill post a vid of the intro soon 4 every1 2 c!' (Man, it hurts my brain to type like that XD), but even still, I have been very tempted to post some videos on my YouTube (which I made TODAY ^_^! Hooray!) of some of the small amount of content I've completed, as I'm really aiming a lot higher with the second Chapter.

I played some games on here (or even just looked at screen-shots) and saw just how much... BETTER a lot of games on here are than mine. And since I'm using all RTP graphics (for the most part) I decided that I really needed to step things up. And so far, I have, and I'm somewhat pleased with the progress I've made. Needless to say, I'm not going to post any videos to do with the second chapter just yet. Maybe in a week or so. I'll see how things move along.

Also, how awkward is it to set up a YouTube account these days, REALLY?! Seriously, it insisted that I use my real name, and I HATE using my real name online. I changed it to my usual 'Sky' and it declined it, saying that I *need* to use my real name. FOR ALL YOUTUBE KNOW'S I COULD BE CALLED SKY :'(! It should leave me alone :'(!

Anyway, I think that was Google Plus that it signed me up for automatically when I tried to sign up for YouTube. Not sure when I said I wanted Google Plus, but whatever... What's done is done.

Anyway, this is becoming a wall of text. Tl;dr : I'm making games, and I dislike Google Plus. XD

...I guess that's the end of my first blog. I feel warm inside, like I've fallen in love. ^_^;
I hope I don't get that feeling every time I blog; it might make falling in love... Boring?

Kuri-Kuri!

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Clareain_Christopher
C_C Media Ninja
4334
07/24/2012 12:13 AM
Google is a bitch >.>

I haven't had the time to try out your game so I'll get on that in a bit. Might record some too.

And don't compare your game too much with others. You'll start to worry too much about that, and it will
hurt your game.

Keeping it simple with a few unique things is always a good idea. It's kinda hard to go wrong with that.
PolygonGaming
431
07/24/2012 12:31 AM
Well if you did 'Check' it out, that would be great! XD (See what I did there?)

And yeah, I'll try my best not to. I guess, if anything, it's just opened my eyes to more things that I can do in RPG maker that I wouldn't have thought of before. And it's also pushing me to do better. I guess that's a good thing. XD

But yeah, I'll keep with keeping it simple. Dialogue is probably my strongest point, to be honest. I think. XD
Clareain_Christopher
C_C Media Ninja
4334
07/24/2012 06:01 AM
author=PolygonGaming
Well if you did 'Check' it out, that would be great! XD (See what I did there?)

And yeah, I'll try my best not to. I guess, if anything, it's just opened my eyes to more things that I can do in RPG maker that I wouldn't have thought of before. And it's also pushing me to do better. I guess that's a good thing. XD

But yeah, I'll keep with keeping it simple. Dialogue is probably my strongest point, to be honest. I think. XD

Slow and steady will get a game featured. And dialogue is my weak point >.< so GG.
Clareain_Christopher
C_C Media Ninja
4334
07/24/2012 11:59 AM
Played through your game and recorded it. I'll release the vids in a few days.
The dialogue was pretty good, dude. Some of the text was cut off though...not alot. Also, I think you missed spelled a few words.

-The mapping was a bit hit and miss. Some of it was a little odd.

-The fights were fun, but those guards were a bit annoying after fighting them for the 5th time.

-The rain effect was weird. I could make it rain while in a house- for a second.

- And random battles suck. I like how open your maps are, but traveling them is a chore with RBs :/

Good game though! I hope to future vids will help ya~

PolygonGaming
431
07/24/2012 12:28 PM
author=Clareain_Christopher
- And random battles suck. I like how open your maps are, but traveling them is a chore with RBs :/


So you think I should maybe do the whole 'wandering monsters' approach? Now that you mention it, my maps DO tend to be open, it's probably a better idea.
Thankfully, I've not gotten to any random encounters in Chapter Two yet, so... I could easily fit that in ^_^

I noticed the rain, but I had no idea as to how to stop that from happening. I tried everything. It came down to either have the rain and the small glitch or no rain, and I decided that the small glitch was worth it...

As for the misspelling, I'm going to run through it again to check. I'm PRETTY sure everything is correct, so it may be a America/United Kingdom thing XD

Anyway, thanks a lot for playing, I'll keep an eye out for your video ^_^!
Clareain_Christopher
C_C Media Ninja
4334
07/24/2012 12:29 PM
add a fade out option into your door event.
Then add a wait of 35 frames
After so, fade in. That should fit it.
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