So I have been informed via Discord summoning that people still know I exist. Great!

Let's get to the interesting parts; A lot's happened. Well, sort of. Personally no, I'm just chugging along with life; no major changes there! I'm in a good place, so my disappearance was just happenstance, and not dramatic nor intentional.

As far as The Last Era, well, a good bit has actually changed. On a large note, nothing about the project's direction in a meta sense has really changed; the description you can read about it on the main page is still current, and so are the characters, general premise, and atmosphere.

So what's changed? Firstly, the graphical production has changed gears in a big way; as you last remember, I was working on graphical assets with the help of JosephSeraph. He's a wonderful artist and even a better person, but unfortunately he had other projects to commit to. Which is fine of course. Jo, if you're reading this, I love you man!

But this left me in a bind; now what do I do? Well, I could use the work he already did as a base, so over the course of a few months (and even now) I practiced my pixel art skills, fundamentals, and aimed to see if I could fill in the gaps where he left off. I've been editing on and off for years already, so I'm managing to catch on quickly. See if any of you can catch any of my anonymous submissions to Pixel Dailies on Twitter!

But then came the matter of Engine. You guys may already know that I moved on from RPG Maker to GameMaker. I messed around with it but a little bit, but on a whim I found out that Unity is what I want The Last Era to shine on. Not only is C# a widely used language unlike GML which is GameMaker specific (meaning I can learn C# on its own for any other reason and it can carry on to Unity, and vice versa. Looks good on a resume!), but it's just more powerful.

Not that I need Unity to make a sprite based game that this project is on. GameMaker would work, and the Last Era still isn't bigger or especially more ambitious than it ever was.

But unlike GML, C# is infinitely easier for me to learn (trust me, I put in the time in both), and unlike RPG Maker, unity is powerful, I mean god damn, and I can do exactly what I want to do. You can make even simple shit look, feel, and play good and undeniably unique and exactly what you want it to be.

So yeah, that's where we're at; I still actively work on the Last Era and no its not dead. I'd be lying if I made some blood oath to finish it in classic RMN fashion, but it is what I've wanted to do and make for like, ever.

Right now, I'm putting together all the bits and pieces, but soon, I'll have something to show for it. Thanks for reading!

We're in the 'a lot of things going on behind the scenes progress but still progress' part, but here's some progress. Thanks and credit to JosephSeraph!

Some pretty big changes and news coming with Chronology soon. Stay tuned.

Quick and dirty mockup of the homies fighting a giant slime.

Well, Chronology has been going on for a while, but recently as you guys may have followed, I decided to take it to a more polished level by phasing out borrowed/ripped assets in favor for custom ones, carefully curated to meet the aesthetic, spirit, and style of RPG that I want Chronology to be. The most notable examples of this would be the facesets and battle characters you've seen so far, courtesy of JosephSeraph




The eventual goal with this is to turn Chronology of the Last Era into a polished, quality RPG on the RM Ace engine that's good enough where I can hopefully put it on Steam for everyone to enjoy and maybe even turn a profit. As someone who has created this great beast of mine for fun with no real aspirations in game creation, that idea excites me fantastically.

However, it also costs money.

I am able to afford the great talent that Chronology has been blessed to have so far. But as development goes on, things will cost more and more money, because well, some things you gotta pay for if you want quality. I can be creative, cut costs, and even learn a few skills myself to save a few $$$, but there's no real way around spending money on Chronology. I don't mind doing this, but if I were able to find a way to help fund Chronology, that would free up my pockets, accelerate development (considerably), and ultimately result in a better product.

The question is, is this viable? A good idea? Is Patreon something that would work with Chronology and what it wants to be?

Just a 'minor' update (but anything new from JosephSeraph is anything but minor to me), just wanted to show off some new facesets, courtesy of JosephSeraph, and to let you know that I'm still alive. Taking this game to 'the next level' in terms of original graphics/assets and potentially a commercial endeavour can be slow and arduous at times, but it's still going!

Once the battle/field map sprites are hot off the presses (coming soon!), and I get the new direction for tiles down, we'll really be cooking. Until then, here's some faces! These are major NPCs (the main party members are more or less done), just some of the important figures that you'll meet in your journey.

Oh, of course, be sure to show the creator of all of this art for Chronology, JosephSeraph some love!

https://twitter.com/JosephSeraph
http://creative-joseraph.tumblr.com/
https://www.patreon.com/JosephSeraph

Paramount Hilde Langner



Democratically elected leader of the Rosevelt Alliance, Hilde is a skilled politician, attaining her position in the midst of the last Great War against the Empire, and thus quickly had to learn (and learned) the difficulties of balancing the interests of each member state of the Alliance into a cohesive nation.

Julian Ames Foucalt



One of the four Kingpins of the Consortium criminal organization. Compared to some of the other Kingpins, like the overly violent Crassius and the chillingly brutal Red Queen, Foucalt prefers to advance his organizations interests via his charismatic personality and ability to move goods and money.

Aurelius



Talented mage and tactician, and acts as a mysterious go between for a powerful, equally mysterious political force. Devoted to the cause, and is pragmatic with a cruel streak.

Commander Luiz Bullock



Determined, serious veteran of the Great War, and leader of the Arondight Mercenaries that lends a helping hand to Callox. Competent fighter, strategist, and leader, and mentor of his troops.

Hope you enjoy! Next up hopefully is a major update! Stay tuned!