Soul Sunder

I'm still working on the RTP-independent version of Soul Sunder. Just starting out in a new university means that progress will been going slow. That, and... well... I'll detail that later.

I am now going to put some TOTALLY RANDOM thoughts down. Feel free to read or ignore. I won't be offended.

Here's some trivia info for you: Did you know that the Soul Sunder that's available for download now... actually isn't the original Soul Sunder? Weird, right? But it's true. See, around six years ago, I made an RPG for a creative processes class in RPG Maker VX. I had a really interesting story penned down, but I was so laughably inexperienced with RM back then that I thought I could do it all: Write the story, do the tilesets, draw the characters, even writing the music!

Classic newbie syndrome. You can imagine how well that turned out for me.

Anyway, I quickly came to realize that I could not tell the story I wanted to tell with my skills at the time. But I was so overwhelmed with the amount of work I (thought) I had to do, that I deleted VX from my computer, never to touch RM again. Well, until May 2013 when I got VX Ace and decided to try again with a smaller scale project. You wanna see the result of that? Well, look up and click the Download Now button. That's what came out of my first trip into RM after such a long hiatus.

But the story never left my mind the entire time. In fact, I've been constantly working on it! Sure, the main plot needs a serious downsizing, but the characters (in my opinion, of course) were really special. I couldn't ever get them out of my mind. Recently, I thought to myself, "I've learned so much since then. Perhaps...?"

So... yeah.


On a TOTALLY UNRELATED NOTE:


Sequels are cool, aren't they? For developers, they give the opportunity to take mechanics that worked in the first game and improve/expand upon it to create an even better experience! Players, on the other hand, get the opportunity to explore parts of the world that the predecessor hints at/doesn't fully expand upon. And (in my opinion) a good sequel will engage old players, draw in new players, but STILL be different enough to keep the predecessor relevant.


On a TOTALLY UNRELATED NOTE:

I've been building a prototype for a new project for the last two months. Only about half of the framework has been done, but so far it's a pretty cool build, and I'm actually kinda excited for the potential this project has.



On a TOTALLY UNRELATED NOTE:

I've been planning to start up an art thread sometime either this weekend or next week. But there's a piece that I've been wanting to share with you all beforehand. It's only line art, but I think you deserve a first look at this before anyone in the art thread does. Here you go:


Why? Who is this dude? Why am I showing this here, on a Soul Sunder blog? I don't know. Like I said, these are all TOTALLY RANDOM THOUGHTS.

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