Chained Worlds VX Ace Remake (Working on It!)

So as I said in my last blog post I'm working on something new.

It's taken a while but I've now saved and backed up on a USB the resources created by the people on RPG Maker Web that I may use.

I've just got to make sure I've named them correctly since I'll need to give credit right if I use any of them. I think that is also almost sorted out.

I've started with my ideas for this game. Came up with one story for it but didn't really feel it fitted the mood and theme of this game much, so I've now worked on a second story for this game.

That fits a lot better and has more humour too it which I like.

I've realised though I find it really hard to plan out the game fully without visuals. I have to look at the iconset I'm using and the tilesets, stuff like that, to get most of my idea going.

I think I'll start to create some facesets through the MV's face generator for the main characters. I have ideas where that can go.

I don't really have many thought out yet, just one character. I had about five with the previous story but since I changed it all that changed too. It's really a good idea to know your plot well and where it might be going when creating characters for that story.

(This does mean I might change some facesets later but I just like to see what I can come up with for now. One first playable main character is sorted though which is good.).

I'm quite pleased with my ideas for maps / locations in the game so far. I think that's gone well.

I'm going to write down a list of default skill mechanics in MV and print that off before creating skillsets for these characters. It will help me know what skills to give each character.

I'm also going to write down a list of possible locations shown on the sample maps (I know there are a ton more locations outside those) and print that off as I think it'll help me know the exact locations I'll want and where everything is.

It's early stages still but this isn't a super hard game to create or anything, the aim is to keep it lighthearted and simple but still fun at the same time.

I think if I'm really going to have 10 party members which is my current aim, the hardest part of designing this game will be sorting those characters out.

I also don't like the MV RTP that much when it comes to battlers. They seem a bit overcreepy and dark to me, which isn't the mood of this current game so I'm probably going to use Akashics's battlers. I think those look great.

Avery Iconset is another really good resource, you can get VX Ace's Icons fitted for MV's style merged into it too.

We'll see where this goes. All I know is I'm determined to keep going and that is a good sign!

Until next time. : )