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Recently I have gotten into playing RPG Maker games, and less into making them. Some games I play blatantly use systems, features, and/or core concepts from other, most often commercial games

So, here's a breakdown and assessment of the design decisions that went into Alcarys Complex. I'm rolling this into the Alcarys Complex Design Booklet, but I thought I'd post it here so that general audiences can see it, too.

Generally, a postmortem (for video games) is conducted in the wake of a video game release by the game's developer in order to determine what went right and what went wrong. The term comes from scientific examinations of the recently deceased (for, uh, science).

Star Stealing Prince is a JRPG that could be best described as being very traditional. I wouldn't say that it attempts to do anything that I haven't seen before as all the gimmicks used throughout the course of the game are things that experienced players will have seen before in other JRPG titles. However, the gameplay itself is just a framework upon which a very compelling storyline is built, as in this game it is definitely the storytelling that is the main focus.

So for the past year or so, I've been trying to fight with my own music files as to decide whether I need to cut it down some or leave it as it is, or just make a Vanilla/Extended music pack (vanilla being music cut out and smaller, while extended being it has the extra songs and plays them as it normally does).

There's something good going on here.

I've only played the short demo, having gone in with skeptical thoughts based on the creator's grasp of the English language and use of the feudal Japan pack (which I consider quasi-RTP). In the end, I came away very much charmed. There's nothing particularly original here, but everything is so fresh that I can't help but like it.

Ocedic brings us blended elements of roguelikes and jRPGs in Dogrock. A finely tuned battle system complements random dungeons and events, with four playable classes to choose from!

The RPG Making landscape has changed a lot in recent years. For those of you who have been around for a long time, you probably remember when it was enough to just have a finished game. If your game was good then people would play it and leave comments and feedback by the pages. But with the explosion of indie games, improved internet speed and social media, it's not enough to just have a finished game; you also need to know how to market yourself and your games.

So, here's a breakdown and assessment of the design decisions that went into Alcarys Complex. I'm rolling this into the Alcarys Complex Design Booklet, but I thought I'd post it here so that general audiences can see it, too.

In this twist of a tale, seita has you chasing after The Heroes after they've absconded with your precious pendant! You were just chilling in your little village shack when they burst in and took it!

Next up, we have the ice fairy Cirno. Cirno falls under the Summoner class, being able to summon her various friends for various elemental and status attacks, which is her main draw to her character.