ADDIT'S PROFILE

So does this mean now that you’re going to go back to all your previous demo reviews, Maxy, and change them all to the “not rated” status after writing all this? Hmm…

Anyways, opinion noted. I guess it does seem a bit silly to some people on why some reviewers, like yours truly, gives scores to demo versions of games in sort of the same vein as actual completed games, but I only do it because, one, that person gets at least some makerscore for their cause, even if they end up never completing the game or cancelling it in the end, and, B, because I still believe personally that giving a score to demos is still a viable rating scale based on whether or not I’d be stoked to play the full version of that game sometime in the future if it ever gets completed. Every reviewer does it a bit of a different way and what not when it comes to this.

And in any sense, I usually try to stay away from reviewing demos and focus more on completed versions of games unless that person wants any feedback, is for a contest, or hasn’t had a major update in years and has only that one demo build to speak of, or it got cancelled.

author=Sailerius
When was the last time you played an RM95 game?

Come to think about it, I don’t think I have. I probably would have at least tried one of them out by now in one of my drunken stupiders - but what do we have on here, like, only 6 RM95 games? And none of them look that very promising to me… Of course, I could be wrong.

Actually, you know what? For my next year’s resolution, since you just brought it up, I would love to try out and review one of the RM95 games that we have on here, just because it will be RM95’s 20th year anniversary since its initial release. So thanks, Sailerius, for giving me something to do next year. :)

author=WolfCoder
You mean the software equivalent of duct tape and bailing wire on an already quirky engine?

Hey, duct tape can fix anything and make almost anything look even remotely new, even the small crack on my ugly white wall that’s staring right in front of me.

It’s nice to hear so many different solid opinions about the matter, mostly against still using Rm2k3, and what not – but at least they’re still some supporters here that still like using it and all.

I’m guessing that Rm2k3 has probably around another two to maybe three more years tops before there’s a Windows 9 (and maybe a Windows 10, or whatever) that will probably officially "shut the door" on it running it anymore on various devices. Oh well. You can’t fight against the change in times…

- But for now, there’s still life in these old bones. For how long, who knows… But at least we'll enjoy it while we still can. :D

author=J-Man
One problem that starts to wear down on my patience when your game starts to become too big, it starts taking time for it to process every little change you make to the game to the point where it gets a little frustrating.

Oh, that. I know that feeling when an Event, Common Event, etc. gets too technical and extremely massive that it begins to slow down the editor to almost a crawl and you basically have to sit on your butt waiting for the damn thing to load. Yeah, I’ve been there before, many times.

But I did manage to stumble upon one solution for this that has greatly cut my time of waiting down to almost a tee and that’s by placing a ton, and tons of Wait 0.0’s at the top of the screen before beginning whatever the hell you’re doing. This way, when you bring the event up, it will almost pop up almost instantaneously with almost no to little waiting time.

So whatcha do is make a new event on any map, put a bunch of Wait 0.0’s at the top of the screen if you’re planning on making something quite extensive, create and do whatever you have to, and then just delete all the Wait 0.0’s and then just copy and paste what you’ve done anywhere that you wish. Don’t do it this in a Common Event, though, as it’s much faster (and safer, just in case) to just do this in any normal event. I’ve been able to save a bit of time - and many hardships - by doing it with this method. Of course, the only other way to cut the waiting time down is by making the code a bit shorter or try to break up whatever you’re doing into smaller sequences.

author=Skie Fortress
Soul Ninja

I can’t believe that you still remember that game, Skie, despite the fact that I didn’t get to do too much on it at the time. Other than Strangeluv, you’re probably the only other person that I know that still remembers that game. Maybe one day I’ll bring it back…

author=Skie Fortress
(Actually what ARE you working on now? I'm curious.)

Fixing up this and then eventually working on this, and then we’ll see what goes on from there.

author=Sailerius
I should think your top priority in making a game is for people to be able to play it.

The top priority should be to actually finish your game(s) first then worry about all that other stuff later.

author=J-Man
And here I was under the impression there was a new version of 2k3.

Oh, I wish.

Is it really that hard for some people to write more than a 300 word review these days? Well, I guess it could be if the game they’re reviewing is like 10 minutes in length and there just isn’t that much to say about the experience. I know I’ve had a couple of those in the past, and it is a bit difficult to fill in the blanks, I’ll admit.

Also, for scoring demos, I’m one of those people who like to give a score on a demo. I know down the road it might hurt the game’s overall score and reputation by it, but it’s also nice for the creator(s) to collect a little makerscore in the meantime and seeing how their game stacks up so far overall. So I guess it’s good in both ways. I don’t usually play a lot of demos, but I’ll still score ‘em.

Anyways - good article there, Libby. It’s nice to see you do something for the kiddies once and awhile around here. :)