ALDU'S PROFILE

author=Liberty
Hm... what did you edit? Did you make sure to hit submit? and wait for it to finish loading before doing something else with that tab?

I added an image to Pure Heart's game page. I know for a fact that it successfully submitted because I checked the page afterwards and the image still was in my locker but the game page reverted back to before I edited it. I also updated my blog so maybe that has something to do with it?

author=Beregon
Well, Unity used to have a terrible reputation too (and still does to some degree), yet that eventually passed and now it's actually a very well respected game engine. It will improve for RPG Maker too, I already saw some impressive games being developed in MV/MZ, like that one RPG with true 3D rendering and modern graphics.

Yeah, I already saw it on RMW, recognized Yuki there too :D Looks really good, I don't think I'd have the patience to do all of that in 2003, definitely looks like you put a lot of work into it! The battle system seems like an advanced version of the one from Pure Heart.

In MZ, I used _realX and _realY for my action RPG, which has the added benefite of being tied to the map as opposed to the screen and works very well for what it is, though really a proper plugin works wonders here. What engine do you think of moving to btw.?

Yup, and it was the same case with Game Maker. Undertale and Hotline Miami helped popularize it.
Haha, I used Yuki as a placeholder character. I don't know if I'll actually have her cameo in the game. I'm looking at either RPG Maker MZ or Game Maker Studio 2. I'm familiar with Javascript and C so it'll be easier to transition to these engines. Though I'm leaning towards GMS2 because I already own it.

author=LordBlueRouge
Honestly, I'm not surprised. You're a really talented dev Aldu. I'm looking forward to what you have next.

Congrats!❤

Thank you LBR! I truly appreciate it! :)

author=Beregon
Wait, people looked down on you for using RPG Maker?

Anyway, gratz on the win, it was well deserved!

Thanks! I appreciate it! :)
Yeah, unfortunately, RPG Maker still has a bad stigma for having so many poor quality games. It was just one GMS2 developer who thought he was better than me. Other people were impressed that I made this on an old engine and didn't even realize it was RM2k3 until they saw the save screen.

Thanks for the honest review!

This basically sums up why I'd rather not participate in game jams. Despite working my ass off designing a custom battle system and making original pixel art, a lot of the game was left unpolished and not up to my personal standards. I did the best I could in 2 weeks.

In terms of streamlining, that was the purpose of this engine. It was supposed to be an easy and quick way to make a CMS with no programming required. As long as you know how Picture spritesheets work, you could create a CMS. For creating pictures, I guess the best option would be to develop a separate program that helps you generate them.

I thought the same thing but after spending time on the RM2K3 channel in the /r/RPGMaker discord, I still see new people asking how to create custom systems in RM2k3. The worst part is I have to tell them there's no easy way to make it as a beginner whereas with modern versions, it's like "use this plugin". I even spoke with a developer making a commercial game using RM2k3 and they refuse to use maniacs patch because they don't want to risk breaking the EULA even though it passes. That's what lead me to conceptualize this idea and create a prototype. Unfortunately, I'm also a working adult so I don't have the time to develop something that will be underused.