ASHLEY_LACURE'S PROFILE

Not much to know, was an older designer known as Alucardxdemon, but I left the RM community a few year ago. I'm back now to simply complete one of my favorite projects and share it with this community.

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How planned-out should your RPG be before you begin?

@emmych: I have literally shuffled and reshuffled my database time and time again. I started Tales of Falonia now Revelations in 2007, trust me all but the character names have been changed. Like LockeZ said a DB error can be fixed easily. A story flaw on the other hand is something that can critically break a game apart. A cliche predictable story can turn players away.

Whatchu Workin' On? Tell us!

@Adon: The concept sounds cool, personally I was a fan of Dissidia so Im all for this idea.

@LockeZ: Wow way to hype up that idea, but man thats extensive.

@Xenomic: Hey sometimes the best things take the most time, I started working on my game again at the beginning of the month, Im still finalizing the Battle System haha.

Getting some cut scenes completed for Revelations and finally turning these Word documents into movies haha.

The Screenshot Topic Returns

@Lotus: I always like to see some progress, the maps are nice as usual but Im not a fan of the Avatar.

@Tau: The world maps' nice buddy, I read your update and I hope you just keep up the good work. Games maturing in terms of graphical design.

How planned-out should your RPG be before you begin?

I didn't read through all the comments, so I apologize if I sound redundant, but I think having a basic framework is always a good thing. You want to get your ideas out of your head and on to a word document so you create a unique and flowing story. I feel that while things in the Database and Events can be created with ease, without some sort of direction in terms of story, developers are on a path to many story revisions as well as flaws in story and character development that could have been avoid had planning been taken into consideration.

Is anyone working on a romance RPG at the moment?

I used to work on integrating a romance system, now Ive turned towards a relationship system with all the characters in the game. For me the text book romance situations have not been something Ive cared about in game so I employ situations and choices based on the character you have the highest relationships with. I agree with a lot of you Romancing Walkers did a great job, but in my game the cast has more males that females so I guess this relationship system just works better.

What are you thinking about? (game development edition)

I agree with Dookie its hard enough to get people to play through a game once. Sandbox games are my personal favorite but from a developers stand point is it really worth the effort to create a sandbox world with Dookie's above statement. I would say a multiple storyline branches or a different ending would be take less work from the developer while still allowing the player to appreciate the lack of linearity.

[Recruiting] RPGmaker 2k3 RTP Mapper

Oh Dec, thats and example of an old map just for people to get the style down, Ive made that map a little pretty since I initially created it.

What are you thinking about? (game development edition)

Trying to incorporate dungeon crawling and action gameplay into a traditional RPG similar to Alundra. Instead of fighting enemies on the field, touch base encounters will be littered throughout the dungeons and field skills will be used to ward, paralyze, and cripple enemies. I want to put an emphasis on item management as well as have different enemies depending on the time of the day. Lastly the enemies will have an increased difficulty meaning that you have to plan your battle accordingly especially because you want to progress within the dungeon. Anyways tell me what you think about this as well as additional ideas.

RPG settings

Im a big fan of industrial/technological revolutions, a setting in which a current way of life is overshadowed by a new way of life presented by a progression in technology or even the invasion of an advanced society. Those setting appeal to me because they really bring out the best and worst parts of humans. I try to incorporate this setting into all of my games in one way or another, its always cool to see differences in how characters and NPCs think in terms of what is good technology, what is bad, etc., etc.

[Recruiting] RPGmaker 2k3 RTP Mapper

Hey ShortStar, Im currently out of the states for business, but I'll contact you on the 17th when I return. I like you work and it would be great to have someone else to help me with some of the maps Ive been thinking of.