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I did beat the game. I didn't intend to be so harsh on you and I'm partly sorry for that. The part about writing is especially bad. Sometimes my sarcasm ain't as good, especially in English. Sorry. I'm not so good when it comes to constructive criticism. I wanted to be more supportive as I could see your potential. I discourage you from further development not cuz the game sucks, but cuz you can do better with exps you got from this.
I don't know what my level was, but my ninja had some poisonous super spear (I found it in a chest, so yeah I checked on em), with which i killed the boss in no time. Monk had too big HP pool. It wouldn't matter in the greater whole, but he is too strong for purposes of the demo.

And about your mapping. By mediocre, I meant that it was mostly right with some illogical choices and it lacked details often. And the quality varied, It could vary on a single map (the town).

So lovely, so cute, so lovely...
Another one on my to-buy list.

-Banjo Utopia by Fulminis-ictus: Pretty much what Nhubi wrote. It's that classic barn-o-banjo. Banjo is a happy instrument, especially when it's fast. The song doesn't say anything else to me. I would add more irregularity to make it feel more alive, small mistake or something.

-Emotion by Someoneman: I don't feel happy while listening to this song. It's more about longing or parting. Someone is going to war or was killed. Man, It's really sad.

-Emotion 2 by Someoneman: It's part of the main melody from Emotion, aint it? I don't like the main instrument (back-pipe?) but that subtle underline is nice.

-Forest Stroll by Dysergy This one is nice. It has a mild Asian vibe at the start and develops itself in something more. This basic melody, which is later overlaid by flutes is really pleasant. However these flutes are too loud, destroying peaceful atmosphere of the track.

-The fellow with the hat by TheRexion I'm not as thrilled with this one. Most of it works well, it's melodic catchy. It's pretty fast yet zenful. But it's too fast to me. I can't imagine myself using this one. Also that clipping is annoying.

-When A Clean Guitar Smiles by Aaron Colunga: The sound of this one probably is clean and I like arrhythmic deconstruction of music you create within your creation. And it's pretty funny. But It's bit too random for me to use it in a game, I guess. Also I would not use it in a happy situation.

-Strange Friends by Aaron Colunga: I'm beggining to see your approach to composing. You are trying to keep it minimal in every possible way and that is good. Together with your other songs it's starting to be interesting. The problem is that your song usually don't work as stand-alone.

-The Hunt Ver 2 by chenbaiwan: Reminds me of medieval feasts. The way you use violin as main instruments and the rest is kept in background is clever, cuz it doesn't disturb me and I can stay being dived in dialogue or puzzle.

I'm here with an offer, question maybe.
I want to ask you, whether you would be interested in another chain-game. There are some fresh faces, who didn't participated in past efforts, such as me. Some of these efforts turned out pretty well (Chain of Retribution), other haven't been finished yet(The RMN Chain-Game).

There is lot of community driven projects going on, like Wyrm Warriors, Befuddle Quest 7, Pokemon, Fast Times... None of them is a chain-game. What I want to discuss with you in this thread is not only whether you would like to take a part. I'm also interested:
-how many parts (chapters) the game should have
-how many parts should one participant make
-how long each chapter should be (30-90 mins?)
-how much time should be a participant given to finish a taken part
-what setting would you like to see (Western meets fantasy, Arum, Lovecraft...)
-which engine would we use
-whether you want to work with RTP or custom graphics or rips

Also you can read this topic, Dudesoft wrote it down with a brill.

My personal preferences is to have a smaller amount of participants (5-10), two weeks for each of them. I would like to create some basics before kicking out too. Like some actors and the setting. I really like absurd combinations where Sci-fi meets fantasy or western, elves dealing with an apocalypse and so on. Also I'm open to use Arum Universe as starting point settling down some limitations. In that case I would like to use the southern continent and place some locations there.
As for the engine, I would stick with Ace. However I would like to alter graphics somehow. Maybe resizing some 2k3 rips or classic chipsets. There are some nice Ace tilesets too (this is not so hot now as the setting should set the limitations).

I haven't read the discussion yet, but I want to throw my two cents in nevertheless.
In jRPGs I prefer random 'invisible' encounters. It makes exploring more thrilling, sometimes frustrating and definitely more rewarding. And bosses should be visible.
In reality it's not as easy as it may sound and well-designed visible encounters can be really good addition.
In games with on-map battles I do prefer on-map encounters (kinda expectable, ain't it?). And in games like Heroes of Might and Magic, I prefer standing encounters (everyone know how stupid idea was to make them move around).