DESPAIN'S PROFILE

the problem with a lot of those games is that they are boring. it's sad but true. they require a lot of reading, a lot of menu-navigating, and a hell of a lot of grinding.

in today's world, that kind of game isn't as attractive as it would have been twenty years ago when games and consoles very limited.

it's possible to make those kinds of games and make them very enjoyable—but you need to trim the fat. if people get bored, they'll stop playing and go play some garbage like angry birds. because it's that much more approachable.

it's not the battle system, but how it's used. and most improtantly: a game has to be FUN.

before was better dude

I can't see what you're talking about as a trend

it runs rampant in other communities, idk about this one because i spend little time looking at the projects section. but among all the anime kids it's a "deviantart mindset" that makes them think everything they do is flawless and should be treated as such.

conversations like this are commonplace.

kid: posts a horrible sprite

a few posts follow up and tell him that it's excellent and he should do more without giving him any kind of legitimate feedback.

me: yeah your sprite is bad and here is why: blah blah. you can fix it by doing blah blah. good luck.

then inevitably a few more posts will follow up telling me that i am trolling and being rude and then the OP kid will claim that he's giving up spriting forever because he needs the support of the community.

green arrow is the mouse cursor, it changes to arrows when you hover over a teleport

first off you can't have a topic like this unless you break down different types of criticism. whats relevant to this topic are hard crits vs opinions (or whatever the fuck terminology you want to use).

if i give someone a hard crit I'm stating a FACT. something that is very hard to disagree with and something that most people can spot. ("your facesets dont match at all—you're mixing rtp with anime rips and it looks like shit" or if there's a glitch or an obvious mapping error or something). people should listen to that.

if there's something that's more of a gameplay decision then they can take it at their discretion. the problem here is that MOST OF THE TIME THE PERSON WITH THE CRITICISM IS STILL RIGHT AND LISTENING TO THEM WILL MAKE THE GAME BETTER. if some aspect of the gameplay is total shit and someone calls you out on it—more importantly, if MULTIPLE PEOPLE HAVE THE SAME CRITICISM TO MAKE, don't brush it aside with "well durrr that's my choice lol". if you want to make your game better, then listen to what people have to say.

if they're just making the game to fuck around or w/e and don't give a shit about making it good, then they probably shouldn't be posting it online in the first place.

I think it follows a pretty linear scale, the more talent you have the less advice you should listen to.

the problem here is that the people without talents are the ones who think they have the most of it.

author=Max McGee
I want to reply to this topic, but I am actually playing a really good RPG Maker game right now.

really good rpgmaker game? ahahahhahhahhaha good one buddy