ESSENCEBLADE'S PROFILE

Hai-ho! The name's essence.

I like story writing, so my specialism in creating RPGs is the storyline. My back line specialties are on average; Graphic Design, Sprite Editing / Refurbishing, Mapping and Animation.

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I'm a bad man.

I find this amusing.

Edit like 5 hours later: Working on converting my resources from 2k3 to VXa and stuff.

Intro

You mean a splash screen? Like "Game Creators LTD." logo and a little animation sequence? What maker are you using? You'd need a splash screen script. If it's 2003 you need to install the auto enter patch.

The Rare/Obscure RM Games Request Topic

Well there were two 2k3 games which weren't english (they were Espanol, or Spanish. I don't know)

One started with a girl in a forest. The map was a REFMAP map which was a floating world style. (It wasn't Ara Fell) the music would play and you'd get a bit of dialogue in Spanish. So you'd run south across a bridge (I remembered that there were footstep sounds for the grass, and going over the bridge too). And then you'd run right past another bridge, but the screen flashed white and it looks like the girl fell off the world. - That's the best information I can give about that one.

The second one, I have NO memories of it--completely gone from my mind--but the game was in Spanish or Espanol again. The title screen was I THINK a Dragon and the text was red.



EDIT: Nevermind, I got both. Turns out I hit a stroke of luck and my brother had both games on his laptop. If anyone's curious.

This one

The other one was a game I'll try to upload to somewhere later after school finishes.

Yanfly Engine Ace - Event Chase Player

Or a custom encounter system. Well done, Yanfly!

Yanfly Engine Ace - Input Combo Skills

This is awesome, many thanks.

Yanfly Engine Ace - Skill Cost Manager

Awesomeness! Well done, again, Yanfly!

Yanfly Engine Ace - Active Chain Skills

This is sexy! Well done, Yanfly.

The Screenshot Topic Returns

Reminds me of professor Layton!

I want, dat hat.

Whatchu Workin' On? Tell us!

Well - my hard disk finally crashed, I had to wipe everything. So now that I've lost all my work. I can't really do anything about it, but move to RPG Maker VX Ace. I guess I really have been on 2k3 for too long. Ah well. Deal with what life throws at you. Time to remake Sealed Link~

Language in Games

Depends on the genre of game. For the sake of the thread I'm going to talk on the basis of RPGs.

Mild language. It's not necessary, but it's also not UN-necessary. I think it's better that generally, in RPGs, players should be able to express their emotions without having to go "Oh man.. you blarsted flooberwoofer. I'll send you back to the pits of fire!"

But they also don't have to swear blindly. That's the thing I hate the most. When people think it's "cool" to swear in a game. It's not cool. It just makes it seem like you don't know how to portray a character's emotion without having to substitute to the 5 general swear words. Which in turn shows bad story literature.

What I'm saying is. If you're going to swear, make it not too often, but not too little, and use words that generally people would use. You wouldn't hear people saying "Stand down you fucking piss taker (Excuse me)" in the medieval era, now would you? (This isn't to say that this applies to ONLY games set in the medieval era, but you get my point.)

There's better ways to go about "language" than just blindly saying "Oh shit!" when a boulder is about to fall on someone. It's just been ingrained into every day life to think that swearing is a way to quickly express your opinion for that situation. Really, swearing was only meant to be for when you experienced pain.

I don't really see how stronger swear words like Fuck and Shit can fit in an RPG game. Though I do pay a LOT of attention to dialogue (as I like writing, I read a lot of text so I know when things stand out and when things blend). When someone decides to gamble and toss a swear word where it isn't necessary, I'm just like, "Okay...?"

I don't like it when people try and mash together real day context with games which inhibit people using swords and magic, dragons and flying castles which shoot magic geysers out of the ground. It just instantly saps the feel and atmosphere of the entire game. Then again, that's just me, and probably me alone.

For the sake of maturity and that most RPGs are around the 12-16 Age rating, mild language is a good option. Just don't overuse it because you can't substitute it for another word or expression, and don't think it's "cool" to swear, because it isn't. It's meant to be there for a meaningful explanation. When a protagonist is killing everyone around you, that's when you generally input the word "bastard".

"What do you think you're doing? You bastard!"

When a guard pushes you over because you're in his way. You CAN say bastard, but it's better to say "Hell"

"What the hell (or heck) is wrong with you?"

When that annoying little animal runs away with your locket in the jungle fairy forest place with mischievous music, and you have to chase after him, swear at the T.V screen, not in game.

"Dammit, come back here you furry little bastard! I'mma stamp the hell outta you when I catch you!"

Funny, but not necessary.