FAENON'S PROFILE

Hello.

Does anyone out there really love making rm2k3 maps and would like to earn some money doing so?

I am contemplating making a commercial game in rm2k3 to sell on Steam. It will be an adaptation of a series of novels I am working on (currently drafting book 3) and will eventually indie publish.

The novels are deliberately written to be like a series-length novelisation of an epic JRPG (which doesn't actually exist as a game): they have an ensemble cast, dark lord villain, airships, elemental jewels and magic, limit breaks, coop attacks, dungeons, chocobos (spelled 'cochobos' for copyright reasons), a fighting tournament, etc. When I write them, I think to myself 'What would happen next if this were a game?' and then I write that.

One of the reasons I started writing them was because I realised that it was just so much work to make an epic rpg as one person, so I decided to write a novelised one instead.

The trouble is, I've realised I would still kinda like to at least try to make them as a game as well...

But I need help. I really suck at mapping, and I don't have enough time or expertise to make everything myself.

Hence, this offer.

This project won't be done quickly, but if it ever makes it to Steam I would be willing to royalty-share with whoever worked with me on it.

Also, I would be willing to pay upfront as well, say around $1-10 per map, depending on the size of the map e.g. $1 for a small 20x15 bedroom which is partly black space, and $10 for a big town with lots of buildings.

I imagine that making the maps would be pretty straightforward. It would involve getting a list of maps from me, reading a section of the novel to see what the setting is like, and then making the maps. This would be using RTP and Mack and Blue chipsets (/any royalty free non copyrighted chipsets) for reasons of budget and legality.

If you want examples of my rpgmaking work, I have a couple of completed games here on RMN, including The Cerebral Symphony, a 9 hour romp where I tried out some ideas, and Clarent Saga: Chronicles, a novel-with-battles I was hired to write the novel for. For examples of my writing, head to http://www.patreon.com/luketarassenko

If you are interested in this job, the novel series to be adapted is called 'Saga of the Jewels' and the first draft goes up here (because it is highly Final Fantasy adjacent, as you can see above): https://www.fanfiction.net/s/13581482/1/Saga-of-the-Jewels

A slightly more recent draft of it and a podcasted audiobook version of it(!) go up here: https://sagaofthejewels.substack.com/

If interested, please reply here or DM me, in both cases with examples of your mapping work and details of your availability.

Thanks! Look forward to hearing from you!

Which finished RMN games are most similar to Final Fantasy VI and Chrono Trigger?

In my life I find myself just wanting to play those games over and over again. What's the closest we've ever got to these in the RMN scene?

By 'like these games' I mean:

-Complete
-Story/narrative led, with great dialogue (i.e. not the DQ approach)
-Strong characters and an ensemble cast
-A fantasy or steampunk setting, or at least starting in one
-SNES aesthetic

The closest I remember getting to this were The Way and Forever's End (though the latter not complete).

What else would people recommend?

See topic title :)

So in my game there are elemental temples, each being a dungeon, with settings, themes and gimmicks as follows:

Fire Temple - lava cave, jump over lava with moving obstacles
Ice Temple - ice cavern, ice sliding puzzles
Earth Temple - desert pyramid, big maze
Lightning Temple - island building, electric circuit puzzle
Wind Temple - island tower, wind gust puzzles

My last 'element' is going to be metal, though I'm really stuck for a setting, theme, and especially a gimmick!

Does anyone have any ideas?

I know these temples are fairly cliche, but I'm ok with that as I'm more into story and character design than mechanics and maps, and I'm making my game for fun as opposed to pursuing professional game making.

Also, does anyone have any good chipsets that are kind of along a metallic dungeon theme? This is in rm2k3.

Thanks in advance.

Howdy. I really suck at making maps so I’m looking to recruit some map-making help: either some one-off creations of single maps or an official map-maker to be credited as a developer of my main project http://rpgmaker.net/games/2693 This is in rpgmaker 2003.

I know that everyone says that you have to practice to learn mapmaking better, but I am REALLY challenged in this area and I don’t have much free time to work on my game so it’s pretty demoralising.

Also, to sweeten the deal, I’m willing to do something in return: review your game, playtest your game, or write some dialogue for you (writing I like to think I am slightly better at than the visual stuff, check my main project to judge for yourself). Also, if you make more than one map for me then as I say I will credit you as developer of my game and you will get RMN reputation and makerscore from that too! Yaaaay!

The specific maps I am looking for at the moment (using particular chipsets I have in mind, but open to suggestions of others) are three:

1. An airship deck, blank background (FF6 style or similar).

2. A big jungle map.

3. An Aztec temple-style building and battle arena.

If you don’t want to do this, could you at least point me in the direction of a rm2000/2k3 game that has any good maps like these in, so I can try and emulate them?

If you are interested, reply here and I will PM you with details about the suggested chipests I am trying to use. As soon as you send me the map, name your choice of review, bugtest or dialogue and I will return the favour!