GRETGOR'S PROFILE

I'm currently double-checking some "mission complete" and "advance plot" switches to make sure that I remembered to add all changes to the world that are supposed to take place once those switches are activated. I'm always paranoid of scenarios in which I forget to change a certain event or NPC's appearance or behavior based on a mission or plot event, and then the world becomes a confusing mess where NPCs keep yelling at you to do something you've already done because I forgot to add a single page to a single event (or ended up adding a page with the wrong switch).

This is literally the most freaking basic thing in RPG Maker ever, but it's the thing I'm the most paranoid about. There's always the chance I do something wrong and the player ends up softlocked for good, or a situation in which an NPC comments about how awesome their best friend is even though they're supposed to have died in a plot event. That's all coming from a guy whose project involves a ton of RM2K3 CMSes made from scratch (most of which I still didn't show because I think they're rather ugly).

Thank you, tale, this looks nice :) However, I need something that looks more baby-like. I elected to make the sprites myself, and I'm getting some help from a friend of mine that's better at this stuff than I am.

Also @LockeZ, believe me, it makes sense for the world I'm building. Hopefully the game will turn out good enough to warrant a quick playthrough in the future :D

Aww, is this dead? I just found this project page while being creepy and stalking users randomly browsing, and this looks like it's way up my alley. I really like the concept and the presentation. Do you guys ever intend to continue this?

Uh, if not, can I have the link to the jam entry you guys mentioned?

I'm in a bit of a design conundrum right now: how to ask people for hints on how to make a certain puzzle mechanic understandable without simultaneously describing the mechanic to a bunch of potential players? The problem is, if someone played the game after reading my comment asking for hints, they'd already know what to do since my comment would have described it, so I wouldn't be able to use their gameplay experience as valid data do determine whether I managed to convey the puzzle mechanics in an understandable way (that is, the players are supposed to eventually understand the mechanic by playing the game, not by reading something external to it).

Maybe I could restrict the number of people I talk about those mechanics with, but then I end up cutting into potential testers, since I don't exactly have that many close people I can ask for help with game dev.

What would you guys do in this situation?

The tiling suggestion sounds cool, thanks! As for the circle, unfortunately RM2K3's native resolution is 320x240, meaning I can't do much about that :(