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The Kaname Code

...Please forgive me.

Since we're on the subject of selfish inquiries, I have a question: is there a grace period for games that are released late in the year? In other words, would a game released in December be eligible for the Misaos in, like, 2014? You know, like a game that didn't attract much attention, but then slowly built a fan base over the course of a year...hopefully...

Ah! Do you have an old version (like several months old)? The boulders shouldn't be able to knock you off the map, and if you update the game and move your save file over, the puzzle is a lot easier. If that's not the case, here's my advice for that boulder part (and I need to figure out how that glitch is still happening):

-First off, you can save on the world map; you're the second person who hasn't realized this, so I should throw some dialogue in about it the next time I update it. I was just using old school rules thinking everyone would be hip to them.
-You can get to right before the first gap in the steps and the boulders will hop over you.
-I'm not sure exactly why people have trouble with this part, but it might be because they're panicking. Don't be afraid to take things slow (though you should hold shift to run). What I mean by this: every step up is progress. I ran through it again and paid attention to my behavior. I tend to run into the gaps between boulders and then while the boulders to my left or right are moving down, I plan out my next route. You still have to think fast, but there are little pauses as you run up the mountain. I don't know if that'll help or not, but I hope it does! Let me know how it goes.

Edit: also, if you do see that boulder at the bottom of the step, just walk one screen to the left and go back; the puzzle will reset.

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SaGaFrontier is my favorite game of all time. =3

I can understand that. It has a lot of charm and good points, despite its messiness. Even though I only played through it once, I'm glad I did.

Back to the topic at hand, I have a specific question. If I have a situation where the main villain of the story unleashes a greater evil, but at some point realizes that he's in error and tries to redeem himself and help the heroes, would it feel like a cop-out that when it comes time to deal with that villain's fate, the player doesn't get a choice in the matter and the story/characters just decide if the villain lives or dies?

Especially when giving them that choice would necessitate a separate ending to it. So either the story is told regardless of how the player feels about a major part of it, or there's the need for multiple endings, which could annoy the player.

If the game gave the choice to kill the main villain, would it work better if there really isn't a "right choice" and both endings are happy but different? Or at least neither of them feels like a "bad end?"

That's something that you have to decide for yourself. Either way would work fine, but it depends on the themes and intent of the story. If your game is about morality, then giving the player the option would work into that. That's not to say it has to, especially if you haven't been giving moral actions that impact the story/gameplay prior to this. Forcing your game to give the player a moral choice out of the blue could just end up seeming out of place and irrelevant. Think about the intent of your story and what would be best for it.