HOUSEKEEPING'S PROFILE

Thanks for your thoughts, kaigura. I'm trying not to justify everything to people who disagree with me since, you know, if someone didn't like an aspect of the game, then rhetoric doesn't really change that feeling, so it's kind of a pointless exercise. But, I'm in a mood for pointless exercises, I guess.

Like SgtMettool said, Jimmy isn't strictly a horror game, so I wouldn't expect to be inundated with horror; in fact, the horror levels are generally optional. Those levels are still fairly abundant, though; in the demo, for instance, you can do the top part of the mine in Giant Garden, there's a full horror level underneath the motorcycle pile in the Wilted Lands (which is easy to miss, so you may not have seen it), and you get a glimpse of a horror level at the end of the demo.

I can understand the Adult Fun Time part being a bit jarring; I was trying to convey that Jimmy exists in an adult world that he doesn't fully understand more than I was trying to make a joke for the sake of it. If it didn't land, it didn't land, though.

I can understand the issues ya'll had with the pacing as well. It's a bit floaty at first--intentionally since I wanted to establish a more stable state of Jimmy's imagination before things escalate, but I get how lack of tension could be a problem. I was hoping that some of the weirdness, humor, and subcutaneous tension would pull players through until the major antagonist is introduced in the level that was hinted at towards the end of the demo.

The Revolting Blob's power doesn't work on every npc like shaking does. It can be used to trigger a random encounter in a hostile area, though.

You'll get more options to increase your speed as the game progresses to make the startled effect more useful; all of the bosses in the demo (other than DeeDee, who is designed to startle you) are designed to be slower than you.

There's a lot of furniture in this game--a LOT. The only set you can complete in the demo is the worst one, so you can expect more from that mechanic in the future.

Brothers?

I want to be able to make enough income off of game sales to subsist off of in the short term. In the long term, I'd like to be able to hire a few people and start a small indie studio. I'd also like to move away from RPG Maker after I finish Jimmy so I can make games with less restrictions. More time doing what I love, more ability to do it better and better.

I like to imagine that, early in FF8's development, a group of Japanese businessmen sit dejected around a table. Then, one jumps up, runs to a dry erase board, and quickly sketches a gun and a sword. Everyone looks confused. Then, he places a plus sign between them, and they give him a standing ovation for three hours straight.

Now that I alone have access to the internet and the vast fortune that accompanies it, I finally have the free time to chat with all of my friends on the internet.

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No...No...It's not fair...