JAIDEN'S PROFILE

author=Sidewinder
I think it looks a lot better now. Definitely the right move to make.

Thank you!

author=goji
The REFMAP tiles were a great choice. They're timeless (look at Ara Fell) and easy to use, and I think this change is going to greatly impact your development process in a positive way moving forward!

Thank you so much riggy, it really means a lot hearing that from you! :)

Maki's artwork is lovely as always, and those monster designs are great. They might be a little too cute though... I'm not sure I want to beat them up!

Can't wait to see more progress, keep up the awesome work :)

author=Darken
As someone who translated their demo in 7 different languages the worrying part is just keeping track of everyone and hoping they don't peace out when the final game is done :grimacing: and yeah translation is its own gamedev endeavor and I do not envy having to do it for an RPG. Great detailed blog post, good luck on the Q4 goal!

Thanks a bunch! Haha I actually remember seeing your updates with the various languages and was really impressed after having gone through it myself. Indeed, the biggest hope is that you can keep the same folks. I was very happy with the translator I worked with, so when I have the resources to get the rest of the game translated, fingers crossed that they're still around!

author=NoBody13
Yessirr it's here~~ congrats! I'll play this as soon as I get some free time. Glad you made it this far :)

Thank you so much! Hope you enjoy :D

author=Darken
I don't understand, can't you just use the left side for shift space? I also forgot shift was a thing and only used space most of the time btw.

I got halfway through typing up an explanation and realized if I swapped WASD and the arrow keys for battle input / navigation, you could still use shift/space as I mentioned. Disregard! That makes sense, and I'm actually more curious to give it a try now.

FWIW, my philosophy with the battle "Default" controls is almost 1:1 with how Super Mario RPG handled it. "AB Style" feels weird, and was an afterthought for folks who said they hated the default scheme. It needs a little more TLC, and getting input from folks like you actually playing it helps a ton, since I'm pretty numb to it.

author=Darken
Yeah the way I interpeted itChild of Light has an interesting philosphy in that vein worth checking out.

Ah ha, very interesting! I will check out Child of Light and see how it handles it.

author=Darken
Were there any interrupt mechanics in the demo? Surprised not to see it since Grandia 3 went really hard on that aspect.

I didn't get a chance to touch on it as much as I'd like to. It's a little unexplained, but electric-type attacks in the demo do "stun", which knocks a character back on the bar. I plan to do some more interesting action cancelling and the like and be true to Grandia, though. Head full, days too short.