KIANA'S PROFILE

These things are helpful to a great many people, including everyone who plays with sound muted or even just has a noisy house.

How I hate sound based puzzles. Anything from 'examining that object moved something, but there wasn't a notification beyond a noise' to 'the door to the rest of the plot is locked and the only way to open it is by inputting a series of sounds in the right order.'

I can only imagine how much worse those games would be if I were deaf.

author=Max McGee

At least what feels like 50% of those who have played the game. If ten people play a demo and three people don't like the music, I may not do anything. If five or six people don't, then I will step back and think things over a little.

FWIW, this is about where I'm at too right now. Although a lot less than that will get me to CONSIDER changing it.

Seems logical. For me, personally, it would depend largely on their arguments.

"I don't like thing." will be ignored, no matter how many people say it. After all, if they can't explain what the problem is, I can't be expected to know how to fix it, right?

"I don't like it, and here's why..." will be considered, even if I decide not to change anything. It's too loud/quiet relative to the rest of the game's sounds, the high pitch gives me a headache, it's boring because it takes too long to build up, et cetera. These give meaningful direction, so I'll take them into account.

I hate when a music track is significantly louder than the rest of the game's music. I have sensitive vision and hearing, so even keeping my volume set at 6% can be loud at times. The music suddenly BLARING is high on my list of reasons to drop a game, at least when the music is supposed to be a big part of the experience.

I'm Kiana, a hobbyist with wide interests and meager talent. I try to make up for it with enthusiasm and, when that fails, sheer stubborn-mindedness.

The title is my lame attempt at an ice breaker. Also a reference to one of my favorite foods, but now I'm explaining the joke.

My start as a hobby game maker was... I honestly can't remember. Back in highschool, so at least a decade ago. I found a few 2k, 2k3 and XP games in my early days on the internet. Eventually, I scraped some cash together and bought RMXP and got to work, though it never quite 'clicked' with me.

I still vaguely remember the first game I tried putting together, despite how awful my memory can be at time. A young mage, setting out on an adventure to learn every spell in the world. There were pirates and a plot that was both anemic and rushed. That's as far as I got. A computer crash brought the project to a merciful end.

Relatively recently, I picked up VX Ace off of Humble Bundle, like a lot of people probably do. While anything to do with scripting still makes my eyes cross, the engine felt easier to work with than RMXP. Though that's probably because I'm not an excitable kid anymore.

So I've been playing around with it for a few months now, familiarizing myself with the new functions. I've also been reading through others' scripts as a way to learn a bit. To my own surprise, I've found myself writing my own small scripts. Roughly 80 lines worth now, which is 80 more than I ever expected I'd be able to write. Nothing more complex than some window adjustments, though.

As for joining rmn, I've been lurking for about a month or so now, checking out games and browsing the forum. The general atmosphere seemed friendly and helpful, so I thought I'd give myself a kick in the rear and join already.

With the long winded introduction out of the way: Greetings. I hope I don't make a colossal ass out of myself.