KIANA'S PROFILE

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.