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Well, about people using rips, it's a separate issue. Even when making custom tiles it's different. It all comes down to the purpose of an edit. An edit is to show an example or suggestion for changes to visually communicate something that might help the push the piece further. If you take that edit, and post it on another forum, where it implies that it's your own work, to me, is not genuine.

Now you might say, oh but someone is using theodore's work, or Chrono Trigger tiles, and posting a map, is that not the same thing? It is stealing, but it's different because that's appropriation of found resources, you're showing off the map, not the tiles. This isn't even an argument about stealing graphics, it's about stealing edits, which are separate things. The edits are supposed to help the artist, not become the artist's work itself.

Also, I think that the screen looks better without the shadow. It's a mix of realism and cartoonism, and the juxtaposition is jarring. If earthbound was masked in reflective shadows, would it be the same bubbly, quirky game we all love? Surely not, but it depends what kind of overall style you want to convey in your game.

Parallel process events can run automatically with character movement, however, messages always pause the hero and other NPCs while it's displayed, hence your problem.

Only way to display messages while still walking around would be with pictures. The text dyn plugin might be more in line with what you want so I'd say to check that out too.

From a design perspective, there's no reason to make maps that big. The arrangement seems more random than intuitive. Map around the needs of the game, not the other way around.

Are you still doing these? I'd like to request my own game, Monstrous Wars.