MALANDY'S PROFILE

Wuh~! ... Asleep lasts forever? I did not know that! Could you put that in? 'Cause some (most?) games don't have infinite duration Sleep.

If I poison something, then put it to sleep, I can just wait and kill it when I want to... Is that too game-breaky? 'Cause now I can do the Ancient Tower at LV43! ... if I can get those bosses with those conditions in the first place...

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Oh! You have to last 8 turns against Vatma? I just sort of gave up 'cause I knew how impossible it was. But, I guess you can't hijack the Game Over screen.

Well, I'll see what's after Vatma after I find out how to survive 8 rounds. Need to be at LV47 or so?

Also, in your Enemy Notes, you say "Teir" instead of "Tier"...

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In-game typo:

Sataro: "Weather or not it will", "Weather" to "Whether"

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Onto Matsumori High!

author=Red_Nova

author=Malandy
Hmm... The monsters' art styles don't match the background or the protags.


But, they do match each other, and monsters are monsters, so why should they match with anything but themselves?

I don't see an issue, to be honest. In fact, I think they match the style of the heroes better than the RTP enemies did. As for the backgrounds, well... they're not supposed to match. The enemies shouldn't blend into the background because the point is for them to stick out visually. Can you elaborate on how they don't match? Maybe you see something we don't.

Well, what stuck on most to me, on that example, is that the snake's skin is all one shade, unlike Mia and the rest, who get shadows, like in their hair.

The bat seems smaller than the snake, and the shading thing applies to it too, but for that, it's mainly the flame aura which feels different/wrong 'cause I haven't seen auras in this game?

Also, the new monster eyes seem to glow more, a.k.a are brighter compared to the skin, when compared to Junsunia? Image for comparison below:



Also, I see what you mean, these pics have monsters that blend in more. ... I guess to me, if the monsters blend into the background well, they feel like part of the world more?

And your PC art fits the RPG Maker Style, to feel 'right', even if they don't blend into the battle background. Which they shouldn't? As they're not your enemies?

What's there? *Don't want to replay again just to check.*

author=Marrend
Game updated!Thanks again to Malandy for the spell-checking and bug report! Hopefully, things should work a bit better now. I'm... somewhat assuming Malandy will move onto Matsumori Days and will find things I'll need to fix there? The issue of getting VX working on my current machine is still up in the air either way.

Yep! I'll move to Matsumori Days after I finish playing this! ... Might be better to use blogs to announce updates, as posts just say "Marrend made a new post..." which doesn't tell us subscribers that we should download the new version, since updating files don't give Notices.

But I remember seeing one... Fake Memory? Unless that file update Notice only happens if the game is Incomplete?

Typo:

Did you intend Jenova to say 'metal' when she says "Test thine metal"? That is, instead of 'mettle'? 'Cause I sorta-justified it as her being weird/ancient.

Unless I find more bugs, I'll do a typo-list once I've finished the game.

EDIT: While it would be nice for Ichiro to get dialogue in the Ishino Ruins, that's just my idea for an Easter Egg.

author=Marrend
From what you're describing about the monk guarding the entrance of Order of the Bull Fist, it does sound like a move-route bug.

Oh, yeah! I just reset and did it again, and the guy does move to the right.

author=Marrend
I assume you mean after doing the Rite with the Earth Spirit, and after returning to Yokoki? Or, maybe, you mean after being booted out of the school, and needing to change clothes. I feel like the latter event is the less obvious one, and would cause some head-scratching.

Yeah, but even in the very beginning, you have to go rest before you get the assignment to go to the ruins, I think.

author=Marrend
I don't recall how much inns cost, so I can't really comment on the "Unwinnable By Insanity" quip in regards to not having enough money to pay for inns. Though, if players ever get to the Order of the Bull Fist (you were SO CLOSE!), there is free resting there. One of the many reasons to "Set" a Beacon there, to be sure!

The inns cost 10GP. The Sassa and Port Hideki ones are 10GP.

On that note, sorta, the training monk in the weapons' sales room is pretty tough! ... I guess we get to buy those Elemental Attack Gems, (Sapphire, Ruby, Emerald, Turquoise.), on the second Bull Order Upgrade event?

Also the Desert has free recovery too! ... Can you skip the Fire Spirit, I wonder... I don't have a save far enough away to check, but that's just idle musing.

author=Marrend
As for fixes, I seriously doubt it's as simple as copying over the files? I mean, I have the game-files, and VX's RTP installed on my current computer. Just not the engine itself. When last I tried to install the engine, the program was looking for a 25-character-long validation key. Mine, being nine (or so) years old, was, like, 5 characters short. Anyway, I send a support ticket, but, there hasn't been a response yet. Though, I would admit that I was trying to do this back when MV was brand-spanking new, so that might have gummed up the works a bit!

*Edit: Though, in all honesty, I might tend toward doing fixes on my old 'puter, and transferring from there. As long as I have this option, I might as well use it!

Rambling...