MAX MCGEE'S PROFILE
I CAN'T NOT MAKE GAMES.
I have enough lockerspace to hold an episode of Friends.
"We'll make a toast to absent friends and better days,
To remembering and being remembered as brave
And not as a bunch of whining jerks!
Don't lose your nerve.
Do not go straight
You must testify
(or I'm going to come to your house and punch you in the mouth)
cause CLOWNS MUST STAND."
- TW/IFS, "All The World Is A Stage Dive"
I have enough lockerspace to hold an episode of Friends.
"We'll make a toast to absent friends and better days,
To remembering and being remembered as brave
And not as a bunch of whining jerks!
Don't lose your nerve.
Do not go straight
You must testify
(or I'm going to come to your house and punch you in the mouth)
cause CLOWNS MUST STAND."
- TW/IFS, "All The World Is A Stage Dive"
Iron Gaia
As the only human awake on board a space station controlled by an insane AI with delusions of deification, you must unravel the mystery of your own identity and discover: "What is the Iron Gaia?"
As the only human awake on board a space station controlled by an insane AI with delusions of deification, you must unravel the mystery of your own identity and discover: "What is the Iron Gaia?"
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Release Something! Day IV: Discussion Thread!
Rework The Dead: Evil:
This looks SO AWESOME that I would play it in spite of its (to me) arbitrary and distasteful "furry" stylings. (I will admit I am very anti-fur.)
Also, good/hillarious use of Limp Bizkit for the one trailer. ;)
This looks SO AWESOME that I would play it in spite of its (to me) arbitrary and distasteful "furry" stylings. (I will admit I am very anti-fur.)
Also, good/hillarious use of Limp Bizkit for the one trailer. ;)
Release Something! Day IV: Discussion Thread!
FIRST IMPRESSIONS:
Goddess! by Rose Skye: THE DOWNLOAD LINK DOESN'T WORK FOR ME.
Complete Chaos by Yeaster: This is the first game I was going to play, because I thought it was the one, out of the games I was able to download that was the least my thing.
It was better than I thought, but I'm confused by it...I assumed that any game called "Complete Chaos" that uses facesets that are obviously Denzel Washington, Dennis Hopper, Hayden Christiansen, and other recognizable faces, would be a ridiculous joke game, with a focus on whackiness, zaniness, and absurd humor; not my cuppa, so to speak. But in spite of the goofy choice of facesets and the admittedly cheesy premise, Complete Chaos has so far been a basically "serious" game (at least, not as random and self-referential/fourth wall breaking as I thought it would be) with most of the humor in it being situational, rather than absurdist. Does it get whacky later on, or have I just been thinking it's the wrong kind of game all along? Anyway, there haven't been any battles/dungeons/puzzles yet, so there's very little to judge it on as a game.
Anyway, I was able to get exactly as far as the scene with Eric's wigger "cousin", in the concert hall, before meeting the Jazz singer, when THIS fatal error occured, causing the game to crash:

More stuff about more games later on.
Goddess! by Rose Skye: THE DOWNLOAD LINK DOESN'T WORK FOR ME.
Complete Chaos by Yeaster: This is the first game I was going to play, because I thought it was the one, out of the games I was able to download that was the least my thing.
It was better than I thought, but I'm confused by it...I assumed that any game called "Complete Chaos" that uses facesets that are obviously Denzel Washington, Dennis Hopper, Hayden Christiansen, and other recognizable faces, would be a ridiculous joke game, with a focus on whackiness, zaniness, and absurd humor; not my cuppa, so to speak. But in spite of the goofy choice of facesets and the admittedly cheesy premise, Complete Chaos has so far been a basically "serious" game (at least, not as random and self-referential/fourth wall breaking as I thought it would be) with most of the humor in it being situational, rather than absurdist. Does it get whacky later on, or have I just been thinking it's the wrong kind of game all along? Anyway, there haven't been any battles/dungeons/puzzles yet, so there's very little to judge it on as a game.
Anyway, I was able to get exactly as far as the scene with Eric's wigger "cousin", in the concert hall, before meeting the Jazz singer, when THIS fatal error occured, causing the game to crash:

More stuff about more games later on.
Who Watches the Watchmen?
I didn't get it either, but here's my friend Rachid's interpretation:
SPOILER ALERT
And I think that's a very sound interpretation.
SPOILER ALERT
Basically, the pirate comic tells the story of a guy who gets marooned by pirates, and when he reaches civilization, he becomes convinced that the pirates have killed all of his neighbors. So he starts murdering the townspeople of his home town, thinking that they (the townspeople) are really the pirates who killed them. And all of this, all of this is a metaphor for the incredibly drastic and horrible action that Veidt took to prevent a nuclear war between the US and Russia...a nuclear war that MIGHT HAVE NEVER HAPPENED, just like the pirates hadn't really killed that guy's neighbors, and he wound up killing his neighbors himself...just like Veidt.
And I think that's a very sound interpretation.
Top Ten Topic: Favorite Classes
10. Viking
9. Samurai
8. Sky Pirate
7. Monk
6. Psionic
5. Ninja
4. Blue Mage
3. Thief
2. Hero
1. Music Theory
DAMN YOU STEALER OF MY IDEA!!!!
I was trying to lead us away from our nerdishness... *sigh*
Like SCHOOL isn't nerdish?
Release Something! Day IV: Discussion Thread!
I've already downloaded Hellion, and now I'm looking for a few more games that I want to try!
I can think of one. /sig.
okay so I solved the problem you can basically move this to moronic stuff now as that's what it has
HOW?
Sorry, but that's what I've been trying to get at for this entire topic. How do I submit screens?
Nevermind, I finally figured it out. Everything is submitted, pending your approval.
okay so I solved the problem you can basically move this to moronic stuff now as that's what it has
I tried again and I didn't see that message then, either. All I did was click continue on the first form that appeared, after I entered the maker/description/whatnot and it dissappeared. No message whatsoever. I will try yet again?
ADJUST: Wait, okay, on the third try, I think it made it because I finally saw that message. (BTW: There's a long note to staff there, full of questions, that I obviously didn't want to be part of the game description.)
ADJUST: Wait, okay, on the third try, I think it made it because I finally saw that message. (BTW: There's a long note to staff there, full of questions, that I obviously didn't want to be part of the game description.)
Release Something! Day IV: Release Thread
DOS:

Premise:
You are a magic user from a distant land who has fallen on hard times. Because of debt, crimes convicted of, or just plain old bad luck, you've wound up a gladiator in the magic arena of Lord Algus, where wizards duel one another to the death for riches, fame, and the hope of freedom, but ultimately, for the entertainment of Lord Algus and his customers. Of course you want out of this life, but the only way out is to fight. Make a name for yourself in the pit and you'll go far; if the audience loves you, you'll have money, power, renown, and perhaps you'll even earn enough gold to buy your own freedom. But every duel means another dance with death. Can you win your freedom?
Can you do anything to stop Lord Algus's vile blood sport?
Can you even survive?
Welcome to Mage Duel.
ACT I DEMO Download Link, as Promised, NOW ON RMN:
DUEL SOMETHING, TODAY!
MAGE DUEL (RMVX)
THE RMVX GAME WHERE YOU ARE A MAGE AND YOU DUEL OTHER MAGES WITH MAGIC!
Premise:
You are a magic user from a distant land who has fallen on hard times. Because of debt, crimes convicted of, or just plain old bad luck, you've wound up a gladiator in the magic arena of Lord Algus, where wizards duel one another to the death for riches, fame, and the hope of freedom, but ultimately, for the entertainment of Lord Algus and his customers. Of course you want out of this life, but the only way out is to fight. Make a name for yourself in the pit and you'll go far; if the audience loves you, you'll have money, power, renown, and perhaps you'll even earn enough gold to buy your own freedom. But every duel means another dance with death. Can you win your freedom?
Can you do anything to stop Lord Algus's vile blood sport?
Can you even survive?
Welcome to Mage Duel.
ACT I DEMO Download Link, as Promised, NOW ON RMN:
DUEL SOMETHING, TODAY!
[Demo] MAGE DUEL
ACT I DEMO Download Link, as Promised:
DUEL SOMETHING, TODAY!
DOWNLOAD IT, BOOT IT UP, AND GET DUELING!
Love,
-Max
Known Issues With The Act I Demo/Beta!!!
1. RTP Dependent:
You will need the RMVX RTP to play Mage Duel. That's okay, because the RMVX RTP isn't that hard to find. (Mage Duel was made, legally, with the English Trial Version of RPG Maker VX, in just 19 days. I will need to buy the software to continue it, I'm afraid, but the RTP can be downloaded for free.)
I tried to use RMVX's built-in-feature to create a "game disk" install file with the RTP included, but that changed my title screen into the RTP title screen, and god knows what else back into the RTP graphics. Besides that, it increased the download's file size from around 12 megs to around 42. So right now, Mage Duel is RTP DEPENDENT, until I find a workaround/fix for this issue.
2. Minor aesthetic (not functional) error with the class spell learning system:
When you learn new class spells by leveling up, if you are a conjurer, the MP Cost listed will be between 9 and 18 points lower than the actual MP cost of the spell. This minor issue will be fixed in future releases.
3. Game Balance: Conjurers are too easy.
It might seem like playing as a conjurer in the early game, i.e. Act I, is too easy, like playing on God mode. While this is true, Conjurers are meant to be very powerful in the early game and much weaker later on, because their summoned creatures, which are godlike in the early stages of the game, don't level up, and are relatively weak by the game's last stages. Anyway, since only the early stages of the game are available to play, in the demo, playing as a conjurer is indeed very, very easy. It won't be like this for the whole game.
WISH LIST
Here is what Mage Duel needs that I can't give it. Maybe if you download it and like it enough, you can help!
1. A better-looking Character Creation system! While the Character Creation system is functioning perfectly, at least on my end, it isn't visually a slick/shiny/sexy CMS. In fact, it is all an intricate nest of text, choices, deep nested branch conditionals, variable manipulation, labels, and label pointers. I would love it if someone could give the Character Creation at the BEGINNING (for some reason I initially typed "end") of the game a VISUAL UPGRADE without sacrificing any of the complex functionality it already has.
2. An awesome Heavy Metal soundtrack by Brandon Abley. (fingers crossed, you guys ;D.)
Anyway, go, go, go, GO PLAY MAGE DUEL! NOW!
DUEL SOMETHING, TODAY!
DOWNLOAD IT, BOOT IT UP, AND GET DUELING!
Love,
-Max
Known Issues With The Act I Demo/Beta!!!
1. RTP Dependent:
You will need the RMVX RTP to play Mage Duel. That's okay, because the RMVX RTP isn't that hard to find. (Mage Duel was made, legally, with the English Trial Version of RPG Maker VX, in just 19 days. I will need to buy the software to continue it, I'm afraid, but the RTP can be downloaded for free.)
I tried to use RMVX's built-in-feature to create a "game disk" install file with the RTP included, but that changed my title screen into the RTP title screen, and god knows what else back into the RTP graphics. Besides that, it increased the download's file size from around 12 megs to around 42. So right now, Mage Duel is RTP DEPENDENT, until I find a workaround/fix for this issue.
2. Minor aesthetic (not functional) error with the class spell learning system:
When you learn new class spells by leveling up, if you are a conjurer, the MP Cost listed will be between 9 and 18 points lower than the actual MP cost of the spell. This minor issue will be fixed in future releases.
3. Game Balance: Conjurers are too easy.
It might seem like playing as a conjurer in the early game, i.e. Act I, is too easy, like playing on God mode. While this is true, Conjurers are meant to be very powerful in the early game and much weaker later on, because their summoned creatures, which are godlike in the early stages of the game, don't level up, and are relatively weak by the game's last stages. Anyway, since only the early stages of the game are available to play, in the demo, playing as a conjurer is indeed very, very easy. It won't be like this for the whole game.
WISH LIST
Here is what Mage Duel needs that I can't give it. Maybe if you download it and like it enough, you can help!
1. A better-looking Character Creation system! While the Character Creation system is functioning perfectly, at least on my end, it isn't visually a slick/shiny/sexy CMS. In fact, it is all an intricate nest of text, choices, deep nested branch conditionals, variable manipulation, labels, and label pointers. I would love it if someone could give the Character Creation at the BEGINNING (for some reason I initially typed "end") of the game a VISUAL UPGRADE without sacrificing any of the complex functionality it already has.
2. An awesome Heavy Metal soundtrack by Brandon Abley. (fingers crossed, you guys ;D.)
Anyway, go, go, go, GO PLAY MAGE DUEL! NOW!
Release Something! Day IV: Release Thread
UNO:

INFO: http://www.rpgmaker.net/forums/index.php?topic=2013.0
TEMPORARY DOWNLOAD: RIGHT HERE, CHUMMER!
SHADOWRUN: MISSIONS (RM2K3)

INFO: http://www.rpgmaker.net/forums/index.php?topic=2013.0
TEMPORARY DOWNLOAD: RIGHT HERE, CHUMMER!














