RONOVE'S PROFILE

Max: Well it's just that I have heard that more than I want to hear it (and again, I am balancing him based on the idea everyone grabs the cornet and the mask--I haven't actually tried him WITHOUT getting those two items or just not using them, but if you didn't get it, you're making Snowe out to be a jerk who doesn't say bye to his people before he leaves to go die in the snow). You would benefit from having the mask for sure. The cornet helps lessen his regular all-attack so you can cut that down. Blizzard he is supposed to do less than Ice in the beginning (until you get him down to 20% HP and then he'll be spamming it). But yeah, even though you've only got a game over twice, it leaves me thinking in terms of how you are doing compared to other complaints/comments I have gotten.

But in short, when I have beta-testers go through, I'll make sure they tell me frankly about how hard my bosses are (I balance my bosses with the question: "did I die when I was being smart (using my skills right, debuffing, buffing right, etc)? No? Then it's balanced for me") and then think about if I'm making them too hard. Because there are a few people who aren't good at fighting the bird (one of my beta-testers just couldn't do it, but another said as soon as she figured out what to do, she was able to win).

Cozzer: If you talk to Richard and Vera before you leave, they tell you to grab them. Personally I wonder if it's my duty to cater to players who didn't explore when I give them multiple things to be on the look out for (you can dust your kingdom's dust laden dishes, that should be hinting at you can explore quite a bit and shouldn't skip over exploring). I don't want to hold the players' hands when playing my game. After the demo ends and after a small dungeon, you can always grab Snowe's skills from the castle again. And I never put the skills in a place that can never be reached again (and if I do, I make sure if you miss it, they do appear elsewhere). One thing I may do is have Richard flat out tell STOP you from leaving Sabine if you've forgotten your skills.

In addition, having two random fire spellbooks floating around the tower just seems odd. Astra nor Hiante have any use for them! D: But yeah, I'll definitely take your suggestion to heart and hammer it into the players' heads NOT to forget them and even going so far as to make Richard stop you from leaving if you did forget them. I figure since it is the first spells you get, perhaps that is a good idea. Players may not be accustomed to having to look for their skills (something I probably should have thought of more) so having it so that you can't forget Snowe's first two may be far more helpful than your adviser reminding you only if you talk to him and so on and so forth.

Have you looked for any undisposed windows? That's what causes the RGSS2 player crashing in my game (and in most games I find where they have an RGSS2 error). Or have you tried taking out all your new scripts and putting them back in one at a time and seeing which script it is that sets off the crashing?

;_; Did you use the Child's Cornet and the Scary Mask? They help a lot. In fact, most bosses they are terribly helpful and I assume you got them when I balance. Because your people love you!

Max: Do you remember the room with the holes in the floor (supposed to be spikes, but since most people make the spikes go away before getting to that room, they just appear to be random holes in the ground (I've flipped the order of the rooms but I may make a different puzzle for that now)) there is a secret passage to get an item (Revive Herb in a goodie bag) and then one where you can go further north where you can get "Astra's key" and a monster. That key unlocks the door that you need to open to proceed. Go left of the holes in the floor and walk through the wall. That should be it unless you mean another door (there is a door at the very very top that is a side door--turn on the arrows to see the arrow for it, if that's what you're missing). Maybe since that's a for-sure get, I should add a carpet extending into the wall to give players a hit.

NewBlack: I should make an estimate but I'm really terrible at keeping them! I only have 2 more dungeon-y areas to balance (plus two bosses and the final boss) so I'm actually quite close! I definitely work at least a half hour to an hour a day (if I have work that day, it's a half hour, if not, I have no social life so I work on it throughout the day when I have a day off)! I don't want to put a date because I'm really worried about something bad happening if I do make a date. Such as my health taking me down, beta-testers being slower than my estimate (which is totally okay, but if I make a date that would mean me having to tell them to have it done by this date and that's not good if I want it thoroughly tested), et cetera. I used to say "if it's not out by December something's wrong" but I actually got a job so that saying is no longer accurate. I figure saying "if it's not out by the end of February, something's wrong" I think that'd be a safe guess.

So very kind Max! And I noticed in the demo you said you were stuck--you can either answer there or here, but where are you stuck? I would like to help you out so you can attest whether my boss is too hard or too easy! :D