SGT M'S PROFILE

author=Ratty524
Lately, I've been avoiding trying to hype up any project early and sort of release it without anyone knowing about it prior, but as far as I know, that hasn't drawn anyone to take a look at my games.

You may wish to strike a compromise of the two instead of doing either-or. My last project was roughly 60-70% finished before I formally announced it on RMN. Before that, I had only really been discussing it and showing materials here and there on twitter, with fairly little interest outside of friends.

Announcing a project too early is risky, because it may cause people to burn out their hype while they wait for it to be finished. On the flipside, releasing a game quietly leaves no time for potential word-of-mouth to spread.

Grappi for best RPG, best Horror, best Puzzle, best whatever-the-heck-it-is.

I've only done a few lock-ins so far, but I'll share what few I have:

Most Technical Prowess: Ellie Starling's Very Long Walk
Most Promising Demo: Ellie Starling's Very Long Walk
Best Game You Can Beat In Under An Hour: Craig
Most Humorous Game: Craig
Best RPG: Luxaren Allure
Best Characters: Luxaren Allure

Haven't picked a GOTY yet.

EDIT: Wait! Yes I did. Luxaren Allure is my Game of the Year.

One day, I'll implement a stat that is tracked but does nothing, like the Kindness stat in Mother 3.

So years later, when people ask me what the stat does, I'll just say "Nah, I put that in to mess with ya."

Nuts & Bolts would probably have a lot less stigma attached to it if it wasn't associated with Banjo-Kazooie. If you take that part out of it, it's really not that bad of a game.

I would've liked to see the Final Fantasy XII spin-off Fortress come to fruition, but Square-Enix dropped the world of Ivalice pretty hard once they decided Lightning would be the poster-child of Final Fantasy for the next half-decade.