UPRC'S PROFILE

I'm more or less not on RMN anymore and haven't been for over a year (contrary to belief, it's not over the AI rules - that's just the straw that broke the camel's back). Find me on Discord and/or my games on Itch: https://uprc.itch.io/

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[RMMV] Looking for battle animation artist.

I didn't think that I would need to do this, but I'm putting this request out there.

I've been handling all of my game's graphics (minus portraits and monsters) completely on my own so far, and while I've had no issues doing sprites and tiles (I've actually been enjoying it!), battle animations are proving to be a little trickier. Designing nice looking spell and weapon effects is definitely not my area of expertise and I'm issuing a call for anyone who would like to help to lend a hand if willing! Let me clear about what this request entails as well, just to clear up possible confusion which has occurred in the past.

What I do not want: Someone who is willing to edit rips or offer franken creations (assets made from cutting and pasting parts from various pieces together). I am also not looking for recolours. Penumbra Crystallis features entirely original graphics, no rips. I appreciate any desire to help, I really do, but these are not things that I need nor will they make it into the game.

What I do want: Someone who is able to create, from scratch, assets that are reminiscent of early SNES RPGs. Think Dragon Quest V, Final Fantasy IV, Paladins Quest, etc. Another example of the quality I'd aim for is Shining Force on the Genesis. Again, only talking about battle animations. No monsters, character sprites, etc. Just the bare animation graphics.

If this is something that you're interested in, hit me up by replying here, sending me a message, or contacting me over Discord. Ideally I'd be looking for a hobbyist who just wants to help out of the goodness of their heart and desire to support a fellow RPG Maker user, but I'm also 100% open to battle animation graphics being commissioned for reasonable prices.

Also, the game in question that I am working on is Penumbra Crystallis. You can check the game page accessible through my profile or check the dev blog for a thorough idea of what the game is all about and how it looks: https://penumbracrystallis.blogspot.com/

[MV] Show min/max HP and MP in battle and hide gauges?

(delete please, solution found)

[RMMV] Looking for someone to create some retro (SNES-esque) character portraits and monster sprites.

Hey folks.

So, my project (Penumbra Crystallis) is using 100% original/custom graphics. I'm doing all character sprites and tiles at the moment, but I lack the skill to create character portraits and monster sprites. Basically, I'm just looking for someone who is willing to help me out with either of those - whether for free or commissioned, I'm up for both.

Penumbra Crystallis is an original remake of my old Final Fantasy fan game, Blackmoon Prophecy, and I'm trying to keep the DNA of the game the same. Sure everything will be original, but I want it still "feel" the same, so it is my intention to have things feel very Final Fantasy inspired, and this includes character portraits and monsters. Ideally, I'd be looking for something near the quality of Final Fantasy IV and other early SNES RPGs.

If this is something you're interested in, I'll drop the link to the game page below so that you can see what the game visually looks like so far. If interested, the best way to contact me is via Discord at UPRC#4228. If you don't have Discord, sending mail over RMN is fine too, I'm just not likely to answer it as promptly (but will check regularly if anyone shows interest in helping me out).

Also note that since this is in MV, I'm resizing everything by 300%. You don't have to worry about this on your part and I'll give desired dimensions of portraits and such to anyone who wishes to help.

Penumbra Crystallis Game Page: https://rpgmaker.net/games/78/

RMN's Favourite Video Game Tracks of All Time

I feel like we spend so much time, as gamers, talking about games that were the most enjoyable to play. I'm currently in the midst of listening to my favourite video game tunes on YouTube, and I felt like coming here to shine a spotlight on video game music. When you think of your favourite old-school video games, what is one of the first things you always think of? That's right, it's the music.

When you imagine Tetris, you hear Korobeiniki in your head.

When you think of Final Fantasy 6, you hear Terra's theme.

When you think of Mario, you think of the original game's overworld theme and its many incarnations.

I want to know, what themes from video games resonates with you guys the most? For fun, I'm even going to keep track! Pick, off the top of your head, your ten most memorable tracks from video games. I'll score them the same way we score games in the "favourite RPG Maker games" (1st is 10, 2nd is 9, 3rd is 8, etc. until you reach 10th with is 1).

So, have at it! I'm genuinely curious to know what you guys feel are your most favourite/memorable video game tunes of all time. I'll post mine in a separate reply just to avoid clutter.

So, in recap:
1. Pick your top ten favourite video game tunes of all time.
2. I'll score them and add them to the list.

RMN's Favourite Video Game Tracks of All Time

#Track NameOriginating GameComposerYearScore
1Terra's ThemeFinal Fantasy VINobuo Uematsu199434
2Elder Scrolls ThemeThe Elder Scrolls III: MorrowindJeremy Soule200224
3Tristram ThemeDiabloMatt Uelman199623
4Cloud's Theme/Main ThemeFinal Fantasy VIINobuo Uematsu199720
5Main ThemeFallout 4Inon Zur201515
6Hell MarchCommand & Conquer: Red AlertFrank Klepacki199613
7To the Ancient LandShadow of the ColossusKow Otani200511
8Crossing Those HillsFinal Fantasy IXNobuo Uematsu200010
=OpeningRadiant DawnYoshito Hirano200710
=Heaven's DevilsStarCraft IIRussell Brower201010
=Maya Fey ~ Turnaround Sisters' ThemePhoenix Wright: Ace AttorneyMasakazu Sugimori200110
=Song of the Ancients ~ FateNieRKeiichi Okabe201010
=FinaleUndertaleToby Fox201510
=Dirt ThemeHeroes of Might and Magic: A Strategic QuestPaul Romero199510
=Main ThemeMarathon 2: DurandalAlex Seropian199510
=Merciless SaviorLegend of Heroes: Trails in the Sky SCHayato Sonoda200610
=Demon World MasterShin Megami Tensei: NocturneShoji Meguro200310
=Title ThemeThe Secret of Monkey IslandMichael Land199010
=Cosmo CanyonFinal Fantasy VIINobuo Uematsu199710
=Shanghai Power SlamAi Cho AnikiTaku Iwasaki199510
=Different RoadSeiken Densetsu 3Hiroki Kikuta199510
22Chrono's Theme/Main ThemeChrono TriggerYasunori Mitsuda19959
=HealIcoMichiru Oshima20019
=A Lonely YouthDragon Quest 2Koichi Sugiyama19879
=Field ThemeThe Legend of Zelda: Twilight PrincessToru Minegishi20069
=Team All-StarsSuper Dodge BallKazuo Sawa19989
=Secret of the ForestChrono TriggerYasunori Mitsuda19959
=MoonsongCave StoryDaisuke Amaya20049
=AsgoreUndertaleToby Fox20159
=Those Who Work Must EatSuikoden 2Keiko Fukami19989
=Main ThemeVigilante 8 (N64 Version)Alexander Brandon19989
=Depth NapishtimYs IVAtsushi Shirakawa19939
=ThresholdJourneyAustin Wintory20129
=METHOD_IMPLANTA/.Ar Tonelico IIAkira Tsuchiya20079
=Deionarra's ThemePlanescape TormentMark Morgan19999
=Phendrana DriftsMetroid PrimeKenji Yamamoto20029
=ChallengeFinal Fantasy XNobuo Uematsu20019
38Frog's ThemeChrono TriggerYasunori Mitsuda19958
=Twin ElmsPillars of EternityJustin Bell20158
=Title ThemeThe Legend of ZeldaKoji Kondo19868
=Dracula's CastleCastlevania: Symphony of the NightMichiru Yamane19978
=Summer LightsAIRJun Maeda20008
=Buckle Your PantsBattleblock TheaterPatric Catani20138
=Save the WorldUndertaleToby Fox20158
=Town Where the Bells ChimeAtelier Iris: Eternal ManaDaisuke Achiwa20048
=ConspiravisionDeus ExAlexander Brandon20008
=MiBgestaltSaga Frontier 2Masashi Hamauzu19998
=Forest InterludeDonkey Kong Country 2David Wise19958
=Arctic Battle 3StarboundCurtis Schweitzer20168
=A Mountain and MeMushroom MenLes Claypool20088
=Where Are YouThomas Was AloneDavid Housden20128
=Objection 2021Phoenix Wright: Ace AttorneyMasakazu Sugimori20018
53The SynapesDeus ExAlexander Brandon20007
=Bloody TearsCastlevania II: Simon's QuestKenichi Matsubara19877
=Leftovers from the Dream of the StrongXenogearsYasunori Mitsuda19987
=Title ThemeThe Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of TimeKoji Kondo19987
=SproutingFinal Fantasy XNobuo Uematsu20017
=worldenddominatorUminekozts20077
=Dungeon Theme #1Super Robin HoodAllister Brimble19857
=Two SugarsLittle Busters!PMMK20077
=Water is SinkBaba is YouArvi Teikari20197
=MegalovaniaUndertaleToby Fox20157
=Electricity Suppliant BuildingBreath of Fire: Dragon QuarterHitoshi Sakimoto20027
=Neo TokyoTimesplitters 2Graeme Norgate20027
=Last BattleChrono TriggerYasunori Mitsuda19957
=My Town is Number OneXenogearsYasunori Mitsuda19987
=Map 3-4 Boss BattleAzur LaneShade20177
=In the Tractor of My HeartMushroom MenLes Claypool20087
=Build That WallBastionDarren Korb20117
=Stickerbrush SymphonyDonkey Kong Country 2David Wise19957
=The Man with the Machine GunFinal Fantasy VIIINobuo Uematsu19997
72Simon's ThemeSuper Castlevania IVTaro Kudo19916
=Memories of GreenChrono TriggerYasunori Mitsuda19956
=Dr. Wily's CastleMega Man 2Takashi Tateishi19886
=Overworld ThemeSuper Mario WorldKoji Kondo19906
=Kagome-KagomeTouhou EiyashouZUN20046
=Strike the Earth! Plains of PassageShovel KnightManami Matsumae20146
='Round GunpointGunpointRyan Ike20136
=Into the AbyssRagnarok OnlinesoundTeMP20026
=Spider DanceUndertaleToby Fox20156
=Grenade ManMega Man 8Shusaku Uchiyama19966
=Kokiri ForestThe Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of TimeKoji Kondo19986
=Spirit TempleThe Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of TimeKoji Kondo19986
=Silent FlowerSpace Ranger 2?20046
=Still AlivePortalJonathan Coulton20076
=Calling the Four GiantsThe Legend of Zelda: Majora's MaskKoji Kondo20006
=Offense and DefenseZone of the Enders: The Fist of MarsTatsuya Fujiwara20016
88Metal Gear Solid ThemeMetal Gear Solid 2: SubstanceNorihiko Hibino20015
=Green Hill ZoneSonic the HedgehogMasato Nakamura19915
=Bastard SwordBreath of Fire IVYoshino Aoki20005
=The MoonDuckTalesHiroshige Tonomura19895
=Emerald Hill ZoneSonic the Hedgehog 2Masato Nakamura19925
=Clash on the Big BridgeFinal Fantasy VNobuo Uematsu19925
=80's MemoryBattle Hunter?19995
=Aria di Mezzo CarattereFinal Fantasy VINobuo Uematsu19945
=Last BattleCave StoryDaisuke Amaya20045
=Into the Thick of ItSecret of ManaHiroki Kikuta19935
=The ExtremeFinal Fantasy VIIINobuo Uematsu19995
=FalloutXenosaga Episode IIIYuki Kajiura20065
=Stone Tower TempleThe Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of TimeKoji Kondo20005
=Greek TempleSecret of EvermoreJeremy Soule19955
=Enough is EnoughFallout 4Inon Zur20155
=IcarusDeus Ex: Human RevolutionMichael McCann20115
=One-Eighty-OneSpace FuneralBBC Radiophonic Workshop20105
=New World OrderDanganronpaMasafumi Takada20105
106OverworldThe Legend of Zelda: A Link to the PastKoji Kondo19914
=Eyes On MeFinal Fantasy VIIINobuo Uematsu19994
=The Fierce BattleFinal Fantasy VINobuo Uematsu19944
=Waterfall WoodlandsEtrian OdysseyYuzo Koshiro20104
=B.T DUTCHG-DariusHisayoshi Ogura19974
=Schala's ThemeChrono TriggerYasunori Mitsuda19954
=Swimming While It RainsDustforceTerence Lee20124
=The AlmightyShin Megami Tensei Persona 4Shoji Meguro20084
=Treetop RockDonkey Kong CountryDavid Wise19944
=Heavenly FightDragon Quest 3Koichi Sugiyama19884
=Running HellCave StoryDaisuke Amaya20044
=Metal Gleamed in the TwilightChild of LightCœur de pirate20144
=Main ThemeMax Payne 2Kärtsy Hatakka20034
=Aniki Strike Malignant FestivalAi Cho AnikiTaku Iwasaki19954
=Jazzy NYC '99Street Fighter III: Third StrikeHideki Okugawa19994
121See You LaterSteambot ChroniclesNadia Gifford20053
=Plains (Night)World of WarcraftJason Hayes20043
=Overworld ThemeSuper Mario Bros.Koji Kondo19853
=HeartbreakCommand & Conquer The Covert OperationsFrank Klepacki19963
=Amaterasu ServerDigimon World 3Satoshi Ishikawa20023
=Battlefield: The First CampaignEtrian Odyssey 2Yuzo Koshiro20083
=Imperial Army (General) Sortie!Yggdra UnionMinako Adachi20063
=Hopes and DreamsUndertaleToby Fox20153
=Out of PhaseParasite EveYoko Shimomura19983
=Spark MandrillMega Man XMakoto Tomozawa19933
=Water RuinsJet Force GeminiRobin Beanland19993
=In the FinalMario & Luigi: Bowser's Inside StoryYoko Shimomura20093
=Elfin TownMight and Magic V: Darkside of XeenTim Tully19933
=Yggdrasil ThemeGranblue FantasyNobuo Uematsu20143
=That's DeathDiscworld 2Eric Idle19983
=Heat of TomyanAi Cho AnikiTaku Iwasaki19953
=Rivers in the DesertPersona 5Shoji Meguro20163
138Main ThemeDuke Nukem 3DLee Jackson19962
=To ZanarkandFinal Fantasy XNobuo Uematsu20012
=Dreams of the Shore Bordering Another WorldChrono CrossYasunori Mitsuda20012
=Last SurprisePersona 5Shoji Meguro20162
=Abandoned CastleCastlevania: Curse of DarknessMichiru Yamane20052
=Frozen FlameChrono CrossYasunori Mitsuda20012
=Cortez BattlePaper Mario: Thousand Year DoorYuka Tsujiyoko20042
=Light and DarknessTerranigmaMiyoko Takaoka19952
=Happy BirthdayGimmick!Masashi Kageyama19922
=Cyan's ThemeFinal Fantasy VINobuo Uematsu19942
=Water in LansealValkyria Chronicles 2Hitoshi Sakimoto20102
=The Ultimate ShowSuper Paper MarioNaoko Mitome/Chika Sekigawa20072
=Hillys SuiteBeyond Good and EvilChristophe Héral20032
=Battle Theme 2Breath of FireYoko Shimomura19932
=Go DownUnreal TournamentMichiel van den Bos19992
=Microprose Soccer ThemeMicroprose SoccerMartin Galway19882
=Malignant Festival 2ND IMPRESSIONAi Cho AnikiTaku Iwasaki19952
=OgreTekken Tag TournamentNobuyoshi Sano19992
156Still More FightingFinal Fantasy VIINobuo Uematsu19971
=Logan's JourneyGuild Wars 2Jeremy Soule20121
=Overworld ThemeDragon QuestKoichi Sugiyama19861
=Fear of the HeavensSecret of ManaHiroki Kikuta19931
=Marcus MemorialFable 2Russell Shaw20081
=Vs. TrainerPokemon RBYJunichi Masuda19961
=That Kid's Shop is ThrivingAtelier Iris 2Ken Nakagawa20051
=LjusKnytt UndergroundNicklas Nygren20121
=Mysterious TowerDragon Quest 8Koichi Sugiyama20041
=The Dream Will Never DieTales of PhantasiaMotoi Sakuraba19951
=Final ActTales of PhantasiaMotoi Sakuraba19951
=The Phantom PainMetal Gear Solid V: The Phantom PainLudvig Forssell20151
=Lusamine Mother BeastPokemon Sun and MoonJunichi Masuda20161
=BattleBattle for WesnothMattias Westlund20031
=OfficeFrozen CortexNervous_Testpilot20151
=A·NI·KIAi Cho AnikiTaku Iwasaki19951
=GalacticaZone of the Enders: The Fist of MarsTatsuya Fujiwara20011

Last Addition: Yellow Magic

[RMVX ACE] Looking for artist interested in making, well, a few dozen PC/NPC portraits.

So, I've resurrected an old project of mine that I always had a soft spot for called Shattered Wings. In this game, the player can acquire an absolutely tuckload of playable characters much like in Chrono Cross, Suikoden, etc.

Back when I used to work on Shattered Wings, I used Fire Emblem portraits which were always intended to be placeholders. Now that I've gone back to the game and am staring at these Fire Emblem faces, I really want to see them vanish from the game so that my characters have more unique and original personality.

So, I'm looking for anyone who might be interested in doing portraits of FORTY playable characters and roughly TWENTY non-playable characters (fully optional). I understand that this is quite a daunting number, but I'm not exactly looking for the next Leonardo da Vinci to make these portraits. Even artists who consider themselves little more than "decent" and are looking for an opportunity to practice drawing character faces are welcome. Honestly, I'd just love to hear from anyone who may be potentially interested in doing this.

Keep in mind that, if you are an artist who prefers to be paid for their services, I don't make much money and may not be able to afford your services if doing so many portraits would be considered an expensive project. I would ideally prefer to hear from those who are simply interested in doing this because they simply feel generous and/or see it as an opportunity for practice without looking to be paid for their services, but I am open to considering inexpensive rates if you're not one who draws/pixels portraits for free.

There's also no major deadline for these since the game isn't close to completion. Anyone who is interested in taking this task on wouldn't be hassled by me at all, I'm super patient and understand that this is often something that we all do in our spare time.

Anyway, feel free to reply here or send me a message on RMN, or contact me on Discord at UPRC#9922 if you're interested! I'd honestly just love to hear from anyone who may consider wanting to do this.


Avee is awesome and is interested in doing this, so don't worry about it.

RMN on plug.dj - Play and share your favourite music with RMNers!

Since we have RMNers have a knack for gathering in random corners of the internet to do our thing, I figured proposing an RMN room on plug.dj would be a neat idea.

But UPRC, what is plug.dj?
A music sharing website of sorts that lets you take turns playing music with other users. There are different rooms (called communities) where users can gather to load up their playlists (which are Soundcloud/YouTube songs and videos) and queue as DJs to share whatever they think others might enjoy!

This video quickly tells you what plug.dj is.




What can we customize?
Your playlists (obviously), all of which can hold up to 200 songs each. You can also set your badge (basically your chat avatar) and your avatar (the virtual representation of you, which DJs at the turntable when you're up and also dances when you upvote a song).

If anyone wants to try it out, I went ahead and set up an RMN room for the sake of convenience. I can totally help out anyone with any questions relating to how plug.dj works since I've used it for a little while now.

So if you guys think live sharing music of music while chatting with your fellow RMNers sounds neato: https://plug.dj/rmn

VX Ace runs slow as balls in Windows 10.

never had this problem in Windows 7 prior to my free upgrade but, ever since I moved up to Windows 10, VX Ace has run VERY slowly. Opening the maker or running test play aren't bad at all and seem to take about as long as before, but if I try to open an event? I have to wait two to three seconds for the event window to pop up. Say I want to do something like click Set Move Route. Again, about a second or two for the window to pop up. Switching tabs in the database, again, a few seconds. The actors tab seems to be the worst. For example, if I try to switch from the enemies tab to the actors tab, all I see is grey for about a seocnd before blank fields in the starting equipment area appears, and then everything else flickers onto the screen about a second later.

TLDR: Various sections of VX Ace run very slow or take a few seconds to open in Windows 10 when it was literally instantaneous on Windows 7. Anyone experience this before or know what could be up? Is Windows 10 known for being slow with VX Ace?

Editing topic titles.

So I had a brain fart and wrote the wrong word in a subject title. I apparently have no field to edit the subject when I'm editing a post, though I'm being told on Slack that I should - and kentona told me to edit my title in the post I messed up on... so I'm wondering if it's just me? Or is there some kind of glitch? I think I recall being able to personally edit my titles before, but I'm not so sure now!

Anyway, since I was still being told "you can edit it" after I said I can't, here's what I see:



Where I wrote "wind", I meant to write "wild". Am I just going crazy here? I feel like I could edit titles before. If there's an actual issue on here with editing of some kind, I hope that this post helps to shine a light on it.

(And also thanks to whichever one of you fixed the title, too!)

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild

I'm a guy who hasn't "loved" Zelda since A Link to the Past and Link's Awakening. That's a long time to just be kind of "meh" towards this series... but today? With Nintendo officially slapping a name on the next game in the series and finally showing it off? I'm already stoked. Really stoked.

The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is an open world game seemingly set in the future (or something?), as Link is brought back to life, or out of some kind of stasis, in a place called the Shrine of Resurrection.

From there, we get to observe...

  • Voice acting and branching dialogue choices.
  • An expansive open world with ambient sound effects taking the center stage, no constant overworld music to be heard.
  • A jump button.
  • No healing from hearts. You have to eat and cook food to restore health now.
  • Hunting wild animals.
  • Gathering and crafting systems.
  • Several weapons within the first few minutes, only one of them being a sword.
  • Stealth mechanics.
  • Few signs of humanity as a lone old man says that Hyrule is in a state of decay.
  • Item durability.

I could go on, but these two videos should do all the talking:






The game world seems absolutely tremendous, and the fact that it seems to be a futuristic Hyrule that is full of lifeless ruins and an absence of humanity could make for a very lonely yet immersive experience. Honestly? I feel like this could end up being a REALLY stellar game!

Remember, it will be out for both Wii U and the NX when it launches.

So, they dropped the first Ghostbusters trailer.



Personally, I'm really not digging it at all. I've had a pretty open mind about the movie thus far even though I feel like they did an absolute shit job with the casting (there are much funnier actresses out there who would've fit the bill perfectly). This trailer just left me with a straight face. I recognize the parts that were supposed to be the "funny parts" of the trailer, but I feel like they felt extremely flat.

Despite the internet being extremely vocal against the movie, I was still hoping for the best. After seeing the trailer though, I just don't have any interest in the movie. If those were the scenes that they felt would generate hype for the movie in a debut trailer, then I don't feel like it's going to be worth my time. I'm a big Ghostbusters fan who REALLY wanted to like this, but I just can't. Hell, I even love Ghostbusters II despite how it generally seems to be frowned upon and deemed vastly inferior to the original movie. I think that they could've done so much more, and they could have had a much better cast of actresses (Wiig is the only one who I think will "fit" the role by the end of the movie). Ah well.

What do you guys think? How big are you guys on the Ghostbusters franchise and do you think this is shaping up to be a worthy successor to the old movies?