WHEELMANZERO'S PROFILE

Just a guy who loves rpg's. Thanks to some serious encouragement from several new friends and the community at large, I was able to complete one of my own. Game making is my favorite hobby, so you can expect more games on the way. Play on fellow gamers, play on!
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Build an army. Embrace the darkness. Conquer the world.

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By all means! Hope you enjoy yourself. *nail biting intensifies*

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Noire's song was ripped from an episode of Samurai Jack. I don't know if the song itself has a name or who performed it, unfortunately. Awesome show by the way, I'd highly recommend it.

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Whoops, looks like I'm late to the party. Fashionably late mind you. I'm thrilled to hear you enjoyed the game, Lessica. If it's villain rpg's you're looking for, two come to mind off the top of my head.

The first is called "Flip Dimensions", where you take on the role of a baddie trying to conquer the world, though that game has a more whimsical tone than this one.

https://rpgmaker.net/games/7297/

The second is called "This is Not My Final Form", which lets you play as a transforming eldritch abomination. It's still in development, but it looks fantastic, so I'd definitely recommend keeping an eye on it.

https://rpgmaker.net/games/10819/

This next one isn't a villain game, but it IS my personal favorite on this site so far. It features a customizable skill learning system, fun characters, and a satisfying story.

https://rpgmaker.net/games/9202/

Lastly, I'll go ahead and mention my friend Cradth's game; Livinel. It has jaw dropping graphics and mapping so beautiful it will make you want to headbutt your computer screen out of sheer jealousy. Or maybe that's just me.

https://rpgmaker.net/games/8280/

I might be a tiny bit biased with that last one, since the dev made me a character for sharing some feedback, heh heh.

And now that the shameless promotion is out of the way, let's talk about glitches! You may be happy to hear that I'm currently working on an updated version of the game with more content, a plethora of glitch fixes, and 100% less "thiers"! I'll need you to bear with me until then, but once it's released, all of those wretched vermin will be smote in one fell swoop. Or is it smitten? Smited? Bah, whatever.

Starting the sidequest you mentioned should be as easy as talking to Noire twice, then giving her the item she asked for. If it's not working properly, could you let me know what she's been saying instead? Thanks in advance.

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*raises hand* I'm still reading it. Easy peasy, just focus on attacking Damien instead of the summons. Thankfully that bug will be fixed once I release the ultimate edition.

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Hey thanks, dude. That artist is insanely good and a lot of the stuff he comes up with is downright scary. I always like seeing his battlers pop up in rpg maker games from time to time, and I think his art style blends well with VX Ace's as well as a lot of the DLC.

I took a gander at your game and am violently jealous of its mapping. Seriously, how is everyone so much better at mapping than me? What's the secret? Is there an online course I don't know about? How much is the tuition?

If you're having trouble unlocking anything, hit up my inbox and I'll tell you what to do. I tried to make it so you'll find everything pretty easily if you explore everywhere and talk to everyone.

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Whoa, that was quick. Yes, you were supposed to lose that battle. Yes, everyone is apparently better at my game than I am. And yes, I'm reworking that scene to play out differently if you do manage to win. Blasted Demora and her stupid full party magic reflect spell...

*ahem* Thanks for your time, and for playing my game to the end. I'm hoping that the ultimate edition is a different enough experience to warrant another playthrough, as well as being a much smoother ride. See you there!

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Oof, yeah I remember that bug. Unfortunately the issue is with the game itself; something to do with the sound effects that play when a controlled summon dies if I remember correctly. I've fixed that glitch and others, but those changes won't go into effect until after I've completed the game's ultimate edition. I hope you can bear with my goof ups until then.

Still, I'm glad you're enjoying yourself in spite of the issues, and it's great to hear that something I made has been able to entertain someone at their job. Man, I wish I knew how to play rpg maker games on my phone. I know all too well how it feels to be bored out of your mind during breaks, and tetris just isn't cutting the mustard anymore. Thanks for giving my game a go, I hope you enjoy it all the way up to the end.

Foo, I'm certainly open to suggestions, so feel free to shoot me an email anytime you like. Thanks for trying to help make the game even better!

Merry Christmas everybody!

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Oh, got a honorable mention in the blog, lol.

Don't worry about it though - I only ever asked about approximates for release anyway, there is no problem it's not coming exactly this year end.

Good luck with your job search and happy coming Xmas/New year :)


I didn't want to leave you hanging, so I thought I'd mention it. I'm sure there were other people wondering the same thing, so you ended up addressing their concerns too. Thanks for being awesome, this site is full of beautiful people. *sniffle*

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Sellkadoom22- No worries, I double checked the events and everything looks up to snuff, so while you might be able to regain party members when you return to the castle, they're removed when you go to Sadithis, which you need to head to in order to reach the mausoleum. If there was an issue there, I must have fixed it in the version I'm working on now.

The fire death glitch has been dealt with too. Who would've thought anyone would be crazy enough to open the main menu while in the process of dying? Not this guy, that's for sure. The encounter rates aren't bugged though, so there's no need to worry about that.

gothicmiriel (aka grasshopper)- Yeah, you're certainly right about that. Ever since I joined this community, I've been shown nothing but kindness, patience and understanding from just about everyone I've talked to. I guess that's part of why I'm bummed about failing to meet my deadline. People have been so awesome to me I just want to give back by presenting them with an awesome game as soon as possible, so I end up stressing about things when no one's even cracking the whip at me.

But you know, that's actually pretty dumb and I should just enjoy what I'm doing while making the best experience I can with my current skillset. Things tend to go better when I'm having fun after all.

Alright, you guys have gotten me all hyped up, so I'm gonna go ahead and make that big scary blog post I've been dreading. You've all been awesome, so I've probably been worrying for nothing. Thanks a lot everybody, and especially you, grasshopper. You're a special kind of awesome.

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I don't think my brain can fully process this post. I mean I can read the words but it doesn't really sink in that you'd call something I made one of your favorite games. It's been ages since I posted this game, but I still haven't given up on the possibility that this is some kind of really drawn out, overly elaborate hoax designed to give me a heart attack, and that somewhere there's a Discord server conspiring to keep it going.

But just in case that isn't true, let me just say you're welcome! This is the only real instance of me putting something I made out there for the world to tear apart into little pieces see, so I'm glad it went over as well as it did.

I was initially confident that I'd be able to finish the new version by the end of the year, but of course life had other plans for me. That said, it's probably going to take a couple more months before I'm done. I should probably make a big depressing blog post going into the details, but I've been dreading writing it. Do you hear that? That scraping metal sound? It's the sound of people sharpening their pitchforks.

I'd love to give you an exact release date but I'm absolutely terrible at meeting those so I can't make any specific promises. Probably a few more months if nothing else terrible happens. If you can hold out till then, great, but if you can't, I don't think it'll ruin your enjoyment of the newer version, since I've added a lot more bells and whistles. Thanks for the post, it was amazing!