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This article is a God send. Thanks a lot for this! I also heavily agree about the advertisement bit. Sega fans this year were disappointed by a falsely advertised Sonic game. They got us all hyped up to see "this and that" but ultimately failed because they took our expectations and tossed them into a volcano. Like you mentioned, hype isn't a really good idea if you can't live up to what you're advertising.

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Interesting that they all chose to use RM2k3 to make their games ...

Lufia V actually started as a RPGmaker2k game, but I later ported it to 2k3... the game's battle system was drastically altered as it was once a turn based game and now features an ATB system.

If I could port the game to RpgmakerXP or higher, I definitely would, but unlike 2k -> 2k3, I would basically have to remake the entire game, and that is not something I'm willing to do at this point.

However, if I DO make a sequel to Lufia V (which I have all planned out) it will most likely be in XP or higher.

So, RPG maker 2000 allows you to make non-ATB battle systems? I did not know that. Its been a while since I updated Lufia VI because of school and computer issues, but that has all been resolved at this point. I can start working on Lufia VI, but It will be easier if I create the characters first.

Thank you for sharing this article. I was beginning to lose hope for some of my projects, but this makes me want to push forward. I've read articles about how to make certain game genres (Specifically Platformers and RPGs). You've basically said it all and this would be a huge inspiration to anyone who is designing a game for the first time or above (regardless of genre).

You probably know of a game called "Fantasia" on here and I am having some development issues. I have too many Ideas, but I'm afraid if I add too many "Features" in the game, I'll lose sight of what my priorities are and it will be a huge, unorganized mess. I have too many resources such as....

• Sprites

• characters

• level ideas

• object types

• music

and I'm not sure what to eliminate or save for other games. Before reading this I thought about cancelling it(Which I really don't want to do after how deep I am into it).

However, reading this really made me more knowledgeable about developing a game.
Whenever I feel down about a project's design and development, I'll remember the time I read this and revive hope for them. Thank you very much kentona:)

This is a really helpful tutorial:) Thanks alot. There arent't many people who use game maker on this site, but this would be a good tutorial for beginners. Currently on this site there is a Platforming game called Fantasia, it uses similar coding and this could help improve it.

Hopefully you make more in the future.