DJBEARDO'S PROFILE

author=Kaempfer
@djbeardo:
That screen scrolling is truly terrible. Why would you want to outrun the camera?

Ha! Not a fan, eh? Man, I was so proud of myself when I got that script to work! It looks nice when you walk... But crappy when you run. And since my maps are pretty large, I'm definitely not going to can running.

Did you find the cloud overlay overpowering/distracting? The town is supposed to be slightly ominous and I definitely want weather to influence that tone. But it turned out really dark in the video... I was thinking about turning down the opacity a tad.

@ Orange: Super spooky! I love it! I think the mist could be more variable or, maybe if it moved or something, that would be nice. Tough to tell in the screenshot if the mist moves or not, so maybe you already have it done.

So for those of you who go to the "Whatcha thinking about" thread, I mentioned that I would be going to an IRL game critique session here in Seattle. I signed up to show some maps and characters of my game... which makes me nervous. So in preparation for that, I thought I'd post something here!

This is the main town of my game - there's an inn, weapon shop, and item shop that I don't go into. Just kinda walking around town... And then I show the menu. The title is still a working title. And I will add some NPCs soon; I haven't gotten to that yet.

Awesome! I played the demo and Aimee Matchlock was in that as an asterisk, and - agreed - she was awesome. And that class is super fun!

I typically shut off random encounters in dungeon and just set it to 200% and grinded when I was getting low on level. But the random encounter slider is the best! And the demo had autobattle settings for high speed grinding, which was nice.

author=Red_Nova
The thin-skinned part might be an issue, though, as that's practically a dealbreaker when it comes to accepting criticism. I'm not saying it can't be done, but you should probably ask yourself what you're looking to get out of the meeting and decide if it's right for you.

Right now, the only thing I have to show are maps and some relatively creative weapon descriptions. And some character sprites. Maybe I'll drop a few in the screenshot thread and test the waters with the people I constantly stalk friends here at RMN.

There's a local indie-game maker meetup where I live and I'm thinking about going to it. There's a "show and tell" critique session coming up... Which generally scares the crap out of me. I have a pretty thin skin and my project is a hobby - not for sale and not involving anyone but me. Most of the guys going are unity developers and other non-RPGMaker guys...

Am I setting myself up for a shitty time? Have other people gone to these kinds of meetings? How looked down upon is rpgmaker as a engine at these kinds of meetups?