MJOHNSON092088'S PROFILE

These look pretty nice. The use of blocks doesn't clash with each other.

author=InfectionFiles
Not to mention, it's a self target, so you don't have a "healer" that just takes care of it, it's the targeted characters responsibility to rid themselves of it.

I actually really like this mechanic. Especially in games that require a lot of character customization. It really requires characters to be self-sufficient, which you don't see outside of MMORPG's, usually. I toyed around with this idea in an RPG based on Double Dragon, since there were only two characters in your party. I wanted each character to be responsible for themselves. So, I made most healing and/or buffing skills target the "caster". If the player wanted to affect their party, they had to specialize their characters to be able to affect the other party members with their abilities. That's where the custom level-up system came into play. :p The player could choose what skills they would gain, depending on how they distributed skill points, much like in the Diablo games.

Of course, I never got too far with this idea (as far as bosses, or even enemies). I've pretty much scrapped the whole project, but I like that I'm not the only one who used the "every man for himself" game mechanic. :p I've actually looked at your game profile before, and I must say that I'm just as interested in it now as I was then. I hope you actually finish your project, unlike I did!

In my game, Final Dragon Legacy, there is a boss called the Pagemaster. While he himself isn't that strong, he is accompanied by three book monsters, each with a different role. The Book of Mother Earth, which heals and buffs the enemy party, The Book of Shadows, which debuffs the player (silence being a particular nuisance), and The Book of Storms, which uses damaging magic that affects the entire party. Obviously, just focusing on the Pagemaster will cause the player to become quickly overwhelmed, resulting in a humiliating defeat.

However, the player can defeat each of the books, leaving just the Pagemaster to deal with. However, once the main boss is alone, he will quickly revive the books, leaving the player in a position where they will need to deal with the swarm, or be overtaken. Defeating each book will leave a pile of pages behind, and by using fire-elemental attacks, the player can destroy the books permanently. Doing this quickly turns the tides of the battle, ensuring the player's victory... Providing the player can survive the initial onslaught.

I left no clues in this particular dungeon as to how one defeats this boss (or any boss), so the strategy relies on the player's common sense and how prepared they are when the battle starts (which shouldn't be an issue, since all bosses appear on the map and don't attack until the player interacts with them). Of course, this isn't to say that the battle would be impossible if the player ran out of MP or MP restoring items, or didn't acquire a certain fire-elemental weapon beforehand. The boss is still very much beatable, but just not as easily accomplished.

Aiki jujitsu, tang so do, uchu no michi ryu jujitsu, and kajukido.

author=nin8halos
Did you customize any scenery for your world map? That can sometimes cause runtime errors.

No, actually, I didn't. I used all the default scenery and tiles for the world map. However, would having too large of a level cause it to "Runtime Error: Overflow"? Because it sounds like it would. The one level that it keeps happening on has two very large sections, so I was thinking that might have been the problem.