NINJAMIDA'S PROFILE

If a game isn't listed in the article of the respective month, does that mean it's not eligible? If so, can I ask what the eligibility criteria is (over and above the site's general eligibility criteria for submissions)?

I know release date is a factor; but the final version (minus any bugfix updates if needed; but they haven't been) was released bang on 1st January yet wasn't listed here. I realise it might not look nomination worthy at first glance, but for anyone who's actually played it to completion (or even half way) it should quickly become apparent it should be a good contender for difficulty-related categories.

I won't be using an RPG Maker for any future projects; I'm wanting to write my own code. However, due to that *this* project is RPG Maker (VX Ace), and that I intend to heavily draw from it gameplay-wise, I still think this is relevant here. :)

This game itself already is quite similar to FFX gameplay-wise (not identical though, so don't go in expecting an exact clone). If you can tolerate that the story, mapping etc is pretty poor quality, you'll probably enjoy this game's battles a lot, especially the bosses. :)

author=sawworm
30 hours of gameplay? Well, played about 15 minutes and found myself at the inn. So far your mapping quality is below average, but you did events and tutorial quite nicely. The last teleport room before the inn is not fun though. You should reduce the encounter rate on the blocks, I got 1 encounter every step I took.

Gameplay spoiler re: high encounter rate in that room


Yeah, I know the mapping quality isn't very good. It was actually a big issue in getting the game accepted to this site - got by on a combination of picking the best maps the game had to offer, and the videos that focus on the battle gameplay which is the game's strong point. This is even more true near the start of the game, as my original reason for starting the game was "hey, I have neat ideas for custom FFX enemies, but there's no suitable hacking tools for it... I'll just create my own RPG Maker project with similar systems and shoehorn in some kind of plot and maps"; the story gets a bit better as the game goes on (although still not great) but the mapping only slightly improves IMO.

Appreciate the feedback anyway though. While I'm likely not updating this version any further except to fix bugs, as mentioned I do intend to do a full remake and I'll definitely be taking feedback into account for that. :)