POLARCACTUS'S PROFILE

Thank you for taking the time to write this wordy review, NTC3. =)

You really brought to light some of the game's more pressing issues. I do agree with the fact that I tried to do too much within the demo's time-frame to hold the player's interest, so certain events will appear disjointed and/or convoluted.

I'm just wondering if I should take a character-orientated approach rather than a larger over-arching narrative, because my strengths clearly lie in writing actual dialogue ( I had more fun writing Tristian and Ianna than with any other in Enelysion ) and this is my first attempt at trying a politically-geared plot than the usual 'stop the evil man from taking over the world' hash that has been around since 1986.

I was playing/toying with moral ambiguity, but I guess it fell flat here. One sometimes does not know where to cross the line to stop your protagonists and antagonists from looking like complete monsters aka Moral Event Horizon.

If anything, I really would welcome the addition of a writer who is well-versed in political intrigue to really bring this project together. =)

But I do want to make this little side-story, I'm just too distracted atm. >< What is really holding me back is how I'm going to 'engage' the player within the first 5 minutes. I should probably focus on my strengths ( level design and music choices ) and minimise my weaknesses ( battle balancing ) but as to how I'm going to do that without boring the player is a challenge in itself.

Regardless of what happens in the competition, I'll have a 4th addition to my retinue of completed games. =) Which is still pretty impressive. Oh, and the makerscore. Oh, the lovely sweet makerscore.

So, I set a Target Completion Date for this thing. I am planning to release the full version of Tristy on the 24th of March 2016. It coincides with Enelysion's 5th anniversary on this site too. =)

I'm also weirdly ambidextrous. Most of the pixel art I've done for my games have been done with a mouse, and my non-dominant right-hand. And I find it easier to do to. Maybe it's because a mouse gives me greater control over fine details.

I'm a bit like NeverSilent in the fact I've never played most of the FFs apart from FFX-2 and 12, and never really got into Chrono Trigger or any of those widely-lauded RPGs. XD And I've also never been hospitalised or diagnosed with a serious illness.

Yes, I was wondering that as well. The stuff sold on Steam is absolutely appalling.