SYNBI'S PROFILE

Hard to make or not, I'm digging this screen. It feels squareish, what with the base grass and cliff tiles badly tiled as they are look monotonous and artificial, a fault of the tileset itself, but otherwise this area looks exciting and interesting. I don't get the rope on the rock, is the north wall actually supposed to be a pit?

author=shogungari
Looking at most games on this site it seems people don't use the default resources at all

Most games use some form of default resources in fact. Sound effects, default UI layouts, message box styles, font etc. RM scene is very forgiving and generally supportive of the RTP.

One problem is that some of the default resources don't always seem to be in agreement with each other, basically. Some RTP graphics clash horribly with each other and seeing them used together just feels to me the game maker is putting less effort into his game than they should, and in return I'll be a little less willing to try out the game with those impressions in mind. In the best case it doesn't do the game any harm, but poor or devil-may-care attitude to mixing RTP resources never adds to its credit.

Ace's faceset generator is a prime offender, those portraits just never seem to work well with anything, they don't mix with RTP tilesets/charsets at all and are an eyesore almost universally. Another is Verdana... the horrible default font that thankfully any beginner can change easily with a few lines of code.

Worry less about using default resources, pay some more thought to the hard stuff like balancing and how not to get overwhelmed with eventing and engine limitations at first.

author=shogungari
Edit: And I actually like the music. :( There's some really awesome themes included.

Sure, only it doesn't tend to mix well with much anything else than other RTP music though, so you don't have that much to work with.

The brightness of the tileset bothers me for some reason. I'm used to playing Rudra where these castle tiles were originally somewhat darker and blended in better. I like the general layout here, but it'd help to fix up a few mistakes like cleaning the blocky diagonal wall tiles and taking another look at the topleft area.

Don't mind the character sprite, think it looks good as it is.

Based on screenshots I like the consistent presence of lightning effects, and the mapping and dialogue look equally promising. This game's looking like a good back-to-the-roots RPG in the making amidst this recent sea of various adventure horror games (nothing wrong with those, just saying)...

Keep it up and GL, hope to see a playable version when it's its time.