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Hey there, back again after so long! Hobbyist developer, artist and musician with a passion for RPGs and game systems (as in the structures behind games, not video game consoles). Here to make friends and games with those friends, hopefully that means you all.
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What's in a Name?
I've noticed in games but in RPGs and fantasy based works in general a tendency to Gundamise names, that is put names together that either make little sense from a cultural-linguistic standpoint or to invent names that would likely not have been invented for the same reasons. But what is in a name?
Personally it really breaks my immersion into a game to see a character named Hiryuu Freeman, as is the case for Japanese game makers as well as amateurs in the field. But not all name choices are bad, let's take Tales of Symphonia as an example: Lloyd Irving, doesn't necessarily feel out of place, Sheena (Shīna) Fujibayashi, also not out of place given her connection to a area based off Japanese ninja society. Those two examples are of good name usage that really adds to gameplay by being believable and not out of place.
So why choose names with no cultural connections like Hiryuu Freeman? Well perhaps it has a lot to do, in the Japanese case, of looking east since America is the cultural hegemon of the world. In the case of the amateur however I suspect the opposite to be true, for Americans it's to look west whilst for Europeans it's east, due to the influx of cultural products from Japan, and recently as of the last decade from Korea, including anime, manga and RPGs. It's this fascination with the others' cultures that results in names in video gaming, but also Gundam, being so absurd.
My view? Well in anything I do I strive for plausibility, if I'm setting a game in the real world or basing it off real world concepts, such as my current project based off Anglo-Saxon mythology, I use appropriate names, if I'm however developing an entirely new world with new concepts I invent languages and names. I won't say that is for everyone, and it could just be that because I'm a linguistics major I'm just nitpicky, but if everyone would give it some thought we might see less Hiryuu Freemans in the world and more pleasant names.
Personally it really breaks my immersion into a game to see a character named Hiryuu Freeman, as is the case for Japanese game makers as well as amateurs in the field. But not all name choices are bad, let's take Tales of Symphonia as an example: Lloyd Irving, doesn't necessarily feel out of place, Sheena (Shīna) Fujibayashi, also not out of place given her connection to a area based off Japanese ninja society. Those two examples are of good name usage that really adds to gameplay by being believable and not out of place.
So why choose names with no cultural connections like Hiryuu Freeman? Well perhaps it has a lot to do, in the Japanese case, of looking east since America is the cultural hegemon of the world. In the case of the amateur however I suspect the opposite to be true, for Americans it's to look west whilst for Europeans it's east, due to the influx of cultural products from Japan, and recently as of the last decade from Korea, including anime, manga and RPGs. It's this fascination with the others' cultures that results in names in video gaming, but also Gundam, being so absurd.
My view? Well in anything I do I strive for plausibility, if I'm setting a game in the real world or basing it off real world concepts, such as my current project based off Anglo-Saxon mythology, I use appropriate names, if I'm however developing an entirely new world with new concepts I invent languages and names. I won't say that is for everyone, and it could just be that because I'm a linguistics major I'm just nitpicky, but if everyone would give it some thought we might see less Hiryuu Freemans in the world and more pleasant names.
Greetings
Actually I was listening to your work for the RMN Music Pack. Listening to your other work I don't regret my decision to praise your work. :)
Greetings
A composer you say? I just might have to snatch you up. ;) Anyway I second Siggy's above comment, show us what you gawt. :D
EDIT: I will say I did a little digging and I am impressed by what I found.
EDIT: I will say I did a little digging and I am impressed by what I found.
Looking to Get Restarted
Well I've been gone for quite a while but I'd been yearning to get back with a story idea that'd been floating in my head. That idea itself would be to make an epic tale based loosely off what's known of Anglo-Saxon mythology, along with other Germanic mythologies, with the working title of Wælcyrie Knight.
So what I need is a secondary spriter, someone to make the monsters basically. I've some knowledge of spriting myself and can handle the characters and can take some of the monster making load. I'll also perhaps need a composer, currently using the stuff that Aaron Krogh posted in the resource museum (fantastic stuff really), but I need a few more story appropriate themes. All credit will be given, because anything I work on with others is not my own. But I have nothing else to offer, I'm doing this due to my love of creating things first and foremost.
And lastly, the engine used is RPGMaker 2003. Thank you in advance and I hope to create something beautiful.
So what I need is a secondary spriter, someone to make the monsters basically. I've some knowledge of spriting myself and can handle the characters and can take some of the monster making load. I'll also perhaps need a composer, currently using the stuff that Aaron Krogh posted in the resource museum (fantastic stuff really), but I need a few more story appropriate themes. All credit will be given, because anything I work on with others is not my own. But I have nothing else to offer, I'm doing this due to my love of creating things first and foremost.
And lastly, the engine used is RPGMaker 2003. Thank you in advance and I hope to create something beautiful.
In which country do you live.
US but I've lived i-well the US is the only place I've lived. But I do commute between NY & HI for uni.
Hi everybod.... *stumbles on shoelaces and falls through a window*
author=RayneMercury
As a fellow writer and advocate of proper spelling and grammar in all cases, I approve of this post!
Not that my approval means anything, but it had to be said. How goes it? Are you going to be making any games?
As a writer and linguist who realises people have no idea what grammar is, meh. I also approve of your post however, because it's witty.
Welcome aboard, from a guy who disappears for months on end.
Press start!
author=Zayoru
@Shaddow
It will be xD As ambitious as I sound, I'm actually creating smaller games at the moment to get used to the program so by the time I begin my main project, it will be super polished.
That's actually my preferred method as well start small, work up.
Anyway welcome, there are pickles and tea in the lobby.
Yo Everyone
Skyrim Hype Thread: Undead Chicken Soup for the Dragon's Soul
author=Dudesoft
Man, I am lovingMetal Gear Skyrimthe Thieve's Guild! It's so incredibly profitable and fun!
Dark Brotherhood brahsky, that's where the money's at.
I <3 my Imperial SwordSummoner. Though I am playing two stealth games just because I never bothered in Morrowind or Oblivion.
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