ZDS'S PROFILE

Game designer, music composer, and pixel artist.

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Kissed By A Star
Modern fantasy novel meets turn-based RPG

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I confessed to someone for the first time in my life and it felt great.

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oh. a crush.

I was hoping for a murder.
status poster crushed his victim alive via farm equipment *shrugs*

Taking a Break

It is a personal goal of mine to make video game stories as good as books/tv shows/movies/etc. A game does not have to be pure "gameplay". If you want to have a strong focus on story, then there's nothing wrong with that. If you think it's best for the game to build the characters without always dungeon crawling, then it is your duty to make those sections good.

Something books have over ALL media is how you get a strong sense that you're living the life of the character. Tv shows and movies tend to show moments in their life but it's really hard to literally live as them. An episode of tv tends to be about 20 minutes or extended to about an hour. A day has 24 hours. It's really hard to live that in such a short time. Books don't take a bazillion hours to read, but it still convoys the life the characters live rather well.

The vast majority of games I have played try to do stories more like tv shows/movies. Yet, games area great tool for novel like story telling. It's a very hard line to cross between gameplay/story and what is boring and what is not. I don't have the time to go further into this, so I'll end here!

Long post short, do whatever you think adds to your game the best. Ace Attorney is one of my all time favorite series and that's mostly story. Don't be afraid to be more book like in yours games. Books are the king of story telling. Character/world building does not need to be boring/and does not need rpg combat. *runs*

What Videogames Are You Playing Right Now?

Glad you're enjoying Breath of Wild! I personally found it that engaging the whole time, hope you do too.

Screenshot Survival 20XX

On this page: Jo tries to help and it flies over heads(- s)

Edit: DAMMIT

If you're going to insult me, can you at least put a little creativity into it?

This Game is Not Dead! (I'm So Glad This Game is Not Dead!)

From the ashes we rise. I too have had a haksjkjd year. I've had the opposite issue: I needed to get a second job (that I despise) so my wife can stay in the country until she gets green card and whatnot. Things MIGHT finally be calming down soon.

Anyhow I look forward to this game, super loved the demo! Keep chipping away at this. I will play it when it's done.

What Videogames Are You Playing Right Now?

I'm glad someone else is hyped for Etrian Odyssey 5, so damn hyped! Etrian Odyssey always seemed to unlock important moments of my life for me. Inspired me to make vgm 7 years ago and it broke the ice between my wife and I. My wedding cake was Etrian themed. I've done gone sappy but idc. Love the game. I've been mega blind about what 5 is, I just hope it's not going the same direction as the untolds. (which it seems like it's not)

My wife's birthday is tomorrow and she wants an Etrian themed birthday cake lol.

In news of what I've been playing, Ys 8 for PS4. Ys never fails me, but this one is blowing me away. I love everything about it. Exploration focus, great combat, typical amazing Ys music. Despite a hard personal year, gaming has never been better for me.

Crescent Eve - Moon Cycle system.

There is nothing wrong with a little luck based mechanic to add some flavor. Luck tends to be a crucial flavor in RPGs, as long as it's not a necessity or screws one over.

My GPU failed last night. Yet another reminder to back your stuff up.

Crescent Eve - Moon Cycle system.

Sounds cool! Keep going strong!