Prelude is admittedly "safe" in the context of DRPGs. It is my first game, so I'm just testing the basics before trying anything crazy... Next game I'll include dark zones with soundless spinners And you can't see your map. Also there's warps that send you to the start. You can't see 'em either.

RPG Maker devs having their project dead in the water until they discover a free Japanese-only plugin on someone's github that solves all their problems. It's me, I am RPG Maker devs

I may not need it anymore since I draw everything myself, but man I really liked the character generator in RMMV. It had a cool looking artstyle that allowed for various face types. MZ's character generator just doesn't compare to MV's.. (On that note, do we know the artist for MV's RTP assets?).

I did repeat this often, but it's true: I am *very* close to finishing Nian-Xi Prelude. So I'm making a list of remaining tasks for it: -Complete the Fourth Floor quests -Complete the Fifth Floor quests -Complete the Fifth Floor cutscenes And that should be it, besides playtesting of course.

Another drawing of Samantha (I love drawing her). You can read the story here: www.royalroad.com/fiction/5453... RTs are really appreciated :D #art #artmoots #rkgk #drawing #digitalart #fantasy #webnovel #reading #writing #indie #promosky

Actually, besides Giten (and, uh, the rest of my backlog) I should try and find even more DRPGs to play this year. Shining in the Darkness, Last Bible Special and Arcana/Card Master have my attention currently... *cough* give me recs *cough*

I really want to play Giten just because I want to see what the map design is like in that game. It has a "Real Time" combat system too, where you fight enemies by clicking on them and both of you can move around the floor simultaneously. Also the eerie vibes that early PC RPGs give. Love 'em.

I wonder if someone will eventually try to make a guide for my games. Like "All maps", "All Quest Solutions" or something like that. Probably not, but the thought does excite me a little.

Coming back to this since I was bored and tried redoing some of my tracks with a Roland SC-55 soundfont, just to see what they sound like. And that gave me the idea: What if besides changing gameplay, Classic also changed the soundtrack? That'd be funny.

Merchie needed key art, too.

#nian-xi #rpgmaker #rmmz #oc #ocart #illustration #promosky #artsky #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #indierpg #solodev #digitalart "Land of Spirits" Art for The Nian-Xi Chronicles: Prelude. Full game coming soon.

Can’t remember who it was but someone somewhere recommended Dragon Ruins as a simple / fun classic-style dungeon crawler and I finally tried it today and I love it haha. Strips away the barriers and complexity but keeps some of the simple hooks that made games like Wizardry so appealing. Diggin’ it

A drawing of Mathias and Samantha from my webnovel xd You can read it here: www.royalroad.com/fiction/5453... #art #artmoots #rkgk #drawing #digitalart #fantasy #webnovel #reading #writing #indie #promosky

Everyone should draw their characters doing the orobas pose. now.

Tokyo Mono Hara Shi Class of Heroes Final/3D Elminage II and III Like half the Wizardry games out there... Japanese is a hard language to learn. And my favorite genre having so many games locked behind it doesn't help!

Lots of moments in Etrian Odyssey 1 that still make it my favorite game of all time. But in particular the way FOEs are used more as a "horror" element to the dungeons unlike later games. For example: You enter a room with a treasure chest, and suddenly there's one behind you, blocking the exit.

I feel like I should ditch the Visustella Frontview UI for Nian-Xi Prelude. There's an annoying bug in it that i doubt will get fixed. The problem is that it's already part of many screenshots, and because so many events use the plugin command to hide/show it, I'm afraid it'll break the game.

Me: I drew over 50 enemy designs in my first game so I could reuse them later on when necessary and save on time Also me: what if i turned every single one of them into sprites--

I posted a new chapter!!! :D And this guy appears here. I hope you like it! You can read it here: www.royalroad.com/fiction/5453... #art #rkgk #promosky #monster #artmoots #promo #novel #reading #readingcommunity #writing

horatiunyc.itch.io/obelisk Spent the night playing this neat little dungeon crawler.

ALRIGHT, FIXED! Emergency Version 1.1.3.1 (AKA "That's not how versions work!") released on itch io and gamejolt! It should fix the crash alongside a few other things... Hopefully.

"Ok so today I'm going to take a break from game developing and rest!" *comes back home to find out the nian-xi prelude demo was crashing the whole time due to missing files and somehow I didn't catch that while playtesting* "I'm never taking a rest ever again."

#rpgmaker On the meanwhile: I had an epiphany that "hey map looping should work in MZ3D" and guess what it does. I can think of a few map gimmicks now (evil laugh).

You know what I could join this for like a laugh as I make a very obvious Wizardry 4 parody. It allows plugins (you only lose if you're in the forum), and I can already imagine how to do the summoning mechanics with just eventing. It's all RTP anyway so half the job's already done.

That reminds me, there *was* a free Japanese game engine that outright let you make your own Wizardry-esque game. It had the basics: a pseudo-3D map editor, a database where you could set up things like MP Slots, effects like Ailments/Level Drain on enemies, Town inn/shop prices and so on.

Talking about wall textures, I'm looking at older (and not so older) DRPGs for inspiration. Not sure if it's even possible with 48x48 tiles, but I'd like to try anyway. (Images: Persona 1, Wizardry: New Age of Llylgamyn, Class of Heroes 2G, Kowloon Highschool Chronicle)

woke up very early today (5 AM or so). So the thought came to me: i miss majin tensei and its unhinged map design...

Random doodle :b #art #artist #artmoots #promosky #rkgk

So, lessons learned from developing Nian-Xi Prelude: -Different wall textures are thing you can do with MZ3D -Hit/Dodge rates are very weird in RM -Passive skills!1!!! -I'm never using visustella plugins again (okay maybe I will, a little. There's just too many bugs and too little customization)

#rpgmaker #nian-xi Finally done with the enemies of Nian-Xi Prelude! In summary: there are a total of 59 unique enemy designs, all of which took around a year to make, ranging from cryptids and rumors to grand deities and mythological beasts. Out of the ones I've shown, these 4 are my favorites.

(Not me trying hard to avoid talking about EO in an EO-adjacent post) (Let's just say I have a "complicated" relationship with it...) (...please stop comparing every dungeon crawler you see to EO you sound like game journalists comparing every RPG to P5)

This image resurfaces every now and then and it's still an example of why Dungeon RPGs tend to hit different for me than other genres. Play Wizardry, Class of Heroes, The Dark Spire, Etrian Odyssey (pic) too even if it's the easiest series. Just any DRPG really. They're hard, but you'll enjoy it.

I'm not ashamed to bring up that MegaTen was very influential for me when it comes to composing too. Besides Ryota Kozuka, I'd mention Toshiko Tasaki's works in Soul Hackers and the Persona 2 duology as a massive inspiration for me. For example: Amami Airport and IS Kasugayama High School.

Haven’t posted a lot recently but only because I’ve been really focused on working on Destiny Spire. Here’s a dialogue portrait I made tonight. I’ve been working on a small new area we’ve added… #indiegame #rpg #pixelart #indiedev #gamedev

#rpgmaker For my first post of the year: I just speedran the drawing process for the Nian-Xi Prelude's Fifth Floor enemies and made 7 (out of 12) new designs total in like 3 days. I can't show any of them yet, but I'll say that I was *waiting* for this moment. Gotta love endgame enemy scaling...

GAME DEMO IS OUT! GO CHECK IT OUT NOW! horrorbox.itch.io/trust-exerci... #visualnovel #gamedev #rpgmaker #indiegame #TEGame

people who dislike warp mazes in drpgs are weak.

beta v1 is out now

Currently testing a certain boss fight. Ziarre strong.

#rpgmaker Finished the custom menu! It was actually a pretty fun process. Hopefully getting the rest of the menus done will be as smooth (<- clueless)

Important news! I'm temporarily restricting access to The Nian-Xi Chronicles: Prelude on itch io. You can still access it with the Password "NianXiPass". It'll be like this for a day, or until I can figure out why there's suddenly so many downloads of it despite there being only 1 view today.

#rpgmaker So, things I'm checking for my next project: -Larger scale pictures (done?) -New damage formula based on multipliers instead of POW (think Etrian Odyssey) -New Item Drop formula (exclusive for this game since It'll be a solo experience) -Evented menus -Translations (As seen below)

My two games are suddenly getting downloads... And I'm a bit scared XD Anyway, you can try them here: chascopower.itch.io #art #rkgk #indiedev #gamedev #indie #retro #pixelart

You know what, maybe I'll leave it as a standalone project and not part of a game jam.

#nian-xi #rpgmaker #rmmz #oc #ocart #illustration #promosky #artsky #gamedev #indiedev #indiegame #indierpg #solodev #digitalart "Explorers of the Primordial Land" Art for The Nian-Xi Chronicles: Prelude.

#rpgmaker #gamedev Now that I'm getting to the endgame sections of Nian-Xi Prelude, I gotta talk esoteric stuff. I like adding secret stuff in my games -- not so much easter eggs but rather mere things like ultra rare drops and hidden events you're not likely to encounter on a normal playthrough.

#nian-xi #oc #ocart #wip #wipart I've been focusing on game dev for a while, I didn't have the time for full illustrations. So, I'd like to finish this year well.

💥Battle against some fiends underwater, while using the Merman form/shape.💥 👁️You can try my game here: chascopower.itch.io/a-fiends-cru... And also, if you find bugs, tell me XD #art #rkgk #indiegame #indiedev #gamedev #promosky #rpg #rpgmaker #retro #pixelart

Just realised that I never shared Runa's portait over here! The first protagonist of Stray Magic, Runa a knight of Selver. #screenshotsaturday #pixelart #rpgmaker

It's a bit early to say this, but once I'm finished with Nian-Xi Prelude, I may take a small rest from game dev before continuing with its sequel. On the meanwhile, there was this webcomic idea I had lying around, which I only shelved to focus on Nian-Xi. It's set in the same universe, ironically...