First Issue

A team of 4 making a Superhero JRPG in RPGMaker MZ (Account run by VeryPeachy / Steph)

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First Issue - Battle Showcase

Well, after a bit I can show off some of the battle mechanics. I'm really working on fine tuning stuff right now, I've been inspired by the many great RPGMaker devs on this site to try and make this project feel more satisfying.

Anyways, the battle scene! In all it's glory!

And the Roaring Knight, as it turns out

I use them as a testing parry dummy, this was also used for the player QTE way back when before we have all of our fancy animations you see here.

There's a lot of other moves to show off, but you'll have to play the game to see most of those (Alongside the fire VFX not being colored on them yet lmao)

For actual enemies, here was the first sketches of the grunts for the prison:

...But these all felt very generic. Except for the far right lady, who actually became a boss in her own right!

She looks roughly like that now, although her hair became blue somewhere in the concept art to pixel art process.

The grunts became these little freaks. A redhead in a jumpsuit in prison??? Where have I heard that one before...

Anyways, next time I hope to have some of these characters actually animated *gasp* and in engine!

(As always, any and all feedback always is appreciated!)

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finally, battlebacks for the game

next step is enemies that I can show off

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one of the funnier bugs ive experienced when working with RPGMaker

(ignore the test scene shenanigans lmao)

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First Issue - Gameplay (PT 1)

(I've thought about adding dust trails to walking... idk if I should tho)

The overworld is a top-down platformer, mostly because I got bored of most RPG's having just puzzle -> cutscene ->dungeon with random encounters (Repeat for rest of game). I want to add more movement mechanics later down the line, but with this being built in RPGMaker, as you can imagine it's all decently limiting.

(This is also showing off a bit of the first area / tutorial of the game, although heavily unfinished. At the end you can see me enter an unfinished room, which is essentially just a block right now lmao)

Combat is incredibly nice looking AND I can't upload more than one video...

So that'll have to be saved for a later time.

I can show off some of the "Social Media" images that the artist made for the game tho, those are vaguely related to combat?

Our game works off of 3 elements, Magic, Physical, and Tech, there's technically a fourth icon to go along with these but that's just the "Misc" icon

(A rock paper scissors elements system... In Stars and Time? What's that?)

Battle UI! Due to layering issues, the right side's star is behind everything in-engine, but otherwise everything should look how you see it here.

Well, I may make a post later today, we'll see if there's anything interesting that doesn't warrant it's own longer post

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First Issue - Intro / Devlog #1

On the quest towards a kickstarter, First Issue now has a Tumblr

Anyways, the name's VeryPeachy / Steph, and I'm the creator of First Issue. I met a really talented artist, and then met a really talented animator and composer. So here we are.

So, what is First Issue?

First Issue is a Superhero JRPG made in RPGMaker MZ, featuring 14 characters for you to have coffee with.

Let's meet some of the cast, shall we?

Arden

They're the Main Character, to say the least. Investigative Journalist by day, Investigative Journalist by night as well. They're not a hero (At least, not yet) This was the only character who we don't have nice little concept art for.

Seeker

Seeker, the mysterious person who may or may not be evil. She's currently in prison, although that's likely to change soon. As her name implies, she's seeking out something or someone.

(i kinda have to vaugepost with her. ah man you gotta wait to play the demo to learn a bit more?? then go fund the kickstarter when that comes out??? ohhhh nooooo)

Josh Watts AKA Night Lurker

One of the few heroes without powers in Chicago. My personal favorite character so far. He's getting pretty old for being a hero, but that's not stopping him from getting out there every day and helping out the community. You should've seen him in his glory days, though.

^Some of his moves during combat

Well, I'll only show off 3 characters in this post. If there's any traction on here, rest assured I'll post more devlogs showing off the cool art and gameplay

Oh yeah, gameplay.

Although I won't show off the battle scene right now, it's one of those JRPG's with QTE's for every move, alongside parrying enemies (No, I haven't played EXP 33. Just Mario and Luigi)

Alongside that, the rest of the inspirations (at least mine) are as follows:

Alan Moore’s Watchmen, Frank Miller’s The Dark Knight Returns, The Mario & Luigi Series, Felvidek, Hollow Knight, and a hint of Homestuck

I have a lot of stuff to show off for this project, and am excited to share if everything works out over here