Folkloria

Development blog for Folkloria, a lighthearted RPG featuring mythological creatures as characters.

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Slowly progressing with the first area, made some new assets and setting up a map to test various things, especially the Mandragora's overworld behaviour.

[folkloriarpg]

Hey I love how the game is turning out and im really curious you're programming the game! Are you using a game engine or are you building your game from scratch? I'm super interested to know since i've always wanted to build more than "little games" in my bedroom. Lovely game!

Thank you! I’m using RPG Maker VX Ace but most things like the battle system are “programmed” from scratch. 

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OMG I FINALLY FOUND YOUR TUMBLR I losted my favs website a loooong time ago and I was thinking WAIT this was this cute and beautiful game with mythical creatures with gorgeous pixel art. My only memory was "I believe the creator was italian? And the tumblr was yellow? Arghhh" so I typed random terms and I found youuuu I'm so happy!!!! Wao you did a ton of new content! I'm so happy for you!!!! Don't give up but take care too!!!! ✨🌻 :> I hope you're ok!!!!!!!

Thank you so much for the kind words!! Yeah I’m ok, I’m still working on the game every day

[folkloriarpg]

Sorry if someone's already asked this, but what software do you use?

The game is being developed in RPG Maker VX Ace.

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Another building for the first village, the Pin Shop owned by this lovely couple, Mrs. Barracuda the mermaid and Gacha the kappa.

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Reworked sprites and idle animation for these guys.

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Finally implementing enemy behavior on the overworld! Note that in the actual game, getting hit by the projectile will immediately start the battle. Here I'm showing how the enemy chases the player after missing.

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Finished portraits! 

[folkloriarpg]

Hey sorry for not posting anything in months. Work and financial problems got in the way and development slowed down considerably, but the game is still being worked on! I hope to start posting more frequently soon.

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Hi Folks!

As I draw closer to finally adding my demo to the mix I thought I would give a shout out to a few projects that are made by super awesome people and you should check out!

I also drew cute chibi versions of characters from them!

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Continua a leggere

[folkloriarpg]

Awww thank you so much for the the shout out and the beautiful drawing! You made my day! ❤️

[folkloriarpg]

I can't believe someone knows the cactus cat exists lol You planning on using any other lesser used creatures for your game? Like the sand squink or the tailypo?

Yes, there are definitely going to be more fearsome critters and creatures from American folklore in the game.  

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On a scale of 10 to 10, how cute is weaver?

You decide! 🦅

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Two more enemies: Cat Sith and Dryad! And with these, excluding bosses, I think I've shown all enemies that will be in the planned demo.

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Akinai's Shop redone using some new forest area sprites.

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I just found out about your game! And it looks amazing! The art you've posted so far is so cute and dreamy! I'm definitely going to play it for sure!! Keep going! 💗💕🐻 don't forget to relax and wind down when you feel stressed!

Thank you so much friend and don’t worry about me, I never feel stressed when working on the game. I haven’t posted in a while because I’m still working on commissions at the same time, trying to scrape some money together to pay a composer. I’ll try to be more consistent with my posts!

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I'm late as usual but I really wanted to post this before the end of the year. So here's the guard system I was working on! Normal guard reduces damage taken, but a precisely timed parry negates all damage and let you counter-attack.

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New little illustration of Weaver and Lauper!