ihasllamas

Wanting to get back into storytelling but it do be a struggle. Sometimes I will document my clueless attempts at using RPG Maker!

[ihasllamas]

Two cats watch ominously in the corner because I was too lazy to hide them...

I added the attack animation for the main weapon (a pink plunger) (very cool)! I’m going to canonically make her ambidextrous because I was too lazy to make separate left and right attack sprites 😂... What I’m most proud of though is the tacky wallpaper which I may or may not have spent too long on because I couldn’t figure out how to make them seamless.

There are still enemy mechanics I want to add but for the life of me I can’t wrack my brain atm... back to staring at the screen.

[ihasllamas]

The pull of RPG Maker was too strong, the urge to open the program and attempt to create yet another ambitious project beyond my mental capabilities? Ohhh yeahhh. I’m going into this with no expectations and am curious to see how far I get... it’ll be fun... maybe...

At the moment I’m working on a proof of concept for my ideas. It’s been going okay so far! I’m back to staring at my screen, questioning my life choices, and wonder why the damn thing doesn’t work. Ah, it’s just as I remembered (affectionate). I want to attempt a more interactive project this time where the player can actively fight enemies. Very cool stuff. I’m also putting myself in a death grip to keep the scope small.

The enemy can chase the player if they enter a certain range within it’s line of sight and attack when the player is within attack range. The player can take damage if they don’t escape out of attack range. It seems to work... for now. Haha please stay that way.

Next is to let the player attack and damage the enemy......... oh boy.

[ihasllamas]

Nostalgia

I am alive?? Maybe 👀 I want to be somewhat active this year and post my RPG Maker shenanigans.

I was feeling nostalgic so I looked through my folder of old, incomplete game projects and found this beauty. This was one of the first ambitious projects I worked on. I didn’t know how to use the program very well at the time and I was also very ambitious... yep that was a bad combo. I wanted 50 different areas, a cool cast of characters, epic expositions, y’know everything a newbie shouldn’t be throwing into their first project. I finished one area and regretted everything immediately. Honestly, I think my writing peaked here.

The plot was basically the main character, Ein, gets isekai’d into a fantasy world from her futuristic world. She’s dubbed the “chosen one” and is expected to be the hero for this fantasy world. It was partially meant to be a parody to the “hero’s journey” story structure. There would be lots of dialogue choices to choose your adventure to become a hero but a force from beyond the screen could potentially prevent this...

Title screen. Art is really old but I still kinda like it.

Ein is very sane.

She definitely has a healthy, one-sided friendship with this dude.

Sometimes you just impressive yourself with glorious writing.

Same

He found her folder of booby bird pics :/

I’d like to revisit the story again someday..... in the future (with a reasonable scope)

[hikaru-i]

A small little thing in terms of the game progress! I have gotten back into implementing the mechanics and events. Got tons to do, but I have a rough map done (not completely perfect) 

as you can see, the clock works, and is at a faster speed just to show it working, and I have not completed the menu yet

there’s going to be a task system too, which is in the works

personally I love making things look good so I did put some time into making a border/overlay (the icons and time will be redone to fit 

there’s some hidden meanings in there!! I’m glad to see people over on itch checking out the game page which also motivated me to get back into this now that it’s winter break

[ihasllamas]

Omg it’s so aesthetic <3

[project-stayhome]

Itch’s analytics spiked recently and who knew, we got on to itch homepage!!

Thank you everyone for checking out the game. Hope you enjoy it and leave some feedback/ratings!!

[ihasllamas]

We did it!

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A new banner for the game page :).

[hikaru-i]

games are great! - new project

I’m gonna try to be active here again and post and stuff! since my tumblr and twitter are linked I dont have to go back and forth too much

I have a new? (I started it 2 yrs ago not gonna lie) game project I’m working on and inspired by @ihasllamas​ imma try to keep a devlog of sorts using this blog!

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It’s called Choices; Death is the Only Ending

Eve struggles with depression, anxiety and many deep and dark emotions. One day, she begins to have weird dreams, forcing her to make moral choices. Her actions in real life can alter these dreams. But how? and why?

You have 7 days to “live” and to survive these dreams. You will be able to do multiple things, but every action takes up time, and affects your moods, reactions and thoughts. 

Itch.io page

Anyways, this game was originally intended to be a short very dark story about Eve and her dreams. However, I’m planning a new direction,  which hopefully I can work on and get a demo or smth out. It is very odd gamifying something this sensitive of a topic, but I will to address it properly.

There’s gonna be quite a bit going on that I want to implement but I’m not sure if I will be able to (here’s the list)

- a time system, where your actions take up time - lots of choices - a well being/mental health meter, which is impacted by various elements such as hunger, sleep, motivation and more - dreams

I will update as I work on stuff!!

[ihasllamas]

I have waited two years for this moment :). I’m ready to suffer, like a lot.  Excited to see where you’ll take it! Good luck :D

[ihasllamas]

Redrawing some older CGs! I was pretty unsatisfied with the art in the demo because they weren’t up to par since I focused all my time writing the script and had no idea where to take the art direction especially when it relied on line art solely! And with time constraints :’). 

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“Incomplete Sky”

Progress has been pretty slow now that I’ve officially hit a block in writing :’). There’s this one chunk I can’t seem figure out which sucks, but at least I have a place to post game-related art to my heart’s content now :D! 

I’ve been trying to experiment around with line thickness since the demo had super faint linework. I think it looks way more visible here!

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✧ I am Found - DEMO 

Now that I’ve spiffied up my WIP page, I finally have a place to post my visual novel I’ve been working on! Originally made for a game jam, I liked how the story was turning out, so I would love to finish it. There’s a 15-20 minute demo available below if you want to check it out. I’m super thankful for all the amazing and critical feedback and positive reception I’ve received on it so far. Hope you enjoy this little story!

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You've travelled for a long time. Long enough to forget many things, but all in hopes of finding something important you thought you've lost years ago. Can you be whole again?

I am Found is a visual novel created in RPG Maker MV which follows a lone drifter travelling across their ruined world exploring hope, self-love, and life while finding themself. Will you see their journey to its end?

Itch.io download

[project-stayhome]

Stay Home - Full Release 

Stay home and prepare for an important event! Take control of a young scavenger and retrieve items scattered throughout her home needed for the party with her cute companion, Peanut!  Just focus on the party and everything will be okay.

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IT’S HERE!! Quick, get the cake and camera, Peanut!

We have worked so hard for this moment and we’re so happy to finally share it with everyone! From March to now we can finally say the game is… finished. This was not only our very first collab project, but our first completed game!  Thank you to everyone that has followed our development; it means so much to us. We hope you enjoy this little story we’ve crafted and we’ll see you at the party?

Itch.io download

[ihasllamas]

My friend and I finally released our game! Come check it out and join the party :D

[project-stayhome]

prettying up the itch.io banner :>

see our page here

[ihasllamas]

Look at this pretty art  👀

[project-stayhome]

Hellooo we are hikaru and llama, two artists combining our two brain cells to dive into game making! This blog is for our game Stay Home (tentative title?) which is about June and her dog, Peanut, who have to stay home and entertain themselves with a party.

Follow us for more updates!

Our Itch.io page!

[ihasllamas]

Friendly boop. Come check it out, there will be cake ohoho. 

[hikaru-i]

Rune playing games

He has terrible fashion sense pfft

[ihasllamas]

pft the hearts on his clothes are too precious :’D -steals him and runs away-

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Oh hey, my first post on tumblr :’)

My extremely late SS gift for origami-teacup! ^^;