Ego's Game Development

Hello and welcome to Ego's Game Development blog! Here you will see RPG horror games being developed in RPG Maker MV. The main game that will be developed is Noire Memories, but for misfortunate reasons, its development will be put on hold. I'll be joining the Pixel Horror Jam to create a small side-scroller horror game named Asphyxiate.

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Yume Nikki Fangame Protagonist Futch Scale. I was initially going to do every female protag, but the butchy femme/futch area got way overcrowded very fast.

For those curious, Madotsuki would be on the butchy femme-femme line.

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Merry Christmas!

(The one by Modern!Ivory will be relavent one day, but for now, assume they don't exist)

Hey, long time no update! The hiatus lasted longer than I expecting, but the only reason why is because school has been very hectic. All the time was spent in catching up on 3 weeks of assignments and falling grades, not including trying to balance home life as well. However, Christmas break came along and my school schedule has been lightened up, so expect some updates soon!

As for the other games that were also put on hold, I'll try to figure out a way to work on them but still focus on Noire Memories (which will probably go through a heavy art revamp due to my style changing). Maybe I can do some character reveals after a certain amount of time, I don't know.

Now that's aside, I hope you all have had a great Christmas! See you next time!

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I organized an art collaboration on the Pixel Horror Discord! Check it out!

(If you participated in this please reblog!)

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I participated in this! (ﾉ^ヮ^)ﾉ*:・ﾟ✧ It was fun and everyone’s character turned out lovely!

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REBLOG/LIKE IF YOU WANTED TO BE ADDED IN MY RPG MAKER RELATED BLOGS LIST

The link is here.

 (Feel free to pm me if you want :D)

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ヾ(｀・ω・´)ノ

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(★^O^★)

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The title screen for Noire Memories! I’m sorry to say this blog will go into a hiatus for hopefully a month. School has began, which decreased my productivity, and I unfortunately lost the project due to corruption for the third time ;w;. I will try to recreate all the stuff I had before the corruption, but I’ll make sure it was even better than before! ‘Till next time, fellow humans! Hope you all have a swell day.

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Hey Ego! I saw that you had the game development ask meme. My questions are 1, 2, 3, 5, and 24.

Hello back to you, Choko! Okay, gotta answer all of this.

1. What you into game making?

When I was 11, I wanted to make stories and create art. I wrote decently and my art skills were... eh, not the greatest. I remember I was watching Pewdiepie playing The Witch’s House (yeah, I know typical) and I thought to my self, This is what I can do. This is what I want to do. A week later, I began trying to write a story out, with poor grammar and excitement, which eventually became NM.

2. How long you have been working on your game?

Depending what you're asking. If you mean the current, then for almost a year. However, if you mean from the very first concept of Noire Memories, it would have been almost 4 years. Although, I reworked the story and characters so much to make it to where I can like it (Trust me when I say the very first story for NM was bad. I was eleven at the time), and I didn’t have the things to make the game for the first 2 years.  

3. Why did you start making your projects?

I honestly don’t know how to answer this. I just sorta... started. I remember from the 2nd version of NM (which was named Shards of Memories), I was just trying to learn how to use RPG Maker VX Ace. After I got a hang of it, I began reworking it and lost all the files for it. I guess after that I was determined to make a better version of it.

5. How do you come up with game ideas?

Dreams. I’m not even kidding about that. If the dream was interesting enough, I would write them down and begin trying to flesh them out.

24. Are there any other forms of media you’d like to see your game in?

Oh lord, if Noire Memories ever end up getting a manga or movie, I would be dead from the news. It would be a dream if NM ever gets its own manga/anime/tv show, but alas, it is only a dream. I doubt NM would *ever* get that popular, and that doesn’t matter.

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Game Development Ask Meme!

1. What got you into game making?

2. How long have you been working on your game?

3. Why did you start making your project?

4. Do you have any previous projects you've never released?

5. How do you come up with game ideas?

6. How much planning have you done for your game?

7. What do you focus on most when you make a game? (eg. gameplay, graphics, music...)

8. What's your favorite part of game development? Least favorite part of game development?

9. What have been some of your biggest obstacles working on the game so far?

10. Who's your favorite character you've made so far?

11. Which character is/was the hardest to write?

12.What's the most important aspect of your game (e.g. gameplay, battle system, story)?

13. What are some goals you have for the game?

14. What do you want to avoid in your game? (boring plot, bad gameplay, wonky controls, etc.)

15. What's your favorite part of your project so far? (or the part that makes you the proudest!)

16. What are you expecting upon your game's release?

17. If you had the money and time to do anything you want with your game, what would you put into it?

18. Do you have scheduled times where you work on your game, or do you just do it when the mood strikes you?

19. What are your sources of inspiration? Any particular music, books, anime or anything else you'd like to share?

20. What's your definition of "game"?

21. What kind of games do you play in your spare time?

22. Is game making a career or a hobby for you? Something else?

23. Do you plan on selling your game? Why or why not?

24. Are there any other forms of media you'd like to see your game in? (eg. comics, books, movies, tv shows, zoetropes, bathroom wall graffiti, etc.)

25. What other games would you like to make in the future?

26. What are some cool tutorials you've found?

27. Got any advice for other developers?

If you're working as a team:

28. How did your team come together?

29. How does the workflow go on your team? (for example, does your whole team start brainstorming then someone does this or that?)

30. What do you guys like about working on a team?

31. Are there any challenges to working as a team? (like timezone differences and such) How are you working around them?

32. Any advice for developers who want to work as a team?

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A wonderful and very lady-like fanart of Ivory by @pollinatorgator , who's currently creating Moacir! I swear there’s a story behind this.

Follow them! their art-blog: @pollinating-art / gamedev-blog: @pollinating-games

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I'm playing Bunte Märchenträume but I don't know how to wake up. The instructions say "Wake up (w key)" but I don't know what that means! Is it a keyboard key? I tried F9 like in Yume Nikki but it didn't work.

Yes, it does mean the W key! Should have made that clearer, should I?

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Sleepy sleepy protags.

I tried to include every new protag that was introduced in this year’s Dream Diary Jam. If I forgot anyone, absolutely let me know.

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@jpegurl @kometaf @clockworkprincedev @nuxill @bithox @spenchaaaaan @pixel-pumpkins @kcm-games wake up sheeple

also this is beautiful i’m going to cry

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Holy crap, this blog now has over 200 followers! 

Thank you guys for sticking with the game developments even if it has gone all over the place! So, in celebration, I drew Ilyse from Bunte Marchentraume and Ivory from Noire Memories!

Even if many things have changed, it’s good to know that people are still interested!

The next time I post, I’ll upload a quick summary of what I’ll be trying to make for the Pixel Horror Jam.

Hope you all have a great rest of the day, my lovely fellow humans!

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if anyone says "why did you do it all on paper!?" and act entitled like that I'll come over and fight them that's uncontrollable that's nuts sldjhf. I'm ready for your DDJ entry whenever you're ready (just send me a link & i'll send you a link to enter it into the jam back), and I hope you & your sibling & Dad do well these next few months <3

(I didn’t see this ask until now I am so sorry, so sorry) Can I join the fight as well? Just kidding I wouldn't hurt anyone unless pushed. Thank you for the link first off, and thank you for the hope! I enjoyed the jam!

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Hey, it’s the birthday of @pollinating-games , so I drew Moacir from their game. Go check out their game!!

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Thank you Ego!! 💕💖😍💠

I love everything about it and I have no idea what to type ;3; 🤗

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Bunte Märchenträume v0.00 is now done for submission!

Well, technically it was done yesterday, but that’s beside the point. And by done, I mean as in only 2 main and subworlds were finished. 

Here are some things:

2 main worlds and technically two subworlds

3 effects to collect

Some easter eggs and silly events

Looting

If any of you are interested in playing this poor excuse of a game, download it here!

https://kcm-ego.itch.io/bunte-mrchentrume

(Quick Note: it’s only available for windows currently.)

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Welllll what better way to spend the time I lost my tablet pen than to sprite some characters from favorite games/projects I’ve been following for a while and I’m looking forward to play/pal’s ocs in the style I use for my own game? I know it’s not perfect but I’m settling on it, because it was more of an exercise too, and I’m exhausted of it orz

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Take this moment to make my own “here are a few dev blogs/games I recommend” list

1st line: 

Russell Seager - END ROLL

Noël Rousseau - Traümerei - @traumerei-project

Tony - Living Playground - @slidetonyslide

Margaret - Akademia - @akademia-project

Grim - @choko-flan (idk if he’s for a game, but i wanted to sprite him anyway bc he was fun to 🤷‍♀️ lmao)

Ivory - Noire Memories - @kcm-games

Alana - Everything Will Be Fine - @pancakeproductions

Masami - Masami’s Room - @masamihasaroom

2nd line:

Edmund Brigham - Three Ghostly Roses

Esme - Fragmented Eve - @fragmentedeve-project

Maria - FLUX - @rindre

Noah - Rozen Falls - @rozen-falls-project

Lenin - Lenin, the Lion - @leninthelion

Virgo - Virgo vs the Zodiac - @virgovsthezodiac

Theodore Sinclair - Witchboy - @doc-saturn

Elmer - Lone Star - @lonestargame

3rd line:

Kyle Mason - Prom Dreams - @promdreamsofficial

Lavender - Lavender - @clockworkprincedev

Aria - Aria’s Story - @ariastory-project

Maya - Corallo - @rukomura-games

Kanna Izaki - Rosary of the Reaper - @rosaryofthereaper

Rain - Overcast - @overcast-rpg

Luna Amaryllis - Havenfell - @havenfell

[redacted] - After the Bell - @razrrgames

4th line:

Libra - Libretta - @vgperson

Blank - Land, Sea, Entropy - @land-sea-entropy

Felec - Expiatora - @expiatora-project

Traveler - Dream Eater - @pyromantic-arts

Mitsunari Ueto - Seven Players - @sevenplayers

Arnika - Shroom Soup - @toxicshroomswamp

Maisie - Arcadea - @arcadea-rpg

Harley - Imaginary Friends - @mannytsusgames

This is not All of the devs I support (my supporting list grows very fast jsyk), and I apologize if you don’t see yours here, but eh, I’m just human and I can’t catch up/remember all of them… Again, sorry. But hey this is just a tiny teeny, scrappy sprite sheet, there will be much much more coming to you, hunny, I’m sure! 😉

Also, for those who don’t know me yet, check out my own devblog @pollinating-games​ because I am a shameless pos :y

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All of them are way too pure, I think i’m about to have a heart attack! Thank you for adding Ivory!

On the meantime, GO CHECK OUT THEIR GAME MOACIR, you won’t regret it!!

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This gorgeous ART was created by @dragonikku from an art trade from a discord chat! (I created a drawing for Reiavii from Twitter! You can see it here)

(Man, I forgot how long I had this as a draft, man.)

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So... What Happened?

Hello and welcome back to what should have been the week coming back to Noire Memories! I’m almost done with the entry for the Dream Diary Jam (yeah, I know, it’s late) and I, logically, I should go back to work on NM.

Right?

Well, before I can explain, there’s a couple of different things that changed:

New Blog Theme! I enjoy side bars way too much

New Blog Name!

Since I created a second short game, I decided to create a games link on the blog to show the game tags. Stil working on that, though.

I basically revamped the blog a bit during the jam.

Now for the reason why I say should instead of would. Under the read more, that is.

(for those who don’t like reading, I’ll summarize it: unfortunate event and I’m joining Pixel Horror Jam)

So, I see you chose to read the rest of this post to know exactly why NM isn’t being worked on. I’ll keep it short.

During the Dream Diary Jam, I was moving to a temporary house with my family, so like any other moving, I had to put my stuff in packages. My room was filled with unlabeled packages and since we were in a rush, we had to quickly throw out anything we didn’t need anymore. My mom was in charge of the decisions. Keep that in mind.

By the time we moved into our new house, my mother permanently left the family to go to the other side of the country, taking my little sister with her. As life goes on, I continued the Dream Diary Jam as a coping method. 

Who was left in my family (father and sister) began to organize the place to make it at least livable, but that’s when we began to notice many of our stuff was gone. Like, a lot of it.

My father’s clothing, my clothing, and some of my sister’s drawings, gone. 

Unfortunately, that includes all of the things for Noire Memories. The script was gone, the original character concepts were gone, and all the map designs were lost.

I know what you guys must be thinking, Why did you do it all on paper?! Why didn’t you label the boxes?! Why did, Why didn’t?!?! Don’t worry, I severely wish I could have done something, but alas, what can I do? The past is the past!

So for the next few for who knows, I’ll be recreating the assets that went gone. While I do that, I’ll be joining the Pixel Horror Jam as soon as I finish the late entry.

If you made it this far, bravo! You were either caring enough to find out what happened or was too bored for anything. Kudos to you.

Thank you for understanding and enjoy your day!