#rpg maker development

[valeforic]

[kc-aurigrids]

Hi, we back with new title screen and sorry for making you wait so long T-T I don’t know why I can’t upload a video TT^TT

[moonanagames]

(Aries for pixel_dailies, the theme was coat so I thought it was appropriate :0)

Hello everyone, how are you doing? :3 I posted today a Fanart Contest, I hope you guys can participate, it will be super fun having your art on the game! I’m working tons on fixing the demo with some feedback I received indirectly on Let’s plays I watched! (Oh btw, SRDude played the demo, and said if he gets 200 likes he’ll do VvtZ playthrough of the end of the demo!)

I could rest a little today since everything is mostly done for the new demo release and I’ll probably launch a new build around next monday! Also: Scorpio and Cancer are on the way and I’ll be done with all the Zodiacs reveals! :0 I’m making new concept art for everyone too in the style of the concept arts shown on the Campaign Page!

Now for something you guys have been asking a LOT:

So... Why Virgo instead of any other Zodiac?

At first I thought of answering this with the first thing that came to mind “Oh, I like Virgo!” but that doesn’t sum up perfectly the reasons, so I thought of gathering some information from my heart to be more open and completely honest about it and everything!

I used to work with astrology, deciphering natal charts for people. I already had an understanding of the zodiac sign archetypes and used to think of them as RPG classes for fun, mainly to explain to people. In this sense, I always saw the Virgo archetype as a Paladin of sorts, with a huge holier-than-thou attitude and drawing from the ‘healer’ definition of the sign as well. The Virgo archetype can be very serious and self-righteous, which is exactly what I feel would be great for a main character in a game.

RPGs in general, hell, any game in general often features protagonists which go on adventures and try to defeat a great evil because of things that happened to their childhood, being revenge for a destroyed hometown, slain relative or just being at the wrong place at the wrong time. While this is interesting by its own, I kind of wanted some protagonist who could do things because they saw the world as wrong. Protagonists often want to protect the status-quo in their journey, going against the change that happened in the world or that’s about to happen (such as an empire conquering everyone, a big bad dude trying to make everyone his slaves and all that and the protagonist trying to keep things peaceful as they were). For a change, I wanted the protagonist to be the one to change everything based on their own ideals, much like the villain of most games.

By taking the approach of the villain, I could create a reverse quest that would be a lot of fun to build interactions for, and going on a quest not because the world went to absolute shit, but because what the world as it is right now SEEMS horrible for the protag.

Considering all that, and my background to think of signs as archetypes, Virgo would be perfect for that. Someone like Aries as an archetype would be short-sighted to fix the world and would require something terrible happening to themselves as a trigger for going around the world. Taurus wouldn’t leave her bed, Scorpio fits more of a strategist rather than someone who directly goes to change things. Leo would rather seek approval for her ideals and gather followers in a leader-ish approach. Virgo would be disgusted with the world as it is and be forced to fix it on her own because no one else would agree with her overly critical reasons.

Virgo in game, while caring profoundly for those very close to her, never fails to find flaws on any and everything, creating an automatic reason to fix the world.

I also always roleplayed as Paladins lacking any kind of self-awareness of their own devotion on tabletop RPGs before, cause it’s much more fun to be driven by untouchable ideals that get totally distorted by blind faith.

Sorry for taking so long to answer all of you, I’m really sorry, I wanted to take my time to think of a proper answer to everyone, I hope you aren’t mad with me for my crazy delay!! :0 I hope this answers any doubt around that!

Don’t forget to check out the Crowdfunding Campaign!!

[valeforic]

More game stuff

[valeforic]

I wanted to show you all the beginnings of a game I'm working on! It's super early right now but I'm proud of what I have so far. I'll post updates here as I have stuff worth sharing!

[valeforic]

game stuff

[kc-aurigrids]

Does it look familiar? This is the old wagon in the demo, after redraw. Hope you like it.

[kc-aurigrids]

A little puzzle.